Past Exhibitions

Since its inagural exhibition in 1961, the Carter has mounted more than 500 exhibitions. The most recently closed exhibitions can be found below, and a comprehensive list of all past exhibitions can be found on the Exhibition History page.

June 14, 2008–August 24, 2008

Marsden Hartley and the West: The Search for an American Modernism

See the Southwest through the eyes of Marsden Hartley (1877–1943), one of Americas great modernists. Organized by the Georgia OKeeffe Museum, this exhibition features nearly forty works from Hartleys New Mexico period (1918–24), perhaps the most overlooked facet of his career.

May 17, 2008–October 26, 2008

Nell Dorr: From Everlasting to Everlasting

Experience more than fifty photographs in this first-ever comprehensive survey of the work of Nell Dorr (1893–1988), one of the most spiritual and empathetic photographic artists of the twentieth century. Dorr is known for dedicating much of her life to photographing mothers and their children.

March 8, 2008–June 15, 2008

Fort Worth Landmarks in the 1950s: Watercolors by Bror Utter

Seventeen brilliant watercolors by Bror Utter (1913–1993) depict historic Fort Worth structures, some of which still stand while others were torn down many years ago. The Eddleman-McFarland House, St. Ignatius Academy, Knights of Pythias, and First National Bank are some of the buildings represented.

February 16, 2008–May 11, 2008

Intimate Modernism: Fort Worth Circle Artists in the 1940s

A fascinating story of visual art and American modernism is embedded in the history of 1940s Fort Worth. This special exhibition features more than 100 paintings, watercolors, and prints created by a group of artists who were among the first to introduce progressive art to this region.

February 16, 2008–April 27, 2008

The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson

With the advent of George Eastman’s Kodak camera and roll film in 1888, photography became an everyday aspect of modern life. Trace the history of the snapshot in America, from the late nineteenth century up to the 1970s, in this special exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art.

September 15, 2007–January 6, 2008

Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke

Frank Gohlke (b. 1942) is one of America’s leading landscape photographers. For more than thirty years, he has taken photographs that depict how Americans build their lives within a natural world that rarely matches the pastoral ideal.

August 18, 2007–July 27, 2008

100 Years of Autochrome

See a selection of photographs and other materials from the Carters collection that together celebrate the 100th anniversary of the autochrome, the first commercially viable color photographic process.

August 18, 2007–February 10, 2008

Masterworks of American Photography

The Carter holds one of the countrys largest and most important collections of photographs. This exhibition features works from the earliest years of the medium up to the present day, grouped in categories of portraiture, still life, documentary and street photography, and landscape.

August 18, 2007–February 3, 2008

With New Eyes: Exploration and the American West

Explore the contributions of the photographers who participated in the U.S. governments surveys of the West that began in 1867, two years before the completion of the transcontinental railroad. These artists helped shape public knowledge of and opinions about the interior West.

August 18, 2007–October 14, 2007

A Sense of Place: Precisionism in America

A selection of works on paper from the Carters collection depict Precisionism, the style employed by Charles Demuth in his paintings in the special exhibition Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuths Late Paintings of Lancaster.