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 Mel Taing.

Installation view, re: collections, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, June 25, 2021–June 16, 2024. Photo by Mel Taing.

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.

 

A yellow house with branches growing from its walls within a mirrored room.

Hugh Hayden: Home Work

"Hugh Hayden: Home Work," the artist’s first solo exhibition in New England, surveys Hayden’s extensive body of work over the last decade, including a bold, site-responsive installation newly conceived for the Rose Art Museum.

September 18, 2024 - June 1, 2025

Hugh Hayden, Hedges, 2019. Sculpted wood, lumber, hardware, mirror and carpet. © Hugh Hayden; Courtesy The Shed Open Call and Lisson Gallery. Photography by Mark Waldhauser.

detail of the Roy Lichtenstein painting "Forget It! Forget Me!"

Lichtenstein100

"Lichtenstein100" showcases works in the museum’s permanent collection, including Lichtenstein’s iconic 1962 painting, "Forget It! Forget Me!," alongside ephemera, photography, and other source material, shedding light on Lichtenstein’s lasting impact on art history and popular culture.

September 18, 2024 - December 29, 2024

Roy Lichtenstein, Forget It! Forget Me!, 1962 [DETAIL]. Magna and oil on canvas. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. Gevirtz-Mnuchin Purchase Fund, 1962.138.

A young boy from the 1900s.

Face to Face: Portraits of Self and Others

"Face to Face: Portraits of Self and Others" explores the artist’s role in capturing personal and collective identities while igniting questions about intersectionality identities and the evolving nature of the photographic medium.

September 18, 2024 - December 29, 2024

Charles H. Currier, Portrait of a street boy, 1887–1910 [DETAIL]. Gelatin silver print. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. Museum purchase, 1964.192.57.

Mark Dion, The Undisciplined Collector, 2015

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.

A student sits on a concrete bench a part of the Chris Burden's sculpture Light of Reason, which consists of antique Victorian lampposts and three concrete benches.

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.