Interning at the Gibbes this summer has definitely been the most exciting experience I’ve had as a rising third year Art History student at the University of Virginia. This museum and its wonderful staff have offered me many opportunities to learn hands-on through a variety of exciting projects, including curating my own small-scale exhibition for […]
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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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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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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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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, 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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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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The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston’s premier art museum, has announced a new annual festival of visual art, Art Charleston, which will take place May 9 – 13, 2022. Four main events, the Amy P. Coy Forum, Art of Design, Soirée and Gibbes on the Street, will anchor the festival celebrating creative freedom. Additionally, participants […]
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The Gibbes Museum of Art will present its major spring exhibition, Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice, from Jan. 21 until Aug. 7. This exhibition brings together 28 paintings by the South Carolina born artist, which have not been seen together for almost 75 years. Organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the […]
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Today, the Gibbes Museum of Art announced its schedule of special exhibitions coming to the museum in 2022. From historical paintings to Greek geometric art, this lineup of exhibitions features various mediums exploring a vast array of topics, encouraging visitors to engage and learn about new art forms and genres. “We are excited to announce […]
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