Past and Present Exhibitions

A detail of Philo B. Ruggles (American, 1906 – 1988) and John Ruggles (American, 1907 – 1991), “Steel Workers,” 1939, a sketch for an unrealized mural.

Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection

A detail of Charles Hinman's color etching "Meteor Showers," which shows geometric shapes (mostly neutral, but one each in red, blue and yellow) arranged on a grid, overlapping each other as though they're on a light box

Color, Form and Light

A detail of Marie Bleck's linoleum block print "Muskie Fishermen," which shows a couple of men in a boat fishing in stark black and white contrast

Women of the WPA

A mural study by Edward Laning that shows a man holding a rearing horse, a man feeding cows and a man leaning his elbow on a large blank sign with a capitol building in the background, all squared for transfer to a larger surface

Larger Than Life: Mural Studies

A detail of a still-life painting by Laura Blackshear that shows a white footed bowl with fruit in it, more fruit on the table, a clear glass vase of wildflowers and a brown stoneware pitcher, all on a white tablecloth

Our Town and Beyond: Works by Early Members of the Athens Art Association

A piece of hammered gold jewelry by David Hayes that looks like a comma rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, with the tail pointing to the right

Sculptured Adornment: The Jewelry of David Hayes

Detail of a majolica plate from the workshop of Guido Durantino that shows Jupiter surprising Antiope.

Storytelling in Renaissance Maiolica

Detail of an installation piece by Sanaz Haghani that features a procession of tiny women (made of 3-D paper) wearing black burkas. One burka has hand-painted red flowers on it.

Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition 2019

A Renaissance-era marriage chest (or cassone), trimmed in gold and painted with an elaborate narrative scene

Life, Love and Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy

A batik image of the Confederate battle flag with a blue X, white stars and a white background, created by Black artist Leo Twiggs

Stony the Road We Trod

The Reluctant Autocrat: Tsar Nicholas II

What appears to be a photorealistic painting of a blurry, computer-generated cloud. The cloud consists of circles in various shades of teal, and the sky behind fades from purple at the top to orange at the bottom.

Ted Kincaid: Even If I Lose Everything