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This past May, the Monterey Museum of Art selected several works from the exhibition Landscape Re-Imagined, curated by Helaine Glick, for its permanent collection. I am incredibly grateful that two of my collectors stepped forward to donate two of my...

The walls are painted pine green. You are in the forest. Remain in this sacred space – among branches shooting into the sky, the verticality of the crowns and the wisdom of the mother tree – as long as you like, perhaps with the lines from "Some...

The Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) invites the community to Art in Bloom, its signature fall fundraising event of the year, taking place Saturday, September 19, and Sunday, September 20, at the historic La Mirada estate. The weekend benefits MMA La...

Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) will open a major exhibition, Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar's Photographs of Native California, on September 10, 2026. Drawing from the personal archive of Native photographer Dugan Aguilar that was gifted to...

The ways we orient ourselves in time, place and direction are many and various. Our more-than-five senses tell us a lot. Our hearts, minds and intuitions give us primary information. We rely on maps — those on paper, on our devices, and the ones we...

Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) presents Rex Ray: We Are All Made of Light—a retrospective of critically acclaimed Bay Area artist, Rex Ray (1956–2015), guest curated by Cydney Payton. Ray is renowned for his prolific and multi-faceted creative approach...

In the first half of the 20th century, Mary DeNeale Morgan (1868–1948), a California native, became a seminal figure in the founding and development of the Carmel art colony. She established venues for the exhibition of regional artists, taught...

Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) is pleased to announce the success of its 2026 Patrons' Dinner, held on Saturday, April 11, 2026, as part of the Museum's annual Block Party weekend. The event brought together 200 generous donors, local business...

All four exhibits that comprise Monterey Museum of Art's summer offering are now on display. The piece shown above, "Old Custom House, Monterey, California" was painted by Myron Oliver (1891-1967) in 1934. It is part of A Visual History of Art and...

Photographer Jane Olin's show, "Some Trees," opens Saturday and continues through Aug. 23. Olin is known for her pinhole photography and alternative silver-gelatin processes.

Success came to Mary DeNeale Morgan after years of disappointment. She was born into an upper-middle-class family, resided in Oakland, California, and in 1866, at the age of eighteen, began ten years of study at the most prestigious art school west...

Located among the many landmark buildings that circle Friendly Plaza in Old Monterey, the Monterey Museum of Art is a celebration of California art, both past and present. From the front steps of the museum, visitors can look out across the park to...

Mary DeNeale Morgan (1868-1948) was the foundational force behind visual arts in Carmel during the first half of the 20th century and – according to art historian Robert W. Edwards – Morgan has been largely forgotten.

Monterey Museum of Art is pleased to announce the acquisition of The Bathers (a.k.a. Nudes in the Landscape) by Arthur F. Mathews (1860–1945), a pivotal figure in California art history. Trained as an architect before establishing himself as a...

El Monterey Museum of Art se complace en anunciar la adquisición de The Bathers (a.k.a Nudes in the Landscape), de Arthur F. Mathews (1860–1945), una figura clave en la historia del arte de California.