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September 28, 2018 - January 1, 2225

The Collection

Come see the newly organized collection! We've gathered ancient and modern works of art, together in one space, that explore our shared archetypes, myths, and ideals.

January 9, 2021 - March 28, 2021

Kristina Rogers: Memento Mori

Kristina Rogers (1945–2011) believed all photographs were memento mori — traces and reminders of things already lost. Studying art in London in the early 1960s, she fell under the spell of 19th-century Romanticism and leaned into its poetic sense of the macabre throughout her career. Rogers went on to build complex photographic images, visiting museums and incorporating great works of art into her dreamily layered images for decades.

January 30, 2021 - June 6, 2021

Pressing Voices

South Carolina has been home to an impressive array of printmakers creating works in a diverse range of styles. Pressing Voices brings together a group of artists showcasing styles and stories that illustrate how a centuries-old artistic process continues to inspire and endure. Pressing Voices is a companion show to the exhibition The Imaginative Worlds of M.C. Escher.

February 6, 2021 - June 6, 2021

The Imaginative Worlds of M.C. Escher

M. C. Escher's mind-bending prints include subjects like infinite staircases, tessellating birds changing into fish and back again, and two hands drawing each other. In this exhibition you will see his best-known prints as well as lesser-known works, spanning his entire career from his earliest print to his final masterpiece.

April 1, 2021 - July 11, 2021

Assembly Required: Collage from the CMA Collection

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque famously “invented” collage as a fine art in the 1910s, and it is a particularly playful art form. Artists can arrange and affix paper, fabric, photos, and other found ephemera to a surface — the results ranging from purely abstract form to a collision of deliberate messages. This exhibition showcases hidden gems by little-known artists and recent acquisitions.

April 15, 2021 - April 18, 2021

Art Blossoms

This dazzling new exhibition features floral art from designers and garden clubs across the greater Columbia region for four days of breathtaking delights and intriguing fun. Keep an eye out for details about special events, including an opening party, a brunch, a multi-course sensory dinner, talks, tours, demonstrations, and more!

July 3, 2021 - September 12, 2021

The Ironic Curtain: Art from the Soviet Underground

The Ironic Curtain features artists who worked under political repression in the decades just before the fall of the Soviet Union, making “official” art by day and their own experimental art in secret.

October 9, 2021 - January 17, 2022

30 Americans

30 Americans features an incredible “Who’s Who” list from among the most acclaimed Black artists of our time, including Nick Cave, Glenn Ligon, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, and Kehinde Wiley.

February 19, 2022 - May 15, 2022

Rodin: Contemplation and Dreams

Auguste Rodin saw the body as an envelope for the spirit, and the flickering surfaces of his modeled forms express this tension. His sculptures’ poses, directly inspired by Michelangelo’s powerful marble works, capture the human condition in all its elation and anguish.