Amazing Art - Rembrandt: Masterpieces in Black and White ‒ Prints from the Rembrandt House Museum

 The U.S. tour of the landmark exhibition Rembrandt: Masterpieces in Black and White ‒ Prints from the Rembrandt House Museum kicks off in Charleston at the Gibbes Museum of Art (Oct. 24, 2025 ‒ Jan. 11, 2026). Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) is widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time.

These etchings are extraordinary works that art lovers would normally need to travel to Europe to see.

The prints have never traveled to the U.S. as a collection from the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam ‒ the only museum in the world exclusively dedicated to Rembrandt where millions of visitors have experienced how the artist lived and worked in his house, also the site of Rembrandt’s studio and shop.

View of Haarlem and Bloemendaal, by Rembrandt van Rijn (1651). Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam. Etching, state 1(1). Plate: 4 3/4 x 12 9/16 in. (12.1 x 31.9 cm).

The exhibition is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts (AFA) and the Rembrandt House Museum. The U.S. premiere will encompass the entire third floor of the Gibbes Museum. 

“The city of Charleston and the Gibbes Museum of Art are honored to launch the Rembrandt U.S. tour,” says Dr. H Alexander Rich, the President and CEO of the Gibbes Museum of Art. “Rembrandt remains one of the stars of art history, iconic as they come and heralded today — as in his own time — as a genius. Rembrandt was also a denizen of Amsterdam, the most famous city of the Low Countries, so how fitting that we welcome him to Charleston, our own famous city in the heart of American Lowcountry."

"As the Gibbes continues to double-down on its promise to provide exceptional art experiences, we are thrilled to host Rembrandt's etchings for our community of art lovers and visitors from around the world," adds Dr. Rich.

This exhibition is curated by Epco Runia, Head of Collections at the Rembrandt House Museum, and features 58 works (44 by Rembrandt, and 14 by later nineteenth and twentieth-century artists influenced by his work). The touring show demonstrates Rembrandt’s centuries-long impact on the field of printmaking, including works by Picasso and Whistler, among others. Rembrandt constantly sought new possibilities and new solutions for making art, not only through his atmospheric paintings, but in the more than three hundred etchings that he made during his career. Also on view are two original copper plates that were used by Rembrandt, alongside each print.

The Gibbes Museum has created a robust series of programming and events surrounding the exhibition. Visit: gibbesmuseum.org/programs-events for ongoing updates to the schedule of events. Exhibition Credits Rembrandt: Masterpieces in Black and White ‒ Prints from the Rembrandt House Museum is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam. The exhibition is generously supported by Betsy Shack Barbanell and Monique Schoen Warshaw. Additional support has been provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, IFPDA, and Dutch Culture USA, part of the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. Support for the exhibition at the Gibbes Museum of Art is provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, and the Gibbes Women’s Council. About the Gibbes Museum of Art The Gibbes Museum of Art, a beacon in the American South for arts and culture since 1858 when the Museum’s art collection was founded as the Carolina Art Association, is heralded as one of the earliest and most longstanding arts institutions in the United States. The Museum’s collection spans 350 years, and features some of the country’s most celebrated artists ‒ including contemporary, modern and historical works. With world-class rotating exhibitions and a dynamic visiting artist residency program, the Gibbes is a southern museum with a global perspective. The Museum’s mission is to enhance lives through art by engaging people of every background and experience with art and artists of enduring quality, providing opportunities to learn and discover, to enjoy and be inspired by the creative process. Visitor info at: gibbesmuseum.org/visit  About the American Federation of the Arts The American Federation of Arts (AFA) is the leader in traveling exhibitions in the U.S. and worldwide. One of the first to successfully tour art exhibitions on a national and international level, the organization unites American art institutions, collectors, artists, and museums. The AFA has toured more than 3,500 exhibitions that have been viewed by millions of people in museums in every U.S. state, and in Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.  A nonprofit organization founded in 1909, AFA is dedicated to enriching the public’s experience and understanding of the visual arts through organizing and touring art exhibitions for presentation in museums around the world, publishing exhibition catalogues featuring important scholarly research, and developing educational programs.  About the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam The Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam is the only museum in the world exclusively dedicated to Rembrandt. Visitors can experience how the artist lived and worked in this house; in addition to being his home, it was the site of his studio and shop. As a public museum, the Rembrandt House Museum features a large collection of his own prints as well as prints by his contemporaries and artists who inspired him, and by those who, in turn, were inspired by him, including artists associated with the nineteenth-century Etching Revival.