The Des Moines Art Center museum will be closing early at 4 pm on Saturday, August 22 for a private event. The Art Center Café will close early at 3:30 pm.

See What’s On View

Exhibitions

Explore the special exhibitions on view. At any given time, the Art Center hosts one or more exhibitions that feature artists close to home and far beyond, bringing the world to Iowa and Iowa to the world.

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Home Art Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

Christine Rebet

Sound of Time

April 11 - August 30, 2026 Pamela Bass-Bookey and Harry Bookey Gallery

Christine Rebet (French, born 1971), “The Fall,” 2025

Artists Around a Table

Artmaking and Merrymaking, 1927-1952

April 25 - August 30, 2026 John Brady Print Gallery

John Carroll (American, 1892 – 1959), “Artists Around a Table,” 1928

Topographies

Mapping Being and Belonging

June 13 - September 20, 2026 Anna K. Meredith Gallery

Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, born 1984), “Mnemonics of Shape and Reason,” 2021 (still)

Elle Pérez

La Despedida

June 25 - November 29, 2026 A. H. Blank Gallery

Elle Pérez, “untitled (light window),” 2025

Upcoming Exhibitions

Artists on Fire

September 5, 2026 - January 10, 2027 John Brady Print Gallery

Valentin Noujaïm

La Défense

September 10 - December 6, 2026 Pamela Bass-Bookey and Harry Bookey Gallery

Past Exhibitions

More Past Exhibitions

Iowa Artists 2026: Henry Payer 

Aagakinąk Haciwi: We Live Opposite Each Other 

January 17 - June 17, 2026

Honey, You’re a Wonderful Model

Maria Lassnig’s Animated Films

February 14 - May 17, 2026

Bill Owens

Work and Leisure

December 20, 2025 - April 19, 2026

Camille Henrot

Tuesday

December 18, 2025 - March 29, 2026

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