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Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks
February 9-May 4, 2025
Featuring over 70 pieces, including the self-lacing Nike Mag of Back to the Future fame, virtual reality boots, shoes made from sustainable mushroom leather, Industrial Revolution era shoemaking tools, and more, Future Now celebrates innovative design with footwear that steps into the future.
Collection of Mr. Bailey. Courtesy American Federation of Arts and the Bata Shoe Museum.
Molly Hatch: Amalgam
Ceramic, 220 in. x 324 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: John Polak.
Staccato
2017/2022
Ceramic
40 x 270 in.
Courtesy of the artist and Todd Merrill Studio
Photo: Coke Wisdom O'Neal
Ceramic. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: John Polak.
Inside Out Artists
Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A), Coming Together
Claire Ashley, Chromatic Blush: Wee Bairn
Chakaia Booker, Square Peg
Samo Davis, Happiness in ROYGBIV
Molly Hatch, Staccato
John Henry, Complexus
Jillian Mayer, Slumpies
Olivier Mosset, Untitled
Leah Rosenberg, 28 Colors
Christian Sampson, Vita in Motu
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Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press
May 4–August 10, 2025
Featuring works by 17 artists, this nationally traveling exhibition celebrates African American artists who are reshaping the contemporary art world, including Martin Puryear, Kerry James Marshall, and the Gee’s Bend Quilters.
Hard ground etching with aquatint, 24.5 x 19 in. Courtesy of Paulson Fontaine Press, Berkeley, CA.
Chris Friday: Where We Never Grow Old
May 4–August 10, 2025
Multidisciplinary artist Chris Friday invites visitors into imagined sanctuaries in her first solo museum exhibition. Best known for her large-scale, yet intimate, figurative chalk drawings, Friday explores the literal and metaphorical safe havens we create for self-preservation in her new site-specific installation.
Chalk on black archival paper, approx. 192 x 54 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Amir Aghareb.
Jillian Mayer: Slumpies
May 4, 2025–September 2026
Mayer explores the impact of technology on the human body through this interactive sculpture series. Slumpies invites viewers to sit, climb, and slump on these sculptures, much like furniture, and find a place of comfort while using their technological devices.
Fiberglass, polyurethane plastic, wood, and acrylic. Courtesy of the artist.
Lillian Blades: Through the Veil
June 1–October 26, 2025
Blades invites visitors to enter, wander through, and lose themselves within an immersive maze of mixed-media “veils.” These radiant tapestries suspended from the ceiling shimmer with reflective surfaces, activating the space with bouncing light and color.
Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration
August 31, 2025–March 29, 2026
Showcasing 70 rare posters along with sculptures, cocktail shakers, and furniture pieces, this exciting exhibition celebrates the centennial anniversary of Art Deco and the artistic significance it brought to the early 20th-century.
Collection of the Crouse Family. Image credit: Courtesy of Poster House.
Selina Román: Abstract Corpulence
Selina Román blends photography, abstraction, and self-portraiture to explore themes of beauty and the politics of size. Roman’s photographs transform the gallery into a space of quiet resistance, subverting traditional ideas of feminine beauty.
Dye sublimation on aluminum. Courtesy of the artist.
Janet Echelman: Radical Softness
November 16–April 26, 2026
Experience an intimate look at award-winning and internationally recognized artist Janet Echelman’s artistic evolution, from early explorations in drawing, painting, and textiles to the monumental netted sculptures that have redefined public spaces around the world.
Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Giovanni DeAngelis.
Something Borrowed, Something New
April 19, 2026–September 27, 2026
Featuring works by such acclaimed modern and contemporary artists as Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, Yoko Ono, David Hockney, Ai Weiwei, and more, this never-before-seen exhibition offers a rare glimpse into private collections held throughout Southwest Florida.
Acrylic, cut velour paper and pigment print collage, 40 x 40 in. (sheet); 44 ⅛ x 43 ⅜ in. (frame). Courtesy of ©Villalongo Studio LLC and Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC
Maria A. Guzmán Capron: New Works
April 19, 2026–September 27, 2026
Maria A. Guzmán Capron explores the complexities of identity through vibrant figurative textiles. Drawing inspiration from her own multicultural heritage, the artist creates layered portraits of exuberant, multi-faceted characters in this new solo exhibition.
Fabric, thread, batting, stuffing, spray paint and acrylic paint, 81 x 87 x 1 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist and Nazarian / Curcio.
Beautiful Ideas: The Prints of Sol LeWitt
Oil-based woodcut. 20 5/8 × 28 5/8 in. (52.3 × 72.6 cm). New Britain Museum of American Art, Gift of Sol LeWitt. © Estate of Sol LeWitt 2025
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