Robert Rauschenberg Autobiography: Works from the Collection

This exhibition features all works by Rauschenberg in the Museum’s collection, including two ca. 1950 photographs, most of which are on view for the first time, including the monumental 1968 three-part Autobiography.

Moving Pictures: Videos by Liliana Porter/Ana Tiscornia and Christian Marclay

Deceptively simple and far removed from the seamless computer generated images seen in commercial filmmaking, these two videos (on view for the first time at SBMA) re-orient the viewing experience into one more intimate, complex and even mysterious.

A Legacy of Giving: The Lady Leslie and Lord Paul Ridley-Tree Collection

This exhibition focuses on the Ridley-Tree’s gifts of primarily nineteenth-century British and French paintings.

Stillness

Simply installed in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Photography Gallery, Stillness invites contemplation and introspection via a select and small group of beautifully composed and printed images.

In the Making: Contemporary Art at SBMA

Relevance is a common word these days for museums as they work to catch up with their audiences and the ever-changing world we live in, and one sure way to stay relevant is to acquire and display work by contemporary artists who are pushing the envelope with their ingenuity.

Friends and Lovers

Drawing on artworks in the SBMA collection and loans from artists, this exhibition explores art about LGTBQ+ friendship, companionship, solidarity, and desire.

Accretion

Highlights of American and European Art

Newly installed in the Preston Morton and Ridley-Tree galleries are works such as Annie Snyder's Still Life: Basket of Grapes and Pierre Bonnard's Garden with a Small Bridge.

Portrait of Mexico Today

Portrait of Mexico Today is one of the only intact murals painted by David Alfaro Siqueiros while he was a political exile in Los Angeles in 1932.

Highlights of East Asian Art

The refreshed and newly configured Sterling Morton, Campbell, and Gould Galleries next to Ludington Court showcase a selection of works from China, Japan, and Korea, drawn from the Museum’s extensive permanent Asian Art collection and organized by SBMA Elizabeth Atkins Curator of Asian Art Susan Tai.

Highlights of South and Southeast Asian Art, Himalayas

Made from a variety of materials: clay, wood, metal, stone, textile, and paper, these works provide a broad view of the artistic expressions and devotional practices in India and their development and transformation in the Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Himalayan lands of Nepal and Tibet.