Rose Art Museum

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The Rose Art Museum is part of Brandeis University, founded in 1961. It was named after American theatrical showman Billy Rose. They offer temporary exhibitions and display works of art from the Brandeis University art collections.

The first director, Sam Hunter, came to Brandeis from the Museum of Modern Art, and, with a small grant, launched a collection with now iconic works by Willem De Kooning, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and several others. The museum’s exhibition and cultural programming have centered on many of today’s leading artists, often giving these artists their first museum exhibition: Frank Stella, Kiki Smith, Nam June Paik, Dana Schutz among them. The Rose has the leading collection of modern and contemporary art in the region. With approximately 13,000 sf of exhibition space in three galleries, the museum offers nine to twelve exhibitions a year, most of which are organized by the Rose curatorial team. The Rose has recently unveiled the design for a new wing by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban which will be devoted to permanent collection exhibition. Thirteen thousand yearly visitors represent the Brandeis community, the greater Boston area and both national and international museum goers, in that order. The Rose operates year round and is open Tuesday through Sunday.

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• http://www.brandeis.edu/rose/ - official website