Current Exhibitions

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Graphic Intervention: 25 Years of International AIDS Awareness Posters 1985–2010
May 11 2012 - September 09 2012
Presents a comprehensive overview of the diverse visual strategies employed by government agencies, community activists, grassroots organizations, and motivated citizens to...   [  MORE   ]
Visions of Victory: Picturing the Spanish-American War
April 19 2012 - August 19 2012
Periodical illustrations and books from the Caribbean phase of the Spanish-American War explore how the American and British public formed a visual impression of the war.   [  MORE   ]
Wine, Bubbly, and Their Merchants: Advertisements and Publications from The Wolfsonian Collection
January 27 2012 - May 21 2012
This installation will feature a selection of wine advertisements and publications from The Wolfsonian's rare book and special collections library.   [  MORE   ]
Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection
Inaugurated in November 1996, this ongoing exhibition is periodically updated with works from The Wolfsonian collection.   [  MORE   ]
Reflections on Loss and Commemoration
This installation explores how humans record and commemorate disaster, tragedy, and loss through the visual arts.   [  MORE   ]
Manifest and Mundane: Scenes of Modern America from The Wolfsonian Collection
Explores how American artists working in the early twentieth century presented in their work both the manifest and mundane—the remarkable and routine—aspects of American life.   [  MORE   ]
Out of the Darkness: Selling Light
The posters and other advertisements demonstrate a variety of visual strategies and techniques used by designers in the twentieth century.   [  MORE   ]
Cleaner, Healthier, Easier: Improving the Modern Home, 1900–1945
This installation provides compelling examples of how designers in Europe and America responded to new ideas and attitudes about health, hygiene, and efficiency in the home...   [  MORE   ]