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 Announces 2026 Koret Fellows Emerging Artist Award Recipients
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) is pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural 2026 Koret Fellows Emerging Artist Award, a new opportunity created as part of the M&T Bank Clothesline Art & Fine Craft Festival. The award recognizes emerging…
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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 generosity of its members and the community, the University of…
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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 career of African American artist John Walter Rhoden (1916–2001), one…
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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 story, to a landmark Impressionist exhibition entering its final days.…
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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, February 14, at the Memorial Art Gallery offers visitors a…
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