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Larry Fink / Martha Posner: Flesh and Bone

November 17, 2024–April 13, 2025

This exhibition explores the creative dialogue between photographer Larry Fink (1941-2023) and sculptor Martha Posner (born 1956), who were romantic partners for more than 30 years. Radically different artists, their work nonetheless shares common themes of desire, vulnerability, and brutality. Both also explore myth throughout their art: Posner explicitly, through her re-imagining of female subjects from various legends and mythic traditions; Fink implicitly, through his shrewd eye for human impulse, folly, and bravado, qualities he found in almost every scenario no matter how base or exalted.

Larry Fink (American, 1941-2023), The Haircut, Hellertown, Pennsylvania, 2015. Courtesy of the artist's estate.
Larry Fink (American, 1941-2023). The Haircut, Hellertown, Pennsylvania, 2015.
©️ Larry Fink/MUUS Collection.

Joe Fig: Contemplating Vermeer

November 17, 2024–April 13, 2025

A nationally exhibited artist based in Sarasota, Joe Fig is known for his Contemplating series—small, intimate paintings of people looking at artwork in museums and galleries.

Joe Fig: Contemplating Vermeer records Fig’s encounter with the blockbuster Johannes Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam in 2023. Focusing not only on the gallery space and over a dozen of Vermeer’s canvases but also on the visitors looking at the art, Fig invites viewers to contemplate art and the experience it allows us to share. 

Joe Fig (American, born 1968). Vermeer: Woman Holding a Balance / Rijksmuseum, 2023.
Oil on linen mounted on MDF board, 13 ½ x 14 ½ in. Courtesy of the artist.

Tammy Nguyen: Timaeus and the Nations

October 20, 2024–January 19, 2025
Tammy Nguyen (born 1984) is a multidisciplinary artist renowned for her densely layered, intricate compositions, merging figures, abstract shapes, and lush tropical vegetation. After her acclaimed solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston in 2023, she will unveil a brand-new body of paintings, works on paper, and an artist book.
Tammy Nguyen in the Studio. Photo: Axel Dupeux. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin and the artist.
Tammy Nguyen in the Studio.
Photo: Axel Dupeux. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin and the artist.

Claire Ashley: Chromatic Blush​

October 20, 2024-January 19, 2025

Step into the immersive world of colorfully painted vibrant inflatables by Claire Ashley (Scottish, born 1971). For over a decade, she has used inflatables as both sculptures and paintings, mining the language of painterly abstraction, monumental installation, and slapstick humor. For Ashley, the inflatable form in its two states–inflated and deflated–offers a compelling metaphor for the human body, echoing its processes of tension and release. Challenging conventional notions of beauty and taste, Ashley presents her lumpy and luminous creations as both self-portraits and embodiments of broader narratives relating to femme bodies and cultural norms. Accompanied by a soundscape, Chromatic Blush invites viewers to bask in their voluminous presence, aglow and emanating uninhibited, jubilant energy. Imagine, along with Ashley, an evolutionary future where new hybrid organisms emerge out of the Anthropocene.

Claire Ashley (Scottish, born 1971). Clown VII, 2023.
Spray paint on PVC coated ripstop nylon, fan, approx. 7 x 6 x 6 ft. Courtesy of the artist.
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

Chakaia Booker, Square Peg

Molly Hatch, Staccato

John Henry, Complexus

Olivier Mosset, Untitled

Leah Rosenberg, 28 Colors

Christian Sampson, Vita in Motu