Wendy Red Star
Bi’ nneete (No Water)
Opening on April 27, 2024
Forman Gallery
Wendy Red Star’s Bi’ nneete (No Water) is an installation of thirty original drawings forming a “corral” of horses, which hold significance in the Northern Plains Native history and cultures. Each horse is sketched from historical ledger drawings from museums and archives across the United States.
Past Forward
Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum
Opening on June 2, 2024
Docent Gallery
This exhibition illuminates the extensive collection built by Thomas Gilcrease (Muscogee Nation), surveying more than 3,000 years of Native American art. It is structured around transhistorical themes, encompassing works from portraiture to sculpture, and offers an overview of Indigenous visual culture.
“Faithfully Thought Out”
The Artistic Collaborations of M. Louise Stowell and Harvey Ellis
Opening on June 28, 2024
Lockhart Gallery
Inspired by a cache of paintings and drawings acquired by the Memorial Art Gallery in 2016, this exhibition illuminates Rochester artists M. Louise Stowell and Harvey Ellis and their friendship and collaboration during their years in Rochester. It recovers Stowell’s contributions to their playful artistic partnership and demonstrates their patient forethought and characteristic shared techniques.
Drawing as Discovery
500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection
Opening on September 26, 2024
Docent Gallery
This exhibition showcases 100 stellar works selected from MAG’s holdings of over 2,000 drawings. Organized by artistic intent, it unites work across a breadth of cultures and time periods by the common principle that the very act of drawing is at the heart of artistic creativity. Significant work by well-known artists such as Francisco Goya, Rembrandt van Rijn, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Rashid Johnson, Kara Walker, and Wendy Red Star is displayed alongside drawings of equally striking quality by lesser- or unknown artists.
Nam June Paik
Opening on December 18, 2024
Media Arts Watch and Forman Galleries
Nam June Paik (1932–2006) is referred to as the “Father of Video Art” for his pioneering work in transforming video into a medium for artistic expression starting in the 1960s. Enjoy a selection of Paik’s work from MAG’s permanent collection, presented in the museum’s introductory Forman Gallery, and a screening of Nam June Paik: Edited for Television—a provocative portrait of the artist, his work, and his philosophies—in the Media Arts Watch Gallery.