Exhibitions

CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Benny Andrews: Migrants
April 18–August 7, 2026
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

Created between 2004 and 2006, The Migrant Series is Andrews’s last body of work created before his death in November 2006. The series traces three historical migration routes connected to Andrews’s own Black, White, and Cherokee ancestry: the Great Migration, the 1930s Dust Bowl exodus, and the forced migration of Native Americans known as the Trail of Tears. The work exemplifies Andrews’ humanist approach as an artist who recognized the power of history and sought to leverage the past to inform the future.

Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now
February 12 - August 2, 2026
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, MA

Founded in 1977 by artist, educator, and activist Dana C. Chandler Jr., the African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program (AAMARP) at Northeastern University is one of the few longstanding residency programs for Black artists in the United States. Say It Loud offers an in-depth look at the program through the lens of sixty artworks made or exhibited there, even as the program’s full scope exceeds any one exhibition. Benny Andrews’s 1978 painting Nene (Tree) is included.

Tending and Dreaming: Stories from the Collection
Ongoing
San José Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
This collection, which highlights the SJMA’s permanent collection, includes Andrews’s 1966 painting Shadow Over the Land.

Benny Andrews at the Ogden
An exhibition from the permanent collection, open year-round
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
A selection of Andrews’s work, covering four decades of his career, from the Ogden’s permanent collection. On view year-round.

The Andrews Family Legacy
A new permanent exhibit
The Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA
This new permanent exhibition in Andrews’s native Morgan County, Georgia, showcases the artistic and literary contributions of members of the Andrews Family, including those of Benny Andrews, his brother, the author Raymond Andrews, Benny’s father, the artist George, ‘Dot Man’ Andrews, and his mother Viola.