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Dylan Expands His Visual Art

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Executive Summary

Bob Dylan's Miami retrospective spotlights paintings, drawings, and ironwork that extend his longtime artistic vision beyond music

  • Retrospectrum presents nearly 200 works spanning paintings, drawings, sculptures, and iron gates
  • The show includes 40 Deep Focus canvases inspired by film scenes from 2020 to 2021
  • The exhibition opened at the Frost Art Museum in Miami and ran through April 17, 2022
  • Many works revisit Americana, roads, motels, trains, bars, and city scenes
  • Dylan also revisits earlier lyric-based art and iron sculptures made from welded tools
  • Curators and critics frame the exhibition as a major survey of Dylan's visual art career

Quick Facts

  • What: A major retrospective of Dylan's visual artworks
  • Where: Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami
  • Why: To show Dylan's long-running artistic work beyond music
  • Who: Bob Dylan and museum curators in Miami
  • When: Opened November 30 2021 and ran through April 17 2022

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Featured Article

Expectingrain 07-23-2001
In 2001, Bob Dylan gave an in-depth interview in a Rome hotel discussing Love and Theft, autobiography plans, media, and touring.

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The Telegraph 11-28-2021
Bob Dylan's Retrospectrum exhibition opens on Nov 30, 2021 at the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University in Miami.
Everything Is Broken / Seth Rogovoy 05-24-2024
Seth Rogovoy reports from Miami on Bob Dylan Retrospectrum, a major exhibition of Bob Dylan's paintings, drawings, and sculptures at the Frost Art Museum.

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AP News / Gomez Licon 11-27-2021
Bob Dylan’s Retrospectrum exhibition opens in Miami at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, showing more than 180 works including 40 new pieces.
Smithsonian Magazine / Nora McGreevy 12-08-2021
Dylan's Retrospectrum opens at the Patricia and Philip Frost Art Museum in Miami, running through Apr 17, 2022.

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PantherNOW / Juliana Narvaez 12-02-2021
Nov 30, 2021, at the Wolfsonian museum terrace in Miami, a symposium accompanied the Retrospectrum: Dylan exhibit.
e-flux 01-01-1900
Bob Dylan: Retrospectrum opens on December 16 at MAXXI in Rome, showcasing over 100 visual works curated by Shai Baitel and linking to prior shows in Shanghai and Miami.
The Forward / Lauren Hakimi 12-11-2021
Dylan's Retrospectrum exhibition at the Frost Art Museum in Miami features over 180 works from 2020 and 2021 and runs in Florida until April 17.
InkFreeNews.com 07-21-2022
On 2022-07-21, Ink Free News published a feature on Dylan's emergence as a visual artist, noting his works shown worldwide and permanent display at Halcyon Gallery in Miami.