Mayor Jim Strickland will consider the committee's recommendation that the Metal Museum be Rust Hall's future occupant. If he accepts it, the City Council would have final say.

Memphis International Airport and the UrbanArt Commission named winners Tuesday, June 16, in the competition for public art in the modernized B Concourse.

A local architecture firm recently “lost a window” but, as they say, took an opportunity – and it quickly went viral. 

If the pandemic allows, the young artist and her family will fly to Washington, D.C., in September for a special reception and viewing of her painting on display in The Capitol.

A class of 50 graduates were honored through a prerecorded program of remarks and awards during a Facebook Live ceremony, the final graduation of Memphis College of Art's 84-year history.

The pandemic may be delaying the city's process for selecting the next users of Rust Hall and the Brooks Museum of Art building in Overton Park.

The UrbanArt Commission and a public art committee of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority are scheduled to receive site-specific proposals for public art in the B Concourse in mid-June.

The Memphis College of Art Legacy Catalog celebrates the school's 84-year history with lots of photographs and names.

Memphis College of Art is closing and graduates its last class on May 9. The pandemic has made a difficult situation harder, forcing the college to substitute a prerecorded commencement video for the real graduation ritual.

Tri-Star Arts, a statewide arts organization, specializes in experiences that combine local and national art. In lieu of a large opening, they are inviting Memphians to view their most recent exhibition at their own leisure, online or on a walk through Downtown.

In 1997, Matt Damon's first starring role and Francis Ford Coppola's last major film intersected in Memphis with the third and (so far) final locally set John Grisham adapation. 

Except for seven administrators and security officers, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has placed its entire staff on temporary furlough because of COVID-19.

A joint exhibition of work by the famed photographer Eggleston and Jennifer Steinkamp at the Dixon Gallery has been extended to April 5. The Dixon is closed for two weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic, but currently scheduled to reopen March 31.

Art history professor Earnestine Jenkins describes Augusta Savage’s sculptures as a form of resistance to the way black subjects were represented in the last century.

The Apple film had a private screening with actors from the film Monday evening at The National Civil Rights Museum. Most of those involved say the story of black businessmen trying to overcome discriminatory business practices still feels familiar today.

The City of Memphis’ percent-for-art program will fund the project.

Businesses have until Friday, Feb. 21, to register for the free event on Feb. 25. It's MCA's last jobs fair, but one that may continue on anyway. 

The Memphis-based foundation will honor the storied career of photographer William Eggleston with shows that connect his work to that of younger artists.

Memphis College of Art to sell last 500 artworks starting Jan. 25. 

Photographer Murray Riss took an assignment to capture the beauty of historic Temple Israel Cemetery. Over the course of a year, Riss found a lot of life among the graves. 

The Metal Museum's executive director Carissa Hussong calls the crowd-pleasing annual Repair Days “a reunion for the metalsmithing community.” The fundraising event is Oct. 17-20 this year.

The University of Memphis' Hooks Institute and Art Museum are set to co-host a closing lecture of the “If I Had A Camera: Art Shay ­– Activism, Civil Rights & Justice” exhibit.

Working/teaching decorative painting studio and DIY boutique me & mrs. jones has opened a new East Memphis location at 600 South Perkins Rd.

Important shows in two Memphis museums are winding up soon: the Bouguereau at Brooks, and two by Southern women artists at the Dixon. 

U of M professor taps student to help him with set design for 2020 presidential primary debate this week in Houston.