Loans and Reproduction Requests

The Walker regularly lends works from its collections to exhibitions, nationally and internationally, and circulates digital photography assets, upon request.

Works in the Walker Visual Arts Permanent Collection

For the works in our Visual Arts Permanent Collection, please fill out the Photographic Image and Reproduction Request Form found below.

The registrar’s office will notify you if intellectual property rights need to be cleared for the reproduction of images and will provide contact information, if available. After the rights have been cleared, reproduction contracts typically take up to two weeks to finalize. Reproduction fees vary and depend on the print run and type of publication. Rush processing may be possible (additional fees apply). If a work has not been photographed, new photography may be possible with sufficient notice (additional fees apply).

In addition, a permission needs to be obtained from each artist/artist’s representative to use footage of their artwork.

Please contact Walker Art Center registrar, who can provide contact information for clearing the rights.

Please send a written request to the attention of Mary Ceruti, Executive Director, and mail it to the director’s office administrator at Director’sOffice@walkerart.org.

The request letter should contain:

• Exhibition title, dates, and venue(s)
• Exhibition summary
• Object information:
  • Title
  • Artist’s name
  • Accession number of the object(s) you wish to borrow Refer to our website for the accession number, and note the dimensions for potential size limitations at your venue.
• Contact information for the borrower’s curator and registrar

Loan requests should be received at least 12 months in advance of the exhibition’s opening date. Late fees will apply to any requests received with less than six months of lead time. A facility report for each venue should accompany the loan request letter. The facility reports should be the American Alliance of Museums standardized version.