Press - 2018 - Des Moines Art Center

Des Moines Art Center Exhibition Garners Coveted Sotheby's Prize

In its second year, the Sotheby's Prize continues to celebrate curatorial excellence and champion the work of innovative institutions that strive to break new ground and challenge our understanding of art today, including the Des Moines Art Center's upcoming exhibition For Today I Am a Boy: Contemporary Queer Abstraction, organized by the Des Moines Art Center's Assistant Curator Jared Ledesma.

Posted on Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Des Moines Art Center receives 2018 Capital Campaign and Project Grant from Bravo Greater Des Moines

The Des Moines Art Center is honored to receive a 2018 Capital Campaign and Project Grant (CCPG) from Bravo Greater Des Moines in the amount of $27,000, in support of the replacement of the John Brady Print Gallery east wall.

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2018

Des Moines Art Center asks “What would you do if you had the entire museum to yourself?”

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Art Center's free admission program, the museum is launching something big to honor members' dedication to making art accessible to everyone.

Posted on Monday, August 6, 2018

Des Moines Art Center to present gallery dialogue, “Queer Presence in the Art Center's Collection”

On Thursday, August 16 at 6:30 pm, the Des Moines Art Center will embark on an evening of LGBTQ awareness building and advocacy.

Posted on Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Des Moines Art Center receives grant award from Humanities Iowa

The Des Moines Art Center has received a grant award of $10,230 from Humanities Iowa, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment of the Humanities, in support of the Art Center's 2018 Summer & Fall Education Series.

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2018

Des Moines Art Center exhibition focuses on issues of labor in This Woman's Work

On Friday, June 29, the Des Moines Art Center will open This Woman's Work, which will be on view through October 7, 2018, in the John Brady Print Gallery.

Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2018

Des Moines Art Center presents exhibition in the spirit of Louise Noun

On Saturday, June 9, the Des Moines Art Center will open In the Spirit of Louise Noun, which will be on view through September 2, 2018, in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery.

Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Des Moines Art Center exhibition highlights work of Yayoi Kusama from the Art Center's collections

On Friday, March 30, the Des Moines Art Center will open Yayoi Kusama, which will be on view through July 22, 2018, in Blank One Gallery.

Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018

Controversial Grant Wood Sultry Night print and painting united in exhibition at Des Moines Art Center

On Friday March 30, the Des Moines Art Center will open Sultry Night: Selected Works by Grant Wood, which runs through June 24, 2018 in the John Brady Print Gallery.

Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2018

New Yayoi Kusama sculpture takes center stage in downtown Des Moines at the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park

Philanthropists John and Mary Pappajohn have donated funds to the Des Moines Art Center for the purchase of a new sculpture, Pumpkin (L), 2014, fabricated 2018, by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, soon to be installed in the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park in downtown Des Moines.

Posted on Monday, February 26, 2018