NSU Art Museum Opening Reception: Happy!

Saturday, October 26th from 5 – 8pm enjoy the opening of NSU Art Museum‘s new Fall exhibition, Happy!, which explores the pursuit of happiness through contemporary art. Experience Happy! with NSU Art Museum Director and Chief Curator, Bonnie Clearwater and featured artists in the exhibition. RSVP Required. From 5 – 6pm / Happy! Hour for Cobra Circle, One East Society, Patron members and above. From 6 – 8pm / Members preview and reception. Free for all Museum members; $25 for non-members.

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will present Happy!, a new exhibition of contemporary works produced by artists who aim to engage the viewer emotionally. As in life, sorrow and happiness are intertwined in their works. Happy! is organized by NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale and is curated by Bonnie Clearwater, the Museum’s director and chief curator, who states, “Many of these artists acknowledge that making art is an essential means for them to work out their own trauma and frustrations, and they suggest that art can provide viewers with a sense of well-being that will help them cope with life’s challenges.”

Happy! includes works by Gesner Abelard, Kathryn Andrews, Cory Arcangel, Eugene Brands, Francesco Clemente, Tracey Emin, Christina Forrer, FriendsWithYou, Félix González-Torres, Adler Guerrier, Keith Haring, Asger Jorn, Samson Kambalu, KAWS, Ragnar Kjartansson, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Ernesto Neto, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Yoko Ono, Jorge Pantoja, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Enoc Perez, Esther Phillips, Fernand Pierre, Richard Prince, Rob Pruitt, Mark Rothko, Robert Saint-Brice, Kenny Scharf, Alake Shilling, Frances Trombly, Andy Warhol, and others. The exhibition will be on view at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale from October 27, 2019 – July 5, 2020.

This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of Dr. David and Linda Frankel, the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation and Funding Arts Broward, Inc. Hotel Partner: The Dalmar Hotel.