Florida Landscapes from the Brown Collection 

November 6, 2009 – May 15, 2010

Gary R. Libby Entry Court

As a complement to the museum’s major exhibition Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865 – 1965, From the Collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown, the museum’s curatorial staff has made additional selections from the largest known collection of Florida-based art. This adjunct exhibition will provide a continuous transition from the Gary R. Libby Entry Court through the adjacent hallway to the Ford Gallery where Reflections will be installed. Some of the major artists represented in the main exhibition will be also represented in this supplementary show, including Anthony Thieme, Herman Herzog, and Franz Josef Bolinger. Other artists whose landscape paintings are not part of Reflections were also selected to afford visitors additional insight into the richness of Florida’s art history.

Museum of Arts and Sciences Cuban Collection 

October 2, 2009 – TBD, 2010
Bouchelle Temporary Exhibitions Gallery

The Cuban Foundation Collection of the Museum of Arts and Sciences will re-open to the public on October 2, 2009, in the Bouchelle temporary exhibitions gallery. While the space formerly occupied by the collection is closed because of the May flood, paintings and some three-dimensional objects by important pre-revolutionary Cuban artists will be installed in a commodious new home. This installation will include all 27 paintings from the original foundation collection, as well as a selection of Cuban decorative art objects and furniture. The heart of the collection is comprised of paintings from Cuba’s Republican Period, after the island nation had become independent of Spain. Some of the masters included in the exhibition include Leopoldo Romañach, Juan Gil Garcia, Amelia Peláez, and Daniel Serra-Badué, among many others. The works of these painters embrace a wide range of styles and subject matter from Romañach’s spiritual portraits to  Garcia’s warm and sensuous still lifes. Once again, museum visitors will enjoy an intimate view into the visual culture of Florida’s closest neighbor to the South.