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UMMA Announces New Acquisitions, Including Major Works by McArthur Binion, Mel Bochner, Catherine Opie, Willie Cole, and Jarod Lew
Jul 25, 2023
UMMA announced today that it has acquired a major work by acclaimed artist McArthur Binion.
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Check Out 12 of the Newest Works of Art in UMMA’s Collection – Now on View
Mar 15, 2023
Across UMMA’s galleries this spring visitors will find several recent additions to the Museum’s collection.
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University of Michigan Museum of Art Announces New Acquisitions, Including Works by Andrea Carlson, Suchitra Mattai, and Matthew Angelo Harrison, Among Others
Feb 27, 2023
UMMA announced a selection of recent acquisitions that capture the Museum’s collecting priorities.
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$12M gift of Chinese calligraphy transforms Asian art collection at U-M Museum of Art
Jan 26, 2022
UMMA has received a gift of Chinese calligraphy from the family of Lo Chia-Lun valued at more than $12 million.
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Five Million Dollar Gift Expands U-M Museum of Art’s Chinese Ceramics Collection, Creates Weese Program In Ceramic Art
Apr 21, 2021
Alumnus William C. Weese MD has given a gift of art and endowment that will expand the museum’s Chinese ceramics collection.
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Monumental outdoor sculpture by Jaume Plensa to change the face of U-M Museum of Art
Nov 9, 2020
Gift from J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family brings new, internationally renowned public art to Ann Arbor, U-M campus
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Philip and Kathy Power Provide for Substantial Inuit Art Program at UMMA
Mar 19, 2018
Philip and Kathy Power have created the Power Family Program for Inuit Art at UMMA, a program that will focus in the curation, exhibition, and understanding of Inuit art.