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The Thomas H. Davis Collection of 19th Century Lithographic Advertising Cards
April 17 - July 19, 2009
Chapman S. Root Hall
Over 150 museum quality 19th century advertising cards representing over 35 products and services.
Selections of Modern and Contemporary Works of Art from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
April 24 - October 25, 2009
Edward E. and Jane B. Ford Gallery
Ringling Retro looks at some of the most important pieces from the John and Mable Ringling Museum’s collection of modern and contemporary art, focusing on the decades of the 1960s to the 1990s. Included in this powerful display of large-scale paintings and sculptures are influential works by Jules Olitski, Frank Stella, Trevor Bell, John Chamberlain, Robert Rauschenberg, Syd Solomon, Louise Nevelson, Jackie Ferrara, David Hockney, Barbara Kruger, Thomas Struth, Alexander Calder and many other leading figures of the years spanning the modern and post-modern period.
Modernist Art from Southern Collections
April 24 – August 30, 2009
Artwork and sculpture on loan from Florida collectors and from the Museum’s collection. Artists featured include Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, Thomas Hart Benton, and Charles Burchfield.