The Rose Art Museum will feature its renowned collection, which includes modern and contemporary masterworks by some of the 20th century’s most revered artists, in an historic exhibition and catalogue.

The wide-ranging show, “The Rose at Brandeis: Works from the Collection,” opens Oct. 28 and will present the breadth of the collection by including pieces from dozens of artists who represent different historical periods, including Willem de Kooning Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Max Weber, Cindy Sherman, Stuart Davis, Larry Rivers, Philip Guston, Frank Stella, Milton Avery, Hans Hoffman, Louise Nevelson, and Elsworth Kelley.

The exhibition will also explore the depth of the Rose’s holdings by focusing on groupings of artworks by several artists, to expose both artistic development and the process of collecting.

“The length of the exhibition, running from October through May 24, 2010, will allow students and the public unprecedented access to some of the key artworks in the collection,” said Roy Dawes, the show co-curator and director of museum operations. “It will allow museum visitors time to properly see, contemplate, study, revisit, and gain perspective on this stupendous collection.”

“The Rose at Brandeis” coincides with the Oct.1 publication of the first comprehensive catalogue of the museum’s collection. An effort that has been in the works for several years, “The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis” includes commentary from Brandeis faculty members and current and former Rose staff. The catalogue, published by Abrams, documents a collection that represents major cultural movements of the past five decades, with a particular strength in American art of the 1960s and ’70s.

The catalogue and exhibition provide a look inside the Rose’s extensive collection as the museum approaches its 50th anniversary in 2011.

For more information on “The Rose: Works from the Collection,” or the museum, visit the Rose web site.

Events associated with the exhibition:
Rose Museum tour in conjunction with Brandeis “Fall Fest ‘09”
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009
2 p.m.

“The Rose at Brandeis” opening celebration
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
6-8 p.m.
Free and open to the public