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Bauhaus Architectural Exhibition TEST

The Six Senses of Buddhism

Art museums generally give primacy to the sense of sight. Religious and ritual objects, on the other hand, stimulate an array of...

The Six Senses of Buddhism

Art museums generally give primacy to the sense of sight. Religious and ritual objects, on the other hand, stimulate an array of...

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene, a much-debated...

The Eco Book Club and The World to Come

​Literati’s Eco Book Club goes on the road. Join us at UMMA on the occasion of the Museum’s exhibition of The World to Come: Art in...

A Revolution Worth Having: Emma Goldman at 150

The Joseph A. Labadie Collection in the U-M Library is one of the world's most complete collections of anarchist thought and contains...

Jason DeMarte: Garden of Artificial Delights

Jason DeMarte: Garden of Artificial Delights presents an enigmatic world filled with unexpected and unsettling sensory temptations. In this...

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s explores large-scale works of art by Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Sam Gilliam,...

In Conversation with Jason DeMarte: Photography in the Garden of Artificial Delights

The exhibition Jason DeMarte: Garden of Artificial Delights  invites viewers to journey into a visually stunning, though deeply...

Abstraction, Color, and Politics:

The 1960s and 1970s

In the midst of the political and cultural upheavals of the 60s and 70s, artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship...

The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq

In celebration of UMMA’s new Power Family Program for Inuit Art, the Museum presents a special exhibition of two incredible, intertwining...

Family Art Studio: The Six Senses of Buddhism

The Six Senses of Buddhism is an exhibition of works from UMMA’s collection associated with different types of Japanese Buddhism. Local...

Family Art Studio: The Six Senses of Buddhism

The Six Senses of Buddhism is an exhibition of works from UMMA’s collection associated with different types of Japanese Buddhism. Local...

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene, a much-debated...

Long Table Discussion: Art / Environment / Sustainability

UMMA and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival (A2SF) welcome artist Mary Mattingly to Ann Arbor for a three-day residency, June 27–30. Mattingly,...

Objects in the Round: Public Art Project with Mary Mattingly

UMMA and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival welcome artist Mary Mattingly to Ann Arbor for a 3-day residency, June 27 - June 30. Mattingly, whose...

Objects in the Round: Public Art Project with Mary Mattingly

UMMA and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival welcome artist Mary Mattingly to Ann Arbor for a 3-day residency, June 27 - June 30. Mattingly, whose...

Blue Bird Inn Jam Session

Rayse Biggs (Trumpet), Andrew Bishop (Saxophone), Wendell Harrison (Saxophone), Marion Hayden (Bass), De'Sean Jones (Saxophone), and Gayelynn McKinney (Drums). With special guests Kasan Belgrave (Saxophone), Ron Brooks (Bass), Tariq Gardner (Drums), Kamer

Celebrating the legacy of sonic resistance in Detroit and beyond, join us for a special evening of jazz with some of the area’s greatest...

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Performance

New at UMMA: Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele (1890-1918), one of the most well-known and controversial figures of Austrian Expressionism, made more than 3,000 works over...

Objects in the Round: Public Art Project with Mary Mattingly

UMMA and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival welcome artist Mary Mattingly to Ann Arbor for a 3-day residency, June 27 - June 30. Mattingly, whose...

The Six Senses of Buddhism

Art museums generally give primacy to the sense of sight. Religious and ritual objects, on the other hand, stimulate an array of...

In Conversation: Life and Afterlife of Objects with artist Mary Mattingly and curators Jennifer M. Friess and Amanda Krugliak

Artist Mary Mattingly is deeply concerned with our relationships to objects—where they come from, where they go, their implications for...

Objects in the Round: Public Art Project with Mary Mattingly - Closing/Deconstruction/Gathering

UMMA and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival welcome artist Mary Mattingly to Ann Arbor for a 3-day residency, June 27 - June 30. Mattingly, whose...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Ancient Color

Join us on a tour through the Kelsey Museum special exhibition "Ancient Color." Learn how the Romans acquired, made, and used...

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene, a much-debated...

UMMA Book Club: Art, Ideas, & Politics

UMMA's exploration of abstract art, politics, and identity continues with Abstraction, Color, and Politics: The 1960s and...

Family Art Studio: Inuit Inspirations

Families with children ages six and up are invited to look, learn, and create together during UMMA's Family Art Studio sessions. Create...

Family Art Studio: Inuit Inspirations

Families with children ages six and up are invited to look, learn, and create together during UMMA's Family Art Studio sessions. Create...

Collection Ensemble

The reinstallation of UMMA’s Apse, called “Collection Ensemble” highlights the breadth and variety of the Museum’s collection and...

The World to Come & Food​: Feed Lots and our Industrialized Food System

Kathy Sample, co-founder of Argus Farm Stop, and Dave Steinhauser of Steinhauser Farm in Ann Arbor will discuss small-scale farming, food...

Ceal Floyer: Things

Visitors entering Floyer’s installation Things (2009) in the Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery encounter a collection of identical plinths...

Artist Reception at Ledge Craft Lane

Purchase work from four PCAP artists

PCAP Linkage Artists Cynthia Casey, Kenneth Gourlay, Kimiko Uyeda and Martin Vargas are sharing title of "Artist of the Month" at...

The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq

In celebration of UMMA’s new Power Family Program for Inuit Art, the Museum presents a special exhibition of two incredible, intertwining...

Stand up for a sustainable future. Die-in.

What does our planet's sustainability mean to you? Join Ann Arbor Climate Mobilization and the U-M Museum of Art for a Die-in to take...

Cross Pollination: An Art and the Environment Tour

Join UMMA Assistant Curator of Photography Jennifer Friess and Education Outreach Program Coordinator Grace VanderVliet for a tour...

Curator Tour | Ancient Color

Caroline Roberts and Cathy Person

Join exhibition co-curators Caroline Roberts and Cathy Person on a tour of the special exhibition "Ancient Color." They'll...

The Eco Book Club and The World to Come

​Literati’s Eco Book Club goes on the road. Join us at UMMA on the occasion of the Museum’s exhibition of The World to Come: Art in...

Call & Response: Performance, Panel Discussion, and Reception

Continuing our celebration of the legacy of sonic resistance in Detroit and beyond, join us for an afternoon of conversation and...

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s explores large-scale works of art by Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Sam Gilliam,...

The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq

In celebration of UMMA’s new Power Family Program for Inuit Art, the Museum presents a special exhibition of two incredible, intertwining...

In Conversation: Curators in the Garden

Join U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum curator Dr. David Michener, UMMA curator Jennifer Friess for a conversation in...

Linkage Project Artist Reception at B-24's Espresso Bar

Meet the PCAP artists exhibiting their work this month at B-24's Espresso Bar in Ypsilanti.

Copies and Invention in East Asia

Far from being frowned upon as uncreative, in China, Korea, and Japan, copying has long been considered a valuable practice. Through works...

In Conversation: Copies and Creativity in East Asian Art

Through works of art spanning ancient to contemporary times, UMMA's exhibition Copies and Invention in East Asia challenges our...

Exhibition | Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile: El-Kurru, Sudan

Ancient graffiti provide a unique glimpse into the lives of individuals in antiquity. Religious devotion in ancient Kush (a region located...

71st Annual Dahlia Show

Open to the public, hosted at Washtenaw Community College....

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Exhibition

Collection Ensemble

The reinstallation of UMMA’s Apse, called “Collection Ensemble” highlights the breadth and variety of the Museum’s collection and...

In Conversation:  Contemporary Inuit Art:  An Artistic and Cultural Phenomenon

Tillirnanngittuq (pronounced “tid-ee-nang-ee-took” and meaning “unexpected”) is UMMA’s first exhibition to showcase The Power...

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library

Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share...

Daughters of Memory: Paintings and Poems on the Nine Muses

Faculty Art Show: Cindy Sowers, retired RC Arts and Ideas in the Humanities Faculty

Daughters of Memory: Paintings and Poems on the Nine Muses is an interdisciplinary show of works by Cindy Sowers exploring the elusive...