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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
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

Nancy Elizabeth Prophet

I Will Not Bend An Inch
February 17 - August 4, 2024
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
A photographic portrait of a dignified, dark-skinned figure staring out at the viewer, wearing a formal ensemble featuring a stiff collar, a fur-trimmed coat on one shoulder, two large, fabric bows, and a gold chain.

Past Made Present

Dutch Shadows in the Black Atlantic
September 3, 2022 - August 6, 2023
A woman lying on her back with only head and shoulders visible, her arms wrapped tight against her chest. She is in black and blue watercolor. Text at top reads: “Things one say to make them stay, come back, or find you somewhere accidentally (discover you) I had a bad dream. Only you can make me do it. I dunno what to say.” Under that, text reads: “White Lies.”

On Paper

Gifts from Paula and Leonard Granoff
October 29, 2022 - April 16, 2023
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
Painting of two nude young men--one dark-skinned, the other light-skinned. They relax on a bed and affectionately cuddle with a small white dog. Brushwork is loose and palette is muted.

Any distance between us

July 17, 2021 - March 13, 2022

Shahzia Sikander

Extraordinary Realities
November 12, 2021 - January 30, 2022

Black Flyyy

November 21, 2020 - September 26, 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
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

Bona Drag

An Incomplete History of Drag and Cross-Gender Performance in Film and Video Art (Part 2)
March 5 - July 7, 2019

Bona Drag

An Incomplete History of Drag and Cross-Gender Performance in Film and Video Art (Part 1)
November 2, 2018 - March 3, 2019

United Histories

March 23 - August 12, 2018
Colorful illustration of two figures sitting on a doorstep on the right, appearing to be waiting. On the left, a store is labeled: “PUNJABI GROCERY & DELI.” A bike leans against a railing in the foreground.

Un/Settled

December 22, 2017 - July 8, 2018

Justin Kimball

Elegy
December 22, 2017 - July 8, 2018

Stranger Than Paradise

July 14, 2017 - February 25, 2018

Lines of Thought

Drawing from Michelangelo to Now
From the British Museum
October 6, 2017 - January 7, 2018

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

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