January 23 - February 21, 2021
Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition
Every year, the Brooks is honored to host what some artists have called the "championships for our young artists": the Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards. The exhibition at the Brooks brings you the winning works in varied media by the Mid-South’s brightest and best student artists, featuring more than 135 artworks.
Learn MoreAmellia Hausmann, Colorful Breeze (Painting)
Amellia Hausmann, Colorful Breeze (Painting)
On view through January 2, 2021
A Journey Towards Self-Definition
This exhibition brings together paintings, photographs, textiles, and sculpture by mainly self-taught African American artists from the museum’s permanent collection, spanning from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day.
Learn MoreGordon Parks, American, 1912-2006, The Fontanelle Family: Beddie With Her Children Kenneth, Richard, Norman Jr., And Ellen at The Poverty Board in New York, 1968, Gelatin silver print, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art;
Gordon Parks, American, 1912-2006, The Fontanelle Family: Beddie With Her Children Kenneth, Richard, Norman Jr., And Ellen at The Poverty Board in New York, 1968, Gelatin silver print, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art;
October 26 - January 19, 2020
Photography in Memphis
Photography in Memphis is both a celebration of and a reckoning with the history of the city through the work of 56 photographers. Spanning 1849 to today, the images capture places you’ve been, the people you know or wish you knew, and the events you experienced or were sorry you missed.
Learn MoreDavid Horan American, b. 1958 Ed Harris from the Drummer Portrait Series, 2017 Digital photograph, Gicleé print Collection of the artist © David Horan
David Horan American, b. 1958 Ed Harris from the Drummer Portrait Series, 2017 Digital photograph, Gicleé print Collection of the artist © David Horan
February 22 – September 27, 2020
Native Voices, 1950s to Now
Contemporary Indigenous art comes front and center in Native Voices, 1950s to Now: Art for a New Understanding. The exhibition features over 70 artworks from the 1950s to today, including paintings, photography, video, sculptures, performance art, and more, all created by Indigenous U.S. and Canadian artists.
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January 25 - February 23
2020 Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards
The Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards is an annual juried student exhibition presented by the Brooks and Brooks Museum League. As an affiliate of the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, the Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards honors exemplary art by students in seventh through 12th grades.
Learn More2019 Senior Division First Place Senior Personal Vision Award, National American Visions Nominee Lanyce W., Felon, Arlington High School
2019 Senior Division First Place Senior Personal Vision Award, National American Visions Nominee Lanyce W., Felon, Arlington High School
On view through January 12, 2020
Claire Van Vliet: Illustrating Babel
In The Tower of Babel: An Anthology, 1975, Claire Van Vliet (American, born Canada, b. 1933) observes the human condition by examining the origin of language. This unbound book of seventeen lithographs and one woodcut – on display for the first time – is shown alongside two prints by Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945).
Learn MoreClaire Van Vliet American (b. Canada), b. 1933 Illustration for The Great Wall and The Tower of Babel by Franz Kafka from The Tower of Babel: An Anthology, 1975, lithograph, 6/100, Gift of Isabel Ehrlich Goodman and Charles F. Goodman 90.19.22f
Claire Van Vliet American (b. Canada), b. 1933 Illustration for The Great Wall and The Tower of Babel by Franz Kafka from The Tower of Babel: An Anthology, 1975, lithograph, 6/100, Gift of Isabel Ehrlich Goodman and Charles F. Goodman 90.19.22f
On view through October 27, 2019
Ernest C. Withers: Baseball Photographs
With baseball as the focus, from Little League through the Negro Leagues, this exhibition examines African American identity and representation as captured through the lens of noted Civil Rights-era photographer Ernest C. Withers.
Learn MoreErnie Banks, Larry Doby, Matty Brusher, and Jackie Robinson with a Young Fan, Martin's Stadium, Memphis, 1948-1949. Gelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999. Ernest C. Withers.
Ernie Banks, Larry Doby, Matty Brusher, and Jackie Robinson with a Young Fan, Martin's Stadium, Memphis, 1948-1949. Gelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999. Ernest C. Withers.
On view through October 27, 2019
Albrecht Dürer's "Small Passion" Series
Albrecht Dürer (b. Nuremberg, 1471- 1528) has long been recognized as one of the most influential artists of the European Renaissance and one of the finest printmakers in the history of art.
Learn MoreAlbrecht Dürer German, 1471-1528 Fall of Man from the Small Passion, 1510 Woodcut Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Gift of Madonna Circle 60.20.1
Albrecht Dürer German, 1471-1528 Fall of Man from the Small Passion, 1510 Woodcut Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Gift of Madonna Circle 60.20.1
