Exhibitions | RISD Museum

On View

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

Diné Textiles
Nizhónígo Hadadít’eh

September 2, 2023 – September 29, 2024

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

April 9, 2022 – January 12, 2025

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 14, 2024

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 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

Liz Collins
Motherlode

July 19, 2025 – January 11, 2026

Past Exhibitions

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Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
I Will Not Bend An Inch

February 17 - August 4, 2024

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Bricked Over Windows
Dorner Prize

March 22 - June 2, 2024

A print made up of Greek pottery shards colored blue, orange, green, and tan. Each shard shows a piece of a different scene or pattern and all of the shards fit together to make the print.

Fantasy, Myth, Legend
Imagining the Past in Works on Paper since 1750

December 16, 2023 - June 2, 2024

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