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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 richly embroidered tunic with intricate depictions of figures, birds, plants, and bridges in vibrant colors on a red background.

The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea

September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
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 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 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

Beauty at Her Fingertips

Chinese Sleeve Bands from the Aldrich Collection
July 29, 2016 - January 13, 2017

Ottoman Turkish Interior Textiles from the Aldrich Collection

January 22 - July 17, 2016

Heads Up! Recent Gifts to the Collection

July 31, 2015 - January 10, 2016

Mary Miss, Falsework

Screen, 1980
April 24 - August 2, 2015

Indische Style

Batiks For The International Market
March 20 - July 5, 2015

Woven with Silk

Rockefeller Asian Textiles
June 10, 2014 - March 8, 2015

Circus

August 1, 2014 - February 22, 2015

Artist, Rebel, Dandy

Men of Fashion
April 26 - August 18, 2013
Back of the robe, featuring a central illustration of pagodas encircled by a golden border and golden circles, surrounded by intricate illustrations of birds, people, and clouds.

From the Land of the Immortals

Chinese Taoist Robes and Textiles
January 13 - April 22, 2012

Japanese Buddhist Priest Robes from the Lucy T. Aldrich Collection

September 1 - December 31, 2011

British Watercolors

Flowers and Still-Life Painters
April 27 - October 1, 2009

Rethinking the Romans

New Views of Ancient Sculpture
April 6, 2001 - January 2, 2009

Asian Textiles and the Grammar of Ornament

Design in the Victorian Age
November 16, 2007 - August 3, 2008
Ink drawing of two figures, one in black, the other in white. White figure mockingly turns away from  a large serpent against a dark, ominous landscape.

Draw Me a Story

Illustration from the Permanent Collection
April 14 - July 23, 2006

Legacy of the Silk Road

Domestic Embroideries from the Caucasus and Central Asia
February 17 - May 28, 2006
A pen and ink with brown wash gestural drawing of Christ’s body being taken down from the Cross by his followers and Mary. The faceless figures create a pyramid form.

Design and Description

Renaissance and Baroque Drawings
January 27 - April 9, 2006

The Splendid Sari

February 25 - May 29, 2005

In the Spirit of Miss Lucy

Recent Acquisitions in Asian Textiles
June 11 - October 31, 2004

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