December 13, 2023 - March 17, 2024
The 2006 acquisition of a large group of prints by Atlanta-based artist Radcliffe Bailey jumpstarted the McNay’s collection of prints by contemporary Black American artists. Since that time, the Museum has sought to represent not only the important individual voices of Black artists but also their immeasurable contributions to American art history.
November 8, 2023 - March 3, 2024
The first of two exhibitions to highlight the John M. Parker Jr. bequest, this exhibition features work by artists on whom he focused during his five decades as a dedicated collector.
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October 14, 2023 - April 14, 2024
Austin-based Orly Genger activates the McNay Sculpture Garden with a sprawling work of art composed from brightly painted recycled lobster rope.
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September 20, 2023 - April 7, 2024
The McNay’s Artists Looking at Art (ALA) series celebrates the vitality of the San Antonio contemporary art community with an installation by Melissa Gamez Herrera.
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September 15, 2023 - September 15, 2024
Brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre combine trompe l’oeil wallpaper with lenticular images, transforming the AT&T Lobby wall.
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July 1, 2023 - April 26, 2024
The Art of Color presents a cross section of works in the McNay's Collection based on color.
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June 3, 2023 - February 25, 2024
Big Little Stage shows how designers present creative visions for stage productions through small-scale and large-scale models called maquettes.
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May 20, 2023 - April 28, 2024
Since 2011, Spotlight has celebrated the remarkable achievements of student artists reflecting on one work in the McNay collection. This year, over a thousand students from 38 San Antonio area schools created works of art in various media in response to vanessa german’s, BLACK GIRL WITH SNAKES.
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March 13, 2024 - June 16, 2024
A Particular Beauty: 19th-Century French Art at the McNay , reflects upon whom the nineteenth-century European art historical canon has traditionally represented and served.
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