Press Releases

Click on the exhibition or title below to view or download a pdf of the corresponding press release.
Images are available for media use to accompany each of these press releases. If you require the accompanying images or need further information about an exhibition or program at the Mississippi Museum of Art, please contact Julian Rankin, jrankin@msmuseumart.org or 601.965.9932.

Our Most Recent Press Releases

Oraien Catledge: Photographs of Cabbagetown on display September 25, 2010 - January 16, 2011

River and Reverie: Paintings of the Mississippi by Rolland Golden on display September 25, 2010 - January 16, 2011

Museum Exhibits Temporary Installation during Federal Building's Renovation - Southern Wall by William Christenberry

Mississippi Museum of Art Participates in Blue Star Museums; May 31 - September 6, 2010

Herb and Dorothy: A Glimpse into Their Extraordinary Collection; April 10 - September 12, 2010

Older Press Releases - For Your Information

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2010 Mississippi Regional Competition; February 6 - April 18, 2010

Art Remix Summer Music Series; May 7, June 11, July 9, and August 13, 2010

On the Wall/Off the Wall: Modern American Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection & The Luxury of Exercise: Small Sculpture and Works on Paper by Claudia DeMonte; April 10 - August 1, 2010

Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 22nd Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition; May 8 - August 1, 2010

Bethlehem Tree: Younger Foundation Creche Collection; November 27, 2009 - January 10, 2010

Jim Henson's Fantastic World; December 19, 2009 - March 14, 2010

Merriment on the Midway:  Eudora Welty's State Fair Mural and Photographs; September 26, 2009 - January 3, 2010

ArtRemix Summer Music Series; July 17 and August 14 2009

Hiatt Winner of Mississippi Invitational Announced

Mississippi Invitational; August 1 - November 29, 2009

Name Change - One Artist - Twelve Personas - 35 Years; August 1 - November 29

American Masters of the Mississippi Gulf Coast; April 11 - July 12, 2009

Eudora Welty in New York; April 11 -July 5, 2009

Raoul Dufy: A Celebration of Beauty; February 7 - July 5, 2009

Mississippi Museum of Art Receives Major Donation of Contemporary Art; November 2008

Between God and Man: Angels in Italian Art; June 7 - December 31, 2007