CURRENT EXHIBITS [798]

The National Drawing Invitational continues the Arkansas Arts Center's commitment to collect and exhibit drawings of all periods. The Arkansas Arts Center began its collection of drawings in 1971 when AAC Director and Chief Curator Townsend Wolfe purchased Willem de Kooning and Andrew Wyeth works on paper. Today the drawing collection includes over 5,000 sheets. In 1986, Wolfe created the first Na...   [more]

Opening: April 20th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Arkansas Arts Center will commemorate the centennial of Winthrop Rockefeller's birth with the exhibition "The Rockefeller Influence." This exhibition will include works that have come into the permanent collection as a result of the Rockefeller family. It will also tell the story of the major role Winthrop Rockefeller, his wife Jeannette and members of the Rockefeller family had in the creation an...   [more]

Opening: May 25th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The large-scale black and white photographs in this exhibition document 25 years of tattoo culture. In 1979, Pittsburgh photographer Mark Perrott spent weekends making black and white portraits at Nick's Island Avenue Tattoo parlor in McKees Rocks, Pa. Later, he took his camera on a rust belt tour of tattoo parlors where he made more photographs. His continued curiosity compelled him to visit 10 Am...   [more]

Opening: June 22nd, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

In September 2011 ARKEN received a very generous donation from The Merla Art Foundation, London, founded by Dennis and Jytte Merla Dresing, consisting of a total of eight works by the world-famous British artist Damien Hirst (b. 1965). This means that ARKEN’s collection has been enriched with a fine representation of one of the absolutely central artists of recent times. Damien Hirst’s works ra...   [more]

Over the past decade India has made its mark as one of the most vital and innovative centres of contemporary art. With great creativity and intellectual depth a new generation of artists is reacting to the rapid changes typifying the globalized cities of the world’s largest democracy. In the autumn of 2012 ARKEN is devoting its whole special exhibition area to a comprehensive presentation of In...   [more]

Opening: August 18th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Indian fashion scene has experienced a global breakthrough in recent years. Over the past ten years a brand new fashion scene has grown up in India, where we see young Indian designers challenging and experimenting with the traditional dress culture. They are trans-forming Indian fashion with sophisticated style experiments and pushing the envelope of what Indian fashion can be. Elegantly or t...   [more]

Opening: August 18th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Our new exhibition, Summer Bodies, is a mixed show featuring work by well established modern and contemporary artists, as well as a selection of pieces by exciting, emerging talent. From Sandra Blow, Andre Bicat and Maggi Hambling to Chris Newson, Louis Hudson and Alec Cumming, the show is eclectic, energetic and fresh.   [more]

Art Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd. is pleased to present EVERYTHING CONCEALS SOMETHING ELSE, an exhibition featuring large scale photomontage by Vancouver-based artist, ROSS C. KELLY.  The snapshot is a particular kind of photographic record; a unique perspective captured in a moment of opportunity.  Hundreds or even thousands of these singular moments are the artist's starting point, the el...   [more]

This satirical work is part of a project by Justine Cooper investigating the intersections between culture, science and medicine by using the form of a marketing campaign to examine tactics used by the drug companies to sell prescription medications. Cooper has created a humorous but subtle advertising campaign which goes from the invention of a new disorder to the branding process of naming the drug,...   [more]

Seeking Nirvana explores two forms of human movement: the still moment within a dynamic vigorous dance and the moment where body weight is transferred while walking.  Both represent a momentary state of equilibrium which simultaneously anticipates a dynamic tension. Artist Ron Quick has a long term interest in the poetic relationship that exists between opposites and the transitions that occur as they...   [more]

Marlene Gilson is a Wathaurung Elder and Traditional Owner of the area that encompasses Ballarat, Skipton, Geelong, Werribee, Oueenscliff and Torquay. She is a self-taught artist who explores Aboriginal myth and Dreamtime stories through her works which are marked by a naive style coupled with a spiritual link to her ancestors. As she lives on her country the stories have special significance to he...   [more]

This exhibition explores aspects of Japanese daily life in a series of painted photographs in a technique invented by the artist, drawing on her love of Japanese wood block prints, Ukiyo-e, but using contemporary materials. Gypsy Pennefeather has long been fascinated by Japanese art and culture and has modelled her work on masters of Japanese art -  Hiroshige, Hokusai, Utamaro, Kuniyoshi, Sharaku....   [more]

Opening: August 11th, 2012   9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

This remarkable exhibition puts on show for the first time the bark paintings collected by Donald Thomson in the 1930s and early 1940 - some of the oldest and rarest examples of these works in existence. The Donald Thomson Collection features works by legendary Yolngu figure Djapu clan leader Wonggu and the exhibition includes the first bark painting Donald Thomson collected and the brushes and pa...   [more]

Opening: August 11th, 2012   9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

This exhibition of works by Jacky Redgate from the Gallery’s collection surveys the artist’s creative trajectory from the 1980s until now. Suspended in tense moments of imprecision, Redgate’s body of work asks the viewer to question what things are and what they can be. In her hands, photographs appear as objects, objects look like sculptures, and sculptures are rendered invisible. Reflecting on the tradition...   [more]

Opening: June 2nd, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942) was one of Japan’s leading artists, designers and art instructors of the first half of the 20th century. Influenced by modern European styles such as art nouveau and the British Arts and Crafts Movement as well as traditional Japanese art, his bold, visually dynamic designs and innovative approach to production made him one of the greatest visionaries of modern Japanese ar...   [more]

Opening: June 22nd, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Home can mean a variety of things. It may denote a place of residence, an attachment to place or a sense of belonging. It is generally imbued with a feeling of comfort. For Aboriginal people, home may also be the country of their ancestors or their family. This exhibition explores the idea of home through the works of Aboriginal artists who belong to nations and language groups that today fall with...   [more]