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Audiences don't have to wait until fall for the highly
Alex Katz: Theater and Dance, the first comprehensive
anticipated launch of the 2024-25 Artis—Naples season. In
exploration of Katz’s playful and inventive collaborations with
July, Alexander Shelley commenced his role as the artistic and
choreographers, dancers and avant-garde theater ensembles,
musical director for the multidisciplinary arts organization.
arrives at the museum in October and includes unpublished,
Even though Shelley won't be in Naples until October, he and
never-before-exhibited sketches, major sets, paintings and rare
the Artis—Naples team have been collaborating for over a year
archival materials from the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Other
to create a remarkable lineup of events, performances, and
early season highlights inside the museum and Hayes Hall galleries
exhibitions from The Baker Museum to Hayes Hall, promising
also include the continuation of Deep Cuts from the Ahmet
to captivate, educate, and entertain art enthusiasts throughout
Ertegün Collection, which draws to a close on October 13, and the
the region.
annual exhibition, Florida Contemporary, which spotlights three
notable Florida artists exploring themes affecting the Sunshine
Kicking off at The Baker Museum is the exhibition "As We Rise:
State.
Photography from the Black Atlantic," featuring selections
from the Wedge Collection. Running from July to October 13,
this showcase showcases a diverse array of photographs from
African diasporic culture, providing a timely examination of

Black identity across the Atlantic.
In September, the museum will present Becky Suss: The Dutch
House. This solo exhibition features new paintings inspired by
Ann Patchett’s eponymous novel which chronicles two adult
siblings recalling their childhoods and the subsequent

dissolution of their family.

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