Recent Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Recent Exhibitions

Opened in 2013:

Opened in 2012:

Opened in 2011:

Opened in 2010:

Opened in 2009:

For information on exhibitions that opened before January 2009, please contact the Gallery’s
library.

About the Exhibitions

Eugen Bracht, Morning Star

It Came From the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAGs Collection

March 17-June 9 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Eugen Bracht Morning Star, ca. 1900

 

Three Master by John Marin

Becoming Modern: Armory Show Artists at MAG

January 25–May 12 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: John Marin, Three Master (1923). Gift of a Friend of the Gallery. ©2012 Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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painting by Creative Workshop alumnus Richmond Futch Jr.

Creative Workshop Living Memory Alumni Show: Part I

April 15–May 9 in the Lucy Burne Gallery (Creative Workshop)

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Pictured: In Transition is by Richmond Futch Jr., who got his start as a Creative Workshop student.
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works by winslow homer and loraine cooley from art reflected

Art Reflected: The Inspiration of 100 Years

February 10–April 21, 2013 throughout the galleries
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Pictured: Winslow Homer, The Artist’s Studio in an Afternoon Fog (1894) and the new work it inspired, a bracelet by Loraine Cooley, Webster, NY.

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Changing Hands in Rochester

Changing Hands:
Art Without Reservation 3

November 18, 2012–February 10, 2013 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Marguerite Houle, Come, see real flowers of this painful world, 2008-09. Fiber, mixed media.

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Hiroshige print of sudden showerFraming Edo: Masterworks from Hiroshige’s “One Hundred Famous Views”

Selections from the Arthur R. Miller Collection

September 21, 2012–January 13, 2013 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: Andō (Utagawa) Hiroshige, Sudden Shower Over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake (1857). Arthur R. Miller collection.

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tiffany angelsIn Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows

August 26–October 28, 2012 in the Grand Gallery

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Above: Photo by Douglas A. Lockhard courtesy In Company with Angels, Inc.
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Second Face by Katinka NiederstrasserTransformation/Revelation: The Art of Change

May 24–September 9, 2012
in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: Katinka Niederstrasser, Second Face (1972).
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ceramic by Val Cushing5th Rochester Biennial

June 10–August 5, 2012
in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Val Cushing, Storage Jar (Acorn Series) (2004).
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Harry Bertoia bird lounge chair

Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design

February 26–May 20 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Harry Bertoia (Knoll International), “Bird” Lounge Chair and Ottoman (after 1952). Welded steel rods, upholstery. Private collection.

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Modern Icon: The Machine as Subject in American Art

February 3–May 6 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: Louis Lozowick, Aeroplane, Image Thrown on a Screen (ca. 1926-27). Graphite and black ink with white paint.
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Work from Extreme Materials by Mark Khaisman

Extreme Materials 2

October 23, 2011-January 15, 2012 in the Grand Gallery, Lockhart Gallery and Forman Gallery

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Pictured: Mark Khaisman, Lydmila (2009). Packing tape on Plexiglas.

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ceramic by Paul Brandwein

63rd Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition

July 24–September 25, 2011 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Paul Brandwein of Rochester was featured in his third Finger Lakes. Pictured is Red Portal, acrylic paint on ceramic.

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Alphonsas Dargis, In the Garden

Alfonsas Dargis: Two Decades of
 Paintings and Prints (1950–1970)

June 24–September 18, 2011 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: In the Garden (1950). Memorial Art Gallery, Marion Stratton Gould Fund.

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Fiberart International 2010Magnificent Obsession by Emily Dvorin

May 1–July 3, 2011 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Emily Dvorin, Magnificent Obsession (2008). Straws and cable ties.

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self-portrait in a convex mirror by larry riversJohn Ashbery and Friends:
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

April 1–June 12, 2011 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: Portrait of John Ashbery by Larry Rivers (1984). Photogravure with hand-coloring. Marion Stratton Gould Fund and gift of the Estate of Emily and James Sibley Watson.

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Greek black-figured skyphos from Wine and SpiritsWine and Spirit: Rituals, Remedies and Revelry

January 30–April 10, 2011 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Greek (attributed to the Theseus Painter), Black-figure Skyphos with Herakles, Athena and Hermes (ca. 550 BCE). Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.
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untitled by Steve FoxThaw: Considering the Climate

February 3–March 3, 2011 in the Lucy Burne Gallery

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Pictured: Untitled work by Steve Fox.

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woodcut by Charles HewittGreat Impressions: The Print Club of Rochester Turns 80

December 22, 2010–March 20, 2011 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: Charles Hewitt, The Grass Harp (blue). Color woodcut and linocut. 2004 Presentation Print of the Print Club of Rochester.
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Wtitle wall for creative workshop showarm, Beautiful and Useful

December 23, 2010–January 29, 2011 in the Lucy Burne Gallery (Creative Workshop)

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PsychedSpace Chase, 2006 work by Erik Parkerelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s

October 17, 2010–January 2, 2011 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Erik Parker, Space Chase (2006).

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works by Claude Bragdon and Fritz Trautmann

Episodes from an Unwritten History: Claude Bragdon and Fritz Trautmann

August 13–December 12, 2010 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured left to right: Claude Bragdon, Mathematical Abstraction No. 5 “Study in complementaries” and Fritz Trautmann, Galaxy.

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sculpture by Ted Aub from 4th Rochester Biennial

4th Rochester Biennial

July 25–September 26, 2010 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: yoU woulD crY toO (2009) by Ted Aub.

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Albert Paley model for Memphis Gate

Albert Paley in the 21st Century

May 2–June 27, 2010 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Albert Paley, Memphis Portal Gate Model. Collection of the artist. Photo by Bruce Miller.

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Rembrandt self portrait from the Mower Collection

Rembrandt. Master Etchings from the Collection of Tobia and Dr. Morton Mower

February 26-May 23 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait with Saskia (1636). Etching. Collection of Tobia and Dr. Morton Mower.

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woman's kimono from the exhibition

Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan

January 31–April 4, 2010 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Woman’s Kimono, Japan (Taisho period, 1912–1926). The Montgomery Collection, Lugano, Switzerland.

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2009 Exhibitions

stonecut of raven by inuit artist

Art from the Arctic: Inuit Prints and Sculpture

November 25, 2009–February 14, 2010 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: Kenojuak Ashevak, Raven Silhouette II (1998). Color stonecut.

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Work by Pablo Picasso in Paint Made Flesh

Paint Made Flesh

October 25, 2009–January 3, 2010 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Pablo Picasso, The Artist and His Model (1964). Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.

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Printseller's Window by Walter Goodman

Walter Goodman’s The Printseller’s Window: Solving A Painter’s Puzzle

August 14, 2009–November 15, 2009 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: Walter Goodman, The Printseller’s Window, 1882–83. Marion Stratton Gould Fund.

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2009 installation by Benjamin Entner

2009 Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition

July 26–October 4, 2009 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: At the 2009 Finger Lakes, Still Life: Graphite on Paper (2008) by Benjamin Entner of Syracuse was awarded the Gertrude Herdle Moore/Isabel Herdle Award. Graphite on Tyvek and fans.

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Maira Kalman frontispiece for the Elements of Style

Maira Kalman: The Elements of Style

May 2, 2009–August 2, 2009 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: Maira Kalman, Roses (2004–05). Courtesy of the artist and Julie Saul Gallery.

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necklace from GlassWear exhibition

GlassWear

April 19–June 28, 2009 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Giorgio Vigna, Gorgolio (Necklace) (2002). Hand blown Murano glass, copper, silver. Collection of the artist.

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glass sculpture by Michael Taylor

A Unity of Opposites: Recent Work by Michael Taylor

April 19–June 28, 2009 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: A Linear Space Algorithm for Maximal Common Sub Sequences (2009). Cast optical, dichroic and pigmented glasses. Collection of the artist. Photograph by Bruce Miller.

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bronze sculpture of abraham lincoln

Lincoln in Rochester

February 12—April 19, 2009 in the Lockhart Gallery

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Pictured: Leonard Wells Volk, Abraham Lincoln. Maurice R. and Maxine B. Forman Fund.

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Pencil drawing by Hsin-Hsi Chen

Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite

January 25–March 29, 2009 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Hsin-Hsi Chen, Penumbra Series #2 (2005). Pencil on paper.

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untitled work by Gregory Van Maanen

Gregory Van Maanen: The Happy Survivor

January 25–March 29, 2009 in the Grand Gallery

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Pictured: Gregory Van Maanen, Untitled (2007). Collection of the artist.

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