Past Exhibitions

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Emma Amos: Color Odyssey

January 30, 2021 — April 25, 2021


This survey exhibition includes approximately 60 works produced by artist Emma Amos over the last 60 years.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection

September 5, 2020 — June 26, 2022


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.

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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.

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Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath in the Art of Rolland Golden

August 22, 2020 — November 1, 2020


As the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, this exhibition presents works Rolland Golden created in its aftermath. These paintings and drawings, some of the last work Golden made, document the devastation of the storm and focus on the traumatic experiences of New Orleanians.

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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

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Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection

February 1, 2020 — September 6, 2020


A celebration of beauty, “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection” features more than 60 objects, spanning over 30 years of Tiffany’s prolific career.