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  • a sheer shirt on a maniken
    August 21, 2020

    Karen LaMonte: Material and Light

    Three sculptures by Karen LaMonte on view are tours-de-force of material and light that reflect rich cultural meanings and illuminate human experience. Three recently acquired […]

  • August 21, 2020

    Ikeda Manabu and Tenmyouya Hisashi

    This exhibition features the art of two contemporary Japanese artists and introduces a new work by each into the museum’s permanent collection. Ikeda Manabu has […]

  • beaded, sequined artwork
    August 21, 2020

    Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3, Contemporary Native Art from the Northeast and Southeast

    Exhibition Overview Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3 explores the work of contemporary artists of indigenous origin working in both traditional and new media, acknowledging their […]

  • ancient world map
    August 21, 2020

    Marginalia in cARTography

    Exhibition Overview This exhibition explores the visual discourse between marginal artistic images and the maps where they appear, as this marginalia sheds light on the […]

  • August 21, 2020

    “You know she’s a little bit dangerous”

    Sandra Erbacher is the winner of the 2014 Chazen Museum Prize to an Outstanding MFA Student. Erbacher’s collages, sculptures and installations employ commonplace industrial materials, […]

  • etching of a skull in hearts
    August 21, 2020

    “I knew him.” Jim Dine Skulls, 1982–2000

    Jim Dine is one of the most recognizable and prolific of American artists. His work is characterized by the invention, repetition, and reinvention of now-familiar […]

  • photograph of a woman with her pet pigeon
    August 21, 2020

    A Passion for Photography: The John W. and Carol L.H. Green Collection

    These black-and-white images, most from the first half of the twentieth century, are remarkable in that they document and record the cultural milieu of the […]

  • waxed terra cotta relief
    August 21, 2020

    The Human Condition: The Stephen and Pamela Hootkin Collection of Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture

    Exhibition Overview Clay often connotes function and utility — think crockery, teapots and bricks. The thirty-five artists showing over 100 artworks in The Human Condition: The […]

  • monotype of a mule train
    August 21, 2020

    American Monotypes from the Baker/Pisano Collection

    The rise of the monotype in America began in Florence in the late nineteenth century, where a group of American artists in the circle of […]

  • August 21, 2020

    Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible

    Exhibition Overview The Saint John’s Bible is a hand-written and illuminated bible commissioned by the monks of Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. Celebrated calligrapher Donald […]

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