UMMA News & Blogs

“Painting is dead.” That’s what professors told artist Titus Kaphar during his time studying art at Yale.

UMMA in partnership with Monument Lab, announced that artist Cannupa Hanska Luger will create a site-specific installation on the exterior of Alumni Memorial Hall.

This fall, UMMA will launch a wide-ranging program to engage the public with the upcoming midterm elections.

Artist and social sculptor Philippa P.B. Hughes recently sat down with SAB Members to discuss her art practice.

I recently had a conversation with Sascha Crasnow, a University of Michigan lecturer in Islamic Arts and Culture.

The exhibition 'Around the World in Blue and White' explores the history and influence of blue and white ceramics across the globe.

In an op-ed published by ArtNet News, UMMA Director Christina Olsen makes the case that art museums need to be braver.

Charles Ginnever’s 'Daedalus', stands on the South University side of UMMA.

An investigation into 11 objects of African art in UMMA’s collection has been unspooling online.

UMMA has received a gift of Chinese calligraphy from the family of Lo Chia-Lun valued at more than $12 million.

UMMA’s VOTE 2020 project has won a 2021 Global Design Award from the Society for Environmental Graphic Design.

Alumnus William C. Weese MD has given a gift of art and endowment that will expand the museum’s Chinese ceramics collection.

Interviews with three artists featured in the art show to understand their art and what this exhibition means to them.

Vik Muniz’s “Untitled (Medusa Marinara)” this piece, was inspired by Caravaggio’s depiction of the head of Medusa.

Gift from J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family brings new, internationally renowned public art to Ann Arbor, U-M campus