Kambui Olujimi: North Star brings together Kambui Olujimi’s multimedia inquiry into the liberatory possibilities of weightlessness, inviting us to imagine new relationships to our bodies, the self, the planet, and the universe.
March 7, 2025 – ongoing
Tending and Dreaming: Stories from the Collection launches the first dedicated collection galleries at the Museum. Providing unprecedented access to core works in San José’s only publicly held art collection, SJMA’s collection galleries position artists as storytellers to imagine the Museum as a space where culture and meaning are actively made and always in process.
Beta Space: Patty Chang and David Kelley premieres a multimedia exploration of the dynamic entanglements between humans, animals, minerals, and machines. Using deep sea mining as a point of departure, Chang and Kelley’s project encourages us to think expansively and critically about the loops—of scientific discovery, extraction, and technological development—that connect us with places uninhabited by humans.
Never one to rely on mass produced objects, Calder's rigorous inventiveness is reflected in the unique household items and jewelry that he made throughout his life. Drawing on the Museum collection, this installation highlights the intimate side of the artist through these personal objects, created abundantly and gifted generously to friends and family.
Still in Motion celebrates the unfolding legacy of Alexander Calder through the work of Calder Prize awardees, whose groundbreaking contributions push the limits of sculpture to propel it into the twenty-first century.
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.
