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  • 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 […]

  • digital print of a delicate teapot
    August 21, 2020

    Apertura: Photography in Cuba Today

    Apertura: Photography in Cuba Today explores the way photography is used, understood, and experienced in Cuba in times of transition. It includes photography-based installations, digital photomontage […]

  • August 21, 2020

    Tradition and Innovation: The Human Figure in Contemporary Chinese Art

    Exhibition Overview Innovative new work from artists’ studios in Beijing will be on display in the spring. This exhibition of contemporary Chinese art from Liu […]

  • glass neon sculpture
    August 21, 2020

    Kill the Idiot, Save the Fan

    Working in glass and neon, Rory Erler Wakemup draws on his Native American culture, his own experience in the Lakota Sun Dance ceremony, pop culture […]

  • color woodcut of a canal in winter
    August 20, 2020

    Print Tsunami: Japonisme and Paris

    Exhibition Overview With the opening of Japan in the 1850s, Japanese art became more readily available to Europeans, and in France it sparked Japonisme. For […]

  • Lifesize photograph of 4 people
    August 20, 2020

    Squad: The Calling of the Common Hero, Photography by Faisal Abdu’Allah

    Exhibition Overview Squad: The Calling of the Common Hero, Photography by Faisal Abdu’Allah conceived by Faisal Abdu’Allah, Associate Professor, Art Department, and developed collaboratively with […]

  • Black and white photograph of two men, one sitting, one standing in a cemented area surrounded by some wire sculptures
    August 20, 2020

    Roger Ballen Photography

    Exhibition Overview Roger Ballen is one of the most original image makers of the twenty-first century. This exhibition features recent black-and-white photographs from Asylum of the […]

  • mountain landscape artwork
    August 20, 2020

    Xu Bing, Background Story: A New Approach to Landscape Painting

    In 1991, Xu Bing held his first exhibition in the United States, at the Elvehjem (now the Chazen) Museum of Art. Since that time, Xu […]

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