Seven Masters: 20th-Century Japanese Woodblock Prints
February 6 - April 26, 2020
Explore the intersection of traditional Japanese style and western technique in the first major traveling exhibition of Japanese art at the UMFA. The artists featured in Seven Masters developed a new art form—shin hanga—in response to Japan’s rapid Westernization and industrialization.
50 Years of Spiral Jetty | Smithson and Gorgoni
At the time of its creation, Robert Smithson invited Italian photographer Gianfranco Gorgoni to document the construction of Spiral Jetty. Because it was hidden from view for so long shortly after its construction, the public largely experienced the earthwork through Gorgoni’s photographs.
