Community group celebrates as plan to move Ringling Museum control to New College omitted from state budget. FSU will remain in charge.

The official state art museum of Florida, the Ringling was established in 1927 by circus entrepreneur John Ringling and his spouse Mable, and houses an art collection of more than 10,000 objects.

The proposed transfer of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art from Florida State University (FSU)’s stewardship to New College of Florida’s was left out of Florida’s 2025 legislative ...

With her use of bright colors, Blades is sometimes compared to Jackson Pollack, the Abstract Expressionist who splattered and ...

A grassroots campaign to stop the proposed transfer of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art from Florida State University to New College of Florida has succeeded, critics of the idea said ...

A grassroots campaign to stop the proposed transfer of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art from Florida State University to New College of Florida has succeeded, critics of the idea said ...

“Personal to Political” lives up to its name at Sarasota Art Museum. It showcases the work of 17 Black contemporary artists affiliated with Paulson Fontaine Press. They all get personal when it comes ...

Hours The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art is open between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. (with extended hours on Thursdays) every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Admission ...

The remaining 104 basketballs will go to such organizations as All Star Children’s Foundation, Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota, ...

In 1946, Karl Bickel, one of Sarasota’s founding fathers, who persuaded John Ringling to leave the museum to the state, was responsible for creating the mall in front.

These spellbound individuals — old and young, in sneakers, flats and thigh-high boots — were drawn to the blockbuster 2023 ...