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Faith Ringgold (1930 – 2024), Groovin' High, 1986 Acrylic, beads, dye, and sequins on quilted fabric, 95 3/4 x 61 3/4 x 3 in. Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. Gift of Barbara and Ronald Balser. © 2024 Anyone Can Fly Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Jan 21, 2025

Nationally Traveling Exhibition from Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Comes to the Harn Museum

“Silver Linings” Raises Visibility of the Work of 28 Black Artists. The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida will display art from Spelman College—a historically black liberal arts college for women located in Atlanta, Georgia. The Harn is one of five venues across the United States exhibiting Silver Linings: Celebrating the Spelman Art Collection. Through 39 works by nearly 30 artists, Silver Linings uplifts the legacy of artists of...

Life Story of Buddha, Shakyamuni, Tibet; 19th century, pigments on cloth work of art

Feb 6, 2024

Harn Museum of Art Presents “Gateway to Himalayan Art,” A Traveling Exhibition from the Rubin Museum of Art, opening Feb. 13

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is presenting Gateway to Himalayan Art, a traveling exhibition organized by the Rubin Museum of Art that introduces the main forms, concepts, meanings and traditions of Himalayan art and cultures. The exhibition features 110 objects from the Rubin Museum’s collection as well as multimedia elements—audio, videos, essays, maps and more—from the Rubin’s recently launched educational initiative, Project Himalayan Art, a...

Feb 1, 2024

Harn Museum of Art Provides Paid Internships for all Student Interns

For the first time in the museum’s history, the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida will provide funding to every college student intern selected in the spring, summer and fall semesters of 2024. This funding is made possible by a private grant complementing the generosity of individual donors enabling the Harn to provide students with opportunities to explore future careers and pursue their passions, while also receiving...

Oct 25, 2023

Harn Museum of Art Receives Access for All Funding from Art Bridges Foundation to Extend Art After Dark

Art Bridges Foundation Launches $40 Million Nationwide Access for All Initiative to Reduce Barriers to Museum Visits The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida has received $280,000 in funding from Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program to continue the museum’s popular Art After Dark program through December 2026. Art After Dark offers visitors extended hours until 9 pm every Thursday evening. These hours provide more time...

Jul 10, 2023

Harn Museum of Art Presents “Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art”

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, in collaboration with The Cuban Arts Group, is presenting a new exhibition offering a glimpse into the complex culture and history that has inspired Cuban art throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century. Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art is on view from July 11, 2023 to Jan. 7, 2024. Under...

Jun 6, 2023

Harn Museum of Art Honors Photographer Jerry Uelsmann with Exhibition Celebrating His Life and Work

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is presenting a new Harn-curated exhibition, Jerry Uelsmann: A Celebration of His Life and Art opening June 6, 2023. Photographer Jerry Uelsmann passed away on April 4, 2022, at the age of 87. He is a much celebrated local, national and international artist, also known for teaching at the famed Yosemite workshops alongside Ansel Adams, and at the University of...

Feb 28, 2023

She/Her/Hers Exhibition Examines Roles of Women in Chinese Art

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is exploring the intersecting roles of women in the arts of premodern, modern and contemporary China in a new exhibition titled She/Her/Hers: Women in the Arts of China. More than 50 works of painting, calligraphy, embroidery, photography, ceramic, bronze, jade, lacquer and silver, spanning the 7th century to the present, will showcase work by women, women as pictorial subjects, and...

Ken Ramsay, Susan Taylor, as Model, c. 1970s, Courtesy of Susan Taylor

Jan 11, 2023

Harn Museum of Art presents Posing Beauty in African American Culture

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is bringing to Gainesville the nationally-touring exhibition Posing Beauty in African American Culture. More than 100 works of art by more than 45 artists and photographers will explore the ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts. Posing Beauty will be on view from Jan. 31 to June 4, 2023. Throughout the...

Dec 13, 2022

Harn Museum of Art Announces Art After Dark

The University of Florida’s Harn Museum of Art is excited to introduce Art After Dark. Thanks to a private grant of $300,000 the museum will remain open to the public until 9 pm every Thursday beginning Jan. 5, 2023. The extended hours offer Harn visitors more time to explore the permanent collection, experience special exhibitions, shop in the store and enjoy food and drinks while listening to music in the...

Jul 13, 2022

UF Cultural Plaza Hosting Museum Nights: Block pARTy on August 11

The University of Florida’s Harn Museum of Art, Phillips Center for Performing Arts and Florida Museum of Natural History are hosting a Museum Nights: Block pARTy on Thursday, August 11 from 6 to 9 pm. The event will take place inside and outside of all three venues located at the UF Cultural Plaza. “We’re excited to be hosting our very first Museum Nights event with all of our cultural plaza...