Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Fall 2019
Exploring Aspects of War In and Through the Visual Arts
August 27 – October 18, 2019
The Visual Arts have served in all cultures and periods to document, motivate, memorialize, facilitate healing, critique and protest military action.
Exploring Aspects of War in and Through the Visual Arts considers views on war and military conflict from the perspective of the homefront, the battlefield and back home again.
David Driesbach. La Polina, 2006. Intaglio, ink on paper, (9.875 x 7.875 in.) Collection of the NIU Art Museum. 2017.90. Gift of the artist.
Winter 2019 - 2020
NIU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial Exhibition
Thursday, Nov 14 – Dec 13, 2019 and continues into February 2020.
Presented every two years, this exhibition features recent artwork and scholarship by faculty and teaching staff from all divisions of the NIU School of Art and Design and highlights the artistry, research, and world-class instruction found at NIU.
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NIU Art Museum
Altgeld Hall 116
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Gallery Hours
Currently closed for installation.
Open to the public
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Noon - 7 p.m. Thursday
Noon - 4 p.m. Sunday
By appointment for group tours.
Closed during the summer, between exhibitions and during university holidays.
