Spencer Museum of Art

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We are a museum at the University of Kansas with two floors of galleries and a collection that represents different types of art from around the world. Admission is free for everyone!

Drawing on cardboard of a black-and-orange cat holding a fish while a smaller orange-and-black cat peeks out from behind it

Now Open

Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani

This exhibition features 145 artworks by Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani alongside photographs, documentary videos, and works from the Spencer's collection.

Print with a spiral form in the center that goes from blue to purple, pink, red, and orange, overlaid with a repeating pattern of red circles on a purple-and-white background

Brush, Block, and Blood

This exhibition traces over a century of innovation through the work of three generations of women from the celebrated Yoshida family: Fujio, Chizuko, and Ayomi.

Image of a woman sitting at a table painting overlaid on top of an image of rippling water

The River of Time

International artist-in-residence Ayomi Yoshida created this site-specific video work to accompany our spring exhibitions.

Sliced forms of clay stacked and curling upward on one side, forming an undulating edge

Form & Flux

This new installation in our Lee Study Center features contemporary Asian ceramics that blend centuries-old traditions with innovative artistic expression.

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Events

May 21

Talk

Rocket Grants Information Session

6:00–7:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Reception Room

May 21

Community Event

Summer Reading Kickoff Party: Dinosoccer

6:00–8:00PM

Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St

May 28

Talk

Senior Session: The Expanded Expression of Canadian Inuit Artists

10:15–11:00AM

Spencer Museum of Art, Brosseau Learning Center

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Browse art highlights

Yoshiko Jinzenji (born 1942), Makuranosoushi A & B from Code Series 3 (枕草子), quilt

Yoshiko Jinzenji (born 1942)

Makuranosoushi A & B from Code Series 3 (枕草子), quilt

date unknown

Master of Frankfurt Workshop (1460–circa 1533), Scenes from the Passion

Master of Frankfurt Workshop (1460–circa 1533)

Scenes from the Passion

circa 1515–1518

Terry Evans (born 1944), Field Museum, Drawer of Bluebirds, various dates

Terry Evans (born 1944)

Field Museum, Drawer of Bluebirds, various dates

2000

Ryan RedCorn (born 1979), Portrait of Chantelle Keshaye Pahtayken & Shay Pahtayken, Plains Cree

Ryan RedCorn (born 1979)

Portrait of Chantelle Keshaye Pahtayken & Shay Pahtayken, Plains Cree

2019

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