60 Years of Collecting
An anniversary exhibition celebrating the UMCA Permanent Art CollectionFeb 7 – May 14, 2023
View the Online Exhibition
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 29, 4:30–7:30
Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts Lobby
Opening Remarks by State Senator Jo Comerford

Symposium: “The Future of Collecting”
Friday, September 30, Friday / 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. / Bowker Auditorium / Stockbridge Hall
Welcome remarks by Dr. Tricia Serio, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
The 60th anniversary exhibition is a major milestone for the UMCA, but also a moment for reflection, critical examination, and charting new directions. The exhibition reveals the museum’s most recent collecting strategy that prioritizes diversifying the collection. Recent acquisitions of works by women and by artists of color point to a renewed commitment to inclusion of artwork by under recognized artists into this important UMass resource for study and research. As we enter the next vibrant chapter of our story, we will expand our reach and impact and continue to champion powerfully diverse artistic expressions of our ever-changing world. This exhibition highlights the UMCA’s commitment to contemporary art as a catalyst for discussing the urgent issues of our time, building community, and creating empathy.
This exhibition also celebrates the donors and artists whose generous gifts have made it possible for the UMCA to grow its collection. We are excited to include the voices of all four UMCA Directors, past and present, who, during their tenure, enabled the Museum to acquire significant works by artists who were emerging on the national and international scene.
Neither a survey nor organized chronologically, works by multigenerational artists are grouped thematically to accentuate visual associations and to recontextualize the familiar while introducing the new.
Artists whose work is part of 60 Years of Collecting include:
Robert Adams | Annette Lemieux |
Ansel Adams | Helen Levitt |
Diane Arbus | Sol LeWitt |
Tauba Auerbach | Roy Lichtenstein |
Radcliffe Bailey | Robert Mapplethorpe |
Miroslaw Balka | Ryan McGinness |
Jennifer Bartlett | Ralph Meatyard |
Olivia Bernard | Claus Oldenburg |
Mel Bochner | Stephen Petegorsky |
Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Jefferson Pinder |
Harry Callahan | Martin Puryear |
Alexis Callender | Walid Raad |
Larry Clark | Robert Rauschenberg |
Agnes Denes | Dorothea Rockburne |
Leonardo Drew | Tim Rollins & KOS |
Elliot Erwitt | James Rosenquist |
Brendan Fernandes | Sheron Rupp |
Robert Frank | Betye Saar |
LaToya Ruby Frazier | Joel Shapiro |
Lee Friedlander | Lorna Simpson |
David Goldblatt | Kiki Smith |
Andreas Gursky | Raphael Jesus Soto |
Hans Haacke | Ralph Steiner |
Keith Haring | Frank Stella |
Jenny Holzer | Mickalene Thomas |
Roni Horn | Thongchai |
Mary Ijichi | George Tice |
Imo Imeh | Kara Walker |
Xylor Jane | Andy Warhol |
Yun-fei Ji | Carolyn Webb |
Jasper Johns | Carrie Mae Weems |
Donald Judd | James Welling |
Anish Kapoor | Fred Wilson |
Ellsworth Kelly | Gary Winogrand |
Kimsooja | Terry Winters |
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Press
Daily Collegian '60 Years of Collecting': Loretta Yarlow's new exhibitionFeatured article on the Daily Hampshire Gazzette
ARTSCOPE Article: "Anniversary reveals UMCA's Impressive Collection"
ConvergenceRI Article: "To showcase 3,800 hidden treasures"
Sponsors
60 Years of Collecting and its related programs are supported by UMassFive College Federal Credit Union; Women for UMass; the Class of 1961 Artists Residency Fund; and The Massachusetts Review.With gratitude to our campus partners and colleagues for their collaboration: Assistant Professor Kelsey Whipple, Department of Journalism; Professor Sohee Koo, Art Department


