Installation view of the exhibition Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, United States, dated October 19, 2025–February 7, 2026.

Installation view, Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States, October 19, 2025–February 7, 2026. Image © 2025 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Dorado. Artworks © 2025 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

Installation view of the exhibition Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, United States, dated October 19, 2025–February 7, 2026.

Installation view, Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States, October 19, 2025–February 7, 2026. Image © 2025 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Dorado. Artworks © 2025 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. 

Installation view of the exhibition Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, United States, dated October 19, 2025–February 7, 2026.

Installation view, Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States, October 19, 2025–February 7, 2026. Image © 2025 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Dorado. Artworks © 2025 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc.

 

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

MoMA, New York, United States

October 19, 2025–February 7, 2026

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective charts Ruth Asawa's lifelong explorations of materials and forms through some 300 artworks in a variety of mediums, including wire sculpture, bronze casts, drawings, paintings, prints, and public works.

The exhibition is a partnership between the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA). It is organized by Cara Manes, Associate Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA, and Janet Bishop, Thomas Weisel Family Chief Curator, SFMOMA; with Dominika Tylcz, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA; and Marin Sarvé-Tarr, Assistant Curator, and William Hernández Luege, former Curatorial Associate, Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA.

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