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  • September 25, 2024

    The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick

    This exhibition explores the interdisciplinary creativity of Wharton Esherick (1887–1970), the famed American artist best known as the father of the Studio Furniture Movement. Esherick […]

  • September 25, 2024

    You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography

    You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography celebrates the dynamic photography of Latinx artists across the United States. The exhibition brings together […]

  • June 3, 2024

    Petah Coyne: How Much A Heart Can Hold

    Experience sprawling sculptural works made of cloth, human hair, scrap metal, wax, silk flowers and other unorthodox materials in Petah Coyne: How Much A Heart […]

  • June 3, 2024

    Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century

    Love, adventure, educational opportunities, career advancement, sexual exploration and racism are among the myriad reasons African American artists traveled to Nordic countries during the first […]

  • March 25, 2024

    My mother is a horse. An exhibition by Cat Birk.

    Cat Birk is the 2024 Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize winner. My mother is a horse. presents paintings, silicone surfaces, prints and sculpture in […]

  • October 6, 2023

    Look What Harvey Did: Harvey K. Littleton’s Legacy in the Simona and Jerome Chazen Collection of Studio Glass

    The exhibition Look What Harvey Did: Harvey K. Littleton’s Legacy in the Simona and Jerome Chazen Studio Glass Collection uses select works from this acclaimed […]

  • August 7, 2023

    Recent Acquisitions 2023

    Museums add artwork to their collection in various ways, primarily through purchases made by the institution or gifts donated by private individuals. Displayed here is […]

  • srahel van Meckenem German, 1440/1444-1503 Double Portrait of Israhel van Meckenem and his Wife Ida ca. 1490 Engraving 13.1 x 17.8 cm Albertina Museum accession #DG1926/938
    June 27, 2023

    Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop

    The Chazen Museum of Art Explores 15th-Century Printmaker’s Work through an Entrepreneurial Lens Discover parallels between the business of 15th-century printmaking and today’s branding practices […]

  • March 27, 2023

    Premonitions: New Works by Monty Little

    The Russell and Paula Panczenko Prize for an Outstanding MFA Candidate The works on view forefront historic and contemporary erasures of various Indigenous identities within […]

  • March 27, 2023

    Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection

    The Human Figure in the Chazen Museum of Art’s Contemporary African Art Initiative Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection presents forty-five works […]

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