Past Exhibitions

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

The Riddle of the Sphinx and Other Mysteries Part II

November 16, 2025, through May 3, 2026
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Robert Rauschenberg: Real Time

November 16, 2025 - April 26, 2026
Addison Wolff, Legs Up in the Air, 2024, Textural synthetic polymer on bisque ceramic, 19.5 x 26 x 14 in (49.5 x 66 x 35.5 cm), NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Purchased with funds provided by Curator Circle 2025.3.

Addison Wolff: At the Baths

September 21, 2025 - March 22, 2026
Philip Guston, Afloat, 1975. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; bequest of Musa Guston. © 2025 The Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy Hauser & Wirth

The Riddle of the Sphinx and Other Mysteries

Opens May 30, 2025
Dimithry Victor, Synthetic Giants: Cost of Strength, 2024. Courtesy of the artist.

Dimithry Victor: The American Dream

April 12 - August 17, 2025
Jacqueline de Jong, Tournevicieux cosmonautique (les âmes les plus confuses se retrouvent un matin conditionnés par un peu de pesanteur), Cosmonautical Vicious Circle (The Most Confused Souls Find Themselevs One Morning Conditioned by a Little Graviity), 1966, Acrylic on canvas, 44.8 x 63.7 inches (114 x 162 cm) Image courtesy of the artist.

Jacqueline de Jong: Vicious Circles

November 17, 2024 – May 4, 2025
Rose B Simpson and vanessa german sculptures side by side

Rose B. Simpson and vanessa german: IT INCLUDES EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE, ALWAYS

November 17, 2024 – April 13, 2025
Cici McMonigle, Two Cheetas, 2024, Photo courtesy of Lauren Bouza.

Cici McMonigle: Creatures for the Divine

November 17, 2024 - March 9, 2025
Joel Meyerowitz, Florida, 1978, 1978, Vintage RC print, 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.5 cm), NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Gift of an anonymous donor.

Joel Meyerowitz: Temporal Aspects

October 4, 2024 - August 17, 2025
Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Gare II (Railway Station II), 1931

Selections from the Stanley and Pearl Goodman Collection of Latin American Art

September 20, 2024 - October 20, 2024
Peter Halley, Babylon, 2022. Acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas. © Peter Halley. Courtesy the artist and Karma.

Peter Halley: The Mirror Stage

September 8, 2024 - January 12, 2025
Painting of figure holding a boat

To Be as a Cloud: Recent Acquisitions

April 25 through July 28, 2024
Louis M. Glackens, The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la!, Puck magazine cover, April 24, 1912, published by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Louis M. Glackens: Pure Imagination

April 14, 2024 through March 30, 2025
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Teen Art Council Presents: Memory Soup

April 4 - 14, 2024
Elizabeth Thompson, Beach Show, 2016. Thompson Family Collection.

The Daily Act of Art Making

February 25 through September 1, 2024
AlmaThomas AFantasticSunset

Glory of the World: Color Field Painting (1950s to 1983)

November 21, 2023 through August 25, 2024
Walasse Ting Untitled, early 1980s (detail) Acrylic and Chinese ink on rice paper 70 x 38 in / 177.8 x 96.5 cm Private Collection, Hong Kong.

Walasse Ting: Parrot Jungle

November 10, 2023 through March 10, 2024
Installation Image of Picasso Ceramics. Photo by Steven Brooke

Pablo Picasso: Dust You Are, To Dust You Return

July 30, 2023 to January 21, 2024
Susan Kim Alvarez, Smitten Wrangler, 2022 Acrylic on canvas. © Susan Kim Alvarez

Future Past Perfect

July 30 through October 15, 2023
William J. Glackens, The Artist's Wife Knitting, 1920 Materials: Oil on canvas. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; bequest of Ira D. Glackens

House of Glackens

May 14, 2023 through March 30, 2025
Image: Gérard Fortuné, Untitled, n.d. Acrylic on canvas NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of Linda Marks. Photography by Mateo Serna Zapata

Cosmic Mirrors: Haitian Art Highlights from the Collection

May 26, 2023 through February 4, 2024
Karen Kilimnik, Master Hare, 3rd Lord Grantham, 2011 Water soluble oil color on canvas. Photography by Allan Carlisle

The Swans: Artwork by Karen Kilimnik & Dresses from Stephanie Seymour

Sunday, March 12 to Sunday, October 1, 2023
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jane Avril, 1899. Color lithograph. Courtesy Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec The Firos Collection

Picturing Fame

Saturday, February 11, to Sunday, October 1, 2023
Quisqueya Henriquez, Intertextualidad (Intertextuality), 2005. Video. Video Time: 3 minutes (looped). NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, Key Biscayne, FL. © Quisqueya Henriquez© Quisqueya Henriquez

Animation Generation

October 30, 2022 to April 16, 2023
William Kentridge, Ursonate, 2018. Dual channel HD film, 33 min, 54 sec. © William Kentridge, Courtesy William Kentridge Studio and Collection of Valerie Dillon.

William Kentridge: Ursonate

September 30, 2022 to April 16, 2023
Malcolm Morley, Man Overboard, 1994 Oil on canvas with 3 paper flags, Courtesy of Hall Collection

Malcolm Morley: Shipwreck

November 20, 2022 to April 23, 2023
Kathia St. Hilaire Legba, 2020, Oil based relief, canvas, paper, enamel, tire skins, leaves, pigment, fabric and metal. Courtesy of Michael and Leslie Weissman.

Kathia St. Hilaire: Immaterial Being

November 20, 2022 through June 25, 2023
SC1127OP Scott Covert Philip Guston The Colorful One 2021

Scott Covert: I Had a Wonderful Life

November 20, 2022 through June 25, 2023
Henry Heerup, Untitled (Moon Girl), 1972. Oil on canvas. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Cobra Collection; gift of Golda and Meyer Marks. Photograph by Angelika Rinnhofer.

The Eye of CoBrA

April 12, 2023 - February 4, 2024
Rashawn Griffin The Changing Room, 2022

Lux et Veritas

April 2 - January 8, 2023
Left: Keith Haring, Untitled, January 15, 1984, Sumi ink on canvas; Courtesy of Rita Krauss and Phyllis Mack, Keith Haring artwork copyright © Keith Haring Foundation. Right: Pierre Alechinsky, Poids Plume (Featherweight), 1980, Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Cobra Collection; gift of Golda and Meyer Marks. © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Confrontation: Keith Haring and Pierre Alechinsky

February 27 - October 2, 2022
4.Outterbridge JO147 Tribal Piece Ethnic Heritage Series 1

The Art of Assemblage

November 20 2021 - February 13, 2022
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Margarita Cano: 90 Years

November 20, 2021 - February 27, 2022
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Beyond the O.K. Corral: David Levinthal, Wilson J. Tang, and YumeGO

On view through September 4, 2022
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Jared McGriff: Where We Are You

November 20, 2021 - February 27, 2022
Ira Glackens Pope Joan in Procession, 1964. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of the Sansom Foundation, Inc.

The New Woman: Recent Acquisitions

On view through July 31, 2022
Simphiwe Ndzube, Untitled Drawing Study #11, 2019. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased with funds provided by Michael and Dianne Bienes, by exchange © 2021 Simphiwe NdzubeSimphiwe Ndzube, Untitled Drawing Study #11, 2019. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased with funds provided by Michael and Dianne Bienes, by exchange © 2021 Simphiwe Ndzube

Lineages: Works from the Collection

On view through September 19, 2021
Iké Udé, Sartorial Anarchy #26, 2019. Courtesy of Leila Heller Gallery on behalf of artist, Iké Udé.

Iké Udé: Select Portraits

On view through January 9, 2022
Eric N. Mack, Seat Pleasant, 2019. Dye, cotton fabric, REI climbing rope, straight pins, electric fan 84 × 696 3/16 × 840 3/16 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 2019.32 © Eric N. Mack. Installation image by Steven BrookeEric N. Mack, Seat Pleasant, 2019. Dye, cotton fabric, REI climbing rope, straight pins, electric fan 84 × 696 3/16 × 840 3/16 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 2019.32 © Eric N. Mack. Installation image by Steven Brooke

Eric N. Mack: Lemme walk across the room

On view through January 2, 2022
Installation Image

New Art South Florida

November 22, 2020 - February 21, 2021
Anna Sui

The World of Anna Sui

February 28 - October 3, 2021
Genevieve Gaignard, Nothing Can Dim The Light That Shines From Within, 2018. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased with funds provided by Michael and Dianne Bienes by exchange Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Transitions and Transformations

November 17, 2019 – January 10, 2021
Roberto Matta The Prophet, 1948. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; promised gift of Stanley and Pearl Goodman

I Paint My Reality: Surrealism in Latin America

November 17, 2019 through September 19, 2021
Installation View

Happy!

October 27, 2019 - October 11, 2020
Wangechi Mutu (born 1972 in Nairobi, Kenya, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) Howl, 2006, Archival pigment print with screen printing, collage, 35 x 24 inches, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Promised Gift of David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good © Wangechi Mutu

Remember to React II: Drawings and Prints from the NSU Art Museum Collection

June 15 – September 29, 2019
William J. Glackens, Children Roller Skating, c. 1913.

William J. Glackens: From Pencil to Paint

On View through July 31, 2022
William Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions

William Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions

October 21, 2018 - May 19, 2019
Elaine de Kooning Double Portrait of Selima Stavola

Remember to React: 60 Years of Collecting

September 9, 2018 - October 30, 2019
Frank Stella, Lettre sur les sourds et muets II, 1974 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 141 x 141 x 4 inches Private Collection, NY © 2017 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo Credit: Christopher Burke

Frank Stella: Experiment and Change

November 12, 2017 - July 29, 2018
William J. Glackens, Children Roller Skating, after 1913

William J. Glackens: A Modernist in the Making

September 4, 2015 – January 14, 2018
Painting of green lady and bird

Human Animals: The Art of Cobra

July 9 - October 8, 2017
Warhol Brillo Box

Some Aesthetic Decisions: A Centennial Celebration of Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain

May 14 - September 3, 2017
José Bedia Ogun Series: 05 Nsunsu Mayimbe (Vulture), 1992 Ink conte on Amate paper Photography courtesy of de la Cruz Collection Miami, FL

José Bedia Fieldwork : Selections from the de la Cruz Collection and the Artist

February 12 - October 8, 2017
David Levinthal Untitled, from the series Cowboy Kodalith, 1973 Kodalith 8 x 10 inches NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of Donald Rosenfeld Collection, St. Louis, Missouri, 2016.28

David Levinthal: Recent Acquisitions

February 12 - October 8, 2017
700 Nimes Road Portfolio

Catherine Opie: 700 Nimes Road

February 12 - June 18, 2017
Moses Burning Bush

Samson Kambalu: Nyau Cinema

November 25, 2016 - April 23, 2017
Photo: Charles Duprat

Regeneration Series: Anselm Kiefer from the Hall Collection

November 29, 2016 - September 10, 2017
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Francesco Clemente: Dormiveglia

October 23, 2016 - April 23, 2017
Yoruba Figure, female "Ereibeji" with cowrie shell tunic, n.d. Wood, pigment, beads, shells 10 ½ x 9 in NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Durell Stone, Jr.; A72.44

African Art: Highlights of the Permanent Collection

July 24 - October 21, 2016
Dara Birnbaum, Still from Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman, 1978-79 Video with sound Courtesy of the Artist and Electronic Arts Intermix

To Be Continued: Television as Art

November 19 through January 10, 2016
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Chuck Close Photographs

March 20 – October 2, 2016
Ana Mendieta, Volcán, 1979, Super 8 film, color, silent © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York.

Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta

February 28 – July 3, 2016
Sorelle Fontana model alongside the hand of the colossal statue of Constantine in the courtyard of the Musei Capitolini in Rome, 1952, Photo Regina Relang. Courtesy Archiv Relang, Sammlung Photographs, M.nchner Stadtmuseum. The image was part of a feature published in La Donna, June 1952

Bellissima: Italy and High Fashion 1945-1968

February 7 - June 19, 2016
Andy Warhol, Get Smart cover for TV Guide,© 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkAndy Warhol, Get Smart cover for TV Guide,© 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television

October 24, 2015 - January 10, 2016
Lee-Miller

The Indestructible Lee Miller

October 4, 2015 - February 14, 2016
Julain Schnabel, Portrait of Olatz Schnabel, 1997, oil, resin on canvas, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, promised gift, Olatz Schnabel

Julian Schnabel: Portrait of Olatz

On view through September 13, 2015
Pablo Picasso Spanish Pitcher, 1954 White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes, glazed inside Collection of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of Mr. Bernie Bercuson, 1991.32.22 Estate of Pablo Picasso/ Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Pablo Picasso: Painted Ceramics and Works on Paper, 1931-71

On view through January 10, 2016

Kahlo, Rivera + Mexican Modern Art

On view through May 31, 2015
Cafe Dolly installation view; photo by Steven Brooke.

Café Dolly: Picabia, Schnabel, Willumsen

November 13 - February 1, 2015
War Horses at NSU Art Museum

War Horses: Helhesten and The Danish Avant-Garde During World War II

On view through February 7, 2016
History of Haitian Photography exhibition at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

From Within and Without: The History of Haitian Photography

June 21 – October 4, 2015
3 Chi Tseng Kwong AS.L22

American Scene Photography: Martin Z. Margulies Collection

On view through April 26, 2015

When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South

August 3 - October 12, 2014

The Miami Generation: Revisited

July 13 - September 21, 2014

Research and Development: Concerning Belonging

June 1 - September 14, 2014
The Movement: Bob Adelman and Civil Rights Era Photography installation view.

The Movement: Bob Adelman and Civil Rights Era Photography

January 19 - May 17, 2014
Zachary Fabri installation view.

Zachary Fabri: Forget Me Not, as My Tether is Clipped

January 18 - May 17, 2014
William J. Glackens Wickford, Low Tide, 1909Oil on canvasCollection of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University; gift of the Sansom Foundation 94.69

William Glackens: First Comprehensive Survey of the Artist in Over 45 Years

December 2, 2013
William J. Glackens Bowlers, La Ciotat, 1930 Oil on canvas Collection of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University; gift of the Sansom Foundation 92.31

Highlights from the William J. Glackens Collection

On view through Fall 2015

The Spirit of Cobra

November 8, 2013 - May 18, 2014

Roman Vishniac Rediscovered

October 19, 2013 - January 4, 2014

Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design

October 12, 2013 - January 20, 2014

Exhibitions

Currently on View

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 Photo: Wolfgang Volz Copyright: 2024 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation Collection NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale: Gift of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Surrounded Islands Documentation Exhibition

February 23, 2025 - spring 2027
William J. Glackens, Seated Actress with Mirror, c.1903. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of Sansom Foundation, Inc.

A Backward Glance: Highlights from the William J. Glackens Collection

May 3, 2025, through February 7, 2027
Asger Jorn, Individuum Ineffable (Ineffable Personality), 1966, Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas, 21.7 x 18.5 in (55.2 x 46.9 cm), NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Cobra Collection; gift of Golda and Meyer Marks M-98.30. © 2025 Donation Jorn, Silkeborg / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VISDA; Photograph by Angelika Rinnhofer.

Asger Jorn: Luck and Chance

September 21, 2025 - August 9, 2026
Frantz Zéphirin, Ceremonie Zeïdes Medji La Mère des Erzulies (Ceremony of the Zeïdes Medji, the Mother of the Erzulies.), 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 inches, Copyright the artist, courtesy of CENTRAL FINE and El-Saieh.

Frantz Zéphirin: The Messenger

June 7 - October 4, 2026
William J. Glackens, Along the Marne, 1925, Oil on board, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, bequest of Ira D. Glackens 91.40.107

Defining Landscapes

May 7 - July 26, 2026
Piero Penizzotto, Kings of Comedy (Chris, Imani, Bernard, Calvin, Dre), 2024 Papier-mâché, foam and acrylic Photography by Oriol Tarridas Courtesy of the Artist and Primary

Close to Home

June 7 - October 4, 2026