Alex Katz American (b. 1927) Swimmer, 1974 Serigraph on paper, 152/200 40 x 25 in., 1994.004, Museum Purchase in memory of Jean Heath
From Paintings to Video: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
June 27, 2015 – September 20, 2015
HOLMES GALLERY
This exhibition showcases a selection of more than 40 works of art in a range of media from the Museum’s holdings of more than 900 objects. The Museum’s permanent collection focuses on American and international art from the twenty-first century to the present. The collection honors the generous donors and patrons who helped to build it over its twenty-nine year history.
Many artists are on view, including Alex Katz’s, 1974 serigraph Swimmer, César Martinez’s colorful painting Bato Verde (1982); Florida artists Luis Montoya’s and Leslie Ortiz’s bronze sculpture Surprise Box (2000); Sharon Quasius’s soft textile relief Watson and the Shark (1982); and Jennifer Steinkamp’s, video installation, Fly to Mars 5 (2005), that dramatically cycles through four seasons.
This exhibition is on view in the Museum’s Holmes Gallery until September 20th, 2015.
Jill Nathanson: Chromatic Phrases
July 25, 2026–February 7, 2027
This exhibition presents recent work by Jill Nathanson, whose abstract paintings are shaped through a deliberate process that balances spontaneity with a predetermined structure. This interplay between intention and material response brings into focus the dynamic movement of layered color.
Museum in the Garden: Envisioning the New VBMA
January 9, 2026—January 3, 2027
The Museum in the Garden: Envisioning the New VBMA exhibition traces the evolution of the designs for Vero Beach Museum of Art’s new building and transformed campus created by the Allied Works architecture and Unknown Studio Landscape Architecture & Urban Design.