Recently Awarded Exhibitions


The following is a list of current and forthcoming Luce-funded loan exhibitions, including participating venues. For a full list of Luce-funded exhibitions and projects funded by the American Art Program, click here.

Opened in 2020–2021

Lorraine O'Grady: Both/And
Grantee: Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY: March 5 – July 18, 2021
Weatherspoon Art Museum at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC: January 8 – April 30, 2022
Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA: September 14 – December 17, 2023

Opened in 2022

A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of The Great Migration
Grantee: Mississippi Museum of Art
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI: April 2022 – September 2022)
Baltimore Museum of Art: October 2022 – January 2023
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY: March 3 – June 25, 2023
California Museum of African American History, Los Angeles: August – December 2023

Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina
Grantee: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City: September 5, 2022 –  February 5, 2023
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: March 2023 – July 2023
University of Michigan Museum, Ann Arbor, MI: September 2023 – January 2024
Potential fourth venue: February June 2024

From Black Spring to the Eternal
Grantee: Clark Atlanta University
Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Atlanta: October 28, 2022 – December 8, 2023

Opens in 2023

Chryssa & New York
Grantee: Dia Art Foundation
Dia Art Foundation, New York City: March 2 – July 23, 2023
Menil Collection, Houston: Fall 2023
Wrightwood 659, Chicago: March – August 2024

Simone Leigh
Grantee: ICA Boston
ICA Boston: April 6 – September 4, 2023
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC: November 2023 – March 2024
Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the California African American Museum, Los Angeles: June 2024 – January 2025

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map
Grantee: Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City: April 19 – August, 2023
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX: October 15, 2023 – January 7, 2024
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle: February 14, 2024 – May 15, 2024

The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century
Grantee: Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore Museum of Art: Baltimore: April – July 2023
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis: August 25, 2023 – January 1, 2024
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati: June 28 – September 29, 2024
Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada: November 23, 2024 – March 23, 2025

Harwood Museum of Art Centennial (1923 – 2023)
Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM: June 3, 2023 – January 28, 2024

Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectiva
Grantee: Center for Creative Photography
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ: September 9, 2023–January 27, 2024

No Man's Land: The Women of Land Art
Grantee: Nasher Sculpture Center
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas: September 16, 2023–January 7, 2024
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

Ruth Asawa Drawings (working title)
Grantee: Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City: Fall 2023 - January 2024

Opens in 2024

Elizabeth Catlett: A Revolutionary Black Artist and All that It Implies
Grantee: Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY: February – June 2024
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Toshiko Takaezu
Grantee: The Noguchi Museum
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, NY: February 14 – June 30, 2024
Tour TBD

Sargent Claude Johnson
Grantee: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA: March – June 2024

Sonya Clark: Collective Encounters
Grantee: Museum of Arts and Design
Museum of Arts and Design, New York City: March 23 – September 22, 2024

The Heresies Generation: Feminism, Art, and Politics, 1977-1992
Grantee: Contemporary Arts Center
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati: Spring – Summer 2024
Tour TBD

The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture
Grantee: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC: Fall 2024

The Expressive Figure in the American Renaissance, 1876-1917
Grantee: Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT: Fall 2024

Seal
Grantee: RISD Museum
RISD Museum, Providence, RI: November 2024 – April 2025

Opens in 2025

Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors
Grantee: Denver Art Museum
Denver Art Museum, Denver: Spring 2025
Tour TBD

The Expressive Figure in the American Renaissance, 1876-1917
Grantee: Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT