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Saturday, November 28, 2020

Sarah Bryan Miller, longtime Post-Dispatch classical music critic, dies by Amy Bertrand and Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Miller, whose passion for classical music took her from performing on the opera stage to reviewing world-class orchestras, died Nov. 28.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:24PM
Thursday, November 26, 2020

Black Friday is a drag — and that's a good thing at lively CAM event by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Any silver and gold will be less about shopping and more about glittering creativity in a two-hour event filmed at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, where drag queens perform and vogue …

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:48PM
Friday, November 6, 2020

St. Louis Art Museum pulls off extensive show of German art from 'virtually unparalleled' collection by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In "Storm of Progress," museum mines its deep collection for more than 200 years of German art.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:36AM
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Hours expanded for free, private visit to Pulitzer Arts Foundation by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Pandemic 'pods' of up to 10 people can reserve museum for 45 minutes.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:24PM

St. Louis Art Museum’s director, Brent R. Benjamin, to retire next year by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

After 20 years with Benjamin at helm, museum will start search for new leader.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:24PM

When director Brent Benjamin retires, what's next for St. Louis Art Museum? by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As director Brent Benjamin readies for retirement, the institution looks at additional challenges.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:24PM
Friday, April 24, 2020

Art at a distance: Museums, galleries and fairs are quiet, but artists find ways to keep creating by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If there's no public to see it, there's not much point in mounting a public art project.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:18AM
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Massive $10 million+ fund to help artists, actors, writers across US by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Relief fund will help a wide range of creative workers, says a coalition of arts groups.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:42PM
Friday, April 3, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

St. Louis Art Museum, Contemporary museum close to all visitors by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St. Louis Art Museum announced Monday it will be closed for at least the next four weeks.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:24AM

Missouri History Museum, Soldiers Memorial close effective 5 p.m. Monday by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Effective 5 p.m. Monday, the Missouri History Museum, Soldiers Memorial Military Museum and the Missouri Historical Society's Library & Research Center will be closed to the public becau…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:24AM
Friday, February 14, 2020

Thoroughly modern Millet: Have we forgotten the artist who inspired painters from Van Gogh to Dalí? by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An exhibition of work by the French artist — who inspired more famous painters, from Van Gogh to Dali — comes to the St. Louis Art Museum.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:36PM
Friday, January 17, 2020

Contemporary Art Museum gets Warhol grant for fall exhibition by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Stories of Resistance," a group exhibition opening in September, has received help from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis announced Thursday.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:03PM

Beyond white walls: CAM exhibition examines 'what we all seek' by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Derek Fordjour's "SHELTER" opens at Contemporary Art Museum.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:03PM
Friday, January 3, 2020
Friday, December 13, 2019

Gifts of paintings, photographs added to St. Louis Art Museum collection by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Museum director Brent R. Benjamin says the new acquisitions broaden SLAM's holdings.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:12PM
Monday, October 28, 2019

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis announces major gifts, $12 million campaign by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To keep the art contemporary, the museum is looking to the future.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:12PM
Friday, October 18, 2019

Oh, snap! Photographer Pete Souza's 'Shade' tour focuses on presidential contrasts by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When photographer Pete Souza started "throwing shade" at President Donald Trump, he was fairly subtle.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:24AM
Friday, September 20, 2019

Collector's large gift to St. Louis Art Museum goes on display, heightening visibility of black artists by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Like many sixth-graders, Ronald Ollie dreaded art class. Drawing realistic pictures felt impossible. A buddy he shot marbles with made a suggestion: Go abstract.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:33PM
Sunday, August 25, 2019

Kemper Museum's Ai Weiwei exhibition highlights fall art offerings by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A museum expansion is on schedule to debut next month. At least most of it is.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:36AM
Saturday, August 3, 2019

Visual artists continue to incorporate Ferguson into work by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Visual artists have connected with Ferguson in the most intimate way possible.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:18PM
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Gauguin exhibit shows range of work, but artist seems more controversial than ever by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

We know what art collectors think of Paul Gauguin’s paintings of Polynesian girls and women. The royal family of Qatar paid $210 million for one.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:54PM
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Watch conservators restore Mississippi panorama at St. Louis Art Museum by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Believed to be the only existing panorama of the Mississippi Valley, the 19th-century painting is 350 feet long. Now, the St. Louis Art Museum is having its final three panels restored.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:36PM
Friday, May 3, 2019

Upcoming CAM show features Turner art prize finalist by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis seems to have some interesting links recently to the Turner Prize. The Turner is Britain's famous art award, often controversial for the contemporary work it anoints.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:18AM
Friday, April 5, 2019

3-month Cherokee Street festival will show how art 'moves culture forward' by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Counterpublic is an ambitious public art triennial that will envelope the neighborhood starting April 13.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:00PM
Friday, March 15, 2019

Not-so-negative space: Rachel Whiteread's acclaimed exhibition comes to St. Louis by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rachel Whiteread’s “House” only stood for about three months, but even London cabbies knew where to go when riders asked.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:30PM
Thursday, February 28, 2019

St. Louis Art Museum pays off debt 31 years early by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Would that every fundraiser went so well. The St. Louis Art Museum Foundation has paid off its debt related to its modern East Building, designed by David Chipperfield.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:49PM
Friday, February 22, 2019

'He lived to paint and painted to live': Remembering longtime St. Louis artist Arthur Osver by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Artist Arthur Osver was known for his fierce work ethic. Even when hospitalized in his last year — he died at 93 in 2006 — Osver pestered nurses for paints.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:30PM
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Popular Kehinde Wiley show leaves something behind: St. Louis Art Museum buys painting by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Wellston resident Ashley Cooper now has a second home — the St. Louis Art Museum.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:00PM
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Contemporary Art Museum gets NEA grant for current exhibit by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is a recipient of an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:36PM
Friday, February 8, 2019

Swans in folktales and myth by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Unwearied still, lover by lover,

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:32AM

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