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Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina

Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina were world builders. But first, they built themselves—as immigrants, working women, and creative pioneers of abstraction—who bravely set out to become artists at the start of the Great Depression.
DATE
OCT 3, 2025 – JAN 11, 2026
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Harriet and Warren Stephens Family Gallery
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Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina

Louise Nevelson (Kyiv, Ukraine (formerly Russian Empire), 1899 – 1988, New York, New York), Tide Garden IV, 1964, painted and assembled wood construction, 91 x 140 x 10 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Sidney Singer, Sr., Stephens Inc., Gerald Cramer, Martin Oppenheimer, Edward Rosenthal, and John Rosenthal. 1983.030.

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Staging Silence (3): Hans Op de Beeck

Belgian artist Hans Op de Beeck’s third and final installment in a series of autonomous art films depicts two pairs of anonymous hands constructing and deconstructing fictional interiors and landscapes.
DATE
MAR 1 – NOV 30, 2025
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Fine Arts Club New Media Gallery
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Staging Silence (3): Hans Op de Beeck

Hans Op de Beeck (Turnhout, Belgium, 1969 – ), Still from Staging Silence (3), 2019, black and white video, stereo sound, full HD.

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Kwame Brathwaite: The 1970’s

In the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite used photography to promote “Black is Beautiful” through the artist collectives he helped create. Building on that legacy, this exhibition highlights the artist’s independent studio work in the 1970s.
DATE
APR 19 – OCT 12, 2025
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Berta and John Baird Gallery
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Kwame Brathwaite: The 1970’s

Kwame Brathwaite (New York, New York, 1938 – New York, New York, 2023), Untitled (Studio shoot with Marcia McBroom. Album cover for The Players’ Association featuring David Sanborn and Mtume), 1976, archival pigment print, 15 x 15 in., Courtesy of Philip Martin Gallery and The Kwame Brathwaite Archive.

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Natasha Bowdoin: Spring Song

With its graphic linework and high-contrast palette, Natasha Bowdoin’s gardenscape dazzles the eye from afar, while its complex patterning captivates from up close.
DATE
APR 22, 2023 – JUL 6, 2025
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Art Perch / Jackson T. Stephens Gallery
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Natasha Bowdoin: Spring Song

Natasha Bowdoin (West Kennebunk, Maine, 1981 – ), Spring Song (detail), 2022 – 2023, acrylic on wood, gatorboard, and drywall supported with molded plastic brackets and aluminum pipe, 186 x 241 x 708 in., Commissioned by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 2022 – 2023. © Natasha Bowdoin. Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

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The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability: Works from the Bank of America Collection

Today, there is a greater awareness of how environmental changes affect daily life. Throughout history, artists have been at the forefront of this conversation, delving into issues relating to the natural world.
DATE
JUN 13 – AUG 31, 2025
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Harriet and Warren Stephens Family Gallery
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The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability: Works from the Bank of America Collection

Darius Kinsey (Maryville, Missouri, 1869 – 1945, Sedro-Woolley, Washington), Yarding Logs, Washington, 1936, gelatin silver print on paper, 17 1/2 x 20 1/2 in., On loan from the Bank of America Collection.

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64th Young Arkansas Artists

Representing a wide range of media and techniques, this exhibition reflects the diversity and creativity found in Arkansas’ classrooms.
DATE
MAY 17 – AUG 10, 2025
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Robyn and John Horn Gallery
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64th Young Arkansas Artists
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Rivera’s Paris

This exhibition offers a unique glimpse into Diego Rivera’s world, revealing the profound influence of the artists he encountered in Spain and France and his vibrant life in Paris, the art capital of the world.
DATE
FEB 7 – MAY 18, 2025
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Harriet and Warren Stephens Family Gallery
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Rivera’s Paris
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Studio Time + Studio Practice

Offering a captivating exploration of the art-making process, this exhibition spotlights how artists navigate their creative process, using their hands to craft materials and formulate a message informed by personal experiences.
DATE
JUL 23, 2024 – APR 20, 2025
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Berta and John Baird Gallery
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Studio Time + Studio Practice

Alice Aida Ayers (Las Vegas, Nevada, 1958 – ), Self Love (detail), 2022, woven textiles, Kente cloth, vintage cotton fabric, hand dyed fabric, vegan leather, felt, beading, cotton thread, and found objects 45 x 25 in. Collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr.

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Minimalism: Color, Line, Form

This intimate exhibition features art by key practitioners of the influential Minimalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s, including Al Held, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Richard Serra, and Frank Stella, among others.
DATE
OCT 26, 2024 – APR 6, 2025
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Berta and John Baird Gallery
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Minimalism: Color, Line, Form
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Karen Mahaffy: A Particular Quality of Loss

Through memory, a misty mirror of time, Karen Mahaffy reconstructs her childhood bedroom’s flowered wallpaper as a digital animation.
DATE
JUL 13, 2024 – FEB 16, 2025
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Fine Arts Club New Media Gallery
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Karen Mahaffy: A Particular Quality of Loss

Karen Mahaffy (Elmhurst, Illinois, 1970 – ), Still from A Particular Quality of Loss, 2016/2024, multi-channel digital animation, 4 minutes 18 seconds, © Karen Mahaffy. Courtesy of the artist.

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The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art

Drawing inspiration from the elegance of nature, a new artistic movement emerged in Europe during the late-nineteenth century delivering a sinuous blend of beauty and functionality. When the Art Nouveau style arrived, interiors were transformed to include opulent ensembles of furniture, glass, posters, decorative arts, and other furnishings, all depicting luxurious elements found in nature.
DATE
SEP 27, 2024 – JAN 12, 2025
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Harriet and Warren Stephens Family Gallery
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The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art

Alphonse Mucha (Ivancice, Czech Republic, 1860 – 1939, Prague, Czech Republic), Summer (detail), 1896, Color lithograph, 44 3/4 in. x 25 1/4 in. x 1 1/8 in., Photograph by Edward Pollard, Image courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art, © Alphonse Mucha.

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Tricia Wright: The Naturalist

In Dieu Donné's Brooklyn Navy Yard studio, Wright worked intensively with Master Collaborators to create unique objects made from cotton and abaca paper, peat, turf, moss, fungi, lichen, and gold leaf, speaking softly and elegantly to the artist’s spiritual bond with the natural world.
DATE
APR 27 – OCT 13, 2024
PRICE
Free
LOCATION
Berta and John Baird Gallery
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Tricia Wright: The Naturalist

Tricia Wright (Rickmansworth, England, 1962 – ), We Have No Prairies (detail)from Bogland Variations, 2024, crushed peat turf, moss, fungi, and steel on handmade cotton and abaca paper, 14 x 22 in., Courtesy of the artist and Dieu Donné, New York. Photo by Jeffrey Sturges. Artwork created in collaboration with Dieu Donné, New York.