February 14 – April 27, 2026
Into the Wosk Collection:
Discovery & Wonder
Into the Wosk Collection: Discovery and Wonder presents selections from the extensive collection of Yosef Wosk, a passionate collector whose interests span from books, manuscripts, photographs, prints, paintings, sculptures, furniture to a variety of cultural objects.
Co-curated by artist Adad Hannah and Audain Art Museum’s Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chief Curator, Kiriko Watanabe, the exhibition draws from Dr. Wosk’s wide-ranging collection of photographs and works on paper. With support from collection advisor and art historian Spencer W. Stuart, the curators reviewed a substantial number of works, with a particular focus on photographs and etchings.
Highlights include portraits by internationally renowned photographers Naomi Savage, Diane Arbus, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Anne Brigman. Portraiture is a notable strength in the collection, as exemplified by Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photograph of Henri Matisse with doves, Diego Rivera’s photograph of Frida Kahlo and Emmy Lou Packard, Alexander Liberman’s image of Marcel Duchamp’s hands playing chess, and Man Ray’s close portrait of Ernest Hemingway. Still life images by Edward Weston and Walker Evans, Brassai’s Chartres in Winter, Berenice Abbott’s New York at Night, Ansel Adams’s Half Dome and Moon, and Fred Herzog’s black-and-white photographs further illustrate the breadth and depth of Dr. Wosk’s photographic holdings.
In addition to photographs, the exhibition includes etchings by Pablo Picasso, Francisco Goya, and Rembrandt van Rijn; lithographs by Marc Chagall and Odilon Redon; and several pochoir prints from a well-preserved edition of Henri Matisse’s Jazz suite.
Featured artists: Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Anne Brigman, Brassaï, Julia Margaret Cameron, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Marc Chagall, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Allen Ginsberg, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Emmet Gowin, Fred Herzog, André Kertész, Alexander Liberman, Henri Matisse, Man Ray, Pablo Picasso, Odilon Redon, Rembrandt van Rijn, Gerhard Richter, Diego Rivera, Naomi Savage, Joseph Szabo, Edward Weston, and Joel-Peter Witkin.
This exhibition is part of the 2026 Capture Photography Festival Featured Exhibitions Program.
Special Curatorial Tour with Capture Photography Festival
Saturday, April 4
1:00pm – 2:00pm
The Audain Art Museum invites visitors to a special curatorial tour presented as part of the Capture Photography Festival. Led by artist and guest curator Adad Hannah, alongside the Museum’s Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chief Curator, Kiriko Watanabe, the tour offers an inside look at Into the Wosk Collection: Discovery & Wonder.
From Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photograph of Henri Matisse to Edward Weston’s image of Pepper No. 30 and Shell, Hannah and Watanabe will share the curatorial vision, key themes, and creative dialogue behind their selection.
Free with the purchase of daily admissions.
Anne Brigman, A stylized portrait, possibly depicting Brigman herself, with friends, c. 1910. Silver print. Collection of Dr. Yosef Wosk.
