Memberships sell out before the season schedule is announced and include two reserved seats at every O'Keeffe lecture at no additional charge. Public tickets are released the Wednesday before each lecture; day-of availability is possible but not guaranteed. The current gallery exhibition, The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art, runs through April 4 in the O'Keeffe Gallery and is the only Four Arts program with a separate paid admission structure, at $10 per visit.
Society of the Four Arts 2026 O'Keeffe Speakers Series: Full Schedule
O'Keeffe lectures are held at 3:00 PM in the Gubelmann Auditorium, on Tuesdays throughout the season, with one special Friday presentation on February 6. The 2025–2026 season features 14 presentations across 13 Tuesday dates plus that special Friday, with several programs carrying direct reference to the 250th anniversary of American independence, including talks by Ken Burns and Andrew Roberts approaching the Revolution from opposing vantage points.
The O'Keeffe Series is the best-attended lecture program in South Florida that most people outside Palm Beach have never heard of. Memberships often sell out before the season. Non-members can access livestream tickets or, subject to availability, day-of seats. Parking is members-only on Tuesday afternoons.
February through March is the densest stretch on the Four Arts calendar. The lectures coincide with peak season, Art Nouveau in the galleries, and the broader cultural calendar including the Palm Beach Show and Art Palm Beach. Residents who plan their weeks around Tuesday afternoons tend to treat this period as the reason they are in Palm Beach.
The March 17 concert by Joshua Bell and Larisa Martínez is reserved exclusively for members. No public tickets will be released. This kind of member-only programming is part of what makes a Four Arts membership feel less like a subscription and more like belonging.
Four Arts Contemporaries Lecture Series 2026
The Contemporaries series runs on select Tuesdays at 5:30 PM in the Gubelmann Auditorium. Tickets are $20, free for Contemporaries and Four Arts members.
Campus on the Lake Lectures and Special Programs: Spring 2026
Campus on the Lake programming continues through April in the Dixon Education Building. All listed programs are $20 and open to the public.
Society of the Four Arts 2026 Exhibitions
The Four Arts mounts two major exhibitions each season in the O'Keeffe Gallery. Gallery hours: Monday and Wednesday through Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM, Sunday and Tuesday 1 to 5 PM. Admission is $10; free for members.
104 rare works on paper from the private collection of Robert Flynn Johnson, including drawings, prints, photographs, and a sculpture, alongside pieces by Cassatt, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Manet.
Approximately 120 Art Nouveau treasures spanning furniture, paintings, sculpture, mosaics, posters, lamps, and glass from the Chrysler Museum. Surveying the style that flourished from 1890 to 1910, defined by curvilinear forms drawn from the natural world.
The Four Arts commissioned British photographer Martin Parr for a week-long residency in February 2026, his first visit to Palm Beach. Known for his saturated color palette and wry social observation, Parr is documenting the town and Four Arts galas. The resulting portfolio will enter the permanent collection.
Society of the Four Arts Tickets, Membership, and How to Attend
Each Four Arts membership includes two reserved seats at every O'Keeffe lecture. Public tickets are $50 for in-person or livestream, released the Wednesday before each lecture. Day-of seats may become available subject to capacity.
The Contemporaries Series is $20 per lecture, free for members. Campus on the Lake programs are $20 and open to all. Gallery admission is $10; the gardens and library are open at no charge.
How the Four Arts Fits the Palm Beach Season
The Four Arts season runs November through April, with programming concentrated in January through March. A full membership covers two reserved O'Keeffe seats per household, gallery and garden access, the complete Campus on the Lake roster, and the King Library. Contemporaries membership adds the Tuesday evening series at 5:30 PM.
The Gubelmann Auditorium, O'Keeffe Gallery, Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden, and King Library share the same campus block between the lake and Royal Palm Way. The institution has operated on this footprint since 1936, serving the same function it was founded to serve: a fixed point in the season that does not move.
Bottom Line
The intro posed one access question: which programs require a membership, which are open to the public, and what is still available. The O'Keeffe Speakers Series is the most restricted: memberships are sold out, but public tickets at $50 release each Wednesday for the following Tuesday. The March 17 Joshua Bell concert is the only program this season with no public access at any price. Everything else — the Contemporaries series, Campus on the Lake, and the gallery — is open to anyone at $10 to $20 per visit.
For full-season residents: for residents attending four or more O'Keeffe lectures, membership typically costs less than public per-ticket pricing — confirm current membership rates at fourarts.org. Two reserved seats, no per-ticket cost, and early schedule access make it the right structure for anyone who treats Tuesday afternoons as fixed.
For visitors or occasional attendees: public tickets at $50 per O'Keeffe lecture release the Wednesday prior and cover in-person or livestream. Contemporaries and Campus on the Lake are $20 each, no membership required.
Against expectation: the Four Arts is not a closed institution. Outside one members-only concert on March 17, every program this season has a defined public price point.
This article is a reference guide to the Society of the Four Arts 2025–2026 season programming. All dates, speakers, ticket prices, exhibition titles, and gallery hours are sourced directly from the Four Arts website (fourarts.org) and reflect information available as of publication.
Speaker status labels (Completed / Upcoming) reflect the calendar date relative to the publication date of March 2026. Dates marked Completed have passed; dates marked Upcoming remain on the schedule as of publication. Readers should confirm current availability and any scheduling changes directly with the Four Arts box office before purchasing tickets.
Gallery hours are as published at fourarts.org at time of writing; readers should confirm current hours directly with the Four Arts before visiting, as hours are subject to change.
No market data or BeachesMLS figures appear in this article. No directional characterizations of buyer or seller behavior are made. The membership and ticket pricing figures cited are institutional list prices; readers should verify directly with the Four Arts for current pricing and availability.
Season schedule, speaker biographies, and ticket pricing: Society of the Four Arts, fourarts.org/okeeffe-speaker-series, fourarts.org/four-arts-contemporaries, fourarts.org/campusonthelakeprograms, fourarts.org/tickets-and-reservations. Accessed March 2026.
Exhibition information: Society of the Four Arts, fourarts.org/exhibitions. The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art (February 14–April 4, 2026); Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist (November 15, 2025–February 1, 2026).
Martin Parr residency: Society of the Four Arts institutional communications, February 2026.
