Current Exhibitions
Discover what’s happening in Charlotte’s art world with our Exhibitions Guide! This list compiles rotating exhibitions from top galleries and museums in the area. Check out what’s on view right now and plan your next creative adventure!

NC MAKERS
Gaston County Museum
April 18, 2026
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Step into the world of creativity with NC MAKERS, a stunning photography exhibit by Joshua Braswell.

Scholastic Art Show 2026
Mint Museum Uptown
April 19, 2026
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Celebrate young creatives in this installation showcasing talented students from 27 counties in the Mid-Carolina region in North and South Carolina.

Time Slot
Arcadia Art Consultancy
April 22, 2026
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Artist Leigh Suggs develops abstract visual forms that examine how visual perception structures the experience of time.

Light at the End of the Tunnel
McColl Center
April 25, 2026
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The Mint Museum and McColl Center present a collaborative exhibition inspired by the Baroque drama of the upcoming special exhibition “Caravaggio | Revolution,” opening April 26 at Mint Museum Uptown.

In Pursuit of Home
Harvey B Gantt Center
April 26, 2026
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Through meticulously rendered artwork, Mario Moore probes the architecture that dictates who is granted stability and who must improvise it.

Jazz Greats: Photographs from the Bank of America Collection
Harvey B Gantt Center
April 26, 2026
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The images gathered in 'Jazz Greats: Classic Photographs from the Bank of America Collection' offer an overview of music and movement captured with professional accuracy and acumen.

Presence of Color: Jeremy Okai Davis
Harvey B. Gantt Center
April 26, 2026
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Presence of Color explores racial biases ingrained in photographic technology and broadens the conversation by questioning the politics of seeing.

Dream in Color
Anne Neilson Fine Art
May 2, 2026
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Featuring Adele Yonchak and Pavni C

The Soft Encroachment
York County Center for the Arts
May 2, 2026
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Ian J. Welch navigates the uneasy threshold where the natural world meets human intervention.

Home Grown
Cain Center for the Arts
May 9, 2026
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Home Grown is Cain Center’s annual celebration of the vibrant creativity rooted right here in our community.

Robert Motherwell: Printer
Jerald Melberg Gallery
May 9, 2026
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An exhibition dedicated to the seminal printmaking work of Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century American art.

Soft Grids
SOCO Gallery
May 28, 2026
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In Soft Grids, Katrina Sánchez integrates programmed and participatory movement into her established soft sculpture works.

Angels, Ghosts, & Twins
SOCO Gallery
May 28, 2026
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Angels, Ghosts, & Twins stems from an ongoing collaboration between the artist and artificial intelligence.

Chakaia Booker: Weighted Balance
The Bechtler
June 1, 2026
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Presenting works by American artist Chakaia Booker (born 1953), who for more than four decades has transformed discarded industrial materials into striking abstractions.

Hansjürg Brunner: The Trial
The Bechtler
June 1, 2026
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This exhibition presents The Trial (Der Prozess) (1963–64), a portfolio of forty-five linocut prints by Swiss artist Hansjürg Brunner (1933–1998), created as illustrations for Franz Kafka’s novel of the same name.

Lauren Stern Fiber Exhibition
South County Regional Library
June 6, 2026
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A solo exhibition from artist and designer Lauren Stern.

Art of Devotion: The Santos de Palo Tradition of Puerto Rico
Mint Museum Randolph
July 5, 2026
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Consisting of nearly 200 objects created over 300 years, this exhibition delves into one of Puerto Rico’s most sacred folk-art traditions.

Recent Acquisitions
Mint Museum Uptown
July 19, 2026
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In Recent Acquisitions, on view in the Gorelick Gallery at Mint Museum Uptown, the museum presents works of art acquired over the past 12 months.

What do we have here?
Mint Museum Uptown
August 23, 2026
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Charlotte-based artist Kirk Fanelly offers 21st century surrealism: recognizable settings where something is awry.

David McGee: The Griot and the Nightingale
The Bechtler
August 23, 2026
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Spanning three decades, David McGee: The Griot and the Nightingale brings together over 100 paintings and drawings that trace the artist’s career from the 1990s to the present.

Interventions: Weaving Joy, Woven Resistance
Mint Museum Randolph
October 18, 2026
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Interventions places contemporary works amongst permanent collection installations at the Mint to spark dialogue between past and present.
