Born of Fire: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists June 24- September 17, 2023 Born of Fire features a diverse selection of fourteen works by both emerging and internationally established Japanese women ceramic artists. Pioneering new forms and technical and...
Living with Gods: Popular Prints from India July 15- November 12, Gallery 117 Living with Gods introduces a form of mass art in twentieth-century India. With changes in printing technology, images of Hindu gods and goddesses, for so long limited to temples or...
Netsuke and the Art of Little Wonders August 27, 2022–February 19, 2023Gallery 117 [map it] Netsuke were personal accessories during the Edo period in Japan (1615–1868). Their purpose was to suspend a small carrying case from the sash of a man’s pocketless kimono....
New Beginnings An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West February 18, 2023–May 21, 2023 New Beginnings is a creative look at the art of Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico, primarily focusing on art from the 1910s through the 1930s. These sites were among...
Woodblock Prints of Saitō Kiyoshi January 28–July 16, 2023 With a career spanning six decades, Saitō Kiyoshi (1907–1997) was one of the most prolific Japanese artists of the twentieth century. Largely self-taught, he experimented with the expressive potential of...
Netsuke and the Art of Little Wonders August 27, 2022–February 19, 2023Gallery 117 [map it] Netsuke were personal accessories during the Edo period in Japan (1615–1868). Their purpose was to suspend a small carrying case from the sash of a man’s pocketless kimono....
American Myth & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs October 15, 2022–January 15, 2023 The 2022 Special Exhibition season concludes with American Myth & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs. American Myth & Memory probes the recesses of America’s collective...
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906): A Tribute June 18–September 4 , 2022 Dayton, Ohio, was home to the acclaimed American poet, novelist and lyricist Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872-February 9, 1906). He was born and died in Dayton, and he spent most of his life...
Art for the Ages: Conservation at DAI On View June 25–September 11, 2022 Art for the Ages: Conservation at DAI is a Dayton Art Institute exclusive exhibition that takes a close look at how conservation protects art for future generations. It lifts the curtain on work,...
