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 Isometric Studio, Brooklyn, New York.
The Rose Art Museum has been dedicated to the exhibition of modern and contemporary art since 1961. Its curatorial mission has included major thematic exhibitions, surveys of leading contemporary artists, and new commissions. In addition, the museum has served as a launchpad for emerging artists providing first-ever solo museum shows.
Arghavan Khosravi: Black Rain
Lois Foster Wing
August 3, 2023 - October 22, 2023
"Arghavan Khosravi: Black Rain" is the first comprehensive museum survey of a prolific artist on a persistent quest for freedom.
Installation view, Arghavan Khosravi: Black Rain, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, August 3–October 22, 2023. Julia Featheringill Photography.
re: collections, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum
Gerald S. and Sandra Fineberg, Lower Rose Galleries, and the Lois Foster Wing
The permanent collection show, "re: collections, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum" casts a critical eye in two directions: highlighting the museum's radical roots, while showcasing its potential for future transformations.
Installation view, re: collections, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, June 25, 2021–June 16, 2024. Julia Featheringill Photography.
Frida Kahlo at the Rose Art Museum
Lois Foster Wing
February 10, 2022 - July 14, 2024
This intimate display of a self-portrait by the iconic Mexican artist, along with photographs of the artist, highlights Kahlo's devotion to Mexico, her unique sartorial flair, and her bold and transgressive ways of being.
Frida Kahlo, Itzcuintli Dog and Me, 1938 [detail]. Oil on canvas. Private collection. © 2021 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo by Mel Taing.
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.