Past exhibitions
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The Sculpture of Scott, Payton, Hayden, and Bechet
October 9, 2025–January 25, 2026
A Bayou State of Mind
September 4, 2025–January 4, 2026
Carved & Crafted: The Art of Letterpress
June 12–September 21, 2025
In Focus: Artwork by LSU Faculty
April 24–August 3, 2025
Golden Legacy: Original Art from 80 Years of Golden Books
February 27–May 25, 2025
In a New Light: American Impressionism 1870–1940,
Works from the Bank of America Collection
October 18, 2024–March 23, 2025
Cherished: The Art of Clementine Hunter
July 30–October 23, 2024
Southern Reflections: Art by Kathryn Keller and Shirley Rabé Masinter
September 12, 2024–March 23, 2025
Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer: The Marvel of Old Masters
October 31, 2024–February 2, 2025
Interior Space: Photographs by Roland Miller & Paolo Nespoli
April 9–September 8, 2024
Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates
April 18–September 8, 2024
Coming Home: Geoffrey Beene–Southern Reflections
April 26– July 3, 2024
One Stitch at a Time: Southern Vernacular Quilts
March 21–June 23, 2024
Andy Warhol / Friends & Frenemies: Prints from the Cochran Collection
January 11–March 28, 2024
Birds: Works from the Permanent Collection
November 9, 2023–March 28, 2024
Mirror Mirror by Daniel Rozin
November 30, 2023–March 3, 2024
African American Masterworks from the Paul R. Jones Collection
at The University of Alabama
August 3–December 3, 2023
Reveal: Photographs by Jerry Siegel
September 1–November 12, 2023
The Shaping of Us: Queerness in Ceramics
August 3–October 22, 2023
Hank Willis Thomas / Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America
April 20–July 30, 2023
I, Too, Am Thornton Dial
March 30 – July 2, 2023
Some Boys, a Few Bunnies, and One Lousy Unicorn: Sculptures by Alex Podesta
October 13, 2022–April 2, 2023
Volterra and Pasqua by Kevin Benham
November 17, 2022–February 26, 2023
Pearlware, Polish, and Privilege: Art by Paul Scott
October 27, 2022–February 26, 2023
Mediterranea: American Art from the Graham D. Williford Collection
November 17, 2022–February 26, 2023
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936–Present
July 14–October 23, 2022
Mario Moore: Responding to History
July 14 – October 23, 2022
Louisiana Abstraction
August 2–October 16, 2022
Eugene Martin: The Creative Act
April 7–October 2, 2022
State of the Art: Record
March 10–June 19, 2022
Candice Lin: The Agnotology of Tigers
October 20, 2021–March 20, 2022
The Boneyard: The Ceramics Teaching Collection
July 8, 2021 – February 13, 2022
Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection
July 8, 2021–February 13, 2022
Collection Spotlight: Recent Acquisitions by Black Artists
March 28 – September 26, 2021
The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design
March 11–June 6, 2021
Letitia Huckaby: This Same Dusty Road
September 17, 2020–March 14, 2021
Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South
October 22, 2020–February 14, 2021
Living with Art: Selections from Baton Rouge Collections
March 5 – September 27, 2020
Conspicuous: Satirical Works by Caroline Durieux
March 19 – August 30, 2020
Gods & Things: Asian Art from the Permanent Collection
November 5, 2019–February 23, 2020
Destination: Latin America
October 24, 2019–February 9, 2020
Adore | Adorn: The Elsie Michie Contemporary Jewelry Collection
June 27–October 6, 2019