The Boca Raton Museum Of Art presents "Myths, Secrets, Lies, And Truths: Photography From The Doug McCraw Collection, " On View June 12 Through October 13, 2024

The exhibition of 100+ works from the Doug McCraw Collection is an original presentation by the Museum, and was curated by Kathleen Goncharov, the Museum’s Senior Curator.

Above: One of the photos from the series "Young Americans," showing young people who are new to voting, draped in the American flag. This photo is titled "Shanae Rowland" and is by Sheila Pree Bright (2007), chromogenic print (from the Collection of Doug McCraw).

The works explore themes of survival, exposure, concealment, exploitation, race, and cultural-defining design.

They include still photography and installations, capturing moments that transcend boundaries of insight, and reveal how fabricated myths can shape our perceptions and distort our beliefs.

Havana XOX, by Karen Graffeo (2021), from the Collection of Doug McCraw

Doug McCraw is the co-founder of one of South Florida’s cultural gems: the FATVillage Arts District which is McCraw's project that promotes creativity, artist residences, exhibitions, research, and education.

McCraw loaned these 100+ works from his collection to the Boca Raton Museum, for this new exhibition.

“Myths, Secrets, Lies and Truths presents five distinct voices that delve into and illuminate so many aspects of life," says Irvin Lippman, the Executive Director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art. "Our thanks to Doug McCraw who has built an extraordinary and stimulating collection that will facilitate insightful conversations.”

The Boca Raton Museum of Art is located at 501 Plaza Real in Mizner Park, https://bocamuseum.org/.