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Events • Exhibitions • Programs
Playing to the Art
Our mission at the Charleston Symphony Orchestra is to inspire and engage our community through musical performances. While many of our concerts are performed at the Gaillard Center, we often partner with colleges, schools, community groups, and other arts organizations to reach a broader audience. The CSO is thrilled to be collaborating with the Gibbes […]
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Exhibitions • Programs
Painting a Nation: Hudson River School Landscapes from the Higdon Collection
This winter the Gibbes Museum of Art is exhibiting the magnificent private collection of Charleston residents Ann and Lee Higdon in the exhibition Painting a Nation: Hudson River School Landscapes from the Higdon Collection. The collection features significant American artists including Albert Bierstadt, William Bradford, Jasper Francis Cropsey, William Hart, William Trost Richards, and many […]
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Education • Programs • Kids at the Gibbes
Students take over the Gibbes
This holiday season, we are amazed at the number of school groups coming through the Gibbes to learn from works in the permanent collection as well as the big draw: Realm of the Spirit: Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection and the Gibbes Museum of Art. From November 29 until the end of the Guggenheim exhibit on […]
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Events • Education • Programs
Music at the Museum
The Gibbes Museum is open until 8pm on Wednesday nights and offers activities for a variety of ages and interests. From art classes to gallery tours, lectures to concerts, there’s something for everyone. One of the partnerships we have developed is with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and together we are offering several short- and long-format […]
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Education • Exhibitions • Programs
Uncovering the Shared History of the Guggenheim and the Gibbes Museums
After nearly three years of planning, this Saturday Realm of the Spirit: Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection and the Gibbes Museum of Art opens to the public. This long awaited exhibition organized by the Guggenheim Museum, New York, in partnership with the Gibbes, features 36 masterworks by modern artists including Vasily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, […]
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Education • Programs • Press Releases
The Gibbes Museum of Art’s Distinguished Lecture Series Presents Jeff Koons
Artist to speak about his life and work CHARLESTON, S.C., October 3, 2016 – Recognized throughout the world for pioneering new approaches to the readymade and elevating everyday objects to an intellectual level, Jeff Koons will join the Gibbes Museum of Art as the featured speaker for its annual Distinguished Lecture Series on November 16, […]
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Artist Spotlight • Education • Programs
Up Next: Visiting Artist Stacy Lynn Waddell
Next week the Gibbes welcomes Stacy Lynn Waddell to Charleston as part of our Visiting Artist Program. Stacy is a fascinating artist who employs a wide range of innovative materials and techniques to create works on paper—often quite large in scale. She burns, brands, and singes paper and also incorporates gold leaf into her compositions. […]
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Events • Awards • Programs
1858 Prize event honors dedicated leader of Museum’s young patrons group
On Wednesday, September 28, Society 1858 will host the Amy P. Coy Forum and Prize Party to present the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art to this year’s winner, Alicia Henry. This is the third year that the Gibbes Museum’s young patron auxiliary group will present a $10,000 cash prize to a contemporary artist whose […]
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Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
The life and legacy of Peggy Guggenheim is not easily condensed into a 500 word blog post or even into the hour and a half documentary Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, by filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland. Guggenheim was a larger-than-life figure whose colorful personal life often overshadowed the astounding collection of Modern Art she managed to […]
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Classes • Education • Programs
Capturing the Spirit through Portraiture
This fall we are delighted to present a full roster of art classes for adults and students in our new classrooms and studios on the first floor. We’re bringing back some of our favorite teaching artists, like Lese Corrigan and Mary Lou Bloise, as well as adding some new talent to our roster of instructors. […]
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