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Explore late antique Egypt at the Georgia Museum of Art
Friday, October 23, 2020
If you think of Egyptian art as just pharaohs and pyramids, you’re missing a big part of the picture. The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present the exhibition “Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt” from November 5, 2020, opening at 5 p.m., to September 26, 2021. The show will feature 56 objects dating from the 3rd to the 8th century CE ...
Discover the art of chairs at the Georgia Museum of Art
Friday, October 9, 2020
Chairs are often viewed as simple functional objects, but in their design is thoughtful craftsmanship. An overview of American chair design, “The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design,” will be coming to the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia from October 17, 2020, to January 3, 2021. This exhibition, featuring more than 40 chairs dating from the early 19th century to presen...
Video art provides an immersive look at climate change
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Sarah Cameron Sunde, an artist and director, combines performance, video, and public art to address climate change. The exhibition “36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea,” on view at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia through January 17, will feature a cycle of four multi-channel videos, one from each location where Sunde has performed since 2015: the Netherlands (on vie...
Georgia Museum of Art Collectors Purchase Rebecca Rutstein Work
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Since 2018, Rebecca Rutstein’s wall-mounted sculpture “Shimmer” has been greeting visitors to the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. It was a popular selfie spot as well as a concrete example of how science and art can work together to reach new audiences, but the work didn’t belong to the museum’s collection until recently, when the museum’s Collectors group banded together to pu...
Contemporary Japanese ceramics on view at UGA
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Pottery is one of the oldest crafts and art forms in Japan. Ceramic culture has thrived there for more than 15,000 years, with a focus on practical objects, especially pots that are used during the tea ceremony. In 1948, the group Sodeisha began the movement toward modern ceramics, challenging the tradition of functional pottery. Many of the works produced by Sodeisha artists omitted holes so that...