Future Exhibitions

Casazza Gallery
Hunt Rettig: Cracked and Absorbed
June 1, 2013 – September 22, 2013
Colorado artist Hunt Rettig’s three-dimensional, mixed media assemblages are made with unexpected combinations of materials, including polyester film, synthetic rubber, plastic, wood, silicone, metal nuts and bolts, and acrylic paints. Possessed of preternatural luminosity and largely indecipherable construction, these works are suggestive of the organic, the cellular, the sensual, and the... more »
Feature Gallery North
William Eggleston: Los Alamos
June 22, 2013 – September 19, 2013
Signaling the Nevada Museum of Art’s ongoing commitment to contemporary photography, William Eggleston: Los Alamos will feature seventy-five of the iconic American artist’s vivid color images taken in the Mississippi Delta, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Los Alamos, and Los Angeles between 1965 and 1974. His compelling photographs capture the unexpected beauty of parked cars, people,... more »
Media Gallery
Cecelia Condit: Within a Stone's Throw
June 29, 2013 – October 20, 2013
Within a Stone’s Throw is a video installation that considers the connections between landscape and the human presence, exploring unconventional perceptions of reality, scale and time. Artist Cecelia Condit transports viewers to Ireland’s Burren Coast, a magical place where megalithic tombs, prehistoric burial mounds, Bronze and Iron Age forts, and medieval castles stud the rocky,... more »
Feature Gallery
Modernist Maverick: The Architecture of William L. Pereira
July 27, 2013 – October 13, 2013
This exhibition surveys the architecture, urban planning, and design work of American architect William L. Pereira through images, models, drawings, and plans. The exhibition re-examines the modest spaces he created early in his career and the large-scale structures for which he is largely remembered. The structures Pereira designed were far-flung and often large in scale, ranging from San... more »
Altered Landscape Gallery
Las Vegas Periphery, Views from the Edge: Photographs by Laurie Brown
August 24, 2013 – November 3, 2013
Laurie Brown’s panoramic photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada, reveal lush green grass, artificial waterways, and tropical palm trees set against a stark waterless desert landscape. For Brown, who has documented suburban spaces and the altered landscape for more than forty years, these easily overlooked peripheral areas—where vulnerable wilderness meets encroaching suburban sprawl—reveal the... more »
Hawkins Gallery
Frida Kahlo: Her Photos
September 7, 2013 – February 16, 2014
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s extraordinary life and iconic biographical paintings have earned her international renown in the world of modern art. Upon Kahlo’s death in 1954, more than 6,500 personal photographs and items belonging to her and husband/artist Diego Rivera were sealed and put in storage. For more than half a century this great collection of personal memorabilia remained hidden... more »
Casazza Gallery
Emilie Clark: Sweet Corruptions
October 5, 2013 – March 9, 2014
New York-based artist Emilie Clark creates art installations informed by the history of science and natural history. The latest in series of works focused on the work and lives of Victorian women scientists and naturalists, Sweet Corruptions departs from the work of Ellen H. Richards—a sanitary chemist who studied air, water, and food. Richards was the first female student and... more »
Contemporary Gallery
Franklin Evans: Timepaths
October 5, 2013 – March 9, 2014
Timepaths is a process-based, multi-media installation by Reno-born artist Franklin Evans that investigates the complex paths he’s taken as a contemporary artist. Now living in New York and showing in galleries internationally, Evans first started painting at Stanford University as an undergraduate in 1987. At that time university art programs tended to maintain distinct boundaries... more »
Feature Gallery
Toulouse-Lautrec and La Vie Moderne: Paris 1800-1910
November 2, 2013 – January 19, 2014
This exhibition celebrates avant-garde artists--—including the legendary Henri Toulouse-Lautrec—who were living and working at the center of the artistic and cultural scene of Paris at the turn of the last century. Through a variety of paintings and other materials, visitors will explore the nightlife of cabaret theaters, elaborate circus performances, and intimate café concerts that... more »
Hawkins Gallery
Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons
March 1, 2014 – April 27, 2014
Maurice Sendak: 50 Years; 50 Works, 50 Reasons is a comprehensive memorial exhibition of 50 select artworks by the late author, artist and illustrator Maurice Sendak celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak’s universally revered children’s book. Presented by the Nevada Museum of Art Education Department, the exhibition is... more »