Past
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 Dec 14, 2025
Margarethe Geibel: The Goethe House Series
Drawn from the permanent collection, these color woodcuts by Margarethe Geibel depict the home of German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
ENDED ON Dec 14, 2025
Egúngún: Sacred Regalia for the Ancestors
This exhibition showcases a mid-century egúngún from Nigeria to explore Yorùbá religious belief in Nigeria and its diaspora in the US, as well as culturally sensitive approaches to conservation.
ENDED ON Dec 7, 2025
Free as they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory
Contemporary art, inspired by historical events, creates a framework in which to honor and contemplate the ongoing fight for freedom and equality in Black America.
ENDED ON Dec 7, 2025
Cold War: The Mysterious
Thai artist Thasnai Sethaseree creates large-scale collages out of a range of materials to address the modern history and politics of Thailand.
ENDED ON Aug 24, 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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.