The LSU Museum of Art holds over 6,500 art objects, ranging from a world-class collection of Chinese jade to one of the most comprehensive public collections of Louisiana art. Take a glimpse at a few pieces below or click the banner above to search our full digital database.

For more information about the collection, for appointments to view objects for research purposes, or for rights and reproductions,
please email Marianna Luquette, museum registrar, at mluquette@lsu.edu

LSU Museum of Art staff are unable to provide information regarding authenticity and value for collections. To seek a qualified appraiser, please visit https://www.appraisers.org/

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Sculpture

Works on paper

 

Chinese Jade

Photography

Decorative Arts

 

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The Decorative Arts Lecture Series explores the Museum’s legacy of decorative art objects held in the permanent collection. The program invites experts and artists from across the country to speak on various topics related to craft, furniture, glassware, ceramics, woodwork, metalwork, and textiles.

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Recent Acquisitions

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Closer Look: Mark Messersmith's Summer 2010
Closer Look: Mark Messersmith's Summer 2010

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.

Closer Look: Strip Quilt by Mary Lee Bendolph
Closer Look: Strip Quilt by Mary Lee Bendolph

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!

Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection opens July 8 at LSU Museum of Art
Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection opens July 8 at LSU Museum of Art

LSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA) in Baton Rouge, LA is pleased to open on July 8, 2021, Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection, featuring a group of over 100 American studio ceramic works on long-term loan and are a promised gift by bequest to the LSU Museum of Art from E. John Bullard. Read the full press release to learn more.

Collection Spotlight: Recent Acquisitions by Black Artists opens March 28 at LSU Museum of Art
Collection Spotlight: Recent Acquisitions by Black Artists opens March 28 at LSU Museum of Art

LSU Museum of Art is pleased to open a special permanent collection exhibition spotlighting recent acquisitions of works by Black artists on March 28. On view for the first time at LSU MOA will be works by Radcliffe Bailey, Whitfield Lovell, Madelyn Sneed-Grays, Mario Moore, and Gordon Parks, among other recently acquired works. Read the full press release to learn more.

Support Makes Significant Acquisitions by Underrepresented Artists Possible for the LSU Museum of Art
Support Makes Significant Acquisitions by Underrepresented Artists Possible for the LSU Museum of Art

LSU Museum of Art is pleased to announce The Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists, which supports the growth of LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection by funding acquisitions of works by Black, Indigenous, and Latinx artists, including those of marginalized sexualities, gender identities, and marginalized communities. Read the full press release to learn more.