Below is a selection of press releases about Memorial Art Gallery exhibitions and programs. Members of the media who would like additional information or publication-quality images should contact the public relations office.
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Memorial Art Gallery to Add SNAP Program to Current Community Outreach Initiatives
Rochester, NY, February 13, 2019— The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG) is pleased to announce an addition to the Museum’s efforts to make exhibitions and programs accessible to a broad and diverse audience. This new initiative will offer free museum admission, for up to four people, with the presentation of a…
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The 66th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition: Artists Invited to Submit January 18-March 1, 2019
The Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition (RFLX), a long-running showcase for artists from western and central New York, returns to the Memorial Art Gallery for its 66th installment during the summer of2019. The eagerly anticipated biannual juried exhibition was skipped the summer of 2017 to accommodate the expansion and renovation of MAG’s largest special exhibition space, the…
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Memorial Art Gallery Presents Modern Czech Photography: A Portfolio
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester is pleased to announce the presentation of Modern Czech Photography, a rare and powerful body of work by some of the most important mid-century Czech artists. Featuring such masters as Jaromír Funke and Josef Sudek, giants in the history of modernism, the portfolio holds special historic…
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Memorial Art Gallery Presents The Way Things Go
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG) is pleased to announce Peter Fischli & David Weiss: The Way Things Go. The exhibition is on view at MAG from October 26, 2018 – March 17, 2019. This is the latest acquisition and exhibition in its three-year Media Arts Watch program. Jonathan Binstock, MAG’s…
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Memorial Art Gallery Presents No, No, New Museum
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG) is pleased to announce No, No, New Museum, an iconic video work by Bruce Nauman, one of the most influential artists to emerge since the late 1960s.On view in MAG’s Media Arts Watch gallery, No, No, New Museum is an endlessly looped video recording of…
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Memorial Art Gallery to Present Exhibition by Nancy Jurs
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) of the University of Rochester is pleased to announce My Life Has Gotten So Busy that It Now Takes Up All of My Time, an exhibition of sculptural installations and photographs by Rochester-based artist Nancy Jurs that focuses on self-portraiture, autobiography, and personal narrative. Jurs is well known as a…
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Memorial Art Gallery presents The Surreal Visions of Josephine Tota
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG) is pleased to announce The Surreal Visions of Josephine Tota. The exhibition will be on view at MAG from July 15 through September 9, 2018. With this exhibition and its accompanying catalog, The Memorial Art Gallery forges new territory in the introduction and exploration of…
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Memorial Art Gallery Presents NOSFERATU (The Undead)
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (MAG) is pleased to announce NOSFERATU (The Undead), a film installation by New York-based artist Javier Téllez that focuses on cinema and mental illness. The work will premiere at MAG on April 22 and remain on view through June 17. NOSFERATU (The Undead) is the first…
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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 example from MAG’s collection along with seven other versions borrowed from North American sister institutions,…
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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. 1969), Isaac Julien (U.K., b. 1960) and Dara Birnbaum, (U.S., b. 1946). These works will…