Exhibition

The ASU Art Museum presents an audio-visual installation of a version of Cage's "49 Waltzes" for the ASU Tempe campus, realized by 23 students from the School of Music and the School of Arts, Media + Engineering for the museum. In 1977 the American composer John Cage created "49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs of […]

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 […]

Each new acquisition to ASU Art Museum's collection enhances our ability to share the many facets of human creativity and expression. ASU Art Museum collects in defined areas, including contemporary art, 20th century and contemporary ceramics, works by Latin American and Latinx artists, and historic and contemporary prints. Thanks to gifts and support from our […]

Gabriel Rico is the first artist-in-residence for the new GDL>PHX Residencias Artísticas program (organized by CALA Alliance, ASU Art Museum and Programa Anual de Open Studios), where artists from both cities are chosen to develop new work in Guadalajara, Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona. For his first museum exhibition in the United Sates, "Dead, Dead, Live, […]

For the past year, Bay Area artist Tom Franco has been collaborating with his brother, actor James Franco, on a series of enormous ceramic sculptures at Mission Clay Products, a Phoenix-based factory that produces vitrified clay pipes used mainly for sewage. Through their Arts and Industry program, Mission Clay has provided materials and working space […]

This event features sisters Lisa and Janelle Iglesias form the New York City-based artist duo Las Hermanas Iglesias. As a team, they create artworks that disrupt borders, engage absurdity and promote the benefits of working together. This season, they are mounting a site-specific installation at ASU Art Museum as the first family-in-residence. Join us for […]

See the museum's collection through the lens of a scientist. In "Material Beauty," guest curator Nathan Newman, a professor in Solid State Science at Arizona State University's School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, has selected artworks that engage with the chemistry of color, the neurology of facial recognition and the mathematics of perspective. […]