Museum—Exhibitions

Becky Suss
The Dutch House

This solo exhibition of new paintings by Becky Suss was inspired by American author Ann Patchett’s 2019 novel, The Dutch House, which chronicles two adult siblings recalling their childhoods and the subsequent dissolution of their family over several decades. A central character in the novel is the “Dutch House,” their childhood home. In her Dutch House paintings, Suss portrays her vision of the fictional mansion by interpreting both literary details from Patchett’s narrative and by incorporating details specific to her own biography.

Image: Becky Suss (American, b. 1980). The Dutch House (Mirror in Maeve’s Room), 2023. Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. © Becky Suss

September 7, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Located on the first floor of The Baker Museum

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Alex Katz
Theater and Dance

Alex Katz: Theater and Dance is the first comprehensive exhibition to explore the inventive collaborations of Alex Katz with choreographers, dancers and avant-garde theater ensembles over six decades. It showcases works by innovators across the performing arts and poetry and highlights 15 productions Katz produced with the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

Image: Alex Katz (American, b. 1927). Post Meridian, 1991. Oil on board, 20 1/8 x 16 in. Alex Katz Studio. ©2024 Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy American Federation of Arts.

November 2, 2024 – February 2, 2025
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum

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Florida Contemporary
2024-25

This annual exhibition presents three notable artists practicing in Florida. Highlighting the diversity of artistic approaches to personal, local and global themes, the 12th edition of this exhibition invites visitors to celebrate the state’s vibrant art scene. The artists selected for the 12th edition of the exhibition are Amer Kobaslija, Jacksonville; Cynthia Mason, St. Petersburg; and Marielle Plaisir, Miami.

November 2, 2024 – June 29, 2025
Located in the Kohan, Newell and Friends of Artis—Naples Galleries of Hayes Hall

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Louise Nevelson
Dawn's Forest

The monumental sculpture Dawn’s Forest by preeminent American artist Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) is one of the most iconic works in The Baker Museum’s permanent collection. The work is made of various white-painted abstract wood elements, some as tall as 25 feet, created by Nevelson in her signature assemblage style over a period of more than a year.

Image: Louise Nevelson (American, 1899-1988), Dawn’s Forest (a column displayed in Artis—Naples, Hayes Hall, Drackett Gallery), 1986. Painted balsa-plywood. Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. 2010.7. Gift of GA-Met, a joint venture of Georgia-Pacific, LLC. © 2020 Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Ongoing Installation
Located in the Drackett Gallery and throughout Hayes Hall

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Magritte: Reflections of Another World
Paintings from the Van Parys Family

Magritte: Reflections of Another World comprises six paintings — five oils and one gouache — by Belgian artist René Magritte (1898-1967). Renowned for his witty Surrealist paintings of everyday objects in strange surroundings, Magritte preferred that his artworks remain mysterious and open to interpretation. These works are from the collection of Jean Van Parys, a collector of avant-garde art and a close friend of Magritte, and they are on a five-year loan to Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum from Van Parys’ daughter. The paintings have never previously been shown in North America, and none have exhibited publicly in over 48 years.

Image: René Magritte. Shéhérazade, 1947. Gouache on paper. 7 x 5 1/2 inches. On loan from the Van Parys family. © 2022 C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Ongoing Exhibition
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Obra Sonora

For more than three decades, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has integrated art, science, architecture and technology into his trailblazing artistic practice. The internationally celebrated Mexican-Canadian artist is known for his participatory installations, which have been showcased in major solo exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum, SFMOMA and Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, among many others. Organized by Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Obra Sonora (Spanish for “sound work”) features monumental works such as Atmosphonia, a sound and light environment featuring 3,000 audio channels playing on custom-made speakers with LED lights, and Sphere Packing: Bach, a 10-foot-diameter sphere that supports 1,128 speakers — each playing a different composition by Johann Sebastian Bach. Obra Sonora will be the first museum exhibition to explore Lozano-Hemmer’s use of music, voice and sound, and it will be the largest-ever museum presentation of his work in the southeastern United States.

Image: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Mexican, b. 1967). Sphere Packing: Bach, 2018. Aluminum and wood, 1,128 custom-made speakers, circuits, computer, display, 118 x 118 x 118 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Guy L’Heureux.

December 7, 2024 – June 15, 2025
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum

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In the Making
Sketches, Studies and Maquettes from the Permanent Collection

In the Making: Sketches, Studies, and Maquettes offers a unique opportunity to explore artists’ creative processes by showcasing over 30 works from The Baker Museum’s permanent collection. Among the featured artists are Olga Costa, Sonia Delaunay, Morgan Russell, Mark di Suvero and Alice Trumbull Mason. The comprehensive exhibition provides a rare chance to witness the evolution of an artwork, from initial sketches to fully realized works of art.

Image: Albert Swinden (British-American, 1901-1961). Untitled (Still Life #2), 1940. Gouache on board, 5 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. Museum purchase, 2000.15.232.

February 1 – fall 2025
Located on the first floor of The Baker Museum

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Entangled in the Mangroves

Entangled in the Mangroves features 10 artists based in Florida who explore different aspects of the Everglades, with a focus on climate change. The goal of this exhibition is to raise awareness about the critical situation affecting the ecosystem and foster connections between artists, activists, Indigenous communities, scientists and scholars to develop multidisciplinary approaches for solutions that benefit all species. The project includes a diverse range of media, a multisensory installation, a reading room and an educational program.

Image: Amalia Caputo (Venezuelan, b. 1964). Every Being is an Island (The Deering is an Island) I, 2020. Archival pigment print, 60 x 40 in. Courtesy of the artist.

March 8 – September 21, 2025
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum

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