In addition to Art Center staff taking action ... Baum puts that at about an $8 million investment. The Des Moines Art Center’s annual budget was $7.7 million last year, Baum said.

COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE DES MOINES ART CENTER AND ARTIST MARY MISS REACHED A DEAL TO REMOVE THE GREENWOOD PARK BOARDWALK. MISS FILED A LAWSUIT LAST SPRING WHEN THE ART CENTER TRIED TO REMOVE THE ...

The Des Moines Art Center announced on social media and in a news release that “Greenwood Pond: Double Site,” designed by artist Mary Miss and in collaboration with Des Moines and several ...

The Des Moines Art Center and Mary Miss, who created an installation at Greenwood Park that the adjacent museum owns and wants to remove, are nearing a settlement, according to court documents.

A nearly year-long legal battle between the Des Moines Art Center and New York-based artist Mary Miss has ended in a $900,000 settlement and sparked a public art advocacy fund. This story has been ...

The Des Moines Art Center has revamped its cafe through a partnership with a restaurant born in Des Moines. The art center announced on April 28 that it had partnered with the owners of La Mie to ...

Getting rid of the work, it turns out, is also quite expensive. In addition to paying Miss, the Des Moines Art Center has estimated it will cost as much as $350,000 to dismantle “Greenwood Pond: ...

Jeff Fleming thinks about his 24-year tenure at the Des Moines Art Center in two ways: "Everything is collaborative" and, "You're never there; you're always going there." The Des Moines Art ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — A nationally known outdoor artwork will be removed from a park pond in Des Moines ...

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 ...

TOMORROW. I WAS JEFF FLEMING’S FINAL DAY AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DES MOINES ART CENTER. HE HAS SERVED IN THAT ROLE SINCE 2003. FLEMING HELPED OVERSEE COUNTLESS EXHIBITIONS AT THE CENTER.