U-M Museum of Art
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April 28, 2021
$5M gift expands UMMA’s Chinese art, creates endowment
U-M alumnus and longtime U-M Museum of Art supporter William Weese has given a gift of art and endowment with a combined value of about $5 million that will expand the museum’s Chinese ceramics collection.
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January 23, 2021
Installation reimagines story of South African domestic workers
As visitors pass by the U-M Museum of Art, they’ll notice a stunning new installation on view through the front windows of the Stenn Gallery — Sophie/Elsie, by contemporary South African artist Mary Sibande.
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November 12, 2020
Monumental outdoor sculpture to change face of UMMA
The U-M Museum of Art permanently installed a 25-foot-tall sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa of an elongated human head with hands covering both eyes, a piece signifying deep reflection.
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October 20, 2020
University to launch several new anti-racism initiatives
U-M will launch several new anti-racism initiatives, and enhance a number of existing ones, as part of a national reckoning on race and as deep-rooted structural inequities in American life have been magnified.
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October 15, 2020
U-M satellite clerk’s office has registered thousands to vote
The newly opened Ann Arbor City Clerk satellite office at the U-M Museum of Art has been registering between 150 and 200 students per day, thanks to a team of 40 students working to support the satellite office.
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October 8, 2020
U-M Museum of Art announces commitment to anti-racist action
A banner featuring the words Black Lives Matter will welcome faculty, staff, students and other campus visitors at the front of the museum’s Alumni Memorial Hall entrance of the U-M Museum of Art.
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September 27, 2020
Ghanaian artist to blanket UMMA with jute sacks
The U-M Institute for the Humanities will begin installing the work of Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, in the form of repurposed jute sacks, on the facade of the U-M Museum of Art Sept. 28.
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September 21, 2020
UMMA to serve as city clerk’s satellite office through Nov. 3
Several units at U-M have partnered with the city of Ann Arbor to transform gallery space at the U-M Museum of Art into the state’s first satellite city clerk’s office located on a university campus.
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September 1, 2020
Arts Initiative announces first round of Exploration Pilot Grants
Eight Exploration Pilot Grants of between $7,000 to $17,000 have been awarded to staff, faculty and students as part of the presidential Arts Initiative, announced by President Mark Schlissel last fall.
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April 27, 2020
Looking at the future of museums during and beyond COVID-19
As cultural institutions try to fulfill their missions under the restrictions of COVID-19, U-M Museum of Art Director Tina Olsen talks about their future and the importance of art in times of crises.
