Current Exhibitions Upcoming
Extra Ordinary: Magic, Mystery and Imagination in American Realism
February 27, 2021 — June 13, 2021
This exhibition examines the formation and legacy of the magical realist tradition in American painting, from the late 1930s to the early 1970s
In Dialogue: Look, Paint, Repeat: Variations in the Art of Pierre Daura
February 4, 2021 — May 23, 2021
Four hundred miles south of Paris lies Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, a medieval settlement perched on top limestone cliffs. The village was a source of constant inspiration to many artists, including Pierre Daura and famous poet André Breton. This exhibition uses our recent acquisition of Daura’s “View of Saint-Cirq-LaPopie” to highlight how the artist depicted certain subjects over and over again.
Emma Amos: Color Odyssey
January 30, 2021 — April 25, 2021
This survey exhibition will include approximately 60 works produced by artist Emma Amos over the last 60 years.
Power and Piety in 17th-Century Spanish Art
November 14, 2020 — November 28, 2021
Works by premiere Spanish baroque painters such as Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Murillo, Pedro Orrente and others, on loan from Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt
November 5, 2020 — September 26, 2021
An extraordinary assembly of Coptic objects dating from the 3rd to the 8th century CE belonging to Emanuel and Anna Nadler
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection
September 5, 2020 — September 26, 2021
This exhibition presents Japanese pottery and porcelain created by three generations of master ceramic artists. Made with both ancient and modern materials and methods, their works are exceptionally diverse. They share the exceptional craftsmanship and sophisticated design characteristic of Japanese contemporary ceramics.
Whitman, Alabama
May 8, 2021 — December 12, 2021
This ongoing documentary project by filmmaker Jennifer Crandall brings Walt Whitman’s words to life through the voices of modern-day Alabama residents.
Rediscovering the Art of Victoria Hutson Huntley
May 22, 2021 — August 15, 2021
Approximately 30 lithographs and two paintings by the woman who was one of America’s leading lithographers during her life
Echoes from Abroad: American Art from the Collection of Barbara Guillaume
May 22, 2021 — August 15, 2021
Paintings from the collection of Georgia Museum of Art board member and art collector Barbara Guillaume dating from 1878 to 1940
Hands and Earth: Perspectives on Japanese Contemporary Ceramics
May 22, 2021 — August 15, 2021
Drawn from the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection of Japanese Ceramics, “Hands and Earth” features works by some of 20th- and 21st-century Japan’s most important artists.
In Dialogue: Artists, Mentors, Friends: Ronald Lockett and Thornton Dial Sr.
May 29, 2021 — October 3, 2021
This exhibition will focus on one work by each artist, both gifts from Ron Shelp, comparing their approach to their work and examining the shared relationship that sustained their creativity.
Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art
July 17, 2021 — January 2, 2022
This exhibition will bring together new and recent works related to Ezawa’s “The Crime of Art” series, a group of light-boxes and video animations that chronicle some of the most infamous and high profile museum heists in history.
Neo-Abstraction: Celebrating a Gift of Contemporary Art from John and Sara Shlesinger
July 17, 2021 — January 2, 2022
“Neo-Abstraction” highlights the resurgence of abstract art among contemporary artists, drawing from a recent major gift
Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers
October 16, 2021 — January 30, 2022
Examines the individuals, communities and institutions central to elevating printmaking as a medium among Native American artists during the second half of the 20th century
Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence
January 29, 2022 — April 24, 2022
The first exhibition dedicated to Pier Francesco Foschi (1502 – 1567), a highly prolific and fashionable Florentine painter whose career spanned nearly five decades
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For three years, Asen Kirin, Parker Curator of Russian Art at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, has co-taught a course in Russia without leaving Athens, Georgia.
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