Ceramic, 220 in. x 324 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: John Polak.
Photo: Coke Wisdom O'Neal
Staccato
2017/2022
Ceramic
40 x 270 in.
Courtesy of the artist and Todd Merrill Studio
Now
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Photo: Coke Wisdom O'Neal
Staccato
2017/2022
Ceramic
40 x 270 in.
Courtesy of the artist and Todd Merrill Studio
Inside Out invites you to discover works of art throughout our Museum Campus, in addition to those showcased through rotating exhibitions in our galleries.