NMMOA | November 2024

November 13, 2024 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Plaza Building

Lines are one of the most foundational elements of art and design, and one of the most versatile. Join Curator of Photography, Katherine Ware for an intriguing exploration of how artists have found innovative ways to use line across different mediums in the exhibition Line by Line.

Line by Line surveys a century of innovative, energetic, and intriguing approaches to one of art’s most ancient and foundational elements: line. The exhibition, opening in two sections, explores the language of line in work by more than seventy artists working from the 1920s to now.

Spanning a range of mediums – including painting, weaving, prints, photography, and sculpture – the art is organized into evocative categories, such as “A Line Alone,” “Land Lines,” and “Unaligned.” Visitors can immerse themselves in the extraordinary variety of linework, from pieces featuring a single line to those with grids, scrawls, stripes, and swirls.