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The Gibbes Museum of Art’s Distinguished Lecture Series Presents Jerry Saltz 2022

The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to announce Jerry Saltz, Pulitzer Prize winner and senior art critic at New York Magazine, as the keynote speaker at the museum’s annual […]

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Brenda Lauderback, Jennifer Porter, Molly Waring

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The Gibbes Museum of Art Announces New Board of Directors Members and Member Emeriti

The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston’s premier art museum, is pleased to announce the election of three new members to its Board of Directors and four member emeriti. Joining the […]

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Gibbes Museum of Art to Host Lively Culinary Street Fair During Art Charleston 2022

The Gibbes Museum of Art is bringing back the aromas, sights and sounds that are unique to Gibbes on the Street, a culinary street fair being held on Thursday, May […]

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Fred Wilson standing in front of his sculpture

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Gibbes Museum of Art to Debut Sculpture by Fred Wilson Inspired by Omar Ibn Said, an Islamic Scholar Enslaved in the Carolinas from 1807-1864

The Gibbes Museum of Art will unveil OMNISCIENCE, a newly commissioned sculpture by internationally renowned artist Fred Wilson inspired by the story of Omar Ibn Said, on May 27, 2022. […]

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Woman wearing elaborate costume and headpiece (work by Ned Jennings)

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The Gibbes Museum of Art Awarded Prestigious Grants from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and the Art Bridges Foundation 2022

The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston’s premier art museum, has been awarded three grants, one from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and two from the Art Bridges Foundation, that […]

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Collection of Photographs by William Eggleston on Display at the Gibbes Museum of Art

The Gibbes Museum of Art is now exhibiting a collection of photographs by William Eggleston, an American photographer whose portraits and landscapes of the American South revolutionized the medium and […]

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Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Inaugural Week-long Visual Arts Festival 2022

The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston’s premier art museum, has announced a new annual festival of visual art, Art Charleston, which will take place May 9 – 13, 2022. Four […]

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The Gibbes Museum of Art to Exhibit Smithsonian Collection of Works by William H. Johnson

The Gibbes Museum of Art will present its major spring exhibition, Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice, from Jan. 21 until Aug. 7. This exhibition brings together 28 […]

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The Gibbes Museum of Art Announces 2022 Special Exhibitions

Today, the Gibbes Museum of Art announced its schedule of special exhibitions coming to the museum in 2022. From historical paintings to Greek geometric art, this lineup of exhibitions features […]

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Impressionist landscape by Gauguin

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Light Effects: The French Impressionists

The Gibbes Museum of Art, one of the oldest arts organizations in the country, will exhibit a collection of artwork by French masters of the Impressionism movement. Light Effects: The French Impressionists will […]

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