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During the 33rd edition of the Des Moines Art Center’s Fingerman Lecture, artist Hank Willis Thomas was interviewed by Dr. Kelly Baum, John and Mary Pappajohn Director. The conversation largely focused on Thomas’ public art...
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Liza Lou visited the Des Moines Art Center on the occasion of her work “Kitchen” (1991-1996) being featured in the exhibition “Transform Any Room” (October 6, 2023 – January 14, 2024). Covering bodies of work...
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In this interview, Jeff Fleming talks about his nearly 25-year career at the Des Moines Art Center. Michael Morain, editor of Business Publications Corporation’s magazine division moderates. Art Center staff members join Fleming on stage...
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Miriam Alarcón Avila, the Des Moines Art Center’s 2022 Iowa Artist, participates in a conversation with Laura Burkhalter, curatorial manager, about her trajectory and passions as an artist.
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“Conjectural Thinking and the Look of Meaning” was the topic of discussion in the 32nd annual Fingerman Lecture series at the Des Moines Art Center; listen to the conversation between Artist Lari Pittman and Jeff...
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We are excited to have your classroom here at the Des Moines Art Center. There is no place quite like a modern and contemporary art museum, and visiting here can be a fun and transformational...
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There are many reasons to bring children to the Des Moines Art Center. All kids can love art museums – from toddlers learning language, and children with differing sensory sensitivities and communication abilities, to teenagers...
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What makes a work of art any different than the thousands of images that enter our homes every day? Photographs, photocopies, prints, the internet, television, and cell phones; in a world of endless and easy...
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Print Club hosted a public lecture by curator Elizabeth G. Seaton (Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University) to consider how female artists active in the mid-twentieth century used printmaking to negotiate family...
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Art museums are amazing places filled with fascinating things! It is true that art museums are not a place for touching, running, or climbing. However, even though we cannot touch the art, we can explore...
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