July 29–July 31, 2016 -  This theatrical performance features original songs, dance, and the participation of many of her past collaborators including an elaborate sculptural set designed and constructed by Jared Bark and costumes by Mary Kay Stolz. In this new performance, Kroesen articulates for herself and for her audience an allegory that animates the structures ...

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July 29 – November 27, 2016 - The exhibition is reminiscent of and, indeed, provoked by the raw, often homophobic and misogynistic rants of 1980s standup comedy acts—particularly Eddie Murphy’s controversial 1983 concert film Delirious. Having seen Murphy’s act in person, Bradford noted the seismic shift in 1980s comedic vernacular in which racist and sexist commentary ente...

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July 30 - October 9, 2016 - North Carolina artist Norma S. Suddreth presents work inspired by her travels and faith. The exhibition includes handmade paper, watercolors and frescoes.

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July 30 to Nov 27 2016 - This exhibition is timed to coincide with this year’s election, POTUS (President of the United States) features representations of individuals who have been president, as well as those who aspire to the office. Drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, borrowed from UK Special Collections, and commissioned for this occasion, the exhibition includes Gi...

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July 30 to November 27 2016 - The exhibition offers possibilities for representing the lived experiences of women, examining conditions of power, desire, voice, and vulnerability.  Schor revels in materials—ink, gesso, oil paint, paper, and linen—put into service as agents of intellectual and pictorial investigation. She has depicted body parts (ear, breast, penis, vagina),&...

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July 30  to November 27 2016 - This exhibition illustrates his steadfast use of commercial objects, Lipski continues the legacy of twentieth-century artists, including Arman, Joseph Cornell, and Marcel Duchamp. His ongoing investigations into conditions of materiality, composition, and site specificity affirm a connection to the Dada, Surrealism, Pop, and Minimalism art movements. Lipski scu...

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July 30 to Nov 27 2016 - The exhibition of photographs, drawn from the Museum’s collection, examine Hall’s use of Kentucky as both subject and subtext. He made Tobacco Harvest in 1973, the year he returned to Lexington after living away for many years. It is a prescient look at a vanishing way of life. He examined painful family histories in the series Orphan in the Attic, and his...

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July 30 – November 27, 2016 - The exhibition will highlight Erwin’s practice and demonstrate her relationship to her artistic predecessors. Her upcoming solo exhibition celebrates her meticulous and emotionally impactful work in pastel. The Speed Art Museum has commissioned Erwin to create a series of pastels pieces inspired by the eighteenth-century and twentieth-century pastels ...

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July 30 - November 6, 2016 - Exhibited works will explore the materiality of the object, layers of meaning within, communication and cultural connections, design potential, and possible extinction of books in today’s tech-driven world.

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July 30 - October 30, 2016 - Drawn entirely from the collection of Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger, both members of the Class of 1976, the exhibition continues the Museum’s exploration and celebration in recent years of collections assembled by such distinguished Museum friends as Preston H. Haskell and Lenore and Herb Schorr.

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