Kemper Museum extends the reach of its Collection by loaning artworks to other institutions across the globe to be presented in special exhibitions. In this way, the Collection engages new audiences and contributes to research and scholarship in contemporary art.

Dean Mitchell (b. 1957, Pittsburgh, PA), Release Me (1991). oil on Masonite. 30 x 44 in. 76.2 x 111.76 cm. Museum purchase, 1997.06.01. © Dean Mithcell. Photo: E.G. Schempf.

This Collection Work was included in Heritage & the Human Condition at the Museum of Art + Light
(August 20, 2025 - March 29, 2026).

Linda Lighton (b. 1948, Kansas City, MO), Fire Sponge Tedania Ignis (2004). clay, glaze, china paint, luster. 10 x 13 x 8 in. 25.4 x 33.02 x 20.32 cm. Gift from the collection of the Honorable Charles Shangler and the Northeast Community Center, 2009.12.01. © Linda Lighton. Photo: E.G. Schempf

This Collection Work was included in Linda Lighton: Love & War, A Fifty-Year Survey, 1975-2025 at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (December 13, 2025 - May 3, 2026)

Dyani White Hawk (b. 1976, Sičangu Lakota, Madison, WI), Carry III (2020). buckskin, synthetic sinew and thread, vintage glass beads, brass sequins, copper vessel, copper ladle. 105 x 12 x 10 in. 266.7 x 30.48 x 25.4 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2021.04. © Dyani White Hawk. Photo: E.G. Schempf

This Collection Work was included in Dyani White Hawk: Love Language at the Walker Art Center (October 18, 2025 - February 15, 2026) and Remai Modern (April 25, 2026 - October 2026).

Amy Sherald (b. 1973, Columbus, GA), Try on dreams until I find the one that fits me. They all fit me (2017). oil on canvas. 54 x 43 in. 137.16 x 109.22 cm. Museum purchase made possible by a gift from the Bebe and Crosby Kemper Foundation, 2017.02.01. © Amy Sherald. Photo: Monique Meloche Gallery

This Collection Work was included in Amy Sherald: American Sublime at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (November 16, 2024 - March 9, 2025), Whitney Museum of American Art (April 9, 2025 - August 10, 2025), Baltimore Museum of Art (November 2, 2025 - April 5, 2026), and High Museum of Art (May 15, 2026 - September 27, 2026).

2025 Collection Loans