The Baker Museum and Hayes Hall Galleries
Current Exhibitions
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-American, b. Israel, 1974). Red Wood, 2018. Discarded clothing, 59 x 40 x 62 in. Courtesy of the artist and SLAG & RX, New York and Paris. Photo: Roni Mocan.
September 7, 2023 – April 7, 2024
Located on the first 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 14, 2023 – June 30, 2024
Located in the Kohan, Newell and Friends of Artis—Naples Galleries of Hayes Hall
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 14, 2023 – January 7, 2024
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum
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 18, 2023 – March 10, 2024
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum
The Face of Immokalee
The Face of Immokalee is a public art project created through a multi-year collaboration between the residents of Immokalee, Florida, and Naples-based photographer Michelle Tricca. Consisting of large-format black-and-white portrait photographs of Immokalee residents of varying ages and backgrounds, the project celebrates the individuality of the members of this community best known for its agricultural contributions.
Image: Michelle Tricca (American, b. 1969). The Face of Immokalee, 2018-23. Courtesy of the artist.
November 18, 2023 – April 28, 2024
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum, in The Blair Foundation Gallery
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
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
Chihuly Collection
Dale Chihuly is a multimedia artist known for pushing the boundaries of glass and revolutionizing the American studio glass movement. The Baker Museum is the permanent home to four of his dynamic large-scale installations, which are on view to museum visitors during all normal operating hours: Blue Icicle Chandelier, Red Chandelier, Red Reeds and Persian Seaform Ceiling.
Image: Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941). Blue Icicle Chandelier, 2000. Blown glass, 39 x 6 x 6 feet. Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. Gift of Charles and Jane Berger, 2000.12. © Chihuly Studio
Ongoing Installation
Located throughout the Kimberly K. Querrey and Louis A. Simpson Cultural Campus
Upcoming Exhibitions
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 10 – June 16, 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 and intuitiveness about rhythm, pattern and color. Featured artists include Irene Rice Pereira, Gertrude Glass (Greene), Esphyr Slobodkina, Oscar Bluemner and Ilya Bolotowsky, among others.
Image: Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne (American, 1916-1979). Compotier, 1939. Oil on canvas. Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. 2000.15.004. Museum purchase.
February 10 – June 16, 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 6 – September 8, 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 4 – July 28, 2024
Located on the first floor of The Baker Museum
Past Exhibitions
2022-23 Season
Recent Acquisitions: 2019 – Present June 25, 2022 – January 8, 2023 
True Likeness June 25 – September 25, 2022 
Student Photography Institute September 6 – November 13, 2022 
Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990-2003 September 6, 2022 – February 5, 2023 
Ran Hwang: Becoming Again November 2, 2022 – January 8, 2023 
Envisioning Evil: “The Nazi Drawings” by Mauricio Lasansky September 17, 2022 – March 5, 2023 
Love Stories from the National Portrait Gallery, London February 4 – May 7, 2023 
Florida Contemporary 2022-23 October 11, 2022 – June 11, 2023 
Jesús Rafael Soto: Extension and Half Sphere September 6, 2022 – June 20, 2023 
Fourteenth Annual Student Exhibition May 6 – July 23, 2023 
Three Degrees of Separation: Artistic Connections in the Permanent Collection April 1 – July 30, 2023 
Prison Nation July 1 – September 17, 2023 
Art & Krimes by Krimes July 1 – September 17, 2023 
Naples Collects, 2022-23 March 4 – October 15, 2023