Events
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Group ToursGuided Tour – Wednesday Afternoon
Wednesday June 20, 2018 / 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Enjoy a tour of the galleries after lunch with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered every Wednesday at 1:30 pm. Additional Guided Tours offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1 pm; and Sundays at 1 pm. Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Group ToursGuided Tour – Thursday Evening
Thursday June 21, 2018 / 5 – 6 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays). Additional Guided Tours on Saturdays at 1 pm; Sundays at 1 pm; and Wednesdays at 1:30 pm. Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Group ToursGuided Tour – Saturday Afternoon
Saturday June 23, 2018 / 1 – 2 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Saturdays at 1 pm. Additional Guided Tours on Sundays at 1 pm; Wednesdays at 1:30 pm; and Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays). Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Register TalksBarbara Guggenheim on Manet to Maya Lin
Saturday June 23, 2018 / 2 – 3 pm
Debra and Dennis Scholl Distinguished Speaker Series
Join legendary international art consultant Barbara Guggenheim as she explores what makes a connoisseur. For the past twenty-five years, Guggenheim has built collections for her clientele, a who’s who list of well-known corporations and celebrities. Discover how we recognize important artistic processes and techniques in both historically significant and experimental contemporary artists alike.
$12 General / $8 Museum members / $5 Student
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Ongoing ProgramsSunday Music Brunch: The Socks
Sunday June 24, 2018 / 10 am – 2 pm
Enjoy live music and brunch every Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm presented by chez louie. The menu features creative cuisine, mimosas and a Bloody Mary Bar. Museum members receive a 10% savings. Reservations strongly encouraged at 775.284.2921.
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Group ToursGuided Tour – Sunday Afternoon
Sunday June 24, 2018 / 1 – 2 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Sundays at 1 pm. Additional Guided Tours on Saturdays at 1 pm; Wednesdays at 1:30 pm; and Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays). Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Group Tours
Guided Tour – Wednesday Afternoon
Wednesday June 27, 2018 / 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Enjoy a tour of the galleries after lunch with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered every Wednesday at 1:30 pm. Additional Guided Tours offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays); Saturdays at 1 pm; and Sundays at 1 pm. Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Special EventsMidTown Art Walk
Thursday June 28, 2018 / 4 – 9 pm
In celebration of the Midtown Art Walk’s 10th Anniversary, the Museum will offer FREE admission to Midtown Art Walk participants, offering the chance to explore feature exhibitions such as Manet to Maya Lin and Hans Meyer-Kassel: Artist of Nevada. For a full map of the 2018 Midtown Art Walk, please click here.
FREE General
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Group Tours
Guided Tour – Thursday Evening
Thursday June 28, 2018 / 5 – 6 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays). Additional Guided Tours on Saturdays at 1 pm; Sundays at 1 pm; and Wednesdays at 1:30 pm. Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
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Group Tours
Guided Tour – Saturday Afternoon
Saturday June 30, 2018 / 1 – 2 pm
Tour the featured exhibition with one of the Museum’s trained docents during a regularly scheduled Guided Tour offered Saturdays at 1 pm. Additional Guided Tours on Sundays at 1 pm; Wednesdays at 1:30 pm; and Thursdays at 6 pm (except First Thursdays). Reservations are not needed.
FREE with admission
Exhibitions
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Feature Gallery NorthEnrique Chagoya: Reimagining the New World
through July 8, 2018
Enrique Chagoya’s provocative works incorporate diverse symbolic elements from pre-Columbian mythology, Western religious iconography, and American popular culture. Chagoya often appropriates the visual tropes... more »
Included with Admission
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CA+E Research Library and ArchivesRandolph Sims: On the Spur of the Moment
through July 15, 2018
Randolph Sims helped American Land Artist Michael Heizer use land moving equipment for the first time on Nevada’s Coyote Dry Lake in 1968. Sims... more »
Included with Admission
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Robert Z. Hawkins GalleryHans Meyer-Kassel: Artist of Nevada
through September 2, 2018
The paintings of Hans Meyer-Kassel (1872-1952) have hung in the castles of kings and the homes of presidents. Still today, decades after his death,... more »
Included with Admission
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John Hawley Olds LaGatta GalleryManet to Maya Lin
through September 2, 2018
The Nevada Museum of Art is the largest provider of arts education in the State of Nevada. As such, one of our primary goals... more »
Included with Admission
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Donald W. Reynolds Grand HallTrevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector
through September 30, 2018
The fourteen-foot diameter Mylar balloon hanging in the Donald W. Reynolds Grand Hall is a model for a future artwork by contemporary artist Trevor... more »
Included with Admission
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Earl and Wanda Casazza Gallery, Small Works GalleryCelebrating Israel’s 70th Anniversary: Michal Rovner and Tal Shochat
through October 28, 2018
In 2018, the State of Israel marks seventy years since its founding by the United Nations following World War II. For this occasion, the... more »
Included with Admission
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Carol Franc Buck GalleryThe Nuclear Landscape
through October 28, 2018
Nevada’s past and future are closely intertwined with the nuclear history and politics of the United States. Under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department... more »
Included with Admission
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Donald W. Reynolds Grand HallAndrea Zittel: Wallsprawl
through December 31, 2018
Andrea Zittel’s Wallsprawl #4 (Las Vegas, Next to Nellis Air Force Base), is based on an aerial photograph of the southern Nevada military installation known... more »
Included with Admission
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Ugo Rondinone: Seven Magic Mountains
through December 31, 2018
Across the desert south of Las Vegas, Nevada, rises a large, colorful anomaly. Seven colossal stone forms defy gravity with their teetering formations. The... more »
Included with Admission
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Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater LobbyMaya Lin: Pin River—Tahoe Watershed
through December 31, 2018
For more than two decades Maya Lin (b. 1959) has engaged the vocabulary of a cartographer, making artworks ranging from stand-alone sculptures to room-sized... more »
Included with Admission
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Nightingale Sky RoomBLOOM: Ken Goldberg, Sanjay Krishnan, Fernanda Viégas, and Martin Wattenberg
through December 31, 2018
Bloom is an internet-based Earthwork that transforms cold, hard data into an experience of playfulness and unpredictability. A seismograph measures the Hayward Fault’s movements... more »
Included with Admission
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Newton and Louise Tarble GalleryJames Turrell: Roden Crater
through January 6, 2019
James Turrell is an artist whose media are light and space, and for the last forty years he has been carefully sculpting the cinder... more »
Included with Admission
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E. L. Wiegand GalleryHistory of Transportation: A Mural Study by Helen Lundeberg
through January 6, 2019
A highlight of the E.L. Wiegand Work Ethic Collection, American artist Helen Lundeberg’s History of Transportation traces a progression of labor from the Native... more »
Included with Admission
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Ina Mae and Raymond Rude GalleryArt of the Greater West
through January 6, 2019
The Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Art of the Greater West Collection at the Nevada Museum of Art aims to make connections between artistic... more »
Included with Admission