When Nathan Lyons, the internationally renowned photographer, curator, educator, author, and editor, succumbed to pneumonia on Wednesday, August 31, at the age of 86, tributes by major institutions and loving memories from individuals around the world were immediate. Throughout his life, Lyons made enormous contributions to photography, through his own philosophic work, and through his […]
Grant Holcomb
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Changing of the gallery guard
At the beginning of its second hundred years, the Memorial Art Gallery considers its position in the Rochester community.
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ARTS: Holcomb announces retirement from Memorial Art Gallery
Early Tuesday morning the Memorial Art Gallery announced that Grant Holcomb, the Mary W. and Donald R. Clark Director of the institution, will retire effective July 1, 2014. Holcomb has been MAG director since 1985, and under his tenure he shepherded the ongoing year-long 100th anniversary celebration and the development of the Centennial Sculpture Park. […]






