Opening Reception for “Castles in the Sky”

Photo: Peter Hamlin. Living Matrix Palace, 2018. Courtesy of Kenise Barnes Fine Art.

The Coral Gables Museum presents an opening reception for its new exhibition, “Castles in the Sky: Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art,” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15. This remarkable production explores imaginary architecture through the lenses of more than 25 contemporary artists – from Salvador Dali and Beatrice Coron to David LaChapelle – working in a wide range of media spanning painting, drawing, sculpture and video. The exhibition curator and select participating artists will be present for the opening reception. This event is free and open to the public.

Participating artists will include Gustavo Acosta, Diane Arbus, Clint Baclawski, John Bowman, Hannah Brenner-Leonard, Michele Brody, Adrien Broom, Dean Byington, James Casebere, Laurent Chéhère, Thomas Cole, Beatrice Coron, Will Cotton, William Richard Crutchfield, Linda L. Cunningham, Salvador Dalí, Thomas Doyle, Peter Hamlin, Cameron Hayes, Robert Hite, Julie Langsam, Armando Marino, Jonathan Monaghan, Juan Garcia-Nunez, Claes Oldenburg, Lothar Osterburg, Kevin M. Paulsen, Rachel Sydlowski, Eric Wesley and Danwen Xing.

There will be a gallery tour by Bartholomew Bland, Executive Director of the Lehman College Art Gallery and Curator of the show, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17.

“Castles in the Sky” runs through May 15 at the Coral Gables Museum’s Fewell Gallery.

For more information, visit the Coral Gables Museum page.