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Current
Exhibitions

Exhibitions are featured for a limited time, but the experience will stay with you. Visit us to keep learning.

A line of people walk toward a museum entrance, and a large sculpture of a white head stands tall next to them.
Jaume Plensa: Behind the Walls
Jaume Plensa
Ongoing
UMMA Exterior
Groups of people stand and walk through a light green room with dark wooden vitrines and gilded framed paintings on the wall in the Unsettling Histories exhibition.
Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism
Ongoing
European and American Decorative Art
A celebration of UMMA's fall season with exhibition openings of You're Welcome, Hear Me Now, and A Gathering.
We Write To You About Africa
Ongoing
A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II
Curriculum / Collection 
Ongoing
Jan and David Brandon Family Bridge
View of a gallery installation. Black walls with gold and silver text tell the story of the Burt Lake Band of Anishinaabe Native Americans
Future Cache
Andrea Carlson
Now thru June 2025
Vertical Gallery
Art gallery interior showing an exhibition space with light blue walls and tiled floors. Two benches are centrally placed on the floor. To the left, a large colorful abstract painting is displayed, featuring vibrant reds and oranges with scattered elements of blue and pink. Adjacent to the right is a smaller framed artwork. A wall text titled "A Gathering" is visible on the right side.
A Gathering
Ongoing
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse
Students and community members in special exhibition 'Silver Linings' at the annual Artscapade! in August 2024.
Silver Linings
August 24, 2024 — January 5, 2025
Taubman I
Students and community members in special exhibition 'Hey We Need to Talk!' at the annual Artscapade! in August 2024.
Hey, We Need to Talk!
Aug 31, 2024 — Feb 09, 2025
Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Gallery
La Raza Art and Media Collective
1975 – Today
Dec 7, 2024 — July 20, 2025
Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery

Upcoming
Events

What’s next? There’s always something happening at UMMA.

Zell Visiting Writers Series: Reading and Q&A with Divya Victor – Rescheduled Event
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Thu, Jan 16, 2025 5:30pm–6:30pm
Event Series Zell Visiting Writers Series
Book Club — Hosted by the UMMA Student Advisory Board
Living Room
Sun, Jan 19, 2025 12:00pm–1:30pm
Related Exhibition Future Cache
Background with purple and pink clouds with two crossed bandaids in the foreground with big bold black text that reads, Take Care' at the center.
Take Care: Democracy, Art & Healing
Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Gallery
Thu, Jan 30, 2025 7:00pm–9:00pm
Related Exhbition Hey, We Need to Talk!
Artist Talk with Jarod Lew: Strange You Never Knew
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Sat, Feb 1, 2025 4:00pm–5:15pm
Event Series Penny Stamps Speaker Series
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Reading and Q&A with Tyehimba Jess ​
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Thu, Feb 6, 2025 5:30pm–6:30pm
Event Series Zell Visiting Writers Seriesc
Book Club — Hosted by the UMMA Student Advisory Board
Living Room
Sun, Feb 16, 2025 12:00pm–1:30pm
Related Exhibition La Raza Art and Media Collective

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