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Walker Art Center, 2017. Photo: Paul Crosby Architectural Photography. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

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Upcoming programs

Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener: Open Machine
Silas leans forward while sitting on a collapsible table, like you would see at a picnic or a meeting room. Rashaun kneels on the floor beside the table, and has wrapped an orange extension cord around Silas.

May 29 — 30, 2026

Production

Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener: Open Machine

Rosy Simas: A:gajë:gwah dësa'nigöëwë:nye:' (i hope it will stir your mind)
A dancer wearing all black extends her arm backward against a black background.

May 13 — 16, 2026

Performance

Rosy Simas: A:gajë:gwah dësa'nigöëwë:nye:' (i hope it will stir your mind)

L’Rain – Live at the Walker
A musician with dark skin and long hair holds a microphone.

May 02, 2026

Performance

L’Rain – Live at the Walker

Jeremy Nedd: from rock to rock... aka how magnolia was taken for granite

Apr 24 — 25, 2026

Performance

Jeremy Nedd: from rock to rock... aka how magnolia was taken for granite

Mali Obomsawin Sextet
A light-skinned woman with long dark brown hair holds a cello.

Sat Apr 18, 2026

Performance

Mali Obomsawin Sextet

Mali Obomsawin: Sugarcane with Live Score
A person with medium skin and long grey-black hair stares to the left of the camera.

Apr 16, 2026

Performance

Mali Obomsawin: Sugarcane with Live Score

Calendar

Admission is free on Thursday nights and the first Saturday of the month.

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Exhibitions

Jessi Reaves: process invented the mirror
A blue acrylic tabletop resting on a metal chair with leather straps. A brown ovoid shape with a large stick behind it sits atop the table.

Sun Jan 04, 2026

Exhibition

Jessi Reaves: process invented the mirror

Rosy Simas: A:gajë:gwah dësa’nigöëwë:nye:' (i hope it will stir your mind)
A small brown woven vessel is displayed on a tanned hide, surrounded by a ring of coarse white salt. In the background, a black & white video still of rippling water projects onto vertical rows of corn husks.

Feb 12 — Jul 05, 2026

Exhibition

Rosy Simas: A:gajë:gwah dësa’nigöëwë:nye:' (i hope it will stir your mind)

Dyani White Hawk: Love Language

Sun Feb 15, 2026

Exhibition

Dyani White Hawk: Love Language

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Artists in the collection

Pacita Abad

Pacita Abad

Trisha Brown

Trisha Brown

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham

Glenn Ligon

Glenn Ligon

Meredith Monk

Meredith Monk

Derek Jarman

Derek Jarman

Siah Armajani

Siah Armajani

Bill T. Jones

Bill T. Jones

Julie Mehretu

Julie Mehretu

Harun Farocki

Harun Farocki

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What is contemporary art?
3 dancers jumping in place and one dancer posed on stage wearing green plaid and blue striped garments

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