Rose Art Museum. The Rose Art Museum, founded in 1961, is a part of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, US. Named after benefactors Edward and Bertha Rose, it offers temporary exhibitions, and it displays and houses works of art from the Brandeis University art collections.
The museum's collection includes more than 9,000 objects, including works by such artists as Mark Bradford, Judy Chicago, Helen Frankenthaler, Nan Goldin, William Kentridge, Mona Hatoum, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Andrés Serrano, Jack Whitten, and Andy Warhol. In front of the museum stands Light of Reason by Chris Burden.
The sculpture, commissioned by the university and installed in 2014, consists of three rows of 24 Victorian lamp posts which point away from the museum's entrance. The sculpture serves as a gateway and outdoor event space, and has become a campus landmark.
Sam Hunter, the first director of the Rose Art Museum, came to Brandeis from the Museum of Modern Art, and with a grant of $50,000 from collectors Leon Mnuchin and his wife, Harriet Gevirtz-Mnuchin, launched a collection with iconic works by Johns, Rauschenberg, Warhol, Willem de Kooning and several others, 21 works with a ceiling of $5,000 for any one piece bought with the grant. The museum's exhibition and cultural programming have centered on leading co
The museum's collection includes more than 9,000 objects, including works by such artists as Mark Bradford, Judy Chicago, Helen Frankenthaler, Nan Goldin, William Kentridge, Mona Hatoum, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Andrés Serrano, Jack Whitten, and Andy Warhol. In front of the museum stands Light of Reason by Chris Burden.
The sculpture, commissioned by the university and installed in 2014, consists of three rows of 24 Victorian lamp posts which point away from the museum's entrance. The sculpture serves as a gateway and outdoor event space, and has become a campus landmark.
Sam Hunter, the first director of the Rose Art Museum, came to Brandeis from the Museum of Modern Art, and with a grant of $50,000 from collectors Leon Mnuchin and his wife, Harriet Gevirtz-Mnuchin, launched a collection with iconic works by Johns, Rauschenberg, Warhol, Willem de Kooning and several others, 21 works with a ceiling of $5,000 for any one piece bought with the grant. The museum's exhibition and cultural programming have centered on leading co
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