Now on view in LSU MOA’s Art in Louisiana: Views into the Collection landscape gallery is Mark Messersmith’s Summer 2010, a sculptural painting based on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Learn more about this work’s symbolic imagery in this closer look blog post by LSU MOA Graduate Assistant Kirsten Campbell.
Read MoreLSU Museum of Art recently acquired a quilt by Mary Lee Bendolph, one of the foremost strip quilters associated with Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Bendolph’s striking compositions reject traditional methods of symmetry and uniformity, instead embracing abstraction through the improvisational use of geometry. Learn more about it in this closer look by LSU MOA Graduate Assistant Kirsten Campbell and view it today in our Art in Louisiana Intro Gallery!
Read MoreLSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA) in Baton Rouge, LA is pleased to open on July 8, 2021, Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection, featuring a group of over 100 American studio ceramic works on long-term loan and are a promised gift by bequest to the LSU Museum of Art from E. John Bullard. Read the full press release to learn more.
Read MoreLSU Museum of Art is pleased to open a special permanent collection exhibition spotlighting recent acquisitions of works by Black artists on March 28. On view for the first time at LSU MOA will be works by Radcliffe Bailey, Whitfield Lovell, Madelyn Sneed-Grays, Mario Moore, and Gordon Parks, among other recently acquired works. Read the full press release to learn more.
Read MoreLSU Museum of Art is pleased to announce The Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists, which supports the growth of LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection by funding acquisitions of works by Black, Indigenous, and Latinx artists, including those of marginalized sexualities, gender identities, and marginalized communities. Read the full press release to learn more.
Read MoreToday, tea drinking status symbols generally consist of Starbucks to-go cups, but in early nineteenth century America wealth was conveyed by spending money on a variety of table items which were each used for one very specific purpose, such as cup plates.
Read MoreWe reinstalled our permanent collection a little over a year ago. Since then, we’ve been listening to feedback from visitors about what artwork they want to see and the stories they think the art should tell.
Read More“Bayou Moderne,” the modern and contemporary section of Art in Louisiana, has recently been updated to shift some of your favorites while adding recent acquisitions and never before exhibited works.
Read MoreThe Daily Reveille's Katie Gagliano talks to Executive Director Daniel E. Stetson about "Exploring Photography." (Photo by Chunfeng Lu)
Read MoreThe LSU Museum of Art has two works in its collection by Baton Rouge artist and teacher Emerson Bell that feature Prophet West, a local religious leader known for baptizing followers in the Mississippi River, passing in front of Baton Rouge downtown buildings that were sites of Civil Rights protests.
Read MoreIn honor of Women's History Month, several members of the LSU MOA staff provided some insight into their favorite pieces on display and/or in the permanent collection made by female artists.
Read MoreThe Daily Reveille's Rachel Rathle talks with curator Courtney Taylor.
Read MoreThe Advocate's Robin Miller takes a look at the 21 sketches on display through January 31.
Read MoreLearn how you can participate in making the permanent collection increasingly relevant to and representative of the museum's audience.
Read MoreThe sketches, currently on display through the end of January in the Gill Hamilton gallery, illustrate Albrizio's two-year design process.
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