Past Exhibits

Ming Smith: Feeling the Future
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art presents Ming Smith: Feeling the Future (August 23 – December 7, 2024). The first solo exhibition of photographer Ming

Threaded
Threaded presents artworks created by Black women working with textiles. The foundation of this exhibition is seven newly-conserved quilts from Gee’s Bend in the Spelman

Harmonia Rosales
The fraught term “master” simultaneously conjures slavery, the idea of the primary (a master copy), aswell as art history (old masters, masterpiece, master/apprentice, mastery of

Black American Portraits
Following its debut at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2021, Black American Portraits was on view at Atlanta’s Spelman College Museum of


Silver Linings
The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art was founded 25 years ago and the mission of the museum is to uplift art by and about

Theaster Gates: Black Image Corporation
Spring 2020 Theaster Gates: Black Image Corporation explores the legacy of the Johnson Publishing Company archive. Curated by artist Theaster Gates (born 1973, lives in Chicago), this

Mildred Thompson, the Atlanta Years, 1986-2003
American abstract artist Mildred Thompson (1936 – 2003) spent much of her early career in Germany and France in response to the racial and gender

Amy Sherald
Amy Sherald immediately rose to international prominence when the National Portrait Gallery unveiled her portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama in February 2018 to critical acclaim. Amy

PRESENCE Meditations on the Spelman College Collection
PRESENCE: Meditations on the Spelman College Collection features a selection of the Spelman College’s newest gifts and latest acquisitions. Organized by the Museum’s Curator of

Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness
In partnership with Autograph, London, the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art presented the United States premiere of Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness.

Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi
Deborah Roberts creates visually arresting collages that encourage important conversations about girlhood, vulnerability, body image, popular culture, self-image, and the dysfunctional legacy of colorism. Combining found