South Florida Has New Summer Exhibits You Should See

By Tom Austin, Travel and Leisure
June 23, 2015

The NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale and Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach open two new art exhibits this week.

In South Florida, museums in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach launch two can’t-miss exhibits this week, both of which will run through the summer.

The NSU Art Museum (part of Nova Southeastern University) in Fort Lauderdale’s “From Within and Without: The History of Haitian Photography” opens June 25 and runs through October. Some 350 works span the late 19th century to the present, and feature documentary, commercial, and official state photography—encompassing everything, subject-wise, from portraits to images of Haitian architecture and political unrest.

Visitors can attend a 6 p.m. panel discussion June 25 about the exhibition, moderated by Haitian-American artist and exhibition curator Edouard Duval-Carrie. The event will include exhibition artists, such as photographer Gary Monroe. Monroe shot Haiti in the 1980s as part of a Fulbright fellowship, and is the author of the 1992 book “Haiti.” His 1986 photograph, “Untitled, Dessalines (Abandoned palace with 365 portals),” is featured in the exhibition.

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Exhibitions

Currently on View

José Bedia, Lucero viene alumbrando, 1992. Collection NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz.

Wifredo Lam’s Legacy

Through March 14, 2027
Joel Meyerowitz, The North Wall, New York City, 2001. Chromogenic print mounted on plexiglas. Collection NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Gift of Joel Meyerowitz

Joel Meyerowitz: Aftermath

Through February 14, 2027
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

Through October 4, 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

Through October 4, 2026