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 Monet’s Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process
In October 2018, the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG) will present a major focus exhibition of paintings from the Impressionist master Claude Monet’s series “Waterloo Bridge.” Monet’s Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process will include the stellar…
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Memorial Art Gallery commissions Javier Téllez, Isaac Julien and Dara Birnbaum as part of a new media art series “Reflections on Place,” inspired by the City of Rochester
Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) of the University of Rochester announces today a series of media art commissions inspired by the City of Rochester, New York. “Reflections on Place” will feature the work of three international artists: Javier Téllez (Venezuela, b.…
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Memorial Art Gallery is first and only institution to acquire Bill Viola’s “Martyrs” series
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG) is pleased to announce the latest acquisition and exhibition in its three-year Media Arts Watch program, the complete series of “Martyrs” by video artist Bill Viola. MAG is the only…
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Memorial Art Gallery to Present Wendell Castle Remastered
Wendell Castle Remastered is the first museum exhibition to showcase the digitally crafted works of Wendell Castle, acclaimed figure of the American art furniture movement. A master furniture maker, designer, sculptor, and educator, Castle is now in the sixth decade…
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Memorial Art Gallery Presents Charles Atlas’ video work “Here she is…v1”
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG) is pleased to announce Charles Atlas: Here she is…v1, the new exhibition in its “Media Arts Watch” program, which is curated by world-renowned authority on the moving image, John G.…
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Memorial Art Gallery Launches Reflections on Place & Culture: Downey, Gower, Kluge
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG) continues the conversation on the art of the moving image through a new exhibition in its “Media Arts Watch” program, Reflections on Place & Culture: Downey, Gower, Kluge. “Media Arts…
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