Ongoing Exhibits

The UCI Institute and Museum for California Art (UCI IMCA) is a global magnet for the exhibition of, and research into, California art and its social and cultural framework. UCI IMCA offers the public, artists, art scholars, and the campus community a focal point for the exploration of California art, as a vital engine in the creative evolution of society and aesthetics in the United States and worldwide.

UCI IMCA consists of:

The Museum, which will house a succession of exhibitions selected from the collection and beyond. It will have both plein air and contemporary/modern art on display at all times. Outreach to area schools and other groups will be a regular feature.

The Institute, which will comprise a number of research centers, academic programs, and study centers.

And a message from Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Enrique J. Lavernia, Ph.D.on 6/18/19:

On behalf of Chancellor Gillman, it is our privilege to announce that Kim Kanatani has been appointed the first museum director of the UCI Institute and Museum for California Art. A nationally renowned museum leader, Kim will join UCI in August from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, where she serves as deputy director and the Gail Engelberg Director of Education. She has also served as an adjunct professor in New York University's Museum Studies Program.

During her years with the Guggenheim, she developed a reputation as one of the visionaries in the museum field, creating programs for people of all ages and co-producing multimedia productions, interpretive installations, and exhibitions with a range of today's most exciting artists. Before joining the Guggenheim in 2001, Kim was the director of education at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Kim's leadership will be key in realizing our vision for establishing UCI IMCA as a comprehensive center for the study, research, and exhibition of the distinctive work of California's artists from the early 19th century to the present. Her inspiring energy, talent for creative collaboration, scholarly rigor and deep commitment to advancement and civic engagement will be invaluable as we move forward with developing programs and constructing a permanent home for UCI IMCA on campus.

We are grateful to the search committee and its chair, Bridget R. Cooks, associate professor and chair of African American Studies, for their dedicated efforts and vital contributions to the search process. I would also like to thank Claire Trevor School of the Arts Dean Stephen Barker for his leadership role in establishing UCI IMCA, launching the First Glimpse of the Buck Collection exhibition, as well as his active role in the recruitment for the new museum director.

We look forward to Kim becoming a member of the Anteater family. Please join us in welcoming her to UCI.

Art History Events

Date Time Program Title
12/03/2106:30 PMArt HistoryRoyal Asiatic Society: A Hybrid Book Launch Iran to India: The Shansabanis of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190 CE
11/18/2104:00 PMArt HistoryBotanical Illustrations or Garden Records? The Metamorphosis of the Flower Painting Genre in Late Ming China Lecture by Dr. Kathleen Ryor (Carleton College)
10/28/2104:00 PMArt HistoryWEAVINGTHE IMPERIALBODIES: ART IN THEMONGOLCOURT OFTHE YUANDYNASTY
05/25/2111:00 AMArt HistoryGeorge Floyd and Anti-Racist Street Art
04/29/2108:00 AMArt HistorySea Sense: Blue Humanities and the Early Modern Imaginary: A Conference organized by the UCI Center for Early Cultures and The New Swan Shakespeare Center
04/21/2108:00 AMArt HistoryUTeach Workshops and open application period
04/15/2103:00 PMArt HistoryPresence, Prescience, and Re- Presentation in Photographic Afterlives: April 15th
04/08/2107:00 PMArt HistoryTransnational Reverberations: Recent Works in Ending the Korean War
04/06/2108:00 AMArt HistoryBeyond Ring Road Workshop Series 2021: Help with developing post-grad plans
03/31/2108:00 AMArt History"Querencia": AHUA's Online Art Exhibit
03/09/2111:00 AMArt History"Cosmopolitanism and the Modern Movement in Iran" with Professor Talinn Grigor (UC-Davis)
03/04/2105:00 PMArt History8th Fukuda Endowment Lecture Series on Contemporary Japanese Arts on March 4th 2021 with Chair and Professor Bert Winther-Tamaki
03/02/2112:00 PMArt HistoryUCI VISITING ARTIST LECTURE SERIES presents: Ravi GuneWardena and Miles Coolidge with Respondent: Bert Winther-Tamaki
03/01/2102:00 PMArt History"The Mughals of India: Imperial Competition and Cosmopolitanism" with Dr. Corinne Lefèvre
02/25/2102:00 PMArt History"If Isfahan is Half the World, What's with Europe? The View from Safavid Painting with Professor Sussan Babaie
02/19/2112:00 PMArt History"The Black Index: Archiving Black Creativity and Resistance":
02/17/2104:00 PMArt HistoryArt History Internships Info Session
02/10/2104:00 PMArt HistoryQ and A with Professor Wue, Modern Chinese Art History
02/04/2103:00 PMArt History"A Study in Blackness and Black Identity" Cherise Smith, Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, UT Austin
01/27/2104:00 PMArt HistoryVirtual Tour of the Laguna Art Museum: California Impressionist Granville Redmond
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