Art is nothing without an audience. 🖼️❤️ As we close out the year, we’re looking back at the incredible exhibitions that filled our galleries in 2025. Thank you to the artists who shared their visions with us and our community for showing up, being curious, and finding inspiration here. We can’t wait to reveal what’s coming up in 2026! | Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College

It took three days and five people to install “Expanding Club,” Janet Echelman’s large-scale sculpture now on view. Here’s a peek behind the curtain of the delicate installation process. “Expanding Club” (2007) soars 25 feet into SAM’s skylit gallery. The piece was originally installed at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City and was adapted for SAM. The sculpture is one of Echelman’s earliest works inspired by a data set and was created following the first news of nuclear weapons testi

Rich history of Sarasota Opera House just as fascinating as the artists who take its stage