When we open ourselves to art, we open ourselves to the world – to beauty, craft, to different cultures, to pain and pleasure, expression and emotion.


Exhbitions

The Gibbes presents an innovative series of 6 to 8 special exhibitions per year.

Exhibitions are designed as an experimental platform for engaging with art in new and exciting ways and challenging established interpretations. The program strives to promote creativity, introduce new art forms, provide perspective on larger community issues, encourage freedom of thought, and connect with the broadest possible audience.

Past

Celebrating the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art

Artist Spotlight: David Driskell and Edward Middleton Manigault

Artist Spotlight: Merton D. Simpson and William M. Halsey

Reynier Llanes: Passages

 <i>SIDEWALK AND SHOPFRONT

The Bitter Years: Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection

 <i>Onion</i>

Rory McEwen: A New Perspective on Nature

 <i>Stephania</i>

Something Terrible May Happen: The Works of Aubrey Beardsley and Edward “Ned” I.R. Jennings

 <i>South Lowell 159</i>

Damian Stamer: Ruminations

 <i>Clown Portrait</I>

Beverly McIver: Full Circle

 Julie Buffalohead (Enrolled Member of the Ponca Tribe

Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art

 Greek (Olympia?)

From Chaos to Order: Greek Geometric Art from the Sol Rabin Collection

 Fred Wilson. Image © MCG Photography

OMNISCIENCE: A Sculpture by Fred Wilson

 <i>The Flood </i>

Bo Bartlett: Earthly Matters

 Untitled (Hot sauce

William Eggleston: Photographs from the Laura and Jay Crouse Collection

 <i>Roof and Street</i>

A New Deal: Artists at Work

Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice