
Flaunt
When Appearance Speaks
October 10, 2026 - September 5, 2027
Zanvyl A. Krieger Main Building
Admission grants entry to the museum and all current exhibitions.

2025

2019

2024

2024. Mixed media; assorted clothing buttons, embroidery thread, upcycled Levi's denim jacket. Courtesy of the artist.

2014. Colored pencil and graphite on paper. Courtesy of the Helen Rae Archive.

c. 1965–1975. Clay and paint. Courtesy of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
Click on each photo to view full image and artist details. Photo at Top: Coral Dress by Maria "Maima" Tani, 2019-2021
Coming October 10, 2026
About the Exhibition
Flaunt: When Appearance Speaks is the American Visionary Art Museum's 31st major thematic exhibition, featuring 100 works from artists working across drawing, portraiture, photography, fiber, wearable form, and sculpture, often using transformed everyday materials like buttons, pipe cleaners, and bark. In a twist on conventional thinking, Flaunt asks visitors not to go below the surface, but rather to examine how much feeling, invention, humor, protection, and self-authorship are right in front of our eyes.
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