Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

​Organized in conjunction with the San Antonio Tricentennial celebrations and the 50th anniversary of HemisFair ’68, this exhibition brings focus to San Antonio as a place of deep history, local values, and global thinking.

Immersed: Local to Global Art Sensations

June 7, 2018 to September 2, 2018

Manuel Carrillo: Mi Querido México (My Beloved Mexico) features 25 enchanting and evocative photographs from the Bank of America Collection.

Manuel Carrillo: Mi Querido México

May 17, 2018 to September 2, 2018

Akosua Adoma Owusu’s 2007 video Intermittent Delight juxtaposes close-ups of batik textiles, fashion and design from the 1950s and 1960s, images of men weaving and women sewing in Ghana, and fragments of a 1960s Westinghouse commercial intended to...

Fragments of a Dream

May 8, 2018 to September 9, 2018

HemisFair ’68 was the first and only World’s Fair to be held in San Antonio, Texas. The six-month celebration was proposed by local business leaders to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the city’s founding, and the shared cultural heritage...

HemisFair ’68: San Antonio’s World’s Fair

May 3, 2018 to July 29, 2018

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

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