Naples: Course of Empire is a series of seven
panoramic paintings by artist Alexis Rockman that examines the long and
fraught relationship between human civilization and the natural world.
On view at the Johnson Museum of art, the exhibition (January 20–June 7, 2026) intersects the science of climate change with the visual language of art.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Rockman was in conversation with Anna Davidson,
Senior Research Associate/Lecturer in the Natural Resources and the
Environment Section, College of Agriculture and Life Science.
This program was supported in part by the Findlay Lecture Endowment.