• black and white image of the same person as a man and as a woman

    Middle Child: Photographs by Alex Orellana

    Exhibition Overview Alex Orellana is the winner of the 2017 Chazen Museum Prize for an Outstanding MFA Student. Orellana is a third-year MFA student in […]

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    Sets: Printed Variations

    Sets: Printed Variations will present a few of the sets of prints from the Chazen’s permanent collection. Although these sets of artworks are made up of […]

  • lifesize kimonos cast in glass, metals

    Karen LaMonte: Floating World

    Life-sized kimonos cast in glass, ceramic, bronze, and rusted iron will fill the Rowland Galleries for Karen LaMonte: Floating World at the Chazen Museum of Art, August 11–September […]

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    Certainty and Doubt: Paintings by Dan Ramirez

    Drawn from Madison and Midwestern collections, this exhibition highlights the artistic vision of Chicago-based artist Dan Ramirez. For over forty years Ramirez has employed a […]

  • acrylic painting of a beast with wings standing over fire

    Fantastic Illustration from the Korshak Collection

    This exhibition explores the ever-evolving visual landscape of science fiction and fantasy literature with illustrations from the collection of Stephen Korshak. Featuring original artwork by […]

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    What’s In A Jug? Art, Technology, Culture

    Curated by students in Introduction to Museum Studies: Theory & Methods, this exhibition examines historic ceramic vessels and their technologies, artistry, and meanings. Specifically, it highlights […]

  • Michele Marti (American, b. 1986), Madame et Mademoiselle, 2015, photo by Aysia Marotta

    Derrière: Works by Michele Marti

    Exhibition Overview The 2018 Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize has been awarded to Michele Marti. Marti will create lithographs and video of the body—backs […]