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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 2023

ENDED ON Jul 30, 2023

A collage of overlapping rectangles breaking up words and letters in orange, black, gray, cream, and white

Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt from the Collections of Jordan Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

The interdisciplinary work of Marie Watt draws from history, biography, Iroquois protofeminism, and Indigenous teachings to explore the intersection of history, community, and storytelling.

ENDED ON Jun 11, 2023

A plaster cast in a museum gallery is displayed in front of a photo of the original sculpture

Wonder and Wakefulness: The Nature of Pliny the Elder

Marking the 2000th birth year of the Roman author, natural philosopher, and statesman, this exhibition explores two millennia of art, culture, and natural science.

ENDED ON Jun 11, 2023

A three-channel video projection shows a central woman in white in and beside landscapes of clouds, mountains, and bodies of water

Morning Dew: The Stigma of Being “Brainwashed”

Works by Soni Kum, Hiroki Yamamoto and Kazuya Takagawa, and Nobuaki Takekawa artistically evoke the hidden stories of ethnic Koreans living in Japan.

ENDED ON Jan 29, 2023

A tall lightbox with a branch sticking out projects an illuminated Chinese scroll in the center of a dim gallery with blue walls and wood floors

Xu Bing: Background Story

Xu Bing has created a new work based on a centuries-old Chinese painting in the Johnson Museum’s collection for his series Background Story.

ENDED ON Jan 22, 2023

Four round portrait paintings depict military officers from Pakistan and India side by side

75 Years of Consequence: The Partition of India

Art exploring the legacy of British colonialism on the modern-day countries of Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.

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