Past Exhibitions

Art for the Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities illuminates the formative 1980s activ­ist campaign, Artists Call Against U.S. Intervention in Central America. Published on the occasion of a pathbreaking exhibition of the same name at the Tufts University Art Galleries, this bilingual English-Spanish catalogue surveys Artists Call’s mobilization of writers, artists, activists, and artist organizations and looks at the group’s legacy today.

Catalogue for Expressions Unbound: American Outsider Art from the Andrew and Linda Safran Collection with essays by art historian Evie T. Joselow, PhD.

Lavishly illustrated with over 150 images on 72 pages, Jumbo: Marvel, Myth, and Mascot is authored by exhibition curator and Jumbo aficionado, Tufts Professor of Art History Andrew McClellan.

Manna: Masterworks from the Tufts University Permanent Art Collection is published on the occasion of the Gallery's fall exhibition. In addition to the works on exhibit, the publication includes other important works of art from the Tufts

Softcover/color/112 pages

Softcover/color/folder; two books; postcards; broadsides; carpenter's pencil

Essays by Judith Hoos Fox, Robin Givhan, and Jeff Weinstein

Deeply committed to social justice, artist Tomashi Jackson creates vibrant prints, paintings, videos, textiles, and sculptures that powerfully explore systemic inequities found throughout US history. This is the first book to present the evolution of Jackson’s work...
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The first monograph on Tomashi Jackson (born 1980), The Land Claim illustrates the Cambridge- and New York–based artist's unique work and research methodology that focuses on the historic and contemporary lived experiences of Indigenous, Black and Latinx families on the East End of Long Island, and how the role of women, the meaning of labor and the sacredness of land link these communities.

Texts by Virginia Whiles, Salima Hashmi, Ayesha Jalal, Iftikhar Dadi Foreword by Raphaela Platow and Amy Ingrid Schlegel Softcover, 119 pages Co-published by the Tufts University Art Gallery and the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 2013 ISBN 9781880593110

The first scholarly publication accompanying the largest retrospective to date of artist Tseng Kwong Chi (1950-90).