Exhibits

Key West comes alive through Ray Rolston’s (1947-2019) paintings and prints which capture the vibrant colors of the islands and the surrounding coral reef. Inspired by the extraordinary shades of the sunsets, historic landmarks, classic conch houses, beaches and the lush sea life, Ray brings you the tropical warmth and sunshine of the Florida Keys […]

Monkey in Paradise: A Norbert Szilagyi Retrospective Since arriving in Key West in the late 1980s, Norbert Szilagyi’s art has held true to his own idea of what he calls ‘tropical primitivism’. While crossing mediums from sculpture to high gloss house paint on wood, that very idea has taken different forms while staying unmistakably Norbert […]

Collecting Key West: The Work of Mario Sanchez Regarded as one of the leading folk artists of the 20th century, Mario Sanchez (1908-2005) was born in Key West, the descendant of Cuban immigrants with connections to the cigar industry.  Drawing inspiration from the Gatoville neighborhood where he was raised, Sanchez carved nostalgic scenes of the […]

Visions of Florida: The Photographic Art of Clyde Butcher Discover an undisturbed paradise that is rapidly disappearing.  Through the eyes of one of America’s finest landscape photographers, journey into the realm of natural Florida – a world seldom seen either by tourists or longtime residents. Visions of Florida features the art of a photographer often […]

The Antic Humor of Richard Watherwax Richard Watherwax has more than 40 years’ experience in commercial, editorial, advertising and wedding photography. He spent years in New York City, first as a journalism and photography major in college who when settled into commercial photography, living what he described as a ‘Mad Men’ lifestyle. High profile clients […]

Key West Art & Historical Society is reviving its popular juried art exhibition, “From a Woman’s Hand,” and invites Florida Keys women to apply beginning in late 2024.  The exhibit in the Key West Museum of Art & History’s Bumpus Gallery will feature paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, prints, textiles, and ceramics created by female artists.  […]

The Key West Art and Historical Society is building cultural equity by telling the stories of the Black community’s significant contributions to local culture and industry, as documented in artwork and historic documents. This online exhibition seeks to redress a serious omission – that the substantial contributions of people of color are under-represented in our […]

Depicting Hemingway: Guy Harvey Sketches The Old Man and the Sea Online Exhibition Depicting Hemingway: Guy Harvey Sketches ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ features 59 original pen-and-ink drawings by internationally-renowned marine wildlife artist and conservationist, Guy Harvey.  The sketches follow the narrative of Ernest Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Old Man and the […]

An Online Exhibition Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985) is considered one of America’s premier photojournalists of the twentieth century.  During a career that spanned five decades, he created an indelible visual record of life in the United States as a government photographer, and as a photojournalist during the golden era of news magazine photography.  In 1935, Rothstein […]