The Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), which opened in the fall of 2005, is unique among Chicago's many museums for mounting exhibits that explore the spiritual in art from all cultures, faiths, and eras. LUMA is located on Loyola University Chicago's Water Tower Campus in downtown Chicago, at 820 North Michigan Ave.
LUMA's permanent collection comprises the Martin D'Arcy Collection of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art and objects ranging in date from 1150 to 1800. Established in 1969 by Donald Rowe, S.J., the collection contains over 300 pieces. It was named after British humanist and Jesuit theologian Martin D'Arcy, S.J., who amassed an art collection at Campion Hall, Oxford University, in England. The collection was formerly located in the E.M. Cudahy Memorial Library on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus, in Rogers Park, Chicago.
Selected exhibitions
- Caravaggio Una Mostra Impossibile (October 8, 2005 â€" February 11, 2006)[1]
- Carlos Saura: Flamenco (February 18â€"March 27, 2006)[2]
- The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama (October 28, 2006 â€" January 15, 2007)[3]
- A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and The Jewish People (April 14â€"August 12, 2007)[4]
- Andy Warhol's Silver Clouds (February 16â€"April 27, 2008)[5]
- Manifest Destiny/Manifest Responsibility: Environmentalism and the Art of the American Landscape (May 17â€"August 10, 2008)[6]
- On the Same Map: Hope is a Human Rightâ€"A Photographic Journey of Partners in Health (November 29, 2008 â€" January 4, 2009)[7]
- Rodin: In His Own Wordsâ€"Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation (June 13â€"August 16, 2009)[8]
- Back to the Future: Alfred Jensen, Charmion von Wiegand, Simon Gouverneur, and the Cosmic Conversation (September 12â€"November 15, 2009)[9]
- Moholy: An Education of the Senses (February 10â€"May 9, 2010)[10]
- The Papercut Haggadah by Archie Granot (February 10â€"May 9, 2010)[11]
- Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam (August 21â€"November 14, 2010)[12]
- Eric Gill: Iconographer (February 12â€"May 1, 2011)[13]
- Inscribing the Divine: The Saint John's Bible (August 20â€"October 23, 2011)[14]
- Heaven + Hell (February 10-June 31, 2012) [15] a collaborative exhibition with Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago [16]
Selected artists
- Mary Abbott
- David Lee Csicsko
- Arthur Dove
- Stephen Fredericks
- Martin Johnson Heade
- Steve Jablonski
- Wenzel Jamnitzer
- William Smith Jewett
- Gary Kolb
- Joan Mitchell
- Robert Motherwell
- Nicario Jimenez Quispe
- Shawn Stucky
- Qes Adamu Tesfaw
References
Resources
- Official website
