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Dr. Blaise Ducos, the Curator of 17th- and 18th-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings at the Musée du Louvre, discusses European decorative arts. Dr. Blaise Ducos will give a lecture at LSU MOA titled, Metal into Paint: The Many Lives of the Van Vianen Vase during the annual Decorative Arts Lecture Series.
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Kevin Benham, Pasqua, 2022. Still from a video. Courtesy of the artist.
The LSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA) is pleased to present the exhibition Volterra and Pasqua by Kevin Benham, on view November 17, 2022–February 26, 2023. Kevin Benham’s photographic series Volterra captures the ecology of mosses, lichens, and other vegetation growing on the calcareous rock formations of an ancient theater built in the Augustan Period during the first century BC. On view alongside Benham’s photographs will also be a short film entitled Pasqua. Read this press release to learn more.
Read MoreMichelle Schulte, LSU Museum of Art Senior Curator and Director of Public Programs, receives 2022 Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Museum Leadership Award. Read this press release to learn more!
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William Clothier Watts, Grazing Sheep, Temple of Luxor, Egypt, c. 1915. Watercolor on paper. The Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable Trust.
Mediterranea: American Art from the Graham D. Williford Collection will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from November 17, 2022-February 26, 2023. Learn more in this press release.
Read MoreWinifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists is the 2022 recipient of The Elizabeth McLundie Bolton Award at the Louisiana Association of Museums Conference (LAMCON). Learn more in this press release
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Top left: Paul Scott, Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Fleurs.de.sel's New York, Hot Dogs, No. 4 (detail), 2020. In glaze screen print (decal) collage on pearlware plate; (bottom right) Cumbrian Blue(s) New American Scenery, Angola 3, No. 2 (detail), 2019. In-glaze screen print (decal) on salvaged Syracuse China with pearlware glaze. Courtesy of Ferrin Contemporary.
Pearlware, Polish, and Privilege: Art by Paul Scott will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from October 27, 2022–February 26, 2023. Learn more in this press release.
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Alex Podesta, Self-Portrait as Bunnies (The Scientist), 2011. Mixed media. Courtesy of Alex Podesta.
Some Boys, a Few Bunnies, and One Lousy Unicorn: Sculptures by Alex Podesta will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from October 13, 2022–March 26, 2023. Learn more in this press release.
Read MoreLSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA) is pleased to announce Marianna Luquette as registrar for the LSU Museum of Art. Read this blog post to learn more!
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State of the Art: Record artist Jenelle Esparza will be at the LSU Museum of Art for a series of museum and community programs on June 16 and 17 including a Museum Open House en Español with activities, gallery talks, a free educator workshop, and a closing reception. Learn more in this press release.
Read MoreBlurring Boundaries is on view at LSU Museum of Art July 14–October 23, 2022. Click to read the full press release and learn about upcoming programs.
Read MoreNedra Davis Hains promoted to Deputy Director of the LSU Museum of Art. Read more in this press release.
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IMAGE (above): Marcel Pardo Ariza, Linda, Lee & Dorsey, Louis (1988, 2018), 2018, mounted inkjet print, ash artist frame, Twilight Blue paint, 58 × 29 in., Courtesy of the artist
State of the Art: Record from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Opens March 10 at LSU Museum of Art. Read the full press release.
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LSU Museum of Art is excited and honored to have won two bronze awards in the Southeastern Museums Conference 2021 Publication Competition. LSU MOA won for our Art Talk publication and our 2019-2020 Annual Report.
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Candice Lin, La Charada China (Tobacco Version), 2019, cement with casein paint, welded steel table frame, tobacco, ceramics, distillation system (distilling a tincture of tobacco, sugar, tea, and poppy), poppy pod putty, sugarcane, white sugar, cacao, sage, ackee, oak gall, Anadenanthera, dong quai, California clay, Dominican Republic clay, metal parts, bucket, pumps, tubing, dried indigo, glass slides, bottles, drawings, tile, rubber, wood, Courtesy of the Artist and François Ghebaly Gallery, Photography by Ian Byer-Gamber
Candice Lin: The Agnotology of Tigers opens October 20, 2021 / This year's collaboration with the LSU School of Art features visiting artist Candice Lin. Her exhibition, The Agnotology of Tigers, will feature recent works based on archival images from LSU (Chinese Bandits) alongside a new configuration the installation La Charada China. Lin’s installation illuminates’ histories of social violence and a politics of forgetting that obscures the history of indentured Chinese labor and lingering stereotypes.
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