Firelei Báez
Current Exhibition

Firelei Báez

June 13 - September 21, 2025

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Iowa Artists 2025
Current Exhibition

Iowa Artists 2025

Ben Millett

July 26 - November 2, 2025

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Light Within Ourselves
Current Exhibition

Light Within Ourselves

Haitian Art in Iowa

April 18 - September 7, 2025

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Pappajohn Sculpture Park

The John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park features artwork by more than two dozen of the world’s most celebrated artists. This accessible setting, coupled with the skilled landscape design and caliber of the art, makes it unlike any other sculpture park in the United States.

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Group of people sitting in a gallery space listening to a speaker discuss a work of art
Aug 5
12:00 pm

Creative Aging (Ages 55+)

Des Moines Art Center
4700 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA
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Firelei Báez (Dominican, born 1981) Untitled (Temple of Time), 2020 Oil, acrylic, and inkjet on canvas. Wilks Family Collection. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York. Photo by Phoebe d’Heurle. © Firelei Báez
Aug 9
1:00 pm

“Firelei Báez” Exhibition Tour

Des Moines Art Center
4700 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA
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Reflecting Pool of the Bookey Family Courtyard
Aug 9
2:00 pm

Pizza Saturday at the Art Center Café

The Art Center Café
4700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA
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