Current Exhibitions Upcoming
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
The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design
October 17, 2020 — January 3, 2021
This exhibition, organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville and the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation, presents a survey of exceptional American chair design from the early 19th century to the present day.
The Seated Child: Early Children’s Chairs from Georgia Collections
October 17, 2020 — January 3, 2021
This exhibition will present about two dozen children’s chairs as well as a doll’s chair and adult chairs for comparison of scale and style
Sarah Cameron Sunde: 36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea
September 19, 2020 — January 17, 2021
“36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea” is a series of nine site-specific participatory performances and video works by the interdisciplinary artist Sarah Cameron Sunde, spanning six continents and seven years
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.
Carl Holty: Romantic Modernist
August 29, 2020 — January 17, 2021
This exhibition of paintings and drawings reflects Holty’s personal pursuit of modern art theory, much of which focused on color as one of his essential building blocks.
In Dialogue: Cecilia Beaux’s “Twilight Confidences”
February 28, 2020 — January 31, 2021
A look in detail at Cecilia Beaux’s “Twilight Confidences” — an important recent addition to the museum’s collection and the artist’s first major exercise in plein-air painting
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
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.
In Dialogue: Look, Paint, Repeat: Variations in the Art of Pierre Daura
February 6, 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.
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
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
Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art
July 17, 2021 — October 17, 2021
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 — October 17, 2021
“Neo-Abstraction” highlights the resurgence of abstract art among contemporary artists, drawing from a recent major gift
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On November 5, 2020, the Georgia Museum of Art opened the exhibition “Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt,” which will be on view through September 26, 2021.
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