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Sunday, August 2, 2020

Tour at Two: Maritza Dávila

Current events weighed heavily on her mind as Dávila created Lenguaje Textural . In this triptych, which she began in March at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she incorporates both screenprint, in the two outer panels, and a hybrid of silk aquatint and collagraph in the center panel. The outstretched hand in the center panel is symbolic of our present moment, and how we are reaching out to one another, but we cannot touch. The left and right panels incorporate words and phrases... Read More
Posted by Kristen Rambo at Sunday, August 2, 2020
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Sunday, July 19, 2020

Tour at Two: Summer Exhibitions

We are excited to share that three new exhibitions are opening today at the Dixon! For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design features nearly one hundred paintings from the National Academy’s collection, illustrating the evolution of American art over the past two hundred years. From majestic Hudson River School landscapes to glimmering Gilded Age masterworks to mid-twentieth-century surrealism to California pop art, For America is a special opportunity to see the work... Read More
Posted by Kristen Rambo at Sunday, July 19, 2020
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Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Process, A Letter from Director Kevin Sharp

Out of the swirling mists of infinite possibility, the Dixon strives for a program that is a unified whole. We take sometimes disparate elements and bang them against one another like chalkboard erasers (are there still chalkboard erasers?) until the dust falls away and hopefully an internal coherence is revealed. For the program that starts in late January 2020, we began with an exhibition, Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman , which comes to us from the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in... Read More
Posted by Kristen Rambo at Thursday, February 20, 2020
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Friday, December 13, 2019

Laurel Sucsy: Finding the Edge

October 13 - January 5 Mallory/Wurtzburger Galleries Organized by the Dixon Gallery and Gardens  Laurel Sucsy is an artist based in Memphis, Tennessee, and New York. Inspired by nature and the objects she encounters in her daily life, she explores abstraction in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture and photography. Sucsy’s exhibition in the Mallory/Wurtzburger Galleries this fall spotlights her recent work, which ranges from dynamic, colorful abstractions... Read More
Posted by Chantal Drake at Friday, December 13, 2019
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Opening Lecture: "Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution

Enjoy the opening lecture for "Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution" with Dr. Michael Tomor, Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art. The works featured in "Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution," curated by Dr. Michael Tomor, offer a window onto the evolution of process and abstraction in American art during the second half of the 20th century. Read More
Posted by Kristen Rambo at Wednesday, October 30, 2019
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Tours at Two with Curatorial

Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection and Kate Freeman Clark will be closing this Sunday, October 13. have two wonderful opportunities to learn even more about these exhibitions with some of the Dixon curatorial staff. Katie Kizer (far left) is the Dixon’s Collections and Exhibitions Assistant and joined the Dixon in June of 2017. Katie will be giving a Tour at Two Tuesday, October 8 at 2pm on the Kate Freeman Clark Exhibition.... Read More
Posted by Kristen Rambo at Tuesday, October 8, 2019
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Thursday, September 19, 2019

Insights: Elizabeth Alley

On view now – October 6, 2019 Mallory/Wurtzburger Galleries Native Memphian Elizabeth Alley has been carefully observing and recording the world around her for the entirety of her career.  Producing work ranging from intimate yet incisive sketches to beautifully rendered paintings in both watercolor and oil, she has been a leading force in the twenty-first-century Memphis arts community.  Alley’s exhibition in the Mallory/Wurtzburger Galleries this summer... Read More
Posted by Kristen Rambo at Thursday, September 19, 2019
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Thursday, June 20, 2019

An Artistic Partnership

Have you seen the Dixon's current ehibition  William McGregor Paxton and Elizabeth Okie Paxton: An Artistic Partnership ? This is the first examination of the work of William Paxton in nearly four decades and is the first comprehensive study of Elizabeth Paxton and her career. Listen to Jane Ward Faquin, guest curator and former Dixon Curator of Education as she talks about the exhibition and the Paxtons. Don't miss your opportunity to see this exhibition,... Read More
Posted by Chantal Drake at Thursday, June 20, 2019
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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Insights: Memphis Urban Sketchers

First Saturdays: Memphis Urban Sketchers April 14 – July 7, 2019 Mallory/Wurtzburger Galleries Memphis Urban Sketchers is the Mid-South chapter of an international network of artists whose drawings reflect the cities in which they live and travel. Working in a variety of media, including graphite, watercolor, pen, and colored pencil, the more than twenty artists featured in First Saturdays capture honest observations of everyday life. When showcased together, their works document... Read More
Posted by Kristen Rambo at Thursday, April 18, 2019
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

'Eye to Eye' with Julie Pierotti

January 20, 2019 - April 14, 2019 Presented by the Joe Orgill Family Fund for Exhibitions Organized by Dixon Gallery and Gardens Opening Lecture: Family, Friends, Fun!  Sunday, February 24, 2019  Eye to Eye: A New Look at the Dixon Collection considers our permanent collection through the themes that inform its subject matter. This exhibition highlights some of the major ideas that influenced art produced in Europe and the United States from the eighteenth through the... Read More
Posted by Chantal Drake at Tuesday, February 12, 2019
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

‘Tis Open Season at the Dixon

Each year, in the week after Thanksgiving, the Dixon becomes a bit more magical thanks to the Memphis Garden Club.  The MGC has been donating their time and their talents to the Dixon for decades, creating  festive holiday decorations that have run the gamut from “A Candyland Christmas” to “The Nutcracker Suite.”  This year was certainly one of their best.  Led by Chair Lou Slater, the members of the Memphis Garden Club drew their inspiration from our... Read More
Posted by Chantal Drake at Wednesday, December 7, 2016
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Down the Rabbit Hole

Last week, I gave a presentation, Tulip Mania and Still-Life Painting in the Dutch Golden Age , as part of the Dixon’s weekly Munch and Learn lunchtime lecture series. As of late, I have been thinking more and more about the connection between the galleries and the gardens at the Dixon. So, with that and the Bountiful Blooms exhibition in the gardens and the upcoming Botanical Drawing Class (both prominently featuring tulips) in mind, I thought I would explore the role tulips have played in... Read More
Posted by Chantal Drake at Tuesday, March 1, 2016
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