Bob Rauschenberg Gallery

In November, four exhibitions open and 27 others continue their runs at Southwest Florida museums.

During the month of October, nine exhibitions open, four close and 21 others continue their runs at Southwest Florida museums.

During September, two exhibitions open, six close and 23 others continue their runs.

The Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at Florida Southwestern State College is mounting an interactive exhibition that celebrates two artists who defined the underground art scene in New York City in the late 1970s and early ’80s. It's called “Klaus Nomi & Kenny Scharf: Time SPLAT!” and will be on view in the annex Aug. 20 to Dec. 5.

Southwest Florida’s museums regularly curate traveling art exhibitions as well as artworks from their permanent collections. During July, two exhibitions open, five close and 26 others continue their runs at museums from Marco Island to Sarasota.

During the month of June, three exhibitions close and 30 others continue their runs at museums from Marco Island to Sarasota.

“Rauschenberg at 100: As Large as the World Is” focuses on the Bob Rauschenberg’s deep ties to Southwest Florida. The exhibition, which features locally produced and privately held works—most never before exhibited and spanning several pivotal decades of the artist’s career – was scheduled to close May 2nd. It will now run through August 1st.

Heidi Lewis Coleman is a big fan of legendary artist Robert Rauschenberg, who made Captiva Island the epicenter of his artistic pursuits from 1970 until his death in 2008. Coleman never met Rauschenberg. She moved to Naples in 2021, 13 years after Rauschenberg’s death. But at the opening of her “Dreamscape” solo show at the Alliance for the Arts, she learned that she and Rauschenberg had something in common.

Southwest Florida’s museums regularly curate traveling art exhibitions as well as artworks from their permanent collections. During April, five exhibitions open, four close and 26 others continue their runs. Headlining the list is "Something Borrowed, Something New" at the Sarasota Art Museum.

A joint venture by the owners of Captiva's South Seas resort has purchased the 22-acre Rauschenberg property that spans from beach to bay on Captiva Island. South Seas purchased the property from the artist's foundation, which served as its owner following the 2008 death of Robert Rauschenberg, the 20th-century American artist.