Featuring works by many great northern European artists of the 16th and 17th centuries, this exhibition presents subjects of fascination among those who collected prints and drawings—Old Testament stories, classical myths and allegories, landscapes and genre scenes.

Internationally acclaimed artist Wenda Gu explores issues among cultures through translations of Tang poetry, hand-carved into large stone steles.

The first major survey of contemporary Iranian photography in the United States, Persian Visions includes sixty works of photography and video installations by twenty of Iran’s most celebrated photographers.

Culled from the Johnson Museum’s collection, this exhibition celebrates a century’s worth of work on paper by women.

Ursula von Rydingsvard uses cedar beams as her medium. Gouged, planed, drawn on in pencil, stacked, and cut, the choreography of her sculptures is mesmerizing.

Baskets from the Meiji era to the present, by anonymous craftsmen as well as contemporary masters, including bamboo artists honored with the designation of Living National Treasure.

Japanese dolls created during the 18th to early 20th century, representing a variety of characters including emperors and empresses, warriors, infants, mythic and folktale characters, gods, dancers, and actors.

This exhibition examines the conceptual links between artists’ depictions of Japanese women and the actual roles that they played in Japanese society, curated by the History of Art Majors' Society.

This exhibition from the collection of Helen and Paul Anbinder, Classes of 1962 and 1960, features the art of Japanese lacquer (urushi) and includes a variety of functional objects, mainly boxes, dating from the late Edo period to the present.

This exhibition, which takes its title from a traditional Navajo prayer, is a personal exploration of painting and sculpture by American Indians.

Samuel C. Johnson (1922–2004), Cornell Class of 1950 and son of Herbert F. Johnson, was an accomplished landscape and nature photographer.

Works by some of the best-known painters of the Hudson River School, collected by Al and Maryann Friedman.

Kenro Izu has taken photographs of religious sites in use for millennia from around the world.

Recent acquisitions of African art, contemporary art, and Southeast Asian textiles.

The works on paper collection of the Johnson Museum houses over 20,000 objects, many of them works by American artists.

The Johnson Museum is pleased to present the construction of two Tibetan Buddhist mandalas in conjunction with the visit to Ithaca of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

The fascination with drawings in Western art goes back to the principle that drawings show the artist’s thoughts and creative process with greater immediacy than any other form of art.

Documentary photography from the mid-19th century to the present day reflects the widely held perception of the photograph as a surrogate for reality.

Work by sixteen international artists in a variety of formats, including room-size video installations as well as monitor pieces, drawn from the Johnson Museum’s collection and augmented by loans from artists and galleries.