The ASU Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center (CRC) in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts present Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft, the first comprehensive museum exhibition to highlight their extensive craft holdings, including new international acquisitions in wood, ceramic and fiber. This exhibition and its accompanying catalog provide an international perspective […]
Artist Richard T. Walker will give a behind-the-scenes tour of the installation of his upcoming exhibition at the ASU Art Museum, Richard T. Walker: the predicament of always (as we are) , which opens Sept. 27, 2014. Walker, a British artist currently living and working in San Francisco, brings a unique outsider perspective to the […]
Join ASU Art Museum Director Gordon Knox for a presentation and discussion about art, science, innovation and technology. Free and open to the public. RSVP required; seating is limited. Visit https://amuseum-knoxlecture.eventbrite.com to RSVP. Art and science are our species' primary systems of knowledge production. Both are highly disciplined, focused, peer-reviewed, cumulative and broadly collaborative ways […]
Richard T. Walker's videos, photographs, installations and performances take seclusion, human nature and dialogue as their subjects. Focusing on the experience of our surrounding environments, his works highlight clashes between innate desire, cultural interpretation and reality, becoming almost behavioral studies of the act of experiencing. This exhibition is generously supported by Carroll/Fletcher Gallery, London, and […]
In March 2020, the museum underwent a hiatus unprecedented in its history with the closure of the state due to Covid-19. At that moment, we found ourselves having to innovate and radically re-imagine the museum's role in the digital realm. When George Floyd was killed on May 25th, the Black Lives Matter movement mobilized efforts […]
The Art in Focus gallery highlights artwork from the museum's permanent collection. As we, along with many museums across the country, actively work to build a more diverse collection that tells a representative history of art, we make it a priority to collect and exhibit artists who have been marginalized. A recent study of the […]
Made possible with a gift from Robert and Avery Moric, father and son ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts alumni (Architecture Class of 1991 and Architecture and Barrett, The Honors College Class of 2023) and the ASU President's Club. Commissioned by Arizona State University Art Museum with funding by The Diane and Bruce […]
Join us for a special guided tour of selected prints from the Jules Heller Print Study Room. These tours offer a rare opportunity to study original prints without a frame's glass, allowing for an intimate encounter with artists throughout history. Tours are offered every Thursday–Sunday at 1 p.m. To make a reservation, contact Raechel Miller […]
"Luster and Light" creates space to reflect on the value of craft and craft-adjacent works in art museum settings. How is the idea of value interpreted in various spaces and contexts by individuals and institutions? This exhibition examines works that feature specific lustrous materials to relay cultural or social symbols, often to call attention to abuses […]
Join ASU Art Museum Director + Professor of Practice Miki Garcia for a private classroom-style lecture covering various topics in support of lifelong learning and the arts. This is a unique three-part experience hosted by dialog phx, a new retail and coffee shop space in downtown Phoenix. Come to one class or take them all! […]
Lo que es, es lo que ha sido/What It Is, Is What Has Been: Selections from the ASU Art Museum's Cuban Art Collection explores artistic expression during times of humanitarian crises and social upheaval. Located at the Phoenix Art Museum, the exhibition is the first major curatorial collaboration between Phoenix Art Museum and ASU Art […]
Join Mary-Beth Buesgen, curator of collections and archives, at the Ceramics Research Center for a tour of the open storage ceramics collection and learn about current Artist in Residence, Cesar Bernal. Free tickets: Curator IRL XP: May 19 (3:00-4:00pm)
