'Mural' returns home to UI Stanley Museum of Art after world tour

After nine years touring Europe and the United States, Jackson Pollock’s Mural is finally home at the University of Iowa, where it will be on view when the UI Stanley Museum of Art reopens Aug. 26.

Stanley Museum of Art Director Lauren Lessing and museum collections staff welcomed Mural in its 3,200-pound crate on July 14. After acclimating to its new environment, Mural rode in the custom freight elevator to the second floor of the museum and is now permanently displayed in the Chris and Suzy DeWolf Family Gallery.

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