April 28, 2025
The Des Moines Art Center is excited to announce a new partnership with la mie and its owners, Joe and Christina Logsdon. Together they will launch The Art Center Café, presented by la mie, a full-service eatery...
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April 16, 2025
The Des Moines Art Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Kelsey Burr as Manager of Community Access Programs. Burr brings a wealth of experience...
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February 24, 2025
Following a settlement agreement in January 2025, the Des Moines Art Center is set to remove Mary Miss’s installation Greenwood Pond: Double Site, which is located on a small parcel of land in Des Moines’ city-owned Greenwood Park...
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January 28, 2025
The Des Moines Art Center is pleased to announce the addition of four distinguished members to the Board of Trustees who each began a three-year term in January of this year. The newest members of the board are Anne F. Harris, Jo Christine Miles, Chris Nelson, and Dr. Ian Roberts. In addition...
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January 14, 2025
The artist Mary Miss and the Des Moines Art Center today announced that a settlement has been reached concerning a lawsuit by Miss against the Des Moines Art Center over the environmental sculpture Greenwood Pond: Double Site...
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December 20, 2024
The Des Moines Art Center is excited to announce the reopening of its I. M. Pei building, named for Florence Cowles Kruidenier, after a transformative upgrade of its original lighting system and the complete reinstallation of its galleries...
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December 10, 2024
The Des Moines Art Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Cindy Gerjets as Senior Director of People and Culture. Gerjets is the first person to hold this newly retitled and reconceived position at the Art Center. Gerjets brings a wealth of experience...
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September 19, 2024
The Des Moines Art Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Kelly Baum, John and Mary Pappajohn Director of the Des Moines Art Center, has been admitted to the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD)...
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September 3, 2024
The Des Moines Art Center is excited to announce that Ashton Cooper will be joining the curatorial team as Associate Curator beginning in October...
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February 3, 2024
Over the last two weeks, we have received several heartfelt notes expressing concern at the forthcoming deinstallation of Mary Miss’s Greenwood Pond: Double Site (1989-1996).
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