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!

Hank Willis Thomas: We The People
Galleries at Davidson College
February 1, 2026
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This solo exhibition presents a selection of work in diverse media and offers a deeper looking into the artist’s explorations around identity, history, and collective memory.

Assembly Lines: Modernism and Machines
The Bechtler
February 2, 2026
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This exhibition examines the profound impact of mechanization, industrial innovation, and technology on artistic production from the early 20th century to the present day.

Encoded Surface
York County Center for the Arts
February 7, 2026
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Encoded Surface by Thomas Schmidt explores the intersection of the digital and the traditional.

My Battery is Low and It's Getting Dark
York County Center for the Arts
February 7, 2026
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Megan Bickel explores the iconography of safety in the outdoors as a visual metaphor for systemic control.

January Exhibitions
Hidell Brooks
February 18, 2026
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Collections from artists Francis Livingston and Donald Martiny.

Little Darlings
SOCO Gallery
February 21, 2026
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A solo exhibition of work by artist Beverly Fishman.

Winter Juried Show
Mooresville Arts
February 26, 2026
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You have to see it to stand in awe of the talent & beauty that each artist has captured.

Maja Godlewska: The Fluid Landscapes
Mint Museum Uptown
March 1, 2026
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Artist Maja Godlewska has spent decades traveling the world, capturing the evolving relationship between humanity and the environment.

Director’s Choice Exhibit: Linked Together
Cain Center for the Arts
March 7, 2026
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Explore bold, inspiring works from regional artists shaping the Carolinas’ vibrant arts scene.

Praise House: Adama Delphine Fawundu
Harvey B. Gantt Center
March 8, 2026
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With Praise House, Adama Delphine Fawundu weaves a constellation of connections between herself and her global kin, mapping both physical and metaphysical movements across Africa and its diaspora.

The Best of Four Seasons
Jerald Melberg Gallery
March 21, 2026
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A structured survey from artist Thomas McNickle.

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.

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.

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.

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.
