My husband and I went to visit my son for family weekend at ASU and the art museum was open so we decided to check it out. It's not the largest museum but it does have multiple rooms/galleries and an interesting collection. The five temporary exhibits during our visit were one on patterns, another on chicano/a/x graphics which was quite cool, one on motherhood which was a very unique take, one with a focus on environmentalism, and the ceramics of artist Mariana Castillo Deball. There is some art on the exterior as well as it's a rather uniquely shaped building with stairs and levels with different views to outside.The museum is free and they had a small but nice gift shop.

I don't think I've ever been more disappointed in an art gallery in my life, and when I travel I often visit public galleries, not to mention that I was a regular gallery visitor when I lived near the nation's capital...real galleries. To begin with parking. You won't believe how limited the parking is...the 'lot' in front of the museum only holds about 12 cars and is tiny; no wonder I saw one car back into another parked car. Second, who the heck designed this building? Frank Lloyd Wrong? You begin by having to walk down into a basement entrance, and then have to walk up to galleries at 3 levels. Then you have to check in, which includes the REQUIREMENT of completing a computerized survey about the age of the people visiting. And yes, at least on the day I was there the receptionists said it was a REQUIREMENT. Bull toddy. Then, when they noticed my camera, they said I couldn't take photos due to the light emitted from cameras. And when I pointed out that my camera had no flash, attached or otherwise, they said I still couldn't take pictures because the light sensor would damage the paintings. Pure nonsense, not to mention that these were not historical works of art that we would be looking at. It's current student work. The display of art (mostly protest signs) in the George Floyd gallery was interesting, and while I did appreciate the display, calling it art was...questionable. Other galleries were mildly interesting, at best. My overall reaction to this art gallery was...get over yourselves. Very disappointing. On the other hand, I did enjoy very much walking around the lovely campus.

Not much of a display during this time. Was a bit difficult to find entrance, maybe some signage would help

The price is right at this place -- if you validate your parking in the small lot by the museum to avoid a fine! -- admission is free. (Riding light rail + bus from the airport takes half an hour.) Whenever I'm in the Phoenix area, I'll check the website to find if there's anything I might want to see... and call to be sure it's open. Three visits ago, I spent maybe half an hour inside and the outside sculpture areas. Two visits ago, there was basically nothing to see. This visit I spent a couple of hours and enjoyed everything. So I've averaged my rating to four dots.If you haven't been here at all, the architecture is interesting enough to visit no matter what.The first exhibit I saw this time was House Divided: a house with two halves, one half where a well-to-do family lived and the other with a ceiling made of cardboard (etc.)... a really thought-provoking and emotional contrast. Next was Arkansas Traveler by Scott Hocking, a fascinating crumpled windmill sculpture that barely fit the tall gallery space. Last was A Country Is Not A House, a series of drawings of different ways to make a US-Mexico border wall -- for instance, a wall with wildlife crossovers and a wall that's a giant xylophone. I've included photos of each.

Got there on one of the museum's listed opening days, paid for parking, only to find a note on the door saying the museum was closed for the day, no reason given. Open again tomorrow! :)Checked museum's social media and there was no announcement it would be closed - in fact, the top posts all said it was the perfect time to visit. Noticed several other museum goers feed the parking meter, approach the door, and go away annoyed. My tip: don't pay for parking here until you are sure they're open.