“Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began”— the first museum survey in the United States of the award-winning Bahamian artist Tavares Strachan— opens today, May 16, 2026, 2:00–10:00pm, at the Columbus Museum of Art at The Pizzuti (located at the Short North Arts District, 632 North Park Street, Columbus, Ohio). The opening includes a book signing event. The exhibition also extends to CMA’s Broad Street campus, where visitors will encounter “In Praise of Midnight (Christophe x Napoleon)” (2025), a twenty-foot-tall double equestrian statue installed in the atrium. Tavares Strachan (The Bahamas) is represented by Marian Goodman Gallery. [The exhibition was previously on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); see our previous post The Day Tomorrow Began.]
Description:Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began is the first museum survey in the U.S. of pathbreaking conceptual artist Tavares Strachan (born 1979, Nassau, Bahamas). Defining himself as an explorer and storyteller, Strachan has developed a singular artistic practice fusing art, science, and cultural inquiry. At the heart of the exhibition is his Encyclopedia of Invisibility, an evolving compendium of “hidden” histories, which the artist has compiled into an open-ended archive of figures, events, and ideas suppressed within canonizing historical narratives. The Encyclopedia has inspired many of Strachan’s recent projects, including his monumental sculptures, works in glass and ceramic, paintings, tapestries, self-playing musical instruments, and room-scale installations, which the exhibition weaves into an immersive multisensory experience. Key to this experience, and to Strachan’s exploration of underground knowledge systems, is Bar Room (2022/2025), a fully operational rum bar, café, and community gathering place that will remain open at The Pizzuti as a permanent installation after the exhibition’s duration.
Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began is co-organized by Columbus Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It is included with the cost of admission at Columbus Museum of Art at The Pizzuti. If you need help planning your visit, call 614.221.6801. Click here for information about ticket prices, parking, and additional visit information.
For more information, see https://www.columbusmuseum.org/exhibitions/details/tavares-strachan-the-day-tomorrow-began
“Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began”— the first museum survey in the United States of the award-winning Bahamian artist Tavares Strachan— opens today, May 16, 2026, 2:00–10:00pm, at the Columbus Museum of Art at The Pizzuti (located at the Short North Arts District, 632 North Park Street, Columbus, Ohio). The opening includes a book signing
