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Closer Look: Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I 
Dec 6, 2024
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Closer Look: Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I 
Dec 6, 2024
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See Three Masterpieces from Charles Edward Schwing’s Collection in the Newly Installed Decorative Arts Gallery at the LSU Museum of Art
Dec 2, 2024
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See Three Masterpieces from Charles Edward Schwing’s Collection in the Newly Installed Decorative Arts Gallery at the LSU Museum of Art
Dec 2, 2024
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Dec 2, 2024
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inRegister fashion shoot at the LSU Museum of Art
Nov 22, 2024
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inRegister fashion shoot at the LSU Museum of Art
Nov 22, 2024
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Nov 22, 2024
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Staff Picks: Destination Latin America
Dec 23, 2019
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Staff Picks: Destination Latin America
Dec 23, 2019
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Dec 23, 2019
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LSU MOA in the news

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LSU Museum of Art wins 2025 Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Publication Competition Awards
Oct 2, 2025
LSU Museum of Art wins 2025 Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Publication Competition Awards
Oct 2, 2025
Oct 2, 2025
LSU Museum of Art presents The Sculpture of Scott, Payton, Hayden, and Bechet on view October 9, 2025
Sep 22, 2025
LSU Museum of Art presents The Sculpture of Scott, Payton, Hayden, and Bechet on view October 9, 2025
Sep 22, 2025
Sep 22, 2025
LPB's Louisiana the State We're In features 'A Bayou State of Mind'
Sep 22, 2025
LPB's Louisiana the State We're In features 'A Bayou State of Mind'
Sep 22, 2025
Sep 22, 2025
Louisiana Considered features A Bayou State of Mind
Sep 17, 2025
Louisiana Considered features A Bayou State of Mind
Sep 17, 2025
Sep 17, 2025

Nedra Davis Hains promoted to Deputy Director of the LSU Museum of Art

May 25, 2022 in MOA in the news, Press release
Nedra Davis Hains promoted to Deputy Director of the LSU Museum of Art

Nedra Davis Hains promoted to Deputy Director of the LSU Museum of Art. Read more in this press release.

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LSU Museum of Art appoints new Senior Curator and Director of Programming, Michelle Schulte

May 06, 2022 in MOA in the news
LSU Museum of Art appoints new Senior Curator and Director of Programming, Michelle Schulte

LSU Museum of Art appoints new Senior Curator and Director of Programming, Michelle Schulte. Read this press release to learn more.

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Installation view of State of the Art: Record at the LSU Museum of Art.

LSU Reveille features "State of the Art: Record"

April 25, 2022 in Exhibition, MOA in the news

LSU Museum of Art's loan exhibition 'State of the Art: Record' delivers a multi-sense experience. Read this feature by the LSU Reveille.

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inRegister: Vincent Darré has designed for Yves Saint Laurent, Fendi and, now, the LSU Museum of Art

April 12, 2022 in MOA in the news

Read this feature by inRegister Magazine about Vincent Darré’s visit to the museum. Darré has designed for Yves Saint Laurent, Fendi and, now, the LSU Museum of Art. Click here to read.

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Tags: Decorative Arts Lecture Series
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stained ceramic discs on a table by State of the Art: Record artist Kellie Romany

Country Roads Magazine reviews State of the Art: Record

April 12, 2022 in MOA in the news, Exhibition

Country Roads Magazine reviews State of the Art: Record (On exhibit at the LSU Museum of Art from March 10–June 19, 2022). Click here to read.

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MAKE A COLLAGE: Create from Within

April 06, 2022 in Exhibition, Education
MAKE A COLLAGE: Create from Within

Visit Eugene Martin: The Creative Act at LSU MOA (April 7–October 2, 2022) and create your own inspired collage at home using these activity steps!

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Detail of Candice Lin, La Charada China (Tobacco Version), 2019

IMAGE: Detail of Candice Lin, La Charada China (Tobacco Version), 2019

Burnaway: Candice Lin at LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge

March 10, 2022 in MOA in the news, Exhibition

Burnaway features Candice Lin: The Agnotology of Tigers in this article. Click here to read.

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IMAGE: Carla Edwards, Bonfire, 2017, American flags, bleach, nylon dye, 124 × 112 in., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2020.20

225 Magazine: High-profile contemporary exhibit opens March 10 at LSU MOA

March 07, 2022 in MOA in the news, Exhibition

225 Magazine covers State of the Art: Record exhibition at LSU Museum of Art. Click here to read.

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Large mixed media sculptural canvas by Mark Messersmith

IMAGE: Mark Messersmith (American, b. 1955), Summer 2010, 2010, mixed media on canvas with predella boxes and carved wood, Gift of the Artist, L2021.12a,b

Closer Look: Mark Messersmith's Summer 2010

February 28, 2022 in Exhibition

Now on view in LSU MOA’s Art in Louisiana: Views into the Collection landscape gallery is Mark Messersmith’s Summer 2010, a sculptural painting based on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Learn more about this work’s symbolic imagery in this closer look blog post by LSU MOA Graduate Assistant Kirsten Campbell.

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Detail of La Charada China by Candice Lin

Ocula Magazine features Candice Lin: The Agnotology of Tigers

January 31, 2022 in MOA in the news, Exhibition

Read this interview by Ocula to learn more about Candice Lin's artistic practice and exhibitions including The Agnotology of Tigers now on view at LSU MOA until March 20, 2022.

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Object Guide for Candice Lin: The Agnotology of Tigers

January 10, 2022 in Exhibition
Object Guide for Candice Lin: The Agnotology of Tigers

Learn about the objects in Candice Lin's La Charada China (Tobacco Version) installation and the history of these objects and their relationship to indentured Chinese laborers and how they reveal long forgotten (or suppressed) aspects of global trade.

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People looking at a large porcelain ceramic sculpture at LSU Museum of Art

225 Magazine: Visiting artist's work at LSU Museum of art grapples with history

December 21, 2021 in Exhibition, MOA in the news

225 Magazine covers Candice Lin: The Agnotology of Tigers at LSU Museum of Art. Click here to read.

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Multi-colored quilt hanging in the intro gallery of Art in Louisiana Views into the Collection at the LSU Museum of Art

NOW ON VIEW (pictured here in LSU MOA’s Art in Louisiana: Views into the Collection Intro Gallery): Mary Lee Bendolph (American, b. 1935), Untitled (Strip Quilt), 2009, cotton, corduroy, velvet, Purchased with funds from the Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists, LSUMOA 2021.10

Closer Look: Strip Quilt by Mary Lee Bendolph

December 20, 2021 in Exhibition

LSU Museum of Art recently acquired a quilt by Mary Lee Bendolph, one of the foremost strip quilters associated with Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Bendolph’s striking compositions reject traditional methods of symmetry and uniformity, instead embracing abstraction through the improvisational use of geometry. Learn more about it in this closer look by LSU MOA Graduate Assistant Kirsten Campbell and view it today in our Art in Louisiana Intro Gallery!

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Artwork by Marcel Pardo Ariza titled Lind, Lee & Dorsey, Louis (1988, 2018)

IMAGE (above): Marcel Pardo Ariza, Linda, Lee & Dorsey, Louis (1988, 2018), 2018, mounted inkjet print, ash artist frame, Twilight Blue paint, 58 × 29 in., Courtesy of the artist

State of the Art: Record from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Opens March 10 at LSU Museum of Art

December 16, 2021 in Exhibition, Press release

State of the Art: Record from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Opens March 10 at LSU Museum of Art. Read the full press release.

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LSU Cornerstone features The Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists

December 07, 2021 in Exhibition, MOA in the news
LSU Cornerstone features The Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists

LSU Cornerstone featured The Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists in the 2021 Winter Issue. Read an interview and watch a video with LSU MOA Curatorial Fellow Clarke Brown and former LSU MOA Curator Courtney Taylor.

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Tags: collection spotlight 2021, acquisition, collection spotlight recent acquisitions by black artists, clarke brown
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