NOVEMBER 15, 2024 – MARCH, 2 2025
Rozeal: I Shall Not Want The Biggs will close out the year with a blockbuster exhibition by renowned artists Rozeal. Titled I Shall Not Want, Rozeal's contemporary paintings blend traditional[...]
APRIL 18, 2024 – JULY 28, 2024
Award Winners XXIV: Delaware Division of the Arts Fellowship Recipients In April, the museum will present Award Winners XXIV, an annual exhibition shining a light on the visual, performing, and[...]
JANUARY 11, 2024 – MARCH 24, 2024
Art Works for All: Celebration of Creativity Presented in partnership with Art Works for All (AWA), this community-focused exhibit, highlights the creative achievements of children and adults with disabilities. Art[...]
JULY 25, 2024 – SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Circle of Truth Circle of Truth is the visual equivalent of the childhood game where a message whispered in the ear of a first person, then relayed to a second person,[...]
MARCH 14, 2024 – JULY 7, 2024
Rebecca Raubacher: Horses & Other Creatures Featuring the awe-inspiring new works by Delaware artist Rebecca Raubacher, with a focus on animals, this exhibition showcases how Raubacher’s signature large scale pieces[...]
NOVEMBER 2, 2023 – FEBRUARY 11, 2024
The Wyeths: Three Generations Works From the Bank of America Collection This exhibition brings together more than seventy works of art by three generations of artists. Paintings, drawings, and illustrations[...]
The Wyeths: Three Generations
NOVEMBER 2, 2023 - FEBRUARY 11, 2024 Works From the Bank of America Collection This exhibition brings together more than seventy works of art by three generations of artists. Paintings,[...]
Front Row Center: Icons of Rock, Blues, and Soul
MARCH 17, 2023 - JUNE 19, 2023 The iconic photographs of Larry Hulst capture the freewheeling energy of live music and the enduring visual spectacle of rock’s greatest performers. From[...]
Mary Putman: Art is About Us
FEBRUARY 16, 2023 - MARCH 26, 2023 For the Delaware-based painter Mary Putman, art is—and has always been—about us. Putman’s focus on the landscape over the course of her prolific[...]
Art Deco Glass from the David Huchthausen Collection
NOVEMBER 5, 2022 - FEBRUARY 20, 2023 Clean lines, geometric shapes and bright colors characterize this exhibition of more than 100 early 20th century works by iconic Art Deco Studios such[...]
Expressions of Time: Photographing a Solution
APRIL 18, 2008 – JUNE 1, 2008 This exhibition features over two-dozen works of art by nine photographers that describes their interpretations of the passage of time. The participating photographers[...]
Delaware Silver
MARCH 5, 2008 - JUNE 29, 2008 FeaturingThe Col. Kenneth P. & Regina I. Brown Collectionand loan exhibitionMasters in Our Midst March 5 - June 29, 2008 The Biggs Museum[...]
Greetings from Delaware
SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 - OCTOBER 19, 2008 Greetings from Delaware and Other Artist Communities, features over 250 hand-made greeting cards, the majority of the Jann Haynes Gilmore and B. Joyce[...]
From Four Studios: First State Modernism
SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 - OCTOBER 19, 2008 From Four Studios: First State Modernism is the first major exhibition of the State's Modernist art collection. The show presents key examples of[...]
Young at Art
SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 - OCTOBER 19, 2008 In partnership with the Child HELP Foundation, the Biggs Museum is proud to host Young at Art, an exhibition featuring artwork created by[...]
Award Winners VII
JULY 9, 2008 - OCTOBER 26, 2008 For seven years the Biggs Museum has offered its galleries for the presentation of some of Delaware's finest visual artists, craftspeople, writers and[...]
Award Winners VIII
JULY 9, 2008 - OCTOBER 26, 2008 This exhibition features the talent of the current Individual Artist Fellows of the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA). These artists: painters, photographers,[...]
Forgotten Dreams:The Paintings of Edward Grant
November 5, 2008 - February 22, 2009 The first retrospective of this artist's work and his incredibly long and distinguished life within the region, both as a prolific painter as[...]
On a Smaller Scale: Dollhouses
NOVEMBER 5, 2008 - FEBRUARY 22, 2009 Open November 5, 2008 - February 22, 2009 On a Smaller Scale features the recent acquisition of three exceptional dollhouses from the now[...]
Biggs Shot 2009
MARCH 4, 2009 - JUNE 28, 2009 Biggs Shot 2009 is the second juried photography competition and exhibition featuring the work of new and emerging photographers, working and/or living in[...]
The Sculpture of Light: Volterra, Italy in Delaware
APRIL 4, 2009 - JUNE 21, 2009 In a partnership with the Appoquinimink School District and the Volterra, Italy delegation, the Museum is pleased to present The Sculpture of Light:[...]
Wish for the World
AUGUST 8, 2009 - AUGUST 31, 2009 As we look around our world today, filled with conflicts, environment destruction and human suffering, we all wish for a more peaceful, healthier[...]
Ellen’s Wacky Chair Contest
AUGUST 5, 2009 - AUGUST 31, 2009 Open August 5, 2009 - August 31, 2009 The Biggs Museum is proud to serve as a partner alongside the Delaware State Fair,[...]
Award Winners
JULY 3, 2009 - OCTOBER 25, 2009 Open July 3, 2009 – October 25, 2009 Award Winners features the talent of the current Individual Artist Fellows of the Delaware Division[...]
Fusion: American Classics Meet Latin American Art
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 - NOVEMBER 15, 2009 In a partnership with the Governor's Advisory Council on Hispanic Affairs (GACHA), the Biggs Museum will exhibit the works of contemporary Hispanic artists[...]
Arts ConnectEd
NOVEMBER 6, 2009 - FEBRUARY 21, 2010 Arts ConnectEd features the young talent of students in Delaware schools. The exhibition consists of four month-long installations, each featuring the artwork of[...]
Blue Water/Still Water: American Society of Marine Artists
MARCH 5, 2010 - JUNE 20, 2010 Open March 5, 2010 - June 20, 2010 "Artists have always found inspiration in the aquatic:from the vastness of the open ocean,where clear[...]
Visions of Dignity
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 – OCTOBER 15, 2010 The Biggs Museum of American Art is partnering, once again, with the Delaware State Governor's Advisory Council on Hispanic Affairs (GACHA) to present[...]
Award Winners X and Reunion
JULY 2, 2010 – OCTOBER 24, 2010 For ten years, the Biggs Museum has partnered with the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) to showcase the artistic talents of Delaware[...]
Behind the Blue Doors: Famous Creations from the Rehoboth Art League
November 5, 2010 - February 20, 2011 Behind the Blue Doors: Famous Works from the Rehoboth Art League Collection is the first critical examination of the rarely-seen permanent collection of[...]
Art and Poetry
APRIL 1, 2011 – MAY 1, 2011 To commemorate National Poetry Month, the Biggs Museum of American Art will host a public reading of some of the region's most influential[...]
Delaware Watercolor Society: Spring Exhibition
MAY 6, 2011 - MAY 29, 2011 The Biggs Museum will host the Delaware Watercolor Society largest exhibition in 2011, the juried members exhibition. As many as 50 watercolors will[...]
Campus Community School: Junior Docent Art Exhibition
MAY 6, 2011 - MAY 29, 2011 Junior Docents from Dover's Campus Community School will be featured as the final celebration of this year's program. The Junior Docent program, which[...]
The Biggs Picture: the 2011 Landscape Competition and Exhibition
MARCH 4, 2011 - JUNE 19, 2011 The Biggs Picture exhibition features paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, craft, video and any artistic medium by regional landscape artists. This juried competition asks[...]
Award Winners XI:Exhibition
JULY 1, 2011 - OCTOBER 23, 2011 We Are All Poets by Colette C. Gaiter The Biggs Museum of American Art will open the summer 2011 exhibition: Award Winners XI[...]
Delaware By Hand: Masterworks 2011
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 - FEBRUARY 26, 2012 Every two years, Delaware By Hand (DBH) hosts a membership-wide juried competition in order to select individual artists that are deemed masters of[...]
Loving Traditions: The Ann Marcus Valentines Card Collection
FEBRUARY 3, 2011 - MARCH 25, 2011 Valentines cards have been popularly printed, mailed and received in Europe and America since the 1800s. Printing innovations of the Industrial Revolution and[...]
As the Poet Paints: E. Jean Lanyon
APRIL 6, 2011 - MAY 23, 2011 As the Poet Paints features the literary and visual artworks of the 1979-2001 Delaware Poet Laureate E. Jean Lanyon:"As a Fine Artist I[...]
Jewels of the Generations: The Legacy of Loockerman and Bradford Family of Dover
MARCH 2, 2011 - JUNE 24, 2011 When Dover merchant, Vincent Loockerman, died in 1785 he was probably Dover's single largest land owner and unrivaled collector of Delaware and Philadelphia-made[...]
Arts Connect-ED: Campus Community School Exhibition
MARCH 27, 2012 - JUNE 24, 2012 Celebrate youth talent in the arts by being the first to look at the installment of local school children's artwork. The featured pieces[...]
Picturing WWI: The American Illustration Collection of the Delaware National Guard
MAY 4, 2012 - JUNE 24, 2012 In a time before televisions or even the widespread use of radio, Americans received their news and entertainment from popular magazines and illustrations.[...]
Award Winners XII
JULY 6, 2012 - OCTOBER 21, 2012 For twelve years, the Biggs Museum has partnered with the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) to showcase the artistic talents of Delaware[...]
Glass Transformed
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 - OCTOBER 28, 2012 Glass Transformed is the first museum presentation within the State of Delaware of the photographic work of Celia Pearson. Based in Annapolis, the[...]
Biggs Shot 2012
NOVEMBER 2, 2012 - FEBRUARY 17, 2013 Biggs Shot 2012 will feature submissions to the third juried photography competition of artists living and working in the Greater Delmarva Peninsula. The[...]
A Moment in Time: Artist Exchange
JANUARY 4, 2013 - FEBRUARY 24, 2013 In conjunction with the museum's signature Biggs Shot photographyc ompetition, the museum has invited a local artist association to create works based on[...]
The Projectionist
MARCH 1, 2013 - JUNE 23, 2013 The Projectionist is a documentary, book and multi-media exhibition that explores one man's lifelong fascination with the golden ago of film and, in[...]
The Legacy of Currier & Ives: Shaping the American Spirit
JULY 4, 2013 - OCTOBER 27, 2013 When Nathanial Currier, a young businessman in New York City, published a lithograph in 1835 showing Planters Hotel in New Orleans after a[...]
Award Winners XIII
AUGUST 2, 2013 - OCTOBER 13, 2013 For thirteen years, the Biggs Museum has partnered with the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) to showcase the artistic talents of Delaware[...]
Delaware Watercolor Society
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 - OCTOBER 27, 2013 The Biggs Museum will host a juried member's exhibition of the Delaware Watercolor Society. As many as 50 watercolors will be featured within[...]
Celebration of Creativity
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 - DECEMBER 31, 2013 VSA of Delaware provides children and adults with disabilities opportunities to achieve in the performing and visual arts. VSA of Delaware is a[...]
Refining the Region: the Landscapes of Bayard T. Berndt
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 - FEBRUARY 23, 2014 Bayard Taylor Berndt was a 20th century Brandywine Valley artist who studied under such recognizable figures as Frank Schoonover, N.C. Wyeth and Gayle[...]
Biggs Picture Exhibition
MAY 17, 2014 - JULY 20, 2014 The Biggs Museum of American art is proud to again host the third installment of The Biggs Picture, a landscape competition. This exhibition[...]
R³ Factory Exhibition
MAY 17, 2014 - JULY 20, 2014 With support from Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the Biggs Museum is proud to present a series of educational programs[...]
Ain’t I a Woman: Lori Crawford and The Sista’s
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 - OCTOBER 26, 2014 Lori Crawford, Associate Professor of Art at Delaware State University, will present works from The Sista's series on the Biggs Museum's third floor.[...]
You Are the United States
DECEMBER 5, 2014 - JANUARY 11, 2015 Emile Klein, a classically trained portrait painter from the San Francisco Bay area, recently biked across the country to record America from his[...]
Carson Zullinger: The Line of Beauty
NOVEMBER 7, 2014 - FEBRUARY 15, 2015 Delaware native, Carson Zullinger, has been exhibiting his figural and landscape fine-art photographs for forty years. Zullinger often subordinates his dynamic and thoroughly[...]
March for the Arts
MARCH 6, 2015 - MARCH 29, 2015 In support of Youth Art Month, the Museum will host an exhibition of artwork created by Delaware art educators and their students. Schools[...]
Abraham Lincoln: The WSFS Bank Collection of Frank Schoonover Illustrations
MARCH 31, 2015 - MAY 3, 2015 For over 50 years, WSFS, the oldest bank and trust company headquartered in Delaware, have been the stewards of a fine collection of[...]
William D. White: Vision and Voice Exhibition
MARCH 6, 2015 - JUNE 21, 2015 William D. White: Vision and Voice is the first major exhibition and exhibition catalogue of this unique and important regional artist. This exhibition[...]
Delaware By Hand: Masters 2015
APRIL 3, 2015 - JUNE 14, 2015 Every three years, the Biggs Museum hosts a juried competition of their Delaware By Hand artist membership in order to select individual artists[...]
Delaware Watercolor Society
JULY 3, 2015 - SEPTEMBER 20, 2015 Admission: $5 (Free for Members, Children Under 12, and on Sundays) The Biggs Museum will host a juried member's exhibition of the Delaware Watercolor[...]
Award Winners XV
JULY 3, 2015 - SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 Free Admission Each year, through a partnership with the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA), the Biggs Museum hosts the works of Delaware's[...]
Small Tapestry International 4: Honoring Tradition, Inspiring Innovation
OCTOBER 2, 2015 - NOVEMBER 22, 2015 The American Tapestry Alliance was established in 1982 to unite tapestry weavers and designers in order to promote an awareness and appreciation of[...]
DEMCO, Inc.
OCTOBER 2, 2015 - NOVEMBER 15, 2015 The Biggs Museum is celebrating its new partnership with The Delaware Multicultural and Civic Organization (DEMCO, Inc.), with an exhibition, entitled DEMCO, Inc., of[...]
Youth Art Month: Sculptures of Ourselves
MARCH 4, 2016 - MARCH 24, 2016 The Biggs Museum has challenged art educators from across the state to teach their K-12 students about the art form of self-portraiture by[...]
Exhibition: Harmony Weavers Guild
MARCH 4, 2016 - APRIL 24, 2016 This bi-annual members' exhibition of the pre-eminent regional weaving association features masterworks of fiber art. The Harmony Weavers Guild emphasizes fellowship, enthusiasm and[...]
New Discoveries: Michael Robear
NOVEMBER 6, 2015 - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 Often, the Biggs Museum's staff has the good fortune to discover talented artists within this community who have not received enough critical attention.[...]
Illuminating the Word, The Saint John’s Bible
DECEMBER 4, 2015 - APRIL 24, 2016 The Biggs Museum of American Art is exceptionally proud to be a rare American host of Illuminating the Word, The Saint John's Bible.[...]
Barbara Warden365: Elements in Time
MAY 6, 2016 - JULY 24, 2016 In her first one-person exhibition at the Biggs Museum, artist Barbara Warden features the finest examples of her year-long exercise of creating one[...]
Maurice Sendak: The Memorial Exhibition – 50 Years, Works, Reasons
JULY 30, 2016 - SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 The Biggs Museum is proud to partner with the Dover Public Library to feature the work and biography of one of America's most[...]
Delaware By Hand Juried Exhibition
JUNE 3, 2016 - SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 Every three years, the Biggs Museum hosts a huge competition of the finest photographers from across the Mid-Atlantic States. This year's contest will[...]
Award Winners XVI
AUGUST 5, 2016 - OCTOBER 23, 2016 The annual Award Winners exhibition features the talent of the 2016 Individual Artist Fellows of the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA). Each[...]
George Lorio: Recent Works
OCTOBER 7, 2016 - JANUARY 22, 2017 In conjunction with the Biggs Museum's exhibition entitled Clark Fox: Icon Chains, the museum has asked local sculptor and outspoken art professor at[...]
Clark Fox: Icon Chains
JANUARY 1, 2017 - FEBRUARY 5, 2017 Known throughout the contemporary art circles of New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles, Clark Fox has been critiquing modern culture with stories[...]
Junior Docent Exhibit
JUNE 2, 2017 - JUNE 30, 2017 Throughout the year, students from schools and afterschool programs throughout the state participate in our Junior Docent Program. These students view and study[...]
Biggs Picture 2017
JUNE 2, 2017 - JULY 23, 2017 Once every three years, the Biggs Museum hosts this juried, regional competition. Artists from throughout the Mid-Atlantic states are invited to compete within[...]
Ansel Adams: Early Works
MAY 5, 2017 - JULY 30, 2017 This exhibition presents the work of iconic American photographer, Ansel Adams. His work can be viewed as the end of an arc of[...]
What Inspired You?: Works by Members of the Delaware Art Education Association
AUGUST 4, 2017 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 Almost all artists have a vivid memory of what inspired them to pursue the arts. Through a partnership with the Delaware Art Education[...]
Biggs In Bloom
AUGUST 4, 2017 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 This year's Biggs in Bloom showcase of artist floral designs influenced by highlights of the Biggs Museum's permanent collection will be spread out[...]
DDOA Award Winners XVII
AUGUST 4, 2017 - OCTOBER 22, 2017 The annual Award Winners exhibition features the talent of the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) Individual Artist Fellows. The Fellows are recommended[...]
Christo & Jeanne-Claude: The Tom Golden Collection
AUGUST 4, 2017 - OCTOBER 22, 2017 This exhibition chronicles the career of husband and wife artistic team, Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The exhibition is a large display of the artists'[...]
Biggs Exhibition at the Winterthur Antique Show
NOVEMBER 10, 2017 - NOVEMBER 12, 2017 The Biggs Museum is honored to provide the showcase exhibition of the Delaware Antique Show at the Chase Center in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.[...]
Delaware Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 - JANUARY 21, 2018 In partnership with the Delaware Watercolor Society (DWS), the Biggs Museum will again exhibit watercolor paintings by this group's best and brightest in[...]
Delaware By Hand Juried Exhibition
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 - JANUARY 21, 2018 Every three years, the Biggs Museum hosts a juried competition of its Delaware By Hand artist membership in order to select individual artists[...]
My Countries, My Composers: Aina Nergaard-Nammack
FEBRUARY 2, 2018 - MARCH 25, 2018 This is the museum's first one-woman show of the artist Aina Nergaard-Nammack. The exhibition, entitled My Countries, My Composers, explores the artist's interpretation[...]
Performances: the Brandywine Photo Collective
FEBRUARY 2, 2018 - APRIL 22, 2018 The iconic photographer Ansel Adams described that every photograph is a "performance" in which light exposure, composition, color and any number of other[...]
African American History Live
FEBRUARY 2, 2018 - APRIL 29, 2018 The Biggs Museum will present its first group exhibition of works created by African American artists of Greater Dover and Kent County. Entitled[...]
Milton Downing: Moral Assembly
JUNE 1, 2018 - JULY 22, 2018 Milton Downing insists he is not an activist, but perhaps a moralist. This assemblage artist gathers pieces of discarded clothing and other found[...]
Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) Award Winners XVIII
JUNE 1, 2018 - JULY 22, 2018 For the past 18 years, the Biggs Museum of American Art has hosted the DDOA Award Winners exhibition. This annual group show features[...]
Delaware Discoveries: Girlhood Embroidery, 1750-1850
MAY 19, 2018 - JULY 22, 2018 The Biggs Museum will honor the upcoming publication of Delaware Discoveries: Girlhood Embroidery, 1750-1850, the definitive study of Delaware girlhood samplers of the 18th[...]
Monumental: Michael Izrael Galmer, Silversmith
APRIL 6, 2018 - MAY 20, 2018 The Biggs Museum of American Art is grateful to highlight its 25th Anniversary Celebration with an exhibition on the famed American silversmith, Michael[...]
Rembrandt Etchings: States, Fakes and Restrikes
MAY 12, 2018 - JULY 8, 2018 Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-69) was one of the most influential printmakers in the history of art. But how can one be sure[...]
Audubon, Then and Now
AUGUST 3, 2018 - NOVEMBER 25, 2018 In 1826 at the age of 41, encouraged by his wife, Audubon took his portfolio of 300+ works to England. Today, more than[...]
Biggs Shot 2018
DECEMBER 7, 2018 - JANUARY 27, 2019 The Biggs Museum of American Art presents Biggs Shot 2018, the fifth juried photography competition and exhibition featuring the work of professional and[...]
An Artist’s Education: William H. McDaniel
DECEMBER 6, 2018 - JANUARY 19, 2019 Delaware is known for producing a great number of successful artists. Exceptional art schools in the area have produced luminaries of American illustration[...]
From Nature: The Children’s Book Illustrations of Nancy Carol Willis
OCTOBER 5, 2018 - JANUARY 27, 2019 Like John J. Audubon, Nancy Carol Willis demonstrates a deep feeling for nature based upon a lifetime of close observation, sketching, and painting.[...]
Traveling Africa: Citywide Black History Festival
FEBRUARY 1, 2019 - MARCH 24, 2019 As part of Dover's annual Citywide Black History Celebration, the Biggs Museum will examine the ways that Americans record and relate to Africa[...]
Rooted, Revived and Reinvented: Basketry in America
FEBRUARY 1, 2019 - APRIL 28, 2019 Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America chronicles a history of American basketry from its origins in Native American, immigrant, and slave communities to[...]
Caesar Rodney School District Art Show
MAY 4, 2019 - MAY 31, 2019 This annual exhibition celebrates the success of student artists in the Caesar Rodney School District. Open to all age levels, skill sets, and[...]
Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) Award Winners XIX
JUNE 7, 2019 - JULY 21, 2019 Each year, the Biggs Museum of American Art hosts the winning artists of Delaware's most prestigious fellowship competition in one group exhibition. The[...]
ArtLane: Visualizing the Museum
MAY 3, 2019 - JULY 21, 2019 The Biggs invited the artist critique group exhibition club, ArtLane, to study the museum as a subject of their photographic art works and[...]
Spirit Revealed: New Works by Aaron Paskins
MAY 3, 2019 - JULY 21, 2019 Aaron Paskins is a Dover sculptor who has been building a national and local reputation for imaginative, inspiring African figures and imagery using[...]
Delaware Art Educators Association Exhibition in the Child HELP Gallery
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 - OCTOBER 20, 2019 Featuring artworks created by members of the Delaware Art Educators Association-an affiliate of the National Association serving art teachers across the country.
Rebecca Raubacher: Drawings and Paintings
AUGUST 2, 2019 - OCTOBER 20, 2019 Rebecca Raubacher's depictions of human and animal figures emerge over time from a few simple marks layered onto a piece of paper. Without[...]
Biggs Body: A Juried Competition of Figural Art
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 - NOVEMBER 17, 2019 The Biggs Museum is proud to introduce a new juried competition and exhibition concept of art forms featuring human and animal figures. This[...]
Lenape Tribe of Delaware Healing Arts Mural
NOVEMBER 1, 2019 - JANUARY 19, 2020 A mural-arts project highlighting the Past, Present and Future of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware. This public art project was created through[...]
Ripped From the Headlines: Photojournalism in Delaware
NOVEMBER 1, 2019 - JANUARY 19, 2020 News publishers are among the nation's oldest and most revered image makers. The art of photojournalism, especially in local newspapers, is under appreciated[...]
Lessons: an Exhibition by Billy Colbert
FEBRUARY 7, 2020 - MARCH 29, 2020 The Biggs Museum has partnered with University of Delaware Professor of Africana Studies Tiffany Barber to curate an exhibition of recent works[...]
Stephen Althouse: Relics
MAY 14, 2020 - JULY 14, 2020 After receiving a Fulbright Grant to participate in an artist-in-residency program in Belgium, sculptor and photographer Stephen Althouse began exhibiting his uniquely constructed[...]
Award Winners: XX
JUNE 5, 2020 - JULY 23, 2020 Award Winners: XX - the 20th anniversary exhibition of the Biggs Museum's annual presentation of visual, performing and literary arts fellowship winners of[...]
Elite 8: Fan-Favorites
JUNE 5, 2020 - JULY 23, 2020 In the spirit of the NCAA March Madness Tournament, the Biggs hosted the Interactive BMAA March Madness Tournament, where we let the public[...]
Award Winners Reunion
JUNE 5, 2020 - AUGUST 29, 2020 Even though the Biggs Museum's annual Award Winners exhibition, featuring each year's fellowship winners of the Delaware Division of the Arts, has moved[...]
Delaware Watercolor Society
AUGUST 7, 2020 - SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 The Biggs welcomes back the winners of the juried competition of Delaware's premier membership of artists of the watercolor medium. This year's juror,[...]
Jack Lewis: Delaware’s Hidden Gem
AUGUST 7, 2020 - NOVEMBER 22, 2020 The Biggs Museum is proud to feature the work of our "Ultimate Hidden Gem" artists, Jack Lewis. This exhibition highlights rarely seen views[...]
Stairway to Heaven: Life and Death in the Visions of Salvador Dalí Illustrations for Les Chants de Maldoror and The Divine Comedy
DECEMBER 4, 2020 - FEBRUARY 20, 2021 Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) is among the most recognized and eccentric artists of the 20th century. He layered the surreal imagery of his “paranoiac-critical[...]
Toni Frissell: In Italy with the Tuskegee Airmen
JANUARY 8, 2021 - APRIL 24, 2021 The imminent fashion and society photographer, Toni Frissell (1907-88), held several official positions with the American Red Cross, the Women’s Army Corp and[...]
In Fresh Air: Impressionism and the Plein Air Movement
MARCH 5, 2021 - JUNE 19, 2021 The artistic drive to leave the studio and to collect inspiration, impressions and ideas directly from nature is featured in this new exhibition.[...]
Out of the Vault: Modern and Contemporary Art
MARCH 5, 2021 - JUNE 19, 2021 Allow us to reintroduce ourselves. Witness an evolution of the Biggs through a reinstallation of the museum’s entire third-floor galleries to feature rarely[...]
Award Winners XXI
JUNE 4, 2021 - JULY 24, 2021 The Delaware Division of the Arts annually recognizes outstanding artists across the state in the areas of visual, literary and performing arts through[...]
Inventing Illustration: Illuminating Vintage Children’s Literature & Other Stories
JULY 2, 2021 - OCTOBER 16, 2021 Wilmington-based artist Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972) created thousands of book illustrations throughout his career, including the cover art for such well-known stories as[...]
Winslow Homer From Poetry to Fiction – The Engraved Works
JULY 2, 2021 - OCTOBER 16, 2021 Winslow Homer (1836-1910) captured a cross section of American society that tells a story of triumph and tragedy in American history through his[...]
Contemporary Refresh
NOVEMBER 5, 2021 - JANUARY 22, 2022 The Biggs Museum will create a fresh showcase of modern and contemporary artworks curated from its permanent collection in Galleries 23-25. This exhibition[...]
Unmasking Culture: An Examination of the Ritual Masks of Mexico
NOVEMBER 5, 2021 - FEBRUARY 12, 2022 Unmasking Culture will accompany Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray to celebrate and enhance the understanding of the cultural heritage of[...]
Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray
NOVEMBER 5, 2021 - FEBRUARY 12, 2022 In May 1931 the eminent photographer Nickolas Muray traveled to Mexico on vacation where he met Frida Kahlo, a woman he would never[...]
Children’s Abstract Art Exhibition
MARCH 4, 2022 - MAY 7, 2022 Inspired by Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Guild Hall Museum, the Biggs Museum of[...]
Visions & Voices: A juried exhibition of Mid-Atlantic African American Artists
FEBRUARY 4, 2022 - MAY 21, 2022 After years of successfully hosting juried art competitions for photographers, landscape artists, and figural artists of the Mid-Atlantic Region, the Biggs Museum is[...]
Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Guild Hall Museum
MARCH 4, 2022 - JUNE 18, 2022 Featuring 72 works from the permanent collection of Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York, this exhibition notably includes artwork by Jackson Pollock,[...]
Award Winners XXII
JUNE 3, 2022 - JULY 23, 2022 Each year, the Biggs Museum of American Art, in partnership with the Delaware Division of the Arts, exhibits the work of the Division’s[...]
Tom Wilson: Super-Realist/Surrealist
JULY 1, 2022 - OCTOBER 16, 2022 From international male supermodel to renowned artist: once-famous for his looks, Tom’s career morphed brilliantly into a body of work that indelibly graces[...]
Mi Frida: Children’s Portrait Contest Exhibition
NOVEMBER 5, 2021 - FEBRUARY 12, 2022 Frida Kahlo and portraits of her have become iconic in pop culture because of her unique sense of self. Kahlo’s Tehuana-inspired dress, elaborate[...]
Award Winners XIV
AUGUST 1, 2014 - OCTOBER 19, 2014 For fourteen years, the Biggs Museum has partnered with the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) to showcase the artistic talents of Delaware[...]