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Images top to bottom: Wenzel Jamnitzer, Collector’s Chest, ca. 1570, German (Nuremberg), silver gilt, ebony, lapis lazuli, feldspar, bloodstone, amethyst, quartz, and cold enamel, Loyola University Museum of Art,
Martin D’Arcy, S. J.Collection, gift of the Abbie Norman Prince Trust, the Frederick Henry Prince Trust, and the Friends of the Martin D’Arcy Gallery, 1978-09; Gregory Beals,
Sisters
, Za’atari Camp, Jordan, October
2013; Della Wells,
We are Not America’s Wallflower and We March Proudly to the Dance
, 2017, Collage, Image courtesy of Portrait Society Gallery; Tonika Johnson,
Her Name is Yoshi
, 2015.
Current Exhibitions
Gregory Beals: They Arrived Last Night
February 6, 2018–June 2, 2018
Artist, journalist, and humanitarian, Gregory Beals has focused on documenting the global
refugee crisis over the course of the last eight years.
They Arrived Last Night
is a collection of
photographs that sheds light on the refugee experience, capturing both the relief of escaping
an untenable situation and the fear of an uncertain future. Beals’ images poignantly convey the
multitude of experiences and emotions that come from living in a liminal state. Some portraits
capture mourning and fear, while others illustrate unexpected stories of hope, resilience, and
joy. Beals has worked with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the UN Office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and was a correspondent for
Newsweek Magazine
.
Her Story, My Dreams: The Images of DellaWells
February 6, 2018–June 2, 2018
Self-taught Milwaukee artist Della Wells is a visual storyteller. Fascinated by myths and fairy
tales with hidden meanings, Wells creates layered images from found objects.
Her Story, My
Dreams
showcases a selection of Wells’ colorful assemblages, drawings, and hand-made dolls
inspired by personal narratives, political struggles, and imaginary tales. Combining her interest
in African American history, gender studies, and theology, Wells employs potent symbolism to
give voice to contemporary issues of race and gender.
Tonika Lewis Johnson: Everyday Englewood
February 6, 2018–June 2, 2018
In selected work from her two previous Englewood-based photo projects, Tonika Lewis
Johnson tenderly challenges the sensationalized, damage-centered narrative of the Chicago
South Side neighborhood in which she was raised. Her images celebrate the resilience of urban
Black culture in Englewood by portraying levity, triumph, joy and normalcy in the lives of
regular people; the people we pass on the street, sit next to on the bus, and see in the
grocery store.
Gilded Glory: European Treasures from the Martin D’Arcy, S.J.
Collection
Permanently on view
On view year-round, LUMA’s permanent D’Arcy galleries showcase one of the finest
collections of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art in the Midwest. Explore over five
centuries of sacred and secular European life through painting, sculpture, furniture, ivory,
and metalwork.