home to the largest and most complete collection of Wyeth watercolors owned by any public museum in the world. Andrew Wyeth himself wrote in a letter dated March 6, 1998, “The Greenville County Museum now has what I consider the very best collection of my watercolors in any public museum in this country”. By virtue of a tax millage, GCMA operations are supported by Greenville County, while program support comes from private sources. In 2021, the museum sparked controversy when it deaccessioned the Alma Thomas painting Alma's Flower Garden, selling it in a private transaction to an unidentified buyer for $2.8 million. The museum had purchased the painting in 2008 for $135,000. Jonathan Walz, a curator of the upcoming national Alma Thomas exhibit in which the painting was to be included, said "It’s particularly important that Alma Thomas’ work, as the work of an African-American artist, be available for the public to see," and "If it has gone into a private collection, that’s devastating." Arts writer Lee Rosenbaum criticized the sale as opaque, and depicted it, with similar sales by other museums, as a "professionally misguided strateg[y] of selling important works—among their highest-valued, by price, popularity and/or art historical importance—to reap the most money for current spending priorities, while leaving big holes in their collections." Exhibitions Sundays at 2: Family Art Adventure – Mar 17, 2019 Third Thursday Tour: Grainger McKoy – Mar 21, 2019 Sundays at 2: Music in the Galleries – Mar 24, 2019 Sundays at 2: Music in the Galleries – Mar 31, 2019 Andrew Stevovich: February 5, 2020 - March 17, 2020 Arnold Mesches: How Does Your Garden Grow? - March 27, 2019-September 15, 2019 William de Leftwich Dodge, James Earl, Howard White McLean, Ralph E. Earl, and Ben Shahn: Persons of Interest – February 28, 2019-September 15, 2019 Jasper Johns: More Than Meets the Eye – November 21, 2018-June 9, 2019 Mike Solomon: Sentient – February 9, 2019-April 7, 2019 David Drake, Jasper Johns, William H. Johnson, and Grainger McKoy: Art and Artists of South Carolina – June 13, 2018-Present. Visiting GMCA Although Greenville County taxpayers support the museum's operations and building maintenance, no public funds are provided for art purchases. The Greenville County Museum of Art is open Wednesday through Saturday. See also List of museums in South Carolina References Art museums and galleries in South Carolina Buildings and structures in Greenville, South Carolina