Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys @ The High Museum of Art | Atlanta, GA — Through January 19, 2025

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Over the past 25 years, Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys have acquired a world-class collection of paintings, photographs, and sculptures by diverse, multigenerational artists including Gordon Parks, Qualeasha Wood, Mickalene Thomas, Titus Kaphar, Kwame Brathwaite, Odili Donald Odita, Derrick Adams, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Ebony G. Patterson, Nick Cave and others. 

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Clare Rojas: Past the Present @ Bechtler Museum of Modern Art | Charlotte, NC — Through January 19, 2025

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Clare Rojas: Past the Present features nearly 100 examples of the artist’s work from the past five years, including large-scale and intimate paintings, bronze sculptures, works on paper, and an installation of wallpaper designed in collaboration with Schumacher x Peg Norriss. 

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Becoming The Sea: Black Rock Senegal x Harvey B. Gantt Center | Charlotte, NC — Through January 20, 2025

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Named for the volcanic rocks that blanket the Dakar shoreline, Black Rock is a multidisciplinary artist-in-residence program founded by renowned artist Kehinde Wiley in 2019. The residency brings together international artists to live and work in Dakar. The exhibition includes painting, photography, video, sculpture, writing, and installation.

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Southern/Modern @ Mint Museum Uptown | Charlotte, NC — Through February 2, 2025

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Southern/Modern: Rediscovering Southern Art From the First Half of the Twentieth Century takes a broad view of the South and is structured around key themes that traverse geographic regions, including time and place, race, family ties, and social struggles. The exhibition includes more than 100 paintings and works on paper by artists working in states below the Mason-Dixon line and as far west as those bordering the Mississippi River.

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P Jermaine Powell — Leadership Reimagined: Share Your Journey @ North Carolina Museum of Art | Raleigh, NC — Through March 9, 2025

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Leadership Reimagined is a celebration of human resilience and what the artist refers to as “postpandemic leadership.” It showcases how members of both the local and global art communities discovered new ways to create, innovate, and lead during a challenging time in human history. Powell intentionally chose individuals who may not fit conventional definitions of leadership but whose stories of resilience and dedication inspire others.

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