Chinese bronze sculpture of a horse — China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE), Celestial Horse (detail), bronze with traces of polychrome, gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton, 2002.45

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Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time

“Year of the Horse” explores the horse’s enduring power, beauty, and symbolism in Chinese culture—from ritual bronzes to imperial scrolls—celebrating its roles as creature and emblem of strength, status, virtue, aspiration, mobility, mythology, and resilience across millennia.

Featured Exhibitions

Two separate photographic images forming one large image; large black-and-white image of three clasped hands at bottom center; smaller color images surrounding image of hands and handwritten notes

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

April 23, 2026 - November 1, 2026
Perlman Gallery (368)

Two identical round clocks placed on opposite trays of a metal balance scale. Both clocks have white faces with black numbers and hands. The clock on the left shows the time at 12:04, while the clock on the right displays 12:15.

Kenji Nakahashi: A Confident Life

April 4, 2026 - December 27, 2026
Galleries 315 and 316

The image shows a pair of hands intricately carving a piece of wood. In the foreground, there's a pile of wood shavings scattered across the surface. The setting appears to be a small room or a miniature scene with a decorative wall featuring two framed ornaments and a small clock on a shelf. To the right, a mounted deer head decorates the wall. Curtains hang on the back wall, adding to the decor.

Nik Nerburn: The Milkman

March 21, 2026 - June 21, 2026
U.S. Bank Gallery

Painting of a woman with black-brown bobbed hair and curls falling over her forehead wearing a black dress and holding a cigarette seated at a table in a nightclub setting with two men behind her and a champagne chiller holding an opened bottle of champagne

Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945: Masterworks from the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin

March 7, 2026 - July 19, 2026
Target Galleries

Chinese bronze sculpture of a horse

Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time

February 18, 2026 - August 9, 2026
Bell Family Decorative Arts Court (333)

Guatemala woman's ceremonial blouse, or huipil, featuring white, red and orange colors

An Indigenous Art: Huipiles from Mia’s Collection

February 14, 2026 - August 2, 2026
Robert and Marlyss White Gallery (281)

Black-and-white photograph of a cemetery with brick rowhouses and steel mills in the background

Built to Last: The Shogren-Meyer Collection of American Art

January 17, 2026 - June 14, 2026
Cargill Gallery (103)

young woman wearing a turquoise tank top, turquoise and black skirt, white shoes and white beaded headdress, seated bareback on a white speckled horse, standing in front of a backdrop painted with blue sky and white clouds

Containing Multitudes

December 20, 2025 - August 2, 2026
Harrison Photography Gallery (364)

More to See

Hiroshige’s 100 Views of Edo x Emily Allchurch

December 20, 2025 - August 23, 2026

Along the Nile with David Roberts

December 6, 2025 - June 7, 2026

Ink Rhythms on the Breeze: The Art of Chinese Fan Paintings

November 29, 2025 - November 8, 2026

The Abstract Worlds of Yoshida Hodaka and Chizuko

September 20, 2025 - October 4, 2026

Painted Poetry: Art of the Rajput Courts

May 10, 2025 - May 10, 2026

A Little Fun at My Work: Women in Design and Craft

August 3, 2024 - July 24, 2026

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