The Palm Springs Art Museum will host a Spring Exhibitions Party next month to celebrate the opening of its new exhibition “A Shadow Set Free.”
The new exhibition, open to the public from May 12 to Aug. 5, will feature a selection of sculptures, photographs, paintings, drawings and prints from the last century focused on bringing forth a sense of memory and an otherworldly aura, according to museum officials.
“The artists forgo an interest in the bright light of objective reality in favor of creating dream worlds, maintaining a rootedness in everyday reality while remaining free from specific histories,” museum officials wrote in a statement. “Together they demonstrate the various ways that modern and contemporary art imbues the familiar, external world with a spirit of subjectivity.”
The Spring Noir-themed party celebrating the exhibition will get underway at 7 p.m. May 11 in the museum, 101 N. Museum Way. Attendees were encouraged to dress in striking hues like sapphire blue, ruby red, amethyst purple, citrine yellow and forest green.
Attendees can expect to hear music by C.Love, a DJ with a wide array of styles and genres, and MAAD, a DJ with a blend of alternative R&B, pop, and contemporary dance, according to officials. The night will also feature drag performances by Skynsuit, Abhora, Kloud and Obsidienne, who will channel the art of transformation, performance, ritual, music and dance to celebrate the new exhibition.
More information can be found at psmuseum.org/events/spring-noir.