Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art

America is haunted. Ghosts from our history are an inescapable and unsettled part of daily life. Not merely the realm of metaphor but present and tangible, urgently calling for contact, these otherworldly visitors have been central to our national identity. They populate our literature, our entertainment, and our art. Through times of mourning and trauma, artists have been integral to visualizing ghosts, whether national or personal, and in doing so have embraced the mysterious and the inexplicable. This exhibition explores the numerous ways that artists in the United States have made sense of their own experiences of the paranormal and the supernatural, developing a rich visual culture of the intangible.

Exhibition Tour:

• June 12 – September 5, 2021: Toledo Museum of Art
• October 7, 2021 – January 2, 2022: Speed Art Museum
• February 19 – May 15, 2022: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ticket fee

General Admission: $20; My Mia Member: $16; Investor+: Free; Youth 17 and Under: Free

Image:  Agatha Wojciechowsky. American (born Germany), 1896-1986, and spirits. Untitled (detail), 1963. Watercolor on paper. 11 ¾ x 8 7/8 in. Courtesy the collection of Steven Day, New York, NY.