Artist Crystal Z. Campbell shines light on the tragedy of the Tulsa Race Massacre with “Lines of Sight” at the Memorial Art Gallery.
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MAG’s timely ‘In Praise of Trees’ is perfect for the holiday season
Woodcuts from Naoko Matsubara’s 1985 portfolio, now showing at the MAG, reflect on the physical and spiritual nature of trees.
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Two new sculptures coming to Memorial Art Gallery’s lawn
Plans are in the works for a “Lover’s Rainbow” and another unnamed work to be installed by next fall.
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Open (art) house
A look at what will be presented this season by area galleries and museums, many of which are still in virtual limbo.
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MAG’s Clothesline Festival goes virtual
The Memorial Art Gallery’s Clothesline Festival will be online-only, but has expanded from a weekend to a week
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MAG asks art lovers to help lower $500k deficit
The Memorial Art Gallery launches a “Protect the Arts” fundraising campaign, director Jonathan Binstock lets donors decide his humiliation.
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Swimming in Seth Faergolzia’s stream of consciousness
The official release date for the new, self-titled album by Seth Faergolzia’s Multibird is January 1, but you can get a few hours’ head start at the official release show, at 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, at Skylark Lounge.
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Little painted wonders of Josephine Tota resurrected by MAG
“The Surreal Visions of Josephine Tota” includes more than 90 paintings that the artist made in the late stages of her life. Tota was 70 years old when she began painting small, intricately detailed, surreal works in egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panels.
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NEWS: Albert Paley’s “Soliloquy” installed at MAG
Albert Paley’s monumental work, “Soliloquy,” the fourth and final of the recent major commissions for the Memorial Art Gallery’s Centennial Sculpture Garden, was installed Tuesday morning. The artist says that the 25-foot-tall, site-specific sculpture’s title makes reference to the MAG as a cultural institution, and the fact that when individuals respond to artwork — be […]
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ART REVIEW: “State of the City: Street-ish”
Four young artists are the stars of “Street-ish,” a show of contemporary work that is informed by street art and culture, though was created within a studio practice. Now in its sixth season, this edition of Rochester Contemporary’s “State of the City” exhibition series was co-curated by RoCo’s Executive Director, Bleu Cease, and Memorial Art […]
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“64th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition”
There is plenty of captivating work to appreciate at the Memorial Art Gallery’s 64th Rochester-Finger Lake Exhibition, currently on view in the Grand Gallery. Guest curator Alex Nyerges, the director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, was tasked with selecting 100 works from the 623 submitted. Eighty-one artists are represented, 31 of whom are […]
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ART REVIEW: “It Came From the Vault”
I was still noticing previously overlooked works and nuances within works on my third visit to the Memorial Art Gallery’s current exhibit, “It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG’s Collection.” I recently spoke with MAG Director of Exhibitions Marie Via about how more than 200 objects included in the show were selected […]
