Past Exhibitions

Explore exhibitions from the past year. To learn more about all of our past exhibitions, please search our online collection.

Still Life Reimagined

June 3, 2025–July 13, 2025
Jack & Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning

This installation explores the history of the still life genre and highlights works that push the boundaries of still life through their subject, appearance, or medium.

Photograph looking down on a kitchen surface with a green pepper in a stock pot and other tools

Bold Women

February 18, 2025–July 6, 2025
Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, Dolph Simons Family Gallery, Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation Gallery, Larry & Barbara Marshall Family Balcony

An African American female mannequin stands with outstretched arms wearing a purple and blue dress with a large skirt and a white maid’s apron

Eternal Spring: Pines

January 17, 2025–June 29, 2025
Kemper Family Foundations Balcony and Ingrid & J.K. Lee Study Center

The ability of pine trees to remain green during winter and live for centuries has made them closely associated with immortality throughout East Asia. This installation complements the ceramics on view in Eternal Spring in the Lee Study Center.

A twisted pine tree dominates the center of a six-panel folding screen with a gold background; two colorful birds perch on the trunk

Peace and Conflict in the Space Between

May 6, 2025–June 1, 2025
Jack & Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning

This installation features selections from the collection to support the upcoming KU conference “Peace and Conflict in the Space Between,” May 28-30, 2025.

A line of soldiers carrying flags charges forward with a Native American and cowboy in the foreground

Japanese Sculpture & Natural Wonder

April 8, 2025–May 4, 2025
Jack & Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning

This installation features selections from the collection to support a Japanese Sculpture art history course and Spanish course called "Natural Wonders."

Detailed drawing of an alligator in green against a blue background

Empty Chrysalises

Four Spatial Installations for Celebrating Bold Women

March 5, 2025–April 6, 2025
Marvin Grove

This outdoor installation presents four sculptures made from recycled materials created by architecture students in conversation with the Bold Women exhibition.