Arts of Indigenous America
Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota, b. 1979), Special Forces , 2025. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 110 x 193 in. (279.401 x 490.221 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions, 2024.45a-j. Artwork © Cannupa Hanska Luger. Photograph by Randy Dodson
Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota, b. 1979), Special Forces , 2025. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 110 x 193 in. (279.401 x 490.221 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions, 2024.45a-j. Artwork © Cannupa Hanska Luger. Photograph by Randy Dodson · License
Arts of Indigenous America is on view at de Young Museum, San Francisco, United States, until August 31, 2028.
Last verified September 16, 2026 · Official source ↗
The de Young Museum presents a major reinstallation celebrating Indigenous American art across four themed galleries. The exhibition bridges more than a millennium of creative traditions by displaying historic ceramics, textiles, and carvings alongside contemporary commissions. Shaped by Native scholars and communities, the displays focus on connection to place, regional practices, Maya iconography, and Teotihuacan mural conservation.
Venue
- de Young MuseumSan Francisco, United States · August 26, 2025 – August 31, 2028Until 31 Aug 2028
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Images
Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota, b. 1979), Special Forces , 2025. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 110 x 193 in. (279.401 x 490.221 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions, 2024.45a-j. Artwork © Cannupa Hanska Luger. Photograph by Randy Dodson
Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota, b. 1979), Special Forces , 2025. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 110 x 193 in. (279.401 x 490.221 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, museum purchase, Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions, 2024.45a-j. Artwork © Cannupa Hanska Luger. Photograph by Randy Dodson · License · Source ↗