With Love, Rollins Museum of Art

On view in 2028

With Love, Rollins Museum of Art explores how artists give visual form to love and human connection. Created to celebrate the inauguration of the Museum’s new facility and the acquisition of Ragnar Kjartansson’s Sunday Without Love (2025), which is on view concurrently, this exhibition draws on the depth and distinction of the Rollins Museum of Art’s collection to reflect on the enduring, multifaceted dimensions of affection, compassion, and belonging in our time.

Spanning centuries and cultures, the exhibition brings together historical and contemporary works into thoughtful and unexpected dialogue. Through compelling juxtapositions, the installation invites audiences to reflect on how love—personal, familial, civic, and global—shapes shared human experience.

With Love, Rollins Museum of Art celebrates the capacity of art—and art museums—to cultivate empathy, curiosity, and meaningful connection, offering an open invitation for viewers to encounter the transformative potential of seeing themselves and others anew.

Images:

(top) William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905) Tendres Propos (TenderAdvances) (detail), 1901, Oil on canvas 81 7/8 x 55 1/8 x 3 in. Gift of the Myers Family, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Myers, Jr. '42 and June Reinhold Myers '41. 1966.15

(right) Alex Katz (American, b. 1927) Amanda and Kyle, 2016, Oil on linen 108 x 84 in. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins Museum of Art. Gift of Barbara '68 and Theodore '68 Alfond. 2017.6.3