“Georgia Bellflowers: The Furniture of Henry Eugene Thomas” displayed at the Georgia Museum of Art

ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia presents “Georgia Bellflowers: The Furniture of Henry Eugene Thomas”, a decorative arts exhibition featuring furniture made by Athens craftsman Henry Eugene Thomas, from Jan. 14 to April 15, 2012. The exhibition features about 20 pieces of furniture made by Thomas plus related photographs and ephemera and are accompanied by a small book published by the museum. This is the first exhibition to highlight Thomas’ furniture and a career that spanned [...]

Georgia Museum of Art announces receipt of collection of American art by African American artists

ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia announces Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson’s donation of a prominent collection of works by African American artists. The couple will also fund an endowment to support a new curatorial position at the museum known as the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of the African Diaspora. Larry Thompson announced the donation and endowment support at a panel discussion held at GMOA in conjunction with the exhibition “Tradition Redefined: [...]

The Georgia Museum of Art to Reopen with Weeklong Celebration in January 2011

ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will reopen with a weeklong celebration, Art Expands, from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5. The museum has been closed since March 2009 for construction on its Phase II expansion and renovation project. GMOA broke ground on its expansion in 2009, after raising $20 million in private support to fund the entirety of construction. The addition to the existing facility will include more than 16,000 square feet in new galleries, [...]

Georgia Museum of Art Acquires Two Paintings from West Foundation Collection

ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art (GMOA), located on the University of Georgia (UGA) campus, recently acquired two significant American paintings from the West Foundation Collection of Atlanta, Ga. The foundation gave Benjamin West’s Portrait of Captain Christopher Codrington Bethell (1769) and John Linton Chapman’s Via Appia (1867) to the museum in honor of GMOA director, William U. Eiland, and in anticipation of the museum’s reopening this winter. A native of Springfield, Pa., Benjamin West was appointed historical painter [...]

Georgia Art Museums Collaborate to Share Resources and Collections Across the State

ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art, in collaboration with four Georgia museums, has established the Georgia Art Museum Partnership initiative—the first of its kind in the state that will allow for the sharing of resources and collections among museums in Georgia and the Southeast. The five partnering museums are the High Museum of Art, the Albany Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum , the Telfair Museum of Art ( Savannah ) and the Georgia Museum of Art ( Athens [...]