Current Exhibitions

Highlights from the Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York

Voces y Visiones: Highlights from the Collection of El Museo del Barrio, New York

Launching a long-term collaboration with New York’s El Museo del Barrio—the leading Latino cultural institution in the U.S. dedicated to Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean art—the Nevada Museum of Art presents a wide-ranging and diverse survey of their stellar art collection. This lively exhibition presents more than fifty objects including sculpture, painting, prints, photographs, and... more »

through July 7, 2013


  • Sine Language
    Casazza Gallery

    Linda Besemer: Sine Language

    through May 19, 2013 “Although my work has taken other forms (folds, slabs, sheets, zip folds) my fundamental interest in the detachability of signification as a way to re-construct form and desire continues to be an underlying motivation in my work.” –Linda Besemer Linda Besemer (b. 1957) is an abstract painter based in Southern California celebrated for her stunning, optical works that upend... more »
  • ‘And Those Figures Through the Leaves. And That Light Through the Smoke,’ Part Two of
    Feature Gallery North

    Frohawk Two Feathers : ‘And Those Figures Through the Leaves. And That Light Through the Smoke,’ Part Two of "The Americas"

    through June 9, 2013 Frohawk Two Feathers is the artistic alter-ego of Umar Rashid, born in 1976 in Chicago, Illinois. A performer, writer and artist, his work is filled with real and imagined colonial histories and often takes the form of mixed media paintings that resemble Native American ledger paintings. Central to the understanding of Two Feather’s work is a construct he calls “Frengland.” The artist... more »
  • Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper
    Donald W. Reynolds Grand Hall

    Jacob Hashimoto : Here in Sleep, a World, Muted to a Whisper

    through June 16, 2013 In anticipation of the Museum’s 80th Anniversary in 2011, contemporary artist Jacob Hashimoto was commissioned to create a large-scale, site-specific artwork to hang in the Donald W. Reynolds Grand Hall. Hashimoto’s sculpture—fabricated from thousands of small “kites”—is made from bamboo-stiffened rice papers not unlike those used for centuries to make traditional Japanese kites.... more »
  • Ken Goldberg, Sanjay Krishnan, Fernanda Viégas, and Martin Wattenberg
    Media Gallery

    BLOOM: Ken Goldberg, Sanjay Krishnan, Fernanda Viégas, and Martin Wattenberg

    through June 16, 2013 The Nevada Museum of Art, long known for exhibitions and collections related to the natural and built environment, now ventures into virtual environments with the commission of Bloom. Created by collaborators Ken Goldberg, Sanjay Krishnan, Fernanda Viégas, and Martin Wattenberg, Bloom was envisioned as a tribute to the late American painter Kenneth Noland (1924-2010).... more »
  • An Unsolved Art World Mystery
    Hawkin's Gallery

    A Real Van Gogh?: An Unsolved Art World Mystery

    through August 25, 2013 In 1948, William Goetz, the famed Hollywood producer, head of Universal Pictures, and legendary art collector, purchased a painting attributed to Vincent Van Gogh for $50,000. Although it was acquired from a reputable art dealer and deemed genuine by a prominent Van Gogh expert at the time, debate about the painting’s authenticity ignited an art world controversy that impacted U.S. foreign... more »
  • Explosions and Possibilities
    Small Works Gallery

    Amerique Powell: Explosions and Possibilities

    through September 1, 2013 A 2012 graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno’s MFA program, Amerique Powell’s lively acrylic paintings are explosions of color and pattern. Her works bears the influence of late 20th century art movements, particularly Feminist Art and Pattern and Decoration. In the tradition of these movements, Powell dares to paint using a traditionally domestic, “decorative” palette and... more »
  • A Collection Selection
    Contemporary Gallery

    In All Cases: A Collection Selection

    through September 8, 2013 This exhibition samples the Nevada Museum of Art’s diverse and growing contemporary art collection alongside a selection of artworks on loan from private collectors. The Museum recognizes Contemporary Art as a crucial area of investment, and curators seek out works for the permanent collection that reflect the institution’s ongoing commitment to artists’ creative interactions with... more »
  • The Back of the Map
    CA+E Gallery

    Erika Osborne: The Back of the Map

    through November 17, 2013 Maps are not pictures of the land, but rather abstractions we use to understand where we are and how to move across the landscape. Maps can be as complicated and difficult to read as an abstract painting, but because we are surrounded by maps--from printed road maps bought at gas stations to digital ones on our smartphones--we are adept at reading them. Our familiarity with them means that we... more »