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.
Press Releases
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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 of special exhibitions, lectures, concerts, tours, after-hours social events, and…
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Memorial Art Gallery to Present a Season of Women in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment
The Memorial Art Gallery is pleased to announce the presentation of a Season of Women in celebration and commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s right to vote. Throughout the Season,…
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Memorial Art Gallery to Present Chitra Ganesh: Sultana’s Dream
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) is pleased to announce the exhibition of a recent major acquisition, Sultana’s Dream, a portfolio of 27 linotypes by the Indian-American artist Chitra Ganesh. On view in MAG’s Lockhart Gallery from February 28 through June…
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Memorial Art Gallery Presents the Rochester Premiere of Giverny I (NÉGRESSE IMPÉRIALE) by Ja’Tovia Gary
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG) is pleased to present Ja’Tovia Gary: Giverny I (NÉGRESSE IMPÉRIALE). Ja’Tovia Gary is an American artist and filmmaker whose work interrogates the ways in which visual and media cultures shape…
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Memorial Art Gallery to Present The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) of the University of Rochester is pleased to present The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art, the first survey and major scholarly assessment of this groundbreaking artist’s 37-year career. Organized by the Memorial Art…
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Memorial Art Gallery to present Rochester Americana: The Watercolors of Karal Ann Marling
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester is pleased to present the exhibition Rochester Americana: The Watercolors of Karal Ann Marling, on view in the Lockhart Gallery from August, 2 – October 27, 2019. Drawing on her illustrious…
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Master of French Art Nouveau: A Major Alphonse Mucha Exhibition Comes to the Memorial Art Gallery
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester is pleased to present the exhibition Alphonse Mucha: Master of Art Nouveau, on view from October 13, 2019–January 19, 2020. Mucha (1860–1939) was the most prominent artist of the decorative style…
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