GROUP EXHIBITION

The Big World, focusing on depictions of the land in The Wolfsonian’s collection, challenges expectations of landscape art as it goes beyond bucolic scenes to reveal changing vistas of the modern era rendered in paintings, the decorative arts, and even a grand piano. The exhibition charts a course through the end of the 19th century and into the first half of the 20th, outlining the story of global growth and shifting ideas about the world around us—from pristine nature, to its radical alteration in modern urban and industrial centers, to panoramas ruined by war and environmental disregard.

Starting November 21, 2024, keep an eye out in the galleries for labels by students from FIU professor John Bailly’s Honors College class. Inspired by select landscapes in The Big World, these creative writings offer new perspectives on the exhibition’s themes.

Presented in connection with __Bridge Deconstruction Site andThe Breath Eaters.