Irene and Richard Frary Gallery
The Irene and Richard Frary Gallery is the Hopkins Bloomberg Center’s free, public art gallery presenting rotating exhibitions drawn from the University’s collections and special exhibitions born out of partnerships with leading museums and collections. The 1,000-square-foot gallery designed by Rockwell Group brings new ideas and energy to Washington, D.C., enriching the cultural and intellectual offerings of the Center and dynamically reinforcing its mission as a place that convenes different artistic and ideological perspectives to support discovery, democracy, and global dialogue.
New Exhibition
Strong, Bright, Useful & True: Recent Acquisitions and Contemporary Art from Baltimore
On view April 15 – Sept. 6, 2025
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Past Exhibitions
Art and Graphic Design of the European Avant-Gardes
Oct. 23, 2024 – Mar. 22, 2025
This exhibition showcases rare avant-garde artwork, books, photography, and ephemera from Russia, Ukraine, Eastern and Central Europe, and the Baltics from 1910 to 1941, pairing the Frary Collections’ abstract works across geographic boundaries, linguistic differences, and urban and rural communities to illustrate the interconnectedness of European avant-garde artists.
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- Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 11:00am – 6:00pm, Saturday, 11:00am – 5:00pm.
Closed on university holidays, in between exhibitions, coincident with unscheduled university closures, and as listed below:
- May 26: Memorial Day
- June 19: Juneteenth
- July 4: Independence Day
- Sept. 1: Labor Day
- Nov. 27 – 29: Thanksgiving Holiday
- Dec. 24, 2025 – Jan. 3, 2026: Winter Holiday
- Admission: The Irene and Richard Frary Gallery is free and open to the public. Guests may access the gallery from the front entrance to the building on Pennsylvania Ave.
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ABOUT IRENE AND RICHARD FRARY
Irene Frary is a member of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s advisory board. Richard Frary, A&S ’69, has provided leadership at Johns Hopkins through advisory board service, and as vice chair emeritus of the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees and chair emeritus of the Sheridan Libraries National Advisory Council. They further support Johns Hopkins through scholarship and endowment support.
The Frarys are avid art and book collectors, with a significant collection of more than 3,000 objects across diverse artistic movements. Together, they have generously shared their collections with the Johns Hopkins community and, most recently, made possible the Irene and Richard Frary Library and Gallery at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center.
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