Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

Drawn from the renowned Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts, America on Stage celebrates the uniquely diverse work of 20th- and 21st-century American designers on stages at home and abroad.

America on Stage

March 21, 2019 to June 30, 2019

This exhibition explores the ingenuity and innovation of postwar America. This period, known as America’s Golden Age, witnessed the explosion of Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, and Op art; the mass production of automobiles; and increased wealth...

American Dreams: Classic Cars and Postwar Paintings

February 14, 2019 to May 19, 2019

This exhibition traces the development of art focused on the inner world of the human mind, from Vincent van Gogh to Edvard Munch.

Van Gogh to Munch: Seduction and Anxiety

February 14, 2019 to May 5, 2019

This exhibition focuses solely on Chicana artists, many of whom have had to fight to make their voices heard.

Estampas Chicanas

January 17, 2019 to May 5, 2019

Auto Show, organized in connection with American Dreams: Classic Cars and Postwar Paintings, presents artworks whose primary subjects are cars and car culture.

Auto Show

January 9, 2019 to May 12, 2019

New Orleans native Anastasia Pelias presents a monumental sculpture immersed in a painted landscape.

Anastasia Pelias: mama

November 30, 2018 to Spring 2019

South Texas–based artist and musician Cande Aguilar brings his distinctive barrioPOP style to the McNay this fall.

Cande Aguilar: barrioPOP

November 15, 2018 to May 5, 2019

For the first time, the Jeanne and Irving Mathews Collection of Art Glass is installed together in a gallery dedicated to the collection.

Jeanne and Irving Mathews Collection of Art Glass

Ongoing

Orbit 8 is on view as part of A Sense of Place, an installation in the collection galleries that explores concepts of nature and beauty.

Jennifer Steinkamp: Orbit 8

Ongoing

​Best known for her experiential sculptures and public installations, 2005 MacArthur Foundation Fellow and Brooklyn-based artist Teresita Fernández presents Fire (United States of the Americas) 2 as the eighth wall installation in the McNay’s...

AT&T Lobby: Teresita Fernández

August 30, 2018 to August 18, 2019