ON VIEW

A vibrant textile artwork with a glowing spiral against a dark sky surrounded by large rainbows swooping down to large snow-covered mountains stretch below.

LIZ COLLINS
Motherlode

July 19, 2025 – January 11, 2026

Ceramic disk with a cracked colorful surface showing a fragmentary frowning face with features made up of disjointed shapes and various symbols such as a blue baby and a red hand.

A Shared Journey
The Barkan Contemporary Ceramic Collection at the RISD Museum

September 13, 2025 – March 5, 2028

A close-up photograph of the bottom half of a huma face with a large tongue sticking out and touching three wooden stamp blocks, held up by the person's hand on a totally black background.

This Is a Thing
Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025

August 23, 2025 – February 15, 2026

Woodblock print of a kingfisher diving toward blue water, framed by arching reeds and small flowering plants.

Shimmering Beauty
Kingfishers in Art and Poetry

December 20, 2025 – June 7, 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 – May 2, 2027

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 & Design from 1900 to Now

September 3, 2022 – September 1, 2026

Sleek silver vessel with a curved body atop three pointed legs, featuring a black handle with a spiral detail and sharp ends which stretch above the vessel's top.

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

April 21, 2017 – December 30, 2025

Detail from a purple and white embroidered textile depicting many scenes along a trade route, such as sailing ships, laborers and scenes of leisure.

The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea

September 27, 2025 – June 28, 2026

Design carved into dark brown wood featuring a motif of radiating grooves fanned out in a shell shape from a central detail depicting a petal pattern with two symmetrical spirals.

18th and 19th-Century American Galleries

A carved wooden boat model with a sail tied on the mast manned by sailors with brown skin and white trousers holding oars and ropes.

Ancient Egyptian Galleries

Marble bust of a bearded man with realistic carved facial details. The head is centered on a gray backdrop and cut off below the chin and above the eyes.

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

Angular dark green slab ornamented by intricate golden embellishments which depict vertical rows of Chinese characters surrounded by dragons on a backdrop of dense interconnected clouds.

Asian Art Galleries

Green aquatic plants float on a translucent glass container centered on a gray backdrop. The glass reflects bright lights, and a slight green glow emanates from the bottom.

Decorative Arts and Design Galleries

An intricate tapestry which features floral and vine patterns in shades of blue, red and gold. To the center right is a cropped figure with wings and a lion's body.

European Galleries

Upcoming Exhibitions

Fur-covered rectangular bag with thin looped handles, featuring central beaded seal silhouette within a black striped diamond, surrounded by red-blue patterned seals and multi-colored tassels, including a brown side panel.

Natchiq | Onkeehq | Isuwiq
Indigenous Artists Honor the Seal

April 4 – October 25, 2026

Two-paneled illustration of figures in patterned robes, one threads a needle while another peers into a box, framed by clouds and curtains.

Deep Cuts
Stories from Japanese Surimono Prints

May 23 – October 4, 2026

Past Exhibitions

A small, delicate sailboat gliding across water beneath rocky cliffs and detailed trees carved in jade.

Mountain and Water 山水
Selections from Japan and China

May 10 – December 14, 2025

A detail of a sheet textile with intricate floral embroidery.

From Pineapple to Pañuelo
Philippine Textiles

December 7, 2024 – August 24, 2025

A cream colored sculptural figure holding a tray, dressed in historical clothing with tightly curled hair.

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

April 9, 2022 – August 3, 2025

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