News: Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

Christmas Angel III by Kim Rugg
Arts and Culture |

An installation at the Barrick compels museum curators and UNLV mailroom staff to take new notice of each other.

Artwork by Julie Oppermann
Arts and Culture |

A pair of neuroscience professors break down Julie Oppermann's works, which very deliberately manipulate the brain.

ceramic sculpture
Arts and Culture |

What happens in an art museum between exhibitions? Here’s a peek into the process.

Detail of Salvador Dali's "Dante’s Inferno Plate 1" 1970, Woodcut print
Arts and Culture |

Barrick Museum chronicles its evolution as a principal venue for contemporary art and unveils new shows for its celebration.

Highway #5, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2009
Arts and Culture |

The exhibition surveys a decade of Burtynsky’s photographic imagery exploring different aspects of the modern world’s most transformative resource, oil. It opens Sept. 23.

Wendy Kveck BMFD
Arts and Culture |

Kveck, Russ, and Stellmon, three Las Vegas artists, offer unique bodies of work that spring from a common practice of breaking down their subject, then reorganizing and reordering the pieces.

An exhibit item at the Barrick Museum.
Arts and Culture |

A slideshow of the Barrick Museum's exhibit, running through the fall semester.

Forty-Three Days 43 Names on display in the Barrick Museum
Arts and Culture |

This project by Javier Sanchez is in conjunction with the UNLV Barrick Museum in solidarity with the disappearance of 43 students who attended the Normal University in Ayotzinapa, a rural school in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.

U.N.L.V. sign
Arts and Culture |

"Reflecting and Projecting: Twenty Years of Design Excellence," Dec. 10-Feb. 28, presented by Las Vegas chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in collaboration with the UNLV School of Architecture, UNLV Galleries, and Barrick Museum.

Painting of flowers
Arts and Culture |

“PANORAMA: Selections from the Nevada Arts Council’s Artist Fellowship Program” features 12 exceptional artists and brings Nevada’s artist landscape into view. The exhibition runs Oct. 3–Nov. 26. The exhibit reception is Oct. 3, 6-8pm.

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Campus News |

Area 51, global climate change, archaeology and American fashion among topics discussed at free public lectures.

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Business and Community |

From family fun activities to health and legal workshops, UNLV offers a number of free resources to the community.