| Real Life: Prints by Winslow Homer and George Bellows | | September | 19 | 1990 | November | 18 | 1990 |
| Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought | Link | October | 10 | 1990 | December | 09 | 1990 |
| Korean Art: Images from the Land of the Morning Calm | | October | 23 | 1990 | January | 13 | 1991 |
| 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 |
| The 71st Annual May Show | | April | 04 | 1990 | May | 27 | 1990 |
| Focus: Fiber (1990) | | April | 24 | 1990 | June | 10 | 1990 |
| The Birth and Flowering of British Romantic Art | | May | 01 | 1990 | July | 22 | 1990 |
| Four Centuries of Italian Prints | | May | 01 | 1990 | July | 22 | 1990 |
| Photography Until Now | Link | June | 27 | 1990 | August | 19 | 1990 |
| Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings, 1550-1650 | | August | 27 | 1991 | October | 20 | 1991 |
| Reflections of Japanese Style | | September | 03 | 1991 | January | 05 | 1992 |
| Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection | | September | 17 | 1991 | January | 05 | 1992 |
