Museum Minute
Fridays at 10:04 AM (during Performance Today) and Saturdays at 9:04 AM (during Morning Weekend Edition).
Produced in cooperation with the Georgia Museum of Art on the campus of the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. This feature airs on WUGA (91.7/94.5 FM or livestream at wuga.org) Fridays at 10:04 a.m. (during Performance Today) and Saturdays at 9:04 a.m. (during Weekend Edition). Different Museum staff members have been recording these scripts that focus on an artist, an exhibition, a program, behind the scenes work and more.
The painting: Pierre Daura (American, b. Spain, 1896 – 1976), “Clock,” ca. 1929. Oil, 14 15/16 × 18 1/8 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Martha Randolph Daura. GMOA 2003.412.
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One of the most memorable works on view at the museum and a focus of school tours is Radcliffe Bailey’s “7 Steps.” -
Looking to get more art into your life, but you’re not sure where to jump in? Third Thursday may provide the right entry point. -
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Museum Minute: William J Thompson Sculpture -
The museum’s latest “In Dialogue” exhibition opened recently and is up through February 11. -
If you wander through the museum’s galleries on a Thursday evening, you might pass by a yoga class, stretching and posing in unison on their mats, surrounded by art. -
Opened in 1989, the Museum Shop has been providing visitors with a way to take something home with them for more than three decades. -
This fall, Georgians are invited to sift through the archaeological secrets of one of the state’s most well-preserved coastal treasures at the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries Building. -
If there’s one thing we all know about art museums, it’s that you’re not supposed to touch the paintings. But what about visitors who aren't able to see the art? -
An exhibition on display at the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries takes music lovers on a tour through some of the legendary locations of Athens’ house parties all in one spot.
