Facet Spring 2025

table of CONTENTS

From the Director p.3

Exhibitions p.4

St. Simon the Apostle: Annotated p.10

The Future is Now: Grant Funds Museum’s Contemporary Expansion p.12 A Collective Canvas: Georgia Museum of Art Brings Sol LeWitt’s Vision to Life p.14 The Good Work of Many: Museum Helps Preserve Murals on Campus p.16

DIRECTOR’S Leadership Council

B. Heyward Allen Jr. Lacy Middlebrooks Camp Todd Emily Andrew Littlejohn D. Hamilton Magill III, chair-elect

William R. Newton Christopher R. Peterson, chair

Is There a Doctor in the Gallery? p.20

R. Lee Robinson John Shlesinger Sara Shlesinger Brenda A. Thompson Carol V. Winthrop

A New Learning Experience p.22

David W. Matheny Isobel Parker Mills Carl W. Mullis III

5th-Grade Tours Help Students “Mind the Gap” p.24

Elegant Salute XVIII: Baroque and Beyond p.26

Friends ADVISORY BOARD

Museum Notes p.27

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Ligia Alexander Kathleen Belknap Greta Covington Cornelya Dorbin Susanna Drennen Kira Epstein Bree Hayes, chair Tiffany Hines Christina G. LaFontaine Shanell McGoy Sherrie Olejnik Sarah Peterson, past chair

Anita Pratt Mary Prickett Lauren Schlesinger, chair-elect Julia Slatcher Marilyn Wolf-Ragatz, docent president Amy Wraga

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Editorial Hillary Brown and Jessica Luton

Ex-Officio David Odo Chris Peterson

Design Noelle Shuck

Publications Intern Isabel Davis

Front cover: Richard Prince (American, b. 1949), untitled (Milton Berle), 2021. Inkjet on canvas, 100 × 46 1/4 inches. Courtesy Richard Prince. Back cover: Richard Prince (American, b. 1949), untitled (Milton Berle), 2021. I nkjet on canvas, 100 × 46 1/4 inches. Courtesy Richard Prince. The University of Georgia does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or military service in its administrations of educational policies, programs or activities; its admissions policies; scholarship and loan programs; athletic or other University-administered programs; or employment. Inquiries or complaints should be directed to the Equal Opportunity Office 119 Holmes-Hunter Academic Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Telephone 706-542- 7912 (V/TDD). Fax 706-542- 2822. https://eoo.uga.edu/. Mission Statement: The Georgia Museum of Art shares the mission of the University of Georgia to support and to promote teaching, research and service. Specifically, as a repository and educational instrument of the visual arts, the museum exists to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret significant works of art.

Front cover: Onorio Marinari (1617 – 1716), “Judith Beheading Holofernes” (detail), 17th century. Oil on canvas, 57 5/8 × 46 inches. The Haukohl Collection. Back cover: Attributed to Jacopo Giorgi (1623 – 1665), “Penitent Magdalene,” 17th century. Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 35 7/8 × 25 3/16 inches. The Haukohl Collection. Above: Amalia Amaki (American, b. 1959), “Twosome” (detail), 2015. Collage, mixed-media assemblage. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of the artist. GMOA 2016.88.

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