Big art rules the summer
Salvaged submarines and the complications of ceramics Des Moines Art Center (DMAC) is hosting one of its biggest shows in years, certainly in the view of the art elites. “Sterling Ruby: Ceramics” [...]
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Posted July 04, 2018in Art News
Posted June 06, 2018in Art News
Versatility of June
Versatility and diversity dominate the art scene in Des Moines this June. Moberg Gallery is currently presenting a summer show with 12 artists from all parts of America and Europe. [...]
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Posted May 02, 2018in Art News
Aesthetics of earth and sky
Three artists deeply involved with the natural expressions of the universe. Organic Forms, at Olson-Larsen Galleries through June 9, features three artists deeply involved with the natural expressions of the [...]
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Posted April 04, 2018in Art News
Laying the new rails
University of Northern Iowa professor Gary Kelley is probably Iowa’s best known and most successful artist. The UNI grad has received awards from the New York Society of Illustrators including [...]
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Posted February 28, 2018in Art News
Exploring the Earth
A homecoming of sorts for Wagener Ellen Wagener is simply one of the best Iowa landscape painters ever. She often follows the Monet strategy of revisiting the same place at [...]
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Posted January 31, 2018in Art News
‘Wanderlust’
The kind of show that would make my grandfather roll his eyes The Des Moines Art Center has hosted many exhibitions that could easily have been subtitled “Wanderlust.” Their retrospective [...]
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Posted January 03, 2018in Art News
Gold, bullets and cellophane
The year in review The year 2017 was a most eclectic one for the local art scene. Just consider the media that starred here this year. We had exhibitions made [...]
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Posted December 06, 2017in Art News
Real and imagined aspects of architecture
Amy Worthen’s works are both fantastical and architectural Amy Worthen is endowed by spirits from another age. As both an artist and art historian, she hangs around with ancient ideas [...]
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Posted November 01, 2017in Art News
Art is busting out all over
Art is busting out all over in Des Moines. As reported last month, the Des Moines Art Center’s new “Drawing in Space” show drew its largest opening crowds since Duane [...]
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Posted October 04, 2017in Art News
Celebrating architecture with tape
Three distinctive buildings designed by three brilliant architects The Des Moines Art Center boasts three distinctive buildings designed by three brilliant architects at a pivotal point in their careers. The [...]
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