| Gifts from the CMA Friends of Photography | | December | 07 | 2002 | April | 23 | 2003 |
| Manuscripts in Gallery 216 | | December | 15 | 2002 | August | 03 | 2003 |
| Object in Focus: Malvina Hoffman's "Bacchanale" and "Pavlova Dancing the Gavotte" | | January | 08 | 2002 | March | 10 | 2002 |
| Photography Transformed: Selections from the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Collection | | February | 17 | 2002 | April | 28 | 2002 |
| Treasury of the World: Jeweled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals | Link | February | 24 | 2002 | May | 19 | 2002 |
| Visions of India: Photographs by Ram Rahman | | March | 02 | 2002 | May | 08 | 2002 |
| Travel Photography: Early Images of India | | March | 02 | 2002 | July | 17 | 2002 |
| Object in Focus: A Bridal Couple | | March | 12 | 2002 | May | 12 | 2002 |
| Inventing the Past: Jayne Hinds Bidaut Tintypes | | May | 11 | 2002 | July | 17 | 2002 |
| Project 244: Aernout Mik | Link | July | 13 | 2003 | November | 16 | 2003 |
| Object in Focus: Kundika | | July | 15 | 2003 | September | 14 | 2003 |
| Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection | Link | August | 17 | 2003 | November | 09 | 2003 |
| Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church | | September | 07 | 2003 | September | 26 | 2004 |
| Peru 1983: Aaron Siskind Photographs | | September | 13 | 2003 | November | 19 | 2003 |
| Object in Focus: Karel Appel and the Legacy of COBRA | | September | 16 | 2003 | November | 23 | 2003 |
| Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (Gallery reinstallation opening) | Link | October | 12 | 2003 | | | |
| Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection | Link | October | 26 | 2003 | January | 11 | 2004 |
| Jasper Johns: Numbers | Link | October | 26 | 2003 | January | 11 | 2004 |
| Assumed Identities: Nikki S. Lee Photographs | | November | 22 | 2003 | January | 21 | 2004 |
| Signs of Life: Recent Photography Acquisitions | | November | 22 | 2003 | April | 07 | 2004 |
