Press Releases

Below is a selection of recent press releases about Memorial Art Gallery exhibitions and programs. Members of the media who would like additional information or publication-quality images should contact the public relations office. Please send requests to Shirley Wersinger (585-276-8935) or Meg Colombo (585-353-7566).

Jonathan Binstock named Memorial Art Gallery director

• press release

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

• Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby (January 25–March 29, 2015)
• Memorial Art Gallery 2015–16 Exhibition Schedule

Upcoming Events

• Hidden Passions Season 1 (March 12, April 9 and May 21, 2015)
• February 2015 exhibitions and events listing
• March 2015 exhibitions and events listing

Grants, Publications and Collections News

• MAG Acquires Important Works by 20th-Century American Masters Sam Gilliam and Elizabeth Catlett (November 18, 2014)
• MAG Awarded Federal Grant to Conserve Asian Miniatures (September 18, 2014)
• Major acquisitions celebrate MAG Centennial (October 8, 2013)
• MAG celebrates centennial with publication of commemorative book (March 17, 2013)
• MAG launches iPhone app for visitors (November 2012)

Centennial Sculpture Park News

• Wendell Castle, Albert Paley Receive Eastman Medals at Centennial Sculpture Park Ribbon Cutting
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• Artists, Dignitaries to Attend Centennial Sculpture Park Ribbon Cutting (May 22, 2013)
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• MAG Commissions Monumental Work by Albert Paley for Centennial Sculpture Park
• MAG Sculpture Park to Include Public Space Designed by Artist Jackie Ferrara
• MAG Commissions Major Work by Wendell Castle for Centennial Sculpture Park
• MAG Commissions Installation by Tom Otterness for Centennial Sculpture Park
• Major Grant from National Endowment for the Arts Will Support ARTWalk Extension

General information

• Memorial Art Gallery fact sheet