In this exhibition, three centuries of American art illuminate the chapters of every individual life. Each of us “plays in his or her time many parts,” attaining awareness as children, striking out as individuals, embracing or avoiding change during adulthood, and learning new ways of being in old age.

Works by artists including Lee Krasner, Alice Neel, Robert Colescott, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Romare Bearden, and Grant Wood reveal critical moments in the voyage of life, with its heydays, rough patches, and new starts.