Current Exhibitions

The Woman with the Veil

Raphael: The Woman with the Veil

Presented by Arte ITALIA, through its relationship with New York-based Foundation for Italian Art & Culture, Raphael's masterpiece painting The Woman with the Veil will be exhibited in the E. L. Wiegand Gallery at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, NV from January 9 through March 21, 2010. Depicting a woman wearing a veil the painting embodies some of the high Renaissance... more »

through March 21, 2010


A Survey of Gee's Bend Quilts:

Quilting has been a longstanding tradition among the women of Gee's Bend - a small town on Alabama River where cotton plantation owner Joseph Gee's land was located. Until the Roosevelt era, the community lived in log cabins where one could "see the stars" and feel the wind and rain through gaps in the ceilings and walls. At the same time, quilting was a rare opportunity for creative personal... more »

through April 11, 2010


Preserving Abruzzo's Cultural Heritage

The Beffi Triptych: Preserving Abruzzo's Cultural Heritage

The mountainous region of Abruzzo in central Italy has endured many earthquakes, most recently on the night of April 6, 2009, when a powerful quake registered 5.8 on the Richter scale. More than 300 people perished, 1,500 were injured, and 65,000 were initially left homeless. The earthquake caused significant damage to the cultural heritage of Abruzzo including the sixteenth-century Castello... more »

through April 11, 2010


  • Swarm
    Small Works Gallery

    Elaine Parks: Swarm

    through March 14, 2010 For artist Elaine Parks, the annual invasion of Mormon crickets in the Nevada town of Tuscarora is an event she anticipates with both deference and dread. Located about 50 miles north of Elko in the northeastern region of Nevada, Tuscarora is just one of many small towns across the American West that braces for the insects-known formally as shield backed katydids-that invade each year.... more »
  • Installation Gallery

    The Work Ethic in American Art:

    through March 28, 2010 This small exhibition highlights works from the Museum's E.L. Wiegand Collection that was founded in 1988 to support acquisitions with a thematic focus on the work ethic in American Art. The collection includes paintings that depict laborers, work environments, and workers at rest. Among the works in the exhibition will be those by Lovell Birge Harrison, Elsie Palmer Payne, Jacob Getlar... more »
  • Reynolds Hall and Prim Theater Gallery

    The Scholastic Art Awards of 2010:

    through April 3, 2010 The Museum presents an exhibition of artwork created by northern Nevada middle and high school students as part of The Scholastic Art Awards of 2010, a national program established 86 years ago to recognize and reward impressive talent among students. Serving 13 counties in northern Nevada, the program invites students to compete for awards and scholarships. The exhibition is... more »
  • Amphora Pottery of the Art Nouveau Era
    Feature Gallery North

    Monsters and Maidens: Amphora Pottery of the Art Nouveau Era

    through April 11, 2010 Between 1892 and 1918 the Amphora Pottery Company manufactured thousands of remarkably imaginative and delicately crafted ceramic vessels in its workshop in Teplitz, Austria. From snarling dragons and sea creatures to medieval maidens and lily pads, the wares of the Amphora pottery makers were influenced by artistic and literary movements ranging from Symbolism and Secessionism to Art Nouveau.... more »
  • Lucy Raven
    C A+E Gallery

    China Town: Lucy Raven

    through May 9, 2010 Lucy Raven's video China Town traces copper mining and production from an open pit mine in East Ely, Nevada to the Yangtze River in China, where the semi-processed ore is sent to be smelted, refined, and spun into wire and used to electrify the nation. The video consists of an animated sequence created from more than 7,000 photographs, along with ambient sound that Raven recorded along... more »
  • Trophy Hunter
    Hawkins Contemporary Gallery

    Bryan Christiansen: Trophy Hunter

    through May 9, 2010 Bryan Christiansen's life-sized contemporary sculptures challenge conventional notions about rural life, home, the rituals of the hunting tradition, and the innocence of childhood. Using discarded household furniture that he finds in neglected urban areas, Christiansen crafts assemblages that stand in for the trophies, antler mounts, and pelts so often prized by hunters. Raised in a small... more »
  • NO $ DOWN
    Media Gallery

    Penelope Gottlieb: NO $ DOWN

    through May 23, 2010 For nearly a decade, Penelope Gottlieb has worked to produce a series of drawings that examine the archetypal American dream of home ownership, while also exploring the idea of the house as a status symbol, marker of class identity, and focal point of desire. In NO $ DOWN, Gottlieb's colored-pencil drawings catalogue frontal views of popular domestic architecture. From storybook homes... more »