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A sculpture that’s been located in downtown Des Moines for a decade will be deinstalled beginning Monday. The Des Moines Art Center announced on its social media that Olafur Eliasson’s ...
Jeff Chelesvig made an indelible mark on Des Moines over his 30-year career, including bringing Broadway shows to the city, ...
provided funding for and donated more than 30 sculptures to the Des Moines Art Center. Their donation transformed an assortment of dilapidated buildings into the attractive sculpture park that ...
The sculpture is a product of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. "Hello, River" has been installed along the Des Moines River by the Lauridsen Skatepark and the site where Iowans ...
The Des Moines Arts Festival has announced Jill Wells as the ninth recipient of the G. David Hurd Innovator in the Arts. The ...
A companion site to the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park, the Des Moines Art Center features a collection of 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century works of modern and contemporary art. Other ...
Double Site" has not been determined, according to the news release. More: Say goodbye to one longtime piece of art at the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in Des Moines ...
The art center initially commissioned the environmental sculpture as part of its permanent collection. However, over time, the wooden structure fell into disrepair, leading the Des Moines Art ...
A nearly year-long legal battle between the Des Moines Art Center and New York-based ... but the institution that commissioned the environmental sculpture for its permanent collection appears ...
“This sculpture park put our art scene on an international level when it opened in 2009 as part of the Des Moines Art Center. In just a few blocks you’ll see 28 different works by artists like ...
Des Moines’ sculpture garden is one of the only ones in the country where the art has been donated by one person or family. The others have work donated by private collectors, museums or the ...