Upcoming Exhibitions

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Future Exhibitions

Eternal Spring: Bamboo

July 1, 2025–December 7, 2025
Kemper Family Foundations Balcony and Ingrid & J.K. Lee Study Center

Bamboo has captivated the imagination of East Asian artists and poets for centuries. This installation complements the ceramics on view in Eternal Spring in the Lee Study Center.

A brown, square wooden stool with four legs

Soundings

Making Culture at Sea

August 12, 2025–December 14, 2025
Dolph Simons Family Gallery, The Estelle S. & Robert A. Long Ellis Gallery

This exhibition explores how in the past and present the world’s oceans are a space for cross-cultural reflections on the relationship between humans and the earth.

A large ship with three masts flying an American flag sinks as smoke billows out and sea life gathers nearby

My Mother's Tongue Ties Me Together

August 26, 2025–January 4, 2026
Sam & Connie Perkins Central Court

Composite image of three headshots of Asian adults

In’zhúje’waxóbe

Return of the Sacred Red Rock

September 9, 2025–January 25, 2026
Larry & Barbara Marshall Family Balcony

A drawing on ledger paper of two men dressed in traditional Native clothing with cranes in the background

Street Nihonga

The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani

February 19, 2026–June 28, 2026
Sam & Connie Perkins Central Court, The Estelle S. & Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation Gallery, Dolph Simons Family Gallery

Drawing of a black-and-white cat peering at an orange-and-black fish swimming in a bowl surrounded by flowers