The Crow Museum of Asian Art has announced its fall exhibition season, which includes two major shows at its Dallas Arts District and UT Dallas campus locations. Both exhibitions are drawn from significant private collections and explore history, material culture, and storytelling across different geographies.
At the UT Dallas campus site, located in the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum in Richardson, the museum will debut "Unseen Worlds: Southeast Asian Textiles from the Spancake Collection." Running from August 22, 2026, to June 20, 2027, this is the first solo exhibition dedicated to the collection of Houston-based collectors Jenny and Steve Spancake.
The show features approximately 150 objects, including textiles, jewelry, and ephemera representing cultures from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The Dallas Arts District location will host "Twisted, Plaited, Sculpted: Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation" from November 7, 2026, to October 31, 2027. This exhibition marks the museum’s first collaboration with the Dallas-based Thoma Foundation. It showcases 22 works by 17 artists, highlighting the craftsmanship of Japanese bamboo art.
The collection includes pieces by Living National Treasures Fujinuma Noboru and Fujitsuka Shosei, ranging from human figures to abstract forms.
Accompanying the bamboo exhibition is a large-scale woven-cane sculpture and video installation by Mumbai-based artist Shakuntala Kulkarni. This presentation marks Kulkarni’s U.S. debut and extends the exploration of plant-based materials to India. Her work, which includes life-sized armor-like sculptures, has previously received international attention, including commissions for Dior's 2024 ready-to-wear collection.
