MAIN GALLERY
Our main gallery is 3500 square-feet of exhibition space featuring our main show that runs every year during the Fall and Spring semesters. The Athenaeum’s primary exhibition space presents ambitious contemporary art and interdisciplinary projects. Its open, industrial setting supports immersive works, new commissions, and exhibitions that push beyond traditional formats.
GALLERY 2
Gallery 2 supports artists and curators working across the American South. The program highlights practices and perspectives that have often been overlooked in broader national art-historical narratives.
Newly opened in 2026, the New Media Gallery is the LDSOA’s first dedicated black box exhibition space. Designed for experimental and immersive work, it expands the Athenaeum’s capacity to present international new media art.
INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING SPACE
A flexible space for workshops, lectures, classes, and public programs, the Interdisciplinary Learning Space connects contemporary art with research, teaching, and community engagement across UGA.
The Lupin Reading Room is a small library dedicated to furthering the conversations happening in the Athenaeum’s galleries. It houses a rotating collection of books and periodicals pursuant to the exhibitions on display as well as a permanent collection of Artists’ Recordworks and a listening station. The reading room is open to the public whenever the Athenaeum is.
The Athenaeum is excited to host two new projects as additional opportunities to engage with and support contemporary artists in our building and programming. With the prompt to create “the wildest bathrooms in Athens,” the Athenaeum invited two Athens-based artists—Amanda Burk and Elinor Saragoussi—to design, envision, and transform our two ordinary bathroom spaces into artistically inspired installations. Burk’s minimalist room titled Mars: a color study, and Saragoussi’s maximalist installation titled threshold (true): finding comfort in hidden worlds, offer a spectrum between personal approaches while both remaining highly immersive visitor experiences. These commissions will remain on view for the next two years. We are excited to create more experiences with contemporary art in our building for the visiting public whether in our galleries or bathrooms, as the Athenaeum is committed to the visions of artists.