EUGENE–Richard Kraus, a University of Oregon professor of political science, will give a free gallery talk during the University of Oregon Museum of Art’s MusEvenings! program on Wednesday, Aug. 25.

His lecture, "Art and Anxiety: The Shifting Political and Social Background for Artistic Work in China," will begin at 6 p.m. at the Museum of Art, 1430 Johnson Lane. It is offered in conjunction with the exhibition, "Transience: Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the Twentieth Century," which will be on display at the art museum through Sept. 12.

Curated by Wu Hung, an eminent historian and scholar of Chinese art, the "Transience" exhibition is organized by the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. It is made possible by the Smart Family Foundation, Inc.; the Lannan Foundation; the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; and the Nathan Cummings Foundation, with the support and encouragement of Beatrice Cummings Mayer, Mary and Roy Cullen and the John Nuveen Co.

Accessible to people with disabilities, the UO Museum of Art is open from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Special admission for the "Transience" exhibition is $5, which includes other museum galleries. Suggested general admission for the museum alone is $3, except on Wednesdays when the MusEvenings! program offers free extended viewing hours from 5—8 p.m. Museum members, students, UO employees and children are admitted free to the "Transience" and other museum galleries at all times.

For information, browse http://uoma.uoregon.edu or call (541) 346-3027.

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