Photographing the Fantastic

On view through September 4, 2022

Louise Lawler, Big, 2002/03. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; promised gift of David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good © Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers

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Top Image: Louise Lawler, Big, 2002/03. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; promised gift of David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good © Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers

Photographing the Fantastic

Photographing the Fantastic explores photographs of magical moments, the uncanny, and the wondrous, drawn from NSU Art Museum’s extensive photography collection.

The exhibition features works by: Berenice Abbott, Alexandre Arrechea, Wynn Bullock, Edward Burtynsky, Magdalena Campos-Pons, Gregory Crewdson, Anna Gaskell, Ann Hamilton, Mona Hatoum, Kati Horna, Samson Kambalu, Louise Lawler, Nikki S. Lee, David Levinthal, Vera Lutter, Loretta Lux, Ana Mendieta, Abelardo Morell, Zanele Muholi, Andres Serrano, Onajide Shabaka, Cindy Sherman, Victor Vazquez, Gillian Wearing, Carrie Mae Weems, Susanne Winterling, and others.

Photographing the Fantastic is curated by NSU Art Museum Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater.

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Exhibitions and programs at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale are made possible in part by a challenge grant from the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation. Funding is also provided by the City of Fort Lauderdale, AutoNation, Community Foundation of Broward, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is accredited by the American Association of Museums.

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