Chinese, Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) Amphora with Two Handles, n.d. Earthenware, 13 x 12 3/4 x 11 in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Gary Smith, 2021.90.1.

Artwork: Black and Gold Amphora with Two Handles

Install: Black and Gold

Traditional and Contemporary Japanese and Chinese Ceramics 

Black & Gold

The Mechanical Swarm

Image: AI Am I Installation 1

Image: AI Am I Installation 2

Artificial Intelligence as Generated by Alexander Reben

Alex Reben Image-768x

AI Am I?

A pen, ink, and chalk drawing by Jean-Baptiste Hüet's that depicts a pastrol scene of a herdsmen surrounded by cows and sheep.The scene is framed in what appears to be an oval stone niche. 

Image: Artwork > Le Soir

Image: Drawn to Beauty Exhibition Installation 2

Image: Drawn to Beauty Exhibition Installation 1

Fifteen Years of Acquisitions for the Crocker Art Museum

Drawn to Beauty

Flora

Evelyn De Morgan (British, 1855–1919), Earthbound, 1897. Oil on canvas, 34 1/2 x 46 1/2 in. De Morgan Collection. © Trustees of the De Morgan Foundation.  

Evelyn De Morgan, Earthbound, 1897

Image: De Morgan Installation

William and Evelyn De Morgan

Evelyn De Morgan - Flora thumb

A Marriage of Arts & Crafts

Marie Zieu Chino (Acoma, 1907–1982), Vessel, n.d. Earthenware, 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 (diam.) in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D., 2015.71.76; Carrie Chino Charlie (Acoma, 1925–2012), Olla, n.d. Earthenware, 8 x 8 3/4 (diam.) in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Phyllis and Alvin Rutner, 2014.134.1; JoAnn Chino Garcia (Acoma, born 1961), Vessel, 1991. Earthenware, 9 1/2 x 11 (diam.) in. Crocker Art Museum purchase, with funds provided by the Martha G. and Robert G. West Fund, 2015.116.

Artwork: Pueblo Pottery Marie Zieu Chino

Nathan Youngblood (Santa Clara, born 1954), Carved Black Egg, 1998. Earthenware, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. Crocker Art Museum purchase, with funds provided by the Martha G. and Robert G. West Fund; Aj Watson; Janet Mohle-Boetani, M.D., and Mark Manasse; and the F. M. Rowles Fund, 2016.105.

Artwork: Pueblo Pottery Youngblood Carved Egg

Native American Pottery and Sculpture 

Pueblo Pottery

Image: Frames of Mind Hero

Marcos and Simona, Candelaria, Bolivia , 1990

The Ramer Photography Collection 

Frames of Mind

Image: Lindheim Hero

Mary Tuthill Lindheim: Kindred Responses to Life Installation

Image: Lindheim Pot

Kindred Responses to Life 

Mary Tuthill Lindheim

Image: DavidCerny Einstein

Red Skull David Černý

David Cerny: Rebellion Installation Images

Rebellion

David Černý

Kings Art: Anjali Ranadive

Kings Art: Install

Celebrating 40 Years in Sacramento

Sacramento Kings

Image: Artwork > Synchronized Swimmer Drama

Image: Artwork > Gonzo

Raúl Gonzo (American, born 1979), Big Gulp Through the Window, 2015. Digital print, 16 x 20 in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of the Artist, 2021.23.4.

Image: Artwork > Raul Gonzo 

Color Madness

Raúl Gonzo

Image: Artwork > Companion Species (Anthem)

Marie K. Watt (Seneca, born 1967), Transit , edition 7/25, 2004. Lithograph and chine collé, 22 1/4 x
30 1/8 in. Published by Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM. Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer.

Image: Artwork > Marie Watt, Transit

Marie K. Watt (Seneca, born 1967), Star Quilt , edition A.P. 2/3, 2003. Lithograph and photo transfer, 21
1/4 x 19 in. Published by Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, OR. Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer.

Image: Artwork > Marie Watt, Star Quilt

The Prints of Marie Watt from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

Storywork

Image: Artwork > Chris Wright, Portland Arcana

Image: Portland Vase Install 3

Image: Exhibition + Portland Vase > Josiah Wedgwood (1730 – 1795), Portland Vase Copy

Mania and Muse

The Portland Vase

Image: Artwork > Male Kalebwe [Central Songye] Kifwebe

Songye people (Central Africa), Male Kalebwe [Central Songye] Kifwebe Mask [Kilume], mid-20th century. Wood, raffia, burlap, natural pigments, Reckitt's blue, 19 in. (wood). Woods Davy and Kathleen Dantini Collection.

Image: Artwork > Male Kalebwe [Central Songye] Kifwebe Mask [Kilume] + Woods Davy 

Luba people (Central Africa), Kabalo region, Female Mask, mid-20th century. Wood, raffia, feathers, vegetable fiber, burlap, natural pigments, 18 1/2 in. Woods Davy and Kathleen Dantini Collection.

Artwork: Luba Kifwebe > Penetrating Expressions

Kifwebe Masks of the Songye and Luba People

Penetrating Expressions

Image: Artwork > Woods Davy, Cantamar

Image: Denying Gravity installation

Woods Davy and the Assembly of Stones

Denying Gravity

Image: Artwork + Joyce J. Scott > War, What is it Good For, Absolutely Nothin’, Say It Again

Install image: Exhibition > Joyce J. Scott: Messages 

Messages

Joyce J. Scott

Image: Artwork > Woman with Flowers

Install images: Exhibition > Black Artists in America

Image: Black Artists in America Installation 2

From Civil Rights to the Bicentennial

Black Artists in America

Image: De La Torre Trotsky-s Dream

Image: de la Torre Brothers Sloth

Imag: de la Torre Borthers Oxymodern Aztec Calendar

de la Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective  

Collidoscope

Image: Crocker Kingsley 2025

Image: Kingsley Logo

Selections from the Crocker-Kingsley

Image: Marvin Lipofsky L’viv Group 2001-2002 #2,

Image: Marvin Lipofsky Glass Form

image: lipofsky chico spring series 1988 no 10

Marvin Lipofsky Blows Glass

Image: Joseph-Marie Vien (1715–1809), Love Giving the Prize, 1794. Pen with black ink and brush with brown wash on off-white laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount, 7 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches. The Horvitz Collection, Wilmington.

Peyron Academie Seated Male Nude - reform to restoration

Auzou Daria or Maternal Fear - reform to restoration

French Art from Louis XVI to Louis XVIII from the Horvitz Collection

Reform to Restoration

Image: Van Dyke exhibition

Image: Arts, Letters, and Power

 Van Dyck and the Portrait Print

Arts, Letters, and Power

Image: Cara Romero 3 Sisters

Image: Cara Romero Tales of Futures Past

Image: Diego Romero Tales of Futures Past

Tales of Futures Past

Cara and Diego Romero

Anonymous Antandroy artist (Madagascar), Spoon, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 8 3/8 x 3 ½ x 2 1/4 in. Collection of Richard Ulevitch. 

Baule Spoon, Taste of Beauty

Anonymous Guro artist (Côte d'Ivoire), Spoon, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 9 x 2 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. Collection of Richard Ulevitch. 

Spoons of Africa from the Collection of Richard Ulevitch

A Taste of Beauty

Barnes, ErnestJr. - Saturday Night Durham NC - The Johnson Collection - 2013.05.01 TIF

Varnette Honeywood (American, 1950 – 2010), Sabbath , 1977. Fabric, paper, and found objects, 20 x 47 in. The John and Susan Horseman Collection, Courtesy of the Horseman Foundation. © 2025 Varnette P. Honeywood Estate.

Image: Black Artists in America Dindga McCannon

From the Bicentennial to September 11

Self-Portrait with Loose Hair, Frida Kahlo

Maya Fuji " Okaeri - Tadaima"

A Collection of Feminisms

Making Moves

Frederic, Lord Leighton (England, 1830–1896), Flaming June, 1895. Oil on canvas, 46 7/8 × 467/8 in. Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.

Ponce Flaming June

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900), "Morning in the Tropics," 1872. Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 × 46 1/2 in. Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.  - Sense of Beauty

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640), "Head of the Oldest of the Three Kings," circa 1620. Oil on panel, 26 5/16 × 20 5/8 in. Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc. 

Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce

The Sense of Beauty

Image: Ricardo Favela (American, 1944–2007), El Centro de Artistas Chicanos, 1975. Screenprint, 22 1⁄4 x 16 in. RCAFavela Collection. © Estate of Ricardo Favela.

Garcia, Eva Dia de las Madresresize RCAF

Cuellar Lowrider Carrucha Show RESIZE RCAF

Royal Chicano Air Force Art and Activism, 1970–1990 

Rebels with La Causa

Youth Art Month Image

Student + Community Exhibition

Youth Art Month

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[Placeholder: Flooding Fields]

BauerThe 3 Musketeers of China Town 2025 copy

Street Photography: Catching the Moment 

peterson-modern-muse-2026

Kingsley Inspiration and Merit

Image: Suzanne Adan (American, born 1946), Flying Saucers, 1993. Oil on canvas, 67 1/4 x 61 1/4 in. Crocker Art Museum purchase with funds from the 1993 Paint-A-Plate Fundraiser, 1994.5. 

Susan Adan, Even Steven, 1987. Oil on canvas, 11 3/4 X 13 3/4 in. Collection of Michael Stevens.

Suzanne Adan, Giddyup: In Memory of Nils Tahti, 2006. Oil on canvas and wood, 77 x 66 1/8 in. Collection of Mark and Marjorie Friedman.

I'm No Spring Chicken

Suzanne Adan

Image: Caption: Gladys Nilsson (American, born 1940). Spark, 2023. 

Nilsson Waterplay resize 2

Gladys Ladies Dance

A Gladys Nilsson Retrospective

Gleefully Askew

Ginny Ruffner What Happens When You Squeeze a Goldfish 2025.20.1

Bright Bloom in Mint and Salmon Pink 2024.85.1 - Hot Takes

Tiffany Paperweight Vase 2025.133.5 - Hot Takes

New Acquisitions in Glass

Hot Takes

CLARA Exterior Building Image

Process Over Perfection 

Image: Comic Arts of Sam Kieth (1963-2026)

The Comic Arts of Sam Kieth (1963-2026)  

Ito Tozan I (Japanese, 1846–1920), Sweets Bowl with Maple Leaves and Cherry Blossoms, 1917–1920. Stoneware with clear glaze, iron, polychrome enamels, and gilding, 4 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. Crocker Art Museum, gift of Darrell Corti, 2026.1.85.a-.b. 

The Japanese Art of Dining (Selections from the Corti Collection) 

A Fine Feast

Gonzalez Chavajay Erupcion de Pacaya 2025.74.2 Gerard photo JPG

Contemporary Maya Paintings from Guatemala 

Between Earth and Sky

Nimaitachidō gusoku armor detail

Armor from the Collection of Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller

Samurai

Cathy Lu Passages

A Body Across Time 

Cathy Lu

Image: Guy Rose

Impressionist

Guy Rose

Image: Water Born of Earth and Fire: Ceramics of Kondō Takahiro and the Kondō Family 

Ceramics of Kondō Takahiro and the Kondō Family

Water Born of Earth and Fire

Image: Caption: Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860–1939), Summer, 1896. Color lithograph, 41 1/2 × 22 in. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Image courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Photograph by Edward Pollard. 

Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art 

The Triumph of Nature

Image: Caption: Mike Henderson (American, born 1943), Crazy Dreams, 1967. Oil on canvas, 71 x 108 in. Crocker Art Museum purchase with funds provided by Simon K. Chiu, 2023.11.1 

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