Articles tagged: University of Michigan Museum of Art
UMMA displaying rare, treasured Buddhist thangkas
Posted: May 24, 2013"Vairocana Buddha" (or "Celestial Buddha") The latest installation of the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s Collections Collaborations series is a spiritual journey wrapped around an exotic adventure. The series is co-organized by the UMMA ... Read more »
Laurie Anderson 'From the Air' installation at UMMA makes powerful impact
Posted: Apr 23, 2013Laurie Anderson’s “From the Air” installation at the University of Michigan Museum of Art is both unusual and timely. But unusual and timely have always been the norm for this talented multimedia artist. “From the ... Read more »
University of Michigan Museum of Art joining Google Art Project
Posted: Apr 12, 2013The University of Michigan Museum of Art has agreed to join the Google Art Project, which aims to increase access to the world's art treasures. More than 150 museums participate in the project, which collects ... Read more »
New play 'Spirit of Detroit' explores the 1967 riots
Posted: Mar 19, 2013University of Michigan professor Kate Mendeloff - who helms Ann Arbor's annual, popular Shakespeare in the Arb production - is now directing a new show about the 1967 riots called "Spirit of Detroit," by U-M ... Read more »
UMMA displaying stunning Africa-inspired artwork of El Anatsui
Posted: Mar 01, 2013"Group Photo" by El Anatsui “When I Last Wrote To You about Africa” showcases El Anatsui’s pride of place in spectacular fashion. A career retrospective of this internationally renowned Ghanaian-born master, the exhibit at the ... Read more »
Learn about ancient Buddhist art with Tibetan Buddhist master Gelek Rimpoche
Posted: Feb 21, 2013Learn more about the The Living Ancient Art of Tibetan Buddhist Thankgas with Tibetan Buddhist Master Gelek Rimpoche at the University of Michigan Museum of Art on Sunday. Read more »
Artist El Anatsui to be the featured guest at the Penny Stamps Speaker Series
Posted: Feb 01, 2013Renowned artist El Anatsui will be the featured guest at Penny Stamps Speaker Series at at Michigan Theater on Thursday. The event is offered in conjunction with the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s exhibition ... Read more »
UMMA hosting thought-provoking video installation 'Guards'
Posted: Jan 30, 2013A still from "Guards" It might be said contemporary Belgian documentarian Francis Alys’ “Guards” at the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s New Media Gallery marches to the beat of its own drummer. Although, on ... Read more »
UMMA hosting thought-provoking video installation from South Korean art collaborative
Posted: Dec 09, 2012The YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES exhibit at the University of Michigan Museum of Art is meant to hit with an artful wallop combining idiosyncratic humor with social rumination. Read more »
University of Michigan showcasing stunning Chris Jordan artworks on sustainability
Posted: Nov 14, 2012Old-school post-impressionism gets a 21st century makeover in Chris Jordan’s “Running the Numbers” on display at seven University of Michigan locations. Jordan, a Seattle artist, has crafted a canny pointillist exhibit spread out at the ... Read more »
UMMA presenting Jesper Just's fascinating, confounding video 'This Nameless Spectacle'
Posted: Oct 28, 2012Images from "This Nameless Spectacle" Jesper Just’s art video “This Nameless Spectacle” at the University of Michigan Museum of Art is everything a movie is supposed to be—but it’s not. This 13-minute wide-screen Blu-Ray motion ... Read more »
UMMA's spectacular 'General Wolfe' exhibit the don't-miss art event this year
Posted: Oct 01, 2012There are so many fascinating threads running through the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s “Benjamin West: General Wolfe and the Art of Empire” it’s almost easy to forget “The Death of General Wolfe’s” place ... Read more »
UMMA hosting compelling exhibit of Judith Turner photography
Posted: Aug 05, 2012An untitled Judith Turner photograph of the Maki and Associates-designed Tepia Science Pavilion in Tokyo Judith Turner’s black and white photography intently explores the subtleties of geometry in “The Flatness of Ambiguity” at the University ... Read more »
Peter Campus' 'Kiva' video installation finds new relevance decades later
Posted: Jul 17, 2012It’s you that’s on display in Peter Campus’ “Kiva” at the University of Michigan Museum of Art New Media Gallery. A video installation that effortlessly mingles its meaning with its media, "Kiva" consists of swinging ... Read more »
UMMA 'Flip Your Field' exhibit takes a fascinating look at concept of horizons
Posted: Jul 06, 2012“Flip Your Field” at the University of Michigan Museum of Art initiates what is likely going to be one of the more challenging series of art exhibits Ann Arbor will see in the near future. ... Read more »
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