Mead Art MuseumExhibitions

This exhibition features objects from antiquity to the 21st century that examine what it means to be in ruin, as a material state and theoretical concept, each with ethical and political dimensions. On view January 31–June 25, 2023. 

Felix Gonzalez-Torres left flexible guidelines for the installation of his candy works.  While at the Mead, “Untitled” (Blue Placebo) will change locations and take new shape. On view January 31–July 9, 2023. 

This group exhibition is a special iteration of God Made My Face, organized by Hilton Als. On view February 24–July 9, 2023. 

The Sixth Annual Black Art Matters Festival is a student-led celebration highlighting Amherst's Black students' work and artistic achievement. The visual art exhibition will be on view from March 7–June 25, 2023. 

Boundless features works by Native American writers and artists from the late 18th century to the present that expand conversations about networks of kinship, presence, and resistance through image and text. On view September 12, 2023–January 7, 2024

Seeping In, Coursing Through features new work by Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag). On view September 12, 2023-January 7, 2024.

Join students in a conversation on food, culture, art, and power, culminating in an exhibition at the Mead Art Museum. 

Presenting artworks produced in the United States between 1800 and today that offer opportunities to consider the role of art in creating, reinforcing, and challenging stories about national identity. On view through July 18, 2021.

The exhibition is curated by DeLyna Hadgu, a senior and Advanced Student Museum Educator at Amherst College in collaboration with the Black Art Matters Festival. The show explores how Black artists represent Black subjects.