Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

This second of four exhibitions dedicated to significant San Antonio printmakers is organized in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the city’s founding. Bill Reily was born and bred in San Antonio, and in the 1950s and ’60s became one of...

100 Years of Printmaking in San Antonio: Bill Reily

April 12, 2018 to July 1, 2018

This second of four exhibitions devoted to one of the McNay’s historic gems—the sketchbook kept by Captain Seth Eastman (1808–1875) during his trip to Texas in 1848 and 1849—follows the artist from Vicksburg to Natchez, Mississippi, and from...

Captain Seth Eastman’s Journey with a Sketchbook: New Orleans and the Gulf

April 5, 2018 to July 1, 2018

Spain looms even larger on the stage than it does on the map. To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the McNay’s home city, established as Presidio San Antonio de Bexar in 1718, this exhibition explores theatre’s fascination with the culture of...

Spain to San Antonio: Hispanic Culture on Stage

March 1, 2018 to June 10, 2018

Like Europe’s great cities of the 1600s–1800s, San Antonio celebrates on its streets and river and in its parks and squares. From Rodeo’s Cattle Drive and Fiesta’s River Parade to New Year’s Eve fireworks at the Tower of the Americas and...

Cities on Parade: 300 Years of European Festival Books

March 1, 2018 to June 10, 2018

​Presented concurrently with Something to Say and 30 Americans, 4 Texans: The Next Chapter features work by artists who either live in or have connections to the South Texas region.

4 Texans: The Next Chapter

March 1, 2018 to May 6, 2018

As a young student of American history, Jacob Lawrence was frustrated with the lack of narratives addressing the African American experience, as well as the absence of black heroes from history books.

Haiti’s Revolution in Art: Jacob Lawrence’s Toussaint L’Ouverture Series

February 8, 2018 to May 6, 2018

30 Americans presents selections from the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, Florida. The exhibition showcases works by many of the most important African American artists of the last three decades. This provocative exhibition focuses on issues of...

30 Americans: Rubell Family Collection

February 8, 2018 to May 6, 2018

The work is humorous, surreal, provocative, and complex in its contemplation of the distribution of power among genders.

Benny Andrews: Sexism

February 8, 2018 to May 6, 2018

Pioneering collectors Harriet and Harmon Kelley paved the way for collecting African American art by museums and private individuals across San Antonio, Texas, and the United States. Something to Say: The McNay Presents 100 Years of African American...

Something to Say: The McNay Presents 100 Years of African American Art

February 8, 2018 to May 6, 2018

Mi McNay es su McNay immerses visitors in a domestic setting that blurs the lines between art and life, creating a space that feels like home or visiting a good friend. Rooms furnished with artworks from the 18th century to the present activate the...

ARTMATTERS: Mi McNay es Su McNay

October 26, 2017 to July 1, 2018