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“New Magic in a Dusty World: Making Matt Baumgardner in 1980s New York”

Artwork by Matt Baumgardner features multicolored horizontal bands and vertical towers of symbols.

The Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) is pleased to host its newest Main Gallery exhibition, “New Magic in a Dusty World: Making Matt Baumgardner in 1980s New York,” a major exhibition examining the formative decade of artist Matthew Clay Baumgardner. On view from April 3 through May 27, 2026, the exhibition opens with a public reception on Friday, April 3 from 5–8 p.m., with a curator walk through at 6:30 p.m. that night.

“New Magic in a Dusty World” was curated by the Furman University Department of Art’s Stephen Mandravelis & B. Davis Fleming and coordinated with the Matthew Baumgardner Estate. This exhibition is sponsored by a generous donation by Flavio Varani.