Join us on the last Thursday of every month through September for our returning summer film series! “Cine Mexicano” offers unique insights into the culture of Mexico via four renowned and influential films, all of which are in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is free.
The series takes place during our Free Thursday Nights program from 5:00-7:00 p.m., supported by the City of Palm Springs.
Be sure to enjoy a craft cocktail at Persimmon Bistro before the June 30 and July 28 screenings!
Thursday, June 30
6:00 p.m.
El ángel exterminador (The Exterminating Angel)
1962, NR
1h 35m
Image: Arrow Films/The Criterion Collection
Director Luis Buñuel’s supernatural surrealist film follows a group of wealthy guests who find themselves unable to leave after a lavish dinner party and the chaos that ensues afterward. Sharply satirical and allegorical, the film is a commentary that suggests the aristocracy harbor savage instincts and unspeakable secrets.
Pattern Play: The Contemporary Designs of Jacqueline Groag
On view through Nov. 20, 2022
Jacqueline Groag was one of the most influential and versatile pattern designers of the post-war era. Whether abstract or representational, her avant-garde and naively charming patterns for textiles, dress fabrics, wallpaper, and laminates helped define the popular Contemporary style and exerted a far-reaching influence on British design.Learn More +
Photo by Guillaume Goureau
Ongoing Exhibitions
Gonzalo Lebrija:
Miracle of the Eternal Present
Through October 2, 2022
This exhibition surveys more than two decades of work by Mexican artist Gonzalo Lebrija. Using a wide range of mediums—photography, video, sculpture, and painting—Lebrija reframes familiar objects or activities, sometimes altered only slightly, to imbue them with poetic and symbolic force.Learn More +
Installation photo by Lance Gerber.
Leon Polk Smith: 1945-1962
Through August 28, 2022
This exhibition presents the work of the innovative painter, Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996), whose significant contributions to twentieth-century art are becoming increasingly recognized. Using a vocabulary of brilliant colors and simple, minimal forms, Smith challenged some of the most fundamental conventions of painting by dissolving the distinction between foreground and background and freeing his paintings from the boundaries of a rectangular format.Learn More +
Installation photo by Guillaume Goureau
Outburst Projects
Outburst Projects are small-format exhibitions that artists create following a month-long artist-residency at Palm Springs Art Museum. The program is designed to support creative exploration, allowing artists to experiment with new bodies of work. The work of our first two participating artists is now on view.
Mr. Wash
Through July 3, 2022
Mr. Wash (Fulton Leroy Washington) is a self-taught artist who learned his craft while serving twenty years of a life sentence in prison for nonviolent drug offenses he did not commit. His first subjects were his fellow inmates, often depicted free and dressed in civilian clothing.
Devin Reynolds typically creates paintings that incorporate language and evoke the hand-made signs and advertisements of post-War America. With typography and style that conjure a sense of nostalgia, the work counterbalances its romanticism by raising powerful issues related to poverty and racial justice.
The Influence of Modern Mexican Art Beyond Borders
Selection of Paintings from the Collection
Ongoing
A special exhibition of some of the Modern Mexican artists of the early 20th century who helped shape a new identity for their nation by looking at their ancient Indigenous art and architecture, and the people of their homeland.Learn More +
Image: Fermin Revueltas (Mexican, 1902-1935), Corncribs (Las Trojes), 1933, oil on canvas, 28 1/2 × 32 3/4 inches. Collection of Palm Springs Art Museum. Gift of the Estate of Herbert E. Toor, 46-1989.
Selection of Works on Paper from the Collection
Ongoing
The revolution of 1910-1920 proved to be a defining event in modern Mexican history that inspired new artistic, social, and cultural developments that gained international recognition.Learn More +
image: José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883-1949), Protesta (Protest March), 1935, lithograph, 13 × 16 3/4 inches. Collection of Palm Springs Art Museum. Gift of Helene V. Galen, 5-2011
Pure, Simple, and Beautiful Forms: Glass from the Collection
Ongoing
Drawn from Palm Springs Art Museum’s permanent collection, which includes major gifts of glass artworks from David Kaplan and Glenn Ostergaard, Pure, Simple, and Beautiful Forms features pieces by artists from the United States and abroad.Learn More +
Image: Masahiro Asaka, Surge 1.2, 2011, cast glass and pâté de verre. Gift of David Kaplan and Glenn Ostergaard. Photo by Lance Gerber.
Contemporary African Art
Ongoing
On our third floor, we are featuring an installation of contemporary work by artists born and raised in Africa, which still serves as home to many of them. Some have studied or lived abroad and returned to Africa to participate in the vital artistic community at home while maintaining their connections with the international art world.Learn More +
Instalation image by Guillaume Goureau.
Enjoy wine-driven bistro classics with a twist as you spend the day admiring the Meyerman Sculpture Garden. You’ll find everything from California wine, craft beer, and espresso drinks to salads, charcuterie, paninis, and wood fire pizzas.
NEW!
“Aperitivo” is an event that serves as an appetizer to dinner with the purpose of socializing with friends while drinking sunset-hued cocktails!
