Keith Haring at work on the mural at Ernest Horn Elementary School, 1989. Photographer unknown. © Keith Haring Foundation

New exhibit showcases old connection between pop artist Keith Haring and Iowa City elementary school

Saturday, March 23, 2024
The Gazette
Campus engagement coordinator Alexis Belme helps edit a Wikipedia page during the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Stanley Art Museum in Iowa City on Thursday, March 7, 2024.

Stanley Museum Wikipedia Edit-a-thon boosts diverse voices during Women’s History Month

Saturday, March 9, 2024
Riley Dunn
The Daily Iowan
Portrait of Carl Zigrosser by Mabel Dwight

Stanley Museum of Art Unveils 'A Year in Print': A Journey Through Post-WWI America

Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Salman Khan
BNN
Attendees view the art of the grand opening of latest exhibition “A Year in Print” at the Stanley Museum of Art

Stanley Museum of Art debuts ‘A Year in Print’ exhibit that highlights acclaimed artists

Saturday, March 2, 2024
Riley Dunn
The Daily Iowan
Talk of Iowa

IPR Podcast: Poet laureates and authors draw inspiration from UI Stanley Museum of Art

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Iowa Public Radio
People line up to enter the Stanley Museum of Art at its opening celebration at the University of Iowa on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022.

Premier Hospitality International: Stanley Museum of Art

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Roma Publications
Donika Kelly performs a poem during the inaugural Black History Ball at the Iowa City Senior Center

First of its kind Black History Ball brings community together, share culture

Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Jack Moore
The Daily Iowan
Director Lauren Lessing speaks with the hosts of morning show, Everyday Iowa on KCRG-TV9

Everyday Iowa - Stanley Museum of Art

Wednesday, February 7, 2024
KCRG-TV9
Image of American Indian No. 4 by Fritz Scholder

Historic Artworks Seen Through the Eyes of University of Iowa Writers

Monday, February 5, 2024
Maya Pontone
Hyperallergic
Keith Haring posing in front of his mural at Horn Elementary

Keith Haring left his mark on Iowa City. Thirty-five years later, it will go on public display for the first time.

Monday, December 18, 2023
Emma McClatchey
Little Village
Drawn Over: Reclaiming our Histories gallery

‘Drawn Over: Reclaiming Our Histories’ exhibit showcases Native American heritage, humanity

Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Caden Gantenbein
The Daily Iowan
Stanley Museum of Art building

Award of Merit, Higher Education University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
ENR
“Mural” (1943), by Jackson Pollock, Gift of Peggy Guggenheim, 1959.6. Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022, by Jerod Ringwald.

Five things to do in Iowa City include an art gallery and a play

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Jessica Rish
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Schools Out event

Stanley Museum hosts ‘School’s Out’ series for K-12 students

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Caden Gantenbein
The Daily Iowan
Stanley Museum of Art building

The Stanley Musuem of Art: featured as the cover image of Top 65 Cultural Facility Construction Firms for 2023

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
BD+C
Iowa City Artist Robert Caputo instructs a participant of the Drawing Salon at the Stanley Museum of Art on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023.

Drawing Salon at the Stanley promotes relaxation and focus

Saturday, November 4, 2023
Isabelle Lubguban
The Daily Iowan
Visitor sitting in the museum lobby

Handled with Care: A Monumental Move for University of Iowa's Stanley Museum of Art

Friday, October 6, 2023
Anna Aversing
Iowa Architect Magazine
Stanley Museum of Art building

Iowa City Poetry hosts second Generative Writers Workshop at Stanley Museum of Art

Friday, September 29, 2023
The Daily Iowan
Visitors in the museum lobby

Stanley Museum of Art’s newest catalog takes risk to connect local art, literature

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Avi Lapchick
The Daily Iowan
Book display

Stanley Museum of Art's "In a Time of Witness" is an interactive guide through its many exhibits

Sunday, September 24, 2023
Jessica Rish
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Visitors at the museums exhibition

‘Drawn Over’ exhibit at the University of Iowa shines new light on Native American culture

Friday, September 22, 2023
Diana Nollen
The Gazette
Allie Tokarski, assistant curator of student engagement at the Stanley Museum of Art, showcases how to use a button press during The Art of Voting installment at the Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Representatives from Hawk the Vote were present at the event to promote voter registration. Nights at the Museum is a monthly program to promote the Stanley Museum of Art’s late gallery hours on Thursdays.

The Stanley hosts ‘Nights at the Museum’ series to draw in UI students

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Emma Gaughan
The Daily Iowan
“Drawn Over” guest curator Jacki Thompson Rand smiles Aug. 24 as she talks with people about this newest exhibition at the Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City. The exhibition runs through Jan. 2. The group shows the art and history the Indigenous Plains men who drew on pages ripped from government ledger books and given to them after they no longer had enough buffalo hides. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

In Stanley Museum of Art’s first year, thousands discover ‘gem’

Friday, September 8, 2023
The Gazette
Visitors in the museum lobby

Celebrating Year 1 with the UI Stanley Museum of Art

Thursday, August 31, 2023
Iowa Now
People line up to enter the Stanley Museum of Art at its opening celebration at the University of Iowa on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022.

Stanley Museum of Art continues to reintroduce its mission for one-year anniversary

Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Zhenya Loughney,
Emma Gaughan
The Daily Iowan
In A Time of Witness

Literary Greats Find Inspiration at UI Stanley Museum of Art

Monday, August 14, 2023
Iowa Magazine
An installation shot of Nnenna Okore's installation "Spirit Dance" in the Stanley Museum of Art lightwell.

‘Spirit Dance’ at the Stanley is a full-body experience

Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Avi Lapchick
The Daily Iowan
A photo of the Stanley Museum of Art building, taken from the intersection of Burlington and Madison streets.

The Stanley with LGBTQ Iowa Archives & Library: ‘Storytime at the Stanley’

Sunday, July 23, 2023
Emma Gaughan
The Daily Iowan
A photo of an older woman in a black tank top with short, blonde hair standing in front of Phillip Guston's "The Young Mother" at the Stanley Museum of Art.

Senior citizens serve at the Stanley Museum of Art and the Hoover Museum, learning valuable history lessons

Saturday, July 15, 2023
Richard Hakes
Iowa City Press Citizen
A view of the front of the Stanley Museum of Art.

Mellon grant will add three new positions and two courses for deep dive into African art

Friday, June 23, 2023
Ryan Hansen
Iowa City Press Citizen
Front of a dark, brick building at dusk, with a light-filled lower lobby.

US Building of the Week: University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art / BNIM

Tuesday, May 30, 2023
world-architects.com
A screenshot of a video still with a red and black background with text overlaid that reads "Iowa Nonprofit Alliance."

Iowa Nonprofit Alliance celebrates official launch in Iowa City

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
KGAN Iowa's News Now
An exterior shot of the Stanley Museum of Art, looking at the building from the south end.

BNIM brings a textured brick facade to University of Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art

Friday, May 12, 2023
Trevor Schillaci
The Architect's Newspaper
A screenshot of the article "New Perspectives: The Stanley Museum of Art, an Interview of Cory Gundlach by Jonathan Fogel."

New Perspectives - Interview with Cory Gundlach

Thursday, May 4, 2023
Jonathan Fogel
Tribal Art Magazine no. 107, Spring 2023
Mezzo soprano Jordan McCready sings during a dress rehearsal of the immersive opera “The Great Flood” at the Voxman Music Building on Monday, April 24, 2023. Nathan Felix is the composer of the opera and it premiered at the Stanley Museum of Art on Thursday, April 27.

Immersive opera ‘The Great Flood’ tells emotional stories at the Stanley

Sunday, April 30, 2023
The Daily Iowan
Siyeon Kim, Rachel Kobernick, Nathan Brown, and Jordan McCready perform during a dress rehearsal of the opera “The Great Flood” at the Voxman Music Building on Monday, April 24, 2023. Nathan Felix is the composer of the opera and it will premiere at the Stanley Museum of Art on Thursday, April 27.

Stanley Museum to host Nathan Felix’s immersive opera ‘The Great Flood’

Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The Daily Iowan
An information placard for Art Cash by Andy Warhol is seen at the Stanley Museum of Art, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa.

A new immersive opera experience set during the 2008 flood comes to UI Stanley Museum of Art

Monday, April 24, 2023
Iowa City Press-Citizen
An installation shot of galleries 1 and 2 at the Stanley Museum of Art: you can see four works of art lit with warm light in the space.

Homecoming: Stanley Museum of Art, University of Iowa, August 26, 2022–July 28, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Michael Mackenzie
CAA Reviews
Instructor and Iowa City painter and sculptor Robert Caputo sketches live model Leisha Stanek during a community engagement Drawing Salon session Feb. 19 at the Stanley Museum of Art.

University of Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art building on opening momentum

Sunday, February 26, 2023
Diana Nollen
Cedar Rapids Gazette
A photo at night of the outside of the Stanley Museum of art by Nick Merrick

BNIM completes Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art behind ‘dynamic and kinetic’ brick facade

Monday, February 20, 2023
Archinect News
Looking up the lightwell past brick and glass walls toward a square of blue sky.

Envisioned as a library and laboratory for the Arts, the Stanley Museum of Art by BNIM provides a series of gallery spaces where curators, students, and visitors can learn about, discuss, and explore the collections

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Global Design News
A grey, rectangular building is seen at dusk. The first level lobby is lit from within.

Architectural Products: Form, Stanley Museum of Art, University of Iowa

Monday, February 13, 2023
Architectural Products
An art gallery with a tall, wooden sculpture at center and two abstract, earth-toned paintings at rear. There are blurred figures walking past the art.

Here are 7 new pieces of art on display at the Stanley Museum of Art you should know about

Friday, February 3, 2023
Iowa City Press Citizen
A seated audience listens to a speaker, there is a brightly colored, geometric wall mural behind them.

Performance, printmaking, and puppetry — Grant Wood Fellow Johanna Winters gives talk at Stanley

Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Daily Iowan
A large abstract painting with swirls of yellow, pink, teal, and light greenish blue, amid longer, vertical, curved black lines that have a quality of dance-like movement.

Behind Stanley’s ‘Homecoming’

Thursday, January 19, 2023
Emma Gaughan
Daily Iowan
Large, airy lobby with full-height windows, red arm chairs, and a brightly painted wall

15 Years After a Catastrophic Flood, the University of Iowa’s Esteemed Art Museum Is Reborn With a Fresh Vision

Thursday, January 12, 2023
Taylor Dafoe
ArtNet News
Front of grey brick building, set behind a park with green space.

The Stanley Museum of Art: More than 'Mural'

Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Judith H. Dobrzynski
Wall Street Journal
Beatrice Casto, 9, of Iowa City, talks with her parents, Heidi Casto (left) and Andrew Casto while looking at Jackson Pollock’s masterpiece, “Mural,” during the opening weekend event at the Stanley Museum of Art on August 26, 2022. The Castos are art instructors at the University of Iowa art school and wanted to take their daughter to the opening of the museum. Photo by Savannah Blake, The Gazett

Stellar year for art in Eastern Iowa

Thursday, January 5, 2023
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Signage with an illustrated figure of a woman sitting cross-legged on the floor meditating.

Stanley Museum of Art partners with Student Wellness and Koru Mindfulness to bring students ‘Mindfulness in the Museum’

Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Daily Iowan
Two women sit on a wooden bench in front of a large wall painting

Stanley Voted #1 Museum in the Crandic

Friday, December 9, 2022
Little Village Magazine
Woman with short hair wearing a dress with gold, black, and white patters stands at a podium

New Stanley Museum staff plans for the future three months after ‘Homecoming’ exhibition

Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Daily Iowan
House screen in Kwakwaka'wakw style

Native American Heritage Month: Stanley Museum of Art features important works of Indigenous art

Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Elizabeth M. Wallace
Iowa Now
Two red armchairs and a small table with flowers sit in front of a glass window with sunlight streaming in.

Go On a Date at the Stanley Museum of Art

Monday, October 31, 2022
Dating.com
Exterior of a large, grey, brick building, seen from the entrance corner. There is a sweeping staircase leading up to the main door.

New Art Museums For D.C., Iowa City And San Francisco Open This Fall

Thursday, September 29, 2022
Forbes
Two women, seen from behind in a green room with wooden flooring, look at a large, pink, wooden fish sculpture.

An experts’ guide to Stanley Museum must-sees (besides ‘Mural’)

Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Little Village Magazine
A three-story, grey brick building under construction

On the Right Side of History

Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Daily Iowan
A bronze bust of a female with hair pulled back tightly rests on a white pedestal in an art gallery

An Iowa Museum Renowned for Its Pollock Emerges From a Flood With a More Inclusive Mission

Monday, September 5, 2022
Sarah E. Bond
Hyperallergic
The crowded steps of the Stanley Museum of Art on opening weekend.

DITV: Stanley Museum of Art Reopens To The Public

Friday, September 2, 2022
The Daily Iowan
Houndmouth performs at the opening celebration for the Stanley Art Museum at the University of Iowa on Friday, August 26, 2022.

Rocking out at the Stanley Museum of Art

Saturday, August 27, 2022
The Daily Iowan
People line up to enter the Stanley Museum of Art at its opening celebration at the University of Iowa on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022.

Stanley Museum of Art reopens after 14 years with weekend festival

Friday, August 26, 2022
The Daily Iowan
person seated on a bench looking at artwork in a museum gallery

14 years after flood, a new Stanley Museum of Art opens in Iowa City. Here's what it took.

Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Iowa City Press Citizen
A woman with a short skirt and ponytail walks in front of a large painting on the wall of a museum gallery

Sneak peek inside UI Stanley Museum of Art

Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Cedar Rapids Gazette
An art gallery with a bronze bust in the foreground, a brightly colored, geometric painting on the right, and a person viewing a large multi-colored abstract painting in the background

A Fresh Look: The New Stanley Museum of Art

Wednesday, August 24, 2022
The Iowa Source
southeast corner of museum building with "University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art" visible on wall in foreground

Long-awaited new University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art opens

Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Two people walk through a museum gallery with textiles on the left and African masks in the background

UI's Stanley Art Museum presents Jackson's Mural in "Homecoming"

Tuesday, August 23, 2022
KGAN
The Old Capitol building at the University of Iowa with a projected image of an abstract painting across the face of the building

New University of Iowa art museum building on legacy

Sunday, August 21, 2022
Cedar Rapids Gazette
A large wooden crate is transported on a barge in the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

Creating ‘Mural’ transport crate no easy feat

Sunday, August 21, 2022
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Front entrance of museum building faced in shining grey brick. There is a wide staircase in front.

UI Stanley Museum of Art to celebrate dedication, grand opening

Thursday, August 18, 2022
Iowa Now
A wall painted with brightly colored geometric shapes. Each shape has a unique color.

An Artful Opening: UI Stanley Museum of Art Set for Debut

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Josh O'Leary
Iowa Magazine
Museum staff pose in front of Jackson Pollock's "Mural" following installation.

After World Tour, Pollock’s “Mural” Comes Home to New Stanley Museum

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
The Source
Cover of Little Village Magazine showing an art museum gallery and with the title "Home at Last"

Homecoming

Friday, August 5, 2022
Genevieve Trainor
Little Village Magazine
A large abstract painting with swirls of yellow, pink, teal, and light greenish blue, amid longer, vertical, curved black lines that have a quality of dance-like movement shown on a gallery wall with an aluminum travel frame on the floor in foreground.

'Mural' returns home to UI Stanley Museum of Art after world tour

Friday, August 5, 2022
Iowa Now
southeast corner of museum building with "University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art" visible on wall in foreground

Mark Your Calendar, As This Huge And Modern Art Museum Is Coming Soon To IowaRaymond Goldfield

Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Only In Your State
Three artworks hang in a gallery

After an Iowa City flood in 2008, the Figge Art Museum took in 12,000 works from University of Iowa's Stanley Museum of Art. They are going home now.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Brooklyn Draisey
Quad-City Times
East face of museum seen across Gibson Square Park.

An Early Look Inside the New UI Stanley Museum of Art

Monday, April 25, 2022
Josh O'Leary
Iowa Magazine
Woman stands in front of a colorful wall mural with her arms extended

The Stanley Museum: A Preview of the Building’s Grand Opening in August 2022

Saturday, April 16, 2022
The Source
Black man seated in front of a wall painted with brightly colored, geometric shapes

Mural taking shape at University of Iowa’s new Stanley Museum of Art

Saturday, April 16, 2022
Cedar Rapids Gazette
southeast corner of museum building with "University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art" visible on wall in foreground

Looking forward to the Stanley: An inside tour

Saturday, April 16, 2022
Little Village Magazine
Woman with short hair stands in front of a wall brightly painted with geometric shapes

Fourteen years after flood, Stanley Museum of Art preparing to open its doors

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
KWWL
Woman with short red hair wearing a bright blue jacket stands at the foot of a staircase leading up to the Stanley Museum of Art

A peek inside the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Person painting a wall with brightly colored, geometric shapes

Here's a first look inside the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, which opens in August

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Iowa City Press Citizen
Black man seated in front of a wall painted with brightly colored, geometric shapes

First look at new UI Stanley Museum of Art building, a work of art in itself

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Daily Iowan
southeast corner of museum building with "University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art" visible on wall in foreground

University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art nears finish line

Friday, March 11, 2022
Cedar Rapids Gazette
east front of museum with sky reflected in the glass

UI Stanley Museum of Art to Open Aug. 26 with "Homecoming" Celebration

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art
Laptop computer screen showing a Zoom presentation with architectural rendering of the Stanley Museum of Art and Director Lauren Lessing as speaker.

Stanley Museum of Art to open early on August 26

Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Daily Iowan
Woman with short dark hair wearing glasses and a black face mask stands next to a sculpture of a head

DEI initiatives to increase underrepresented UI student success in the arts

Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Daily Iowan
View from NE office suite, looking toward UI Main Library

Partners since 2008, Davenport’s Figge and University of Iowa art museum team on opening of new $50M showplace

Wednesday, February 9, 2022
QuadCities.com
Hand holding a photo of a painting against a gallery wall

Five Reasons to Get Excited About the New University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art

Thursday, January 6, 2022
Three story building with black brickwork on top two floors and glass on lowest floor

Davenport-based Russell close to completing construction of new University of Iowa art museum

Monday, December 20, 2021
QuadCities.com
Detail image of a beaded apron

New Conversations on African Art - the Conversation Continues

Monday, October 18, 2021
Exterior image of NE corner of Stanley Museum of Art by Larry Phan

Stanley Museum of Art set to open next fall with inaugural collection

Thursday, September 16, 2021
Daily Iowan
Sculpture Court 1969

Stanley Museum of Art builds on decades of brilliance

Monday, June 3, 2019
UI Office of Strategic Communication