Join us for a year of special exhibitions, celebratory events and unforgettable experiences that look to the museum’s future. Beginning in November 2026, the Manetti Shrem Museum will commemorate a decade of growth since its opening in 2016. Check back for updates!
10th Anniversary Exhibitions
Together Again, 1956-2026
Perspectives from UC Davis’ Fine Arts Collection
The first presentation of the museum’s newly established ongoing collection galleries
Aug. 26–ongoing
Images, left to right: Manuel Neri, Prietas Series III, 1993. Plaster, dry pigment/water, steel, wood and Styrofoam core, 58 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. The Fine Arts Collection, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis. Gift of the Wayne Thiebaud Foundation.
Ruby Neri, Woman Reclining in Landscape, 2023. Glazed ceramic, 44 1/2 x 22 x 19 in. The Fine Arts Collection, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis. Museum Purchase provided by the Maria Manetti Shrem Acquisition Fund. Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery.
Woody De Othello: coming forth by day
Aug. 12–Dec. 5, 2026
Image: Installation view, Woody De Othello: coming forth by day, Pérez Art Museum Miami, 2025–26. Photo: Oriol Tarridas
Out of Line: Art at the Edge
Aug. 26–Dec. 5, 2026
Image: Bruce Nauman, Dance or Exercise on the Perimeter of a Square (Square Dance), 1967–68. Black-and-white video with sound, transferred from 16 mm film, 8:24 min. Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York. © 2026 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Kota Ezawa: Long Story Short
January–May 202
Image: Kota Ezawa, Vector drawing based on scene from Jo no mai (1984), directed by Sadao Nakajima, 2025. Courtesy of the artist.
More Access
In a first-of-its-kind partnership with UC Davis Library, the Manetti Shrem Museum is expanding public access to the Fine Arts Collection through a major digitization project launching in November 2026. The effort advances our mission to contribute to research and transformational art experiences.
10th Anniversary News & Press Release
San Francisco Chronicle: Exclusive: UC Davis museum marks decade with major new art initiatives