The Georgia Museum of Art is a unique resource on campus. The museum’s location on the UGA campus makes it an ideal teaching resource for classes in subjects of all kinds. Ask students and faculty and...
After an extensive national search, David Odo was named the new director of the Georgia Museum of Art earlier this year. Coming to the museum from Harvard Art Museums, where he was director of academi...
In the 1980s, the museum’s progress toward becoming an established art venue in the state was fully recognized when the Georgia General Assembly designated the Georgia Museum of Art as the official st...
As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the museum this year, this marker in time is a chance to reflect on its history. To that end, “It Goes to the People: 75 Years of Free Inspiration at the Georgi...
André 3000’s words from 1995 continue to ring true almost two decades later, in many contexts. Although art history is a little different from hip hop, the same undervaluing of southern artists has be...
In the 1970s, the Georgia Museum of Art continued to become more well-known by patrons, both at home and from afar. The decade brought changes as the museum transitioned into a more refined and estab...
Each summer, our staff and volunteers enjoy the summer months at the museum tremendously. We see new faces–those visiting the museum, campus or Athens for the first time–and those who we haven’t seen ...
Every summer since 2010, the Georgia Museum of Art has participated in Blue Star Museums, a program organized by the National Endowment for the Arts that offers free admission and special discounts to...
Our staff enjoy mentoring and getting to know student interns each semester and today we’d like to acknowledge how appreciative we are of the work that our 2022-2023 interns have done at the museum. T...
This year’s market featured works from student artists from UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art as well as a handful of other local artists’ works and a variety of items including art prints, stickers, cer...
As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of our museum, it’s an opportune time to look back at our history. From now until the end of the year, we’ll be featuring a post once a month about the history of ...
Outdoor sculpture isn’t something that is added to a museum’s collection very often. It can be expensive, it is often difficult to install and outdoor space is limited, especially for works that may b...
“I’m thrilled and honored to be joining such a talented team of colleagues at the Georgia Museum of Art. Together, we will build on a foundation of success by working closely with UGA students and cam...
When was the last time that you really stopped and smelled the roses, so to speak? On your last visit to a museum, did you spend more than 30 seconds looking closely at just one piece on display? Did ...
This recurring feature usually focuses on donors from outside the museum, but it seems only right to dedicate this one to appreciating the gifts our retiring director, William Underwood “Bill” Eiland,...
While artists once served the role of photographers, the invention of cameras freed the artists so they could concentrate on emotional expression rather than forms. He compared the role of today’s art...
On behalf of the University of Georgia and the Georgia Museum of Art, I want to celebrate a remarkable gift from the family of William and Claire Thompson. It is fitting that this sculpture by such a ...
With the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament set to kick off in just a few days, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia is getting in on the action with its own single-elimination tournam...
“I hope that this exhibition invites viewers to connect and empathize with the women at Whitworth Women’s Facility through the art they chose and their writing,” said Steinmann. “I also hope that it e...
“Story can mean a lot of things, to a lot of different communities, to a lot of different peoples,” Hopinka said in one MacArthur Fellow video. “I think as humans, we search for stories in everything,...
From now until the end of the year, we’ll be featuring a post once a month about the history of the museum through the decades. This month, following the kick-off to our year-long celebration of our ...