| Northern Landscape Traditions: The 16th and 17th Centuries | | October | 10 | 1989 | December | 31 | 1989 |
| American Cities: An Artist's View | | October | 17 | 1989 | January | 07 | 1990 |
| Hiroshi Sugimoto: Seascape Photographs | | November | 17 | 1989 | January | 14 | 1990 |
| Cervin Robinson: Cleveland, Ohio | Link | November | 22 | 1989 | January | 20 | 1990 |
| Robert Lobe: Recent Sculptures | | November | 28 | 1989 | January | 21 | 1990 |
| From Fontainbleau to the Louvre: French Drawings from the 17th Century | Link | December | 13 | 1989 | January | 28 | 1990 |
| The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art | | January | 24 | 1989 | April | 09 | 1989 |
| White Lights in Leningrad: Work in Progress by Joel Meyerowitz | | January | 27 | 1989 | March | 12 | 1989 |
| Collaborations in Monotype: The Garner Tullis Workshop | Link | January | 31 | 1989 | March | 12 | 1989 |
| Francois-Marius Granet: Watercolors from the Musee Granet at Aix-en-Provence | Link | February | 07 | 1989 | March | 19 | 1989 |
| Noble Ancestors: Images from Africa | | February | 08 | 1989 | March | 19 | 1989 |
| Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres | | February | 14 | 1989 | June | 11 | 1989 |
| Year in Review for 1988 | | March | 01 | 1989 | May | 14 | 1989 |
| Photographs: Recent Acquisitions | | March | 17 | 1989 | May | 14 | 1989 |
| Focus: Fiber (1989) | | April | 05 | 1989 | May | 07 | 1989 |
| Masterworks of Ming and Qing Painting from the Forbidden City | Link | April | 16 | 1989 | May | 21 | 1989 |
| Italian Etchers of the Renaissance and Baroque | Link | April | 25 | 1989 | June | 25 | 1989 |
| Lucas Samaras Photographs | | May | 19 | 1989 | July | 16 | 1989 |
| The 70th Annual May Show | | June | 28 | 1989 | August | 06 | 1989 |
| Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940 | | June | 28 | 1989 | September | 10 | 1989 |
