Crow Museum of Asian Art unveils 2025-26 exhibitions

 This fall, the Crow Museum of Asian Art announces seven new exhibitions opening across its Dallas Arts District and UT Dallas campus locations, alongside a robust schedule of public programs and community events. 

These exhibitions – paired with community programs like lectures, concerts, a family-fun Community Day, and the return of the Mystical Arts of Tibet weeklong sand mandala/painting residency – reflect the Crow Museum’s mission to celebrate Asian art and culture across time, space, and media.

Four Sisters, 1985, Cecilia Chiang, Chinese-American

Fall 2025 Exhibitions

This season’s new exhibitions will be on view across the Crow Museum’s two locations in the Dallas Arts District (2010 Flora St., Dallas) and the new museum space at the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum on the UT Dallas campus (800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson). Please note the specific location for each museum. Admission is free for both museums.

Groundbreakers Post-War Japan and Korea from the DMA Collection

Crow Museum of Asian Art – UT Dallas campus

Groundbreakers: Post-War Japan and Korea from the DMA Collection

Sept. 6, 2025-July 26, 2026

In partnership with the Dallas Museum of Art, Groundbreakers brings together artists who played with materiality, space and performance in postwar Japan and Korea after the 1950s.

[ _____] Mirage

Sept. 20, 2025-March 1, 2026

This immersive 360-degree multimedia installation draws on sound, video and environmental data collected in the American Southwest. The digital art experience is designed by Sara Dittrich, an interdisciplinary artist based in Baltimore, and SV Randall, UT Dallas Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts.

Mounds and Mist: Kondo Traditions in Clay

Sept. 27, 2025-May 31, 2026

A focused exhibition examining the layered legacy of Kondo ceramic traditions, this exhibition celebrates the achievement of four members of the Kondo family: Kondo Yuzo (1902–1985); his sons Yutaka (1932–1983) and Hiroshi (1936–2012); and his grandson Takahiro (born 1958).

Whiskers and Paws: Cecilia Chiang

Oct. 4, 2025-March 8, 2026

A playful and poignant exhibition celebrating the emotional bonds between humans and their beloved companions, Whiskers and Paws is an excerpt of self-taught artist Cecilia Chiang’s nature-focused work and primarily serves as a nod to her childhood.

Squaring the Circle, 2025, Eliza Au, Canadian

Crow Museum of Asian Art – Dallas Arts District

Fire and Earth: Early Chinese Pottery from the MacLean Collection

Sept. 20, 2025-Sept. 27, 2026

A remarkable look at early Chinese ceramic traditions drawn from one of the most significant private collections in the U.S., this exhibition – consisting of 45 pottery vessels selected from the MacLean Collection – offers insight into ancient craftsmanship, aesthetic innovation and the material culture of early China.

Paper Knife: Objects of Beauty in Early Modern Japan

Nov. 8, 2025-Aug. 29, 2027

Exploring the artistry and refinement of small-scale decorative objects, this exhibition highlights the cultural value and craftsmanship embedded in daily-use items in early modern Japan.

Eliza Au: Squaring the Circle (Texas Ties series)

Nov. 15, 2025-March 1, 2026

Featuring intricately designed ceramic sculptures by Texas-born artist Eliza Au, this major solo exhibition explores ornament through the built environment, ceramics and design. Au is the second artist featured in the Crow Museum’s Texas Ties exhibition series, which showcases artists with connections to the Lone Star State.

For more information, visit crowmuseum.org

Lunar New Year Celebration at NorthPark Center

 Lunar New Year Celebration

Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025

10 a.m.-1 p.m.

NorthPark Center

Marking the Year of the Snake, the Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas, in partnership with NorthPark Center, will present the Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at NorthPark Center.

Fun for all ages, this signature event – which attracts more than 50,000 visitors to NorthPark Center – will feature stunning dragon and lion dances, musical and martial-arts demos, art making and calligraphy, specialty booths, wellness activities, colorful entertainment and cultural performances and more.

The Year of the Snake – symbolizing wisdom, charm and determination – includes those born in 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 or 2025.

The annual Lunar New Year Celebration is free and open to the public. For more information, go to crowmuseum.org

Crow Museum of Asian Art kicks off 2021 with Divine Spark

 

The Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas is kicking off 2021 in a bold fashion with three exhibitions showcasing the powerful contemporary works of a Texas-based Asian woman artist, recent works by Japanese women ceramicists, and an exploration of one of the most iconic gods in Hindu culture.

Headlining the trio is Divine Spark, the second offering of the multi-year Texas Asian Women Artists exhibition series, which is dedicated to making visible the work of emerging and established Texas-based contemporary Asian women artists. For her first solo exhibition at the Crow Museum, Dallas-based artist Kana Harada has created several new works during this time of global pandemic that blend messages of hope and positivity with visual innovations that create an imaginative universe of awe, wonder and intimacy. Divine Spark will be on view Jan. 30-Sept. 5, 2021, at the Crow Museum, located in the Dallas Arts District at 2010 Flora St., Dallas 75201.

Kana Harada, Love Letter from the Future, 2019. Acrylic paint on foam sheet. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Makoto Takemura

Divine Spark, which features new works created by Dallas-based artist Kana Harada during this time of a global pandemic, embodies the artist’s wishes for a peaceful and bright future for all. In this exhibition, she continues to push sculpture, foam, and acrylic and watercolor painting to new heights in her practice.

Using vivid colors and intricate patterns formed with an elegant handmade touch, Harada’s titles of her works reflect newborn optimism – Fearless Hope, Freshly Picked, Home Sweet Home, Love Letter from the Future, Ingrained, Moon Kissed, and the exhibition’s namesake, Divine Spark.

Kana Harada, Home Sweet Home, 2020. Lamp shade paper and mixed media. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Makoto Takemura

For more information, visit crowmuseum.org