Drawing from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, along with gifts
Kivivirta, Finnish, born 1959, Spoon Tile, 2012, slip cast stoneware, Promised Gift
November 4, 2017 – July 1, 2018 | Gallery 218 | Free Exhibition One of the largest ethnic minorities in China, most Miao people live in the southern provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, and Yunnan. Like many cultures throughout Asia, Miao peoples employ textiles, clothing, and accessories to express their identity
sash), 94.54.3 (apron), 96.91.6a,b (hat) The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund and Gift
March 19, 2015 – May 1, 2016 | G363, G364, G365 | Free Exhibition „100+“ celebrates Mia’s Birthday Year with photographs from every year since the museum’s founding. With more than 12,000 images in the collection of the Department of Photography and New Media, the hard part was choosing one from each year! Some years were easier than others: 1916 offered just five works, while 1993 had 333. The resulting exhibition reveals something wonderfully idiosyncratic: freed from the narrative traditions of photographic history, yet tied to the collecting habits and tastes of Mia curators. But what about the +? The museum’s interest in photography reaches back to 1903, before this building—or Mia itself—even existed
Gift of Daniela Mrázková 100+: A Photograph For Every Year of Mia 100+: A Photograph
2011, (detail) crocheted cotton, gold and silver paint, resins, wood, dried fruit, Gift
February 15, 2025 – August 17, 2025 | Robert and Marlyss White Gallery (Gallery 281) | Free Exhibition Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) taught children how to live in a dictatorship. His Fables depict a world of talking animals, but the lessons they teach are about power’s abuses and the skills needed to survive. From their first publication in 1668 during the absolutist reign of King Louis XIV, Fables captivated artists, who illustrated scenes from the tales on a variety of surfaces
Gift of Carolyn T. Groves, 2007.12.1.
May 12, 2015 – December 29, 2019 | G328 | Free Mia created the MacFarlane Memorial Room in the mid-1970s to display hand-painted Chinese export wallpapers, made in the late 1700s or early 1800s and given to the museum by Mabel MacFarlane in 1967. The room is usually furnished with Federal-style American furniture, given to the museum by the MacFarlane family, and represents a parlor in the home of a wealthy New England family. For this special installation focusing on the wallpaper, we have removed the furnishings and invite visitors to come inside, sit down, and let their eyes wander over the wallpaper’s many lively scenes of a Chinese New Year festival in a noble family’s garden. This project is part of Living Rooms, an initiative to present Mia’s historic interiors and decorative arts collections in new ways. Generous support for this project provided by the MacFarlane Memorial Room Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation. Generous support for Living Rooms provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and donors at the 2014 Mia Gala.
content Chinese, for export Wallpaper, late 1700s or early 1800s Pigments on paper Gift
September 16, 2012 – July 14, 2013 | Target Wing | Free Exhibition Spanning centuries and originating in nearly every place on Earth, the artworks in these galleries explore significant aspects of the world’s evolving cultures. „Art in the Age of Globalization“ presents eight installations, or „mini-exhibitions,“ each designed around a specific narrative or theme related to globalization
Gift of Joe Langer.
April 22, 2023 – July 23, 2023 | Galleries 237, 238, 239, 251, 252, 253 | Free Exhibition Fukuda Kodōjin (1865–1944) was one of a handful of scholar-artists who continued the tradition of Japanese literati painting (nanga) after 1900. Kodōjin’s painting style is characterized by bizarrely shaped mountain forms rendered in vivid color or monochromatic ink that often include a solitary scholar enjoying the expansive beauty of nature
(detail), hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift
March 18, 2017 – March 18, 2018 | The Sit Gallery (G203) | Free Exhibition Buddhism has been a dominant religious and intellectual force in China since it arrived from India around 100 C.E. Both literati and professional artists created Chinese Buddhist paintings
(1644–1911) Two Versions of Bodhisattva Guanyin, c. 1750 Ink and colors on silk Gift
Ladd Collection, gift of Herschel V.
