The Baker Museum and Hayes Hall Galleries
Current Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
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
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
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
Deep Cuts 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 – October 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. © 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
April 6 – September 8, 2024
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum
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
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
Fifteenth Annual Student Exhibition
The 15th 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: Angelynn Gonzalez, Grade 9. Posterized Portrait, Acrylic. Aubrey Rogers High School, art teacher Shannon Green.
May 11 – June 30, 2024
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
As We Rise
Photography from the Black Atlantic, Selections from the Wedge Collection
This exhibition presents an exciting range of photographs from African diasporic culture, providing a timely exploration of Black identity on all sides of the Atlantic. Drawn from the Wedge Collection in Toronto, which is dedicated to artists of African descent, the exhibition includes artists such as Stan Douglas, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Barkley L. Hendricks, Liz Johnson Artur, Seydou Keïta, Deana Lawson, Jamel Shabazz, Texas Isaiah, James Van Der Zee and Carrie Mae Weems, who touch on themes of agency, beauty, joy, belonging, subjectivity and self-representation.
Image: Liz Johnson Artur (Russian Ghanaian, b. 1964). Burgess Park, 2010. Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 in. The Wedge Collection, Toronto. Courtesy Black Balloon Archive, Liz Johnson Artur.
July – October 2024
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum
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 2024 – January 2025
Located on the first floor of The Baker Museum
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.
October 2024 – February 2025
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum
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.
October 2024 – July 2025
Located in the Kohan, Newell and Friends of Artis—Naples Galleries of Hayes Hall
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 – Fall 2025
Located on the second floor of The Baker Museum
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Obra Sonora/Sound Work
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. This 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 2024 – June 2025
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum
Past Exhibitions
2023-24 Season
Tamara Kostianovsky: Botanical Revolution September 7, 2023 – April 7, 2024 
The Art of Food: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation November 18, 2023 – March 10, 2024 
Frank Stewart’s Nexus: An American Photographer’s Journey, 1960s to the Present October 14, 2023 – January 7, 2024 
Student Photography Institute September 7 – October 29, 2023