"[16] Despujols immigrated to the United States during World War II, and lived in Shreveport, Louisiana until his death.

The Museum expanded its Indochina Collection to include the traditional Southeast Asian costumes depicted in Despujols' paintings.

[18] In addition to the Indochina Collection, works by George Grosz, Emilio Amero, Mary Cassatt, William Hogarth, and Alfred Maurer, among others, and Louisiana artists including Clyde Connell, Clementine Hunter, and Don Brown are housed in its permanent collection.

Additionally, the Meadows Museum of Art owns one of the surviving copies of The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I by Northern Renaissance artist and engraver Albrecht Dürer, and a substantial collection of Inuit prints and sculptures.

Recent exhibitions include Sean Starwars, Renegade Printmaker of the South, Mali De-Kalo's Relaying--Testimonies of Motherhood Lost,[19] Poet of the Ordinary: Photographs by Keith Carter, The Dream Series by Marlene Tseng Yu,[20] and Images of Excellence: The O. Winston Link Centennial.

Serving as an artistic attraction for the larger Shreveport community, The Meadows Museum of Art also plays an essential role in enriching the academic mission of the campus.