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Judy Pfaff
November 19, 2023 - March 24, 2024.
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Sarasota Art Museum

Photo: Ryan Gamma

Hank Willis Thomas
Ernest and Ruth (Exuberant Pink)
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Barbara Banks : Worker
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Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza

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Bistro offers a gourmet selection of light fares, including sandwiches, soups, specialty coffees, and desserts.

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Judy Pfaff (American, born 1946). Installation view of Picking up the Pieces at Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, Florida, 2023. Photo: Ryan Gamma.

Judy Pfaff: Picking up the Pieces

November 19, 2023 – March 24, 2024

Judy Pfaff has been a renowned multimedia artist and pioneer of installation art for over five decades. Bursting with electrifying energy, the vast immersive environment she is creating for Sarasota Art Museum will captivate audiences as they navigate this hypnotic, otherworldly space. Pfaff’s largest installation since 2017, Judy Pfaff Picking up the Pieces will defy boundaries, mixing painting, sculpture, and architecture.

Inside Out invites you to discover works of art throughout our Museum Campus, in addition to those showcased through rotating exhibitions in our galleries.

Inside Out Artists

Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A), Coming Together

Molly Hatch, Staccato

John Henry, Complexus

Olivier Mosset, Untitled

Leah Rosenberg, 28 Colors

Christian Sampson, Vita in Motu

Hank Willis Thomas, Ernest and Ruth (Exuberant Pink)

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Impact: Contemporary Artists at the Hermitage Artist Retreat

March 10 – July 7, 2024

Does art play an active role in identifying and revealing the realities of contemporary life? Conversely, how do present-day challenges in the world affect the choices that artists make in their studios? While these questions have no clear or easy answers, the exhibition Impact: Contemporary Artists at the Hermitage Artist Retreat, presented at Sarasota Art Museum, hopes to expand upon conventional ideas of art’s impact on our daily lives through the presentation of recent works made by 10 U.S.-based artists: Diana Al-Hadid, Sanford Biggers, Chitra Ganesh, Todd Gray, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Michelle Lopez, Ted Riederer, John Sims, Kukuli Velarde, and William Villalongo.

Diana Al-Hadid (Syrian-American, born 1981). Al 'Ayn, 2023. Polymer gypsum, fiberglass, steel, plaster, metal leaf and pigment, 63 x 82 1/2 x 4 in. © Diana Al-Hadid. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.
Diana Al-Hadid (Syrian-American, born 1981). Al 'Ayn, 2023. Polymer gypsum, fiberglass, steel, plaster, metal leaf and pigment, 63 x 82 1/2 x 4 in. © Diana Al-Hadid. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Kasmin, New York.

The Truth of the Night Sky: Anne Patterson and Patrick Harlin

April 21 – September 29, 2024

Multimedia artist Anne Patterson and composer Patrick Harlin, explorer of soundscape ecologies, collaborate to create an awe-inspiring immersive installation for Sarasota Art Museum. Patterson, a synesthete who sees color and shape when hearing music, has frequently collaborated with musicians, including Harlin, to design mesmerizing environments. Patterson and Harlin met at the Hermitage Artist Retreat in 2014 and recognized in each other a similar artistic affinity for drawing inspiration from nature.

Anne Patterson (American, born 1960). Installation view of Art for Earth for Zegna, Milan, Italy, 2020. Fabric, steel cables. Courtesy of the artist.
Anne Patterson (American, born 1960). Installation view of Art for Earth for Zegna, Milan, Italy, 2020.
Fabric, steel cable. Courtesy of the artist

Molly Hatch: Amalgam

April 25, 2024–April 26, 2026
Hatch’s newly commissioned “plate painting,” Amalgam (2023), was created specifically for Sarasota Art Museum. Consisting of more than 450 earthenware plates hand-painted in white, blue, and gold luster, the abstract lines and shapes in Amalgam are drawn from a variety of historical ceramics from around the globe.
Molly Hatch (American, born 1978). Amalgam (detail), 2023.
Ceramic, 220 in. x 324 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: John Polak.

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Sarasota Art Museum has taken on stewardship of the history of the former Sarasota High School building. Learn about the history of the site and help keep the memory of the site—prior to recent transformation—alive.

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Sarasota High School, M. Leo Elliott Building

M. Leo Elliott – Former Sarasota High School
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Marcy & Michael Klein Plaza, Photo: Ryan Gamma

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