Contemporary art pieces at the UMMA. (Jason Rzucidlo/AmericaJR)
The University of Michigan Museum of Art, or UMMA in Ann Arbor, Michigan with 94,000 sq ft (8,700 m2) is one of the largest university art museums in the USA. UMMA contains a comprehensive collection that represents more than 150 years at the university, with nearly 19,000 works of art that span cultures, eras, and media. The collection of modern and contemporary art at UMMA covers the whole of the twentieth century and extends up to the present day. Early modern masters such as Pablo Picasso and Juan Gris introduce Cubism to viewers, and movements such as Surrealism, German Expressionism, and Abstract Expressionism are also well represented.
Exterior of the UMMA
University of Michigan Museum of Art
In Focus: Recent Acquisition
A new take on the IBM logo by Paul Rand
Inside the museum
“Matisse Drawings” special exhibit
Contemporary sculptures
Art of Islam
Modernist Glass
Modernist Sculptures
Contemporary Art
KODAK Digital Still Camera
“Dance Movement” by Auguste Rodin (1956)
Sculptures by Louis Comfort Tiffany
Pair of windows by Frank Lloyd Wright (1904)
Dining chairs by Charles and Ray Eames (1946)
“Aspara Warrior” by Ouk Chim Vichet (2004)
Attendees checking out the art
“Northern Summer Window” by Marsden Hartley (1936)
“Still Life with Apples” by Maurice de Vlaminck (1910)
“Composition” by Auguste Herbin (1927)
“Artillery Battle” by Otto Dix (1917)
“Two Girls Reading” by Pablo Picasso (1924)
“Portrait of Francoise” by Pablo Picasso (1949)
“Begin the Beguine” by Max Beckmann (1946)
“Untitled” by Mark Bradford (2005)
“The Letter Edged in Black” by William Nelson Copley (1966)
“Oculist Witnesses” by Richard Hamilton (1968)
“Undiscovered Pepper” by Beverly Pepper (1969)
“The Student” by Gerome Kamrowski (1950)
“Street Scene”
“At the Crossroads” by Max Ernst (1955)
“Love is What You Want” by Tracey Emin (2011)
“Kyogen” by Shigeo Fukada; “Nihon Buyo” and “Sharaku Okubi-e” by Ikko Tanaka
“The Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo” by Ikko Tanaka; “Shigeo Fukuda and His Playful Trick Pavilion” by Shigeo Fukuda
Visit the UMMA at 525 South State Street Ann Arbor 48109-1354. For more information, call 734.764.0395 or visit http://umma.umich.edu/
