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America on Stage offers bursts of awe, wonder, and nostalgia at every turn. The artistry of designing for the stage is reflected in innovative ballet and opera productions, musicals, dance, film, video, drawings, and paintings.
READ MOREThis spring, the McNay Art Museum offers two opportunities to enjoy expressionist works by Edvard Munch. Best known for his iconic masterpiece, The Scream, it is rare to see multiple Munch works on view at the McNay.
READ MOREFor the 23rd year in a row, the McNay Art Museum will host its highly-anticipated Print Fair at the Museum on March 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and March 3 from Noon to 5 p.m.
READ MOREThe McNay Art Museum is proud to announce a $175,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation for the upcoming exhibition, Transamerica/n: Gender, Identity, Appearance Today, opening this summer.
READ MOREEstampas Chicanas is the latest exhibition in a series drawn from donations made to the Museum by the Romos.
READ MOREFrom the end of World War II through the mid-70s, Americans experienced the explosion of Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, and Op art; the mass production of automobiles; and an expanded market for luxury items. This exhibition captures this innovative moment in U.S. history by presenting 10 classic cars as modern sculpture paired with paintings from the McNay’s collection and select loans.
READ MOREThe McNay Art Museum is excited to welcome Dr. R. Scott Blackshire as the new Curator, Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts.
READ MOREPelias’s artworks span the areas of painting, drawing, video, sculpture, and installation, united through a cultural identity combining her native Louisiana birthplace and her ancestral roots in Greece. The sculpture’s shape is informed by the ancient iconic shapes associated with the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete. mama is at once a temporal artwork, an homage to Pelias’s family history, and a site for quiet contemplation.
READ MOREMcNay director Richard Aste recently returned from Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he attended Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management course , an opportunity made possible by a scholarship from the Harvard Business School Club of San Antonio (HBS Club of San Antonio).The HBS Club of San Antonio’s mission is to foster camaraderie, community outreach, involvement, and education of alumni of the Harvard Business School in the greater San Antonio and South Texas area. Aste is the first recipient of this notable scholarship which seeks to better prepare the city’s non-profit leaders to serve their communities in more effective ways. Harvard Business School’s alumni have generously provided the scholarship funds with the goal of helping improve the quality of life in San Antonio…
READ MOREDistinction recognizes Chiego for his 25 years as Director of Texas’s First Museum of Modern Art
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