Athena Society Elects to Acquire Anish Kapoor’s Magenta

Athena Society Elects to Acquire Anish Kapoor’s Magenta

Athena Society Elects to Acquire Anish Kapoor’s Magenta Posted April 22, 2025 The Vero Beach Museum of Art hosted its annual Athena Society Dinner on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 6 p.m. with nearly 200 in attendance. The event is one of the highlights of the...
VBMA Children’s Art Festival Set for April 12

VBMA Children’s Art Festival Set for April 12

VBMA Children’s Art Festival Set for April 12 Posted March 27, 2025 The entire family is welcome at the Vero Beach Museum of Art on Saturday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the Children’s Art Festival. The free, all-ages event is the museum’s annual celebration...
Art in Bloom 2025 Showcases Local Creativity

Art in Bloom 2025 Showcases Local Creativity

VBMA’s Art in Bloom Showcases Local Creativity While Raising Essential Funds for Education and Community Access Program Posted March 27, 2025 Sixteen local floral designers artfully interpreted 12 works on view in the Vero Beach Museum of Art galleries for this year’s...
Picasso and the Progressive Proof

Picasso and the Progressive Proof

September 13, 2025–January 4, 2026 Pablo Picasso, Portrait of a Young Woman after Cranach the Younger II (trial proof of all five blocks), 1958. Linocut. Private Collection © 2024 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Stark Gallery Picasso...
Recent Acquisition Highlights

Recent Acquisition Highlights

September 27, 2025–January 2026 Joseph Stella, Swans (Night), 1917. Pastel and charcoal on paper, 18 ¾ x 24 ½ inches. Museum purchase through the Yela “Peter” and Derek Fowler Endowment for Acquisitions and Exhibitions, 2024.12.01 Alice Neel, Portrait of...
Double Portraits

Double Portraits

October 25, 2025–January 11, 2026 Rineke Dijkstra, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA, June, 1992, 1992. Chromogenic print: 9 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches. Collection of the Do Good Fund, Inc., 2015-058. © Rineke Dijkstra Eva Verbeeck, Jasmine and Carmen, age 16, 2019. Chromogenic print,...
The Sounds They Loved: An Interview with Pianist Leslie Amper

The Sounds They Loved: An Interview with Pianist Leslie Amper

The Sounds They Loved: An Interview with Pianist Leslie Amper Posted March 3, 2025 Tickets are on sale now. On Saturday, March 22, pianist Leslie Amper returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art for The Sounds They Loved: Musical Connections to French Moderns: Monet to...
Beth Lipman’s Miles Law on View Now in the Stark Rotunda

Beth Lipman’s Miles Law on View Now in the Stark Rotunda

Beth Lipman’s Miles Law on View Now in the Stark Rotunda Posted March 3, 2025 Beth Lipman is an American artist whose sculptural work is inspired by the art historical tradition of still life—a Western genre that depicts arranged objects, both natural and man-made....
New Exhibitions on View in All Four VBMA Galleries

New Exhibitions on View in All Four VBMA Galleries

New Exhibitions on View in All Four VBMA Galleries Posted February 11, 2025 The Vero Beach Museum of Art offers art lovers an entirely refreshed experience. As of February 10, new exhibitions are on view in each of the Museum’s four interior galleries, including two...
Concerts in the Park Returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art

Concerts in the Park Returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art

Concerts in the Park Returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art Posted February 7, 2025 Concerts in the Park are back at the Vero Beach Museum of Art.  Bring a chair or picnic blanket and enjoy performances amid the beautiful outdoor atmosphere of the Museum’s Sculpture...
VBMA GALA 2025—La soirée était magnifique

VBMA GALA 2025—La soirée était magnifique

VBMA Gala 2025—La soirée était magnifique Posted February 7, 2025 On January 31, a sold-out crowd of more than 470 guests celebrated at GALA 2025: A Moveable Feast, the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s annual gala, arguably the season’s most iconic and anticipated...
Art Matters—A Closer Look at VBMA Programs for Veterans

Art Matters—A Closer Look at VBMA Programs for Veterans

Art Matters—A Closer Look at VBMA Programs for Veterans Posted December 20, 2024 The Vero Beach Museum of Art provides U. S. Military Veterans with opportunities for creative expression in museum gallery and art studio settings. Classes are free of charge for veterans...
Winter Break Family Fun

Winter Break Family Fun

Winter Break Means Even More Family Fun at VBMA Posted December 13, 2024 This winter break, bring the entire family to the Vero Beach Museum of Art for art workshops on Thursday and Friday, December 26 and 27, and Thursday and Friday, January 2 and 3. Drop into the...
Art After Dark Returns to VBMA on December 13 & 14

Art After Dark Returns to VBMA on December 13 & 14

Art After Dark Returns to VBMA on December 13 & 14 Posted December 1, 2024 Experience the Treasure Coast’s pre-eminent outdoor digital art exhibition when the Vero Beach Museum of Art hosts Art After Dark on Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 6...
Behind the Scenes with Artist John Miller

Behind the Scenes with Artist John Miller

Roadside Reverie: A Conversation with Artist John Miller Posted November 15, 2024Interview recorded October 22, 2024 In this playful and insightful exchange with VBMA Chief Curator Caitlin Swindell, artist John Miller reveals his inspirations, creative process, and...
Classic Heat: An Interview with BVB’s Adam Schnell

Classic Heat: An Interview with BVB’s Adam Schnell

Classic Heat: An Interview with Ballet Vero Beach’s Adam Schnell Posted October 31, 2024 Tickets for the November 16, 3 p.m. performance are available now. On Saturday, November 16, 2024, dancers and choreographers from Ballet Vero Beach (BVB) will ignite the VBMA...
Ballet Vero Beach Returns to VBMA Nov. 16 & Feb. 8

Ballet Vero Beach Returns to VBMA Nov. 16 & Feb. 8

Ballet Vero Beach Returns to VBMA Nov. 16 & Feb. 8 Posted October 29, 2024 Dancers and choreographers from Ballet Vero Beach take the stage at the Vero Beach Museum of Art (VBMA) Leonhardt Auditorium for afternoon performances on Saturday, November 16, 2024, and...
Art After Dark 2024

Art After Dark 2024

December 13 & 14, 2024 Free, outdoor exhibition Experience the Treasure Coast’s pre-eminent digital art exhibition when the Vero Beach Museum of Art hosts Art After Dark on Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 6 to 8 p.m. Bring your lawn...
Free Admission Days Now ‘Second Saturdays’ at VBMA

Free Admission Days Now ‘Second Saturdays’ at VBMA

Free Admission Days Now ‘Second Saturdays’ at VBMA Posted October 9, 2024 Updated October 11, 2024 NOTE: The Museum will be closed on Saturday, October 12, due to Hurricane Milton. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is pleased to announce that its free admission...
Jaume Plensa’s Yorkshire Soul III, 2010

Jaume Plensa’s Yorkshire Soul III, 2010

Jaume Plensa’s Yorkshire Soul III, 2010 Contributed by VBMA Intern Isabella Thomas. Posted September 27, 2024 Jaume Plensa’s stainless-steel sculpture Yorkshire Soul III depicts a seated figure whose silhouette is formed by symbols from different writing...
Melissa A. DePriest, MPA, CFRE Named Director of Development

Melissa A. DePriest, MPA, CFRE Named Director of Development

Melissa A. DePriest, MPA, CFRE Named Director of Development Posted September 30, 2024 The Vero Beach Museum of Art (VBMA) is delighted to introduce Melissa A. DePriest, MPA, CFRE, as its new Director of Development. Mrs. DePriest brings nearly two decades of...
Summer Interns Assist with Collections Documentation

Summer Interns Assist with Collections Documentation

VBMA Summer Interns Assist with Collections Documentation Posted August 29, 2024 Under the direction of the Vero Beach Museum of Art Chief Curator Caitlin Swindell and with the support of Collections and Exhibitions Assistant Bailee Radakovich, two summer interns,...
VBMA Staff, Teaching Artists, and Docent Exhibition

VBMA Staff, Teaching Artists, and Docent Exhibition

VBMA Staff, Teaching Artists, and Docent ExhibitionNow on View in the Patricia M. Patten Community Gallery Posted August 4, 2024 Seventy-five works of art—including 18 three-dimensional pieces—created by Vero Beach Museum of Art staff, teaching artists, and docents...
Art Matters—July 2024

Art Matters—July 2024

Art Matters—July 2024 sted July 12, 2024 Museums can increase our well-being, help us better understand where we come from, and inspire and challenge us. For nearly 40 years, the Vero Beach Museum of Art has enriched and transformed lives by encouraging active public...
Jack Tworkov: Drawings 1948 – 1981

Jack Tworkov: Drawings 1948 – 1981

May 26 – September 10, 2023 Jack Tworkov American (1900-1982), Bar Decoration I, 1963-64. Oil on canvas, 51 x 73 inches. VBMA, Museum Purchase with funds provided by the Athena Society, 2014.4 Stark Gallery In a career that played out over seven decades, two phases...
M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations

M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations

September 30 – December 30, 2023 M.C. Escher (1898 – 1972), Relativity, 1953. Lithograph, 27.7 x 29.2 cm. Private Collection, Image copyright of the M.C. Escher Co. Holmes and Titelman Galleries The Museum presents M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations, in the Fall of...
Art After Dark

Art After Dark

December 15, 2023 VBMA Art After Dark 2022 Dolphin and Seal by Kaybid, Istanbul, Turkey   Outdoors at the Museum The Vero Beach Museum of Art is hosting its third Art After Dark outdoor digital art exhibition, with an expanded list of eighteen new global artworks...
Art After Dark

Art After Dark

December 16 – 17, 2022 VBMA Art After Dark 2021 Evotree by Jonathan McCabe   Outdoors at the Museum The VBMA is hosting its second Art After Dark outdoor digital art exhibition, with an expanded list of artwork from around the globe. The show will be free to visitors...
Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee

Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee

June 5 – September 18, 2022 Doris Lee (American 1904 – 1983), Fruits of Pennsylvania, 1946-47. Oil on canvas, 35 ¼ x 28 inches. The Penn Art Collection, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1959.0001.0018. © Estate of Doris Lee, Courtesy D. Wigmore...
Masters in Black & White

Masters in Black & White

June 11 – September 11, 2022 André Kertész (Hungarian-American, 1894 – 1985), Washington Square Park, 1954. Gelatin silver print, 7 x 10 inches. Collection of Elizabeth Stewart.   Stark Gallery Masters in Black & White showcases a selection from the...
Hanneke Beaumont: Drawn to Life

Hanneke Beaumont: Drawn to Life

Hanneke Beaumont, Study for Bronze #93, (Drawing 133), 2010. Mixed media on paper, 29.1339 x 43.3071 inches. On loan to Vero Beach Museum of Art, courtesy of the artist. August 28 — Dec 5, 2021 Lobby Gallery In her cast iron and bronze sculptures, Dutch artist Hanneke...
Martin Puryear: Printmaker

Martin Puryear: Printmaker

Martin Puryear, Untitled (State II), 2014. Color softground etching with drypoint and chine collé, 38.75 x 32.75 inches. On loan to Vero Beach Museum of Art, Promised Gift of Georgia E. Welles. September 4, 2021 — June 5, 2022 Stark Gallery Martin L. Puryear (1941),...
Vero Collects: Hidden Treasures Revealed

Vero Collects: Hidden Treasures Revealed

Vero Collects: Hidden Treasures Revealed Marc Chagall (Russian-French, 1887 – 1985), Les Amoureux au Trois Bouquets, 1980. Oil on canvas. On loan to Vero Beach Museum of Art, Private Collection. January 29 – May 15, 2022That Vero Beach takes collecting art seriously...
Glass Works

Glass Works

Dale Chihuly, American (b. 1941), Lapis Blue Persian, 1990, Glass, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Welles, 2001.011 VBMA GLASS WORKS On view through September 1, 2021 The VBMA has in its holdings various high-quality artworks made of glass. The new exhibition in the...
A+ ART – week 16

A+ ART – week 16

A+ ART – week 16 Abstract Lines. In this video, Bridget and Dawn talk about the five different kinds of lines as they explore the abstract line art of Martin Berkon. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
A+ ART – week 15

A+ ART – week 15

A+ ART – week 15 Pop Art. In this video, Bridget and Dawn explore Pop Art and print making using art by Andy Warhol as inspiration. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
A+ ART – week 14

A+ ART – week 14

A+ ART – week 14 Paper Sculpture. In this video, Dawn and Bridget will show you how to make a paper sculpture in the style of Dale Chihuly’s glass art. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
A+ Art – Week 13

A+ Art – Week 13

A+ ART – week 13 Kinetic Sculpture. In this video, Bridget and Dawn explore kinetic sculpture, discuss George Rickey’s kinetic sculpture in the VBMA collection, and create their own kinetic artwork using objects from around the house. Museum Extras Anke's Art...
A+ Art – Week 12

A+ Art – Week 12

A+ ART – week 12 In this video, Bridget and Dawn explore using natural and manufactured objects (you can find around your house) to compose and create a still life painting. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
A+ Art – Week 11

A+ Art – Week 11

A+ ART – week 11 In this video, Dawn and Bridget have fun exploring symmetrical objects and creating a symmetrical object (a butterfly). Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
Avery to Warhol

Avery to Warhol

Andy Warhol, American (1929- 1987), Pepper Pot From Campbell’s Soup I, 1968, 1940, Color serigraph on paper, H/Z, 35 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. 2000.010, Museum Purchase. Avery to WarholJuly 17, 2020 – January 3, 2021, ALL GALLERIESAvery to Warhol, is an exhibition of our...
Chul Hyun Ahn: New Light

Chul Hyun Ahn: New Light

CHUL HYUN AHNRailroad Nostalgia, 2012Artist Proof #2plywood, LED lights, railroad tracks & ties, hardware, mirrors100 x 144 x 41.5 inchesCollection of the artistCourtesy of C. Grimaldis Gallery Watch the installation process for this exhibition. Chul Hyun Ahn: New...
A+ Art – Week 10

A+ Art – Week 10

A+ ART – week 10 In this video, Bridget and Dawn will explore Collage art using a variety of cut and torn materials. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
Poetry of Nature

Poetry of Nature

William Louis Sonntag (1822-1900), Morning in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Va., ca. 1858. Oil on canvas, 36 x 56 in., New-York Historical Society, The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart, S-107. Poetry of Nature: Hudson River School...
A+ Art – Week 9

A+ Art – Week 9

A+ ART – week 9 In this video, you will have fun using your imagination to create objects and creatures in the style of Surrealism. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
A+ Art – Week 8

A+ Art – Week 8

A+ ART – week 8 Come One, Come All! Experience the Circus by looking at works by artist Reynolds Beal and clowning around with Dawn, Bridget and clown dog, Ellie. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
A+ Art – Week 7

A+ Art – Week 7

A+ ART – week 7 In this video you will explore what relief art is, learn about two and three-dimensional objects, and watch how to create your own relief using objects from home. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art...
A+ Art – Week 6

A+ Art – Week 6

A+ ART – week 6Printmaking with Watercolors. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
A+ Art – Week 5

A+ Art – Week 5

A+ ART – week 5In Using Found Objects to Create Pattern Art, you will use natural or other found objects to make beautiful patterns. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
A+ Art – Week 4

A+ Art – Week 4

A+ ART – week 4In Shapes into Buildings, you will learn how to identify shapes and angles to draw and paint realistic buildings. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
A+ Art – Week 3

A+ Art – Week 3

A+ ART – week 3This is the third video in the VBMA’s A+ART series, using portraits from the permanent collection to show how to find shapes and turn them into your own portraits!The VBMA’s A+ART series links art from the Museum’s permanent...
A+ Art – Week 2

A+ Art – Week 2

A+ ART – week 2This is the second video in the VBMA’s A+ART series linking art from the permanent collection, art-making and community-building for teens and young adults on the Autism Spectrum and with other special needs.Enjoy our on-line version of...
Flick Pick – Week 2

Flick Pick – Week 2

VBMA TUESDAYS FLICK PICK Tuesday, April 7 Wyeth (2018) This documentary tells the story of one of America’s most popular, but least understood, artists – Andrew Wyeth – through unprecedented access to Wyeth’s family members, including sons Jamie and Nicholas Wyeth,...
Anke’s Art Moment – Week 2

Anke’s Art Moment – Week 2

Anke’s Art Moment every Monday Monday, April 6, 2020Each week VBMA Senior Curator Anke Van Wagenberg will narrate a virtual tour of the exhibition From Homer to Hopper: American Art From The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC from the comfort of your home. This week,...
A+ Art – Week 1

A+ Art – Week 1

A+ ART A+ART is the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s program linking art from the permanent collection, art-making and community-building for teens and young adults on the Autism Spectrum and with other special needs. Enjoy our on-line version of the class which includes...
Art Tutorial – Week 1

Art Tutorial – Week 1

Art Tutorials – week 1Need a little inspiration to spark your creativity? Join us online each Friday for a short art-making tutorial. Museum Art School faculty will lead you through a simple art project with materials you can easily find at home.Master Potter,...
Museum Fun – week 1

Museum Fun – week 1

Museum Fun A fun collection of Museum-related photos, moments, social media, etc. Have something you want to share? Use #MuseumExtras Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
Anke’s Art Moment – Week 1

Anke’s Art Moment – Week 1

Anke’s Art Moment every Monday Monday, March 30, 2020 Senior Curator Anke Van Wagenberg discusses the Hanneke Beaumont sculpture in the Alice and Jim Beckwith Sculpture Park. Museum Extras Anke's Art Moment Flick Picks Museum Stories Art Tutorials A+ Art Museum...
Flick Pick – Week 1

Flick Pick – Week 1

VBMA TUESDAY’S FLICK PICK This content is provided by VBMA Film Studies Coordinator, Diane Thelen. Getting bored with video on demand and your regular streaming content? Check-in with the VBMA each Tuesday for Flick Picks. Film Studies coordinator, Diane Thelen,...
Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold

Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold

Ai Weiwei, Circle of Animals: Gold, 2010. Image courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio June 1-December 15, 2019Stark Rotunda The museum is pleased to present Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold (2010), which will be on view in Stark Rotunda. Ai Weiwei (born 1957,...
Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Transport the Soul © Brad Goldpaint June 1-September 29, 2019Holmes GalleryThis exhibition will feature approximately sixty photographs of celestial spectacle chosen from entries to the photography competition Astronomy Photographer of the Year. Each year since 2009...
Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

In Autumn Dance  © Kamil Nureev May 26-September 16, 2018, Holmes Gallery This exhibition will feature approximately fifty photographs of celestial spectacle chosen from entries to the photography competition Astronomy Photographer of the Year. Each year since 2009...
Leon Applebaum

Leon Applebaum

Blown and constructed glass Leon Applebaum American (b. 1945) Untitled, date unknown Blown and constructed glass 20 x10-1/2 in. 1997.057, Gift of Norma Gene Lykes Burr and Charles...