Past Exhibitions
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September 14, 2012 - January 7, 2013Kemper Art Museum, Garen GalleryDrawing is a medium that offers an intimate and open field for imaginative elaboration, in which concepts and ideas can emerge and change with relative ease. Uninhibited by the obligation to create a finished... more -
September 14, 2012 - January 7, 2013Kemper Art Museum, Ebsworth GalleryDesign can be a dynamic force in transforming and, in many cases, saving lives across the globe. Design with the Other 90%: CITIES explores the ways in which design can redress critical issues, from the most... more -
September 14, 2012 - January 7, 2013Kemper Art Museum, Teaching GalleryThroughout history artists and designers have utilized a variety of methods to capture the urban landscape, from etching, drawing, painting, photography, film, sound, and model-making, to more recent... more -
May 4, 2012 - August 27, 2012Kemper Art Museum, Garen GalleryIn the 1950s, esteemed Renaissance scholar Frederick Hartt served as curator of the Washington University art collection and professor in what was then known as the Department of Art and Archaeology. Hartt... more -
May 4, 2012 - August 6, 2012Kemper Art Museum, Ebsworth GalleryThe exhibition will feature thesis projects by the 2012 Master of Fine Arts candidates in Washington University’s Graduate School of Art, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. The 2012 MFA... more -
May 4, 2012 - August 12, 2012Kemper Art Museum, Teaching GalleryCurated by Heather Read, PhD student in the department of Art History and Archaeology, and Elizabeth Wolfson, MA student in the department of Art History and Archaeology (with Karen K. Butler) Greek mythology... more -
January 27, 2012 - April 23, 2012Kemper Art Museum, Ebsworth GalleryBreaking through the onslaught of images in contemporary culture, British artist John Stezaker (b. 1949) subverts the familiar through collage in a way that is at once captivating and unsettling. John... more -
January 27, 2012 - April 16, 2012Kemper Art Museum, Garen GalleryHungarian artist Balázs Kicsiny is renowned for his dynamic practice incorporating multiple media, including sculpture, film, performance, and painting. He is perhaps best known for his disquieting and... more -
January 27, 2012 - April 16, 2012Kemper Art Museum, Teaching GalleryThe past decade has seen an explosion of interest in the bearing of cognitive science on the arts. New brain imaging technologies and sophisticated psychological measures have provided insights into the artist... more -
September 9, 2011 - January 9, 2012Kemper Art Museum, Garen GalleryArgentine artist Tomás Saraceno is internationally recognized for his fantastic architectural proposals, pneumatic sculptures, and environmental installations. Tomás Saraceno will showcase newly... more