“What If I Try This?”: Helen Frankenthaler in the 20th-Century Print Ecosystem
August 26-December 9, 2025
Emily and Joe Lowe Galleries
“What If I Try This?” explores how Helen Frankenthaler, the noted 20th-century abstract artist, collaborated with printmakers in print studios and workshops throughout her long career. By focusing on her works on paper, this exhibition considers how printshops are key nodes within the printmaking ecosystems, or sites where artists and printers simultaneously championed technical innovations and created community.
This project is generously supported by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. It celebrates the 10 prints and 1 set of process proofs that the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation gifted Syracuse University in the second round of the Frankenthaler Prints Initiative.
Human/Environment: 5,500 Years of Art
August 26, 2025-Ongoing
Luise and Morton Kaish Gallery and permanent collection galleries
Drawing on the museum’s extensive collection that encompasses almost 45,000 historic and contemporary artworks made around the globe, this exhibition explores how humans have interacted with and shaped the environment in which they live. Thematic sections focus on plants, home, population centers, and human figures.
Bhen Alan: Why Does My Adobo Taste Different?
August 26, 2025-May 9, 2026
Art Wall Project
The fifth iteration of the Art Wall Project features textiles made by the Filipino-American artist Bhen Alan. Through the creation of a monumental banig, or a traditional Filipino handwoven mat made from plant fibers, Alan grapples with the traumas of immigration and explores how diasporic communities work to recover a lost idea of home.