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Des Moines Art Center Presents Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Collaborations
With over 100 works by the father of Mexican photography, this exhibition illustrates how working with others was central to Álvarez Bravo’s creative process.
Iowa
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The Des Moines Art Center Presents Firelei Báez
The artist’s first North American survey explores the legacy of colonial histories and the African diaspora in the Caribbean and beyond.
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Land Artist Awarded Nearly $1M in Iowa Museum Settlement
Mary Miss filed a breach of contract suit against the Des Moines Art Center last year after it moved to deaccession "Greenwood Pond: Double Site.”
Art
The Elementary School That Welcomed Keith Haring
To My Friends at Horn is a reminder that artists do not exist in a vacuum and context illuminates the impact of the artist and activist.
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The Problem With b. Robert Moore’s All-Encompassing Afro-Pessimism
The experience of being Black in America transcends the addiction, police brutality, lynchings, loss of family, and misogynoir that the artist depicts.
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Court Stops Iowa Art Center From Destroying Artist’s Land Installation
A judge ruled on Monday that the Des Moines Art Center must pause its planned demolition of Mary Miss’s “Greenwood Pond: Double Site” installation.
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Artist Seeks Restraining Order to Prevent Land Artwork’s Demolition
The Des Moines Art Center cited the “ephemeral” nature of artist Mary Miss’s original materials in its decision to destroy the work.
Books
Historic Artworks Seen Through the Eyes of University of Iowa Writers
In A Time of Witness brings poets, essayists, and authors to reinterpret pieces in the Stanley Museum of Art’s collection.
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Call for Applications: Alex Brown Foundation 2025 Artist-in-Residence Program
Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this residency for emerging and established artists includes studio and living space, a monthly expense allowance of $1,000, and more.
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Iowa Museum Plans to Demolish Land Art Installation
The museum cited the "ephemeral" nature of artist Mary Miss's original materials as well as Iowa's extreme climate.
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T.J. Dedeaux-Norris’s Medium Is Healing
Through rap music, performances, textile work, and curated assemblages and installations, the artist dissolves identity-based dichotomies.
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How Did Fake Antiquities End Up at a Presidential Library?
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum was about to display “authentic artifacts” from the “Near East.” But something was immediately off.