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Aug 3, 2021

Harn Museum of Art Selects Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners to Design New Wing

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida recently selected Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners to design an estimated 20,000-square-foot addition scheduled for completion in 2024. As the Harn concludes its 30th anniversary year and launches a strategic plan for the next 5 years, the new wing will provide a multi-purpose space for activities that will further fulfill the Harn Museum’s mission to inspire, educate and...

Jun 16, 2021

Harn Museum of Art Examines Black Life in Shadow to Substance Exhibition

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida collaborated with UF College of the Arts, Museum Studies Professor and UF Graduate Student in the Department of English to organize and present its newest exhibition Shadow to Substance on view from July 27, 2021 to February 27, 2022. The exhibition represents a chronological arc from the past to the present, and into the future by displaying historical photographs of...

Mar 1, 2021

Harn Museum of Art Welcomes Cofrin Curator of Asian Art

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Tongyun Yin as Cofrin Curator of Asian Art. Dr. Yin assumed her new position on March 1, 2021. She joins the Harn with more than 10 years of experience in the field, including serving as Curator of Asian Art at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art in Oak Brook, Illinois since June...

Feb 23, 2021

Extensive Florida Art Collection Gifted to the University of Florida

A private collection of Florida works of art, some created by the foremost artists of their time, has a new home at the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida. The oil paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints—the largest single art collection ever donated to the university—as well as an extensive art library is a gift from native Floridians Sam and Robbie Vickers. One of the world’s most extensive...

Jan 26, 2021

Curator of African Art, Susan Cooksey Retires from the Harn Museum of Art

Dr. Susan Cooksey, curator of African art at the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida retired on November 30, 2020. Cooksey joined the staff in 2000 working in the curatorial department, and in 2005 became the museum’s first curator of African art. During her curatorial career spanning nearly twenty years, she has made a significant impact on the development of the Harn’s collection and exhibitions of African...

Sep 22, 2020

Harn Museum of Art Celebrates 30th Anniversary with New Exhibitions and Virtual Events

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida opened its doors 30 years ago on September 22, 1990. Since then, the Harn has served a growing diverse audience of more than 2.5 million visitors with a broad range of exhibitions and programs, made accessible through free admission. The museum invites the public to celebrate the Harn’s 30th anniversary by viewing new exhibitions and attending the first of many...

Jun 30, 2020

Harn Museum of Art Reopens July 9 after COVID-19 Closure

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is pleased to announce it will reopen to the public Thursday, July 9. The museum will be open for visitors Thursday through Sunday with new summer hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 1 – 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free. The Museum Store and Camellia Court Café will remain closed during the first phase of...

Mar 26, 2019

Harn Museum of Art Celebrates the Arts of Creativity, Discovery and Inquiry in New Exhibition

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida celebrates creativity, discovery and inquiry through its newest exhibition Divergent Convergence opening March 31. Offered as part of the University of Florida’s campus-wide, year-long celebration of invention and creativity, the exhibition investigates how various artists discover and question the past, reinterpret the present, and imagine the future. Divergent Convergence: The Arts of Creativity, Discovery & Inquiry will be on view...

Mar 4, 2019

Gainesville Regional Artists Featured in Art of Inquiry: Juried Exhibition at the Harn Museum of Art

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida will feature the work of 52 well-known and emerging artists who reside in or have ties to the Gainesville region in its newest exhibition, Art of Inquiry: Juried Exhibition. This exhibition reveals new perspectives and questions the commonplace as artists explore visible environments, create unseen worlds and push the limits of media. Art of Inquiry will be on display from...