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A. M. Cassandre, L'Intransigeant, 1925.
Collection of the Crouse Family. Image credit: Courtesy of Poster House.

Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration

August 31, 2025–March 29, 2026

Showcasing 100 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.
person in a leotard with a semi circle for their head
Selina Román (American, 1978). Blockhead 1, 2025.
Dye sublimation on aluminum, 40 x 50 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Selina Román: Abstract Corpulence

August 31, 2025–March 29, 2026

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.
Visitors walking through a large glass installation artwork hanging in a large white gallery space.
Visitors viewing Lillian Blades: Through the Veil, June 1-October 26, 2025, Sarasota Art Museum. Photo by Harry Sayer.

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.
Two women sitting on a sculpture outside taking a selfie.
Jillian Mayer. Slumpie 75-Work Desk 4 Lefties, 2025. Fiberglass, epoxy, found foam, hardware, polyurethane elastomer, 87 x 85 x 43 in. Installation view of Slumpies at Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, Florida, 2025. Photo: Ryan Gamma.

Jillian Mayer
Slumpies

May 4, 2025–August 19, 2026

Mayer explores the impact of technology on the human body through this interactive sculpture series. Slumpies invites viewers to sit and slump on these sculptures, much like furniture, and find a place of comfort while using their technological devices.
Molly Hatch (American, born 1978). Amalgam (detail), 2023. Ceramic, 220 in. x 324 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: John Polak.
Molly Hatch (American, born 1978). Amalgam (detail), 2023-24.
Ceramic, 220 in. x 324 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: John Polak.

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.

Inside Out

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

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