Double Take: Recurrent Dialogues in the Art of Herbert Bayer

Opening June 9, 2026 and running through April 3, 2027, Double Take showcases the evolution of several key motifs in Bayer’s vast output. Spanning seven decades, from 1920s Germany to 1980s Southern California, this exhibition traces Bayer’s fascination with a set of iconographic elements that regularly appear in his work in different mediums including paintings, drawings, collages, and photographs. Featuring more than 70 works of art by Bayer, including many that are rarely seen and on loan from the Denver Art Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, the exhibition presents Bayer’s work in pairs and clusters to explore how the interdependency of mediums was central to his practice.