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Raheleh Filsoofi headshot and performing "Bite"

AwardsPress Releases

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, […]

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T.J. Dedeaux-Norris, Raheleh Filsoofi, and Sherrill Roland

AwardsPress 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 […]

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Bronze handles with horses

ExhibitionsPress Releases

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 […]

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People looking at a portrait

ExhibitionsPress Releases

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 […]

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Headshot of Jerry Saltz

EventsPress Releases

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

GeneralPress Releases

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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Street view with restaurant booths along the sidewalk

EventsPress Releases

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

EventsPress Releases

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)

Press Releases

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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Installation shot with 6 framed photographs

Press Releases

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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