February 27, 2019

[Watch] Faces in the crowd

February 27, 2019/ Guest User

Faces in the Crowd is the second in a series of exhibitions showcasing the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College’s latest acquisitions of figurative American art .

February 27, 2019

[Watch] Rebels with a Cause: Art by American Women

February 27, 2019/ Guest User

Rebels With a Cause presents outstanding selections of paintings, drawings and sculptures from The Huntsville Museum of Art’s recently acquired Sellars Collection of Art by American Women.

February 27, 2019

[Watch] Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist

February 27, 2019/ Guest User

Choreographer and Director of the dance program at Florida Southern College, Erin LaSala, along with students from Florida Southern College’s dance program provide a performance based gallery talk focusing on the artist Edgar Degas.

February 27, 2019

[Watch] Double Vision: Photocentric Paintings by Richard Heipp

February 27, 2019/ Guest User

Works by artist and University of Florida professor Richard Heipp occupy the gray area between the manually produced painting and the digitally reproduced image. They therefore position the viewer at the crossroads of looking and seeing. Heipp describes his paintings as photocentric; they are not intended to be merely based on mechanically produced images, but are instead air-brushed simulations of photographs and scanned objects. At first, these hyperrealistic paintings appear mechanically reproduced, but transform upon closer inspection. They perpetuate that deception between art and audience, pierce the veneer of first impressions, and force us to pause for a new and unexpected interpretation.

November 14, 2018

[Watch] Goya, Picasso, and The Heritage of Spain

November 14, 2018/ Matt Belcher

The Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College hosted a panel discussion entitled Goya, Picasso & the Heritage of Spain: Exploring Spanish Culture in Florida from 1513 to Today. A distinguished panel of presenters from four institutions collaboratively developed this humanities-focused program to coincide with the Museum's Masters of Spain: Goya & Picasso exhibition on view from March 17-June 17, 2018.

October 02, 2018

[Watch] Chagall and Brooks: Two Outsiders in Paris Lecture

October 02, 2018/ Matt Belcher

Curator and Director of Galleries & Exhibitions at the Polk Museum of Art H. Alexander Rich, Ph.D. gives the opening lecture for the fall 2018 - 2019 season of exhibitions at the Polk Museum of Art.