| The 70th Annual May Show | | June | 28 | 1989 | August | 06 | 1989 |
| Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940 | | June | 28 | 1989 | September | 10 | 1989 |
| Agnes Martin: Recent Paintings | Link | July | 05 | 1989 | September | 10 | 1989 |
| Rococo, Revolution, Restoration | | July | 11 | 1989 | September | 24 | 1989 |
| Lucian Freud: Works on Paper | | July | 18 | 1989 | September | 24 | 1989 |
| In Pursuit of Fashion: Decorative Textiles in 18th-Century France | | August | 01 | 1989 | March | 03 | 1991 |
| Brassai: The Secret Paris of the 1930s | | August | 05 | 1989 | September | 17 | 1989 |
| Holy Image, Holy Space: Icons and Frescoes from Greece | Link | September | 09 | 1989 | October | 22 | 1989 |
| Contemporary Prints from Cleveland Collections | Link | September | 13 | 1989 | October | 29 | 1989 |
| Rimpa Painting | | September | 19 | 1989 | December | 17 | 1989 |
| Helen Levitt Photographs | | September | 22 | 1989 | November | 12 | 1989 |
| Linda Butler: Photographs of Japan | | November | 02 | 1990 | January | 06 | 1991 |
| From Pisanello to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen | Link | November | 06 | 1990 | January | 06 | 1991 |
| A Tribute to Frederick L. Hollendonner, 1928-1990 | | November | 23 | 1990 | January | 20 | 1991 |
| Evelyn Svec Ward Retrospective | Link | December | 28 | 1990 | February | 03 | 1991 |
| William Earle Williams: Photographs of the Gettysburg Battlefield | | January | 19 | 1990 | March | 25 | 1990 |
| Beadwork and Quillwork of the American Plains | | January | 23 | 1990 | July | 01 | 1990 |
| The Year in Review: Selections 1989 | | February | 06 | 1990 | April | 15 | 1990 |
| Bourke-White: A Retrospective | Link | February | 28 | 1990 | April | 15 | 1990 |
| Michael Spano: Sequential Photographs | | March | 30 | 1990 | June | 24 | 1990 |
