Syracuse University Art Museum

09/01/2026

Reclaimed: The Art of Recology is now open! This unique exhibition will be here for the fall semester only, so stop in soon to check it out. With a variety of mediums, themes, and artists, this exhibition is sure to make an impression.

08/31/2026

How many animals can you spot among the artwork on view this year? Here are just a few of the furry (and feathery!) friends we have on display right now. Sound off in the comments below what your favorite animal is! Then come visit us and check out these amazing pieces, and take an extra moment to appreciate the critters!

08/28/2026

This framed hanging scroll was created by the renowned contemporary Chinese artist Fan Zeng (b. 1938) in the summer of 1987. The standing scholar, a middle-aged man holding a writing brush in his right hand, is shown in intimate eye contact with a goose. This human-animal duo presents a classic iconography in East Asian art: “Wang Xizhi Observing Geese.” Wang (c. 303–c. 361) was a fourth-century Chinese politician and artist celebrated as the “Sage of Calligraphy.” He is commonly pictured alongside geese, as legend has it that Wang’s organic, expressive calligraphic brushwork was inspired by studying how geese turn their necks, translating their graceful movements into the smooth turning of his own wrist.
 
Caption by Yifan Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Research, Art and Music Histories
College of Arts and Sciences

08/27/2026

Reclaimed: The Art of Recology will open on September 1st! Here’s a sneak peek of all the different textures, colors, and mediums you’ll find in this unique exhibition. Remember: look but don’t touch!

08/26/2026

Reclaimed: The Art of Recology opens in the Joe and Emily Lowe Galleries next Tuesday, Sept. 1!
 
See the work of 33 different artists who have all been selected to participate in Recology San Francisco’s coveted Artist-in-Residence program. Armed with safety gear and a shopping cart, artists have scavenging privileges in the Public Reuse and Recycling Area — what most artists refer to as “The Big Store” — to recycle and reclaim the discarded waste as reimagined art objects.
 
We are thrilled to bring Reclaimed to the Syracuse campus and can’t wait for you to see it.
 

08/24/2026

We’re back! 

Our fall season officially begins tomorrow. Come see what we’ve been working on all summer long and join us for our Opening Night reception on Thursday, September 10 at 4:30 pm.

Visit the link in our bio for more information about hours and what’s on view this fall.

08/21/2026

Our recent gifts from Nancy Delman Portnoy were featured in the Observer this week highlighting her donation of contemporary work as one of the biggest gifts to university art museums this year. The generous donation expanded the range of contemporary voices in our collection and deepened our holdings in lens-based media.

Rashid Johnson’s “Green Belt” was included in the gift from Delman Portnoy and is now on view as part of “Human/Environment: 4,000 Years of Art”.

Read more about the gift through the museum news link in our bio!

08/21/2026

08/20/2026

Join us in one week on Thursday, September 3rd at 4:30 p.m. for our very first art break of the semester! Our 2026 summer doctoral intern Olivia Dunbar-Miller will lead us on a tour exploring new additions to our permanent collection exhibition. She gives us a sneak peek in this video 👀