Current Exhibitions

Amy Jorgensen, Body Archive, 2013, photo emulsion, 80″x50″

Work to Do: Trent Alvey, Pam Bowman, Jann Haworth, Amy Jorgensen

May 17 – September 28, 2013
Explore the complex issues surrounding women’s work and the unique gender politics of the Beehive State through the contemporary artworks of four artists living and creating in Utah.

Edward Burtynsky, Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, 2005

Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime

April 5, 2013 – November 16, 2013
A collection of Edward Burtynsky’s photographs of industrial spaces – from factories in China to mines in Canada – displaying what Burtynsky calls “the beauty in the beast.”

Victor Nehlig (1830-1909), Pocahontas and John Smith, 1870, oil on canvas.

Shaping America: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection of American Art

March 22, 2013 – March 2018

This reinstallation of the Museum’s permanent American collection examines American identity, emphasizing the multicultural perspective intrinsic to the American experience.

Michael Whiting, Buck, 2007, automotive paint, steel, 77 x 55 x 16″, courtesy of the artist.

michael whiting: 8-bit modern

June 15, 2012 – September 6, 2013

Wander outside through the Museum’s Sculpture Garden and consider how Michael Whiting’s brightly painted, massive, pixilated sculptures explore the visual relationship between early video games and 1960s minimalism.

Herbert W. Dunton, Delivering the Mail, 1912-1915, oil on canvas, 29 11/16 x 24 11/16″, Courtesy of Diane and Sam Stewart.

People in a Hard Land: Iconic Images of Life in the Southwest

April 6, 2012 – December 28, 2013

Discover how outstanding artists have portrayed the people of the Southwest, from American Indians to cowboys and pioneers, as they traveled, worked, and made homes amid our region’s beautiful but difficult terrain.