Past Exhibitions
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February 2, 2018 - April 16, 2018Barney A. Ebsworth GalleryIsland Press, Washington University’s collaborative printmaking workshop, has been producing prints by leading artists from around the world since its founding in 1978. This exhibition, following the Kemper... more -
February 2, 2018 - May 21, 2018Teaching GalleryIn the early 1970s the New York–based group Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) put together a collection of some of the most important American art of the 1960s, including Pop, Minimal, and Conceptual... more -
February 2, 2018 - May 21, 2018Garen GalleryTransformative Visions: Washington University’s East End, Then and Now examines the rich history of architectural planning and design for the east end of Washington University’s Danforth Campus. Located... more -
September 13, 2017 - October 12, 2017The flag Untitled (Dividing Time) (2017) by Robert Longo is based on a monumental, black-and-white charcoal drawing of the American flag that Longo completed the day of the 2016 presidential election. A... more -
September 8, 2017 - January 8, 2018Garen GalleryHow we understand and experience trauma and psychological repair reveals essential beliefs about who we are and how we see the world. Kader Attia’s Reason’s Oxymorons (2015) examines the act of repair as it is... more -
September 8, 2017 - January 8, 2018Teaching GalleryWhat is, and what isn’t, feminist art? Reframing Feminism: Visualizing Women, Gender & Sexuality reflects on the relationships among art, activism, and feminist movements through a broad selection of... more -
September 8, 2017 - January 8, 2018Barney A. Ebsworth GalleryWith construction poised to begin on the ambitious expansion project that will give more space to display the permanent collection, it is an opportune time to explore the Museum’s holdings further and take... more -
September 8, 2017 - May 21, 2018Bernoudy Permanent Collection GalleryWoven throughout this chronological display of selected works from the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum’s permanent collection are the leitmotifs real, radical, and psychological, illuminating how these notions... more -
June 9, 2017 - August 6, 2017Garen GalleryBarbara Kruger’s untitled banner-sized work (1989–90)—emblazoned with an immense image of a snake and the dual message “Don’t tread on me / Don’t tempt me”—greets visitors to the Garen Gallery this summer.... more -
May 12, 2017 - August 6, 2017Barney A. Ebsworth GalleryThis exhibition features thesis projects by the twenty-five students in the graduating class of Washington University’s Graduate School of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. The 2017 MFA... more