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

  • Feb. 14, 2020 - Mar. 13, 2020
    Artpiece

    The Other Side of Paradise

    The Other Side of Paradise mines the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art’s collection for artworks that reflect perceptions of Las Vegas through the contrasting perspectives of tourist, local, skeptical critic, and cultural anthropologist. The exhibition features work by artists: David Sanchez Burr, Carol Caroompas, Justin Favela, Noelle Garcia, James Gobel, Daniel Habegger, Tom Pfannerstill, Victoria...
  • Sep. 13, 2019 to Feb. 22, 2020
    A piece of art showing someone standing on an orange circle with other colors and sketches drawn across the piece..

    Connective Tissue by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

    The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is pleased to present Connective Tissue, the first large-scale assembly of works by renowned neuroscientist-turned-artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya. The exhibition features large scale murals and interactive installations enriched by Phingbodhipakkiya’s belief that power and impact are created through connections and networks. “Just as a flawless pirouette...
  • Sep. 13, 2019 to Feb. 22, 2020

    Zet Gold: On My Mountain

    Zet Gold: "On My Mountain"   Window Exhibition Program The Window Gallery at the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is next to UNLV’s Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, across from UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, under a covered walkway where golf carts sometimes park, and next to a cactus garden. Students, staff, and faculty pass by this small window on their daily...

Upcoming Exhibitions

  • Mar. 27, 2020 to Jul. 25, 2020
    "Five Postcards" (2006) by Llyn Foulkes.
    "Five Postcards" (2006) Llyn Foulkes. Las Vegas Art Museum Collection at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art. Gift of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.  

    Excerpts: Works from the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

    Exhibition Dates March 27–July 25, 2020 Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art University of Nevada, Las Vegas Opening Reception March 27, 2020 5–9PM  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 March 27, 2020, Excerpts brings together artworks from all the different...
  • Mar. 27, 2020 to Feb. 6, 2021
    A mask

    Centro: Masks from the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

    Exhibition Dates  March 27, 2020–February 2021  Michael C. and Mannetta Braunstein Gallery  Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art  Opening Reception  March 27, 2020 5–9PM   The symbol of the mask has long been an object of identity and mis-identity in Mexican culture. Evidence of masks and their uses can be traced back thousands of years to the ancestors of the region’s indigenous peoples.  In pre-...
  • Mar. 27, 2020 - Jul. 25, 2020
    Marisa Futernick
    Futernick will present Concession, a new installation of staged photographs in which the artist dons a paper face mask to assume the identity of a dozen different failed Presidential candidates from Barry Goldwater to Hillary Clinton. (Marisa J. Futernick, Hillary, from the installation Concession, 2020, pigment print, 12 x 18 inches) 

    Exhibition: Almost Presidential

    The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art presents Almost Presidential, an exhibition of new work by five artists who examine the American political landscape from an unfamiliar angle. Featuring sculpture, drawing, photography, and video by Pio Abad, Deborah Aschheim, Cintia Segovia, and exhibition curators Marisa J. Futernick and Rebecca Sittler, Almost Presidential highlights artists whose previous...