FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is proud to announce the opening of “Shared Dreams,” a major exhibition celebrating the extraordinary recent gift of 88 major works of 20th-century Latin American art from renowned collectors Stanley and Pearl Goodman. Its exhibition dates will be Sept. 21, 2025—Sept. 13, 2026.
This transformative gift, assembled over four decades by the Fort Lauderdale-based couple, reflects a deep commitment to preserving and promoting Latin American artistic heritage. Shared Dreams offers a rare opportunity to experience a dynamic range of works that reflects the richness of Latin American cultural and visual traditions.
Exhibition highlights include:
- Leonora Carrington’s first painting after relocating to Mexico City during World War II
- Diego Rivera’s original designs for his unrealized murals at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
- A Frida Kahlo self-portrait from her personal diary
- Three significant Surrealist paintings by Wifredo Lam
- An early self-portrait by Fernando Botero posing as Rembrandt
- Paintings by leaders of modern art, including Remedios Varo, Joaquín Torres-García, Roberto Matta, and Alice Rahon, among others.
These works not only showcase artistic excellence but also trace the circulation of ideas and influences among artists who lived, worked, and dreamed across borders. The exhibition reveals how Latin American artists, as well as European artists who found refuge in Mexico after fleeing World War II and the Spanish Civil War, helped shape and redefine modernism through unique perspectives and deeply personal visions.
“Shared Dreams is a celebration of legacy, generosity, and vision,” said Bonnie Clearwater, director and chief curator of NSU Art Museum. “The Goodman Collection is a profound testament to the power of collecting with purpose and passion.”
The Goodmans furthered the impact of this gift by establishing the Museum’s Dr. Stanley and Pearl Goodman Latin American Art Study Center and the Annual Stanley and Pearl Goodman Lecture on Latin American Art.
This gift greatly contributes to NSU Art Museum’s reputation for its premier permanent collection. With more than 11,000 works, the collection is the cornerstone of the museum’s scholarly and public engagement. It is uniquely recognized as the home of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Surrounded Islands, holds the largest compilation of works by the American realist William J. Glackens, and boasts the most extensive U.S. museum holdings of work by postwar European artists of the CoBrA Art movement. The Goodman collection of Latin American Art, along with the David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good contemporary art collection, further enriches its global scope as well as augments the significant holdings of artists living and working in South Florida.
Upcoming events celebrating the collection:
- 9/20/25 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Members Preview Reception for Shared Dreams
- 10/12/25 from 3 – 4 pm | The Annual Stanley and Pearl Goodman Lecture on Latin American Art
About NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale: Founded in 1958, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is a premier destination for exhibitions and programs encompassing many facets of civilization’s visual history. Located midway between Miami and Palm Beach in downtown Fort Lauderdale, the Museum’s 83,000 square-foot building, which opened in 1986, was designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and contains over 25,000 square feet of exhibition space, the 256-seat Horvitz auditorium, a museum store, and café. In 2008, the Museum became part of Nova Southeastern University (NSU), one of the largest private research universities in the United States.
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