Walker Art Center Public Tours in May Offer Chance to Explore Ongoing Exhibitions and the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
May tours at the Walker Art Center offer a last chance to see the exhibition Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love (closes May 13), the artist’s first full-scale American museum survey, featuring her signature cut-paper silhouettes, film animations, and works on paper. Tours are also offered for Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisitions (extended through September 23), which addresses the means by which artists today are exploring notions of time, place, and narrative through the intimacy of paper, and highlights works acquired by the Walker within the last 10 years, including many pieces that have never before been exhibited; Body Politics: Figurative Prints and Drawings from Schiele to de Kooning (through July 15), featuring works from public and private collections that explore the expressive potential of the human figure in images taken from the first half of the 20th century; and of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the Walker building, and ongoing collection exhibitions. On Saturday, May 5, as part of the Walker’s Free First Saturday, patrons can learn about printmaking techniques in the Paper Trail exhibition. Also offered in May are Spotlight Gallery Talks led by Walker curators and tour guides highlighting selected artworks or artists in the galleries.
Gallery admission is $8 adults; $6 seniors (65+), $5 student/teen (with ID), and free to Walker members and children 12 and under. Admission is free with a ticket to a same-day Walker event, $4 with a ticket stub up to six days after an event. Gallery admission is free to all every Thursday evening from 5–9 pm and on the first Saturday of each month.
May Public Tours
Gallery, Garden, and Architecture Tours
Thursday and Friday, 1 and 6 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon
Free with gallery admission. Garden tours are always free.
Check the calendar listing, visit the lobby desk, or call the box office for details and tour topics. To schedule a private group tour, visit learn.walkerart.org or call 612.375.7609.
Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisitions
Gallery Tours
Friday, May 4, 1 pm
Friday, May 11, 6 pm
Friday, May 18, 1 pm
Saturday, May 26, 12 noon
Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love
Gallery Tours
Thursday, May 3, 1 and 6 pm
Saturday, May 12, 12 noon
Sunday, May 13, 12 noon
Body Politics: Figurative Prints and Drawings from Schiele to de Kooning
Gallery Tours
Friday, May 11, 1 pm
Thursday, May 24, 6 pm
Thursday, May 31, 6 pm
Walker Collection Tours
Friday, May 4, 6 pm
Sunday, May 6, 12 noon
Thursday, May 10, 6 pm
Thursday, May 17, 6 pm
Friday, May 18, 6 pm
Sunday, May 20, 12 noon
Thursday, May 24, 1 pm
Friday, May 25, 1 and 6 pm
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Tours
Thursday, May 17, 1 pm
Saturday, May 19, 12 noon
Sunday, May 27, 12 noon
Architecture Tours
Thursday, May 10, 1 pm
Thursday, May 31, 1 pm
Spotlight Gallery Talks
May 2: Speech Acts
May 16: Andy Warhol
Wednesdays at 12 noon
Free with gallery admission
The Walker’s world-class collection of contemporary art takes center stage in these focused 15- to 20-minute gallery talks led by Walker curators and tour guides. Each talk highlights selected artworks or artists in the galleries and sets the stage for illuminating discussions. Bring a friend and continue the conversation over lunch at Gallery 8 Café or 20.21 Restaurant & Bar by Wolfgang Puck.
Adult learning opportunities are made possible by Richard and Claudia Swager.
Free First Saturday Tour
Paper Tails
Saturday, May 5, 10 am–5 pm
Gallery Crawl: Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisitions
10 am–2 pm
Learn about various printmaking techniques in the exhibition Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisitions.
Free First Saturday is sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, with programming supported by the Medtronic Foundation. Media partner WCCO-TV.