Feb 5, 2025
Throughout human history, people have loved putting things on their fingers. Often made with precious materials, they serve a wide range of purposes, from enhancing one’s appearance and indicating social status to establishing relationships and providing protection. Drawn from the collection of more than 180 rings gathered by one of the DAI’s founders, Brainerd Thresher, this exhibition presents a wide range of rings from places as different as Egypt and Thailand and spanning thousands of years, reflecting humans’ endless fascination with these small circles.
Feb 5, 2025
For commercial and fine art photographer Jay Hoops, exploration and experimentation drove her work. The Long Island photographer returned again and again to the Polaroid format, valued for its instantaneous results and trusted for its honest capture of a moment in time. Polaroids have no need for darkroom development or printing, which means little chance to manipulate an image—yet Hoops created a series of dreamy, atmospheric scenes with dramatic lighting and mysterious subjects that are difficult to explain. The exhibition is exclusive to the DAI.
Feb 5, 2025
One of the outstanding series in the history of Japanese woodblock prints, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi’s 100 Aspects of the Moon is also the culmination of the artist’s career. Issued as individual prints from 1885–1892, the series is a tour-de-force, combining diverse, striking designs with dramatic historical and mythical stories from Japan’s past. Drawing a selection from the DAI’s complete set, the exhibition is presented in three installments, each focusing on a different theme in the series.
