Current Exhibitions
Installation view, re: collections, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, June 25, 2021–June 16, 2024. Photo by Mel Taing.
Please Note: The Rose Art Museum is currently closed for the summer as it installs all new exhibitions. The museum's galleries will reopen on August 19.
Since 1961, the Rose Art Museum has been at the forefront of modern and contemporary art, showcasing groundbreaking thematic exhibitions, surveys of leading artists, and innovative new commissions. As a champion of emerging talent, the Rose has also served as a launchpad for rising stars, offering many their first solo museum shows.
We invite you to explore the vibrant world of contemporary art at the Rose and discover something new!
Yinka Shonibare: Sanctuary
February 11, 2026 - January 3, 2027
Yinka Shonibare's poignant installation, "Sanctuary City," explores the contested nature of refuge through illuminated miniature architectural models, tracing the historical and political complexities of sanctuary while confronting the moral imperatives of protection in an era of global displacement.
Yinka Shonibare CBE, Sanctuary City, 2024. An installation of 18 miniature buildings. Wood, paint, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, LED lights. Installation view, Suspended States, 2024 Serpentine South. Photo: © Jo Underhill. Courtesy Yinka Shonibare CBE and Serpentine. Courtesy Tia Collection. © Yinka Shonibare CBE. All rights reserved, DACS 2025.
Mark Dion: The Undisciplined Collector
Permanent Installation
Wood paneled and furnished with the trappings of a 1961 collector's den, "The Undisciplined Collector" evokes the year of the Rose Art Museum's founding and serves as an introduction to the rich history of collecting at Brandeis University.
Mark Dion, The Undisciplined Collector, 2015. Rose Art Museum Special Fund, 2015.6. Charles Mayer Photography.
Chris Burden: Light of Reason
Permanent installation
An integral part of the image of the Rose Art Museum, the antique Victorian lampposts and concrete benches of Chris Burden's sculpture "Light of Reason" serves as an inviting gateway to the museum and a dynamic outdoor space for the Brandeis community.
Chris Burden, Light of Reason, 2014. 24 restored cast-iron street lamps. Rose Art Museum Acquisition Fund, Gift of Monroe and Edith Geller and Russian Sale Gift, 2014.3. © Chris Burden. Charles Mayer Photography.