Boston University Art Galleries

About

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Mission

Dedicated to serving the public of New England as well as the University community the BOSTON UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY (BUAG) is a non-profit art gallery geared toward an interdisciplinary interpretation of art and culture. Maintaining an ongoing exhibition schedule in its current location on Commonwealth Avenue since 1958, exhibitions focus on international, national, and regional art developments, chiefly in the twentieth century. BUAG has a particular commitment to offer a culturally inclusive view of art, one that expands the boundaries of museum exhibitions.

BUAG presents four to five exhibitions annually. Exhibitions are curated internally, often incorporating the rich talent and resources found on campus and in the Boston area, or are borrowed from other institutions. Through its exhibitions and educational programs, BUAG seeks to present the cultural and historical context of art and to acknowledge the artistic contributions of under-recognized sectors of the population. Each spring our season closes by highlighting the achievements of School of Visual Art students with the MFA Graphic Design and Senior Thesis exhibitions.

Gallery lectures, panel discussions, and symposia (often co-sponsored with other regional institutions and University departments) regularly accompany the exhibitions, as do high quality scholarly catalogues.
BUAG's diversified exhibition history includes works by the following impressive list of artists: Josef Albers, Brooke Alexander, David Aronson, Felice Beato, Margaret Bourke-White, Philip Guston, Al Held, Hans Hofmann, Ellsworth Kelly, Joyce Kozloff, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, Jacques Lipschitz, Whitfield Lovell, Michael Mazur, Alice Neel, David Smith, Raphael Soyer, Pat Steir, John Walker, and Edward Weston.