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Join VBMA docents for an in-depth focus on select artworks from the Vero Beach Museum of Art in galleries hosting visiting and permanent collection exhibitions. Docents will meet registered participants in front of the Atrium, then head to the galleries for 45-60 minutes of careful looking and discussion.

• September 18 | Highlights from the VBMA Collection
• October 16 | Art of Consumption
• November 20 | Drive-in Nostalgia
• December 18 | Echoes of Americana

See complete listings at: https://www.vbmuseum.org/gallery-tours-2/

Happens on the following Dates:

• Sep 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Oct 16, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Nov 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Dec 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jan 15, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Feb 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Mar 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Apr 16, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• May 21, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jun 18, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT

Join VBMA docents for an in-depth focus on select artworks from the Vero Beach Museum of Art in galleries hosting visiting and permanent collection exhibitions. Docents will meet registered participants in front of the Atrium, then head to the galleries for 45-60 minutes of careful looking and discussion.

• September 18 | Highlights from the VBMA Collection
• October 16 | Art of Consumption
• November 20 | Drive-in Nostalgia
• December 18 | Echoes of Americana

See complete listings at: https://www.vbmuseum.org/gallery-tours-2/

Happens on the following Dates:

• Sep 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Oct 16, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Nov 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Dec 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jan 15, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Feb 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Mar 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Apr 16, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• May 21, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jun 18, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT

The Vero Beach Museum of Art offers free admission every second Saturday of the month. Second Saturdays features a variety of cultural offerings, including the widely popular Museums Studios for families from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Complementary programming such as performances, lectures, films, and related expressions of arts and humanities will continue throughout the afternoon on select Saturdays.

On Second Saturdays, families are greeted by friendly Visitor Services representatives and collect maps and other materials to guide their themed Museum Studios exploration. Museum Docents take young guests and their caregivers on mini-tours of the exhibition galleries before leading them to the art studios for a related activity.

Food trucks will be on-site for guests looking to grab a bite before or after their visit.

Activities vary each month. To see what’s happening, visit https://www.vbmuseum.org/second-saturdays/.

Be sure to mark your calendar for December 14, 2024, when VBMA presents the family-favorite Holidays at the Museum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and April 12, 2025, for the Children’s Art Festival.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Nov 9, 2024, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Dec 14, 2024, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jan 11, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 8, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 8, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 12, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• May 10, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jun 14, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jul 12, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present the 2024-2025 Art of the Cocktail series, evening experiences that draw inspiration from VBMA exhibitions.

Immerse yourself in the theme of the evening through a lively docent-guided talk in the exhibition galleries, and then create a custom-crafted cocktail with an expert mixologist.

$50 per person/$40 per VBMA member. Participants must be 21 and older.

Friday, November 15: Glass Gimlet – A crisp and refreshing drink that mirrors the clarity and brilliance of glass art.

Friday, December 6: The Twist – A sweet twist on the Southern classic.

Friday, February 14: Monet’s Garden – An elegant and bubbly concoction inspired by Monet’s gardens.

Friday, March 14: Matisse in a Sidecar – A bold and vibrant cocktail as creative as Matisse.

Friday, April 25: Impressionist Sunrise – A delicious drink reflecting the colors of a sunrise.

For tickets and more information, visit https://www.vbmuseum.org/upcoming-events-lectures-seminars/.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Nov 15, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Dec 6, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 14, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 14, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 25, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST

Vero Beach Museum of Art presents the 43rd season of its International Lecture Series—the Treasure Coast’s most celebrated arts and humanities lecture series—in conjunction with the arrival of the internationally touring exhibition French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950.

From the realities of art theft to rivalries that inspired artistic innovation, from international wine competitions to contemporary gastronomy, featured speakers provide audiences with multiple perspectives to help frame the exhibition’s themes.

Art Heists: Stealing Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Degas
Monday, January 27 at 4:30 p.m.
Anthony Amore, Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

1976 Paris Wine Tasting: How “The Unthinkable Happened”
Monday, February 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Andrea Robinson, Master Sommelier

The Art of Rivalry: How A New, More Intimate Model of Rivalry Gave Birth to Modern Art Monday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m.
Sebastian Smee, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic at The Washington Post and author

The Art of Bread
Monday, April 7 at 4:30 p.m.
Apollonia Poilâne, Baker, CEO, and Gallerist

Lecture seating in Holmes Great Hall has already sold out, but simulcast tickets for viewing in the Museum’s Leonhardt Auditorium or streaming from the comfort of home are still available. Individual lecture pricing is $90 per VBMA member and $110 per nonmember. Full series tickets are also available: $240 per VBMA member and $25 per nonmember.

For more information or to register online, visit www.vbmuseum.org/international-lecture-series/.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Jan 27, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 24, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 10, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 7, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST

Join VBMA docents for an in-depth focus on select artworks from the Vero Beach Museum of Art in galleries hosting visiting and permanent collection exhibitions. Docents will meet registered participants in front of the Atrium, then head to the galleries for 45-60 minutes of careful looking and discussion.

• September 18 | Highlights from the VBMA Collection
• October 16 | Art of Consumption
• November 20 | Drive-in Nostalgia
• December 18 | Echoes of Americana

See complete listings at: https://www.vbmuseum.org/gallery-tours-2/

Happens on the following Dates:

• Sep 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Oct 16, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Nov 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Dec 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jan 15, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Feb 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Mar 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Apr 16, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• May 21, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jun 18, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT

Join VBMA docents for an in-depth focus on select artworks from the Vero Beach Museum of Art in galleries hosting visiting and permanent collection exhibitions. Docents will meet registered participants in front of the Atrium, then head to the galleries for 45-60 minutes of careful looking and discussion.

• September 18 | Highlights from the VBMA Collection
• October 16 | Art of Consumption
• November 20 | Drive-in Nostalgia
• December 18 | Echoes of Americana

See complete listings at: https://www.vbmuseum.org/gallery-tours-2/

Happens on the following Dates:

• Sep 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Oct 16, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Nov 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Dec 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jan 15, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Feb 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Mar 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Apr 16, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• May 21, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jun 18, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT

The Vero Beach Museum of Art offers free admission every second Saturday of the month. Second Saturdays features a variety of cultural offerings, including the widely popular Museums Studios for families from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Complementary programming such as performances, lectures, films, and related expressions of arts and humanities will continue throughout the afternoon on select Saturdays.

On Second Saturdays, families are greeted by friendly Visitor Services representatives and collect maps and other materials to guide their themed Museum Studios exploration. Museum Docents take young guests and their caregivers on mini-tours of the exhibition galleries before leading them to the art studios for a related activity.

Food trucks will be on-site for guests looking to grab a bite before or after their visit.

Activities vary each month. To see what’s happening, visit https://www.vbmuseum.org/second-saturdays/.

Be sure to mark your calendar for December 14, 2024, when VBMA presents the family-favorite Holidays at the Museum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and April 12, 2025, for the Children’s Art Festival.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Nov 9, 2024, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Dec 14, 2024, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jan 11, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 8, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 8, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 12, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• May 10, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jun 14, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jul 12, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present the 2024-2025 Art of the Cocktail series, evening experiences that draw inspiration from VBMA exhibitions.

Immerse yourself in the theme of the evening through a lively docent-guided talk in the exhibition galleries, and then create a custom-crafted cocktail with an expert mixologist.

$50 per person/$40 per VBMA member. Participants must be 21 and older.

Friday, November 15: Glass Gimlet – A crisp and refreshing drink that mirrors the clarity and brilliance of glass art.

Friday, December 6: The Twist – A sweet twist on the Southern classic.

Friday, February 14: Monet’s Garden – An elegant and bubbly concoction inspired by Monet’s gardens.

Friday, March 14: Matisse in a Sidecar – A bold and vibrant cocktail as creative as Matisse.

Friday, April 25: Impressionist Sunrise – A delicious drink reflecting the colors of a sunrise.

For tickets and more information, visit https://www.vbmuseum.org/upcoming-events-lectures-seminars/.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Nov 15, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Dec 6, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 14, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 14, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 25, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST

Vero Beach Museum of Art presents the 43rd season of its International Lecture Series—the Treasure Coast’s most celebrated arts and humanities lecture series—in conjunction with the arrival of the internationally touring exhibition French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950.

From the realities of art theft to rivalries that inspired artistic innovation, from international wine competitions to contemporary gastronomy, featured speakers provide audiences with multiple perspectives to help frame the exhibition’s themes.

Art Heists: Stealing Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Degas
Monday, January 27 at 4:30 p.m.
Anthony Amore, Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

1976 Paris Wine Tasting: How “The Unthinkable Happened”
Monday, February 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Andrea Robinson, Master Sommelier

The Art of Rivalry: How A New, More Intimate Model of Rivalry Gave Birth to Modern Art Monday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m.
Sebastian Smee, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic at The Washington Post and author

The Art of Bread
Monday, April 7 at 4:30 p.m.
Apollonia Poilâne, Baker, CEO, and Gallerist

Lecture seating in Holmes Great Hall has already sold out, but simulcast tickets for viewing in the Museum’s Leonhardt Auditorium or streaming from the comfort of home are still available. Individual lecture pricing is $90 per VBMA member and $110 per nonmember. Full series tickets are also available: $240 per VBMA member and $25 per nonmember.

For more information or to register online, visit www.vbmuseum.org/international-lecture-series/.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Jan 27, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 24, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 10, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 7, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950
February 1–June 22, 2025
Holmes Gallery

Paris was regarded as the center of Western art in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The period’s leading artists experimented with bold, expressive styles—Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Explore this pivotal and dynamic period in art history when the internationally touring French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950 exhibition makes its first and only South/Central Florida stop at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, February 1 through June 22.  The exhibition is organized by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, and Richard Aste, former Curator of European Art, Brooklyn Museum.

The French Moderns exhibition features 59 paintings and sculptures from that collection, including some of the most renowned names in Modern art— Renoir, Matisse, Léger, Bonnard, Morisot, Chagall, Vuillard, and Degas. It also highlights artists like Lajos Tihanyi, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Giovanni Boldini, who settled in Paris and made significant contributions to the art scene, each hailing from Hungary, Russia, and Italy, respectively.

Each artwork in French Moderns is displayed with a corresponding extended label that provides insight into each artist’s sensibilities and, in many cases, points out revolutionary aspects of their subjects, style, and sources of inspiration.

Free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Rising Tide at Pourville, (detail), 1882. Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 41.1260. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950
February 1–June 22, 2025
Holmes Gallery

Paris was regarded as the center of Western art in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The period’s leading artists experimented with bold, expressive styles—Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Explore this pivotal and dynamic period in art history when the internationally touring French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950 exhibition makes its first and only South/Central Florida stop at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, February 1 through June 22.  The exhibition is organized by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, and Richard Aste, former Curator of European Art, Brooklyn Museum.

The French Moderns exhibition features 59 paintings and sculptures from that collection, including some of the most renowned names in Modern art— Renoir, Matisse, Léger, Bonnard, Morisot, Chagall, Vuillard, and Degas. It also highlights artists like Lajos Tihanyi, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Giovanni Boldini, who settled in Paris and made significant contributions to the art scene, each hailing from Hungary, Russia, and Italy, respectively.

Each artwork in French Moderns is displayed with a corresponding extended label that provides insight into each artist’s sensibilities and, in many cases, points out revolutionary aspects of their subjects, style, and sources of inspiration.

Free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Rising Tide at Pourville, (detail), 1882. Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 41.1260. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography
February 10–August 31, 2025
Stark Gallery

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography on view in the Stark Gallery from February 10 through August 31, 2025. Farber (b. 1944) has lived and traveled the world as a leading force in the world of photography.

Robert Farber’s professional practice spans commercial and fine art photography, with subject matter ranging from fashion and portraits to still life and landscapes. The works featured in Timeless are drawn from two major bodies of work: his Vintage Fashion series, captured during commercial shoots, and the Deterioration series, which consists of prints from his earlier fashion photography. These prints, created from film that became vulnerable to heat, humidity, and other elements over the years, reveal colorful and otherworldly distortions. These effects are entirely natural and reveal the beauty in the unexpected transformations of the film over time.

Timeless brings both series together for the first time in a museum exhibition.

This exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Robert Farber, Deterioration #155, (detail) 1982/2017. Sublimated photograph on ChromaLuxe aluminum, 48 x 72 inches. © Robert Farber

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection
February 10–September 14, 2025
Schumann Gallery and Titelman Gallery

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection explores the intersection of fashion, identity, performance, and self-expression. The show is VBMA’s first major thematic permanent collection exhibition in recent years and brings together dozens of artworks, some familiar and others rarely on display.

Well-Dressed begins with portraits of individuals in various kinds of dress, often wearing colorful garments. Some clothing items, like the yellow dress in Joseph Stella’s painting Joy of Living, starkly contrast with their surroundings, while others, such as the photograph, Punzante by Argentinian artists Raúl Eduardo Stolkiner (known as RES) and Constanza Piaggio, emphasize pattern and materiality, presenting a woman adorned in a stole made entirely of wire.

A section of the exhibition examines the concept of “collective dress,” highlighting works that portray groups of individuals wearing similar or identical outfits or uniforms. Another section focuses on the attire of dancers, performers, musicians, and actors. The final section showcases artworks that depict only clothing or accessories; pieces such as Michael Craig-Martin’s Untitled (Sunglasses) and Karen LaMonte’s Reclining Dress Absence. These function almost as surrogate portraits, allowing viewers to imagine whom they might represent.

The exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Karen LaMonte, Reclining Dress Absence, 2005. Cast glass, 20 x 63 x 15 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Alice and James S. Beckwith III Endowment; Mr. and Mrs. Rex L. Brophy Endowment for Acquisitions; William B. and Marcia H. Howell Endowment Fund for Collections and the Museum Acquisition Fund in celebration of the Museum’s 30th Anniversary, 2016.2

Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography
February 10–August 31, 2025
Stark Gallery

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography on view in the Stark Gallery from February 10 through August 31, 2025. Farber (b. 1944) has lived and traveled the world as a leading force in the world of photography.

Robert Farber’s professional practice spans commercial and fine art photography, with subject matter ranging from fashion and portraits to still life and landscapes. The works featured in Timeless are drawn from two major bodies of work: his Vintage Fashion series, captured during commercial shoots, and the Deterioration series, which consists of prints from his earlier fashion photography. These prints, created from film that became vulnerable to heat, humidity, and other elements over the years, reveal colorful and otherworldly distortions. These effects are entirely natural and reveal the beauty in the unexpected transformations of the film over time.

Timeless brings both series together for the first time in a museum exhibition.

This exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Robert Farber, Deterioration #155, (detail) 1982/2017. Sublimated photograph on ChromaLuxe aluminum, 48 x 72 inches. © Robert Farber

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection
February 10–September 14, 2025
Schumann Gallery and Titelman Gallery

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection explores the intersection of fashion, identity, performance, and self-expression. The show is VBMA’s first major thematic permanent collection exhibition in recent years and brings together dozens of artworks, some familiar and others rarely on display.

Well-Dressed begins with portraits of individuals in various kinds of dress, often wearing colorful garments. Some clothing items, like the yellow dress in Joseph Stella’s painting Joy of Living, starkly contrast with their surroundings, while others, such as the photograph, Punzante by Argentinian artists Raúl Eduardo Stolkiner (known as RES) and Constanza Piaggio, emphasize pattern and materiality, presenting a woman adorned in a stole made entirely of wire.

A section of the exhibition examines the concept of “collective dress,” highlighting works that portray groups of individuals wearing similar or identical outfits or uniforms. Another section focuses on the attire of dancers, performers, musicians, and actors. The final section showcases artworks that depict only clothing or accessories; pieces such as Michael Craig-Martin’s Untitled (Sunglasses) and Karen LaMonte’s Reclining Dress Absence. These function almost as surrogate portraits, allowing viewers to imagine whom they might represent.

The exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Karen LaMonte, Reclining Dress Absence, 2005. Cast glass, 20 x 63 x 15 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Alice and James S. Beckwith III Endowment; Mr. and Mrs. Rex L. Brophy Endowment for Acquisitions; William B. and Marcia H. Howell Endowment Fund for Collections and the Museum Acquisition Fund in celebration of the Museum’s 30th Anniversary, 2016.2

Join VBMA docents for an in-depth focus on select artworks from the Vero Beach Museum of Art in galleries hosting visiting and permanent collection exhibitions. Docents will meet registered participants in front of the Atrium, then head to the galleries for 45-60 minutes of careful looking and discussion.

• September 18 | Highlights from the VBMA Collection
• October 16 | Art of Consumption
• November 20 | Drive-in Nostalgia
• December 18 | Echoes of Americana

See complete listings at: https://www.vbmuseum.org/gallery-tours-2/

Happens on the following Dates:

• Sep 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Oct 16, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Nov 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Dec 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jan 15, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Feb 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Mar 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Apr 16, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• May 21, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jun 18, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT

Join VBMA docents for an in-depth focus on select artworks from the Vero Beach Museum of Art in galleries hosting visiting and permanent collection exhibitions. Docents will meet registered participants in front of the Atrium, then head to the galleries for 45-60 minutes of careful looking and discussion.

• September 18 | Highlights from the VBMA Collection
• October 16 | Art of Consumption
• November 20 | Drive-in Nostalgia
• December 18 | Echoes of Americana

See complete listings at: https://www.vbmuseum.org/gallery-tours-2/

Happens on the following Dates:

• Sep 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Oct 16, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Nov 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Dec 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jan 15, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Feb 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Mar 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Apr 16, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• May 21, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jun 18, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT

The Vero Beach Museum of Art offers free admission every second Saturday of the month. Second Saturdays features a variety of cultural offerings, including the widely popular Museums Studios for families from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Complementary programming such as performances, lectures, films, and related expressions of arts and humanities will continue throughout the afternoon on select Saturdays.

On Second Saturdays, families are greeted by friendly Visitor Services representatives and collect maps and other materials to guide their themed Museum Studios exploration. Museum Docents take young guests and their caregivers on mini-tours of the exhibition galleries before leading them to the art studios for a related activity.

Food trucks will be on-site for guests looking to grab a bite before or after their visit.

Activities vary each month. To see what’s happening, visit https://www.vbmuseum.org/second-saturdays/.

Be sure to mark your calendar for December 14, 2024, when VBMA presents the family-favorite Holidays at the Museum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and April 12, 2025, for the Children’s Art Festival.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Nov 9, 2024, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Dec 14, 2024, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jan 11, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 8, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 8, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 12, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• May 10, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jun 14, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jul 12, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present the 2024-2025 Art of the Cocktail series, evening experiences that draw inspiration from VBMA exhibitions.

Immerse yourself in the theme of the evening through a lively docent-guided talk in the exhibition galleries, and then create a custom-crafted cocktail with an expert mixologist.

$50 per person/$40 per VBMA member. Participants must be 21 and older.

Friday, November 15: Glass Gimlet – A crisp and refreshing drink that mirrors the clarity and brilliance of glass art.

Friday, December 6: The Twist – A sweet twist on the Southern classic.

Friday, February 14: Monet’s Garden – An elegant and bubbly concoction inspired by Monet’s gardens.

Friday, March 14: Matisse in a Sidecar – A bold and vibrant cocktail as creative as Matisse.

Friday, April 25: Impressionist Sunrise – A delicious drink reflecting the colors of a sunrise.

For tickets and more information, visit https://www.vbmuseum.org/upcoming-events-lectures-seminars/.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Nov 15, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Dec 6, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 14, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 14, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 25, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST

Vero Beach Museum of Art presents the 43rd season of its International Lecture Series—the Treasure Coast’s most celebrated arts and humanities lecture series—in conjunction with the arrival of the internationally touring exhibition French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950.

From the realities of art theft to rivalries that inspired artistic innovation, from international wine competitions to contemporary gastronomy, featured speakers provide audiences with multiple perspectives to help frame the exhibition’s themes.

Art Heists: Stealing Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Degas
Monday, January 27 at 4:30 p.m.
Anthony Amore, Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

1976 Paris Wine Tasting: How “The Unthinkable Happened”
Monday, February 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Andrea Robinson, Master Sommelier

The Art of Rivalry: How A New, More Intimate Model of Rivalry Gave Birth to Modern Art Monday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m.
Sebastian Smee, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic at The Washington Post and author

The Art of Bread
Monday, April 7 at 4:30 p.m.
Apollonia Poilâne, Baker, CEO, and Gallerist

Lecture seating in Holmes Great Hall has already sold out, but simulcast tickets for viewing in the Museum’s Leonhardt Auditorium or streaming from the comfort of home are still available. Individual lecture pricing is $90 per VBMA member and $110 per nonmember. Full series tickets are also available: $240 per VBMA member and $25 per nonmember.

For more information or to register online, visit www.vbmuseum.org/international-lecture-series/.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Jan 27, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 24, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 10, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 7, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950
February 1–June 22, 2025
Holmes Gallery

Paris was regarded as the center of Western art in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The period’s leading artists experimented with bold, expressive styles—Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Explore this pivotal and dynamic period in art history when the internationally touring French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950 exhibition makes its first and only South/Central Florida stop at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, February 1 through June 22.  The exhibition is organized by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, and Richard Aste, former Curator of European Art, Brooklyn Museum.

The French Moderns exhibition features 59 paintings and sculptures from that collection, including some of the most renowned names in Modern art— Renoir, Matisse, Léger, Bonnard, Morisot, Chagall, Vuillard, and Degas. It also highlights artists like Lajos Tihanyi, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Giovanni Boldini, who settled in Paris and made significant contributions to the art scene, each hailing from Hungary, Russia, and Italy, respectively.

Each artwork in French Moderns is displayed with a corresponding extended label that provides insight into each artist’s sensibilities and, in many cases, points out revolutionary aspects of their subjects, style, and sources of inspiration.

Free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Rising Tide at Pourville, (detail), 1882. Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 41.1260. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950
February 1–June 22, 2025
Holmes Gallery

Paris was regarded as the center of Western art in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The period’s leading artists experimented with bold, expressive styles—Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Explore this pivotal and dynamic period in art history when the internationally touring French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950 exhibition makes its first and only South/Central Florida stop at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, February 1 through June 22.  The exhibition is organized by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, and Richard Aste, former Curator of European Art, Brooklyn Museum.

The French Moderns exhibition features 59 paintings and sculptures from that collection, including some of the most renowned names in Modern art— Renoir, Matisse, Léger, Bonnard, Morisot, Chagall, Vuillard, and Degas. It also highlights artists like Lajos Tihanyi, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Giovanni Boldini, who settled in Paris and made significant contributions to the art scene, each hailing from Hungary, Russia, and Italy, respectively.

Each artwork in French Moderns is displayed with a corresponding extended label that provides insight into each artist’s sensibilities and, in many cases, points out revolutionary aspects of their subjects, style, and sources of inspiration.

Free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Rising Tide at Pourville, (detail), 1882. Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 41.1260. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography
February 10–August 31, 2025
Stark Gallery

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography on view in the Stark Gallery from February 10 through August 31, 2025. Farber (b. 1944) has lived and traveled the world as a leading force in the world of photography.

Robert Farber’s professional practice spans commercial and fine art photography, with subject matter ranging from fashion and portraits to still life and landscapes. The works featured in Timeless are drawn from two major bodies of work: his Vintage Fashion series, captured during commercial shoots, and the Deterioration series, which consists of prints from his earlier fashion photography. These prints, created from film that became vulnerable to heat, humidity, and other elements over the years, reveal colorful and otherworldly distortions. These effects are entirely natural and reveal the beauty in the unexpected transformations of the film over time.

Timeless brings both series together for the first time in a museum exhibition.

This exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Robert Farber, Deterioration #155, (detail) 1982/2017. Sublimated photograph on ChromaLuxe aluminum, 48 x 72 inches. © Robert Farber

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection
February 10–September 14, 2025
Schumann Gallery and Titelman Gallery

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection explores the intersection of fashion, identity, performance, and self-expression. The show is VBMA’s first major thematic permanent collection exhibition in recent years and brings together dozens of artworks, some familiar and others rarely on display.

Well-Dressed begins with portraits of individuals in various kinds of dress, often wearing colorful garments. Some clothing items, like the yellow dress in Joseph Stella’s painting Joy of Living, starkly contrast with their surroundings, while others, such as the photograph, Punzante by Argentinian artists Raúl Eduardo Stolkiner (known as RES) and Constanza Piaggio, emphasize pattern and materiality, presenting a woman adorned in a stole made entirely of wire.

A section of the exhibition examines the concept of “collective dress,” highlighting works that portray groups of individuals wearing similar or identical outfits or uniforms. Another section focuses on the attire of dancers, performers, musicians, and actors. The final section showcases artworks that depict only clothing or accessories; pieces such as Michael Craig-Martin’s Untitled (Sunglasses) and Karen LaMonte’s Reclining Dress Absence. These function almost as surrogate portraits, allowing viewers to imagine whom they might represent.

The exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Karen LaMonte, Reclining Dress Absence, 2005. Cast glass, 20 x 63 x 15 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Alice and James S. Beckwith III Endowment; Mr. and Mrs. Rex L. Brophy Endowment for Acquisitions; William B. and Marcia H. Howell Endowment Fund for Collections and the Museum Acquisition Fund in celebration of the Museum’s 30th Anniversary, 2016.2

Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography
February 10–August 31, 2025
Stark Gallery

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography on view in the Stark Gallery from February 10 through August 31, 2025. Farber (b. 1944) has lived and traveled the world as a leading force in the world of photography.

Robert Farber’s professional practice spans commercial and fine art photography, with subject matter ranging from fashion and portraits to still life and landscapes. The works featured in Timeless are drawn from two major bodies of work: his Vintage Fashion series, captured during commercial shoots, and the Deterioration series, which consists of prints from his earlier fashion photography. These prints, created from film that became vulnerable to heat, humidity, and other elements over the years, reveal colorful and otherworldly distortions. These effects are entirely natural and reveal the beauty in the unexpected transformations of the film over time.

Timeless brings both series together for the first time in a museum exhibition.

This exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Robert Farber, Deterioration #155, (detail) 1982/2017. Sublimated photograph on ChromaLuxe aluminum, 48 x 72 inches. © Robert Farber

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection
February 10–September 14, 2025
Schumann Gallery and Titelman Gallery

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection explores the intersection of fashion, identity, performance, and self-expression. The show is VBMA’s first major thematic permanent collection exhibition in recent years and brings together dozens of artworks, some familiar and others rarely on display.

Well-Dressed begins with portraits of individuals in various kinds of dress, often wearing colorful garments. Some clothing items, like the yellow dress in Joseph Stella’s painting Joy of Living, starkly contrast with their surroundings, while others, such as the photograph, Punzante by Argentinian artists Raúl Eduardo Stolkiner (known as RES) and Constanza Piaggio, emphasize pattern and materiality, presenting a woman adorned in a stole made entirely of wire.

A section of the exhibition examines the concept of “collective dress,” highlighting works that portray groups of individuals wearing similar or identical outfits or uniforms. Another section focuses on the attire of dancers, performers, musicians, and actors. The final section showcases artworks that depict only clothing or accessories; pieces such as Michael Craig-Martin’s Untitled (Sunglasses) and Karen LaMonte’s Reclining Dress Absence. These function almost as surrogate portraits, allowing viewers to imagine whom they might represent.

The exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Karen LaMonte, Reclining Dress Absence, 2005. Cast glass, 20 x 63 x 15 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Alice and James S. Beckwith III Endowment; Mr. and Mrs. Rex L. Brophy Endowment for Acquisitions; William B. and Marcia H. Howell Endowment Fund for Collections and the Museum Acquisition Fund in celebration of the Museum’s 30th Anniversary, 2016.2

Join VBMA docents for an in-depth focus on select artworks from the Vero Beach Museum of Art in galleries hosting visiting and permanent collection exhibitions. Docents will meet registered participants in front of the Atrium, then head to the galleries for 45-60 minutes of careful looking and discussion.

• September 18 | Highlights from the VBMA Collection
• October 16 | Art of Consumption
• November 20 | Drive-in Nostalgia
• December 18 | Echoes of Americana

See complete listings at: https://www.vbmuseum.org/gallery-tours-2/

Happens on the following Dates:

• Sep 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Oct 16, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Nov 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Dec 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jan 15, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Feb 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Mar 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Apr 16, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• May 21, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jun 18, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT

Join VBMA docents for an in-depth focus on select artworks from the Vero Beach Museum of Art in galleries hosting visiting and permanent collection exhibitions. Docents will meet registered participants in front of the Atrium, then head to the galleries for 45-60 minutes of careful looking and discussion.

• September 18 | Highlights from the VBMA Collection
• October 16 | Art of Consumption
• November 20 | Drive-in Nostalgia
• December 18 | Echoes of Americana

See complete listings at: https://www.vbmuseum.org/gallery-tours-2/

Happens on the following Dates:

• Sep 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Oct 16, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Nov 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Dec 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jan 15, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Feb 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Mar 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Apr 16, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• May 21, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jun 18, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT

The Vero Beach Museum of Art offers free admission every second Saturday of the month. Second Saturdays features a variety of cultural offerings, including the widely popular Museums Studios for families from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Complementary programming such as performances, lectures, films, and related expressions of arts and humanities will continue throughout the afternoon on select Saturdays.

On Second Saturdays, families are greeted by friendly Visitor Services representatives and collect maps and other materials to guide their themed Museum Studios exploration. Museum Docents take young guests and their caregivers on mini-tours of the exhibition galleries before leading them to the art studios for a related activity.

Food trucks will be on-site for guests looking to grab a bite before or after their visit.

Activities vary each month. To see what’s happening, visit https://www.vbmuseum.org/second-saturdays/.

Be sure to mark your calendar for December 14, 2024, when VBMA presents the family-favorite Holidays at the Museum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and April 12, 2025, for the Children’s Art Festival.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Nov 9, 2024, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Dec 14, 2024, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jan 11, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 8, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 8, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 12, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• May 10, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jun 14, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jul 12, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present the 2024-2025 Art of the Cocktail series, evening experiences that draw inspiration from VBMA exhibitions.

Immerse yourself in the theme of the evening through a lively docent-guided talk in the exhibition galleries, and then create a custom-crafted cocktail with an expert mixologist.

$50 per person/$40 per VBMA member. Participants must be 21 and older.

Friday, November 15: Glass Gimlet – A crisp and refreshing drink that mirrors the clarity and brilliance of glass art.

Friday, December 6: The Twist – A sweet twist on the Southern classic.

Friday, February 14: Monet’s Garden – An elegant and bubbly concoction inspired by Monet’s gardens.

Friday, March 14: Matisse in a Sidecar – A bold and vibrant cocktail as creative as Matisse.

Friday, April 25: Impressionist Sunrise – A delicious drink reflecting the colors of a sunrise.

For tickets and more information, visit https://www.vbmuseum.org/upcoming-events-lectures-seminars/.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Nov 15, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Dec 6, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 14, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 14, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 25, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Timezone: EST

Vero Beach Museum of Art presents the 43rd season of its International Lecture Series—the Treasure Coast’s most celebrated arts and humanities lecture series—in conjunction with the arrival of the internationally touring exhibition French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850-1950.

From the realities of art theft to rivalries that inspired artistic innovation, from international wine competitions to contemporary gastronomy, featured speakers provide audiences with multiple perspectives to help frame the exhibition’s themes.

Art Heists: Stealing Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Degas
Monday, January 27 at 4:30 p.m.
Anthony Amore, Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

1976 Paris Wine Tasting: How “The Unthinkable Happened”
Monday, February 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Andrea Robinson, Master Sommelier

The Art of Rivalry: How A New, More Intimate Model of Rivalry Gave Birth to Modern Art Monday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m.
Sebastian Smee, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic at The Washington Post and author

The Art of Bread
Monday, April 7 at 4:30 p.m.
Apollonia Poilâne, Baker, CEO, and Gallerist

Lecture seating in Holmes Great Hall has already sold out, but simulcast tickets for viewing in the Museum’s Leonhardt Auditorium or streaming from the comfort of home are still available. Individual lecture pricing is $90 per VBMA member and $110 per nonmember. Full series tickets are also available: $240 per VBMA member and $25 per nonmember.

For more information or to register online, visit www.vbmuseum.org/international-lecture-series/.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Jan 27, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 24, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 10, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 7, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:30pm Timezone: EST

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950
February 1–June 22, 2025
Holmes Gallery

Paris was regarded as the center of Western art in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The period’s leading artists experimented with bold, expressive styles—Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Explore this pivotal and dynamic period in art history when the internationally touring French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950 exhibition makes its first and only South/Central Florida stop at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, February 1 through June 22.  The exhibition is organized by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, and Richard Aste, former Curator of European Art, Brooklyn Museum.

The French Moderns exhibition features 59 paintings and sculptures from that collection, including some of the most renowned names in Modern art— Renoir, Matisse, Léger, Bonnard, Morisot, Chagall, Vuillard, and Degas. It also highlights artists like Lajos Tihanyi, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Giovanni Boldini, who settled in Paris and made significant contributions to the art scene, each hailing from Hungary, Russia, and Italy, respectively.

Each artwork in French Moderns is displayed with a corresponding extended label that provides insight into each artist’s sensibilities and, in many cases, points out revolutionary aspects of their subjects, style, and sources of inspiration.

Free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Rising Tide at Pourville, (detail), 1882. Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 41.1260. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950
February 1–June 22, 2025
Holmes Gallery

Paris was regarded as the center of Western art in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The period’s leading artists experimented with bold, expressive styles—Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Explore this pivotal and dynamic period in art history when the internationally touring French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950 exhibition makes its first and only South/Central Florida stop at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, February 1 through June 22.  The exhibition is organized by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, and Richard Aste, former Curator of European Art, Brooklyn Museum.

The French Moderns exhibition features 59 paintings and sculptures from that collection, including some of the most renowned names in Modern art— Renoir, Matisse, Léger, Bonnard, Morisot, Chagall, Vuillard, and Degas. It also highlights artists like Lajos Tihanyi, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Giovanni Boldini, who settled in Paris and made significant contributions to the art scene, each hailing from Hungary, Russia, and Italy, respectively.

Each artwork in French Moderns is displayed with a corresponding extended label that provides insight into each artist’s sensibilities and, in many cases, points out revolutionary aspects of their subjects, style, and sources of inspiration.

Free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Rising Tide at Pourville, (detail), 1882. Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 41.1260. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography
February 10–August 31, 2025
Stark Gallery

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography on view in the Stark Gallery from February 10 through August 31, 2025. Farber (b. 1944) has lived and traveled the world as a leading force in the world of photography.

Robert Farber’s professional practice spans commercial and fine art photography, with subject matter ranging from fashion and portraits to still life and landscapes. The works featured in Timeless are drawn from two major bodies of work: his Vintage Fashion series, captured during commercial shoots, and the Deterioration series, which consists of prints from his earlier fashion photography. These prints, created from film that became vulnerable to heat, humidity, and other elements over the years, reveal colorful and otherworldly distortions. These effects are entirely natural and reveal the beauty in the unexpected transformations of the film over time.

Timeless brings both series together for the first time in a museum exhibition.

This exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Robert Farber, Deterioration #155, (detail) 1982/2017. Sublimated photograph on ChromaLuxe aluminum, 48 x 72 inches. © Robert Farber

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection
February 10–September 14, 2025
Schumann Gallery and Titelman Gallery

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection explores the intersection of fashion, identity, performance, and self-expression. The show is VBMA’s first major thematic permanent collection exhibition in recent years and brings together dozens of artworks, some familiar and others rarely on display.

Well-Dressed begins with portraits of individuals in various kinds of dress, often wearing colorful garments. Some clothing items, like the yellow dress in Joseph Stella’s painting Joy of Living, starkly contrast with their surroundings, while others, such as the photograph, Punzante by Argentinian artists Raúl Eduardo Stolkiner (known as RES) and Constanza Piaggio, emphasize pattern and materiality, presenting a woman adorned in a stole made entirely of wire.

A section of the exhibition examines the concept of “collective dress,” highlighting works that portray groups of individuals wearing similar or identical outfits or uniforms. Another section focuses on the attire of dancers, performers, musicians, and actors. The final section showcases artworks that depict only clothing or accessories; pieces such as Michael Craig-Martin’s Untitled (Sunglasses) and Karen LaMonte’s Reclining Dress Absence. These function almost as surrogate portraits, allowing viewers to imagine whom they might represent.

The exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Karen LaMonte, Reclining Dress Absence, 2005. Cast glass, 20 x 63 x 15 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Alice and James S. Beckwith III Endowment; Mr. and Mrs. Rex L. Brophy Endowment for Acquisitions; William B. and Marcia H. Howell Endowment Fund for Collections and the Museum Acquisition Fund in celebration of the Museum’s 30th Anniversary, 2016.2

Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography
February 10–August 31, 2025
Stark Gallery

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography on view in the Stark Gallery from February 10 through August 31, 2025. Farber (b. 1944) has lived and traveled the world as a leading force in the world of photography.

Robert Farber’s professional practice spans commercial and fine art photography, with subject matter ranging from fashion and portraits to still life and landscapes. The works featured in Timeless are drawn from two major bodies of work: his Vintage Fashion series, captured during commercial shoots, and the Deterioration series, which consists of prints from his earlier fashion photography. These prints, created from film that became vulnerable to heat, humidity, and other elements over the years, reveal colorful and otherworldly distortions. These effects are entirely natural and reveal the beauty in the unexpected transformations of the film over time.

Timeless brings both series together for the first time in a museum exhibition.

This exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Robert Farber, Deterioration #155, (detail) 1982/2017. Sublimated photograph on ChromaLuxe aluminum, 48 x 72 inches. © Robert Farber

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection
February 10–September 14, 2025
Schumann Gallery and Titelman Gallery

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection explores the intersection of fashion, identity, performance, and self-expression. The show is VBMA’s first major thematic permanent collection exhibition in recent years and brings together dozens of artworks, some familiar and others rarely on display.

Well-Dressed begins with portraits of individuals in various kinds of dress, often wearing colorful garments. Some clothing items, like the yellow dress in Joseph Stella’s painting Joy of Living, starkly contrast with their surroundings, while others, such as the photograph, Punzante by Argentinian artists Raúl Eduardo Stolkiner (known as RES) and Constanza Piaggio, emphasize pattern and materiality, presenting a woman adorned in a stole made entirely of wire.

A section of the exhibition examines the concept of “collective dress,” highlighting works that portray groups of individuals wearing similar or identical outfits or uniforms. Another section focuses on the attire of dancers, performers, musicians, and actors. The final section showcases artworks that depict only clothing or accessories; pieces such as Michael Craig-Martin’s Untitled (Sunglasses) and Karen LaMonte’s Reclining Dress Absence. These function almost as surrogate portraits, allowing viewers to imagine whom they might represent.

The exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Karen LaMonte, Reclining Dress Absence, 2005. Cast glass, 20 x 63 x 15 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Alice and James S. Beckwith III Endowment; Mr. and Mrs. Rex L. Brophy Endowment for Acquisitions; William B. and Marcia H. Howell Endowment Fund for Collections and the Museum Acquisition Fund in celebration of the Museum’s 30th Anniversary, 2016.2

Join VBMA docents for an in-depth focus on select artworks from the Vero Beach Museum of Art in galleries hosting visiting and permanent collection exhibitions. Docents will meet registered participants in front of the Atrium, then head to the galleries for 45-60 minutes of careful looking and discussion.

• September 18 | Highlights from the VBMA Collection
• October 16 | Art of Consumption
• November 20 | Drive-in Nostalgia
• December 18 | Echoes of Americana

See complete listings at: https://www.vbmuseum.org/gallery-tours-2/

Happens on the following Dates:

• Sep 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Oct 16, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Nov 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Dec 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jan 15, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Feb 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Mar 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Apr 16, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• May 21, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jun 18, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT

Join VBMA docents for an in-depth focus on select artworks from the Vero Beach Museum of Art in galleries hosting visiting and permanent collection exhibitions. Docents will meet registered participants in front of the Atrium, then head to the galleries for 45-60 minutes of careful looking and discussion.

• September 18 | Highlights from the VBMA Collection
• October 16 | Art of Consumption
• November 20 | Drive-in Nostalgia
• December 18 | Echoes of Americana

See complete listings at: https://www.vbmuseum.org/gallery-tours-2/

Happens on the following Dates:

• Sep 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Oct 16, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Nov 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Dec 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jan 15, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Feb 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Mar 19, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Apr 16, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• May 21, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT
• Jun 18, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Timezone: EDT

The Vero Beach Museum of Art offers free admission every second Saturday of the month. Second Saturdays features a variety of cultural offerings, including the widely popular Museums Studios for families from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Complementary programming such as performances, lectures, films, and related expressions of arts and humanities will continue throughout the afternoon on select Saturdays.

On Second Saturdays, families are greeted by friendly Visitor Services representatives and collect maps and other materials to guide their themed Museum Studios exploration. Museum Docents take young guests and their caregivers on mini-tours of the exhibition galleries before leading them to the art studios for a related activity.

Food trucks will be on-site for guests looking to grab a bite before or after their visit.

Activities vary each month. To see what’s happening, visit https://www.vbmuseum.org/second-saturdays/.

Be sure to mark your calendar for December 14, 2024, when VBMA presents the family-favorite Holidays at the Museum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and April 12, 2025, for the Children’s Art Festival.

Happens on the following Dates:

• Nov 9, 2024, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Dec 14, 2024, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jan 11, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Feb 8, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Mar 8, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Apr 12, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• May 10, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jun 14, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST
• Jul 12, 2025, 10:00am to 4:30pm Timezone: EST

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950
February 1–June 22, 2025
Holmes Gallery

Paris was regarded as the center of Western art in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The period’s leading artists experimented with bold, expressive styles—Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Explore this pivotal and dynamic period in art history when the internationally touring French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950 exhibition makes its first and only South/Central Florida stop at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, February 1 through June 22.  The exhibition is organized by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, and Richard Aste, former Curator of European Art, Brooklyn Museum.

The French Moderns exhibition features 59 paintings and sculptures from that collection, including some of the most renowned names in Modern art— Renoir, Matisse, Léger, Bonnard, Morisot, Chagall, Vuillard, and Degas. It also highlights artists like Lajos Tihanyi, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Giovanni Boldini, who settled in Paris and made significant contributions to the art scene, each hailing from Hungary, Russia, and Italy, respectively.

Each artwork in French Moderns is displayed with a corresponding extended label that provides insight into each artist’s sensibilities and, in many cases, points out revolutionary aspects of their subjects, style, and sources of inspiration.

Free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Rising Tide at Pourville, (detail), 1882. Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 41.1260. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950
February 1–June 22, 2025
Holmes Gallery

Paris was regarded as the center of Western art in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The period’s leading artists experimented with bold, expressive styles—Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Explore this pivotal and dynamic period in art history when the internationally touring French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850- 1950 exhibition makes its first and only South/Central Florida stop at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, February 1 through June 22.  The exhibition is organized by Lisa Small, Senior Curator of European Art, and Richard Aste, former Curator of European Art, Brooklyn Museum.

The French Moderns exhibition features 59 paintings and sculptures from that collection, including some of the most renowned names in Modern art— Renoir, Matisse, Léger, Bonnard, Morisot, Chagall, Vuillard, and Degas. It also highlights artists like Lajos Tihanyi, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Giovanni Boldini, who settled in Paris and made significant contributions to the art scene, each hailing from Hungary, Russia, and Italy, respectively.

Each artwork in French Moderns is displayed with a corresponding extended label that provides insight into each artist’s sensibilities and, in many cases, points out revolutionary aspects of their subjects, style, and sources of inspiration.

Free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Rising Tide at Pourville, (detail), 1882. Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Horace O. Havemeyer, 41.1260. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography
February 10–August 31, 2025
Stark Gallery

Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present Timeless: Robert Farber’s Fashion Photography on view in the Stark Gallery from February 10 through August 31, 2025. Farber (b. 1944) has lived and traveled the world as a leading force in the world of photography.

Robert Farber’s professional practice spans commercial and fine art photography, with subject matter ranging from fashion and portraits to still life and landscapes. The works featured in Timeless are drawn from two major bodies of work: his Vintage Fashion series, captured during commercial shoots, and the Deterioration series, which consists of prints from his earlier fashion photography. These prints, created from film that became vulnerable to heat, humidity, and other elements over the years, reveal colorful and otherworldly distortions. These effects are entirely natural and reveal the beauty in the unexpected transformations of the film over time.

Timeless brings both series together for the first time in a museum exhibition.

This exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Robert Farber, Deterioration #155, (detail) 1982/2017. Sublimated photograph on ChromaLuxe aluminum, 48 x 72 inches. © Robert Farber

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection
February 10–September 14, 2025
Schumann Gallery and Titelman Gallery

Well-Dressed: Artworks from the Permanent Collection explores the intersection of fashion, identity, performance, and self-expression. The show is VBMA’s first major thematic permanent collection exhibition in recent years and brings together dozens of artworks, some familiar and others rarely on display.

Well-Dressed begins with portraits of individuals in various kinds of dress, often wearing colorful garments. Some clothing items, like the yellow dress in Joseph Stella’s painting Joy of Living, starkly contrast with their surroundings, while others, such as the photograph, Punzante by Argentinian artists Raúl Eduardo Stolkiner (known as RES) and Constanza Piaggio, emphasize pattern and materiality, presenting a woman adorned in a stole made entirely of wire.

A section of the exhibition examines the concept of “collective dress,” highlighting works that portray groups of individuals wearing similar or identical outfits or uniforms. Another section focuses on the attire of dancers, performers, musicians, and actors. The final section showcases artworks that depict only clothing or accessories; pieces such as Michael Craig-Martin’s Untitled (Sunglasses) and Karen LaMonte’s Reclining Dress Absence. These function almost as surrogate portraits, allowing viewers to imagine whom they might represent.

The exhibition is organized by the Vero Beach Museum of Art.

The exhibition is free with Museum admission.

IMAGE CAPTION: Karen LaMonte, Reclining Dress Absence, 2005. Cast glass, 20 x 63 x 15 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the Alice and James S. Beckwith III Endowment; Mr. and Mrs. Rex L. Brophy Endowment for Acquisitions; William B. and Marcia H. Howell Endowment Fund for Collections and the Museum Acquisition Fund in celebration of the Museum’s 30th Anniversary, 2016.2