Truman Lowe exhibition opens at National Museum of the American Indian

March 26, 2025

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will open “Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe” this fall, marking the first major retrospective of the acclaimed Ho-Chunk artist. The exhibition, featuring 50 works, will explore Lowe’s career and themes of cultural traditions, memory, and human connections to place. The show runs from Oct. 24 through January 2027 in Washington, D.C. A companion catalog will also be released, offering deeper insight into his work.

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