February 09, 2026
On view
Addison Gallery’s new season features printmaking, geometric forms, Winslow Homer, and moreThe Addison Gallery of American Art presents four new exhibitions and two installations for the spring season.
Parasol Press: Breaking New Ground
Through July 31
The first retrospective of prints published by Parasol Press, this exhibition presents works that pushed the boundaries of printmaking and secured Parasol’s place as one of the most important print publishers of the 20th century. Featuring prints by 40 artists including Chuck Close, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, Dorothea Rockburne, Donald Sultan, and Wayne Thiebaud, Parasol Press reveals how artists took inspiration from printmaking’s unique qualities, materials, and operations to reimagine the possibilities of the medium.
Both Side of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith
February 21–July 31
Organized by the University of Michigan Museum of Art, this exhibition brings together 45 works, including paintings, works on paper, and three-dimensional objects, showcasing the groundbreaking work of Carmen Herrera and Leon Polk Smith—neighbors, friends, and pioneers of geometric abstraction. Despite forging a creative dialogue that spanned decades, their work has never been presented side-by-side at this scale, until now.
Little Boxes
February 7–July 31
Featuring works from the Addison’s collection, Little Boxes invites viewers into a nuanced exploration of the square and the rectangle, two essential geometric forms that have served as powerful tools in artistic expression. Including paintings, prints, works on paper, and mixed media works, the exhibition explores how the simple “box” serves both as a practical strategy for pictorial composition and as a symbolic container for complex narratives.
Playing to Our Strengths: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Through July 31
The third iteration of this series explores how American artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries grappled with the contradictory nature of modern life, laying bare the tensions between appearance and reality as well as the orderly and the chaotic. The exhibition includes paintings, photographs, and prints that reveal the complex and often disordered lived realities of interwar New Yorkers navigating a rapidly modernizing city.
Focused installations: Martin Puryear: In Print and In Focus: Winslow Homer: Watching, Waiting
Through July 31
These small exhibitions highlight a theme or an artist from the Addison's collection.
Top Image: Carmen Herrera, A City, 1949, acrylic on burlap, 48 × 38 inches, Private collection. Image courtesy Lisson Gallery, © Estate of Carmen Herrera
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