Renewing the Museums Working Group
In January 2013, the exhibition of the University of Delaware art collection in the Old College Gallery will be de-installed, to make room for two large temporary exhibitions: Gertrude Ksebier: The Complexity of Light and Shade (spring, 2013) and Goya’s War: Los Desastres de la Guerra(fall, 2013). Selections from the UD collection will be reinstalled in January 2014.The goal of the Renewing the Museums Working Group is to design a new installation of the collection in Old College Gallery that best serves the interests of students, faculty and the curriculum. The installation will draw from the UD Art Collections, which encompass art that came to the University Museums through the Old College Gallery (formerly, the University Gallery), the gift of Paul R. Jones, and the President’s Office (transferred from Archives in 2007) and through gifts from individual donors. Particular strengths are in American and African American 20th century art, but the collection also encompasses Russian icons, Greek and Roman antiquities, Pre-Columbian artifacts, African Art, southwest pottery and a significant photographic collection, as well as prints and drawings.