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Press Releases • Awards
Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Winner of 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art 2022
The Gibbes Museum of Art is proud to announce Raheleh Filsoofi as the 2022 winner of the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art. A self-described collector of soil and sound, itinerant artist, feminist curator and community service advocate, her work incorporates ceramics with sensory experiences for an interdisciplinary practice. Filsoofi will be awarded a $10,000 […]
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Awards • Press Releases
Gibbes Museum Announces Finalists for $10,000 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art
CHARLESTON, S.C., November 22, 2022 – The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to announce the 2022 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art finalists T.J. Dedaux-Norris, Raheleh Filsoofi and Sherrill Roland. This annual $10,000 cash prize is awarded by the museum’s young professionals’ auxiliary group, Society 1858, to one artist whose work demonstrates the highest […]
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Press Releases • Exhibitions
Gibbes Museum of Art to Display Rare Collection of Greek Geometric Art 2022
The Gibbes Museum of Art will display From Chaos to Order: Greek Geometric Art from the Sol Rabin Collection, the first major museum exhibition in the U.S. to focus on Greek art during the Geometric period (c. 900–700 B.C.) in more than 25 years. The show features 57 objects from the Sol Rabin Collection, considered […]
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Press Releases • Exhibitions
Recent Works by Bo Bartlett to be Displayed at the Gibbes Museum of Art
The Gibbes Museum of Art has curated an exhibition of recent works by contemporary artist Bo Bartlett that will debut at the museum on Sept. 9. The 2017 winner of the Gibbes’ 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, Bartlett is acclaimed for his large-scale paintings that explore modern American life and cultural heritage. Bo Bartlett: […]
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Press Releases • Events
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 Distinguished Lecture Series on November 2, 2022. This program was founded to bring cultural leaders to Charleston, and for more than eight years, the Gibbes […]
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Press Releases • General
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 board are Brenda Lauderback, Jennifer Porter and Molly Waring. Board of Directors member emeriti are Roy Green, Jeb Hallett, Rhett Outten and Kay Wendell. “We […]
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Press Releases • Events
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 12. Over 15 renowned restaurants from all corners of Charleston will serve their most delectable dishes at the festival held on Meeting Street, backdropped by […]
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Press Releases • Events
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. Said, an Islamic scholar enslaved in the Carolinas from 1807 until his death in 1864, is believed to have written the only known Arabic-language autobiography […]
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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 aim to showcase more diverse voices and expand the canon of art history. These grants have awarded funds to the Gibbes to support two exhibitions […]
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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 its relationship to color photography. William Eggleston Photographs from the Laura and Jay Crouse Collection will be on display in the museum’s Galleries 2 & […]
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