There are 5 article(s) tagged Memphis Art Museum:

• January 2024

  • Memphis Tourism buys Memphis in May HQ

    The $1.5 million sale expands office space for Memphis Tourism, which keeps its office just 120 feet away and allows Memphis in May to remain in its headquarters after a year of big changes in the festival.

    By Bill Dries January 19, 2024

  • Brooks Museum receives donation of 75 works by Black artists

    The donation includes 75 works created by Black local, national and international artists. Mediums represented include painting, photography, video and sculpture.

    By Kambui Bomani January 03, 2024

• December 2023

  • City nails down Brooks Museum agreement, delays vote on Chickasaw Gardens gates

    Memphis City Council heard oppositions to the new Memphis Art Museum before giving the green light to an agreement with the Brooks Museum to run it and punted a vote on closing two streets in Chickasaw Gardens.

    By Bill Dries December 19, 2023

• October 2023

  • ‘It’s just sad’: Brooks descendants react to museum’s new name

    The family was told last spring after the decision was made to change the name, says descendant Vance Lewis. 

    By Jane Roberts October 17, 2023

  • Brooks Museum to change name

    The current building in Overton Park will continue to be known as the Brooks Museum of Art while it’s still occupied, but the name of the new Downtown location will be more Memphis-focused. 

    By Christin Yates October 10, 2023