FORTY-ONE ARTISTS
FORTY-ONE WORKS OF ART
ALL IN DIALOGUE FOR YOU TO DISCOVER  
Collection Ensemble  presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. The installation exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media. Featuring works of art by forty-one famous and not-so-famous artists—many of whom are people of color and women—the installation reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Image: Al Loving,  Untitled Cube , 1969, acrylic on canvas. Museum Purchase, 1969/2.25. Courtesy the Estate of Al Loving and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
JOIN US FOR THE
GRAND OPENING AT
APRIL 2 | 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music with Cousin Mouth & Friends, free food, and more! 

EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS, DISASTERS, CONSUMPTION, LOSS, AND JUSTICE
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 term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, the exhibition is structured around ecological issues, presenting photography, video, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials, disasters, consumption, loss, and justice.

Image: Nichole Six & Paul Petritsch,  Spatial Intervention 1 , 2002, color video, running time: 28 minutes. Courtesy of the artists © Bildrecht, Vienna 2017
Fang Zhang, Hughes Fellow at the U-M Liberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and wife of the artist Wang Qingsong, will lead a public tour of  Wang Qingsong / Detroit / Beijing  to kick off the symposium Chinese Contemporary Art: Exhibition, Collection, and Criticism.

Step into a night of fashion and performance celebrating  Collection Ensemble , a new feel to welcome you in UMMA’s historic entry. Performances will be interspersed with scenes from the SpringFest 2019 Fashion Show, which also responds to the themes and ideas of the new installation.

Students in SMTD’s Musical Theater program, guided by Broadway director Geoff Packard with Broadway music director Jason DeBord join art historians and leaders from three world religions to draw out a 21st-century moral of understanding and acceptance.

Join us for a close up look at the collage art of contemporary artist, Mark Bradford. Using paper, interesting materials, and surprising techniques we will create abstract landscapes or cityscapes. 
Registration is required.



EXAMINING THE RADICAL IMPACT OF INTERNET CULTURE ON VISUAL ART
The internet has changed every aspect of contemporary life—from how we interact with each other to how we work and play. 
Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today examines the radical impact of internet culture on visual art since the invention of the web in 1989.

SUNDAY, APRIL 7
2–3 p.m. | Meet at the UMMA Store

Image: Kate Cooper,  Rigged  (still), 2014–15. Installation with digital prints and HD videos (color, sound; 4:28 minutes). Courtesy the artist. © Kate Cooper
This event is free, but registration is required.  Click here to register.
​Participate in the ancient practice of yoga in the beautiful surroundings of the Museum of Art. This will be gentle yoga, especially appropriate for students in the throes of exams, led by a U-M RecSports teacher. All levels and community members welcome. Please bring your own yoga mat.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 4 | 7:30–8:30 p.m. | MUSEUM APSE


SATURDAY, APRIL 6 | 9 a.m.–5 p.m. | HELMUT STERN AUDITORIUM


TUESDAY, APRIL 9 | 5:30–6:30 p.m. | MUSEUM APSE


SUNDAY, APRIL 14 | 7–9 p.m. | MUSEUM APSE

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