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We welcome the Dixon Gallery and Gardens!
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Memhis, TN

About the Dixon
Founded in 1976 by Hugo and Margaret Dixon, the Dixon Gallery and Gardens is a fine art museum and public garden distinguished by its diverse and innovative programs in the arts and horticulture. The Dixon features a permanent collection of over 2,000 objects, including French and American Impressionist paintings and significant holdings of German and English porcelain. The museum organizes and presents eight to ten exhibitions every year, the diversity of which appeals to visitors of all ages. The Dixon’s 17 acre campus is highly regarded public garden that includes formal spaces, woodland tracts, and cutting gardens. The Dixon is accredited by the American Association Museums and is a member of the American Public Gardens Association and Botanical Gardens Conservation International.

Exhibitions
  • Larry Edwards
    • Through July 24
Larry Edwards
  • Jean-Louis Forain: La Comédie Parisienne
    • June 26- Oct. 9
Jean-Louis Forain: La Comédie Parisienne
  • John Rogers: American Stories
    • June 26- Oct. 9
John Rogers: American Stories

Openings, Closings, and Events

New Exhibitons This Week



Huntsville, AL

Huntsville Museum of Art

  • Future Retro: Drawings from the Great Age of Automobiles
    • May 15 – July 24
  • Edward Weston: Leaves of Grass
    • May 15 – July 24
  • Fast, Loose & Out of Control: Bobby Allison & The Alabama Gang
    • May 15 – July 24
  • Looking at the Collection: Encounters Alumn
    • Through Sept. 18
  • Event
Looking at the Collection: Encounters Alumni

Stanford, CA

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts

  • The Art of the Book in California: Five Contemporary Presses
    • June 1 – August 28
  • Illustrated Title Pages: 1500 – 1900
    • Through Oct. 16
  • Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture
    • Through August 7
  • Longing for Sea Change: Felix in Exile
    • Through June 26
  • Extreme Makeover: A Fresh Look at the Cantor Arts Center's Contemporary Collection
    • December 15, then ongoing
  • Go Figure!
    • Through August 5, 2012
  • Collection Highlights from Europe 1500 - 1800, Ancient Greece and Rome
    • ongoing
  • Event
Longing for Sea Change: Felix in Exile

Monterey, CA

Monterey Museum of Art

  • FROM DAWN TO DUSK: GOTTARDO PIAZZONI’S FINAL MURALS
    • Through Dec. 2012
    • MMA La Mirada
  • MontereyNOW: Mari Kloeppel
    • March 17-July 10
    • MMA pacific street
  • The Art of California, 1880 to the Present
    • Through Oct. 23
    • MMA Pacific Street
  • California Artists and Portraiture
    • Through Jan. 8, 2012
    • MMA Pacific Street
  • Adams & Weston and the Masters of California Photography
    • Through Jan. 8, 2012
    • MMA Pacific Street
  • Event
Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture

Irvine, CA

The Irvine Museum

  • All Things Bright & Beautiful
    • Closes June 11!!!!
  • California Rhapsody
    • June 22 - Novemberf 5
All Things Bright & Beautiful

Laguna Beach

Laguna Art Museum

  • Noguchi: California Legacy
    • June 12 - October 2
  • Lita Albuquerque: Emergence
    • June 12 - October 2
  • Landscape and Figuration from the Collection: Early to Mid-Twentieth Century
    • Through Oct. 9
  • Event
Noguchi: California Legacy

Storrs, CT

The William Benton Museum of Art

  • The Colored Woodcut in 19th-Century Japan: Edo and Osaka
    • May 31 – August 7
  • The Art of Dr. Seuss
    • May 31 – August 7
  • The Sum of Its Parts: Selections from the Benton Collections
    • May 31 – August 7
  • 2011 Project 35
    • Through Dec. 18
The Sum of Its Parts: Selections from the Benton Collections

New London, CT

Lyman Allyn Art Museum

  • The Subject is Light: The Henry and Sharon Martin Collection of Contemporary Realist Paintings
    • March 19 - August 21
  • Face Off: Portraits by Contemporary Artists
    • April 10 - Sept. 18
  • American Stories
    • Ongoing
  • Event

Daytona Beach, FL

The Southeast Museum of Photography

  • FACULTY FOCUS: GARY MONROE
    Photographs 1976 - 2011
    • May 25 - July 30
  • ALUMNI FOCUS: Jerry Englehart, Jr., Jim Gavenus, Craig Litten, Michael McElroy, Travis Ruse, Quenby Sheree and Lisa Stone
    • May 25 - July 30
  • THE TOUCH OF NATURE: Florida through the lens of the Orlando Camera Club
    • May 25 - July 30
  • Event
THE TOUCH OF NATURE: Florida through the lens of the Orlando Camera Club

Winter Park, FL

Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College

  • Sharaku Interpreted by Japan’s Contemporary Artists
    • Closes June 12!!!!
  • Juxtaposing History: Salvador Dalí, the Hebrew Bible, and the Formation of Israel
    • Closes June 12!!!!
  • The Last Harvest: A History and Tribute to the Life and Work of the Farmworkers on Lake Apopka
    • Closes June 12!!!!
Sharaku Interpreted by Japan’s Contemporary Artists

Miami, FL

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University

  • Rise of an Empire: Scenes of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95
    • June 8 – August 14
  • Tribute to Japanese Splendor: The Art of the Temari
    • June 8 – August 14
  • EAST/WEST: Visually Speaking
    • May 25 – Sept. 11
  • Who's Counting and Temporal State Of Being
    David and Hi-Jin Hodge
    • May 25 - August 21
  • South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition
    • May 25 - August 21
  • Event
Rise of an Empire: Scenes of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95

Miami Beach, FL

The Wolfsonian-Florida International University

  • PAGE AT A TIME
    • May 12 - June 12
  • Art for All: British Posters for Transport
    • April 15 - August 14
  • Rewriting the World: Primers and Poetry in the Age of Confusion
    • Closes June 5!!!!
  • Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection
    • Ongoing
  • LAWRENCE WEINER (MIRA & VE): installation
    • Ongoing
  • Event

West Palm Beach, FL

Norton Museum of Art

  • Out of This World
    • June 4 - Sept. 4
  • Altered States: Jose Alvarez, Yayoi Kusama, Fred Tomaselli and Leo Villareal
    • Through July 17
  • From A to Z: 26 Great Photographs from the Norton Collection
    • Through July 17
  • Eternal China: Tales from the Crypt
    • Through July 17
  • Event
Out of This World

Atlanta, GA

Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University

  • Monsters, Demons, and Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures of the Ancient World
    • Closes June 19
  • Divine Intervention: African Art and Religion
    • Feb. 5 - Dec. 4
Monsters, Demons, and Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures of the Ancient World

Athens, GA

Georgia Museum of Art

  • Horizons
    • Through June 30
  • Stone and Steel: Small Works by Beverly Pepper
    • Jan. 30 - July 29
  • American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection
    • May 14 - August 7
  • The Art of Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings from the Georgia Museum of Art
    • May 15 - August 7
  • Dalí Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy
    • April 10 - June 19
  • All Creatures Great and Small
    • Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
    • April 20, 2011 - April 20, 2012
  • Event
American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection

Milledgeville, GA

Georgia State College & University Museum

  • “the surveyed extent” by Sandra Trujillo
    • May 26 – Sept. 21
  • Curtis Stewardson
    • May 26 – Sept. 21
“the surveyed extent” by Sandra Trujillo

Augusta, GA

Morris Museum of Art

  • Philip Juras: The Southern Frontier, Landscapes
    Inspired by Bartram's Travels
    • May 28 - August 14
  • The Charleston Renaissance: Works on Paper
    • Through June 26
  • Event
The Charleston Renaissance: Works on Paper

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis Museum of Art

  • Venetian Views: American Works on Paper
    • June 3 - Nov. 27
  • Material World
    • Through February 5, 2012
  • William Lamson: Divining Meteorology
    • Through August 28
  • Selections from Project 35
    • Through Oct. 30
  • The Old Masters
    • Through December 31
  • Gauguin as Printmaker: The Volpini Suite
    • Through Sept.18
  • Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial
    • Through Sept 18
  • Indiana Artists' Club Annual Exhibition
    • Through June 5
  • Events

Wichita, KS

Wichita Art Museum

  • A Kansas Treasure in Context: Mary Cassatt
    • Through July 31
  • The American Abstract Artists
    • Through Sept. 25
  • Wichita Art Museum: 75 Years of American Art
    • Through July 24
  • Events
A Kansas Treasure in Context: Mary Cassatt

Paducah, KY

The National Quilt Museum

  • The Nature of Design: Quilts by Cynthia Morgan and Velda Newman
    • June 8 - Sept. 5
  • Celebration! (SAQA)
    • April 7 - July 12
The Nature of Design: Quilts by Cynthia Morgan and Velda Newman
The Yeiser Art Center
  • FAITH
    • Closes June 11!!!!
FAITH

Louisville, KY

Louisville Visual Art Association

  • Children's Fine Art Classes Exhibition
    Elementary
    • June 2 - 30
  • Event
Children's Fine Art Classes Exhibition
The Speed Art Museum
  • The Case of the Italian Altarpiece
    • June 9 - July 3
  • Julian Opie: Selections from the Chellgren Collection
    • June 8 - October 23
  • Quilts from Kentucky and Beyond: The Bingham-Miller Family Collection
    • Opens June 19 - Sept. 18
  • European and American Art, 1800-1960
    • Ongoing
  • Events

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