Since its founding in 1909, the American Federation of Arts has been initiating and organizing exhibitions of both critical and popular acclaim. AFA exhibitions have been presented throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
The AFA's curators initiate concepts for exhibitions, select the leading scholars in the field to act as the guest curator for each project, and then, together with publications, education, and registrarial staff, organize all aspects of the exhibition and its tour, including the publication of the catalogue and the development of educational materials
At any given time, the AFA has approximately thirty exhibitions in various stages of development. Since the organization’s inception, approximately three thousand exhibitions have traveled throughout the world under its auspices.
Today, AFA exhibitions are shown at museums across the country and abroad, attracting audiences of more than 1.5 million visitors annually—statistics that position the AFA in line with the ten most visited art museums in the country.
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Matisse as Printmaker: Works from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation
Through February 13, 2011
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Richard Bell: Uz vs. Them
Beginning Fall 2011
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Ghada Amer: Happily Ever After
Beginning in 2012
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Frankenthaler and the Masters: The Source Paintings
Dates to be confirmed
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Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Beginning October 2013
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Etruscan Art from the Louvre
Beginning 2013
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Island of a Thousand Faces: The Human Image in New Guinea
Beginning summer 2014
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