Current Exhibits
The Sheldon Art Galleries, located in the Emerson Galleries building, features rotating exhibits in six galleries, including photography, architecture, St. Louis artists and collections, jazz history and children's art. Artwork is also featured in The Sheldon's sculpture garden, visible from both the atrium lobby and the connecting glass bridge.
Gallery hours:
Tuesdays, noon – 8 p.m.
Wednesdays - Fridays, noon – 5 p.m.
Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Also open one hour prior to Sheldon performances and during intermission.
Closed July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Join us October 5 from 5-7 p.m. for the opening of six new exhibits, celebrating The Sheldon’s 20th Anniversary season! (Galleries open until 9 p.m. for First Fridays in Grand Center)
20th Anniversary Celebration!
ArtSounds: A World of Art
Thursday, November 1 at 6 p.m.
Click here for more information!
 Zlatko Ćosić, Re-Birth, 2013, single channel video, 4:10  José Guadalupe Garza and Miriam Ruiz, still from Anhelo [longing], dual channel video with sound, 2018  Priya Kambli, Dada Aajooba, 2017, archival inkjet print, image: 8 x 7 inches, paper: 22 x 17 inches. materials: family photograph and flour |
Re/Constructing Identity: Zlatko Ćosić, José Guadalupe Garza and Miriam Ruiz, Priya Kambli, and Rachel YounOctober 5, 2018 - January 26, 2019 Zlatko Ćosić (Yugoslavian), José Guadalupe Garza and Miriam Ruiz (Mexican-American), Priya Kambli (Indian) and Rachel Youn (Korean-American) investigate their cultural roots and complex experiences around issues of immigration and identity. Using photography, video and sculpture, they tell stories of exploration, loss, exile, fragmentation and reconstruction. |
 Rattle, Olmec, 1000 – 600 B.C.E., Region of ancient Chalchuapa, El Salvador, The Sheldon Art Galleries, Hartenberger World Music Collection. Gift of Dr. Aurelia & Jeffrey Hartenberger, Karrie Bopp, Jaclyn Hartenberger and Kevin Hartenberger. |
St. Louis, A Musical Gateway: The Balkans, India and MexicoOctober 5, 2018 - April 13, 2019 The first in a series that celebrates St. Louis’ immigrant communities, this exhibit features rare and beautiful instruments drawn from The Sheldon’s Hartenberger World Music Collection from India, Mexico and the Balkan region. Highlights include a 3,000-year-old Olmec whistle and an ornate “Bajo Quinto” from Mexico, a 19th-century Croatian “Berda” tamburitza, an ancient Greek terra cotta “siren” whistle and a 12th-century Hindu “Vamavarta” conch from India. The exhibition is curated by Dr. Aurelia Hartenberger. |
 Lewis Wickes Hine, (American, 1874 – 1940), Jewish Grandmother, Ellis Island, 1926 gelatin silver print, 13 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches; printed c. 1935, courtesy of the Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York. |
The Immigrants: Works by Master PhotographersOctober 5, 2018 - January 12, 2019 Organized by the Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, the exhibit focuses on the immigrant experience as told through the photographs of major icons from the history of photography such as Lewis Hine, Alfred Stieglitz, Margaret Bourke White, Dorothea Lange and Tseng Kwong Chi, that depict the hardship and sacrifice, pride and achievement of immigrants around the world. |
 Quai Branly, Jacques Chirac Museum, photographed in 2007. Green wall by Patrick Blanc. Photo courtesy of Patrick Blanc Studio. |
Growing Up: International Vertical GardensOctober 5, 2018 - January 19, 2019 International vertical gardens are featured in this exhibit of photographs, models, plans and material samples from projects by international master designers and architecture firms Ateliers Jean Nouvel (France), Biotecture (United Kingdom), Patrick Blanc (France), Stefano Boeri Architetti (Italy), Emilo Llobat (Spain), Growing Green, Inc. (United States), Kengo Kuma Associates (Japan), Sage Green Life (United States) and others. The exhibit also highlights a key feature of The Sheldon’s new Steward Family Plaza that includes a vertical garden designed by Benjamin Gilmartin, architect, in collaboration with Andrew Colopy of Cobalt Office, Michael Ludvik Engineers, Randy Burkett Lighting Design, DLANDstudio, KPFF, Civil Design, Horner & Shifrin and Powers Bowersox Associates, Architects of Record, opening in the Summer of 2019. |
 The Hill, December 6, 2017, by Alessandro, 8 x 10 inches, courtesy of the artist and Forsyth School. |
St. Louis Through the Lens of a Child: Photographs by Students of Forsyth SchoolOctober 5, 2018 - February 2, 2019 Through photography, students of Forsyth School in Clayton investigated St. Louis’ neighborhoods to discover the rich and vital contributions of its immigrant communities. In the classroom, students studied and explored the idea of what it means to be a community and what makes a community thrive and be successful. |
 Martin Brief, Elementary Particles and the Forces of Nature, 2015 (detail) from A Brief History of Time, ink on paper, 32 ¼ x 19 ¼ inches, courtesy of the artist. |
Martin Brief: A Brief History of TimeOctober 5, 2018 - January 5, 2019 This exhibition of drawings by the time and process-based artist Martin Brief shows works from three series - A Brief History of Time, ArtForum and Dictionary. Born and raised in Chicago, Martin Brief is an artist whose recent work - long-term, absurd, drawing based tasks - interrogates aspects of our complex social and political fabric. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally including in New York, Paris, Zurich, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis. |
|
Jim Dine Sculpture dedicated to the memory of Dr. Leigh GerdineOngoing Exhibit The Ann Lee and Wilfred Konneker Gallery at the Sheldon Art Galleries is the site for the Jim Dine sculpture, The Heart Called Orchid, 2003. The sculpture is dedicated to the life and accomplishments of Dr. Leigh Gerdine, a founding trustee of the Sheldon Arts Foundation who devoted himself to the saving and renovation of the historic Sheldon Concert Hall and the creation of the Sheldon Art Galleries. |
 Dunia yoyo, 2018 |
Sanza Soul: Certified by PelekaraOctober 5, 2018 - January 26, 2019 Severin Pelekara was raised in Cameroon and was born in the Central African Republic. He is a recent immigrant and is hoping to build a life here in the United States. Sanza (pronunced san-ja) is a patterned cloth used in Central African Republic where Pelekara was born. The patterns shown in this exhibition are his soul narrating memories and expressions of events, people and stories from his childhood. They are representative of the traditions, heritage and the African culture that influenced Pelekara’s life and are a way to tell the story visually with many symbols, showing the experiences that have shaped who he has become and who he will grow to be. |
 Pointer from Watershed Cairns by Libby Reuter and Joshua Rowan |
Watershed Cairns: Libby Reuter and Joshua RowanJune 1, 2018 - September 29, 2018 Sculptor Libby Reuter and collaborator, photographer Joshua Rowan, temporarily place site-specific cairns in the landscape to mark watersheds around the area. The exhibition features seven cairns in the sculpture garden and photographs by Rowan on a video monitor alongside the installation. |
