Exhibitions at MOCRA
Now on Display
MOCRA is closed to the public during the summer months. Join us in early September for our upcoming exhibitions.
Upcoming Exhibitions
To See This Place: Awakening to Our Common Home
Athena LaTocha, Mary Mattingly, and Tyler Rai
Sept. 5 – Dec. 14, 2025
MOCRA presents the work of three artists who heighten our awareness of the spaces we inhabit and help transform climate despair into climate hope.
Legacy: Selections from the Gerald R. and Mary Reid Brunstrom Gift of Art from Australia
Robyn Daw, Ian Friend, Karen Papacek, and Jörg Schmeisser
Sept. 5 – Dec. 14, 2025
From 1988 to 2000, St. Louis art lovers frequented the Austral Gallery in Lafayette Square. Guided by the vision of founder Mary Reid Brunstrom with the unwavering support of her late husband Jerry, Austral Gallery brought some of the most significant Australian voices in contemporary art to St. Louis and contributed to a growing awareness in North America of Australian Aboriginal art.
Brunstrom played a key role in organizing two MOCRA exhibitions: in 1995, Ian Friend: The Edge of Belief – paintings, sculpture, and works on paper, 1980–1994, and in 1997, Utopia Body Paint Collection and Australian Aboriginal Art from St. Louis Collections.
In 2024, Brunstrom donated a major body of works by both Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Australian artists to MOCRA and the Saint Louis University Museum of Art, greatly enhancing both museums’ collections. MOCRA is pleased to present a selection of works from this gift and celebrate the lasting contribution of Jerry and Mary Brunstrom to the cultural fabric of St. Louis.
Past Exhibitions
MOCRA has presented a wide array of exhibitions, including solo and group shows, encompassing painting, photography, prints, sculpture, video, digital art and more.
MOCRA is proud to show the work of artists of regional, national and international stature, representing a diverse cross-section of backgrounds.
Learn More About the Artists Shown at MOCRA