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Longin Lonczyna Jr., Resurrection #2, 1975, Gelatin silver print, 9 1/16 x 13 5/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1975. Memorial Day, previously known as Decoration Day, is a time [...]

Guest Post by Alyssa Weyland, MOA Marketing and PR Intern How does someone go from a bullied, outcast misfit to one of the most celebrated American sculptors of his day? Mahonri Mackintosh Young [...]

Sarah Miriam Peale (1800-1885), Portrait of Patience Cole Cortland, c.1840, oil on canvas, 35 7/8 x 29 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Millard Duxbury, 1969. [...]

A new exhibition comprised of sculpture, etchings, drawings, oil paintings, and watercolors—all by a sole artist—is opening this week at the MOA. In the Arena: The Art of Mahonri Young celebrates [...]

Frants Henningsen (1850-1908), Reading with Mom, 1901, etching, 10 5/16 x 6 11/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift from the collection of Ira and Mary Lou Fulton, 2015. Happy [...]

If you’re in the state of Utah this month, you’ve probably heard about numerous celebrations about something called “Spike 150” or the “transcontinental [...]

The BYU Museum of Art is excited to welcome Kitsa Behringer as the newest MOA staff member. Kitsa Behringer received a master’s degree in Museum Education from the George Washington University, [...]

Written by Janalee Emmer, Head of Education It is with full hearts that we bid a fond farewell and extend sincere gratitude to our dear colleague Lynda Palma, who is retiring from the BYU Museum [...]

Florence Ware (1891-1971), Young Woman with Fruit, c. 1930, oil on canvas, 23 13/16 x 30 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Edward Girard and Ruth Hale, 2008. On May 6th, we [...]