Phoenix is about to bloom in a big way. Opening November 14, 2026, Phoenix Art Museum presents Jim Hodges: With Liberty and Justice for All?, a special-engagement exhibition built around one unforgettable centerpiece: a monumental flower sculpture so large that the museum is creating a new monumental art space inside Charli Turner Thorne Gallery to hold it. It is the museum’s largest exhibition presentation to date, and a joyful invitation to slow down and look closely.
The show pairs the towering floral work with key pieces from Hodges’ career, tracing how the New York-based artist has used everyday materials — mirrors, artificial silk flowers, denim, even a spider web — to explore memory, time, love and loss. Hodges is known internationally for turning humble materials into moments of wonder, and Phoenix now gets the full arc of that story, from delicate drawings to immersive installations that change the way a room feels.
For art lovers, the timing could not be better. The exhibition anchors the museum’s fall season alongside new presentations, family programs and community days in the heart of the Central Avenue arts corridor. Visiting is easy: the museum sits at 1625 N. Central Avenue, right on the Valley Metro light rail line, and general admission includes access to the permanent collection galleries — thousands of works spanning American, European, Latin American, Asian and contemporary art.
Whether you come for the giant flower, the shimmering curtain works or a quiet afternoon among old masters, this is the kind of exhibition that reminds a city why it loves its museum. Mark November 14, bring someone who needs a little beauty, and let Phoenix bloom.
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