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.
We will gladly offer access to the museum to support press work related to MAG and its collections, please contact MAG’s Director of Marketing & Engagement to coordinate admission.
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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 Derived from a Cube was rendered directly on a wall in the Vanden Brul Pavilion…
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New Opportunities on the Horizon for the MAG and Binstock
The Memorial Art Gallery will begin the search for a new director this year. Jonathan P. Binstock, who became the seventh Mary W. and Donald R. Clark Director of the Memorial Art Gallery of University of Rochester in 2014, has accepted a new position as the Vradenburg Director and CEO of The Phillips Collection in…
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Artists Invited to Submit Art to 68th Rochester Finger-Lakes Exhibition through December 31, 2022
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 68th installment during the spring of 2023. On view from April 23 – August 6, 2023, this year’s exhibition is being juried by Molly Donovan, curator of contemporary art at the…
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2022 Clothesline Festival Merit Award Winners
Congratulations to our 2022 Merit Award Winners! Rochester, NY, September 10, 2022 – Four artists were honored as Merit Award winners, including a First-Time Exhibitor Award at the 66th Annual M&T Bank Clothesline Festival, held September 10th and 11th at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Winners were chosen from almost 300…
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2022 Clothesline Festival Accepted Artists
Congratulations to all accepted artists! Please note: for this year’s festival only, the expansion of our sculpture park on the west side of the grounds will affect artists in Zone D with a booth numbered in the 500s and 600s. Pavement requests will be relocated to another pavement area and grass requests will be relocated…
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Memorial Art Gallery to Host Annual Pride Celebration Day
Thursday, July 7, from 5 to 9 pm, all ages are invited to the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester’s Pride Celebration Day. Visitors will enjoy free museum admission, a unicorn photo op, drag storytime with Vanessa LeRoux, workshop performances by Frazee Feet Dance, and more all-ages fun. EVENT DETAILS What: Pride Celebration…
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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 community of women living and working together in the rural province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.…
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Memorial Art Gallery to Host Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration Day
Sunday, May 15, from 12 to 4 pm, all ages are invited to the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Held virtually in 2021, Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration Day will once again take place as an in-person event to celebrate culture through music, art, dance,…
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Memorial Art Gallery and River Campus Libraries to Host Three Days of Events in Conjunction with Upcoming Exhibition
The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) and the River Campus Libraries (RCL) at the University of Rochester will host three days of public events centered around the HIV/AIDS epidemic in conjunction with the upcoming exhibition Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster. On view from March 6–June 19 at MAG, Up Against the…
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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 from March 6–June 19, 2022, Up Against the Wall is the first major exhibition devoted…