Press Releases
- 2008
- The Gibbes Museum of Art Launches State-of-the-Art Website
- Newly Enhanced Site Allows Unprecedented Interaction with Newly Enhanced Site Allows Unprecedented Interaction with Museum’s Extensive Permanent Collection
- Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Entries Are Now Being Accepted Online for 2009 Factor Prize
- Second Annual Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art will be Awarded in May
- The Gibbes Museum of Art Names Rebecca Williams as Education and Outreach Coordinator
- Printmaking Exhibition Opens November 14 at the Gibbes
- Exhibition Examines Printmaking Processes From the 19th Century Through Today
- Gibbes Museum of Art Receives Grant from Bank of America To Fund School Tour Program
- Two Special Exhibitions Open December 19 at the Gibbes
- Painters of American Life: The Eight and The American Scene on Paper: Prints and Drawings from the Schoen Collection
- The Gibbes Museum of Art Introduces Cell Phone Tours
- The Gibbes is the First Cultural Institution in Charleston to Offer this Technology
- Special Events Engage Visitors with New Exhibition
- Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art
- The Gibbes Museum of Art Names Elliott DeMerell as Director of Development
- Two Special Events Complement Gibbes Current Exhibition
- Gone with the Wind on the Big Screen June 13 and Free Community Day June 14
- Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art Premiering at the Gibbes Museum of Art on August 29, 2008
- Traveling Exhibition Organized by the Museum for African Art Illuminates the Ancient Art of Basket Making
- Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Winner of the 2008 Factor Prize
- Jeff Whetstone Receives the First Annual Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art
- Gibbes Museum of Art Names Angela D. Mack as New Executive Director
- Todd Smith Resigns as Executive Director of the Gibbes Museum of Art
- Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Short List of Finalists for the Factor Prize
- Seven Artists Vie for the First Annual Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art
- Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art Examines the Impact of Plantation Imagery
- Traveling exhibition organized by the Gibbes Museum of Art presents plantation-related images of the American South from the eighteenth century to the present
- An Opportunity to Meet and Celebrate Artist William Christenberry at the Gibbes
- Two special events planned on January 27 with photographer whose exhibition is currently on view
- Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats Along the Way: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by John Baeder
- Exhibition opens March 22 at the Gibbes Museum of Art
- 2007
- Gibbes Museum of Art Announces New Acquisition - Kicks Off 150 Year Anniversary of the Gibbes’ Permanent Collection
- Dr. and Mrs. Anton Vreede donate Mary Whyte painting entitled Artist
- Experience the Gibbes For Free This Saturday at the Holiday Happenings Community Day
- The public is invited to enjoy activities, performances and the art on view
- Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Southern Art Prize
- Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art to be Awarded Annually
- The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum Announces 2008 Program
- Ticket Packages Now on Sale for The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum with the Countess of Arran as 2008 Keynote Speaker
- Southern Landscape Photography by William Christenberry
- Exhibition entitled William Christenberry: Photographs, 1961-2005
- Gibbes Museum of Art Acquires First Video Art Installation in the State
- Like Tears in Rain video art installation added to museum’s permanent collection
- Gibbes Museum of Art Receives $175,000 from Gibbes, etc.
- Donation to Support Several Upcoming Exhibitions and School Art Program
- Experience the Gibbes for Free this Saturday
- The public is invited to enjoy exhibitions, art activities and diverse performances on
- Gibbes Museum of Art Offers Summer Workshops and Programming on Two Campuses
- Programs Offered for Adults Downtown and in Mount Pleasant
- First Mid-Career Survey of the Work of Lorna Simpson on View at the Gibbes Museum of Art
- Organized by the American Federation of Arts, Lorna Simpson challenges traditional views of gender, identity, culture, history and memory
- Gibbes Museum of Art Presents Rodin Exhibition
- Rodin: In His Own Words, Selections from the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation - Opens May 25, 2007
- Concept of Free Will Explored in New Video Installation at the Gibbes
- Citadel Summerall Guards Prominently Featured – May 4 – August 12, 2007
- The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum Announces 2007 Program
- The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum opens Antiques Week in Charleston, March 14 – 18, 2007
- Distinctly Modern Prints on View at the Gibbes Museum of Art April 27 – July 22, 2007
- Works Donated to Museum by Local Heirs of the Artist
- Creativity of Charleston Native Edward Jennings On View April 27 – July 22, 2007
- Exhibition entitled "A Lonely Soul": The Art of Edward Jennings
- Private Collection of Charleston Decorative Arts Premieres at the Gibbes Museum of Art
- Southern Masterpieces: Charleston Before 1835 on view February 9 – April 29, 2007, features selections from The Rivers Collection
- Gibbes Museum of Art Announces New Acquisition
- Eastman Johnson painting symbolizes freedom in the face of slavery in the American South
- Large Scale Photographs of Charleston’s Aiken-Rhett House on View at the Gibbes Museum of Art
- Exhibition celebrates historic preservation
- Gibbes Museum of Art Unveils New Visual Identity
- New logo designed by Elizabeth Hall of Talk Branding features the signature of James Shoolbred Gibbes from the document that willed the museum building into existence
- 2006
- Gibbes Museum of Art Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grant
- Gibbes is the only museum in South Carolina to receive the NEA Grant in 2007
- Experience The Gibbes For Free At Suntrust Community Day
- December 16 event features Stephen Colbert portrait and performance by New Music Collective
- Festive Evening to Benefit the Gibbes Museum of Art
- Gibbes Gala and Art Auction, Friday, November 10
- Gibbes Film Show "Life, Love & Liberty" Features Independent Films Celebrating Art And History
- Film of the largest reenactment ever seen in Charleston to premiere at the Gibbes on November 1
- What’s Happening in Art Now? Find Out at the Gibbes!
- Now!, on view October 13, 2006 – January 14, 2007
- Faith and Fashion Converge At The Gibbes Museum Of Art
- Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats on view October 6, 2006 - January 14, 2007
- Historic Photographs of Charleston Landmarks on View at the Gibbes Museum of Art
- The photography of George W. Johnson is on view September 8, 2006 – April 15, 2007 in the Works on Paper Gallery
- Fine Art Gets Kid-Friendly In Babar's Museum Of Art At The Gibbes
- Exhibition of original Laurent de Brunhoff watercolors from the classic book Babar’s Museum of Art on view September 1– December 31, 2006
- Government-Supported Art from the Era of the Great Depression on View at the Gibbes
- Historic prints make a bold statement about the importance of art