A True Blue New Year
It’s a very new year for the arts world. The Metropolitan Opera is back after a long shutdown in observance of New York’s COVID dogma and then a system shutdown [...]
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Posted January 04, 2023in Art News
Posted November 30, 2022in Art News
The year ahead
Next year should be big for Des Moines arts institutions. In recent years, the Des Moines Art Center has worked to improve its collection of photography, particularly that of the [...]
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Posted November 02, 2022in Art News
Art and tomato soup, part 2
In October, British green anarchists attacked Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” with cans of tomato soup. Others glued themselves to Van Gogh’s “Peach Trees in Blossom.” Their motivation? “Fuel is unaffordable to [...]
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Posted October 05, 2022in Art News
The other prodigy named Adele
“You can take the girl out of the garden, but you can’t take the garden out of the girl.” – Adele Renault Love her or not, Adele Renault makes people [...]
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Posted August 31, 2022in Art News
Victorian and Romantic ages revisited
Olson Larsen’s main gallery is closed while a new roof is built on the building. But the shows must go on, and the gallery has been innovative. By press time, [...]
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Posted August 03, 2022in Art News
Medium is the message
Bill Luchsinger and Karen Strohbeen open their annual show Aug. 12 at Moberg Gallery. The pioneer digital couple are Iowa’s most popular artists by several measures, including total works sold. [...]
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Posted July 06, 2022in Art News
Contemporary Abstraction at Moberg
“Contemporary Abstraction: Collaging Space and Color” is playing at Moberg Gallery through Sept. 2. It’s an ambitious exhibition that includes works by 20 artists from around the world. All work [...]
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Posted June 01, 2022in Art News
The Director
Jeff Fleming is in his final year as Des Moines Art Center director. He’s been director since 2005 and has worked at the museum since 1999. He was the first [...]
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Posted May 04, 2022in Art News
Modern Concepts at the DMAC
“Modern Concepts” is a new print show at the Des Moines Art Center. The curator is Jeff Fleming, the retiring museum director. That is a rare thing, but Fleming said [...]
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Posted April 06, 2022in Art News
Sarah Grant and Scott Charles Ross at Moberg
Sarah Grant and Scott Charles Ross are Des Moines painters with big followings. They have been paired together for years. They moved together from Olson-Larsen Galleries to Moberg Gallery because [...]
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