U-M Museum of Art
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September 28, 2023
U-M Library offering free copies of banned books Oct. 3-5
The U-M Library is offering 16 titles — almost 2,000 free books — that have been recently challenged or banned and that span themes, topics and depictions that are most often challenged.
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September 21, 2023
Little Amal, symbol of human rights, is heading to U-M
Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child, will be making her way onto the U-M campus this weekend as part of a 6,000-mile walk across the United States.
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September 18, 2023
Artist ‘GIFT’s U-M campus with public art installation
The experimental installation “GIFT” by Cannupa Hanska Luger is being created across the facade of the building that houses the U-M Museum of Art. It is part of an ongoing initiative to challenge university history and reexamine what gets memorialized.
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September 11, 2023
Arts & Resistance theme semester to engage campus, community
The university is kicking off the 2023-24 academic year with the Arts & Resistance theme semester, providing numerous opportunities to engage with the arts in a demonstration of the central role they play in shaping the world.
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January 9, 2023
Artist’s shredding technique makes deep observations on history
Titus Kaphar’s work largely delves into history, but he does not consider himself a historian. Kaphar, an artist born and raised in Kalamazoo, uses a unique shredding technique on his paintings and the result offers deep commentary on the subject. His painting “Flay (James Madison)” showcases his shredding technique, and the work is the centerpiece… -
September 19, 2022
Arts Initiative names eight for Public Art & Engagement Fellowship
Eight U-M faculty, fellows and staff have been named Public Art & Engagement Fellows by the Arts Initiative, a program committed to amplifying the role and significance of the arts within the campus and regional communities.
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September 12, 2022
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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July 12, 2022
Photo gallery: Painting of the mural, ‘The Gift’
The U-M Museum of Art’s current exhibition, “Watershed,” includes a mural called “The Gift” at the A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I painted by artist Bonnie Devine.
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April 18, 2022
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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April 13, 2022
UMMA partnership to explore impact of U-M historic structures
The U-M Museum of Art is partnering with the nonprofit public art and history studio Monument Lab that will examine the role of historic structures at U-M in upholding social and cultural systems and narratives.