Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band of Choctaw), THE FUTURE IS PRESENT, 2019, digital print, silkscreen, collage, gloss varnish and custom color frame, 38 x 34 in. © Jeffrey Gibson. Courtesy of Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, New York. 

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Durham, NC
In Power, Presence, and Future: American Indian Pop Art in Action, the Nasher Museum of Art will showcase the contemporary place and modernity of American Indians. An additional goal is to highlight “American Indian artists who are expanding upon and challenging what many collectors and the public expect and seek out as American Indian art, subjects and mediums of art,” says Dr. Courtney Lewis (Cherokee), faculty curator from Duke University. Among the 17 pieces on exhibit, collectors will see works by Jeffrey Gibson, Tom Farris, Nico Williams, Cara Romero, Virgil Ortiz, Wendy Red Star, Edgar Heap of Birds and Fritz Scholder. The exhibition is currently on view through January 4, 2026.
www.nasher.duke.edu

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Marwin Begaye (Navajo (Diné)), Taa Altso Hozho naa hasdlii (Beauty is Restored), woodblock on paper, 42 x 35 in.

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
Santa Fe, NM
Painter and printmaker Marwin Begaye is the subject of a new exhibition now open at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Visualizing K’é: New Works by Marwin Begaye features 15 new drawings and prints by the artist that revolve around the Diné philosophy and practice of maintaining k’é. In the most basic sense, k’é means kinship, and honoring the interconnectedness within individual clans, among all people and with all of the natural world. “Begaye’s work draws on Diné aesthetics, reflecting on questions of identity, storytelling, and language to explore how ancestral knowledge can be encoded in different cultural forms over time,” notes the museum. The exhibition continues through March 28, 2026.
wheelwright.org

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Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk, 1944-2019), Mimi, 1979, pine, peeled willow sticks, bluejay feathers, leather, glass beads, 18 x 16 x 16 in. National Museum of the American Indian. Gift of John Lavine and Meryl Lipton Lavine.

National Museum of the American Indian
Washington, D.C.
For the upcoming retrospective for the acclaimed artist Truman Lowe (Hoocąk, 1944-2019), Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe, the public is privy to 48 stellar pieces of sculpture, drawings and paintings. Lowe is known for his elegant, minimalist sculptures of wood, feathers and other natural materials that evoke the waters and woodlands of his home, and reflect on shared memory, cultural knowledge and relationships to place. “Lowe had a major influence on Indigenous contemporary art through his work as an artist, educator and curator,” says Rebecca Head Trautmann, assistant curator of contemporary art at the hosting museum, the National Museum of the American Indian, “but his work has not yet been the subject of a major retrospective exhibition. Water’s Edge brings together nearly 50 of Lowe’s [works], including rarely seen monumental sculptures and 28 works in NMAI’s collection, to examine the key themes Lowe explored and returned to throughout his career.” The exhibition runs from October 24 through January 2027. A companion catalog, also set for publication this fall, presents fresh perspectives on the artist’s life and creative evolution.
americanindian.si.edu

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Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke), Yakima or Yakama - Not For Me, 2015, lithograph, 30½ x 44½ in.

The Brinton Museum
Big Horn, WY
The Brinton Museum, home to a strong collection of historic art made by Plains Indian people, offers its landmark exhibition Shadow & Light: Native American Printmakers from the Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, featuring 46 exceptional works of contemporary Native American printmaking. Through working with the Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts on the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon, the museum has been able to bring a collection of the finest prints made by contemporary American Indian artists working today. The exhibition will include artists Rick Bartow, Edgar Heap of Birds, James Luna, Wendy Red Star, Kay WalkingStick and Marie Watt. The exhibition continues through December 22.
www.thebrintonmuseum.org

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Dyani White Hawk (Siċaŋġu Lakota), Visiting, 2024. Denver Art Museum: Funds from Vicki and Kent Logan. © Dyani White Hawk. Courtesy the artist and Bockley Gallery. Photo by Rik Sferra.

Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
A new exhibition at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis will feature nearly 100 works by Sicangu Lakota artist Dyani White Hawk. Exploring works of the past 15 years, Dyani White Hawk: Love Language takes a mid-career snapshot of White Hawk’s creative practice with a selection of paintings, sculpture, works on paper, video installations and objects that incorporate porcupine quillwork and lane-stitch beadwork, as well as several brand new large-scale sculptural pieces and mosaics. The artist has lived and worked in Minneapolis for the past 14 years. “Love Language speaks to Lakota artistic practices that represent love for family, community, the land and life,” says White Hawk. “The exhibition is an embodied love letter to our ancestors, our communities, family and the people—all of humanity. It is also a calling, emphasizing the need for museums, institutions, governments, communities and individuals to actively work to see, honor, nurture and celebrate Indigenous people, cultures, communities and contributions to our collective histories and our present lives.” The exhibition opens at the Walker Center on October 18 and remains on view through February 15, 2026. From there, the show will travel to the Remai Modern in Saskatoon, Canada, on April 25.
www.walkerart.org

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Chelsea Bighorn (Lakota/Dakota/Shoshone-Paiute), Morning Star, 2024, partially bleached canvas, beads, artificial sinew and jingle cones, 41 x 49 ½ in. Courtesy the artist.

Shelburne Museum
Shelburne, VT
Vermont’s Shelburne Museum is now hosting the exhibition Making a Noise: Indigenous Sound Art, featuring the works of five dynamic Native American artists who incorporate sound in their paintings, three-dimensional works and textiles. Artists in the show are Aerius Benton-Banai (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Tribe), Chelsea Bighorn (Lakota/Dakota/Shoshone-Paiute), Nanibah Chacon (Diné), Kite (Oglála Lakóta) and Marie Watt (Seneca Nation of Indians). “The artists in Making a Noise create works that invoke historic methods and materials, yet are cutting-edge cultural expressions of today,” says Victoria Sunnergren, associate curator of Native American art at the Shelburne Museum. The exhibition will remain on view through October 26.
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