MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- Pop culture provocateur John Waters brings his exuberant impudence to the Walker Art Center’s galleries this summer as curator of the exhibition Absentee Landlord, running June 11, 2011 through March 4, 2012. Absentee Landlord Ab…
Walker Art Center Acquires Merce Cunningham Dance Company Collection
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Walker Art Center and Cunningham Dance Foundation (CDF) announce the Walker’s acquisition of a comprehensive collection of artist-made set pieces, costumes, painted drops, and props, created for the internationally renowned M…
Aspen Art Museum Presents Artist Mark Manders’s Museum-Wide Parallel Occurrences
ASPEN, CO.- The Aspen Art Museum presents the museum-wide exhibition Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments. Co-organized with the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles—where it was on view from through January 2, 2011—the exhibition …
Aspen Art Museum Presents Artist Mark Manders’s Museum-Wide Parallel Occurrences
ASPEN, COLORADO.- The Aspen Art Museum presents the museum-wide exhibition Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments. Co-organized with the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles—where it was on view from through January 2, 2011—the exhib…
Clara Kim to Join Walker Art Center as Senior Curator of Visual Arts
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- Clara Kim has been named Senior Curator of Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center, effective August 1. Kim is currently Gallery Director and Curator of REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) in Los Angeles. She will lead the artis…
50/50 Exhibition Features Works on Paper Selected by Both the Public and the Walker Art Center
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- Curators and visitors share the spotlight as organizers of the new Walker Art Center exhibition 50/50: Audience and Experts Curate the Paper Collection on view now through July 17, 2011. Invited to view 183 images of art from the Walk…
Exhibition Reveals Artist’s Passionate Commitment to His Carefully Defined Practice
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- When the Walker Art Center opened its new Edward Larrabee Barnes–designed building in 1971, it ushered in exciting new possibilities for exhibiting and collecting the art of its time. The Barnes building, with its sweeping, recta…
Exhibition Reveals Artist’s Passionate Commitment to His Carefully Defined Practice
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- When the Walker Art Center opened its new Edward Larrabee Barnes–designed building in 1971, it ushered in exciting new possibilities for exhibiting and collecting the art of its time. The Barnes building, with its sweeping, recta…
Newly Acquired Works from the Walker Collection Featured in Exhibition
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- An empty wooden box, a clear plastic cup, a pair of balloons, a spray of paint, a bed of moss, a moment in time. Exploring the poetic and conceptual promise of minimal gestures and simple materials, the Walker Art Center exhibition A …
Walker Art Center Invites Audience to Select Artworks for Exhibition
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Walker Art Center’s audience will share the spotlight with the museum’s curators when they jointly select the artworks for the upcoming exhibition 50/50: Audience and Experts Curate the Paper Collection. Visit the kiosk …