American Art Galleries Summer 2025 – January 11, 2026

The Huntsville Museum of Art proudly presents its reimagined American Art Galleries, a sweeping celebration of the nation’s artistic legacy. Originally unveiled in 2024 and returning with new energy for Summer 2025, this dynamic installation showcases masterworks of American painting, sculpture, and works on paper drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection—augmented by extraordinary loans from major institutions and private collections.

Highlights include rare and iconic works by Edward Steichen, Winslow Homer, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Ralph Blakelock, and Childe Hassam, made possible through a groundbreaking partnership with the Toledo Museum of Art and Art Bridges. These celebrated artists deepen the galleries’ narrative of American art across time, region, and experience. Contemporary voices also resonate in this presentation. A major highlight is a seminal painting by Jasper Johns, a transformative figure in postwar American art, on loan through Art Bridges.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Robert Rauschenberg’s birth, the Museum joins the global #Rauschenberg100 celebration with a focused installation of works by the artist, including a compelling new acquisition from the Museum’s permanent collection.

With support from the DeMell Jacobsen Foundation, Art Bridges, and private collectors, the new galleries offer fresh perspectives and rarely seen works, reaffirming the Museum’s dedication to telling a fuller, more inclusive story of American art. Visitors are invited to experience the power and complexity of American creativity—past and present—through this evolving and thoughtfully curated presentation.