The Sublime Superhero Art of Alex Ross Is Getting Its Own Exhibition

Alex Ross is 1 of the astir iconic comics artists of the modern age, his influential paintings giving retro spins connected the heroes of the Marvel and DC universes emblazoning comics covers, murals, merch, and much implicit the past fewer decades. Now, this summer, you’ll beryllium capable to spot it up adjacent and successful person.

io9 tin exclusively uncover your archetypal look at Heroes & Villains, a caller grounds that volition debut astatine the Dunn Museum successful Illinois this summertime that follows Ross’ Marvel-focused grounds astatine the museum, Marvelocity, backmost successful 2019. Featuring implicit 100 pieces of archetypal creation spanning crossed the past 20 years of Ross’ vocation successful comics, it’ll people the archetypal clip some his DC and Marvel enactment has been formally displayed together, making for a veritable smorgasbord of superheroic figures.

“I americium thrilled to articulation with the Dunn Museum again for this caller exhibit. To spot truthful galore of my archetypal paintings connected show each successful 1 spot is precise special,” Ross said successful a property merchandise provided to io9. “It gives maine a caller position connected the breadth of my enactment and I anticipation visitors bask the experience.”

As good arsenic pieces from crossed Ross’ tenures astatine DC and Marvel, erstwhile Heroes & Villains opens Ross volition debut 3 marque caller portraits made to observe the occasion, which volition stay exclusively connected show determination passim the exhibition’s run.

Alex Ross: Heroes & Villains volition unfastened to the nationalist astatine the Dunn Museum from June 29, 2025, done to February 16, 2026. Tickets for  peculiar preview nighttime the evening anterior to nationalist opening connected June 28, A Night With Alex Ross, are disposable here.

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