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Today at UMMA

Events This Week

a book cover that reads Small Rain by Garth Greenwell
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Reading and Q&A with Writer Garth Greenwell
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Thu, Sep 18, 2025 5:30pm–7:00pm
Event Series Zell Visiting Writers Series
Interior of an art gallery showing abstract geometric artworks in vibrant colors displayed on white walls. Also featuring a large, transparent portrait of Carmen Herrera.
The Art and Lives of Carmen Herrera and Leon Polk Smith, a conversation with Curator Dana Miller and Poet John Yau
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Fri, Sep 19, 2025 7:00pm–8:15pm
Related Exhibition Both Sides of the Line
A carved wooden dragon on a blue background
UMMA Family Day: Dragons Everywhere All At Once
Museum of Art
Sun, Sep 21, 2025 3:30pm–5:00pm
Subject Matters: Buying Art? In this Economy??!
Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Gallery
Tue, Sep 23, 2025 6:00pm–7:30pm
Event Series Subject Matters
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Exhibitions Open Today

See Upcoming Exhibitions
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
Groups of people stand and walk through a light green room with dark wooden vitrines and gilded framed paintings on the wall in the Unsettling Histories exhibition.
Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism
Ongoing
European and American Decorative Art
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
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
Person viewing abstract art pieces on display in a gallery, with one artwork prominently featuring red and black colors.
A Gathering
Ongoing
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse
Two individuals viewing various artworks in a gallery room, including framed pieces on the wall and a sculpture displayed on a pedestal.
Curriculum / Collection 
New installation August 2, 2025
Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Gallery
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 — January 4, 2026
Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery
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
An oil painting of older man sitting in a green field. He wears a black tank top and green wrap around his waist
Come Talk To Me
September 2025 — Spring 2026
Jan and David Brandon Family Bridge

Artwork on
Display

The UMMA galleries are dynamic and always evolving.

Frida with Globe, Coyoacan, Mexico
1938
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Where can you see it:
Joan and Robert Tisch Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art
Bencharong Ware Jar (tho)
19th century
Chinese
Where can you see it:
Gallery of South, Southeast and Central Asian Art
Untitled, The Peter Norton Family Christmas Project 2002
2002
Yinka Shonibare
Where can you see it:
Marvin H. Davidson Gallery
Ganesha, seated on a double lotus throne
11th century
Indonesian
Where can you see it:
Gallery of South, Southeast and Central Asian Art
Headrest
Kenyan
Where can you see it:
The Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery
Sugar Caster (one of a pair)
1739
Monogrammist CO
Where can you see it:
Marvin H. Davidson Gallery
Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists
1650-1800
Greek
Where can you see it:
Richard and Rosann Noel Gallery
Tall Ceremonial Stand for Jar
5th century
Korean
Where can you see it:
Woon-hyung Lee and Korea Foundation Gallery of Korean Art
Fan-shaped Vase on Domed Foot (piece of lip broken off)
circa 1896-1900
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Where can you see it:
Tiffany: Between Tiffany Doors and FFW Connector
Male Twin Figure
circa 1925-1940
Yoruba
Where can you see it:
A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II
Track of Colors by Settei #1
2023
Manika Nagare
Where can you see it:
Japanese Gallery
Twilight
1892
Charles Warren Eaton
Where can you see it:
Thomas H. and Polly W. Bredt Gallery
Vanitas (Still Life), with globe, skull, candle, tazza, and covered cup
1633-1635
Willem Claesz Heda
Where can you see it:
Marvin H. Davidson Gallery
First of Three notes from Zhang Daqian to Lo Chia-Luen
20th century
Zhang Daqian (Chang Ta-ch'ien)
Where can you see it:
Not currently on display
like the ocean, having been the ocean long before we arrived, each wave newborn and buried at once; like us, standing breathless at the edge, astonished by our own lungs.
2022
Antonius-Tín Bui
Where can you see it:
Not currently on display
Set of Kaiawase (Shell Game)
19th century
Japanese
Where can you see it:
Not currently on display
Self:Portrait
2022
McArthur Binion
Where can you see it:
Joan and Robert Tisch Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)
1880
Claude Monet
Where can you see it:
Not currently on display
Brick in a Soft Hat, Series 2 No. 5
2013
Susan Dessel
Where can you see it:
Not currently on display
Tomb Guardian
675-750
Chinese
Where can you see it:
Shirley Chang Gallery of Chinese Art
Ngoromera
2020
Masimba Hwati
Where can you see it:
The Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery
Double-Gourd Ewer with Lid
13th century
Korean
Where can you see it:
Woon-hyung Lee and Korea Foundation Gallery of Korean Art
Flay (James Madison)
2019
Titus Kaphar
Where can you see it:
Marvin H. Davidson Gallery
Church with Tree
circa 1960-1975
Eddie Arning
Where can you see it:
Not currently on display
Flute Player
before 1967
Lamidi Fakeye
Where can you see it:
The Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery
Portrait of Françoise (Buste de Femme)
February 28, 1949
Pablo Picasso
Where can you see it:
Joan and Robert Tisch Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art
Tarzana
1987
Grace Hartigan
Where can you see it:
Joan and Robert Tisch Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art
Little Torso No. 5 (Torse)
1930; cast 1957
Hans (Jean) Arp
Where can you see it:
Joan and Robert Tisch Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art