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We are a museum at the University of Kansas with two floors of galleries and a collection that represents different types of art from around the world. Admission is free for everyone!

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Print with a spiral form in the center that goes from blue to purple, pink, red, and orange, overlaid with a repeating pattern of red circles on a purple-and-white background

Brush, Block, and Blood

This exhibition traces over a century of innovation through the work of three generations of women from the celebrated Yoshida family: Fujio, Chizuko, and Ayomi.

Image of a woman sitting at a table painting overlaid on top of an image of rippling water

The River of Time

International artist-in-residence Ayomi Yoshida created this site-specific video work to accompany our spring exhibitions.

Sliced forms of clay stacked and curling upward on one side, forming an undulating edge

Form & Flux

This new installation in our Lee Study Center features contemporary Asian ceramics that blend centuries-old traditions with innovative artistic expression.

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Events

March 29
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Kress Gallery
March 30
Talk
1:00–2:00PM
Marvin Grove, directly behind Spencer Museum, 1301 Mississippi St
April 2
Screening
4:00–7:00PM
The Forum, Marvin Hall, 1465 Jayhawk Blvd

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Browse art highlights

Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
late 1860s or 1870s
Miyagawa Kōzan (1842–1916)
late 1800s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Tilman Riemenschneider (circa 1460–1531)
circa 1500–1501
Lisa Grossman (born 1967)
2004

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