‘Sandy Skoglund: Enchanting Nature’ at the McNay showcases artist’s whimsical installations

Known for her fastidious attention to detail, conceptual artist Sandy Skoglund recontextualizes mass media-derived images, creating arrestingly whimsical installations, sculptures and photographs.

For the new exhibition “Sandy Skoglund: Enchanting Nature,” the renowned creator worked with René Paul Barilleaux, artist and head of curatorial affairs at the McNay Art Museum, to devised a new way of displaying her work which merges her photography with the gallery’s architecture for a novel experience.

This technique is certain to amplify the push and pull between the artificial and organic elements Skoglund so often explores. 

“Enchanting Nature” opens this Thursday and will be on display through Sunday, Feb. 2, 2026.

Free-$23, 10 .a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11-Sunday, Feb. 2 daily, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org.

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This article appears in Sep 3-17, 2025.