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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

June 4, 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
A leaf shaped ornament made of silver with two spiraling stems emerging from the top. On the right edge is a polished section which reflects the gray backdrop.

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

April 21, 2017 - December 30, 2025
A pale green, smooth jade carving resembling mountain peaks dotted with clustered tree and a small waterfall in the center.

Mountain and Water 山水

Selections from Japan and China
May 10 - December 14, 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 - July 20, 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
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 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
Closeup of a black and cream striped woven robe wrapped around a mannequin with folded arms. Three thin purple and black stripes line the hem of the robe's deep collar.

Diné Textiles

Nizhónígo Hadadít’eh, They are Beautifully Dressed
September 2, 2023 - September 29, 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
A black and white photograph of a relaxed, naked woman reclined with her hands behind her head and two snakes on her abdomen. The photograph is scratched and colored with yellow, green, and pink marker.

The Performative Self-Portrait

May 13 - November 12, 2023
A collage of a Black woman in a headdress composed of cutouts of Black activists and protestors, overlaid by lines of orange, yellow, blue, and white dots and squares.

Helina Metaferia

We've Been Here Before
July 2, 2022 - August 27, 2023

Being and Believing in the Natural World

Perspectives from the Ancient Mediterranean, Asia, and Indigenous North America
October 22, 2022 - June 4, 2023
Print in traditional Japanese style of a naked woman with a yellow comb in her hair, wading through turbulent waters with tall waves behind her, holding modern goggles and snorkel.

Take Care

August 20, 2022 - March 22, 2023
A grayscale photograph of a figure standing against a wall with the word “Gallery” above her head. Facing the camera, she holds a cardboard sign that reads “Artist will work for axcess,” spelled A-X-C-E-S-S.

Variance

Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Disability
February 1 - October 9, 2022
A charcoal drawing of a sculptural, nude male torso seen from behind. The figure is heavily shaded and detailed, and fine lines express detailed contours of the body.

Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
March 12 - September 4, 2022

Works in Process

July 31, 2021 - January 23, 2022

Defying the Shadow

December 1, 2020 - December 18, 2021
A brick wall bears a sign saying “Kiki’s Back Door.” Waiting on the ground behind a red velvet rope is a row of portrait busts and historical figurative artworks.

Raid the Icebox Now with Nicole Eisenman

Tonight We Are Going Out And We Are All Getting Hammered
November 1, 2019 - May 1, 2021
The green walls of a stately interior space featuring cream-colored woodwork are elaborately decorated with mirrors and delicate white three-dimensional figural embellishments. A built-in glass-doored cabinet is at right.

Raid the Icebox Now with Sebastian Ruth

Witnessing
September 13, 2019 - November 28, 2020
Colorful wallpaper embellishes the walls of two adjoining rooms containing antique furniture. The foreground pattern includes large vibrant red houses and green architectural details. A chartreuse pattern is adjacent.

Raid the Icebox Now with Pablo Bronstein

Historical Rhode Island Decor
September 20, 2019 - September 20, 2020

Samurai At Leisure

November 26, 2019 - May 24, 2020

Gorham Silver

Designing Brilliance 1850-1970
May 3 - December 1, 2019

David Hartt

Stray Light
July 19 - November 3, 2019

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