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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!

Street Nihonga

Drawing on cardboard of a black-and-orange cat holding a fish while a smaller orange-and-black cat peeks out from behind it

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Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani

This exhibition features 145 artworks by Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani alongside photographs, documentary videos, and works from the Spencer's collection.

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Happening at the museum

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.

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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.

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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

May 2
Activity
Art Cart: Kaleidoscope Skies
1:00–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Perkins Central Court
May 2
Activity
Color the Sky: A Kite & Culture Celebration
1:00–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas Union, The Jay, Jayhawk Blvd
May 8
Activity
Open Friday
10:00AM–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Goddard Study Center
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Richard Emile Miller (1875–1943), La Toilette
Richard Emile Miller (1875–1943)
La Toilette
circa 1910
William Sharp (1803–1875); John Fisk Allen (1785–1865), untitled (intermediate stages of bloom)
William Sharp (1803–1875); John Fisk Allen (1785–1865)
untitled (intermediate stages of bloom)
1854
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979), The Founding of Chicago
Aaron Douglas (1899–1979)
The Founding of Chicago
circa 1933
Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), Arena
Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989)
Arena
1959
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