The Shape of Abstraction: Selections from the Ollie Collection presents paintings, drawings, and prints by five generations of black artists who have revolutionized abstract art since the 1940s who despite their significant contributions have remained largely under-recognized and omitted from the existing narrative of art history.

This installation of hanging scrolls, woodblock printed books, and a six-panel folding screen celebrates the art of the Rinpa school, one of Japan’s major historic art movements.

This exhibition presents 20 hand-drawn batik textiles from Java, the most populous island in the archipelago nation of Indonesia. Batik refers to the technically and artistically demanding tradition of wax-resist dying as well as the cloth made using this technique.

Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dalí is a groundbreaking exhibition that examines, for the first time, the international legacy of French painter Jean-François Millet (1814–1875). Millet was a pioneer in developing innovative imagery of rural peasantry, landscapes, and nudes, and his work had a deep impact on later generations of artists.

The St. Louis Artists’ Guild hosts Clearly Human IV, an all-media group exhibition of artwork focused on the human figure. Clearly Human gives a comprehensive look at the many ways of representing the human figure, from traditional to contemporary, realistic to fanciful, beautiful to unsettling.

Marina Zurkow is a media artist focused on the intersection of nature and culture, her work offering wry and pointed critiques of this perilously dysfunctional relationship. She has spent extensive amounts of time researching what she refers to as “wicked problems” involving invasive species, superfund sites, and a worldwide dependence on petrochemicals.