Profiles in Color: The Paintings of Andres Valencia

The Nassau County Museum of Art is proud to present the first solo exhibition in the tri-state region by the acclaimed young artist Andres Valencia (b. 2011). Known for his bold use of color and expressive, Cubist-inspired portraits, Valencia creates dynamic works that blend homage and innovation — echoing Picasso, George Condo, and Francisco Goya, while establishing a voice entirely his own. In Valencia’s painterly universe, bold color and fractured anatomy collide with playful distortion and sharp line, yielding images that feel both indebted to art history and defiantly new. On view will be more than a dozen striking three-quarter-profile portraits, each reflecting the artist’s fascination with fractured forms and emotional intensity.

Profiles in Color celebrates a remarkable emerging talent whose imagination and skill continue to captivate audiences worldwide.

 

March 21 – July 12, 2026

From the Bank of America Collection, this exhibition explores how twentieth-century photographers captured the power and personality of the modern era. Featuring portraits by Antony Armstrong-Jones, Richard Avedon, Yousuf Karsh, Gisèle Freund, and others, it examines the interplay between photographer, subject, and viewer in shaping cultural identity and celebrity. Each subject in this exhibition shares the common trait of celebrity status. Talent, beauty, social or political opinions, or rebellious behavior are several bases for earning their reputations and make these figures exciting and complex subjects. Each portrait mirrors the subjective viewpoint of its creator, the photographer, leveraging a unique, recognizable style and embedding subjective interpretations of the sitter within the image. Sometimes photographs are the catalyst for recognition or the creation of a public persona. Other times, a subject’s reputation is already established, so the photographer has the challenge of bringing that side or another out of a sitter who is seen in a particular way by the public. Influence & Identity invites you to explore the complexity of these portraits and discover the hidden stories of their subjects.

 

This exhibition celebrates the history, legacy, and cultural impact of one of America’s favorite pastimes through one of the nation’s most important privately held collections of authentic game-used memorabilia. Curated from the personal collection of Rick Friedman, a Trustee of the Nassau County Museum of Art, the exhibition brings together rare baseball artifacts comparable to those displayed at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown. A lifelong devotee of the sport, Friedman’s collection focuses on the personal, game-used items of many of the most iconic players of the last century. The exhibition features an extraordinary selection of jerseys, gloves, bats, caps, and signed balls, each used on the field by legendary athletes whose achievements helped to define the modern game.

Among the highlights are:

The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany brings together the Nassau County Museum of Art’s unparalleled collection of more than 130 oil and watercolor paintings by one of America’s most celebrated artists. This landmark exhibition marks the first time the Museum will present the full scope of its Tiffany paintings — an extraordinary group made possible through a generous, anonymous gift that represents the largest private collection of Tiffany paintings.