The Arizona State University Art Museum supports the creation of new and experimental work through its exhibitions, long-term residencies, and the access it offers artists to the immense resources of the university. The museum forges meaningful connections across all areas of research in order to create a better, more sustainable future. ASU Art Museum centers art and artists in the service of community well-being and social good. The Museum is a learning-centered teaching institution, providing interdisciplinary learning opportunities for students from across the university ranging from the sciences, humanities, journalism, sociology and schools of arts and design. A teaching museum is responsible for training the next generation of arts professionals and are the frontrunners in research in art history and museum studies while delivering the highest possible level of artistic standards through collection teaching, exhibition making, research and audience engagement.
Arizona State University Art Museum
ASU Art Museum Building. Photo by Jeff Zaruba.
Installation view of “Spiraling, Twisting, Unraveling: Explorations in Pattern and Form.” Photograph courtesy of ASU Art Museum © Shaunté Glover
Larry Yáñez, Cocina Jaiteca, 1998. Serigraph. 47 x 34 in.
Installation view of “Chicano/a/x Prints and Graphics: Selections from the Hispanic Research Center’s Collection, 1980–2010.” Photograph courtesy of ASU Art Museum © Shaunté Glover
Jiro Yonezawa, Monk, 2003. Bamboo. 8 x 6 in.
ASU Art Museum Building. Photo by Jeff Zaruba.
1994
On May 13, 1994 the Andy Warhol Museum opened its doors to the public. The museum holds the largest collection of Warhol’s artworks and archival materials, and is the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world and the largest in North America.