In the paintings, drawings and prints in the exhibition You Are Here, drawn from the ASU Art Museum's permanent collection, artists explore the ways that we map, mark or claim the land. Anchored by a historic Dutch engraving of a walled city, most of the works begin in the late 1970s and reflect the strength […]

In conjunction with the 2012 International Conference on Romanticism (ICR), held on ASU's Tempe campus, the ASU Art Museum is showing Ross Birrell's film Duet: Lift Me Up For I Am Dying. A Palestinian violist and an Israeli violist perform Ross Birrell's musical composition “Lift Me Up For I Am Dying,” in the Spiegelsaal of […]

Born of Fire: The Pottery of Margaret Tafoya and Re: Generation: A Survey of Margaret Tafoya's Descendants Extended hours during the Heard Museum Indian Market on March 2-3 (Ceramics Research Center open Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Reception and book signing: Feb. 8, 2013, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Charles King will be signing his book “Born […]

Artists Mathew Moore (Phoenix) and Clare Patey (London) collaborate on a project centered on the issue of endangered elements in the periodic table, specifically copper. Copper plays a major role in Arizona's history and in its current economic, environmental and cultural life. Cu²⁹ explores the process of staking a claim, the idea of owning the […]

Working in conjunction with Fundación/Colección Jumex, the ASU Art Museum is proud to present Turn off the Sun, a rare opportunity for the public to experience selected works of art from one of the largest and most important contemporary art collections in Latin America. La Colección Jumex is a spectacular collection of more than 2,600 […]

The ASU Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts present Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby, a landmark exhibition featuring the work of contemporary ceramist Wayne Higby, who is widely considered one of the most innovative second generation artists to emerge from the post–World War […]

This Is Not America looks at the intersection of art and social change through the lens of the ASU Art Museum's collection in conversation with emerging and established artists. Works are paired as a form of call and response in order to create a dialogue around current issues related to protest and poetic gestures within […]

The biennial ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts School of Art Faculty Exhibition showcases recent work by the School of Art's esteemed faculty. This year's exhibition will feature work in diverse media, including painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, inter-media, fiber and ceramics, as well as research by art history and art education professors. In […]

MIRROR< >PEOPLE is an exhibition that explores the speculative idea of the end of fidelity both as a metaphor and as a concept that mirrors social rituals about sharing uncertainty and finding our place in the world. The new and previously unseen works exhibited by the School of Art's esteemed faculty include video, installation, painting, […]

The ASU Art Museum presents gallery conversations and tours of This is Not America, Part III . Explore this remarkable exhibition with the ASU Master of Fine Arts students who co-curated it alongside Julio Cesar Morales. Free and open to the public; join us for one or for both! Tours will convene in the ASU […]

For his final exhibition prior to his retirement this summer, curator of ceramics Peter Held examines the compulsion to collect. He includes cabinets of curiosities, knick-knacks and creative tableaus from local artists, designers and the public-at-large in an exhibition that highlights how we're all equally passionate and obsessive about the things we love and choose […]