Past Exhibitions

Installation image from Karla Black: 20 Years at the Des Moines Art Center. Image courtesy of the Des Moines Art Center. Photographer: Rick Lozier. © Karla Black

Hedda Sterne (American, 1910–2011) Six Cylinder Engine, 1961 Oil and enamel on canvas 34 x 26 inches Image provided as courtesy of John Deere

Anja Niemi (Norwegian, born 1976) The Fictional Road Trip, 2018 Chromogenic print 44 x 59 inches ©Anja Niemi. Photo courtesy the Ravestijn Gallery.

Lea Grundig, (German, 1906 - 1977) Kinder spielen Erschießen (Children Play War), plate 4 from the series "Unterm Hakenkreuz (Under the Swatstika)," 1934 Drypoint on heavy cream wove paper Plate: 5 3/8 x 9 13/16 inches Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from the Edmunson Art Foundation, Inc., 2018.19

Ken Heyman (American, born 1930) ​Hip Shot: Dog in Sunglasses in front of beauty supply shop, c.1985 Silver gelatin print Sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.) Image: 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (32.4 x 22.2 cm.) Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of Andrew Tomback and Sally Strauss, 2012.110 Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines