| Art for Collectors | | October | 05 | 1971 | November | 07 | 1971 |
| Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique | Link | October | 19 | 2008 | January | 18 | 2009 |
| Cleveland Drawings | | October | 07 | 1954 | October | 24 | 1954 |
| Special Exhibition of Work of Pupils in the Public Schools of Japan | | October | 28 | 1921 | November | 29 | 1921 |
| Ansel Adams: Photographs from the Permanent Collection | | October | 15 | 1993 | January | 09 | 1994 |
| Caravaggio, A Survey of His Work | | October | 29 | 1971 | January | 02 | 1972 |
| Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (Gallery reinstallation opening) | Link | October | 12 | 2003 | | | |
| Work of Outdoor Classes | | October | 04 | 1955 | October | 31 | 1955 |
| Imagining the Garden | | October | 31 | 2015 | March | 06 | 2016 |
| American Paintings (1954) | | October | 07 | 1954 | October | 24 | 1954 |
| Caravaggio and His Followers | Link | October | 29 | 1971 | January | 02 | 1972 |
| American Folk Art from the Traditional to the Naive | Link | October | 04 | 1978 | February | 18 | 1979 |
| Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection | Link | October | 26 | 2003 | January | 11 | 2004 |
| Design in Advertising Art | | October | 12 | 1955 | November | 13 | 1955 |
| Modern Architecture | | October | 27 | 1932 | December | 04 | 1932 |
| 20th-Century German Graphic Art | | October | 12 | 1954 | October | 31 | 1954 |
| Exhibition of Etchings and Drypoints by Louis C. Rosenberg | | October | 03 | 1928 | December | 30 | 1928 |
| Charles Meryon, Rodolphe Bresdin, and Odilon Redon | | October | | 1978 | April | | 1979 |
| Jasper Johns: Numbers | Link | October | 26 | 2003 | January | 11 | 2004 |
| Modern Hungarian Paintings | | October | 27 | 1932 | November | 27 | 1932 |
