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
-
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…
-
The 68th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition Artists Announced
The Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition (RFLX), The City’s oldest and longest-running juried exhibition for emerging and established artists from western and central New York, returns to the Memorial Art Gallery. The 68th installment will be on view from April 23rd –…
-
Sol LeWitt Artwork Brings Unique Experience to MAG
In late 2022, the Rochester community was invited to watch the installation of a major mural-scale drawing in the Memorial Art Gallery. Fifteen years after the death of artist Sol LeWitt (1928 – 2007), his iconic Wall Drawing #957: Form…
-
Traveling Exhibition of Stunning Bead-art from South Africa Tells a Luminous Story of Independence, Migration, and Memory
ROCHESTER, NY – The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester is pleased to announce Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence. This spectacular exhibition showcases a new form of bead art, the ndwango (“cloth”), developed by a…
-
Memorial Art Gallery and River Campus Libraries to Present Collaborative Exhibition, Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) and the River Campus Libraries (RCL) at the University of Rochester are pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster. On view at the Memorial Art Gallery…
-
Memorial Art Gallery to Present Renaissance Impressions Exhibition and Programming
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) is pleased to announce its Winter/Holiday 2022 exhibition, Renaissance Impressions: Sixteenth-Century Master Prints from the Kirk Edward Long Collection, organized by The American Federation of Arts (AFA). Exploring the emergence and transformative impact of the…
-
Memorial Art Gallery Celebrates the Groundbreaking of Centennial Sculpture Park Expansion
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester celebrated a groundbreaking on Monday, September 13 for the expansion of its Centennial Sculpture Park. The project furthers MAG’s commitment to the community, beckoning neighbors and visitors with an outdoor gallery…
Recently in the News
October 30, Artnet News: MoMA, Centre Pompidou, and M+ Form an Unprecedented Alliance
October 29, Antiques and The Arts Weekly: Memorial Art Gallery Says May 1 Will Be First Day Of Permanent Free Admission
October 23, Afar: You Might See More of These Mythical Creatures on Your Next Hike
October 13, Travel + Leisure: I’m From New York and This Is the State’s Most Underrated City—With World-class Museums, Waterfalls, and Stunning Parks
