Transitioning from the European galleries devoted to Surrealism and abstraction in the Main Building, these new permanent galleries will explore the developments of postwar American art. Beginning with American responses to Surrealism and the emergence of Abstract Expressionism, the presentation will proceed to Minimalism, Pop, and Process art. Galleries will also address such themes as the return to figuration and contemporary modes of abstraction. Home to earlier works by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko. Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, and Andy Warhol, the galleries will also include more recent works by Leonardo Drew, Teresita Fernández, Kerry James Marshall, and Julie Mehretu. Thirty percent of the works in the installation have not been on view in approximately a decade.

Curated by Simon Kelly, curator of modern and contemporary art, and Tricia Y. Paik, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art.