Museum—Exhibitions

Three Degrees of Separation
Artistic Connections in the Permanent Collection

Showcasing modern artworks of the Americas from the museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition gives glimpses into how artistic ideas were exchanged and shared, avant-garde styles spread and cross-cultural artistic pollination occurred in the early and mid-20th century.

Image: Jackson Pollock (American, 1912-1956). Untitled, c. 1941-42. India ink, watercolor and pastel on watercolor paper, 13 x 10 1/4 in. Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. Museum purchase, 2000.15.172.

April 1 – July 30
Located on the first floor of The Baker Museum

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Fourteenth Annual Student Exhibition

The 14th Annual Student Exhibition includes approximately 200 works by local public, private and home school students, grades kindergarten through 12. A broad array of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics and photography are represented in this showcase of outstanding artwork created by talented student artists.

Image: Jada Cyruis, Grade 5. Study for Stained Glass Design, Ink. The Village School of Naples, art teacher Karen Shaw.

May 6 – July 23
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum, in The Blair Foundation Gallery and in the first floor John and Jeanne Rowe Performance and Learning Center

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Prison Nation

Organized by Aperture, New York, this exhibition addresses the unique role photography plays in creating a visual record of incarceration, despite the increasing difficulty of gaining access inside prisons. Featured artists include Nicole Fleetwood, Lucas Foglia, Bruce Jackson, Emily Kinni, Jesse Krimes, Jack Lueders-Booth, Deborah Luster, Zora Murff, Nigel Poor, Joseph Rodriguez, Jamel Shabazz, Sable Elyse Smith and Stephen Tourlentes.

Image: Lucas Foglia (American, b. 1983). Vanessa and Lauren Watering, GreenHouse Program, Rikers Island Jail Complex, New York, 2014. Pigment print, 33 x 44 in. Courtesy of the artist and Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York.

July 1 – September 17
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum

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Tamara Kostianovsky
Botanical Revolution

Artist Tamara Kostianovsky utilizes repurposed clothing and other textiles to create dynamic works of sculpture that reference humankind’s connections to nature by echoing the forms of birds, tree stumps, plants and cow carcasses. This exhibition, the artist’s first in the southeastern United States, will include new work inspired by the bird and plant life of Southwest Florida.

Image: Tamara Kostianovsky (Argentine, b. Israel, 1974). Red Wood, 2018. Discarded clothing, 59 x 40 x 62 in. Courtesy of the artist and Slag Gallery. Photo: Roni Mocan.

September 2023 – April 2024
Located on the first floor of The Baker Museum

Frank Stewart’s Nexus
An American Photographer’s Journey, 1960s to the Present

For over six decades, Frank Stewart has captured intimate and empathetic images of life experienced and observed. He has drawn inspiration from trips to Africa and Cuba, travels as the lead photographer for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and powerful examinations of our ever-changing landscape. In his investigation of the expressive potential of photography, Stewart has experimented with size, format and printing in his quest for a deeper understanding of himself in his world. This exhibition, co-organized by The Phillips Collection and Telfair Museums, is the first major museum exhibition of Stewart’s work.

Image: Frank Stewart (American, b. 1949). Radio Players Series (On Bus), 1978. Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in. Collection of Sing Lathan and Bining Taylor.

October 2023 – January 2024
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum

Florida Contemporary
2023-24

This annual exhibition presents a select group of notable visual artists practicing in Florida. Highlighting the diversity of artistic approaches to personal, local and global themes, the 11th edition of this exhibition invites visitors to celebrate the state’s vibrant art scene.

October 2023 – July 2024
Located in the Kohan, Newell and Friends of Artis—Naples Galleries of Hayes Hall

The Art of Food
From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

In its most prosaic sense, food is a physical necessity for survival, yet its overall significance transcends mere sustenance. Food is integral to our communities, relationships, cultures and languages. Organized thematically, this exhibition uses an artistic lens to examine food beyond its purpose as body fuel.

Image: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997). Bull Profile Series: Bull III, 1973. Lithograph, screenprint and linecut, 27 x 35 1/16 in. 14 in an edition of 100. Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. © 2023 Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. Image: Aaron Wessling Photography.

November 2023 – March 2024
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum

George Gershwin and Modern Art
A Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin is widely known and beloved for his innovative work as a composer, songwriter and pianist, but his passion and talents extended to the visual arts as well. Before his untimely death at the age of 38, he produced numerous paintings, drawings and photographs, and his collection of modern art was one of the most significant of his day. This will be the first major museum exhibition devoted to the composer’s passion for the visual arts, featuring paintings, sculptures and other artworks from Gershwin’s collection by leading modern artists; paintings, drawings and photographs created by Gershwin; works by noteworthy artists inspired by Gershwin and his music; and select ephemera and correspondence between Gershwin and members of his circle.

Image: George Gershwin painting the portrait of fellow composer Arnold Schoenberg, 1936. Photo by Gabriel Hackett/Archive Photos/Getty Images.

February – June 2024
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum

Selections from the Ahmet Ertegün Collection

In 2000, the same year it opened to the public, The Baker Museum acquired one of its most important holdings: the Ahmet Ertegün Collection. Assembled by the Turkish-American businessman best known as the founder and president of Atlantic Records, the collection features a remarkable selection of modern art of the United States that demonstrates Ertegün’s comprehension of rhythm, pattern and color.

Image: A.E. Gallatin (American, 1881-1952). Composition #78, 1936. Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. Museum purchase, 2000.15.090.

February – June 2024
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum

Andy Warhol Portfolios
A Life in Pop | Works from the Bank of America Collection

Andy Warhol is one of the central figures of the Pop art movement. He acquired fame through his work in many media, including painting, sculpture, filmmaking and publishing, but printmaking was always a central part of his art. This exhibition includes rare complete portfolios and individual prints by Warhol, starting with iconic works from the mid-1960s to the series of monoprints Vesuvius, created in 1985.

Image: Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987). Flowers, 1970. Screenprint on paper, 36 x 36 in. 28 in an edition of 250. Bank of America Collection.

April – September 2024
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum

Tradition Interrupted

This exhibition explores how artists weave contemporary ideas with traditional art and craft to create thought-provoking hybrid images and objects that have caught the world’s attention. The 12 artists in this show hail from every corner of the globe. From rugs and mosaics to metalworks and ceramics, they merge age-old art and craft customs with innovative techniques that interrupt tradition while collaborating with the past.

Image: Shirin Hosseinvand (Iranian-American). Star Cluster at Night, 2019. Persian mirror mosaic, 18 x 9 x 9 in.

May – June 2024
Located on the first floor of The Baker Museum