The UAMA collection is comprised of approximately 7,000 works of art that span many centuries and cultures. The Vault Show creates an opportunity to bring artworks out of storage and showcase selections from the permanent collection in new and interesting ways. In this iteration, each UAMA staff member selected between one and four works of art, creating a […]
read moreArizona is steeped in beauty, history and culture. It’s no wonder its residents and visitors have a wealth of fantastic museums to enjoy! To celebrate how lucky we are, this round of Virtual Art Trivia Happy Hour will highlight some of our fellow cultural institutions here in the great “State 48.” As usual, the multiple choice questions will […]
read moreJoin the UAMA in celebrating local youth artists with free admission, this year’s High School Artists exhibition, the Taco Stop food truck, and special programming throughout the day! Things kick off at 11:00 a.m. with a reception and award ceremony for High School Artists, an annual exhibition featuring works by youth in Pima County submitted by their teachers. Each year, a jury of […]
read moreInspired by Woman-Ochre’s incredible story of loss and repair, renowned grief expert Mary-Frances O’Connor will talk about her book, “The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss” – recently released in paperback. Dr. O’Connor will share her groundbreaking neuroscience discoveries on what happens to our brains when we grieve, connecting these […]
read moreIn this special in-person talk at the University of Arizona Museum of Art, writer and scholar Gretchen E. Henderson (author of the acclaimed book, Ugliness: A Cultural History) carefully replaces the painting, Woman-Ochre, in art history, moving beyond the 1985 heist and 20th-century Abstract Expressionism, using an aesthetic lens of ugliness to widen ways that we view and value art and […]
read moreIn honor of Black History Month, this round will feature a selection of the myriad Black artists who have made, and are making, an invaluable impact on the art world. Many have been featured in previous rounds of Art Trivia, so it’s a great time to test how much you’ve learned! As usual, the multiple choice questions will […]
read moreThe University of Arizona Museum of Art’s Spring 2023 Lecture Series draws inspiration from Restored: The Return of Woman-Ochre.
read moreFrom 1933-1957 in the misty Blue Ridge Mountains, Black Mountain College was a hub of experiential education, and became fertile ground for artistic and cultural developments that made a lasting imprint across fields. Incalculable relationships were forged or compounded at BMC between the famed and lesser-known alike: Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Josef and Anni […]
read moreHelen McNeil-Ashton, daughter of Abstract Expressionist artist George McNeil and his art-director wife Dora, is a retired academic, a writer and the current Vice President for the Collection at the Highland House Museum in Truro, Massachusetts. Unless proven otherwise, every child takes their family for “normal” just the way it is. So if you’re raised in a bohemian world […]
read moreIn the late 1970s, a UAMA curator raised a question after seeing a poster of Wassily Kandinsky’s painting Ruhe. The label on the poster stated the work was in a private collection, a strange detail considering the painting was owned by the University of Arizona Museum of Art … or was it? What began as a […]
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