The Riddle of the Sphinx and Other Mysteries Part II

November 16, 2025, through April 5, 2026

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

George Segal

Onijida Shabaka

Elaine de Kooning

Theaster Gates

Philip Guston

Ana Mendieta

Wangechi Mutu

Frank Stella

Zilia Sanchez

Julian Schnabel

Larissa de Souza

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 (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.

Levitation, 2025 Acrylic paint, embroidery and applications on linen Object: 32.125 in x 44.75 in (81.598 cm x 113.665 cm) NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased through the Susan S. Miller Acquisitions Fund

Larissa de Souza, Levitation, 2025
Acrylic paint, embroidery and applications on linen
Object: 32.125 in x 44.75 in (81.598 cm x 113.665 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.