The Norton Simon Museum presents The Art of War, an exhibition featuring some 33 government-sponsored posters created for the American public during World Wars I and II. Chosen from the Museum's extensive collection of 20th-century war posters, these vibrant pieces of visual propaganda have rarely, and in some cases never, been on view.

The Norton Simon Museum presents a special installation of Johannes Vermeer's A Lady Writing, c. 1665-66, a delicate yet captivating painting on loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. One of about 35 known works by the Dutch master, the painting will be on view from November 7, 2008 to February 2, 2009, providing audiences with the rare opportunity to see a work by Vermeer on the west coast.

Norton Simon Museum will present a painting exhibition named A Garland of Melodies: Ragamala Paintings. The paintings come from India and Nepal and will be on view from May 30 to November 3, 2008.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp’s legendary retrospective at the Pasadena Art Museum, now the Norton Simon Museum, from April 25 to December 8, 2008. Organized by Director Walter Hopps in 1963, By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Selavy—the first-ever retrospective of the artist’s oeuvre—featured 114 works of art, including major loans from Europe and the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Arensberg collection.

Over the course of his art collecting career, Norton Simon acquired close to 50 works by French artist Aristide Maillol, many of which are on permanent display in the Museum’s galleries and garden. The exhibition Maillol’s Miniatures offers a rare look at those Maillol works that are not usually on view, providing a better understanding of the artist’s working methods.

The Norton Simon Museum presents Tales of the Blue Lord, an intimate exhibition that explores the life and legends of Krishna, one of the most revered deities within the Hindu pantheon. Indeed, images of Krishna's adventures are among the most colorful and beloved in Indian art. Featuring 13 artworks from the Museum's esteemed collection of Asian art, the installation opens on November 9th and runs through April 14, 2008.

The Norton Simon Museum presents Alexei Jawlensky (1864–1941), an exhibition featuring more than 100 paintings and works on paper by this renowned 20th-century artist. One of the Blue Four, a group of Expressionist artists represented by dealer Emmy (Galka) Scheyer, Jawlensky and his contemporaries redefined modern art with an innovative artistic philosophy that rejected the idea of an objective reality.