Harn Museum of Art Temporary Exhibits

Exhibitions are drawn from Harn collections as well as loans from both private lenders, artists, and other art museums.

Surrealism at the Harn: A Centennial Celebration (December 9, 2023-June 2, 2024) marks the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist movement, which began in Paris in 1924 and continues to influence artmaking to this day. The exhibition presents selections from the Harn’s Modern and Contemporary collections representing the emergence of Surrealism in the 20th century as well as the global expression of Surrealist sensibilities in the 21st century.

Metamorphosis: Reshaping Contemporary Art (October 31, 2023-October 26, 2025) features artists who are rethinking traditional materials and techniques to create innovative works of art. This exhibition spotlights history, location and interpretation and their impact on the artists’ practices, materials and outcomes. The works in the section titled History focus on how artists use either historical practices or historical knowledge in new ways. Location highlights how places inspire artists or how artists depict various locations. Finally, Interpretation explores the way artists and viewers understand artwork from the past and continue to add dialogue to specific narratives.

Jerry Uelsmann: A Celebration of His Life and Art (June 6, 2023-February 18, 2024). Photographer Jerry Uelsmann passed away on April 4, 2022. He was a much celebrated and beloved UF artist, teacher, colleague and friend locally, nationally and internationally, and known for his combination printing of multiple negatives into fantastical photographic landscapes. With imagination and wit, he turned landscapes into conundrums, reveled in the poetry of the human body, or re-imagined reality altogether. His photographs then and now are collected and exhibited in museums around the world.