Lawrence, KS, May 15, 2014 – As the Spencer Museum’s celebrated exhibition “James Turrell: Gard Blue” draws to a close, the Museum is pleased to announce that collectors Mark and Lauren Booth have donated a significant work of art by internationally renowned light artist James Turrell. Mark Booth, an alumnus of the University of Kansas, and Lauren Booth, an artist, loaned “Gard Blue” as the centerpiece for the Spencer’s 9-month exhibition, and have announced their intent to donate the work, making it a part of the Spencer Museum’s permanent collection.

Rocket Grants, a program of Charlotte Street Foundation and the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, awards $54,000 to 10 grant recipients for 2014.

by acclaimed architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

On Thursday evening, architects from internationally renowned design firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (founded by celebrated architect I.M. Pei) will unveil their design for Phase I of a major renovation and expansion of the Spencer Museum of Art. Phase I, scheduled to begin in spring of 2015, will encompass an extensive renovation of more than 15,000 square feet of the Spencer’s interior spaces.

LAWRENCE, KS, August 11, 2014 – One of the richest collections of World War I-era art in the country can now be found at the University of Kansas’s Spencer Art Museum thanks to Professor Eric G. Carlson’s gift of more than 3,000 objects.

LAWRENCE, KS, November 10, 2014 – During the next two weeks the newest addition to the Spencer Museum of Art’s collection will begin to take shape. This fall, the Spencer received a momentous donation of a Sol LeWitt wall drawing from international corporation Pitney Bowes Inc. “Wall Drawing 519” is a set of instructions for installing a large-scale work of art, which Spencer Museum staff will execute in collaboration with the Sol LeWitt Foundation.

Lawrence, KS, October 31, 2013 – Kansas has seen its fair share of widespread public controversy sparked by art. On Thursday, November 14, a panel discussion planned by KU’s Spencer Museum of Art, the KU School of Law, the Kress Foundation Department of Art History and the KU Department of Visual Art will invite legal and art historical experts to discuss memorable upheavals as well as the legal precedents they set. Each expert presenter will briefly map out a Kansas art controversy of note before the conversation opens up for lively audience participation.

LAWRENCE, KS, December 19, 2014 – It may be cold outside, but the Spencer Museum’s 20/21 Gallery has some added warmth with the newly acquired Albert Bloch painting Summer. The painting, donated this fall by KU alumni Dr. Eric and Michelle Voth, adds to the Spencer’s strong holdings by Bloch and represents a unique period in the artist’s work. The left half of the painting portrays a still-life of a vibrant yellow flower in a vase, while on the right half a woman and a clown share a quiet and somewhat mysterious interaction.

Lawrence, KS, January 20, 2011 – Louis Copt, one of five Kansans named as recipients of the 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards, will discuss his working methods, materials used, and philosophy in choosing subject matter during a 6:30 PM painting demonstration in the Central Court of the Spencer Museum of Art on Thursday, January 27. The event is free and open to the public.

Lawrence, KS, January 27, 2011 – As part of a week-long “Drawathon” celebrating the final days of the the Dan Perjovschi Central Court drawing exhibition, the Spencer Museum of Art and its Student Advisory Board (SAB) will host a “Dunk & Draw” event Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at 5:30 PM. The event is free and open to the public, and includes Roasterie coffee from the Kansas Union, complimentary donuts from Muncher’s Bakery, and music provided by DJ Genki.

Lawrence, KS, February 14, 2011  – On Friday, Feb. 18, for the second time in recent years, students from the Spencer Museum of Art’s Student Advisory Board (SAB) will team with Kansas City’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art co-host a DJ-fueled, art-centered party at the Kemper, and the SAB is making it easy for KU students to join in the fun by providing free bus transportation.