Exhibitions

Here We Have Idaho: Belonging showcases artwork by Sofía Jaramillo and Ceci Richardson-Salvador, two Idaho-based artists who engage with the state’s natural landscape through photography.

Curated from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love presents a survey of 53 artworks by Jeffrey Gibson, one of today’s foremost contemporary American artists. Spanning sixteen years, this major exhibition bursts with Gibson’s bold patterns and brilliant colors. Gibson, who is of Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee heritage, blends aspects of Indigenous art and culture with modernist art traditions, navigating and disrupting expectations placed upon Indigenous artists, and bringing messages of hope.

Boise Art Museum is thrilled to announce that we have been invited, among only ten art museums nationwide, to participate in the National Gallery of Art’s “Across the Nation” program, to share the nation’s collection with museums across the country. We welcome you to take advantage of this rare opportunity to experience four noteworthy and beloved artworks presented at the Boise Art Museum.

Thomas Eakins | Berthe Morisot | Mark Rothko

For thousands of years, the rainbow has been a cross-cultural symbol of hope, positivity, and a bit of magic. Dedicated to the celebration of rainbows, Spectrum showcases interactives inspired by the rich and numerous colors of our world. Participatory stations throughout the ARTexperience Gallery encourage visitors of all ages to create a rainbow block print, match colored fiber to emotions, build a colorful town, and more.

Visual Language: The Art of Abstraction presents a selection of abstract, non-representational artworks from Boise Art Museum’s Permanent Collection. A cross-section of abstract artwork, created by the most significant American abstract artists working from the 1980s through the early 2000s, features Color Field paintings, lyrical abstraction, and minimalism.