The Tampa Museum of Art acquired an ancient ceramic mug in the shape of the head of the charmingly hideous Egyptian guardian demon known as Bes in 1984. The function of such mugs has thus far remained unknown. Even the kind of beverage that could have been drank from these mugs has remained unknown. Still, […]
Cruzando Fronteras: La Dualidad Artística de Pepe Mar ¡Únase a nosotros para una charla cautivadora en español sobre la exposición "Pepe Mar: Mito y Magia" en el Museo de Arte de Tampa! Presentada por Nina Contreras Womeldurf, Directora de Marketing y Comunicaciónes del museo, esta charla aporta una experiencia única a nuestros visitantes de habla […]
As the exhibition Garry Winogrand: Women are Beautiful draws to a close, please join us for special presentation by Leo Rubinfien. Rubinfien curated the last major Winogrand retrospective that toured the US and Europe in 2014. Entitled Garry Winogrand, the exhibition traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art; San Francisco Museum […]
On the final day of the exhibition Pepe Mar: Myth and Magic, join us for a special in-gallery talk with artist Pepe Mar and Joanna Robotham, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Pepe and Joanna will share the process for planning and making the exhibition, discuss key works in the show, and reflect on the […]
Date: Sunday May 19, 2024 Time: 3 pm - 4 pm Location: Tampa Museum of Art The Red and the Black: Potters’ Conversations between Etruria and Greece In the first millennium BCE, the Mediterranean was a vast networking area for economic and intercultural interactions among a mosaic of people: Phoenicians, Etruscans, Greeks and many others. Between […]
You're Invited! Join us at the Tampa Museum of Art on May 23rd at 5:30pm for a public meeting to explore our redevelopment plans! We’re excited to discuss our 51,000-sq.ft. expansion and an 80,000-sq. ft. site redevelopment at Curtis Hixon Park. This project will enhance the Riverwalk connection at Cass St., introduce outdoor sculpture areas, […]
You're Invited! Community Meeting Location: Straz Center for Performing Arts, Ferguson Hall Lobby, 1010 N Macinnees Place, Tampa, FL 33602 Date: Monday, June 3rd, 6pm-8pm Join us (TMA) along with the Tampa Theatre and the Straz Performing Arts Center on June 3rd from 6pm-8pm for a public meeting to explore our redevelopment plans! This meeting […]
The Tampa Museum of Art is organizing a major symposium focused on the artwork and artists featured in its Arthur Albrecht Collection. A recent gift to TMA, the Albrecht Collection includes over 80 paintings and sculptures by the early students and protégées to emerge from the Centre d’Art in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Divided into four […]
Join us in the galleries at the Tampa Museum of Art for a conversation with artists featured in the exhibition, Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration. Artists Marina Shaltout and Aimee Jones will discuss their work and how their art practices relate to femininity and women's experiences. Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration is a celebration of artistic practices in […]
Join us in the galleries with scholar and curator Keidra Daniels Navaroli, as she discusses the exhibition Suchitra Mattai: Bodies and Souls with Joanna Robotham, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Bodies and Souls explores themes of migration, matriarchy, and materiality with tapestries and installations using vintage fabrics. With an expertise in textiles, Keidra will share her […]
Join us in the galleries at the Tampa Museum of Art for a conversation with Aesopbookofrot, an artist featured in the exhibition, Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration. Aesopbookofrot, a self-taught artist, will first introduce their art practice, then discuss connections to the art of Purvis Young in the exhibition, Purvis Young: Redux, with Joanna Robotham, curator of […]
Join us in the galleries at the Tampa Museum of Art for a talk with an artist featured in the exhibition, Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration. Ceramicist and educator David Mack will discuss his sculptures and artistic journey. Mack will also point to his connection to David Drake, an incredible artist known for being the earliest […]