EXHIBITION: L.V. Hull: Love Is a Sensation

March 20 — June 14, 2026

Overview

The first major museum exhibition devoted to the art and life of L.V. Hull (1942–2008) arrives at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Born in McAdams, Mississippi, Hull was a self-proclaimed "Unusual Artist" who merged artmaking with the Southern tradition of "visiting" — crafting a creative practice rooted in community, spirituality, and connection. Over 34 years, she transformed her home in Kosciusko, Mississippi into a vibrant, immersive art environment, adorning every surface, corner, porch, and garden with assemblages of found objects and her signature dot-painted signs.

Love Is a Sensation celebrates Hull's legacy through selections from her vast creative output, documentation of her home and studio environment, ephemera from her personal archive, and layered installations of her work. Black, female, and self-taught, Hull represents a long tradition of rural Mississippi artists who have worked outside the mainstream art world — and whose contributions to American creativity and art history deserve fuller recognition.

The exhibition coincides with the Mississippi premiere of a documentary film of the same name by Hull's friend Yaphet Smith, and is presented in partnership with the L.V. Hull Legacy Center, a project of the Arts Foundation of Kosciusko, which will present a parallel exhibition and related programming concurrently.

L.V. Hull: Love Is a Sensation is presented with support from Teiger Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Thomas G. Ramey and Peggy Huff Harris Fund of the Community Foundation for Mississippi, Feild Co-Operative Association, Mississippi Humanities Council, Visit Mississippi, and Visit Jackson.

For tickets and information, visit msmuseumart.org.

Mrs L V Hull with Purple Polka Dot Dress

MS Museum of Art

380 South Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201

  • Admission: $15 Adults | $13 Seniors (65+) and Groups of 10+ | $10 Youth (ages 6–17) and College Students (with ID) | Free first Saturday of each month

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