Upcoming Exhibitions
Below is a list of some of the exhibitions the Museum will present in the near future. Please click on the title of each exhibition to view its full description.
Below is a list of some of the exhibitions the Museum will present in the near future. Please click on the title of each exhibition to view its full description.
May 25–August 12, 2018
1968 was a year of upheaval and transformation. It was a year in which national and international events spawned intense vocal expression and protest. This exhibit, through the lens of art, music, and literature, looks back fifty years to consider the issues then transforming American society.
May 25–August 12, 2018
The Museum recently received an extensive collection of photographs of children from all corners of the globe. In this exhibition we survey a range of documentary and intimate images that depict the characteristic activities, delights, and inevitable sorrows of childhood. Photographers whose works are on view include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Louis Stettner, Danny Lyon, and Leonard Freed.
September 14–December 2, 2018
Featuring more than 100 outstanding works of art from the Newark Museum's extraordinary collections, Wondrous Worlds will showcase the long history, vast geographic expanse and amazing diversity of works of art in the Islamic world.
September 4–December 2, 2018
This exhibition presents more than thirty works from the museum's modern and contemporary collections, including recent video works by William Kentridge, Tracey Moffatt, and the Swiss team of Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Other artists represented include Andrew Lenaghan, Banksy, Damian Hirst, Shazia Sikander, Dale Chihuly, Elizabeth Catlett, Andy Warhol, Judy Chicago, Christian Marclay, Kara Walker, and Dennis Byng.