Temporary exhibitions on view now at the Johnson Museum of Art

Paintings by Elena Kalman: Catastrophe and What Survives presents recent works by Ukrainian-born artist Elena Kalman that reflect on moments of disruption and what endures beyond them

Questioning from the Inside: Works by SoHyun Bae is a thematic retrospective celebrates Bae’s prolific career and explores themes of cultural memory, Korean history, Jewish mysticism, and the natural world. \n

Exhibition on view July 18, 2026 – January 5, 2027.

The American Century marks the 250th anniversary of the United States by celebrating and exploring the emergence of a distinct American art that redefined the aesthetic landscape of our era.

“But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more…

Born in Chicago in 1940, Gladys Nilsson is best known for her watercolors of long-limbed figures engaged in everyday micro-dramas. As a member of Chicago’s Hairy Who in the 1960s, Nilsson made watercolors that earned her…

The Mystical Arts of Tibet Featuring Personal Sacred Objects of the Dalai Lama July 20 – December 29, 1996 and April 15 – June 7, 1998

Exhibition on view July 21, 2026 - December 31, 2026.