October 15, 2016 - January 8, 2017
Red Grooms: Traveling Correspondent
Grooms’s treatment of New York City and Tennessee provides the focus for Red Grooms: Traveling Correspondent. The distinct bodies of work reflect time spent in these radically different environments, specifically those that most define him as a person and an artist.
Learn MoreRed Grooms, Rockefeller Center, 1995, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York
Red Grooms, Rockefeller Center, 1995, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York
June 18 - September 4, 2016
Veda Reed: Day into Night
This influential Memphis artist was represented by 28 paintings spanning 1956 to 2016. The emphasis was on her recent luminous paintings of night skies populated with moons, clouds, and shimmering light. These poetic images represent what the artist herself feels are the zenith of her career.
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May 26, 2016 – September 4, 2016
Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars
This exhibition showcases Moroccan-born, UK-based art Hassan Hajjaj and the eclectic group of nine musicians from around the world whom the artist sees as his own personal “rock stars.”
Learn MoreHassan Hajjaj, Mr. Toliver, 2010, Collection of the Newark Museum
Hassan Hajjaj, Mr. Toliver, 2010, Collection of the Newark Museum
May 7, 2016 – November 6, 2016
Rotunda Projects: Yinka Shonibare MBE
The inaugural exhibition for Rotunda Projects comprises four figures from Yinka Shonibare MBE’s series Rage of the Ballet Gods. The figures will be on view in the museum’s rotunda from May 7 to Nov. 6, 2016, as part of the museum’s year-long centennial celebration.
Learn MoreYinka Shonibare, MBE, Butterfly Kid (boy), 2015, Photo: Stephen White
Yinka Shonibare, MBE, Butterfly Kid (boy), 2015, Photo: Stephen White
April 28, 2016 – May 7, 2016
Brooks Outside: RedBall Memphis
As part of the museum’s centennial, New York artist Kurt Perschke will bring his world-traveled RedBall Project to Memphis April 28 – May 7.
Learn MorePhotograph: Brit Worgan ©RedBall Project
Photograph: Brit Worgan ©RedBall Project
November 7, 2015 – February 28, 2016
Wonder, Whimsy, Wild: Folk Art in America
This extraordinary exhibition highlights American folk art from New England and the Midwest made between 1800 and 1925.
Learn MoreStill Life with Basket of Fruit, Unidentified Artist, Courtesy of the Barbara L. Gordon Collection
Still Life with Basket of Fruit, Unidentified Artist, Courtesy of the Barbara L. Gordon Collection
October 10, 2015 - January 10, 2016
Decorative Arts Trust: A 35th Anniversary Exhibition
Featuring DAT gifts in glorious profusion, the exhibition will include both recent acquisitions such as a rare French Renaissance platter from the workshop of Bernard Palissy and a pair of fine New York Federal chairs, as well as other old favorites.
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