Artwork of the Week: July 2018 (Week 31)
Mahonri M. Young (1877-1957), Plowing Valley of the Great Salt Lake, c.1930, oil on canvas, 28 ¼ x 72 1/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of the Mahonri M. Young [...]
BYU Grad Tiffany Wixom Joins MOA Staff
Tiffany Wixom has joined the BYU Museum of Art as the Assistant Registrar in the Collections Department. Tiffany earned a Bachelor’s Degree at BYU in Art History and Curatorial Studies, [...]
Artwork of the Week: July 2018 (Week 30)
Minerva Teichert (1888-1976), Washday on the Plains, 1938, oil on canvas. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Herman and Minerva Teichert Family. We wish you a happy Pioneer Day this [...]
“Buck” on Loan to Denver Botanic Garden
Have you been to the sculpture garden lately, wondering where a particular orange deer might have gone? Buck, by contemporary artist Michael Whiting, is currently on loan to the Denver Botanic [...]
Artwork of the Week: July 2018 (Week 29)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn (1606-1669), Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe), c.1652, drypoint and engraving on paper, 6 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of [...]
Francis Davis Millet and the Titanic
“No chapter of fictional adventure can rival a chapter in the real life of Mr. Millet. Soldier of fortune, adventurer, war correspondent, art student, and artist, he seems to have been [...]
Artwork of the Week: July 2018 (Week 28)
Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), The Widow I, 1923, woodcut, 18 1/8 x 12 13/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Donald Goodwall. Today, July 8, is Käthe Kollwitz’s [...]
Coming Soon: Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Photographers record the defining moments of our world and our time, capturing history through timeless images of fleeting moments. With the click of a button, vivid imagery documents the pain of [...]
