Facing Survival | David Kassan

September 18-December 7, 2019 The USC Fisher Museum of Art and The USC Shoah Foundation proudly present the exhibition “Facing Survival | David Kassan.” Artist David Kassan’s singular vision and extraordinary talent combine in the exhibition “Facing Survival” featuring Kassan’s paintings and drawings of more than a dozen Holocaust survivors, created over a period of…

Suppression, Subversion and the Surreal – The Art of Czechoslovakian Resistance

Selections from the Dr. Eugene Rogolsky Collection March 9-April 13, 2019 (T-F, 12-5pm, Sat, 12-4pm)ANDApril 30-May 10, 2019 (M-F, 12-5pm) USC Fisher Museum of Art is pleased to present Suppression, Subversion and the Surreal: The Art of Czechoslovakian Resistance. This student-curated exhibition features a selection of prints and photographs from the Dr. Eugene Rogolsky Collection, which was…

Curator’s Walkthrough

Join us for a walkthrough of “Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged” led by Assistant Curator Madelyne Gordon….

The Díaz Lewis Collective

Join Cuban artist, Alejandro Díaz-Perera and Missouri native, Cara Megan Lewis (Díaz Lewis) as they talk about their social activist pillow project….

Artist Talk with Karla Klarin

Thursday, February 21, 1 pm Meet Los Angeles artist Karla Klarin, who depicts expressionist cityscape paintings….

Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged – Landscapes from Fisher’s Permanent Collection

Opening January 22, 2019 “Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged” is an exhibition that honors our donors over the last 80 years – since Fisher’s founding at USC in 1939. Beginning with selections from our first major gift from Elizabeth Holmes Fisher, this show displays works from our growing collections. Through the prism of landscapes, from the seventeenth-century…

Ofri Cnaani at Tate Modern

The Fisher Museum would like to honor artist Ofri Cnaani, who exhibited The Sota Project at Fisher in the Fall of 2012. The Sota Project was a multi-layered and interactive video exhibition depicting the tale of two sisters, Sota and Bekhorah from the Bible. The story was told through a series of room-sized panoramas. The…

Graciela Iturbide meets Fisher’s Chief Preparator Juan, nephew of Tío Roque, famously pictured in “La frontera”

“I prefer to photograph the man in a more dignified manner, independently of the injustices.” – Graciela Iturbide (Art21 2015) Graciela Iturbide, one of Mexico’s most distinguished photographers, has spent more than four decades documenting the diverse people, cultures and traditions of her native country. Her iconic images are widely circulated, including La frontera, Tijuana,…

Albert Contreras

Series of fifteen untitled works, 2002-2005, acrylic on canvas, collection of the USC Fisher Museum of Art, gift of the artist. Photo by Magnus Stark. As if he never stopped, Albert Contreras took up painting once again in 1997, twenty five years following his departure from the artworld. In 1960, Contreras moved to Stockholm, Sweden…

Women’s History Month

As women’s history month comes to a close, the Fisher Museum would like to honor our only female artist-in-residence, Jessica Cuautle. Cuautle has been training with Art Division for three years, and currently has two pastel portraits, Fluid and Breathe The Fire that debuted in Fisher/Art Division: Artists in Residence show. We sat down with…