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4 unusual facts about McMullen Museum of Art


McMullen Museum of Art

The McMullen Museum of Art reopen for its fall 2012 season with the exhibition "Paul Klee: Philosophical Vision; From Nature to Art".

Well-known artists represented in the Museum include Amedeo Modigliani, Frank Stella, Françoise Gilot, Alexander Ney, and John LaFarge.

Most recently, "Pollock Matters" (2007) received much media attention, comprising over 150 paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures, exploring the personal and artistic relationship between famed American Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock and noted Swiss-born photographer and graphic designer Herbert Matter.

Recent significant exhibitions include "Saints and Sinners" (1999), featuring Caravaggio's The Taking of the Christ, which reportedly attracted the largest audience for any university museum exhibition up to that time.



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