Pollock exhibit in L.A. helps UI set museum record
The University of Iowa Museum of Art set an all-time record for participation and attendance at events during the 2013-14 academic year. The UIMA drew 538,260 people, far above the record of 146,470 set in 2012-13. A big reason was the Jackson Pollock mural exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, rated by The Wall Street Journal as one of the world’s five “most-talked-about exhibits of the year.” At 304,349 visitors, it was the highest weekly attendance for any show since the Getty started tracking that data in 2000. The UIMA has had to creatively engage with its audiences as a result of the loss of its building in the Flood of 2008. Through exhibitions in temporary locations across campus, including the third floor of the Iowa Memorial Union, as well as in the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, parts of the museum’s permanent collection have remained on display for students, visitors and researchers..