Exhibitions

Our rotating calendar of exhibitions aims to stimulate a deep consideration of the visual arts among visitors of all ages and backgrounds.

Current Exhibitions

  • Sep. 28, 2020 - Aug. 27, 2021
    Pottery and relics on a shelf with the label that says Future Relics
    Image credit: Mikayla Whitmore

    FUTURE RELICS: Artifacts for a New World

    FUTURE RELICS: Artifacts for a New World Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, West Gallery Curated by the GULCH Collective The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and GULCH Collective are proud to present FUTURE RELICS: Artifacts for a New World, a powerful presentation by a new generation of Latinx artists who are bringing performance and the visual arts together to challenge the inequitable relationship...
  • Sep. 14, 2020 - Nov. 6, 2020
    Artwork of a woman wrapped in a colorful robe on a desert landscape with mountains in the distance behind her.
    As the Land by Ahren Hertel, oil on panel (2016), (cropped dimensions)

    Nevada Touring Initiative Exhibition: Still Here Now

    In partnership with the Nevada Arts Council, the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is pleased to announce the Nevada Touring Initiative- Traveling Exhibition Still Here Now September 14- November 6, 2020, in The Work Shop Gallery.  Still Here Now features nine artists who are recipients of the Nevada Arts Council’s Artist Fellowship program. The pieces in this show often reference or portray...
  • Aug. 17, 2020 - Dec. 18, 2020
    A cloth mask with lips etched into it.
    (Eugenia Butler. The Book of Lies, Vol. 1, Detal Penelope Lee, 1996. Photo by Chloe Bernardo)

    Excerpts: Works from the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

    Collections are the backbone of a museum. Objects of both inquiry and enjoyment, they measure our ongoing search for new ways to understand ourselves and our world. Opening on August 17, 2020, Excerpts brings together artworks from all the different collections held at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, including the internationally renowned Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and works...
  • Aug. 17, 2020 - Nov. 30, 2020
    A sculptural piece.

    Yerman: Peaks & Valleys

    The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is pleased to present Yerman: Peaks and Valleys, a new installation by Las Vegas artist Ryan Brunty. Created by Brunty as he was navigating the isolation and sadness of clinical depression in 2012, the melancholy figure of Yerman the Sad Yeti has become an avatar for the artist’s mental health awareness initiative, Depressed Monsters. “One night I set up my...

Upcoming Exhibitions

  • Nov. 9, 2020 to Feb. 19, 2021
    An art piece featuring three hands.
    Lance L. Smith "Intrés de acción (raíz)" (2020), mixed media on Amate

    Lance L. Smith: In the Interest of Action

    Lance L. Smith: In the Interest of Action An exploration of diasporic systems of knowledge and their uses as tools for liberation. November 9, 2020 to February 19, 2021 Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and the Womxn of Color Arts Festival are proud to present In the Interest of Action, an installation of recent artworks by Las Vegas artist Lance L. Smith. With...