For Columbus Museum of Art executive director Nannette Maciejunes, “The Architecture of Painting: Charles Burchfield, 1920” has turned into what she calls, “the little exhibit that could.”

Comprised of 40 watercolors depicting eastern Ohio houses and landscapes, the exhibit is the first to feature small-scale paintings Burchfield created between 1918 and 1920 while living in Salem. As a result, the show has garnered widespread media attention, ranging from aNew York Times feature to a review in the alternativeNew York Press. The Columbus Museum of Art developed the exhibition in partnership with New York City’s DC Moore Gallery, which represents Burchfield’s estate, and the Burchfield Penny Art Center in Buffalo, New York. It debuted earlier this year at the DC Moore Gallery, and will remain in Columbus until Aug. 2, before a stop at the Burchfield Penny.>>