November 21, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

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Visual Arts PhD Director, Malik Gaines, will give an overview of the PhD program and will be available to answer questions. The program embodies the department's commitment to innovative research by embracing the close intersection of art, media, and design practice with history, theory, and criticism.

November 21, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Visual Arts Facility, Main Gallery, UC San Diego

iris yirei hu will share the work she's created as the 2025 Longenecker-Roth Artist in Residence at the Department of Visual Arts, UC San Diego. iris is a multidisciplinary journey-based artist from Los Angeles who works across paintings, installations, intercultural collaborations, writing, and public art.

November 21, 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Arts and Humanities Building, UC San Diego

Faculty and student representatives from all six departments in the School of Arts and Humanities will be featured, highlighting a breadth of activity that ranges from individual research to broad-based community partnerships. The event will include both a formal program as well as an open house showcase.

November 21, 7:30 p.m.

Bread & Salt Gallery, San Diego, CA

Blurring the lines between cinema and live performance, Seaweeds re-imagines the lost ending of The Toll of the Sea, the 1922 silent film that introduced screen legend Anna May Wong (1905–1961) in the first-ever Technicolor motion picture. In Michelle Sui’s bold re-envisioning, actors audition for Wong herself, who breaks free from the script and takes off to Paris and Tijuana in search of her on-again, off-again girlfriend.

Reception: November 21, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.

November 21, 2025 - January 9, 2026

La Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

These works offer a multifaceted exploration of American Modernism’s relationship to Mexican culture that challenges dominant narratives of North American art. His work merges his academic background in art history with his upbringing in the postmodern drift of Tijuana’s urban landscape and later youth in the cultural sterility of suburban San Diego.

November 22 - December 20, 2025

Reception: November 29, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

El Nido Fronterizo, Santa Ana, CA

This monthlong exhibition foregrounds the co-created or singular gestures often made at home or something like home by Amy Sara Carroll, Césaire Carroll-Domínguez, y Ricardo Domínguez. Alongside the art work, we are also planning a series of Saturday performances, discussions, and hands-on activities – all an attempt to disrupt and dishabituate ourselves from the bitter inertia of this moment.

November 15, 2025 - January 17, 2026

LUBOV, New York, NY

My Barbarian (Malik Gaines, Jade Gordon, Alexandro Segade) presents Cat Suit, a series of prints representing the first 14 Minor Arcana cards alongside the video installation and sculpture. The exhibition debuts Nine of Cats (2025), a new video installation made with Eric Geiger, Matana Roberts, and Argel Rojo. The works suggest that all the joyful and tragic experiences foretold by the cards have already happened to those who came before us.

October 1 - December 6, 2025

Mandeville Art Gallery, UC San Diego

Omni Intelligent is a group exhibition that explores the intertwined and interdependent relationships between non-human and human entities as artificial intelligence becomes an integrated part of contemporary life. Spanning a wide range of mediums the exhibition offers the visitor a full sensory experience that speaks to the profound shifts unfolding during this pivotal moment. 

August 28 - December 1, 2025

Arts & Humanities Bldg. 1st floor, UC San Diego

Inspired by Eduardo Galleano’s poetry, this year's PATH Art Exhibit is inspired by his poem The World that describes: “The world is that—he revealed—A cluster of people, a sea of little fires. Each person shines with their own light among all others. No two fires are alike.” A Sea of Little Fires is the theme for this year’s exhibit. Join us for an exhibit that celebrates the different ways in which people shine in this world and bring light to the world.

September 19, 2025 – December 14, 2025

The Nest, UC San Diego Library 

Here, Now 여기, 지금 highlights publications on the Korean War from historical and artistic perspectives, as well as unique materials related to the Korean War and the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The exhibition features special collections from the University of Southern California (USC)’s Korean Heritage Library, the University of Michigan (U-M)’s Asia Library, and the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York.