Watch a recording of "Collecting For the Future" a curator talk with Luke Kelly, Emily Lawhead, Alisa McCusker and the executive director of the UMFA, Gretchen Dietrich.

The Life and Legacy of Natacha Rambova By J. Attridge, UMFA communications coordinator The collection at the Utah Museum of Fine […]

How does the Utah Museum of Fine Arts build a collection, and why do museums choose specific objects to steward for future generations? These questions are at the heart of the exhibition For the Future: Collecting at the UMFA 2001–2026, which celebrates twenty-five years in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building. The exhibition will showcase some of the UMFA’s most notable art acquisitions since the Museum moved into its incredible home in 2001.

We are all works of art in our own way. Find out what makes you sparkle, and what object in the UMFA collection is your personality twin!

Everyone knows that April showers bring May flowers, but what this phrase forgets to mention is that May flowers also bring hay fever sours! For all my fellow Utahns who will be allergic to the whole state for the next several months, here is a bouquet of floral goodness that won't make you sneeze. Explore the galleries at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and discover blooms from around the world and across time. 

The Museum Store at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts is growing and transforming, and at the heart of that change is a diverse and talented array of makers, artisans, craftsmen, and cultural connectors. As the UMFA collectively endeavors to decolonize the museum, we too are investing in community members that make beautiful and unique items that visitors love.

The UMFA’s decision to request Thomas’ work from Art Bridges Collection was made for two main reasons. First, the prominent placement of his work on the Highlights Wall in the lobby—an overt signal of the artwork’s significance—allows the Museum to feature this special loan that powerfully activates its mission “to inspire critical dialogue and illuminate the role of art in our lives.”

Robert Indiana’s iconic "LOVE" sculpture appeared on the UMFA’s lawn overnight on February 4, 2026. The artwork’s arrival wasn’t as effortless as it appeared. Many people, from UMFA staff, the University of Utah, and generous donors made bringing the sculpture to Utah possible. Learn about the artist and the sculpture’s Utah debut.

Marie Watt is a storyteller. Ideas of kinship, community, stewardship, tradition, and memory run through her work, as well as many mythologies: the Seneca Creation Story, Greco-Roman epics, and even pop culture sagas like Star Wars and Star Trek serve as inspiration.

We’ve reached the time of year when people begin to ask, “What’s your new year’s resolution?” I usually just make up some sort of vague less-of-something resolution like “less phone time,” “stop eating sugar,” etc., but the resolution is usually forgotten as soon as the conversation is over.