Below is a selection of recent 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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Community News
Exhibitions
- Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence (July 17-October 23, 2022)
- Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster (March 6-June 19, 2022)
- Renaissance Impressions: Sixteenth-Century Master Prints from the Kirk Edward Long Collection (November 14, 2021–February 6, 2022)
- The 613 by Archie Rand (April 25–July 18, 2021)
- “To Help People See”: The Art of G. Peter Jemison (March 12–November 14, 2021)
- 67th Rochester-Finger Lakes (August 15–October 17, 2021)
- Season of Warhol at MAG (October 25, 2020–March 28, 2021)
- Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop (October 25, 2020–March 28, 2021)
- 1940/2020: 80th Anniversary of the Gallery Council (July 31–October 11, 2020)
- Chitra Ganesh: Sultana’s Dream (February 28–June 14, 2020)
- A Season of Women at MAG (January 1-June 14, 2020)
- The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art (February 16–May 24, 2020)
- Ja’Tovia Gary: Giverny I (NÉGRESSE IMPÉRIALE) (December 20, 2019–April 5, 2020)
- Kalup Linzy: Conversations wit de Churen V: As da Art World Might Turn (Aug. 31–Dec. 1, 2019)
- Rochester Americana: The Watercolors of Karal Ann Marling (August, 2–October 27, 2019)
- Alphonse Mucha: Master of Art Nouveau (October 13, 2019–January 19, 2020)
- ROC-FLX Awards Announced (June 15, 2019)
- Artist Archie Rand Named 2020 Farash Fellow
- Rochester Finger Lakes Artists Announced
- Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition (June 9–September 15, 2019)
- Lessons of the Hour—Frederick Douglass (March 3–May 12, 2019)
- Modern Czech Photography: A Portfolio (December 13–March 31, 2019)
- The Way Things Go (October 26, 2018–March 17, 2019)
- No, No, New Museum (August 3–October 14, 2018)
- My Life Has Gotten So Busy That It Now Takes Up All of My Time (July 15–September 9, 2018)
- The Surreal Visions of Josephine Tota (July 15–September 9, 2018)
- NOSFERATU (The Undead) (April 22–June17, 2018)
- Monet’s Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process (October 6, 2018–January 6, 2019)
- Reflections on Place (Opening April 2018)
- Bill Viola: Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) (October 11, 2017–mid-July 2018)
- Wendell Castle Remastered (October 8–December 31, 2017)
- Charles Atlas: Here she is… v1 (June 30–September 17, 2017)
- Reflections on Place & Culture: Downey, Gower, Kluge (April 7–June 18, 2017)
- Light Spill: An Installation by Gibson + Recoder (February 13–March 26)
- Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition Cancelled/Returns 2019
- Meleko Mokgosi: Pax Kaffraria (Frebruary 19–May 7, 2017)
- M.C. Escher: Reality and Illusion (November 13–January 29, 2017)
- Media Arts Watch Announced
- Nate Hodge Mural
Events