Walker Art Center

Our newest exhibition charts the curious and profound ways that today’s artists engage with knowledge. From a dictionary of corals to a landscape of memories, 11 artists use research to probe the past and question the present in "Ways of Knowing."

This Employee Appreciation Day, we're grateful to all of the talented and dedicated people on our staff. Together, they build connections between artists and audiences, raising questions that shape and inspire us as individuals and communities. Thank you Walker staff for all you do!

We are excited to share that Taylor Jasper, Susan and Rob White Assistant Curator, was recently named a new cohort member of the Studio Museum in Harlem's Arts Leadership Praxis. This six-month program provides professional development opportunities for mid-career cultural professionals of color. We can't wait to see how the newest participants will continue to shape the field. Congratulations Taylor!

Expand your understanding of graphic design through lectures by leading designers and design thinkers from around the world. This year’s Insights Design Lecture Series pairs in-person lectures with virtual workshops to explore the theme of the evolving studio. Featured speakers include: Shannon Maldonado of YOWIE Zeynep Orbay of Wieden + Kennedy Actual Source Odd Mart Copresented with AIGA Minnesota.

"My paintings are about trying to help people survive, giving them an energy that can make them stronger." —Stanley Whitney Spanning 50 years, "Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon" charts the journey of Whitney’s powerful use of abstraction and color. Experience the exhibition in its final weeks. Admission is free every Thursday night (5–9 pm) and this Saturday. The exhibition is organized by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Quote: Stanley Whitney interviewed by Grégoire Lubineau, 2018. Published by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in the exhibition catalogue, "Stanley Whitney How High the Moon."

The Walker is hiring! With openings in curatorial, education, events, development, human resources, and more; we're looking to bring a diverse range of skills and perspectives to our vibrant community. Explore current opportunities ?? https://wlkr.art/46WxYeP

Celebrating Claes Oldenburg, born on this day in 1929, with a special look into the Walker archives. Oldenburg is pictured here in an interview with a masked Martin Friedman, the Walker's former director, in preparation for the 1975 exhibition “Oldenburg: Six Themes.” About the artist Friedman said, "Oldenburg’s genius has always been to generalize form, allowing the specific identities of his objects—even the most familiar of them—to admit a multitude of interpretations." ??: Photo by Eric Sutherland

"With this book I was interested in this idea of 'assembling.' [Sophie Calle's] work speaks to me because she often exhibits fragments of a narrative or story, and as the viewer you’re called to piece it together." —Julia Born, designer of the "Sophie Calle: Overshare" exhibition catalogue Read the full interview about the project on the Walker Reader ?? https://wlkr.art/40tMDh6 Experience "Sophie Calle: Overshare" for free during Free Thursday Nights and Free First Saturdays. On view through January 26.

Artist Stanley Whitney plans each painting around a fluid grid, allowing him to focus on endless and productive variations on the theme of color. Experience 50 years of Whitney's richly colored abstractions in the exhibition "Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon." The retrospective includes major paintings, installations of improvisatory small paintings, drawings and prints, as well as a chronological selection of the artist’s sketchbooks. The exhibition is organized by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. #BuffaloAKG

For over three decades, the Walker’s annual theater series Out There has surveyed leading performance makers from around the world who approach theater in fresh and new ways. "Looking back over the nearly 150 projects over the 38 years, I am always struck that the founding idea of Out There has remained consistent: What can theater be today and in the future?" says Philip Bither, Director and Senior Curator of Performing Arts at the Walker. Read the full story on the Walker Reader ?? https://wlkr.art/3PiY3xT