The Asheville Art Museum in North Carolina will present "In a New Light: American Impressionism 1870–1940 | Works from the Bank of America Collection," an exhibition featuring over 120 works that trace the development of American Impressionism and its break with academic tradition. The show runs from February 7 through June 29, 2026, and is made possible through the Bank of America Art in our Communities program, which loans exhibitions at no cost to nonprofit community museums.
This exhibition matters because it brings a major survey of American Impressionism—a pivotal movement that helped lay the groundwork for modern and contemporary art—to a regional museum in Western North Carolina, making significant artworks accessible to a broader public. The partnership with Bank of America also highlights a model for corporate philanthropy in the arts, offering free admission to cardholders on select weekends and underscoring the role of private collections in supporting community museums.