California and American ArtThe Crocker Art Museum offers the most comprehensive collection of Californian art from statehood to the present. |
European ArtE. B. and Margaret Crocker linked the capital of the new state of California to the culture of the Old World. |
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
The Museum's exhibitions include works from the permanent collection as well as an exciting schedule of several national and international traveling exhibitions. The changing exhibitions represent a diverse range of media, time periods, and cultures.
JUNE 9 – SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 The artist Jess Collins, known simply as Jess, and his partner, the poet Robert Duncan, were one of the most fascinating artistic couples of the...
JUNE 30 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2013Dynamic, innovative, and exquisite—origami, or folding paper, is not only a sophisticated art form, but it inspires innovative concepts in math and design and inventions...
JUNE 30 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2013From its founding in 1648, the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture was the center of artistic activity in France. Through 60 drawings by artists...
JULY 21 – OCTOBER 20, 2013This exhibition introduces to a wider audience the ceramic art of Rob Barnard, exclusively featuring works collected by Rob and Josseline Wood, who gifted their collection…
FEBRUARY 16 – MAY 11, 2014This is the first museum exhibition to survey the work of early California artist Jules Tavernier (1844–1889). Born in Paris and trained in France, Tavernier adapted…
JANUARY 26 – APRIL 20, 2014This exhibition celebrates internationally acclaimed California native Sam Francis, one of the state's most historically significant artists. Featuring a colorful range of the artist's paintings…
JUNE 29 – SEPTEMBER 21, 2014This exhibition of works seldom seen outside the Smithsonian presents 100 paintings, sculptures, and photographs by African American artists, drawn from the collection of the…
SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 – JANUARY 5, 2014 Art21 artist Kara Walker is known for her powerful visual narratives exploring the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality. Her thought-provoking and raw approach…
OCTOBER 20, 2013 – JANUARY 26, 2014 Known as the master Dutch engraver of his time, as important for engraving as Rembrandt was for etching, Hendrick Goltzius was a pivotal printmaker…
OCTOBER 20, 2013 – JANUARY 26, 2014 More information coming soon.
NOVEMBER 10, 2013 – FEBRUARY 23, 2014 More information coming soon. Image credit: Warren MacKenzie (American, born 1924), Vase, n.d. Stoneware, shino glazed, 15 1/2 in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of George S.…
The Crocker's permanent collection includes more than 15,000 works of art, boasting one of the most comprehensive collections of Californian art from statehood to present, a world-renowned collection of master drawings, one of the nation's premier collections of international ceramics, diverse Asian works, and a growing collection of African and Oceanic art. Select works may be viewed on the Digital Gallery pages of each section.
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.808.7000
cam@crockerartmuseum.org