Exhibitions & Series

Photo credit:  Pauline Palmer (1867 0 1938), On the Beach, ca. 1918, oil on board, 36 ¼ x 47 1/8 in. Gift of Percy H. Sloan, 53.01.051.

America the Beautiful: Impressionism at the Brauer Museum of Art

2024 marks the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris. But perhaps no other country quite envisioned itself through the bright hues and bold brushstrokes of Impressionism as did the United States. Artists celebrated the country’s diverse natural beauty. Drawn solely from the Brauer’s holdings, this exhibition contains works by leading American Impressionists like Mary Cassatt, and Childe Hassam, as well as such Midwesterners as T.C. Steele, Adolph Shulz, and Louis Oscar Griffith, known for their paintings of Brown County, Indiana, and Chicagoans Pauline Palmer and Anna Lee Stacey. While Karl Anderson and Robert Reid preferred to paint the genteel life of the East Coast bourgeoisie, Edgar Payne and William Wendt roughed it, riding out on horseback into the southwestern desert and California mountain ranges. Adolph Heinze rode the rails for western railroads, painting landscapes to appeal to adventurous tourists. Frank V. Dudley stayed closer to home, making a career of painting the Indiana Dunes.

Photo credit:  Pauline Palmer (1867 0 1938), On the Beach, ca. 1918, oil on board, 36 ¼ x 47 1/8 in. Gift of Percy H. Sloan, 53.01.051.

The Architecture of Prayer

The Architecture of Prayer

The Architecture of Prayer surveys the contemporary church and its architecture worldwide. The exhibition showcases drawings and travel photography of historic church buildings in dialogue with new projects built between 1999 and the present. Over 20 global architecture firms have contributed sketches, architectural renderings, photographs, and models. Collectively, the works demonstrate a rich diversity of ecumenical design thinking and applied theology from the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. The exhibition was curated by New York-based architect Amanda Iglesias with design graphics by designed by Kara Lin, Chicago. 
 
Contributing firms: Belatchew, Centerbrook, David Hotson Architect, Duncan G. Stroik Architect, Greg Lynn, Douglas Garofalo and Michael McInturf, INSITU Architects, Jakub Turbasa, Bartłomiej Pyrzyk, INOUTarchitettura, LADO architetti, LAMBER + LAMBER, MAPA Arquitectos, Mario Botta Architetti, Marlon Blackwell Architects, Níall McLaughlin Architects, O Studio Architects, Peter Sassenroth, Rudolf Reitermann, PLY+, Rural Studio, Sheryl Jordan Architect, Shigeru Ban Architects, Steyn Studio, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio, Wheeler Kearns Architects, Zubu Design Associates, and 100 Fold Studio. 
 
Individual contributors: Amanda Iglesias Evan Sale, Davis Butner, Gretchen Buggeln, Jamie McGregor Smith, Jerome Tryon, Julio Bermudez, Marisa Iglesias, Rebekah Coffman, Richard Silver, Scott Needham, and Winston Yuen. 

Publications from Past Exhibitions