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A woman in a long red dress and a man in a long sleeve shirt stand together looking at a Himalayan Art on the wall.
Gateway to Himalayan Art
February 15 - July 27, 2025
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Gateway to Himalayan Art introduces the main concepts and meanings of Himalayan Buddhist devotional art, a practice developed and evolved in Tibet, India, Nepal, and Bhutan, as well as interrelated Mongolian and Chinese traditions. The exhibition features scroll paintings (thangkas), sculptures, and ritual objects dating from the 17th to the 21st century.

A group of people stand, looking up at thousands of copper foils shaped like rocks, suspended from the ceiling.
Onishi Yasuaki: Stone on Boundary
February 15, 2025

Stone on Boundary features 5,000 copper foils that are molded from river rocks in Osaka, Japan and Salt Lake City, Utah. The installation reflects Utah’s vast and varied landscape – from river stones in deep canyons to the towering peaks of the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains and the dynamic red rock formations in southern parts of the state. This work was designed in Onishi’s studio in Osaka, where Japan refined copper exports that supplied the world for over 200 years. Bringing these foils to Salt Lake City, home to the largest open-pit copper mine operating today, connects the two places through a shared material resource that has a profound effect on the world. 

Colorful bead work sits in a display case against a white wall. There are brown carvings in another display case next to it.
Arts of Africa
Permanent Collection

The scope of artistic practice from twenty-one African cultures

Three painted canvases line the back, burgundy-colored wall. There are two dark pieces of pottery in glass display cases on similar-colored stands in the middle of the room.
American and Regional Art
Permanent Collection

Exploring westward expansion 

Two carved deities sit on separate mint-colored stands. One is in a glass display case.
West and East Asian Art
Permanent Collection

Historic and contemporary artworks

A statue of a man on a horse is on a platform in the foreground. In the background are two portrait paintings in gold frames on a dark green wall
European Art
Permanent Collection

The progression and practice of art-making across five centuries

A statue of a sparrow sits in a glass case. There's another glass case in the background, mounted to a purple wall, with swords in it.
Japanese Art: Adaptation and Transformation
Permanent Collection

Exploring how Japanese artists over the last thousand years have responded to internal and external events and influences in their art-making. 

Two pieces of pottery sit in glass cases. There's two white head statues on a shelf on a white wall.
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Permanent Collection

Intriguing funerary objects from Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultures

A large red oval hangs on a white wall next to a painting of a Native American man sitting.
Global Contemporary Art
Permanent Collection

A look at the diversity of global artistic production post 1945

Carved figures on a thin, brown boat, sit on a white shelf. There are brown, carved, shield-like objects hanging on the white wall above.
Arts of the Pacific
Permanent Collection

The dynamic and diverse art practices of earth's largest region

A green, carved deity sits in a glass case in the center of a large room. There are other carved deities on their own stands against the walls in the background.
South Asian Art
Permanent Collection

Celebrating the art of Hinduism and Buddhism

a black and white photograph of a women standing in the large entry to a ruined building made of rocks in a desert
Digital Exhibitions
Explore the UMFA's Collections from home

The UMFA's digital exhibitions highlight the past through dynamic curatorial exploration of the collections of both the Museum and the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. Learn from the comfort of your own home today. 

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