Recent Acquisitions 2023
Jul 31–Nov 26, 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 […]
Premonitions: New Works by Monty Little
Apr 17–Jul 9, 2023
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 […]
re:mancipation
Feb 6–Jun 25, 2023
re:mancipation is a collaborative project that has undertaken a two-year study of Emancipation Group and its complex history, while cultivating a more nuanced understanding of […]
Resource & Ruin: Wisconsin’s Enduring Landscape
Dec 19, 2022–Mar 26, 2023
From the earliest European encounters with the Americas, artists have been fascinated with representing its plains, rivers, forests, and mountains. This exhibition introduces some of […]
Sifting & Reckoning: UW–Madison’s History of Exclusion and Resistance
Sep 12–Dec 23, 2022
For generations, University of Wisconsin–Madison students and staff have been committed to the “fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found,” […]
(De)constructing the Everyday: Art History 506, Curatorial Studies Exhibition Practice
Sep 2–Dec 23, 2022
Joy Episalla is an interdisciplinary artist who works in video, photography, and installation. Episalla’s work forces the viewer to confront the intimacy of the everyday, […]
Echoing Overseas: Asian Artistic Exchange
Aug 8–Nov 28, 2022
Cultural exchange has been one of the most powerful driving forces in the development of art across time. Echoing Overseas traces Asia-based artistic exchange in […]
I Left My Heart…
Apr 25–Jul 17, 2022
Panczenko MFA Prize Exhibition 2022 I Left My Heart… is a love letter to San Francisco. In the exhibition, the relationship unfolds through dozens of photographs […]
Suspended Landscapes: Thread Drawings by Amanda McCavour
Mar 11–Sep 11, 2022
Amanda McCavour’s thread drawings fill the Elvehjem building’s Paige Court, depicting Wisconsin flora on a monumental scale. The work was commissioned to mark the building’s—and […]
Pressing Innovation: Printing Fine Art in the Upper Midwest
Feb 14–May 15, 2022
Pressing Innovation explores the history and work of fine-art printing presses in the Upper Midwest, focusing on each press’s distinct mission and contribution to printmaking […]