News and Events
PhotoWork Podcast Peter van Agtmael and Paul Shambroom join Sasha Wolf on PhotoWork to discuss their documentary practices. (1:12:23)
See and Be Seen: The Evolving Power of Portraits at the Minnesota History Center November 7, 2026 – June 13, 2027. Includes four prints from 1979 series Portrait of Hennepin Avenue
Take the Picture at the Minneapolis Institute of Art August 22, 2026 - February 28, 2027. Features 24 prints from 1979 series Portrait of Hennepin Avenue
The Minneapolis Institute of Art has acquired a group of 196 photographs by Paul Shambroom, gifted by the Minneapolis-based artist and capturing the arc of his career. (Official press release Feb.5, 2026)
CIVILIZATION: The Way We Live Now, Curated by William Ewing, Bartomeu Marí and Holly Roussell Perret-Gentil.,preseted by FEP. “..a major exhibition, featuring the work of 100 of the world’s finest photographers. It addresses and illuminates major aspects of our increasingly global 21st century civilization.
Current: New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut October 2027 - March 2028
Previous:
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, March - July 2026
Kunsthalle München, Munich, Germany, April 11 - August 25, 2025
Jut Art Museum, Taipai, Taiwan, March 16 - June 30, 2024
Saatchi Gallery, London, June 14 - Sept 17, 2023
Musei San Domenico, Forlì, Italy, mid-September 2022 (TBC) - Jan. 8, 2023
Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (MUCEM), Marseille, France, May 19 - Aug. 15, 2021
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, New Zealand June 13 - October 18 2020
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia September 13 2019 - February 2 2020
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, October 18 2018-February 17 2019
Paul Shambroom’s American Photographs, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Jan. 21 - March 8, 2025. Opening event Jan. 24, 2025 7:00 pm.
PBS News Hour segment on Purpletown, October 30, 2024. (4:51) View here
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Power of the People: Art and Democracy (group exhibit) October 26, 2024–February 16, 2025
Photobook Banter on Purpletown with George Slade rephotographica, Oct. 16, 2024 (1:03:35) view here
