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Utah Museum of Contemporary Art expands its public access with stellar set of exhibitions, celebrating Alex Caldiero, hand-crafted art, video installations, new 21st century perspectives

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For a detailed summary of UMOCA”s current spring exhibitions, see The Utah Review feature here. One of the best recent developments in downtown Salt Lake City is the expanded public reopening of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA), which also is marking its 90th anniversary this year. The spring schedule of exhibitions … Read more

UMFA presents magnificent, generous traveling exhibition Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem, covering century of quintessential artistic expressions

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The ambitious undertaking in the traveling exhibition Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem to summarize the prodigious achievements of artists of African descent over the last century astounds in its impressive displays. There is the larger-than-life oil canvas portrait of Kevin the Kiteman, a 2016 work by Jordan Casteel, set against a … Read more

Local artists’ work available for holiday gift purchases at Utah Arts Festival, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah Arts Alliance’s Urban Arts Gallery

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Without the benefit of festival shows, exhibitions and gallery events during a pandemic year, many local visual artists have been challenged to stay as visible as possible. With the holiday season approaching, several of Salt Lake City’s major visual arts institutions are using digital platforms as well as their physical locations for opportunities to highlight … Read more

Utah Museum of Contemporary Arts opens Growing Rocks exhibition, featuring stunning intersecting expressions of ceramic science, art by Brad Evan Taylor; annual gala announced

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In the realm of materials science, researchers, engineers and specialists strive for perfection in the materials they study. If there are defects or failures, especially as they test and stress the materials to assess their strength and durability, those instances often lead to unexpected discoveries, sometimes in the most creative and technical ways possible. Artists … Read more

Utah Museum of Fine Arts reopens to the public on Aug. 26; three exhibitions worthy of must-see status

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After being closed for five and a half months, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) at The University of Utah will reopen to the public on Wednesday, Aug. 26. The museum will be open for three days each week, Wednesdays through Fridays, noon to 5 p.m. Seniors and high-risk visitors are invited to visit … Read more

Utah Film Center opens May with livestream screening events including The Dog Doc, Miss Hokusai, I’m Leaving Now

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The Utah Film Center continues its series of live streaming events, which are free and open to the public, during May. The next three films are, respectively, about integrative care in veterinary medicine; a historical manga series adapted for an anime film about the life of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes … Read more

Utah arts organizations make transition to online, interactive, live stream platforms, during coronavirus pandemic

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Several major arts organizations in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area have adapted their programming and classes to streaming and interactive platforms. Initial responses and numbers of participants also have been encouraging, indicating that arts and culture are just as essential (if not more so), even as regular routines have been upended by the coronavirus … Read more

Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ two exhibitions offer sensational opportunity for deep dive into Japanese art, culture

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After viewing The Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ (UMFA) largest presentation of Japanese art in its history, one realizes that the best way to think about the sensational works is much broader than the suggested frames of art history often told from either a Japanese or Western perspective. The reasons by which we appreciate, admire … Read more

Sundance 2020: Aggie documentary a daughter’s loving tribute to philanthropist offering intersectional opportunities in art, criminal justice reform

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When Agnes ‘Aggie’ Gund sold the beloved Masterpiece pop-art painting (1962) created by Roy Lichtenstein that had been displayed for more than 40 years in her living room, she was sad for a moment. Sold for an astounding $165 million price to a hedge fund executive, she sensed that this painting which had given so … Read more

Utah Museum of Fine Arts receives $80,000 Warhol Foundation grant for 2021 exhibition highlighting human impact on air quality and pollution

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Continuing a major trend of earning national recognition for its commitment to contemporary art and innovative programs for the public, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) has received an $80,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, its second award from the foundation since 2014. UMFA will apply the grant toward … Read more