| 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 |
| The World Seen Anew: English and French Photographs of the 1850s | | June | 29 | 1990 | August | 26 | 1990 |
| The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection | Link | July | 05 | 1990 | September | 02 | 1990 |
| The Camera | | July | 10 | 1990 | August | 19 | 1990 |
| Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia | | July | 24 | 1990 | November | 25 | 1990 |
| Masahisa Fukase: The Solitude of Ravens | | October | 25 | 1991 | January | 05 | 1992 |
| Images of War | | November | 05 | 1991 | January | 12 | 1992 |
| Artists' Working Books | | November | 05 | 1991 | January | 12 | 1992 |
