The Ringling is pleased to announce a new exhibition of the work of Sam Gilliam. The exhibition is being drawn primarily from local collections and features work from the early 1970s to 2010.
Saitō Kiyoshi’s (1907–1997) keen sense of design, superb technique, and engagement with an appealing variety of themes made him one of the best-known and most-popular Japanese print artists of the twentieth century.
This exhibition uses the relationship between the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and John and Charles Ringling as a lens to explore Sarasota’s development. The Ringling’s Community Gallery is a free public exhibition space located on the ground floor of the museum’s Center for Asian Art.
Skyway 20/21 is a celebration of artistic practices in the Tampa Bay region, as it is a collaboration between four institutions: the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; the Tampa Museum of Art; and the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa.
A poster designed with a portrait and images of the individual’s acts was a financial investment reserved for the most notable of performers. Today these printed images document the likenesses and accomplishments of some of the most talented women to be seen with the American circus.
Dancer/choreographer Rhodnie Désir explores the dances and rhythms that enslaved people produced, understanding these dances as a means of surviving enslavement, evading cultural genocide, and cultivating strategies that would lead to liberty and emancipation.
In 2020, The Ringling has received a significant gift of art from Murray Bring and Kay Delaney Bring, in support of the modern and contemporary collection. This fall, the museum unveils an exhibition of selections from this gift in dialogue with rarely seen works from the collection.
Metadata: Rethinking Photography from the 21st Century is an exhibition that explores new paradigms for understanding the ecology of the photographic image.