The Exhibitions
April 20, 2022 - January 22, 2023
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Art of the Hollywood Backdrop: Cinema's Creative Legacy
The first national museum exhibition of Hollywood motion picture scenic art featured 20 backdrops from Texas Performing Arts and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The exhibition broke museum attendance records with over 30,000 visitors.
Exhibit
June 25, 2021 - August 1, 2021
Texas Performing Arts
Behind the Scenes: Hollywood's Sistine Chapel
An immersive recreation of the Sistine Chapel on the Bass Concert Hall stage, painted for MGM's 1968 papal drama, The Shoes of a Fisherman.
Exhibit
February 11, 2021 - April 18, 2021
Texas Performing Arts
Behind the Scenes: The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop
The first public presentation of the Hollywood Backdrop Collection on the Bass Concert Hall stage. The exhibition sold out during the height of the early pandemic.
September 1, 2020 - April 4, 2021
The McNay Art Museum
Hollywood's Sistine Chapel: Sacred Sets from Stage and Screen
The exhibition featured six iconic movie backdrops in conversation with modern theatre designs and 15th- and 16th-century Renaissance artworks.
Photo credits per exhibit, from top to bottom: Boca Raton Museum of Art, Photography Jacek Gancarz • Texas Performing Arts, Photography Sandy Carson • Texas Performing Arts, Photography Robert Silver • The McNay Art Museum