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Thank you editors at Art Miami Magazine! — it is an honor to be featured in this review by Olga Garcia-Mayoral. Miami i...
09/05/2026

Thank you editors at Art Miami Magazine! — it is an honor to be featured in this review by Olga Garcia-Mayoral. Miami is fortunate to have an art writer of this caliber. The two Afro-Cuban exhibitions at the Lowe Art Museum at University of Miami continue to receive rave reviews from the press. On view until Sept. 12.

Excerpts from Olga Garcia-Mayoral's story:

“One of the most significant museum experiences in Miami this season.”

“These two exhibitions are intellectually rigorous, visually compelling, and emotionally resonant."

"At the Lowe, the past is not presented as something finished. It is active, layered, and still speaking.”

“The complexities are essential: Afro-Cuban art is not a side chapter of Cuban art history, it is foundational.”

“These exhibitions insist that Cuban culture cannot be understood as monolithic. It has always been shaped by African, Indigenous, European, Caribbean, and diasporic histories, as well as by the lived realities of race and class.”

“The works ask viewers to look again — to question how historical narratives are built, who is remembered, and what forms of knowledge have been overlooked.”

“For Miami audiences, these two exhibitions carry particular weight.”

09/02/2026

⏰ Call-to-Artists! The Society 1858 Prize deadline is extended to Sept. 14! See link in bio to enter the prize competition. We are honored with so much press for the Society 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art!

Thank you FOX24 TV News and journalist Emma Engel for interviewing last year's Prize winner, the artist Kandy Lopez.

Watch the full-length video to see how Lopez's work was recently acquired for the Gibbes Museum's permanent collection, and to learn more about how the award has impacted her career.

There's still time (until Sept. 14!) for artists to enter the competition. Entries are accepted through the link on the Gibbes Museum's website, at gibbesmuseum.slideroom.com/ #/login/program/89085

In addition to the $10,000 award, an artwork by the winning artist will be exhibited at the Gibbes for an entire year, and they will be invited to Charleston for events honoring the artist

Artists working in any medium are eligible. They can currently live anywhere in the U.S. if they are originally from any of these 14 Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, or Washington, D.C.
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Previous 1858 Prize winners have gone on to receive prestigious recognition from the Joan Mitchell Fellowship, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, and have exhibited at the Venice Biennale.

Their work has also entered the permanent collections of institutions including the National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Gibbes.⁣
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Thank you editors at Southern Living Magazine, and writer Carolanne Griffith Roberts! The Gibbes Museum is honored to sh...
08/22/2026

Thank you editors at Southern Living Magazine, and writer Carolanne Griffith Roberts! The Gibbes Museum is honored to shine the national spotlight on Charleston as an arts and culture destination. Selected as one of the South's best art museums, the Gibbes was chosen alongside a stellar list that includes: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the High Museum of Art, Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Ringling Museum of Art.

“Our region is blessed with some of best art museums in the country and even the world." (Southern Living Magazine)

We also thank the editors at The Post and Courier and writer Megan Fernandes, for getting the word out in your newspaper about this milestone accolade for the museum —

"Charleston has an arts destination worth planning a trip around, according to this major lifestyle and travel publication. The Gibbes is among 17 museums that Southern Living says are some of the best in the South and the world. The Gibbes was praised not just for its vast collection, but for the artistic nature of the building that houses it. The publication also teased the upcoming expansion into the building next door that is expected to open in 2027." (The Post and Courier)

More national headlines for the Lowe Art Museum at University of Miami! Dr. Jill Deupi and her stellar museum team cont...
08/15/2026

More national headlines for the Lowe Art Museum at University of Miami! Dr. Jill Deupi and her stellar museum team continue to shine the national spotlight on Miami's art scene. Reaching millions of readers nationwide in My Modern Met, the feature story is written by the art critic Sage Helene and showcases the transformative power of these Afro-Cuban exhibitions.

Thank you My Modern Met! We are honored by this national recognition. Excerpts from the story:

“Largest presentation of Afro-Cuban art ever staged is now on view in Miami”

“Reveals a rich and expansive history of Cuban art while presenting a different lineage than the one traditionally offered.”

“Tracing 200 years of creativity and exploring the many ways African heritage has shaped Cuban art.”

“El Pasado Mio restores critical omissions in Cuban art history by elevating Afrodescendant artists who have been overlooked, forgotten, or written out of the historical record,” says Dr. Jill Deupi, the Lowe Art Museum’s Beaux Arts Executive Director and Chief Curator.

“The Lowe's companion exhibition, Afrocubanismo: Highlights from the Ramón and Nercys Cernuda Collection, examines how artists outside the Afro-Cuban community represented its culture and traditions.”

Slide 1: "The Farm," by Mariano Rodríguez (1944). Oil on wood.

Slide 2: "Dinis Dias: Land of the Negros," by Harmonia Rosales (2022). Oil on Belgian linen and wood panel.

Slide 4: Installation photo of the exhibition "Afrocubanismo: Highlights from the Ramón and Nercys Cernuda Collection."

08/09/2026

Thank you Telemundo television for interviewing Melissa Diaz of the University of Miami Lowe Art Museum! And a special thanks to the host of the program, Daisy Ballmajo, for honoring the Lowe Art Museum's Afro-Cuban exhibitions. This full length media interview in Spanish includes captions in English.

From the interview:

"These are two of the most important Afro-Cuban art exhibitions ever presented at a museum"

"Highlights the legacy of Cuban artists of African descent who for a long time were kept outside of the historical record of Cuban art"

"The guest-curator, Dr. Alejandro de la Fuente of Harvard's Afro-Latin American Research Institute, wanted to bring "El Pasado Mio" to Miami at the Lowe after it exhibited at Harvard"

"The collectors Ramón and Nercys Cernuda have loaned several artworks for the two exhibitions, and they have one of the most important collections of Cuban art in the world"

"We have seen that major international media outlets have published feature stories about these exhibitions, generating lots of press for Miami as a cultural destination — they are covering this news worldwide"

"This is truly a privilege for our community to have this gem, the Lowe Art Museum at University of Miami"

Both exhibitions are on view now until September 12.

“Our heartfelt appreciation to Judy Glickman Lauder, for her contributions to the field of photography and for allowing ...
08/09/2026

“Our heartfelt appreciation to Judy Glickman Lauder, for her contributions to the field of photography and for allowing the AFA to bring her incredible collection to museums across the country,” says Pauline Forlenza., the Director and CEO of the American Federation of Arts.

“I hope that visitors are moved by the emotional presence and lasting power of these images, just as I was,” says Judy Glickman Lauder.

Featured in The Eye of Photography. Thank you editors in Paris for this international recognition for "Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder."

The AFA's national tour launched at the Southampton Arts Center, where it is currently on view until Sept. 27.

The national tour will also travel to the Sarasota Art Museum, the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, and the Lowe Art Museum at University of Miami.

The exhibition creates conversations across time and space that are only possible through Glickman Lauder’s singular collection.

Slide 1: "Self-Portrait in Kimono with Brian, New York," by Nan Goldin (1983). Cibachrome print. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection. © Nan Goldin.

Slide 3: "Martin Luther King Jr., Selma, Alabama," by Steve Schapiro (1965). Gelatin silver print. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Collection. © Steve Schapiro. Courtesy Monroe Gallery, Sante Fe, NM.

The Washington Post included Bonnie Lautenberg's exhibition among the top shows to see in Washington, DC! And the editor...
08/02/2026

The Washington Post included Bonnie Lautenberg's exhibition among the top shows to see in Washington, DC! And the editors at Hyperallergic selected it among their picks of the "10 Art Shows to See in DC This Summer."

On view at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest.

"Known for her photography across politics, music, and the arts, Bonnie Lautenberg creates a lively visual history zeitgeist lesson by pairing iconic works of art with film stills from the same year each painting was created."

"Her process is intuitive. As you look, you begin to see art and film side by side in a new way, noticing how images “speak” to one another across media."

"Across these works, Lautenberg places two powerful visual languages on a single plane. The result is open-ended: a field of formal, emotional, and historical connections that invites each viewer to look, compare, and draw their own conclusions."

Artwork captions:

In "1956" Lautenberg pairs a film still from the 1956 film Giant alongside the 1956 painting by Mark Rothko titled "Orange, Red, Yellow."

"1938" pairs a film still from Lady in Blue alongside the painting "Jezebel" by Henri Matisse.

"1999" features a film still from American Beauty paired with "The Light Inside" by James Turrell.

"2016" pairs a film still from Hidden Figures with "Tomorrow is Another Day" by Mark Bradford.

"1928" pairs "The Lovers" by Rene Magritte with a film still from The Mysterious Lady.

"1932" pairs the Georgia O’Keefe painting "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1" alongside a film still from Grand Hotel.

07/31/2026

Honored by this invitation from Erin Kienzle and the talented team at ABC News4 Lowcountry Live!

Dr. Alex Rich, the President and CEO of the Gibbes Museum of Art, was selected for this new monthly segment to update viewers on museum happenings.

He discussed the 2027 expansion/new wing, the community exhibition partnership with HEART, and the Joshua Parks photography retrospective.

This expansion will provide the Museum a whole new wing, featuring new galleries and a state-of-the-art Education Center that together will redefine the visitor and learning experience.

This new chapter guarantees that the Museum can hold fast to its history and legacy, leaning into the needs of its 21st century audiences while remaining at its core an innovative center for learning across time, media, and culture. The new Education Center and expanded galleries are more than bricks and mortar—they are a promise to Charleston’s future.

Presented by HEART, an inclusive art studio for artists with developmental disabilities, the museum’s newest community exhibition "HEART: Taking Up Space" brings together a remarkable collection of works that celebrate presence in all its forms. Each piece is a declaration of visibility, confidence, and creative power, inviting us all to consider whose stories are told, and what becomes possible when artists fully claim their place in the world. On view now through August 14.

Reflections, a powerful solo exhibition by photographer Joshua Parks, is on view through September 13. A retrospective of the artist's visual journey through the Lowcountry over the past eight years, this body of work serves as an ever-growing archive of Lowcountry African descendants. Joshua Parks is a Black cultural worker whose filmmaking, photography, and archival practice explore African-descended communities across the American South and their enduring connections to Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, and the broader Atlantic world.

Thank you Telemundo network and Daisy Ballmajo for interviewing Melissa Diaz today! The upcoming segment will feature th...
07/28/2026

Thank you Telemundo network and Daisy Ballmajo for interviewing Melissa Diaz today! The upcoming segment will feature the Lowe Art Museum's two Afro-Cuban art exhibitions currently at the University of Miami campus.

Both of these headline-grabbing museum shows are on view through September 12, and are curated by Dr. Alejandro de la Fuente, the Director of Harvard’s Afro-Latin American Research Institute.

El Pasado Mio/My Own Past shows a different genealogy for Cuban art, by rescuing Afrodescendant figures who were sidelined by history. “We always wanted the city of Miami and the Lowe Art Museum to present this exhibition after Harvard. Both of these museum shows are the first of their kind," says Dr. Alejandro de la Fuente.

Afrocubanismo: Highlights from the Ramón and Nercys Cernuda Collection is a parallel project meant to be viewed in conversation with El Pasado Mio. The Cernuda collection has supported scholarly attention worldwide on Cuban artists. The Cernudas are known for helping to solidify Miami’s rise in the global art world.

"These are the best things to do in Miami this weekend." Thank you editors at Time Out Miami! We are honored to be inclu...
07/25/2026

"These are the best things to do in Miami this weekend." Thank you editors at Time Out Miami! We are honored to be included on your coveted list.

A heartfelt thanks also to the talented writers Ashley Brozic and Caitlin Driscoll — our cultural community is fortunate to have such great arts writers.

The artwork on slide 1 is titled "Finding Balance," by Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons.

One of her large-scale installations is currently on view at the Venice Biennale in the Central Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale. She was honored recently with the Art Basel Established Artist Award, for her four-decade multidisciplinary practice.

From the Time Out Miami list of must-sees:

"Two simultaneous exhibitions at the Lowe Art Museum on the University of Miami campus make up the most comprehensive presentation of Afro-Cuban art ever mounted"

"El Pasado Mio/My Own Past, organized by Harvard's Afro-Latin American Research Institute and expanded for its Miami run, brings together more than 81 works by 44 Cuban artists of African descent spanning two centuries, including nine paintings by Wifredo Lam and works by eleven female artists being exhibited together for the first time"

"The show restores artists who were deliberately erased from the Cuban art historical record, placing obscured figures like Pastor Argudin, Maria Ariza, and Tony Ximenez alongside better-known names like Agustin Cardenas and Maria Magdalena Campos Pons"

"The companion exhibition, Afrocubanismo: Highlights from the Ramón and Nercys Cernuda Collection, traces the cultural movement that emerged in the 1930s, when a generation of Cuban artists began centering the country's African roots at a moment when most of Cuban society had actively suppressed them"

"The tension in that moment is part of what makes the show complex: some of these artists are seen as co-opting a history that wasn't theirs; others as genuinely trying to re-imagine Cuba through its African roots and Afro-religious forms"

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