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Featured Exhibition

Curriculum/Collection: Business of Art

Through Nov 8, 2026

Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Gallery

At the end of 2025, students in the U-M Business of Art (BE 460) class participated in Subject Matters: Art Tank, the winning team proposed acquiring The man disguised as night (Anansi #29), a 2023 work by Jamaican artist Leasho Johnson. The work is now through Nov 8, 2026.

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Current
Exhibitions

Guests gathered for UMMA’s opening reception of the exhibition, “American Sampler: Activating the Archive” held on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
American Sampler
Activating the Archive
Jan 24, 2026 - Ongoing
Vertical Gallery
This image shows a modern art gallery with wooden floors and glass railings. Several artworks are displayed on the walls, including a large colorful abstract painting and smaller framed pieces. Bright natural light streams in from a window on the right.
Curriculum / Collection 
Installation updated February 2026
Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Gallery
University students visit UMMA on September 25, 2025, joining tours led by David Choberka, Madeline October Wildman, and Julia Laplaca. A study room session was also led by LSA Professor Lisa Makman.
Come Talk To Me
September 2025 — Summer 2026
Jan and David Brandon Family Bridge
Interior of a room with pastel blue walls featuring three framed digital displays on white tables, each depicting individuals in colorful attire. The room is furnished with modern, multicolored chairs arranged around the tables.
Zina Saro-Wiwa: Table Manners
Season 1
August 9, 2025 — August 30, 2026
Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery
A celebration of UMMA's fall season with exhibition openings of You're Welcome, Hear Me Now, and A Gathering.
We Write To You About Africa
Ongoing
A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II
A line of people walk toward a museum entrance, and a large sculpture of a white head stands tall next to them.
Jaume Plensa: Behind the Walls
Jaume Plensa
Ongoing
UMMA Exterior

Past
Exhibitions

Original artworks from the Art at Home program displayed on the walls of student dorm rooms.
Art at Home
U-M’s Art Lending Collection
Next installation coming Fall 2026
Installation view of a geometric abstract art exhibit featuring red and white panels arranged in a dynamic composition, displayed in a modern gallery setting.
Both Sides of the Line
Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith
August 30, 2025 — January 4, 2026
Taubman I Gallery
View of a gallery installation. Black walls with gold and silver text tell the story of the Burt Lake Band of Anishinaabe Native Americans
Future Cache
Andrea Carlson
Now thru November 2025
Vertical Gallery
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