| Event/Exhibition | Date(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Animals around the World: Picture Books by Steve Jenkins | November 19, 2011 to April 22, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Traditional Japanese Musical Instruments | November 26, 2011 to May 03, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Fabric of a New Nation: American Needlework and Textiles, 1776-1840 | December 16, 2011 to May 13, 2012 | Exhibition |
| The Last Harvest: Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore | January 29, 2012 to April 15, 2012 | Exhibition |
| The Schiff Foundation Fellowship for Architecture: Selections, 1989-2011 | February 11, 2012 to May 20, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Entre Nous: The Art of Claude Cahun | February 25, 2012 to June 03, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Beauty and the Book: 19th- and Early 20th-Century Folios on the Decorative Arts | February 28, 2012 to May 07, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Rethinking Typologies: Architecture and Design from the Permanent Collection | March 03, 2012 to July 29, 2012 | Exhibition |
| The Outdoor Office: Jonathan Olivares Design Research | March 07, 2012 to July 15, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Capturing the Sublime: Italian Drawings of the Renaissance and Baroque | March 25, 2012 to July 08, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Jindřich Heisler: Surrealism under Pressure | March 31, 2012 to July 01, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Fashioning the Object: Bless, Boudicca, Sandra Backlund | April 14, 2012 to September 13, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA | May 02, 2012 to September 09, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective | May 16, 2012 to September 03, 2012 | Exhibition |
| Steve McQueen | October 21, 2012 to January 06, 2013 | Exhibition |