Exhibition Archive

The Studio Art class of 2026, the Art and Art History department, and the Perlman Teaching Museum invite you to visit this year’s Senior Art Show. This annual exhibition is held in the second half of spring term, showcasing new artwork by graduating seniors. Their projects are developed through the comps process, a capstone project that all senior Studio Art majors (and Carleton students in every discipline) undertake. On display May 8 – June 12, 2026.

The Manifest, The Hidden explores the entanglement of Geometry and Islam in the practices of eleven contemporary artists based across the Middle East, North America, and Europe. While Geometry and Islam are often perceived as rigid systems, this exhibition invites audiences to see them anew as rich, expansive languages for expressing beauty and wonder. On display January 12 – April 12, 2026.

Ahimsa is a solo exhibition by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes rooted in the principle of nonviolence. Through sculptures, installations, inflatables, videos, and community-focused projects, Reyes recasts weapons of war into tools for life and collective action. Featuring artworks made from decommissioned firearms alongside campaigns for nuclear disarmament, the exhibition demonstrates how art can mobilize communities toward change and a safer future. On display September 24–November 19, 2025.

The Art and Art History department and Perlman Teaching Museum invite you to the 2025 Senior Art Show, featuring artwork by Carleton College’s graduating class of Studio Art majors and running May 9–June 13, 2025. The exhibition highlights their creative journeys and artistic growth, showcasing a diverse collection of ideas, techniques, and personal expression.

Artist duo Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme undertake long-term research projects that center themes of collectivity, resistance, and memory. Their winter 2025 exhibition includes a range of media — including moving-image installations, sound, performance, and poetry. On display January 13–March 12, 2025 in the Perlman Teaching Museum.

Bank Job is a group exhibition that reflects on the conceptual, material, ideological, and political contours of currency and exchange. The exhibition is an art history lesson in conceptual art via the medium of currency, using themes of forgery, trickery, and the trope of the heist. On display September 27–November 20, 2024 in the Perlman Teaching Museum.

The Studio Art class of 2024, Art and Art History department, and Perlman Teaching Museum invite you to visit this year’s Senior Art Show, May 10–June 7, 2024. This annual exhibition showcases new artwork by graduating seniors, developed through the comps process, a capstone project that all Studio Art majors undertake.

To Have and To Hold is an exhibition of artworks from the Carleton Art Collection, curated by museum student workers Brett Olson ’24 and Alex Tananbaum ’25. On display May 10–June 7, 2024 in the Perlman Teaching Museum.

The Perlman Teaching Museum presents a two-person exhibition of new and existing artwork by NYC-based artists Finnegan Shannon and Ezra Benus. Working together for the first time, their exhibition focuses on disability and accessibility practices with the underlying premise that access is something everyone has a responsibility towards. On display January 11–April 14, 2024.

An exhibition by artist, writer, and educator Brooks Turner, whose works question narratives which are fixed in the archives of libraries, museums, and textbooks. On display Sept. 21–Nov. 15, 2023 in the Perlman Teaching Museum.