Cleveland Museum of Art announces 2026 exhibition schedule
The Cleveland Museum of Art will celebrate its 110th anniversary with exhibitions featuring 20th century American master Andrew Wyeth and 19th century French impressionists.
Opening Sept. 20, “Spectacular Freedom: Andrew Wyeth and the Modern American Watercolor” will feature more than 100 works, most never previously exhibited, from the artist’s estate. It is designed to offer a fresh perspective on Wyeth’s early decades and his engagement with watercolor.
It will be on display through Jan. 18, 2027, and is presented by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
Running March 29 through July 5 will be “Manet & Morisot,” the first major exhibition dedicated to the artistic exchange between Edouard Manet, often referred to as the father of modern painting, and Berthe Morisot, the only woman among the founding members of the Impressionist movement.
Through comparisons of related works made between the late 1860s and the late 1880s, this exhibition traces the evolution of a singular friendship between two groundbreaking artists. It is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Other exhibitions planned for 2026 include:
Feb. 1 to June 7, 2027 — “still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper”
April 12 to Aug. 9 — “Martin Puryear: Nexus”
April 19 to Aug. 16 — “Epic of the Northwest Himalayas: Pahari Paintings from the ‘Shangri’ Ramayana”
May 10 to Aug. 23 — The photography show “France in the Time of ‘Manet & Morisot'”
July 5 to Nov. 1 — “The Renaissance Engraver at Work”
Sept. 20 to Jan. 24, 2027 — The watercolor portrait show “Emma Amos: Among Friends”
Oct. 11 to Jan. 3, 2027 — “Ten Kings of Hell and the Afterlife in Medieval Korea”
Oct. 25 to March 14, 2027 — “Juste-Aurele Meissonnier: Rococo Goldsmith in Focus”
Nov. 15 to April 4, 2027 — “Print Revolutions: Chinese Prints 1630-1960”
Dec 6 to Nov. 7, 2027 — “Stunning Patterns: Woven Textiles from Madagascar’s Merina Kingdom”
The exhibitions program at the Cleveland Museum of Art is supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, go to clevelandart.org.

