News and Press Releases
Below is a selection of press releases about Memorial Art Gallery exhibitions and programs. Members of the media who would like access to the museum to support press work, additional information, or publication-quality images should contact MAG’s Marketing and PR Specialist Paige Engard at pengard@mag.rochester.edu.
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Press Kit
The Memorial Art Gallery showcases art from antiquity to the present day, including the outdoor public Centennial Sculpture Park. In addition to its permanent collection, MAG offers a year-round schedule
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Memorial Art Gallery raises $9 million to make admission free in 2027 (via University of Rochester News Center)
A surge of donor support during the University’s For Ever Better campaign accelerates MAG’s timeline for expanding access to art and cultural education across the region. Thanks to the extraordinary
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Memorial Art Gallery presents John Rhoden retrospective with dance collaboration by Garth Fagan Dance
The Memorial Art Gallery announces the opening of its newest major exhibition, Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden, now on view through August 23. The exhibition traces the
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On View Now at MAG: New Picasso Exhibition, Last Chance to Enjoy “Frontiers of Impressionism,” “Rashid Johnson: The Hikers,” and more
Visitors to the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) will experience dynamic moments across its galleries this winter, from an intimate examination of Picasso’s prints, a new video unveiling a beautiful, stirring
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Memorial Art Gallery Presents Picasso and the Progressive Proof—An Intimate Look at Picasso’s Creative Process
Best known as a prolific painter and sculptor, Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was also an extraordinary printmaker. Picasso and the Progressive Proof: Linocut Prints from a Private Collection, opening on Saturday,