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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 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
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 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
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

November 15, 2024 - May 11, 2025
White circular plate with silver rim. Two figures at the lower center of the plate, one dressed in a blue outfit, the other in a pink dress, both with black, rectangular bars covering their eyes.

On the Surface

Contemporary Ceramics
April 9, 2021 - May 5, 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
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

Shahzia Sikander

Extraordinary Realities
November 12, 2021 - January 30, 2022
Blue and white ceramics are displayed in cases along the walls of a wood-paneled gallery. A case in the foreground contains additional works. A crystal chandelier hangs at top left.

Raid the Icebox Now with Paul Scott

New American Scenery
September 13, 2019 - December 30, 2021

Defying the Shadow

December 1, 2020 - December 18, 2021
Modern paintings and furniture are displayed in a gallery space with pale green walls and wooden floors.

Raid the Icebox Now with Pablo Helguera

Inventarios / Inventories
February 7, 2020 - August 21, 2021

Raid the Icebox Now with Beth Katleman

Games of Chance
November 8, 2019 - July 11, 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
In a case in a gallery’s center is a sleek black vessel shaped like a stylized head with an elongated neck. Cases along the perimeter contain other objects.

Raid the Icebox Now with Simone Leigh

The Chorus
October 18, 2019 - December 12, 2020

Raid the Icebox Now with Triple Canopy in collaboration with CFGNY

Can I Leave You?
November 22, 2019 - October 24, 2020

Gorham Silver

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

A Chorus of Chirps, Hums, and Buzzes

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Gallery
May 24 - November 10, 2019

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