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Naked women, mysterious turtles, and Henri Matisse

John Klein, professor of art history and archaeology at Washington University, lectured on the Saint Louis Art Museum’s (SLAM’s) spring exhibition “Matisse by the Sea” at an event hosted by the French Department, Feb. 20.

| Staff Writer

Creating Space: Kemper Museum’s “African Modernism in America” Exhibition

“African Modernism in America” is the first major traveling exhibition that examines the interconnection between African artists with key historical time periods such as the Civil Rights Movement, decolonization, and the Cold War.

| Senior Scene Editor

Opening of Katharina Grosse Kemper Art exhibit 

The Kemper Art Museum opened a new exhibition, “Katharina Grosse Studio Paintings, 1988-2022: Returns, Revisions, Inventions,” by renowned contemporary German artist Katharina Grosse, Sept 23. 

| Contributing Writer

Ai Weiwei challenges his viewers with ‘Human Flow’

Ai Weiwei’s “Human Flow” is a meditation on misery that is a challenge, privilege and responsibility to watch. The film focuses on the journeys of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) as they move from temporary location to temporary location, and provides both close-ups of individual situations and detached shots filmed using drones.

Olivia Blumenshine | Contributing Writer

Ai Weiwei’s ‘Bare Life’ showcases complex style and worldwide activism

Artist, activist, master of the readymade style and political exile of his own country, Ai Weiwei is one of the best-known figures of the modern art world. His new exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, titled “Bare Life,” is divided into two sections: “Bare Life” and “Rupture”.

Lydia McKelvie | Contributing Writer

Mardi nah: Alternatives to going to Soulard for Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras in St. Louis is definitely something you should experience at least once. That said, it’s not for everyone.

| Senior Scene Editor

Art in the Lou: Contemporary art and drone warfare at the Kemper

The Kemper Art Museum’s current special exhibition, “To See Without Being Seen: Contemporary Art and Drone Warfare,” includes pieces from international artists that critique drone warfare. Through the use of videos, photography, online art and installations, the artists share their distressful findings on this secretive practice by our government and military.

| Art Editor

Art in the Lou: ‘Hotline Bling’ at the Kemper

Just yesterday, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum completed installing its cell phone tour. It was created specifically to broaden accessibility and spread information about all of the art around campus owned by the Kemper (both paintings located indoors and outdoor sculptures).

| Art Editor

Julian Rosefeldt: The man, the myth, the legend

After months of reading about his work and watching the film “American Night” (2009) on my laptop at home through Vimeo, I finally got the chance to sit down with artist Julian Rosefeldt. The Berlin-based contemporary artist, filmmaker and professor visited last Friday to deliver a lecture at Washington University in conjunction with the opening of his exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

| Art Editor

Danielle’s ARTicles – ‘World War I: War of Images, Images of War’

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum’s new fall exhibition, “World War I: War of Images, Images of War,” introduces an illustrative angle on this portion of history, outlining the visual cultures that were formed around the events of the war. The show was designed architecturally to create an experience that mirrored the order-to-chaos that unfolded—walking through the show was like being strapped into a time machine.

| Contributing Reporter

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