Never-before-seen at a museum and making its American debut, Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form presents the largest ever selection of original artworks from Asian comics, displayed alongside their printed, mass-produced forms.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849) is the renowned artist behind The Great Wave, one of the most iconic prints ever made. Originally part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, this seminal vision of man in nature is just one of the estimated 30,000 prints, paintings, albums, and book illustrations that Hokusai designed over his 70-year career.

The Power of Photography features a selection of iconic images which were compiled by the pioneering collector and gallerist Peter Fetterman to celebrate the photograph’s unique capacity for sensibility.

This summer the Bowers Museum and the historic California Art Club are partnering for a second time to exhibit the 112th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition. Throughout the last century, the Annual Gold Medal Exhibition

Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence showcases a new form of bead art, the ndwango, developed by a community of women living and working together in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Enter a world of fantasy featuring over 40 works of couture art, personally selected for exhibition by none other than the world-renowned designer herself, Guo Pei.

This summer the Bowers Museum and the historic California Art Club are partnering to exhibit the 111th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition. Throughout the last century, the Annual Gold Medal Exhibition has gained an enduring reputation as one of the country’s premier events showcasing Contemporary-Traditional fine art.

The Bowers Museum’s newest partnership with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Everest: Ascent to Glory, combines photographs, films, and artifacts from five expeditions leading up to and including the earliest successful attempt to climb the colossal mountain that the Tibetan people call the “Mother Goddess of the World.”