The six-acre expansion of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden includes twenty-seven new works by artists working primarily in the 21st century, along with an amphitheater, an indoor pavilion, multiple bridges, and an outdoor classroom. Read More
Ancestors in Stone, opening August 16, will showcase a recently acquired akwanshi stone monolith from the Cross River region of Nigeria, along with other African figures and objects made of stone. Read More
on view through October 13th, 2019
Bodies of Knowledge brings together eleven international contemporary artists to reflect on the role that language plays in archiving and asserting our cultural identities. Working with materials that range from books and silent film to ink, ashes, and musical scores, these artists counter more staid and static ways of representing our collective pasts. Read More
on view through August 31st, 2019
Working with natural elements like earth, wind, water and fire, the contemporary artists in Ear to the Ground show how nature can spur artistic innovation and spark new thinking about human culture and community. Read More
on view through March 30th, 2020
Born of resourcefulness and enlivened by improvisation, quilts made by African American women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, are recognized as masterful works of textile art. Read More