Every exhibition presented by the Museum sets out to explore, often for the first time, some important feature of academic art and the institutions that nourished it in 19th- and early 20th-century Europe. Utilizing loans from distinguished international collections, both private and public, previous exhibitions have examined—among other topics—the training of artists; the world of the Salon with its competitions and juries; the 19th-century fascination with the Orient, reciprocated from Cairo to Paris; the influence of photography, travel, and archeological discoveries of the classical past; and the reproduction of artworks for an international market.
 Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré
January 23 – April 22, 2007 |
 Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt
June 8, 2006 – April 22, 2007 |
Stories To Tell: Masterworks from the Kelly Collection of American Illustration
February 14 – May 21, 2006 |
 The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
October 11, 2005 – January 22, 2006 |
 The Dahesh Collection: Celebrating a Decade of Discovery
May 24 – September 22, 2005 |
 First Seen: Photographs of the World’s Peoples, 1840-1880
February 1 – May 1, 2005 |
 Facing the Other: Charles Cordier, Ethnographic Sculptor
October 12, 2004 – January 13, 2005 |
 From Homer to the Harem:
The Art of Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ
June 22 – September 19, 2004 |
 Staging the Orient: Visions of the East at La Scala and The Metropolitan Opera
March 2 – May 30, 2004 |
 Charles Bargue: The Art of Drawing
November 25, 2003 – February 8, 2004 |
 Reframing Academic Art:
Masterworks of the Dahesh Museum of Art
September 3, 2003 – February 8, 2004 |
 French Artists in Rome: Ingres to Degas, 1803-1873
September 3 – November 2, 2003 |
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