Past Exhibitions

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Jane Manus, Undaunted

August 20, 2022 — February 12, 2023


Five large-scale sculptures by the Florida-based geometric sculptor

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Kristin Leachman: Longleaf Lines

July 23, 2022 — February 12, 2023


Paintings by artist Kristin Leachman of an old-growth longleaf pine forest in southwest Georgia as part of her “Fifty Forests” project

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Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects

May 21, 2022 — August 7, 2022


Organized by the Louisiana State University Museum of Art and curated by Courtney Taylor, “Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects” includes recent photographic and video works by the renowned artist questioning stereotypes that associate Black bodies with criminality.

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Call and Response

May 21, 2022 — August 7, 2022


As a visual response to “Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects,” this selection of works from the museum’s permanent collection considers the intersection of race and representation in the works of other African American artists.

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Graphic Eloquence: American Modernism on Paper from the Collection of Michael T. Ricker

March 5, 2022 — September 4, 2022


American modernism in the visual arts has garnered sustained interest among scholars and general audiences in recent years, though typically with a focus on modernist painting. This exhibition seeks to expand that narrow emphasis, highlighting an array of techniques and a range of artists who explored modernism’s myriad forms through paper-based media.

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Lou Stovall: Of Land and Origins

February 19, 2022 — May 29, 2022


This exhibition features selected works by celebrated American master printmaker Lou Stovall, the 2022 recipient of the museum’s Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Award. The exhibition will celebrate Stovall’s unique artistry and contribution to the visual arts, which are inspired by his life, nature and his poetic meditations.

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Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence

January 29, 2022 — April 24, 2022


The first exhibition dedicated to Pier Francesco Foschi (1502 – 1567), a highly prolific and fashionable Florentine painter whose career spanned nearly five decades

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Jennifer Steinkamp: The Technologies of Nature

December 18, 2021 — August 21, 2022


A video installation by Jennifer Steinkamp consisting of her work “Mike Kelley”

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In Dialogue: Views of Empire: Grand and Humble

December 4, 2021 — August 21, 2022


Two sets of Russian prints: sweeping cityscapes and small hand-colored lithographs of working-class occupations

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Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers

October 16, 2021 — January 30, 2022


Examines the individuals, communities and institutions central to elevating printmaking as a medium among Native American artists during the second half of the 20th century