The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia recently received a grant for $75,000 from the Terra Foundation for American Art to support the planning process for the exhibition “The Sculpture of Edmonia Lewis.”
In November 2023, on the heels of groundbreaking, scholarly research carried out at the Georgia Museum of Art, the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence presented the first exhibition devoted to Foschi in Europe.
For Kei Ito, the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 is just as palpable and present now, nearly 80 years later, as it was the day his grandfather survived it. He carries the weight of the trauma with him as though he experienced it himself. He remembers his grandfather’s description of the bombing vividly. “It was like a hundred suns lighting up the sky,” he recalls his grandfather saying.
Just outside of Kei Ito’s exhibition in the galleries, you’ll find Ralston Crawford’s “Test Able,” a work from our collection that speaks to the topic of Ito’s show: nuclear testing.
What role do jokes play in your life? Do they impact the way you view the world, or perhaps, help make light of the frustrations in your life? For artist Richard Prince, an examination of jokes illuminates the American subconscious in remarkable ways. In “Tell Me Everything,” his latest exhibition, he challenges viewers to examine the value and meaning of jokes in American culture. On view through June 16 at the Georgia Museum of Art, the works also pay homage to famed comedian Milton Berle, who rose to fame in the late 1940s with an evening TV show and helped propel America’s love of television entertainment to its status today.
As the semester comes to a close, students are busy hunkering down for final exams. Off campus, others in the Athens community are navigating busy holiday social calendars, shopping for gifts, readying for holiday visitors and everything else that coincides with the last weeks of the year. Especially at this time of year, life can be overwhelming. Need a break for a few hours? The Georgia Museum of Art’s galleries are a peaceful oasis to escape and take a break from the everyday.
Whether you’re in need of solace or looking for activities to entertain holiday visitors, the museum has a wealth of works that are well worth a visit. Here’s a sampling of what the museum has to offer this month.
How did we find human connection during a pandemic that kept us apart from each other? Some people made art museums for their hamsters or hosted happy hour trivia on Zoom. The photographer Jim Fiscus lit out on a series of road trips in a camper with a friend.
What do museums do when they are given a collection of works and lack an in-house curator who specializes in that area of art? Sometimes they’re able to make do, but sometimes they need to solicit outside help.
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 Georgia Museum of Art,” an exhibition currently on display at the UGA Special Collections Libraries, offers visitors a chance to do just that. Exhibition visitors are guided through a timeline of museum history that features archive photos and historical artifacts that illustrate the museum’s continued commitment to enrich UGA, Athens and the state through access to art.
