Crow Museum to Showcase Japanese Bamboo Art
The exhibition brings 22 works by 17 Japanese artists to Dallas from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation collection.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Fine Art
The Crow Museum of Asian Art will open Twisted, Plaited, Sculpted on November 7, 2026, presenting Japanese bamboo art drawn from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation collection. The exhibition runs through October 17, 2027.
Why it matters
The show marks the Crow Museum's first collaboration with the Thoma Foundation, giving Dallas audiences access to bamboo works from a collection built over more than a decade. It also brings the U.S. debut of a Mumbai-based artist's sculpture to the same venue.
The exhibition features 22 works by 17 Japanese artists, including Living National Treasures Fujinuma Noboru and Fujitsuka Shosei, drawn from a Thoma Foundation collection of nearly 2,000 works. Ticketing, attendance projections and the full list of included works were not provided in the source material.
The players
Crow Museum of Asian Art
The Dallas institution hosting the exhibition, located in the Dallas Arts District, dedicated to the art and culture of Asia.
Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation
The foundation whose nearly 2,000-work collection of Japanese bamboo art supplies the exhibition, established in 2014.
Shakuntala Kulkarni
A Mumbai-based artist whose Armour for the Bride sculpture makes its U.S. debut at the Crow Museum.
The details
The exhibition is curated by Dr. Natalia Di Pietrantonio and organized into four thematic sections: Baskets Reimagined, Abstract, Spiral and Verticality. The Crow Museum will also mark the U.S. debut of Shakuntala Kulkarni's Armour for the Bride sculpture, a work that has included commissions for Dior's 2024 ready-to-wear collection.
Timeline
2011: Carl and Marilynn Thoma begin collecting Japanese bamboo art.
2014: The Thoma Foundation is established.
November 7, 2026: Twisted, Plaited, Sculpted opens at the Crow Museum in Dallas.
October 17, 2027: The exhibition closes at the Crow Museum in Dallas.
Art Landscape
The show extends the Thoma Foundation's bamboo collecting program, which began in 2011, into a public museum partnership in Dallas. It places Japanese bamboo craft alongside contemporary sculpture from Mumbai, linking two distinct traditions within one exhibition.
Visitors will be able to see the 22 bamboo works and Armour for the Bride at the Crow Museum in Dallas from November 7, 2026, through October 17, 2027. Ticket pricing and hours were not included in the source material.
The takeaway
Bamboo craft and contemporary sculpture can be seen side by side in one exhibition, offering a view of how traditional materials remain active in modern art. The run spans nearly a full year, giving Dallas visitors time to return.
What happens next
The exhibition opens November 7, 2026, and closes October 17, 2027, at the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas.
Further reading
For more on the city's gallery scene, explore Dallas Fine Art.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Artdaily.
