Santa Barbara Museum of Art - Exhibitions

Exhibitions

SBMA presents carefully selected and focused shows of the greatest art and artists of the past, such as Degas, Leonardo, Picasso, Rothko, and Van Gogh, and of the most important, cutting-edge, and influential artists of recent years. While some exhibitions explore new aspects of well-known figures, others, with a renewed, keen sense of mission, display the works of significant, mature artists that have been overlooked or of young, emerging artists with compelling visions, both local and international.

Since the appointment of current Director, Larry Feinberg, in 2008, one way the Museum has striven to increase its international profile through the organization of major loan exhibitions. A recent example is Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910-12 (2011), co-organized with the Kimbell Art Museum.

SBMA has been and also continues to be celebrated as a pioneer in the exhibition of emerging regional artists, and seeks to present contemporary art of national and international importance. Recent examples include Yinka Shonibare, MBE: A Flying Machine for Every Man, Woman and Child and Other Astonishing Works (2009), Chasing Moby-Dick: Selected Works by Tony de los Reyes (2010), and Charles Garabedian: A Retrospective (2011).