Special Event

Culture & Cocktails

August 18, 2022, 6:00–10:00 p.m.

Culture & Cocktails returns this summer! Revel in art, an open-air activity terrace in front of the Museum, hands-on art activities, and performances, plus delicious bites and cocktails.

Tickets are on sale now.

On View

TERRA: Fernando Casasempere

Through September 5, 2022

The Chilean ceramic sculptor’s first solo exhibition in the United States highlights the urgency of the environmental crisis through installations that utilize the Earth as both subject and medium. Using clay colored by industrial waste produced by copper mining and drilling processes, Casasempere creates vibrant colors that vein through his sculptures.

Four immersive ceramic installations created by Casasempere invite the public to meditate, reflect, and consider humanity’s interactions with our planet.

On View

Picasso: Drawings and Prints

Through January 26, 2023

Pablo Picasso’s art, and his unwavering commitment to creative practice, changed the course of international modernism. See the evolution of his work, including pioneering works of Cubism, through nearly 20 original drawings and prints from the Museum's collection.

On View

Paintings from the Confinement

Through August 28, 2022

San Diego-based artist Marianela de la Hoz shares 11 intimate egg tempera paintings created in 2020 to 2021 in response to the transformative circumstances imposed by the global pandemic of COVID-19. The collection of works invites reflection on a variety of experiences lived during the pandemic.

On View

Wang Qingsong: Social Mobility

Through October 16, 2022

Experience nine evocative large-scale photographs by Chinese artist Wang Qingsong that also function as social commentary.

Two themes, “Images of Culture” and “Images of Conflict,” present the paradox posed in these works of increased social mobility in China, while physical movement of people at the time was sometimes restricted. The moving photographs are accompanied by a video showing Qingsong’s process.