The largest art museum in the southwestern United States, the permanent collection includes American and Western, Asian, European, and Latin American art. Also features an active collaboration with the Center for Creative Photography (CCP) at the University of Arizona.
The Contemporary collection includes large-scale photography, outdoor sculpture in the Dorrance Sculpture Garden, and art created in a variety materials, plus more "traditional" paintings on canvas.
A Fashion collection of more than 4,500 American and European garments, shoes, and accessories houses important fashions from the 18th to late 20th centuries.
Please check the museum website for updated exhibition information. Scheduling may have been modified as a result of the temporary museum closure.
Exhibitions & Dates
Seeking Immortality: Ancient Artifacts
Oct 1 2020 - Nov 7 2021
Ancient artifacts explore beliefs in an afterlife and immortality in Asia
Colors of Sky and Clouds: Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain
Oct 1 2020 - Nov 7 2021
Chinese white porcelain objects featuring cobalt-blue illustrations
Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich
Apr 7 2021 - Sep 26 2021
More than 80 gender-fluid, body-positive designs by a ’60s-mod legend
Freedom Must Be Lived: Marion Palfi’s America, 1940-1978
Jul 21 2021 - Jan 2 2022
100+ photographic prints plus archival materials survey the career of Marion Palfi
Oscar Muñoz: Invisibilia
Sep 3 2021 - Jan 16 2022
Mid-career survey of Colombian artist Oscar Muñoz’s work
Sweet Land of Funk
Jan 11 2020 - May 15 2022
Explores the individualism and self-expression of the Funk art style
Fashion’s Subversives
Jun 5 2021 - Nov 28 2021
Showcases the daring, revolutionary designs of fashion trailblazers
Clay and Paper: Japanese Ceramics and Screens
Apr 24 2021 - Apr 24 2022
An array of functional and decorative modern ceramics and traditional screens
Landscapes of Extraction: The Art of Mining in the American West
Nov 7 2021 - Mar 6 2022
Explores the art of mining, with works from the 1910s through today
