Two articles this week in the University Record highlight Clements Library materials currently on display at the U-M Museum of Art. In "Benjamin West's Paintings Celebrate an Empire," Carole McNamara of the Museum of Art writes about the exhibit which features the Clements Library's iconic "Death of General Wolfe" painting. Kevin Brown's article "UMMA Exhibit Examines when the British Ruled America" describes the exhibit curated by Brian Dunnigan and Clayton Lewis of the Clements Library. On...

John Carlos Cantu of AnnArbor.com writes in a recent art review that the Clements Library's "Death of General Wolfe" painting by Benjamin West is "the single most significant public artwork in Washtenaw County, and among the most significant artworks in our state." This work of art, which usually hangs in the Great Room of the Clements Library, is now the centerpiece of an exhibit at the University of Michigan Museum of Art: "Benjamin West: General Wolfe and the Art of Empire."For more...

John Carlos Cantu of AnnArbor.com reviews our current exhibit in his recent article, "University of Michigan's Clements Library displays bygone representations of 'Murder Most Foul." The exhibit, curated by Clements Library Director J. Kevin Graffagnino, displays a variety of books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers and more on the topic of homicide in early America.For more information about current exhibits, see the Clements Library exhibits page. The Murder Most Foul exhibit will be open...