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Sam Durant's "Scaffold" (2012) mostly dismantled at the end of the day on Friday, with its wooden parts in a bin at left (pho

In Brief

Dakota Nation Suspends Burning of Wood from Controversial Minneapolis Sculpture

Sam Durant's sculpture has been dismantled, but its materials await their fate while members of the Dakota Nation seek more input regarding the best way to dispose of them.

News

After a Dakota Ceremony, Dismantling of Controversial Sculpture Begins in Minneapolis

On Friday, Dakota elders led a ceremony that included a blessing for construction workers who then started to take apart Sam Durant's controversial installation "Scaffold."

Protest signs on the fence near Sam Durant's "Scaffold" (2012) in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

News

Controversial Sculpture in Minneapolis Will Be Dismantled and Ceremonially Burned

After protests from the local Dakota nation, Sam Durant’s "Scaffold" will be taken apart starting tomorrow.

News

After Protests from Native American Community, Walker Art Center Will Remove Public Sculpture

Sam Durant's outdoor installation "Scaffold" references the US Army's mass execution of 38 Dakota men in Minnesota in 1862.

Art

Basking in the Legacy of Merce Cunningham at His Retrospective

Unexpectedly, as I began to watch the public performances of Merce Cunningham's choreography in conjunction with the exhibition, his work started to grow on me.

Art

The Salvaged Belongings of a 1980s Punk Drummer

MINNEAPOLIS — Nostalgia for the Minneapolis music scene of the 1980s has been at somewhat of a fever pitch of late.

Art

Slowly Dancing to an Exhibition About Love

MINNEAPOLIS — A kind of dance happens as you walk through Lee Kit’s exhibition at the Walker Art Center, appropriately titled Hold your breath, dance slowly.

Announcement

Now Streaming: A New Short Film by Leslie Thornton, Inspired by Bruce Conner

This chilling exploration of the purpose and repurposing of memory during wartime draws on oral accounts of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, and responds to artist Bruce Conner’s iconic film of the 1946 Bikini Atoll nuclear test, "CROSSROADS" (1976). [http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NzY

Art

From Challenging Kant to Elevating Moss, an Artist Upends Hierarchies

MINNEAPOLIS — With just four shapes made out of crude line drawings, Andrea Büttner captures the essence of shame.

Art

Best of 2015: Our Top 10 Exhibitions Across the United States

We love NYC and LA and all the art they have to offer, but we know they're only two towns of many across the country mounting great exhibitions large and small.

Art

When the Whole World Spoke Pop

MINNEAPOLIS — We do not know what we do not know. That is precisely what the Walker Art Center’s exhibition International Pop makes clear — how much, heretofore, we did not know about the scope and practice of Pop art.

Announcement

The Walker Art Center Moving Image Commissions: A Series of Six New Artist Films

The Walker Art Center is excited to launch Walker Moving Image Commissions with new works by artists Moyra Davey and James Richards.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NzY4MzIsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjoyNTcyOTIsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjciI6ODk1MTg1LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjkzOTUxMiwiZmwiOjYxNTE0MiwiaXAiOiIxODQuN