The Wolfsonian–FIU

April 25–September 29, 2024 The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue As the popularity of cigars boomed on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 19th century, manufacturers began marketing a new device to support this habit: cutters designed to snip off the end of a cigar before lighting. Not just utilitarian tools, many cigar […]

Ongoing The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue Widely regarded as his most important and controversial commission, Harry Clarke's stained-glass masterpiece, the Geneva Window, is again on view at The Wolfsonian–FIU. An internationally renowned Irish artist, Clarke was commissioned in 1926 by the newly independent Irish Free State to create a window as a gift to the League […]

November 17, 2023–June 23, 2024 The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue The flourishing of literary, visual, and musical arts between the 1920s and '40s known as the Harlem Renaissance projected a new picture of Black life to the world. Silhouettes: Image and Word in the Harlem Renaissance considers the role of art in this movement, paying special […]

Location: The Wolfsonian Museum Time: April 17, 7pm Our closing concert featuring guest Pulitzer Prize winning composer Raven Chacon with the Amernet string quartet performing http://spiderwebsinthesky.com/ https://www.amernetquartet.com/ Concerts will take place at The Wolfsonian – FIU on Wednesdays. Audiences are invited to the pre-concert discussion of works at 7:00 pm, followed by a performance at 7:30pm. The […]

The Wolfsonian–Florida International University tells the story of how artists ventured beyond the traditional content and form of landscape art to make sense of a rapidly changing world in The Big World: Alternative Landscapes in the Modern Era. On view beginning September 21, 2023, the exhibition moves from bucolic scenes to an increasingly industrial world, […]