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Exhibitions

Past exhibitions at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art and its predecessor, the A. D. White Museum of Art at Cornell University.

Past exhibitions from 2025

ENDED ON Aug 24, 2025

An oil painting of houses with one porch seemingly being turned into a carousel

Here & Now: Artists of Central New York

The artists on view engage, directly or obliquely, with the histories, identities, and narratives of Central New York.

ENDED ON Aug 10, 2025

A mountain landscape with Chinese calligraphy

Wang Tiande: Mirror Impressions

This special installation features recent works by Shanghai-based artist Wang Tiande, the 2025 Wong Chai Lok Calligraphy Fellow at Cornell University.

ENDED ON Aug 3, 2025

A colorful painting, thin figural sculpture, and red mobile in a museum gallery with dark green walls

Gifts of Modern Art: David M. Solinger, Class of 1926

A special installation from the permanent collection of gifts made by David M. Solinger and Betty Ann Besch Solinger.

ENDED ON Jul 27, 2025

A black and white photo of a man, woman, dog, and child sitting in a living room at night

Home Making: Artists and the Domestic

This collaboration between the Johnson Museum and Cornell’s College of Human Ecology for the College’s centennial explores how artists redefine and reconceptualize home.

ENDED ON Jun 8, 2025

A cartoonlike drawing of black, yellow and red ink on Plexiglas surrounding black and white photos of a sitting woman

Suzi Ferrer

A member of the Class of 1962, Suzi Ferrer (1940–2006) became a pioneering visual artist during her decade-long stay in Puerto Rico.

ENDED ON Jun 8, 2025

Silhouetted figures of black people outside at night

Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, The Message is Death

Arthur Jafa’s 2016 video is an exploration of Black identity, history, and culture in America.

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