Exhibitions | RISD Museum

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A print of two, black rabbit figures pulling a white electrical tower with tree-like roots and severed electric lines, out of the ground. The Figures are surrounded by frantic red marks.

Listen!

July 6, 2024 – January 5, 2025

A Japanese print of a ghostly figure with long black hair hovering at the center pf the print, holding a baby and looking down. The figure is tethered to a tied cloth hanging to its right.

Defying Boundaries
Women in Japanese Art

April 27 – November 4, 2024

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

April 9, 2022 – January 12, 2025

Multi-patterned, brightly colored, and tasseled shirt hanging on a wooden stick against a white background with machinery attached to its bottom. The floor is also shown.

Art and Design from 1900 to Now

September 3, 2022 – September 1, 2026

A sculptural piece of jewelry made up of a lime green cluster of shards and teal gems with vibrant orange accents, mounted on a slender, vertical, mint-green post.

Brighten Up!
Contemporary Enamels

June 1, 2024 – June 14, 2026

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Sensory Silhouettes
Experiencing South Asian Garments

June 1, 2024 – December 8, 2024

Five Black people, dressed in eccentric clothing, overlapped onto a digitally-drawn cityscape background. The person in front, wearing tan boots wrapped in tin foil, holds a cardboard sign that reads “Whatever Helps. Please. Thank You.”

The Let Out
Ryan Cardoso & DJ Chappel

November 7, 2023 – January 26, 2025

A Changing Reflection
Silver, Metalwork, and Jewelry in the 19th–21st Centuries

April 21, 2017 – December 30, 2025

18th and 19th-Century American Galleries

Ancient Egyptian Galleries

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

Asian Art Galleries

Decorative Arts and Design Galleries

European Galleries

Upcoming Exhibitions

A detail of a sheet textile with intricate floral embroidery.

From Pineapple to Pañuelo
Philippine Textiles

November 2, 2024 – May 11, 2025

A wallpaper panel depicting a palatial courtyard framed by ornate blue and green drapery with stone archways, columns, and two lion statues flanking a cobblestone path.

The Art of French Wallpaper Design

Nov 16, 2024 – May 11, 2025

A a detail of a woodblock print showing a steep, snow-covered path at the edge of a cliff with two figures hiking up. There is a dark sky showing with stars.

The Road Less Traveled
Edo’s Nakasendō

November 16, 2024 – April 27, 2025

A single tone print of a newspaper page featuring a person in a strapless, long-sleeve, bridal gown and veil holding flowers in their left hand and staring out of the frame. The top of the page reads “The New York Times International Sunday, July 19, 1992" with the following headlines: “Vatican Condones Discrimination Against Homosexuals" and "Youth Works Held in Death of Son, 9”. The bottom of the pages reads “Saks Fifth Avenue bridal wear.”

Process Work
Intersections of Photography and Print ca. 1825 to Today

February 1 – July 20, 2025

Liz Collins
Motherlode

July 19, 2025 – January 11, 2026

Past Exhibitions

Diné Textiles
Nizhónígo Hadadít’eh, They are Beautifully Dressed

September 2, 2023 – September 29, 2024

A white clay object, curved and adorned with with Cambodian style ornamentation and a red streak running through it, is wrapped by red silk threads and suspended in the air on a white backdrop.

soft presence, hard absence
Dorner Prize

May 7 – September 15, 2024

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Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
I Will Not Bend An Inch

February 17 - August 4, 2024

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