Impressionism: Masterworks on Paper
October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012

Impressionism: Masterworks on Paper presents 125 drawings, watercolors and pastels by some of the greatest artists in the history of Western Art. Active in France during the second half of the nineteenth century and closely associated with avant-garde movements, artists such as Manet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, Seurat, Gauguin, Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec created works on paper that may be less well-known than their paintings but which are just as significant. Organized by the Museum in partnership with the Albertina in Vienna, the exhibition demonstrates how these artists chose to emphasize drawing, thereby ceasing to recognize the traditional distinction between drawing and painting.

Summer of CHINA
June 11, 2011–September 11, 2011

This summer, enter a realm of majesty and mystery. Experience three thousand years of Chinese art and culture in five exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum. This ambitious series, titled the Summer of CHINA, is part of a year-long celebration honoring the ten-year anniversary of the Museum’s Santiago Calatrava—designed Quadracci Pavilion.

Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century
February 12, 2011–May 15, 2011

Experience over 150 objects designed by “America’s greatest architect,” Frank Lloyd Wright, in the new exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Featuring thirty-three never-before-shown drawings by the Wisconsin legend, as well as rare home movies, this forward-looking exhibition of the celebrated architect is on view February 12 through May 15, 2011.