Figge Art Museum: A Golden Age for Whom?

Scale and Gazing Ball installed in A Golden Age for Whom? at Figge Art Museum

June 6 - September 20, 2026

A Golden Age for Whom? will bring together contemporary artists responding to the themes and aesthetics explored in our concurrent exhibition The Golden Age: Featuring Northern European Works from the National Gallery of Art. The two exhibitions will be installed in adjoining galleries, allowing visitors to move directly between historic works and contemporary responses.

The exhibition aims to foster a richer conversation about how Renaissance and Baroque styles and narratives continue to shape artists today, while also highlighting the ways contemporary artists critically engage with the histories, power structures, and inequities embedded in early modern patronage and society.

The exhibition will feature both loans and works from the Figge’s collection, including pieces by Beth Lipman, Oliver Okolo, Yasumasa Morimura, Fabiola Jean-Louis, and others.