On View

If toxic air is a monument to slavery, how do we take it down?

Research agency Forensic Architecture uses cutting-edge technologies to investigate human rights violations, working on behalf of communities affected by police brutality, border regimes, and environmental violence. At SJMA, they present their research on the petrochemical corridor of “Death Alley,” Louisiana, and offer tools to help combat a three-hundred-year continuum of environmental racism. 

Encode/Store/Retrieve

The landscape of memory has shifted dramatically over the course of the Digital Age, marked by the ease and speed at which we can record, store, and share information. Encode/Store/Retrieve draws together artworks from SJMA’s collection to explore low-tech forms of memory production and provide strategies to grapple with the emerging issues of our growing digital archive.  

Evergreen: Art from the Collection

SJMA’s newly dedicated gallery space celebrates the Museum’s collection as both a gift to and a product of its community and provides ongoing access to San José’s only publicly held art collection. Located in the Museum’s historic building, the gallery presents select holdings that highlight the growing collection and the numerous San José stories it tells.  

Hidden Heritages: San José’s Vietnamese Legacy

Ongoing • Monday through Friday, 8am–5pm*
Offsite at San José City Hall Tower Lobby

Rooted in stories of place, family, journey, identity and—ultimately—home, the exhibition Hidden Heritages: San José’s Vietnamese Legacy focuses on individual voices and personal narratives. The latest installment in the ongoing “Hidden Heritages” series, it tells the story of a community, collective resilience, and the legacy they will leave to future generations who call this city home.

Koret Gallery: Art Learning Lab

Art Learning Lab is a dedicated exhibition space inspired by Sowing Creativity, the Museum’s award-winning STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) education program. Featuring a diverse selection of work from the permanent collection, the Art Learning Lab reveals how artists engage cross-disciplinary concepts in their approach to art-making.

Pae White: Noisy Blushes

Pae White’s Noisy Blushes (2020) is a meditation on movement and time, light and color, material presence and the elusiveness of form. Commissioned by SJMA, the sculpture soars within the Museum’s thirty-foot high atrium and transforms its entrance into an experiential passageway, delivering a sublime experience for visitors.