News and Press Releases
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.
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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 family activities. Memorial Art Gallery Interview Subjects and Experts Press contact: Paige Engard, Marketing &…
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Memorial Art Gallery presents iconic film installation Fischli & Weiss: The Way Things Go
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) is proud to present Fischli & Weiss: The Way Things Go in the Media Arts Watch Gallery from July 25 through October 25, 2026. In an unlikely series of chain reactions where mundane objects roll, tip, and spin hurtling into each other and triggering fires, the art film engages viewers…
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Memorial Art Gallery Announces Rob Tortorella as President of Board of Managers
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) of the University of Rochester has named Rob Tortorella President of its Board of Managers. He assumes the leadership role at a pivotal moment as the museum prepares for its historic transition to free general admission for all. An art patron, civic leader, disability rights advocate, and nonprofit leader, Tortorella…
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New “Open MIC” program at the Memorial Art Gallery invites members to see art differently
As the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) prepares to offer free general admission for all in 2027 through the Free For All, Forever initiative, the museum is working towards redefining membership around not only free access, but opportunities for deeper engagement. A new program series called Open MIC (Members in Conversation) invites MAG members to look…
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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 artists in the early stages of their careers who are developing their artistic voice, experimenting…
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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 Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) will open its doors to all—free of charge—sometime in 2027,…
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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 of the most prolific sculptors of the twentieth century, bringing together works that span several…
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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. Picasso’s Prints Picasso and the Progressive Proof: Linocuts from a Private Collection opened on February…
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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 rare opportunity to look closely at Picasso’s creative process in printmaking. MAG’s Lockhart Gallery provides…