Watch a remarkable lecture by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero on the art and politics of the Medici Empire in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries, presented in conjunction with the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art’s exhibition The Medici Dynasty: Renaissance in Florence.
Read MoreDr Wayne Wood gave a presentation called Frank Lloyd Wright and His Influence on Florida Architecture at the AGB Museum of Art in Lakeland, Florida, November 14, 2025. View the entire presentation here.
Read MoreFormer Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich has always been passionate about art history, and about sharing that passion with our community. As he prepared to leave the Museum after eight years, he hosted his final set of lectures as part of a special interactive “Drinks with the Director” event held live in the galleries. He reflected on the impact of art and art history while highlighting some of his all-time favorite works, including pieces from our own collection.
Read MoreFormer Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich has always been passionate about art history, and about sharing that passion with our community. As he prepared to leave the Museum after eight years, he hosted his final set of lectures as part of a special interactive “Drinks with the Director” event held live in the galleries. He reflected on the impact of art and art history while highlighting some of his all-time favorite works, including pieces from our own collection.
Read MoreDr. H. Alexander Rich leads a Gallery Perspectives Tour of the exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright & the College of Tomorrow. This will be his final tour before he departs for his new role as Director and CEO of the Gibbs Museum of Art in Charleston, SC.
Read MoreDr H. Alexander Rich gives a lecture at the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art’s Holiday Member’s Reception called It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Impressionism to go along with the Museum’s exhibition, Dutch Impressionism: The Hague School, 1860-1930.
Read MoreEnjoy a special lecture of “Dutch Impressionism: The Hague School, 1860-1930” led by Dr. Willem Hoogsteder, owner and director of the Hoogsteder Museum Foundation
Read MoreDr. Alex Rich takes visitors through Rockwell/Wyeth: Icons of Americana!
Read MoreDr. Roy Kerr traces out N.C. Wyeth’s career against the backdrop of the development of American illustration
Read MoreFor the first time, Drinks with the Director, moves from a virtual only event to being recorded in front of a studio audience while being broadcast over Facebook Live.
Read MoreArtist Reynier Llanes speaks about his work during the Point of View Gallery Talk at the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, Florida.
Read MoreJoin Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich of the Polk Museum of Art as he interviews Samuel Bak over Zoom during the Member’s Reception.
Read MoreJoin Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich on a tour through Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham. This exhibition features 60 photographs by Cunningham, whose life — and career — traversed nearly a century.
Read MoreAt the member's reception on April 14th, 2023, Dr. H. Alexander Rich discusses the three featured exhibits at the Polk Museum of Art. The exhibits were Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham, In the Eye of the Mind: The Fantastic Realities of Steven Kenny, and New Eyes on the Permanent Collection.
Read MoreDr. H. Alexander Rich, the Polk Museum of Art’s Executive Director & Chief Curator gives a lecture on the Museum’s exhibit Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois: Painting the Real.
Read MoreAuthor and historian Gary Monroe lectures at the Polk Museum of Art on the Highwaymen, 26 Florida-based Afican-American landscape painters who managed to thrive in the Jim Crow South. Consisting of 25 men and 1 woman, these mostly self-taught artists produced a uniquely Florida art movement that is prized by collectors and the public today.
Read MoreDuring our Members Reception, Dr. H Alexander Rich spoke about the renowned French artist and sculptor, Aguste Rodin and dove into Rodin’s life-long pursuit of art, his sometimes controversial career, and his monumental contributions and influence on modern sculpture.
Read MoreDr. Alexander Rich, in dialogue with Ron and Clark Woodsby, provide an in-depth overview of exhibition The Art of the Highwaymen: From the Woodsby Family Collection.
Read MoreFeaturing more than 50 works in various media on the theme of children and animals in American figurative art, this original exhibition promises to delight the child in all of us.
Read MoreLearn about Pinderhughes' decades-long career, his rise in the commercial and fine art photography worlds, and the inspirations behind the works in our upcoming original exhibition, Finding Meaning Within: The Photography of John Pinderhughes.
Read MoreThe Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida
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