The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston’s premier art museum, has announced the return of Art Charleston, a five-day festival of visual art from April 26 – 30, 2023. The festival, made up of numerous programs and events, celebrates Charleston’s strong and diverse human stories through the visual arts. In its second year, Art Charleston will […]
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The Gibbes Museum of Art, home to the foremost collection of American art that incorporates the story of Charleston, is inviting the community to join Listening Conversations, a public discussion around new exhibition approaches and diverse perspectives on the artwork in the museum’s permanent collection. Listening Conversations will be held at the Museum (135 Meeting […]
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The Gibbes Museum of Art is excited to announce a full day of animals, art and engaging activities for the whole family that is free and open to the public on Saturday, Feb. 25. Animal Adventures Family Day, in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition of Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art, will offer something for […]
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The Gibbes Museum of Art will exhibit a collection of works on loan from the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyo. from Feb. 3 – April 16, 2023. Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art includes 50 works created over the last two decades by artists including Walton Ford, Preston Singletary, Barbara Kassel, […]
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The Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to announce its schedule of special exhibitions and class of Visiting Artists coming to the museum in 2023. The lineup of exhibitions explores a vast array of topics, encouraging visitors to engage and learn about new art forms and genres and advancing the museum’s four themes of health […]
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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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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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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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If you were an artist, how would your life change with $10,000? For Bo Bartlett, this hypothetical became a reality in 2017 when he was named winner of the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art. Acclaimed for his large-scale paintings that explore modern American life and cultural heritage, contemporary artist Bo Bartlett follows the traditions […]
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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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