Image: Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha will present 'City in Print' from March 21 to September 6, 2026, in Hawks Pavilion, Works on Paper Gallery H5. The exhibition looks at early 20th-century American printmaking through images of urban life, drawing on recent additions to the museum’s collection from a significant gift of modern and contemporary art from Craig F. Starr.
According to the museum, the show traces how artists and illustrators used printmaking to capture the energy of modern city life at a moment when the medium was becoming a distinct American tradition. The works reflect the urban scene as a setting of industrial innovation, social inequality, and spectacle. The museum describes printmaking as a reproducible medium that had already found uses in journalism and advertising, and notes that many artists turned to it to portray city streets, buildings, and crowds.
The exhibition’s focus on the city places it within a broader history of American visual culture in the early 1900s, when artists sought ways to represent rapid change and modern experience. The museum says the works on view recognize the city as a subject of both fascination and fear, capturing dramatic events and everyday scenes alike. The selection includes work by Louis Lozowick, whose 'Minneapolis' is listed as the pictured work for the exhibition.
Joslyn’s online exhibition page says the works on view are works on paper by renowned early 20th-century artists and that they are recent additions to the museum’s collection. The source material does not provide a full artist list, but it situates the presentation as part of an important collection gift that has expanded the museum’s holdings in modern and contemporary art.
The exhibition’s run extends through early September, overlapping with other temporary exhibitions listed by the museum in its August newsletter. In that newsletter, Joslyn identified 'City in Print' as on view through Sep. 6 alongside 'Pipilotti Rist: I’m Not the Girl Who Misses Much', and noted that 'Sadie Barnette' opens Aug. 1. The newsletter also listed the museum’s seasonal programming calendar for August, including public talks, drop-in events, and studio activities.
'City in Print' is specifically described by the museum as featuring works on paper that depict city scenes and the social tensions of modern urban growth. The exhibition remains scheduled for Mar. 21 to Sep. 6, 2026, in Hawks Pavilion, Works on Paper Gallery H5.
