Barbara Hammer’s groundbreaking approach to experimental film has had a profound impact on the development and evolution of queer cinema over the past five decades. 

Celebration is a reflection of collective efforts and a chorus of voices, and perhaps more importantly, it is an invitation.

This dynamic selection of 20th- and 21st-century artworks from the museum’s permanent collection explores the ways that art can speak to or question the formal, physical, environmental, social, and institutional structures of our world. 

Carving wooden sitting benches is a longstanding artistic practice among the Indigenous peoples in Brazil. These wooden benches are utilized for ceremonial purposes and everyday use in their communities. 

Drawn from the permanent collection of The Fralin Museum of Art, the works of art on view in the Joanne B. Robinson Object Study Gallery highlight the role of the collections in teaching.