A gallery roundup of art shows to see in Louisville this month. Note: This list is a selection of current exhibitions.
Truth or Dare: A Reality Show
Through December 21c Museum Hotel 700 W. Main St. Hours: Mondays-Sundays, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 21cmuseumhotels.com Group show thats part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
What Lies Beneath
Through March 2022 21c Museum Hotel Group show thats part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Va Va Vixens Photographer Group Show
Through Nov. 12
Art Sanctuary
1433 S. Shelby St.
Hours: By appointment art-sanctuary.org Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Photographs by Scott Slusher
Art Sanctuary Through Nov. 12 Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Forces of Nature by Kimara Wilhite and Kristen Warning
Through Oct. 30
Bourne-Schweitzer Gallery
137 E. Main St., New Albany, Indiana
Hours: Thursdays-Fridays, noon-5 p.m.; Saturdays 1-3 p.m. bourne-schweitzergallery.com Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Hoosier Lifelines: Environmental and Social Change Along the Monon, 1847-2020
Through Oct. 16
Carnegie Center for Art & History
201 E. Spring St., New Albany, Indiana
Hours: Mondays-Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursdays, 12-8 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. carnegiecenter.org Photographs and historical documents focus on how life and the environment along the decommissioned Monon Railroad has changed.
From the West End to the West Bank: Oppression, Racism and Resistance
Through Oct. 8
Cressman Center for Visual Arts
Hite Art Institute, UofL
100 E. Main St.
Hours: By appointment only louisville.edu/art Group show thats part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Open Studio Louisville Exhibition
Oct. 15-Nov. 19 Cressman Center for Visual Arts Work by artists who are on the Open Studio Louisville tours.
West of Ninth: Race, Reckoning, and Reconciliation
Through Sept. 2022
Frazier History Museum
829 W. Main St.
Hours: Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sundays, 12-5 p.m. fraziermuseum.org Photographs, artifacts and wall panels featuring stories from the nine neighborhoods in West Louisville. Organized by Walt and Shae Smith of West of Ninth. Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
On the Beaten Track: Selections from Two Bodies of Work by Joe Wolek
Through Nov. 6
Galerie Hertz
1253 S. Preston St.
Hours: Wednesdays-Saturdays, noon-6 p.m.; Sundays, noon-4 p.m. galeriehertz.com Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial. Also showing ceramics by Lena Wolek.
Elegy by Wendi Smith
Through Oct. 10
garner narrative contemporary fine art
642 E. Market St.
Hours: Wednesdays-Sundays, 1-6 p.m. garnernarrative.com Smiths latest show, postponed because of the shutdown, focuses on the themes of nature and ritual.
Salvaged Landscapes by Stephen Dorsett
Oct. 15-Nov. 14 garner narrative contemporary fine art Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Summer of 2020: Louisvilles Struggle for Racial Justice
Through Nov. 14
Kentucky Center for African American Heritage
1701 Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Hours: Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. kcaah.org Photographs from the Courier Journal. Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Women Hold Up Half the Sky
Through Nov. 14 Kentucky Center for African American Heritage Photographs by Bud Dorsey and Aukram Burton. Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
David O. Schuster
Through Oct. 31
Kentucky Fine Art Gallery
Leslie H. Spetz Custom Picture Framing
2400-C Lime Kiln Lane
Hours: Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. lesliespetzcustomframing.com Solo show of new works.
Before It Falls Apart
Through Nov. 7
KMAC Museum
715 W. Main St.
Hours: Wednesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. kmacmuseum.org Kiah Celeste creates sculptures from broken material.
A Layered Approach
Through Nov. 7 KMAC Museum Features a series of sculptural paintings by James Benjamin Franklin.
Mystical Heart
Through Nov. 7 KMAC Museum
New narrative paintings by Cynthia Norton.
Spectrum
Through Nov. 7 KMAC Museum Using textiles and photography, Myra Greene examines concepts of race and the body.
Through the Lens
Through Nov. 28
KORE Gallery
942 E. Kentucky St.
Hours: Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sundays, noon-4 p.m. koreartgallery.com Group show thats part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
this is new york: the september 11 photographs
Through Nov. 14
Louisville Free Public Library
Main branch, 301 York St.
Hours: Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fridays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sundays, 1-5 p.m. lfpl.org The 500 photographs, marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, were taken that Tuesday and the days that followed.
Liminality by Shohei Katayama
Through Oct. 23
Moremen Gallery
710 W. Main St.
Hours: Thursdays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. moremengallery.com Solo exhibition of works combining drawings and sculpture that comment on the environment.
Cynthia Norton: Drawings
Through Oct. 24 Moremen Gallery Exhibition in conjunction with her paintings show, Mystical Heart, at KMAC.
American Nocturne by Zed Saeed
Oct. 23-Dec. 2 Moremen Gallery Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Splendor, Myth & Ritual
Through Dec. 31
Paul Paletti Gallery
713 E. Market St.
Hours: Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. paulpalettigallery.com Louisville Photo Biennial show by Keith Carter.
Pressma/Nation: A 10,000 Mile Journey
Through Oct. 29
PYRO Gallery
1006 E. Washington St.
Hours: Fridays-Saturdays, noon-6 p.m.; Sundays 1-4 p.m. pyrogallery.com Photography by C.J. Pressma and John Nation. Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Emptiness and Substance
Through Oct. 30
Quappi Projects
827 E. Market St.
Hours: Thursdays-Fridays, noon-4 p.m.; Saturdays, 11a.m.-3 p.m. quappiprojects.com Exhibition by textile artists Bette Levy and Deborah Levine.
Cast a Magic Circle
Oct. 8-Nov. 1
Revelry Boutique + Gallery
742 E. Market St.
Hours: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sundays-Mondays 11 a.m.-5 p.m. revelrygallery.com Debut show by collage artist Irene Mudd.
Collecting A Love Story: Glass from the Adele and Leonard Leight Collection
Through Nov. 7
Speed Art Museum
2035 S. Third St.
Hours: Fridays, 1-8 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. speedmuseum.org Celebrates the collection and lives of local contemporary glass collectors Adele and Leonard Leight.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard: The Unforeseen Wilderness
Speed Art Museum Through Feb. 13 Meatyards photographs of Red River Gorge accompanied by Wendell Berrys essays.
Local Color by Lynn Dunbar Bayus
Through Oct. 1
Stoneware & Co.
731 Brent St.
Hours: Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Stonewareandco.com The artists latest works that captures the spirit of Kentucky.
Close to the Stage: 50 Years of Music Photography by Bill Carner
Through Oct. 31
Surface Noise
600 Baxter Ave.
Hours: Thursdays-Mondays, noon-6 p.m. Facebook.com/surfacenoiserecords Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Never Meet a Stranger: Photography by West of Ninth by Shae and Walt Smith
Oct. 7-Dec. 17
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Elkstrom Library, Lower Level 17
2215 S. Third St.
Hours: Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. library.louisville.edu/archives Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Silver
Through Oct. 31
Wayside Expressions Gallery
Hotel Louisville
120 W. Broadway
Hours: Open 24/7 waysidechristianmission.org Group show part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
Empyrean by Madison Cawein
Through Nov. 13
WheelHouse Art
2650 Frankfort Ave.
Hours: Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. wheelhouse.art Part of the Louisville Photo Biennial.
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This article appears in September 15, 2021.
