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Duet: Lift Me Up For I Am Dying

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 […]

Cu29: Mining for You

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 […]

Turn off the Sun: Selections from la Colección Jumex

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 […]

Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby

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, Part 2

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 […]

Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft

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 […]

Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts School of Art Biennial Faculty Exhibitions

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 […]

MIRRORPEOPLE

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, […]

Gallery Conversations: This is Not America, Part III

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 […]

These Are Some of My Favorite Things

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 […]

The Garden in the Machine

Based on the 1964 book by Leo Marx, The Machine in the Garden, the exhibition's title refers to the “pastoral” and “progressive” ideals explored in his writing. This seminal work characterized early 20th century American culture and its relationship to technology, contemporary society and urban expansion. Today, similar themes emerge in China, where people are […]