Located on level one of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, the Art Gallery features two exhibitions each year, showcasing exhibitions of national and local artists. The gallery enriches, inspires and enlivens UNMC/Nebraska Medicine patients, visitors, employees and community. The intention is to exhibit work that is of the highest artistic quality and reflects a rich diversity of media, creators, cultures and perspectives. Exhibitions support the healing environment of the hospital by providing guests with inspiring images, enhancing the compassionate care that UNMC/Nebraska Medicine provides. Each exhibition has a “Meet the Artist” event and reception for patients, staff and the community. Artist talks provide the opportunity to gain insight about the art and foster personal introspection on the artistic process and its impact on health and wellness.
Current Exhibition
Regionalism Revisited: Selections from Kiechel Fine Art
July 25, 2025 to January 9, 2026
Regionalism Revisited explores the enduring legacy of American Regionalism through a dialogue between its foundational figures and contemporary Midwestern artists. The exhibition brings together works by Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, Grant Wood, Dale Nichols, Aaron Pyle, and Roger Medearis—artists who, in the early to mid-20th century, sought to capture the spirit of rural life, the dignity of labor, and the rhythms of the American heartland during a time of great cultural and economic change. Their scenes of everyday people and landscapes were deeply rooted in place and purpose, offering an alternative to urban modernism and international abstraction.
Decades later, that same impulse to reflect the character and complexities of the Midwest lives on in the work of contemporary artists like Keith Jacobshagen, Aaron Holz, Hal Holoun, Jenny Kruger, and Dan Howard. Through close observation of the land, a deep engagement with light and atmosphere, and a reverence for the familiar, these artists offer fresh perspectives on the region. Regionalism Revisited invites viewers to consider how the themes of past generations—work, land, community, and memory—continue to evolve and resonate in the hands of artists today. Kiechel Fine Art, established in 1986 in Lincoln, Nebraska, specializes in 19th and 20th century American Art, Old Master and Contemporary prints, as well as regional and national contemporary art. Kiechel exhibits the top Midwestern contemporary artists and represents the estates of several notable artists and private family trusts.
Photo: John Steuart Curry, Rainbow and View of Madison, 1937, oil on panel
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine’s Healing Arts Program would like to thank Kiechel Fine Art for the loan of these artworks and assistance in organizing the exhibition.