Exhibition
The LSU Museum of Art says farewell to its first curatorial fellow, Clarke Brown. Learn about Brown’s contributions to the museum during her two year fellowship, made possible by the Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists in this article.
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Romare Bearden, Sorcerer's Village , ca. 1980, silkscreen, The Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at the University of Alabama, ©2023 Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
225 Magazine features African American Masterworks from the Paul R. Jones Collection.
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Listen to this interview with Richard Dial, the son of Thornton Dial, and co-curator of I, Too, Am Thornton Dial, Paul Barrett
Read MoreThe LSU Museum of Art premieres the exhibition African American Masterworks from the Paul R. Jones Museum at The University of Alabama on Thursday, August 3, 2023. The show features sixty paintings, sculptures, photographs, and prints by prominent twentieth century Black artists including Sam Gilliam, Faith Ringgold, Jacob Lawrence, Howardena Pindell, Emma Amos, and Romare Bearden. Learn more in this press release.
Read MoreLSU MOA is premiering two fall exhibitions exploring LGBTQ+ themes: "The Shaping of Us: Queerness in Ceramics" and "Reveal: Photographs by Jerry Siegel.” Read the full press release to learn more
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Two LSU Digital Media Arts & Engineering students, Katie Wilson and Meredyth Yorek (pictured above), came to the galleries to create digital scans of Thornton Dial’s artworks. Visitors will soon be able to interact with these digital scans and see details of Dial’s works, which are filled with found objects and made with multiple materials, on iPads in the galleries. Read to learn more!
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Thornton Dial, Changes of the Moon, 2003. Found objects and painted canvas on wood. Private collection. ©2023 Estate of Thornton Dial / ZuZu Inc.
The Advocate Baton Rouge, LA features I, Too, Am Thornton Dial. On view at the LSU Museum of Art from March 30–July 2, 2023.
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Thornton Dial, Struggling Tiger, 1989.Oil on canvas. Collection of Robert S. Taubman. © 2023 Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
I, Too, Am Thornton Dial opening March 30, 2023 at the LSU Museum of Art was chosen by Paper City Magazine as one of The 13 Most Extraordinary Art Exhibits to Catch Worldwide in 2023. Read this feature to learn more!
Read MoreinRegister Magazine spoke with LSU MOA Senior Curator and Director of Public Programs Michelle Schulte about Mediterranea: American Art from the Graham D. Williford Collection along with Volterra and Pasqua by Kevin Benham. Read to learn more!
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Kevin Benham, Pasqua, 2022. Still from a video. Courtesy of the artist.
The LSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA) is pleased to present the exhibition Volterra and Pasqua by Kevin Benham, on view November 17, 2022–February 26, 2023. Kevin Benham’s photographic series Volterra captures the ecology of mosses, lichens, and other vegetation growing on the calcareous rock formations of an ancient theater built in the Augustan Period during the first century BC. On view alongside Benham’s photographs will also be a short film entitled Pasqua. Read this press release to learn more.
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William Clothier Watts, Grazing Sheep, Temple of Luxor, Egypt, c. 1915. Watercolor on paper. The Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable Trust.
Mediterranea: American Art from the Graham D. Williford Collection will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from November 17, 2022-February 26, 2023. Learn more in this press release.
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Top left: Paul Scott, Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Fleurs.de.sel's New York, Hot Dogs, No. 4 (detail), 2020. In glaze screen print (decal) collage on pearlware plate; (bottom right) Cumbrian Blue(s) New American Scenery, Angola 3, No. 2 (detail), 2019. In-glaze screen print (decal) on salvaged Syracuse China with pearlware glaze. Courtesy of Ferrin Contemporary.
Pearlware, Polish, and Privilege: Art by Paul Scott will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from October 27, 2022–February 26, 2023. Learn more in this press release.
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Mario Moore’s painting During and After the Battle from the LSU Museum of Art’s permenent collection was featured on the cover of Southeastern Museums Conference Summer 2022 issue, along with other museum exhibition updates and news.
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Alex Podesta, Self-Portrait as Bunnies (The Scientist), 2011. Mixed media. Courtesy of Alex Podesta.
Some Boys, a Few Bunnies, and One Lousy Unicorn: Sculptures by Alex Podesta will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from October 13, 2022–March 26, 2023. Learn more in this press release.
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LSU Museum of Art Executive Director Daniel Stetson during a tour of the LSU MOA Portrait Gallery.
Local art enthusiasts are probably familiar with the LSU Museum of Art, located on the fifth floor of the Shaw Center for the Arts in downtown Baton Rouge. What visitors might not realize is how long it takes the museum’s exhibits to be acquired and arranged. Read this article by 225 Magazine to learn more!
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