Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College Contemporary art museum with ever-changing exhibitions in the iconic former Sarasota High School.
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Sarasota's first museum of modern and contemporary art is a dynamic center for exhibiting innovative and compelling visual art of the 20th and 21st centuries. A vital part of Sarasota's rich cultural legacy, Sarasota Art Museum interweaves exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach initiatives to engage a diverse audience and serves as a destination for creative discovery and discourse.

Did you know? John Clement's Shazam balances entirely on a single intersecting line; every one of those sweeping steel c...
09/10/2026

Did you know? John Clement's Shazam balances entirely on a single intersecting line; every one of those sweeping steel curves teeters on that one point of contact. 🌀

Clement trained under sculpture heavyweights Marc di Suvero and John Henry, and you can feel their influence in the way industrial steel gets cut, bent, and welded into something that feels weightless.

John Clement (American, born 1969). Installation view of Shazam, 2014, at Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, Florida, 2025. Steel, steel plate, and paint, 144 x 120 x 60 in. Courtesy of Keith Monda and Veronica Brady. Photo. Ryan Gamma.

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design will be closed on September 7. The Museum campus will reopen o...
09/06/2026

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design will be closed on September 7. The Museum campus will reopen on Tuesday, September 8, at 11 am. We look forward to seeing you in the galleries!

09/03/2026

Bold lines. Endless variation. "Beautiful Ideas: The Prints of Sol LeWitt" is on view now. Featuring over 100 prints spanning LeWitt's 40-year career, from precise grids to loopy, wavy abstraction.

SRQ Magazine just took a deep dive into "Something Borrowed, Something New," our exhibition of modern and contemporary w...
09/01/2026

SRQ Magazine just took a deep dive into "Something Borrowed, Something New," our exhibition of modern and contemporary work on loan from private collectors right here on the Suncoast. From Richard Serra to Ai Weiwei, Alex Katz to Yoko Ono, these are the treasures our neighbors have been living with. Read the full story and catch the exhibition before it closes September 27. https://www.srqmagazine.com/articles/2413/Familiar-Treasures

"Something Borrowed, Something New" and "Maria A. Guzmán Capron: Penumbra" both close September 27, and once they're gon...
08/25/2026

"Something Borrowed, Something New" and "Maria A. Guzmán Capron: Penumbra" both close September 27, and once they're gone, they're gone.

"Something Borrowed, Something New" is a once-in-a-lifetime lineup: nearly 85 works by artists like Ai Weiwei, David Hockney, Louise Bourgeois, Kara Walker, and Yoko Ono, on loan from private collections across Southwest Florida. These are pieces most of us would never get to see otherwise, pulled off living room walls and into open conversation with one another for the very first time. When this show closes, they go back home.

"Maria A. Guzmán Capron: Penumbra" brings her vivid, hand-stitched figures into the light—textile works that dig into identity, memory, and the spaces we hold between languages and selves.

Two very different shows. One deadline. See them both before September 27.

📸 En Iwamura (Japanese, b. 1988). Neo Jōmon: Innocent Girl, 2019. Bronze with hand patina, 47 x 29 x 27 in. Installation view of Something Borrowed, Something New at Sarasota Art Museum, Florida, 2026. Photo: Ryan Gamma.

Maria A. Guzmán Capron (Peruvian, Columbian, and America, b. 1981). Sombra, 2026. Hand dyed and screenprinted fabric, thread, and batting, 15 ft. Installation view of Maria A. Guzmán Capron: Penumbra at Sarasota Art Museum, Florida, 2026. Photo: Ryan Gamma.

Installation view of Something Borrowed, Something New at Sarasota Art Museum, Florida, 2026. Photo: Ryan Gamma.

08/20/2026

Sol LeWitt was known for strict grids and rules. Lincoln Center Print breaks them. Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Lacie Barbour tells us about one of the pieces she feels especially stands out in "Beautiful Ideas: The Prints of Sol LeWitt."

Gallery visits are better with family! We welcomed new Ringling College of Art and Design students and their loved ones ...
08/17/2026

Gallery visits are better with family! We welcomed new Ringling College of Art and Design students and their loved ones this weekend for an afternoon exploring our current exhibitions, a great way to close out New Student Orientation.

08/13/2026

Follow along with Gracie as she takes you through the day in the life as a Sarasota Art Museum Teen Arts Council member.

*SAM TAC is a paid, year-round program for creative high school students interested in art, museums, and community engagement. Support for the SAM Teen Arts Council is generously provided by the Kutya Major Foundation.

ArtsBeat featured "Something Borrowed, Something New."Writer Carrie Seidman went behind the scenes with lenders from thr...
08/11/2026

ArtsBeat featured "Something Borrowed, Something New."

Writer Carrie Seidman went behind the scenes with lenders from three of the ten private collections represented in this limited-time exhibition. Featuring works by acclaimed artists, including Louise Bourgeois, David Hockney, Kara Walker, Ai Weiwei, and more, this show is truly a celebration of our region's deep-rooted passion for the visual arts.

"It's the hottest show in town," says collector Warren Colbert — and we happen to agree. 👀

Read the full feature and catch the exhibition before it closes September 27. https://shorturl.at/o6csP

📸 Ryan Gamma

Ringling College Fine Arts faculty member Eszter Sziksz is bringing her first solo museum exhibition to Sarasota Art Mus...
08/06/2026

Ringling College Fine Arts faculty member Eszter Sziksz is bringing her first solo museum exhibition to Sarasota Art Museum this fall: "Seeking, I Don't Know What I'm Looking For (And I Hope I Never Find It)." Step inside her immersive wax paper ribbons and discover what's hidden within. đź‘€

đź“… Opening October 18, 2026
đź“Ť Sarasota Art Museum

Learn more: https://www.ringling.edu/news/08062026-eszterszikszsoloexhibition/

📸 Eszter Sziksz (Hungarian, b. 1976). Seeking (detail), 2026. Debossed wax paper and magnifying glasses, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Allegra Bortoni.

Eszter Sziksz (Hungarian, b. 1976). Seeking, 2026. Debossed wax paper and magnifying glasses, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Allegra Bortoni.

Eszter Sziksz (Hungarian, b. 1976). Seeking (detail), 2026. Debossed wax paper and magnifying glasses, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Allegra Bortoni.

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