Memorial Art Gallery

Person charged in alleged attempt to steal Warhol exhibit art

The University of Rochester’s police have made an arrest in the attempted theft of a work of art from the Andy Warhol exhibit at Memorial Art Gallery....
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Wed, 02/10/2021 - 12:58pm
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Connections: Discussing arts education with leaders from the Memorial Art Gallery

The Memorial Art Gallery has a new director of academic programs. Dr. Nile Blunt brings his national and international experience in museum and arts...
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Mon, 11/23/2020 - 10:15am
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The Warhol exhibit: A serious message delivered by ridiculous cows

It was 1966, and Armand Schaubroeck was ready for his close-up. “He had us sit on that couch that’s on The Velvet Underground album,” Schaubroeck says. ...
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Wed, 10/28/2020 - 8:13am
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MAG’s Clothesline Festival goes virtual

The Memorial Art Gallery’s 2020 Clothesline Festival, originally scheduled for September 12-13, will be held exclusively online as a week-long event...
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Fri, 07/31/2020 - 10:54am
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Arts organizations increase access during COVID-19 shutdowns

Earlier this month, people around the world sat down to watch "Hamilton" -- the Broadway musical phenomenon written by Lin-Manuel Miranda about the...
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Thu, 07/23/2020 - 9:28am
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Local museums and cultural attractions get ready for reopening under Phase 4

Three of Rochester’s largest cultural attractions: the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Museum and Science Center, and The Strong National Museum of Play...
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Fri, 06/26/2020 - 11:21am
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Museums, and Judith Schaechter's glass link in the broken arts chain

Had it been a minute faster, or a minute slower, on a 2,825-mile journey, the Titanic might have been just another passenger ship that never met an...
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Wed, 05/06/2020 - 12:16pm
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Memorial Art Gallery, Strong, RMSC, Eastman Museum join list of arts closings

Four of Rochester’s biggest museums -- the Memorial Art Gallery, The Strong the Rochester Museum & Science Center and George Eastman Museum--...
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Fri, 03/13/2020 - 2:31pm
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Joe Pug's tenuous grasp on reality; stained glass with an edge

Two questions into this phone interview, where Joe Pug is at his home in Maryland, he's called away to an emergency. "I have to go poopy." A few minutes...
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Wed, 02/12/2020 - 4:40am
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Share the love this week on Classical 91.5

Are you watching the Winter Olympics?  Many of your friends at WXXI are watching, too, and listening for all the great music that underscores the beautiful skating.

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