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 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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Inspired by the essays of American transcendentalists Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, this exhibition explores the value of seclusion and self-reflection. The works, which range in date and medium, consider both the pain and pleasure of isolation, ultimately posing the question: At what point does solitude cease to be a refuge from society? […]

Featuring international artists who use film and video to explore the Middle Eastern desert as a site charged with meaning, this exhibition explores zones of conflict, including the Israel-Palestine border and Afghanistan, and the shifting personal, political and geographical landscapes of the Middle East. Artists include: Lida Abdul (Afghanistan), Yael Bartana (Germany/Israel), Emily Jacir (Palestine/Italy) […]

“Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort. He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him. Thus he loves the house and hates art.” — Alfred Loos, Pioneering Modernist Architect “Every day, in our lives, we face risk with possible dangers. Every situation encountered is […]