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At a moment when the discussion of boundaries and borders are the subject of critical conversations around the world, "Topographies: Mapping Being and Belonging" offers fresh perspectives on the role of maps and mapmaking in 21st century visual art. More than just a means of...
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The Des Moines Art Center has been awarded a $26,200 Bedrock Grant from Every Page Foundation to support art conservation and educational outreach. Every Page Foundation is a national organization dedicated to...
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Christine Rebet, the 2026 Toni and Tim Urban Artist-in-Residence, has a solo exhibition of five films on view at the Art Center beginning April 11 through August 23, 2026, titled...
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Austrian artist Maria Lassnig (1919-2014) is well known internationally as a painter of unflinching and incisive self-portraits, but this exhibition radically expands our understanding of Lassnig’s practice by...
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For the 76th edition of Iowa Artists, the annual exhibition celebrating homegrown creativity, the Des Moines Art Center welcomes Sioux City, IA-born artist Henry Payer (b. 1986). A member of the Ho-Chunk tribe, whose ancestral territory spans areas in...
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Des Moines Art Center Associate Curator Dr. Ashton Cooper has been named a 2025 Étant Donnés Contemporary Art Curatorial Fellow, one of only three curators nationwide — and the only from the Midwest — to receive this award...
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For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Day Tel: 515.271.0344 (o) 515.612.0775 (c) aday@desmoinesartcenter.org DES MOINES, IOWA (October 2025) – The Des Moines Art Center presents an exhibition by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, known as the father of...
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Spanning the Art Center’s Anna K. Meredith, W.T. & Edna Dahl, and I.M. Pei galleries, “Firelei Báez” is the Des Moines Art Center’s latest exhibition featuring more than 30 works and showcasing nearly two decades of the artist’s paintings, drawings, and multi-media installations that transport viewers through time and space...
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Organized in partnership with the Waterloo Center for the Arts (WCA), “Light Within Ourselves: Haitian Art in Iowa” showcases a selection of the rich holdings of...
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The Des Moines Art Center is taking visitors on an exploration of the past and the future with their newest exhibition, “Time Travelers,” on view February 14 to May 11, 2025 in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery...
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