A large gallery space featuring a mixed media work of two figures fighting a snake.

Past Exhibitions

Missed an exhibition? View highlights of previous exhibitions on display at the Heard Museum.
  • Past Exhibitions

2024

A person stands in a foggy field holding an ornate umbrella. They are wearing a plaid shirt, red skirt, and headscarf, with a basket strapped to their back and foliage in the background.

Meryl McMaster: Bloodline

October 4, 2024 – March 2, 2025
Abstract painting featuring a figure with a blue face, black hair, and geometric patterns. Bright, contrasting colors and shapes surround the figure.

Space Makers: Indigenous Expression and a New American Art

November 8, 2024 – March 2, 2025
A pair of colorful shoes.

Art & Sole

May 3, 2024 – January 5, 2025
A black and white image of a circular object on a black background.

Maria & Modernism

February 23, 2024 – July 28, 2024

2022

A textile hanging with different types of people, fish and feathers.

In the Service Of: American Indian Veteran Artists and Tributes

November 11, 2022 – December 22, 2024

2023

A painting of a Native woman wearing red with green grass, trees and blue sky in the background.

Indeterminate Beauty

May 4, 2023 – April 22, 2024
A white circular sculpture on a black background.

The North Star Changes: Works by Brenda Mallory

April 7, 2023 – March 31, 2024
A textile with red, orange, and brown stripes.

Arriving Forever into the Present World

June 1, 2023 – March 3, 2024
A Canadian Native mask against a white background.

Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael

September 1, 2023 – January 2, 2024
A woman doing a duck dive under a wave in the ocean with a surfboard.

He‘e Nalu | The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing

January 6, 2023 – July 16, 2023

2021

A sculpture sits on a pedestal in an art gallery with paintings on the walls.

Remembering the Future: 100 Years of Inspiring Art

October 24, 2021 – November 6, 2022
A group of colorful, abstract, geometric paintings in an art gallery.

Leon Polk Smith: Hiding in Plain Sight

February 5, 2021 – July 3, 2021

2020

A painting of a car with roses on it.

Larger Than Memory: Contemporary Art from Indigenous North America

September 4, 2020 – January 3, 2021

2019

A group of paintings on display in a museum.

David Hockney’s Yosemite and Masters of California Basketry

October 28, 2019 – June 28, 2020
A Navajo textile with different sized squares on it in shades of red, orange, black and white.

Color Riot! How Color Changed Navajo Textiles

April 5, 2019 – September 2, 2019

2018

A wooden mask with rods hanging from it.

Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit

October 29, 2018 – February 3, 2019

2017

A painting of a Native American sitting in a chair.

Of God and Mortal Men: Masterworks by T.C. Cannon from the Nancy and Richard Bloch Collection

October 7, 2017 – April 15, 2018
A black and white photograph of Frida Kahlo standing behind a seated Diego Rivera next to a window.

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

April 11, 2017 – September 4, 2017
An art gallery with several pieces of art on display.

Beauty Speaks for Us

February 10, 2017 – March 31, 2017