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Walker Art Center to Open 50-Year Career Retrospective of Artist Stanley Whitney

Walker Art Center to Open 50-Year Career Retrospective of Artist Stanley Whitney

Sound for Silents 2024: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside, Featuring Devon Russell Gray and Ensemble

Sound for Silents 2024: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside, Featuring Devon Russell Gray and Ensemble

Walker Art Center Celebrates the Work of Choreographer Ralph Lemon and Artist Kevin Beasley with Two Major Premieres
An adult with dark skin stands on stage with curlers in their hair in front of a microphone.

Walker Art Center Celebrates the Work of Choreographer Ralph Lemon and Artist Kevin Beasley with Two Major Premieres

Walker Art Center Launches Memphis Capsule Collection in Its Idea House 3 Design Concept Store

Walker Art Center Launches Memphis Capsule Collection in Its Idea House 3 Design Concept Store

Walker Art Center Announces 2024–2025 Performing Arts Season

Walker Art Center Announces 2024–2025 Performing Arts Season

Grammy-Nominated DJ A-Trak Headlines Avant Garden 2024 at the Walker This September

Grammy-Nominated DJ A-Trak Headlines Avant Garden 2024 at the Walker This September

Hilton Als Presents ‘Radiant Waves,’ a Film Series Responding to the Life and Art of Keith Haring

Hilton Als Presents ‘Radiant Waves,’ a Film Series Responding to the Life and Art of Keith Haring

Walker Art Center Announces Exhibition Highlights through Spring 2025

Walker Art Center Announces Exhibition Highlights through Spring 2025

Mack Lecture Series Presents Filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs)
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Mack Lecture Series Presents Filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs)

Award-Winning Choreographer Abby Zbikowski and the New Utility Present Radioactive Practice
Three adults, mid pose in a dance on a black stage

Award-Winning Choreographer Abby Zbikowski and the New Utility Present Radioactive Practice

Artist-Designed Skyline Mini Golf Returns to the Walker

Artist-Designed Skyline Mini Golf Returns to the Walker

Vibrations for a New People Series in the Walker Cinema Explores past and Present This May
A view of a disco ball on the ceiling in a grey hexigon shape with a can light. Text on the bottom says in yellow: put your hands inside.

Vibrations for a New People Series in the Walker Cinema Explores past and Present This May

Walker Art Center to Open Most In-Depth Museum Exhibition of Artist Walter Price
A yellow and blue swirly painting

Walker Art Center to Open Most In-Depth Museum Exhibition of Artist Walter Price

Award-Winning Choreographer Shamel Pitts and Arts Collective ‘Tribe’ Bring Their Kaleidoscopic Black Hole to the McGuire Theater
Three adults mid-pose in a black-box space, they are painted to look bronze.

Award-Winning Choreographer Shamel Pitts and Arts Collective ‘Tribe’ Bring Their Kaleidoscopic Black Hole to the McGuire Theater

Walker Art Center to Open Major Exhibition of Renowned Artist Sophie Calle, Featuring Both Iconic Bodies of Work and Lesser-Known Pieces
A picture of a gravestone, a large one reads Mother smaller one reads Father.

Walker Art Center to Open Major Exhibition of Renowned Artist Sophie Calle, Featuring Both Iconic Bodies of Work and Lesser-Known Pieces

Avant Joik Trio Makes Their Us Debut from the Walker’s McGuire Theater This March
A black and white photograph. Two adults, out of focus, play on stage in a band.

Avant Joik Trio Makes Their Us Debut from the Walker’s McGuire Theater This March

Walker Art Center to Present Sadie Barnette: The New Eagle Creek Saloon
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Walker Art Center to Present Sadie Barnette: The New Eagle Creek Saloon

Walker Art Center to Open Expansive New Installation of Its Collection, Strong in Iconic and Pathbreaking Modern and Contemporary Artists
A painting with blue horses and a red background.

Walker Art Center to Open Expansive New Installation of Its Collection, Strong in Iconic and Pathbreaking Modern and Contemporary Artists

Renowned Composer and Musician Tomeka Reid’s Most Ambitious Project to Date in the Walker’s McGuire Theater
A medium-skinned adult looks at viewer holding a string instrument.

Renowned Composer and Musician Tomeka Reid’s Most Ambitious Project to Date in the Walker’s McGuire Theater

Walker Art Center and AIGA Minnesota Announce Insights 2024 Design Lecture Series
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Walker Art Center and AIGA Minnesota Announce Insights 2024 Design Lecture Series

Walker Art Center Copresents Aya Ogawa’s Obie-Award Winning The Nosebleed, Part of Out There 2024
An adult wearing a white shirt and black pants on a stage stands facing the viewer in the foreground. An adult sits, facing away from viewer at a desk in background.

Walker Art Center Copresents Aya Ogawa’s Obie-Award Winning The Nosebleed, Part of Out There 2024

Walker Art Center to Present Major Survey of Keith Haring
A red painting by Keith Haring.

Walker Art Center to Present Major Survey of Keith Haring

Walker Art Center to Present Tetsuya Yamada: Listening, the First Comprehensive Museum Exhibition of the Twin Cities–Based Artist
A table full of white ceramic cups, bowls and vases.

Walker Art Center to Present Tetsuya Yamada: Listening, the First Comprehensive Museum Exhibition of the Twin Cities–Based Artist

Walker Art Center Announces 2024 Exhibition Schedule Highlights
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Walker Art Center Announces 2024 Exhibition Schedule Highlights

Walker Art Center to Launch Idea House 3, A New Collectible Design Store Featuring Work by Leading and Emerging Designers
Logo: Idea House 3 with images of furniture.

Walker Art Center to Launch Idea House 3, A New Collectible Design Store Featuring Work by Leading and Emerging Designers

Walker Series Celebrates Alanis Obomsawin, Distinguished Indigenous Documentary Filmmaker

Walker Series Celebrates Alanis Obomsawin, Distinguished Indigenous Documentary Filmmaker

Walker Art Center to Premiere Major New Work by Dance Pioneer Dianne McIntyre

Walker Art Center to Premiere Major New Work by Dance Pioneer Dianne McIntyre

Walker Art Center and the Cedar Present Alabaster Deplume, Leader in London’s Red-Hot Jazz Scene

Walker Art Center and the Cedar Present Alabaster Deplume, Leader in London’s Red-Hot Jazz Scene

Cue the Strings – a film about Low Screens at the Walker

Cue the Strings – a film about Low Screens at the Walker

Walker Art Center to Present All-Day Festival Celebrating Renowned Composer John Zorn
John Zorn plays an alto saxophone in front of a Jackson Pollock painting.

Walker Art Center to Present All-Day Festival Celebrating Renowned Composer John Zorn

Sound for Silents: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside Features Musicians and Visual Artists Papa Mbye, Symbioscia, and Collaborators

Sound for Silents: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside Features Musicians and Visual Artists Papa Mbye, Symbioscia, and Collaborators

Walker Art Center Announces Highlights from Its 2023–2024 Performing Arts Season

Walker Art Center Announces Highlights from Its 2023–2024 Performing Arts Season

Walker Art Center 2023-2024 Exhibition Schedule Highlights

Walker Art Center 2023-2024 Exhibition Schedule Highlights

Sound for Silents: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside, Featuring Music by Papa Mbye

Sound for Silents: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside, Featuring Music by Papa Mbye

Summer at the Walker Includes Free Tours, Artmaking Activities, and Live Performances

Summer at the Walker Includes Free Tours, Artmaking Activities, and Live Performances

Ambrose Akinmusire Presents Two Evenings of Exclusive New Music at the Walker

Ambrose Akinmusire Presents Two Evenings of Exclusive New Music at the Walker

Walker Art Center to Premiere Newly Commissioned Work by Choreographer and Dance Artist Leslie Parker

Walker Art Center to Premiere Newly Commissioned Work by Choreographer and Dance Artist Leslie Parker

Walker Art Center to Present Influential Photographer and Writer Allan Sekula’s Seminal Work Fish Story

Walker Art Center to Present Influential Photographer and Writer Allan Sekula’s Seminal Work Fish Story

Artist-Designed Skyline Mini Golf Returns to the Walker

Artist-Designed Skyline Mini Golf Returns to the Walker

Walker Art Center Appoints Rosario Güiraldes as Curator of Visual Arts

Walker Art Center Appoints Rosario Güiraldes as Curator of Visual Arts

Teens Takeover the Walker This April

Teens Takeover the Walker This April

May Screenings in the Walker Cinema

May Screenings in the Walker Cinema

Walker Art Center to Present New Exhibition of Major Works Gifted to the Museum by Judy and Ken Dayton

Walker Art Center to Present New Exhibition of Major Works Gifted to the Museum by Judy and Ken Dayton

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Palme d'Or Winning Artist and Filmmaker, Returns to the Walker Art Center

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Palme d'Or Winning Artist and Filmmaker, Returns to the Walker Art Center

Walker Art Center to Present First Retrospective of Artist Pacita Abad

Walker Art Center to Present First Retrospective of Artist Pacita Abad

April Screenings in the Walker Cinema

April Screenings in the Walker Cinema

Featured Free Programs This Spring

Featured Free Programs This Spring

Walker Art Center and Schubert Club Present Ensemble Signal Performing Iconic Composer Steve Reich Works

Walker Art Center and Schubert Club Present Ensemble Signal Performing Iconic Composer Steve Reich Works

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