UK Art Museum Closed Easter

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 3, 2015) — The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky will be closed for the Easter holiday, Sunday, April 5.

The Art Museum at UK, which is closed Mondays, will reopen for regular museum hours beginning noon Tuesday, April 7.

Currently, four exhibitions are on display at the Art Museum at UK, "Same Difference: Michelle Grabner, Simone Leigh, Russell Maltz,"  "Tanya Habjouqa: Recent Photographs," "Lexington Tattoo Project" and "Edward Troye: Theme & Variation." These exhibitions close April 12. More on these shows can be read here: http://uknow.uky.edu/content/museum-explores-art-horses-tattoos.

The mission of the Art Museum at UK, part of the UK College of Fine Arts, is to promote the understanding and appreciation of art to enhance the quality of life for people of Kentucky through collecting, exhibiting, preserving and interpreting outstanding works of visual art from all cultures. Home to a collection of more than 4,500 objects including American and European paintings, drawings, photographs, prints and sculpture, the Art Museum at UK presents both special exhibitions and shows of work from its permanent collection. 

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu