The Binghamton University Art Museum offers a dynamic schedule of exhibitions that are free and open to the public. The Main Gallery and the Susan M. Reifer '65 and Stanley J. Reifer '64 Mezzanine Gallery hosts two to four temporary exhibitions per year. Other temporary exhibitions are on view downstairs in the Nancy J. Powell Gallery. Here, small gallery spaces are given over to student-curated exhibitions featuring objects from the permanent collection
Main Gallery
Kobayashi Eijiro, High Bridge by Night, 1920, wood engraving, gift of John C. Copoulos
'73
Line, Color, Contrast: Japanese Prints and New York Arts and Crafts
On view January 29–May 16, 2026
Exhibition opening Thursday, January 29, 5–7PM
Main Gallery
Japanese woodblock prints transformed American design at the turn of the century.
Nowhere is this more evident than the Arts and Crafts Movement, which coincided with
Japonisme—the widespread craze for all things Japanese. New York-based artist and
art-educator Arthur Wesley Dow developed a new curriculum based on Japanese prints
that emphasized line, color, and contrast as the essential principles of good design.
He instilled these principles in a generation of American designers who went on to
define the Arts and Crafts Movement in New York and across the country.
This exhibition is curated by Joseph Leach, curator of collections and exhibitions.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architectural Drawing of H.C. Price Company Tower, ca. 1952, ©
2026 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Licensed by Artists Rights
Society.
Drawing Connections: Frank Lloyd Wright
On view January 29–May 16, 2026
Exhibition opening Thursday, January 29, 5–7PM
Mezzanine Gallery
The thirty-eight original drawings displayed in this exhibition illustrate the varied range of the architect's prolific career, during which he designed over 1500 buildings and completed over 500. The drawings' beauty and technical proficiency are the result not only of Wright’s own artistic vision, but also show the contributions of a number of talented draftsmen and -women who worked in his office. Within these intricate surfaces, we can discern how Wright, his employees, and his apprentices struggled to define an architecture as rich and complex as modern America itself.
This exhibition is curated by Julia Walker, associate professor of art history, and students in “Rewriting Wright” (ARTH 480A). Support for this project is provided by Art Bridges.
Other exhibitions on view
English, Saucer, ca. 1805–20, stoneware. Gift of Charles Semowich ’70 (2006.28)
Why So Blue? The Influence of Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain
Curated by Sarah Lin ’27
Lower Galleries
Marshal Glasier (American, 1902–1988) Portrait of Isabelle Ann Weintraub Brown, 1964,
oil and collage. Gift of Clifford M. Brown '59 MA (2007.34)
Figures and Fragments: Collage and the Human Form
Curated by Nicole Quintanilla ’26
Lower Galleries
Sekka Kamisaka (Japanese, (1866–1942) White Plum Tree, 1909-1910, polychrome woodblock print. Gift of John C. Copoulos ’73 (2024.9.27)
Japanese Card Games and the Significance of Flora
Curated by Paxton “PJ” Wells ’26
Lower Galleries
Joseph Louis Juste (Haitian, 1940–1989) Untitled, ca. 1970, Joseph Louis Juste (Haitian, 1940–1989) fer decoupoe (cut metal). Gift of Paul Strauss (2025.25.1)
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Paintings and sculpture between the 15th
and 20th centuries
Lower Galleries