John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art

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University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89557 United States Get Directions
Phone 775-784-6658
Website https://www.unr.edu/lilley

The Lilley Museum of Art supports the educational mission of the University of Nevada, Reno and enhances the cultural life of the Nevada community by providing inclusive programming, diverse and stimulating exhibitions, and research and teaching opportunities in its transcultural collection.

Events at this venue

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  • Image: Steven Seidenberg from the series, The Architecture of Silence: Abandoned Lives of the Italian South, photograph, courtesy of the artist
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    Home Truth: Image-making in Absence, Photography by Steven Seidenberg

    John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, United States

    The photographic practice of Steven Seidenberg explores a material world of the unnoticed, fixing attention on structures, environments, and landscapes often hidden in plain sight. Three photographic series are combined in this exhibition; each focuses on past and present living conditions in a different area of the world (Puglia and Rome, Italy; Kanazawa, Japan). Seidenberg’s […]

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  • Carol Cole Levin, Fortress, 1992, Clay, concrete, wire, and wood picture frame, Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2025.
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    This Just In: Recent Additions to the Lilley Museum of Art Collection

    John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, United States

    An exhibition of new acquisitions to the Lilley Museum of Art Image: Carol Cole Levin, Fortress, 1992, Clay, concrete, wire, and wood picture frame, Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2025.

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  • Image: Roberto Salas, A young man uses a rangefinder to watch for incoming aircraft, photograph, October 1962, courtesy of Prensa Latina.
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    Homeland Security: Images from the Epicenter of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, United States

    In October 1962, Cuba was at the center of a crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Today’s history books and classes are filled with stories of John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev locked in a battle of wills, but we know much less about how Cubans themselves responded to the […]

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  • Robert Caples, The Last Supper, 1938, pastel chalk on paper board, Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art.

    Robert Caples in Nevada

    John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art University Arts Building - 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, United States

    This event is co-sponsored by Nevada Humanities and the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art. In 1964, artist Robert Caples said, “What mattered most at all times everywhere? The desert. Pyramid Lake country and the hills around Reno.” Join the Lilley Museum of Art and Nevada Humanities as we share stories about Robert Caples […]

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