The Riddle of the Sphinx and Other Mysteries Part II

Opens November 16, 2025

Segal, George Blue Girl on Black Bench 1977
Featuring recent acquisitions to the permanent collection by:
El  Anstsui
Jose Bedia
Alejandro Piñeiro Bello
Thomas Bils
william cordova
Joel Gaitan
Jaime Grant
Joy Gregory
Lonnie Holley
Emilio Martinez
Jared McGriff
Cici McMonigle
Frida Orupabo
George Segal
Onijida Shabaka
Also on view from the permanent Collection:
Elaine de Kooning
Theaster Gates
Philip Guston
Ana Mendieta
Wangechi Mutu
Frank Stella
Zilia Sanchez
Julian Schnabel
Andy Warhol
Tom Wesselman
Among others

George Segal, Blue Girl on Black Bench, 1977, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. Gift of Collection Martin Z. Margulies. © 2025 The George and Helen Segal Foundation/ Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo by Peter Harholdt.

Joy Gregory Barbie The Golden Years

Joy Gregory, Barbie- The Golden Years (Throwing Shapes), 2024. Cyanotype on Bockingford Oatmeal. Sheet: 30 in x 22 in (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm). NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased through the Susan S. Miller Acquisitions Fund.

Frida Orupabo Restless 2022

Frida Orupabo, Restless, 2022. Collage with paper pins. Object: 27.5 in x 92 in (69.85 cm x 233.68 cm). NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased through the Susan S. Miller Acquisitions Fund.

Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Exodus (Escaping Paradise), 2023. Courtesy of the artist and KDR305, Miami, FL. © Alejandro Piñeiro Bello. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale Collection; museum purchase.

Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Exodus (Escaping Paradise), 2023. Oil on hemp. Overall: 11.5 ft x 19 ft (3.505 m x 5.791 m). Each panel: 138 in x 76 in (350.52 cm x 193.04 cm). NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Museum Purchase.