Jemison Galleries

Light Play

Join Curatorial Assistant and exhibition curator, Hina Zaidi, for an overview of the Museum’s recent Light Play exhibition. Light Play draws from the museum’s permanent collection to show the influence […]

Highlights Tour // Two New Exhibitions

Dr. Emily Hanna, Curator of the Arts of Africa and the Americas offers a special tour on the opening day of two exhibitions, The Lost Realms of the Moundbuilders: Ancient […]

Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle features the series of paintings Struggle . . . From the History of the American People (1954–56) by the iconic American modernist. The exhibition reunites […]

Black Out

Black Out presents historic silhouettes from the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and other institutions alongside works by contemporary artists who are reimagining silhouettes in bold and unforgettable […]

Third Space

The Birmingham Museum of Art is proud to present Third Space, the first large exhibition of contemporary art from the Museum’s own collection.Third Space features over 100 works of art in […]

All the Colors of the Rainbow

For the past decade, ikat patterns have permeated the fashion and design industry, touching everything from clothing and furniture to decorative arts. Despite its recent ubiquity, the ikat tradition has […]

Rising Up

In 1938 Atlanta-based artist Hale Woodruff was commissioned to paint a series of murals for Talladega College, Alabama, one of the first colleges established for blacks in the United States. […]

Lethal Beauty

The samurai are universally recognized warriors. Tales of their heroics have fascinated people since the 12th century. Bushido (The Way of the Samurai) is the code of chivalry by which […]

Small Treasures

Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, and Their Contemporaries is the first exhibition to explore this little-known field of small-format 17th-century paintings from the Dutch and Flemish Golden Age. Organized by […]