Exhibitions
Currently on Display
Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary ArtJune 6–August 2, 2025 The artworks displayed in this exhibition were all acquired by the KAM between 2022 and 2025. Collecting global contemporary art can be difficult. The market is vast and challenging to monitor. Nevertheless, the KAM regularly pursues contemporary acquisitions because we believe it is important to expose Hope students to a wide range of current artworks and cultural perspectives that will broaden their minds and enrich their spirits.The Kruizenga Art Museum is immensely grateful to all the donors whose gifts of art or funds to purchase artwork made this exhibition possible: Howard and Patricia Farber, David Kamansky and Gerald Wheaton, Kate Rudy ’53, Ronald ’62 and Gerri Vander Molen, and Boyd H. Wilson. The Face I Can't Forget, Theophilus Tetteh (Ghanaian, b. 1991) 2022. Acrylic on canvas.Hope College Collection, purchased with funds donated by Ronald ’62 and Gerri Vander Molen, 2023.10 |
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Rosemary Sloot: Immigrant SeriesJune 6–August 2, 2025 Rosemary Sloot’s Immigrant Series was inspired by the experiences of her own parents, who emigrated from the Netherlands to Canada in 1952. The paintings and drawings in the exhibition powerfully convey the family’s mixed feelings of anticipation and dislocation, joy and disappointment as they transitioned to their new lives in Canada. This version of the exhibition was made possible by the Association for the Advancement of Dutch American Studies with support from the Nyenhuis family. The museum is profoundly grateful to the artist for lending the artworks and for managing many logistical aspects of the exhibition. To Emigrate, Rosemary Sloot (Canadian, born 1952) 2009. Oil on Canvas. Loan courtesy of the artist |
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ABOUT OUR EXHIBITIONS
The Kruizenga Art Museum galleries are typically installed with a mix of temporary exhibitions and permanent collection displays. These exhibitions and displays are planned to complement course offerings in the college’s academic curriculum and usually change, partially or completely, at the beginning of each semester.
The museum’s exhibitions are further augmented by lectures, artist demonstrations, film series, musical concerts, dance and theater performances and other relevant educational programs. An endowment gift from Holland residents Dave and Jane Armstrong provides funding for at least one exhibition-related lecture every year, while other programs are made possible through annual gifts and campus partnerships.
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