Museum—Exhibitions

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 nine 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.

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 – November 30, 2025
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum

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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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Sculpture Trail

The Baker Museum Sculpture Trail offers a distinctive way to experience art in harmony with nature. This dynamic outdoor exhibition features sculptures from The Baker Museum’s collection and select loans, including works by George Rickey and Albert Paley. Visitors can enjoy self-guided tours anytime or join docent-led tours on Thursdays from November through May.

Image: Manolo Valdés (Spanish, b. 1942). Dama III, 2003. Bronze. 167 x 128 x 126 in. Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. Gift of Patty and Jay Baker, Bob and Terry Edwards and Bruce and Cynthia Sherman, 2012.3.

Ongoing Installation
Located throughout the Kimberly K. Querrey and Louis A. Simpson Cultural Campus and Sculpture Trail at Pelican Bay

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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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Tamara de Lempicka

With works that exuded cool elegance and sensuality, Tamara de Lempicka helped to define Art Deco, infusing her paintings with a brilliant sense of fashion, design and theatricality. This exhibition explores the artist’s distinctive style and unconventional life as she rose to the pinnacle of café society.

Image: Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). The Girls, 1930. Oil on panel, 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. Private collection, courtesy of Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Photo: RoseBudz Productions.

October 2025 – February 2026
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum

Florida Contemporary
2025-26

This annual exhibition presents three notable artists practicing in Florida. Highlighting the diversity of artistic approaches to personal, local and global themes, the 13th edition of this exhibition invites visitors to celebrate the state’s vibrant art scene.

October 2025 – June 2026
Located in the Kohan, Newell and Friends of Artis—Naples Galleries of Hayes Hall

Linling Lu
Fugue in 3 Voices

Baltimore-based artist Linling Lu is best known for her sonically inspired circular paintings exhibited in museums and public collections around the world. This installation features new work inspired by three composers featured in the Naples Philharmonic’s 2025-26 Masterworks series: Dvořák, Stravinsky and Beethoven.

Image: Linling Lu (b. China 1983). One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.264, 2025. Acrylic on shaped canvas, 67 x 67 x 1 3/4 in. Courtesy of Arting Gallery.

November 2025 – April 2026
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum

sonia louise davis
to reverberate tenderly

This multisensory exhibition and living environment for creative activity demonstrates artist sonia louise davis’ fascination with improvisation. Her inventive musical vocabulary of lines, curves, dots, rings and dashes is layered and repeated throughout the gallery, from textile-based soft paintings and a wall mural with neons to custom steel instruments—exploring the possibilities of a sonic space attuned to vulnerability and generosity.

Image: sonia louise davis (b. United States, 1988). emergence: natural affinities, 2023. Peruvian highland wool, merino, merino/nylon blend, acrylic/wool blend, acrylic, wool, and recycled wool yarns, 58 x 58 x 2 in. Courtesy the artist.

November 2025 – summer 2026
Located on the first floor of The Baker Museum

There & Here
New Perspectives of the Permanent Collection

In celebration of The Baker Museum’s 25th anniversary, this exhibition, co-curated with a community advisory committee, features highlights and rarities from the permanent collection. Through artistic expression and community programs, we aim to illuminate how people preserve their identities and connections to their ancestry, despite geographical dislocation.

Image: Fernando Castillo (b. Mexico 1882-1940). El tunero (The Prickly Pear Picker), 1935. Oil on canvas, 31 x 25 1/2 in. Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. Gift of Harry Pollak, 2002.2.010. © Fernando Castillo

January 2026 – Ongoing (multi-year exhibition)
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum

Discovering Ansel Adams

The exhibition features over 100 photographs that share Ansel Adams’ most celebrated works while revealing aspects of his development that are frequently overlooked. Together, with original archival materials from the CCP’s Ansel Adams Archive, the photographs demonstrate how Adams transformed from a 14-year-old tourist with a camera into a celebrated photographer.

Image: Ansel Adams (b. United States 1902–1984). The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942. Gelatin silver print, image: 39 15/16 x 51 1/4 in. Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: Ansel Adams Archive, 76.562.2. © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

March – August 2026
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum