Tom Hall

“Rauschenberg at 100: As Large as the World Is” opens in the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery Annex on Jan. 15. The exhibition focuses on the artist’s deep ties to Southwest Florida and features locally produced and privately held works that span several pivotal decades of Rauschenberg’s career. Most have never been exhibited before.

In 1901, the Bernheim-Jeune brothers were the preeminent dealers of impressionist art in Paris. They decided to organize a posthumous retrospective of an unknown post-impressionist artist. Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law, Jo, used that exhibition to popularize his art. A similar phenomenon is playing out with Tamara de Lempicka. Her paintings are being featured in a major retrospective at The Baker Museum in Naples.

This week, 12 shows open, 2 close and 7 continue their runs at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.

In January, there are 35 shows at Southwest Florida art centers, underscoring the importance of the arts in our part of the country.

During January, three exhibitions open, five close and 25 others continue their runs including 'Railroads at Work' at the Naples Depot Museum.

It hides in plain sight in Sarasota, but within the confines of the Marietta Museum of Art and Whimsy, lies a treasure trove of unique and quirky art.

Ragtime star Joshua Henry to star in "Get Up, Stand Up!" backed by Gulf Coast Symphony on Sunday, January 25, at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall.

Florida Studio Theatre’s Stage III Series' 2026 lineup features a play that focuses on the leadership and legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower, another about Emma Grandma Gatewood, the first woman to hike the Appalachian Trail alone, and a music-filled production that showcases wild child Janis Joplin and the icons who inspired her, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and Etta James.

This week, three shows open, two close, four continue their runs and one has a limited engagement at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.

Two theaters have shows on Christmas Eve and two others welcome audiences on Christmas Day among the 11 shows onstage at SWFL theaters Christmas week.