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abstract painting evoking a landscape with a bright palette including blues, greens, and purples

Santa Barbara Museum of Art Presents "Vian Sora: Outerworlds"
March 13, 2025

photo of abstract work hanging on a light gray wall, consisting of a heavily worked surface with various objects and color palette of warm tones

Santa Barbara Museum of Art Presents Mid-Career Exhibitions by Los Angeles Artist Elliott Hundley Opening April 20, 2025
March 6, 2025

monochromatic photo of sea ice breaking

Santa Barbara Museum of Art Announces 2025 Exhibition Schedule
January 1, 2025

abstract painting of a vertical object arising from a stylized landscape of similar off white color against a grey blue sky

Santa Barbara Museum of Art presents "Modern Life: A Global Artworld, 1850 – 1950"
December 10, 2024

Photo of Dario Robleto's American Seabed artwork, featuring unconventional materials like fossilized whale ear bones and butterflies, whose antennae are crafted from stretched audiotape recordings of Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row"

Santa Barbara Museum of Art Presents exhibition "Dario Robleto: The Signal"

In the News

An Intimate Autobiography of Robert Rauschenberg - Hyperallergic

October 2, 2024

Cruz in Control - Santa Barbara Magazine

November 30, 2023

Review: James Castle Made Thousands of Resolute Drawings with Soot and Spit - Los Angeles Times

August 23, 2023

Domestic Aesthetics With ‘Scenes from a Marriage,’ the Artistic Marriage of Ed and Nancy Kienholz Is Brought Vividly to Life at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art - Santa Barbara Independent

March 5, 2023

Getting the Run of the Joint: Joan Tanner’s Field Day at S.B. Museum of Art - Santa Barbara Independent

February 23, 2023