Past Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

The Art of the Empire: Three Centuries of British Art

February 22, 2013 to February 24, 2014

The Art of the Empire celebrates the evolution and vitality of three hundred years of British art, from the eighteenth century to the present. The exhibition consists of paintings, sculpture, works on paper and illustrated books organized thematically: portraiture, landscape, religious painting and the Pre-Raphaelite vision, delving into the work of two of its followers, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.

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Bosco Sodi: Croatia

December 3, 2012 to March 4, 2013

Bosco Sodi (Mexico, 1970) is known for his richly textured, monochromatic large-scale paintings that explore materiality, color, and the raw beauty of nature. Compelled by the unpredictable, the accidental, and the unique simplicity found in the natural landscape, Sodi’s work is an adventure into the unknown.

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Contemporary Passions: American, European and Latin American Art from the Serapión and Belk Collection

August 11, 2012 to January 21, 2013

Contemporary Passions: American, European and Latin-American art from the Serapión & Belk Collection is an exhibition that pays tribute to the artists’ passion for depicting the frenzy of emotions, neurosis and apprehensions of the contemporary times. It is also an introduction to the passionate world of collecting as seen through the collection of Margarita Serapión and John T. Belk III, which reveals the modern and post-modern artistic vision of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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Luis Camnitzer: Art in Response

April 14, 2012 to January 21, 2013

Luis Camnitzer (Uruguayan, 1937) lives and works in New York since 1964. Internationally recognized as an artist, critic, educator and art theorist. Formally associated with the American Conceptualists of the sixties and seventies. Camnitzer creates works in a wide variety of media including installation, engraving, drawing and photography.

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Art in response: Jorge Díaz Torres

February 22 to June 30, 2013

Art in response is an initiative that invites contemporary artists to select an artwork, or period, represented in the Museum’s European Art Collection to serve as a point of reference for an artwork or series of artworks that will be exhibited as a counterpoint in the Museum’s galleries.

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Emilio Sánchez: Light, Line and Shadow

April 14, 2012 to August 7, 2013

Emilio Sánchez’ prolific career reflects a fascinating life and a unique aesthetic vision. Today, the Museo de Arte de Ponce owns the largest collection of Sánchez’ work in the world, thanks to a generous donation of over four hundred pieces made in 2010 by the foundation that bears the artist’s name.

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