Featured Exhibition
Richard Prince: Spiritual America
March 22 - September 14

Nobody cannibalizes an image like Richard Prince, who has carved his place in contemporary art by recycling, reflecting, and reframing photographs, cartoons, advertisements, and other images already existing in the public sphere. It’s a practice cut from 1970s and ’80s SoHo—Cindy Sherman, Jenny... read more »


Walker Channel
Trisha Brown Drawing/Performance
Thursday, April 17


In conjunction with an exhibition of her drawings, modern dance legend Trisha Brown improvises movements across a large piece of paper placed on the Medtronic Gallery floor.

Part of Trisha Brown: So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancingread more »

Articles
Installation view of Richard Prince's <span class="wac_title">Untitled (Upstate)</span> (2007) in the exhibition <span class="wac_title">Richard Prince: Spiritual America</span>
Trailer Made
Philippe Vergne
May 2008

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Department Information
Since the Walker Art Center's founding in 1940, special exhibitions have been a cornerstone of its program, and they are, along with stewardship of the collections and management of commissions and artists' residencies, the principal responsibilities of the Visual Arts Department. These three... read more »


Blog
A Chinese Homecoming
Doryun Chong
Wed, 16 Apr 2008

In the dawn of the Walker blogs, I had the privilege of writing the first post on the Visual Arts site. Some of you, our faithful readers, may remember my little adventure in the Mojave Desert in search of a used airplane part. You may also remember the very slow march of the elephant [...] read more »


Acquisitions
Ellen Gallagher, <span class="wac_title">DeLuxe</span>
DeLuxe
Ellen Gallagher
2004/2005
aquatint, dry-point, photogravure, spit-bite, lithography, screenprint, embossing, tattoo machine engraving, laser-cutting, collage, crystals, cut paper, enamel, glitter, gold leaf, gouache, graphite, oil, plasticine, polymer medium, pomade, toy eyeballs, watercolor, velvet on paper; edition 11/20
Published by Two Palms Press, New York

Ellen Gallagher (American, b. 1965) is known for employing potent visual symbols to reveal sly musings on the history of racial identity in America. She gained attention in the 1990s with paintings that initially appeared abstract and minimal, with a subtle palette and geometry. The delicate grids... read more »


In The Shop
Exhibition Merchandise

Merchandise related to current and past exhibitions. read more »