In Dialogue with Color: Mid-20th Century to Now

A chromatic survey of modern and contemporary art brings eight decades of color-focused experimentation to the Miami Design District.

In Dialogue with Color: Mid-20th Century to Now will be on view November 30–January 5 at Opera Gallery Miami, presenting a selection of works organized by hue—green, blue, red, black and white, pink and orange—to reveal how artists use color to convey emotion, atmosphere and meaning. Spanning post-war abstraction through to current practices, the exhibition highlights the ways color can operate as both subject and structure.

Key works include Marc Chagall’s L’âne vert (1978), using deep blue to evoke mysticism; Keith Haring’s Untitled (1984), defined by vivid neon orange; and Yayoi Kusama’s Fire (1988), where red dominates the composition. Additional highlights include Claude Monet’s Les Bords de l’Epte à Giverny (1887), Feng Xiao-Min’s serene pink tonalities in Composition No. 10.6.24 (2024) and explorations of black-and-white by Pierre Soulages and Amoako Boafo.

With artists ranging from Roy Lichtenstein to emerging contemporary voices, the exhibition places historical and current perspectives in conversation. Through its color-based installation design, the show invites visitors to consider how shifts in hue, saturation and contrast shape visual experience across time.

Images of works:

• Feng Xiao-Min, Composition N°10.6.24, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 38.2 x 76.8 in | 97 x 195 cm
• Andre Brasilier, La clairière au printemps, 2020, oil on canvas, 28.7 x 45.7 in | 73 x 116 cm