Come experience a few of the great acquisitions the museum received in 2015. "Blow Up," an interactive piece by Scott Snibbe, incorporates breath, fans, technology and sound. There are also more traditional works – paintings – but with very non-traditional content. Given by long-term supporters to the museum are works by Stefani Gutheil, Sandow Birk […]
"Love Me Two Times" presents two recent projects by Bay Area-based, Cuban-born artist Tony Labat exploring issues of labor, migration, and displacement. The first, premiered at the Havana Biennial in 2012, is a participatory installation based around a hand-made billiards table in the shape of the island of Cuba. The second installation features six months […]
The ASU Art Museum presented this exhibition of works on paper by artists from the American Southwest at universities in Sichuan, Nanjing, Shanghai and Xi'an. Working with ASU's Center for American Culture and the American Centers for Cultural Exchange (ACCEX) network in China, the project shared the richness and diversity of the American experience with […]
“Breach: Log 16” showcases the work of Courtney Michele Leonard, an artist and filmmaker from the Shinnecock Nation of Long Island, New York. Leonard's work explores the evolution of language, image and culture through mixed media pieces of video, audio and tangible objects. This exhibition is an exploration of historical ties to water and whale; […]
Join ASU Art Museum the third Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. for a behind-the-scenes exhibition tour with one of our curators. Get the inside scoop on the making of the exhibition and hear the stories behind the art. In April, ASU Art Museum director Gordon Knox will lead a tour of "BLOW UP: […]
It's no accident that the ASU Art Museum has one of the leading collections of contemporary craft in the nation; founding director Rudy Turk's interest in contemporary and conceptual craft was well-known and is now carried on by a group of collectors in the Valley. "Crafting the Collection" showcases more than 30 new donations by […]
In the fall of 2015, the ASU Art Museum was invited to visit the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia to select a “satellite collection” of prints from their archive. The 59 chosen artworks are culturally diverse, social, political, spiritual and abstract with vibrant colors, energy and narrative. "The Brandywine Workshop Collection" is an exhibition of 18 […]
Animism is the age-old belief that everything in the universe possesses a spiritual energy or life force. With the resurgence of environmental awareness in the past decade, animism takes on new meaning today. "The New Animist" will spotlight selections from the ASU Art Museum collection, chosen by Windgate curatorial intern Kev Nemelka, to illustrate how […]
"Encounter: Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" is an installation and exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Alejandro Almanza Pereda that focuses on the still life. Pereda will display — upside down — several still life paintings from the ASU Art Museum collection alongside his own work, the first in […]
Desert Botanical Garden Off campus Less Than $25 "Space in Between – Arizona" is a collaboration between artist Margarita Cabrera, the Arizona State University Art Museum and Desert Botanical Garden. Cabrera's project is a continuation of her on-going work with Latino communities. "Space in Between" centers on the creation of artworks and promotion of cultural […]
Throughout the years, the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan has made a significant impact in the fields of art, design and architecture. Legendary artists like Maija Grotell, Richard DeVore and Jun Kaneko have all contributed to the ceramics department's reputation for excellence and innovation. Committed to discussions surrounding material specificity, students are […]
This exhibition marks the tenth anniversary of the biennial Map(ing) — Multiple Artists Printing (Indigenous and Native Geographies) — project and includes 28 prints created by Native American and Indigenous artists who work collaboratively with graduate students from Arizona State University's School of Art printmaking program. Together the artists and students create limited-edition prints by […]
