A great review of the special exhibition Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation by Les Roka for The Utah Review!

We’re excited to announce that Fall 2026 Curatorial Internship applications are now open! This is a paid opportunity to gain hands-on experience in museum work—apply by May 8. Learn more and apply at umfa.utah.edu/about/employ...

The Museum is launching a new docent training class! Applications will be accepted throughout April, with weekly Wednesday morning training sessions beginning September 2, 2026. Please email Ashley Farmer, Co-director of Learning and Engagement at [email protected] for information.

Planning a trip to the Museum and don't want to worry about parking? Don't forget, the UMFA is easily accessed by TRAX and UTA bus routes! Learn more and plan your visit at umfa.utah.edu/about/how-to...

Early giving for U Giving Days is now LIVE! Support the UMFA’s ongoing exhibitions, public programming, learning and engagement offerings, collections care, and more! donate.utah.edu/schools/Univ...

Join us Saturday, March 21, for another FREE Third Saturday for Families, where we design chess sets with found objects and partner with the Utah Film Center and Tumble Weeds Film Festival for Kids to create stop-motion videos of inanimate objects. umfa.utah.edu/event/third-...

[salt 17] by Adama Delphine Fawundu is breathtaking in its scope of the intersecting and converging realms of spirituality, social history, the indelible footprints of ancestral culture and the indefatigable resilience against colonial power excesses, cultural erasure and environmental extraction.

Through his incisive selection of words, phrases, and idiomatic turns of phrase, Thomas asks us to consider the complicated and multivalent meanings of language we use often habitually and without thinking much about it... umfa.utah.edu/hank-willis-...

"... in her salt 17 exhibition, Adama Delphine Fawundu descends into history’s deepest wounds and emerges radiant as an intellectual and creative force sharpened by the encounter." southwestcontemporary.com/adama-delphi...

Come celebrate the opening of Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation—an exhibition of prints, textiles, and sculptures that trace the artist’s thirty-year journey of storytelling through art.

Watch as UMFA Executive Director Gretchen Dietrich is interviewed about the acquisition and installation of the iconic LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana. youtu.be/2nrlN_T-ux4?...

Marie Watt is a storyteller. Ideas of kinship, community, stewardship, tradition, and memory run through her work, as well as many mythologies: the Seneca Creation Story, Greco-Roman epics, and even pop culture sagas like Star Wars and Star Trek serve as inspiration. umfa.utah.edu/artist-spotl...

Watch Associate Curator Emily Lawhead introduce our upcoming special exhibition Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation and learn more about the artist and what to expect on Contact with @pbsutah.bsky.social. #PBSUtah

Be the first to celebrate the opening of Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Tickets are on sale now! Learn more and RSVP at umfa.utah.edu/event/storyw...

The UMFA was recently recognized by Latino Magazine, a national publication, for its multi-year collaboration with Artes de México en Utah. “What does it mean to reinstall an ancient Mesoamerican collection in 2025 without repeating colonial habits of extraction and display?"

“The timing of our reaccreditation coincides with the 25th anniversary of our beautiful building in 2026,” said Gretchen Dietrich, the UMFA’s Marcia and John Price Executive Director...

The Museum will close early on Wednesday, December 31, at 5 pm to celebrate New Year's Eve. Plan your next visit at umfa.utah.edu/visit/

We’ve reached the time of year when people begin to ask, “What’s your New Year’s resolution?” I usually just make up some sort of vague less-of-something resolution like “less phone time,” “stop eating sugar,” etc., but the resolution is usually forgotten as soon as the conversation is over.

At the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, those doors stay open because of people like you.

"Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ Relative Truths, University of Utah art faculty show, intellectually invigorating, acutely timed exploration" Read more by Les Roka for The Utah Review at www.theutahreview.com/utah-museum-...

This October, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts unveiled two reimagined galleries dedicated to the arts and cultures of Mexico, Central, and South America. umfa.utah.edu/communit-int...

We made the City Weekly Best of Utah list for best art gallery and second-best museum. Thank you to everyone who voted for us! This recognition serves as a reminder that our mission to inspire critical dialogue and illuminate the role of art in our lives remains a vital one.

The UMFA Holiday Market returns on Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7. Whether you’re shopping for holiday gifts for your loved ones or looking for a few gifts for yourself, we’ve got you covered. These one-of-a-kind purchases will support both local artists and the work we do at the UMFA!

UMFA Executive Director, Gretchen Dietrich, talks about what's new and on view at the Museum and what you can expect from this year's UMFA Holiday Market in this episode of City Cast Salt Lake (jump to 28:00 min). saltlake.citycast.fm Follow @citycastsaltlake.bsky.social for more!

Indulge in an immersive tequila tasting class that celebrates the rich heritage of West Mexican culture, perfectly complementing the art on view in the new Mexican and South & Central American art galleries. Get your tickets at umfa.utah.edu/event/palett...

"Their guidance was rooted in a powerful philosophy — that the past represented by ancient objects is not separate from the present; it is the present," Gretchen Dietrich, the museum's executive director, said in a statement. www.ksl.com/article/5139...

If you’re looking for the perfect Halloween outing, follow this guide through the Utah Museum of Fine Arts to see what’s on view in the vein of the morbidly beautiful and the frightfully fascinating! Maybe, if you’re lucky, you’ll make contact with the dearly departed.

"Fawundu’s work also spurs us to consider the community of the museum as a gathering place not just for humans, but for our objects." artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/inde...

Looking for a sensory-friendly museum experience? 🤫 🦖✨ Join us @nhmu.bsky.social and @umfa.bsky.social on Nov. 5 for adjusted museum experiences! We will have lights and sounds adjusted, as well as have tools and resources available for use for those with sensory needs. Learn more: bit.ly/3WPq0AT

"Just in time for cooler temps, SWC publisher and editor Lauren Tresp picks twenty-two must-see exhibitions across the Southwest," including salt 17: Adama Delphine Fawundu at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (among other amazing Utah museums)! Read more at southwestcontemporary.com/southwest-ar...

The long-awaited Mexican and Central & South American galleries will open this Saturday with a community celebration! This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome!

Our next Creative Aging event is a free 8-session workshop for artists 55+. Wednesday afternoons, November 12 through January 28, 'Creative Aging: Art Museum Explorations' will delve into the magic as well as some of the nuts and bolts of an art museum. www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-a...

(1/2) TONIGHT! We're partnering with Powder Art Foundation and Dia Art Foundation for "Sculpting in Time: Land Art in the 21st Century." Join us in the UMFA Auditorium from 6-7 pm for the FREE event. RSVP below.

"The artist has long been interested in how objects interact with their surroundings, especially the relationship between 'positive' and 'negative' space." Read more at www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/yasu...

Relative Truths opens tomorrow, September 26! The artworks in Relative Truths invite contemplation of human relationships relative to truth/fiction, past/present, physical/virtual space, as well as the complexities of social structures today. umfa.utah.edu/exhibition/r...

You're invited to the opening celebration of two new exhibitions! Plus, meet salt 17 artist, Adama Delphine Fawundu and faculty artists featured in Relative Truths. When: Friday, September 26, from 6 to 9 pm. This event is free and open to the public. Learn more at umfa.utah.edu/opening-cele...

Stone on Boundary invites us to direct our attention to the thin boundary between inside/outside, visible/invisible, and human/nature. Get an inside glimpse at artist Yasuaki Onishi's practice! Stone on Boundary Yasuaki Onishi February 2025 Video: Minako Yoshida youtu.be/83JDKlmPiyM?...

A special mural painted by Roots Art Kollective will grace the hero wall in the new Mexican and Central & South American gallery space. Be one of the first to see it in person on Saturday, October 18, at the Our Past is Present opening celebration for the new gallery spaces. umfa.utah.edu/events

(1/3) In 2022, an exciting project began at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in collaboration with community partner Artes de México en Utah. The UMFA invited community members to visit the Ancient Mesoamerican gallery and share their thoughts on the space. umfa.utah.edu/curating-wit...

(1/2) The next iteration of the UMFA's popular salt series opens in September! salt 17 features the work of Adama Delphine Fawundu, a New York-based artist of Mende, Krim, Bamileke, and Bubi descent.

The UMFA is currently participating in a re-accreditation process with the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), which occurs approximately once every fifteen years.

The Museum is getting a new roof! You may notice a fenced perimeter and a lot of hustle and bustle around the Museum in the coming weeks. Not to worry, though, the UMFA is still open during construction.

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is staffed by an incredible team of experts and working artists. This month, we want to celebrate their recent achievements; UMFA staff are making waves in the Utah art world and beyond! umfa.utah.edu/celebrating-....

"The Carlos has a handful of objects from...Winifred Shaughnessy aka Natacha Rambova...who donated over 200 ancient Egyptian objects to The Utah Museum of Fine Arts beginning in 1952." Read more in this blog from The Carlos Museum carlos.emory.edu/DOA-Winifred

Utah Museum Month is an annual campaign to raise awareness of the 260+ museums, zoos, gardens, and heritage sites that preserve and share the rich and diverse stories of Utah communities. Learn more and participate at www.utahmuseums.org/page/museumm...

Relative Truths is the latest in a series of exhibitions featuring the work of contemporary artists who are faculty of the University of Utah Department of Art and Art History. Peter Hay was selected in 2024 to curate this special exhibition...

1/2 "I also noticed a connection between Stone on Boundary and salt 16 through the topic of borders or boundaries, whether it’s the shifting line between mountains and lake beds depending on how you look, or the boundary between visibility and invisibility tied to citizenship status in the U.S."

Congratulations to UMFA Executive Director Gretchen Dietrich on receiving the 2025 Mayor's Artists Award! This award honors artists and organizations who've significantly enriched SLC’s cultural landscape, contributing to the well-being of residents through the arts. saltlakearts.org/news/2025-ma...

1/2 The UMFA is more than a museum—it’s a vital part of our university culture, fostering creativity, research, and connection. This fall, we’re hosting a faculty exhibition celebrating the incredible artists and educators at the University of Utah, and we need your support to make it a success.

Did you know that Art Lover, Patron, and Sponsor level UMFA memberships grant you free admission to over 1,400 other museums and cultural institutions? umfa.utah.edu/blog/art-mus...