Discover how a family of art lovers—and longtime museum supporters—is helping us bring our new building to life.

Rewind to 2007 to read about renowned artist Elizabeth Catlett, who explored themes related to race and feminism through her groundbreaking sculptures, paintings, and prints.

Learn more about the work that’s happening at our new museum, which is on track to open its doors in 2022.

Discover how one local art advocate has been a champion for the UI Stanley Museum of Art and for celebrated Iowa painter and professor Grant Wood.

Learn about the many ways in which we are rising to the challenge of bringing our museum into patrons' homes.

A lifelong love of art has inspired the couple to make an early campaign commitment to help rebuild the museum.

Randee S. Fieselmann (70BA, 72MA, 01PhD) and John F. Fieselmann (68BS, 72MD) believe in giving back—and they have done so generously at the University of Iowa.

Joan Mannheimer is passionate about ceramic arts. Whether the pieces are small and delicate, large and heavy, functional and sculptural, she appreciates their power—and the play of light around them.

Every Iowan in a sense owns masterpieces by the likes of Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, Joan Mitchell, and Henri Matisse, as well as ancient artifacts from across the globe. Fifty years ago, those publicly owned works of art found a home in a new museum on the Iowa River. Soon, they’ll move into a groundbreaking facility built for a new era of museums and generation of art lovers.

The University of Iowa will host a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new UI Stanley Museum of Art at 3 p.m. June 7 in Gibson Square Park.

For nearly four decades, the retired University of Iowa professors have lived in an airy, art-filled house that once overlooked the original UI Museum of Art. During those years, they’ve watched the arts campus evolve before their eyes.

Thanks to imaging technology, museum staff at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art have a better idea of what might be inside 16 of the museum’s works of African art—without having to break them open.

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has a long history of collaboration with partners across campus and beyond.

Chris and Suzy DeWolf believe that art has the power to connect people. That’s why the Cedar Rapids entrepreneurs and philanthropists are helping the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art create a new home for Jackson...

Lauren Lessing, Mirken Director of Academic and Public Programs at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, has been named director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. She will begin July 31.

Museum engages students from disciplines across campus in research and professional opportunities.

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art will be named in honor of this transformational gift and the Stanley family’s longtime commitment to the museum.