Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

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The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum features cutting-edge special exhibitions, exceptional educational resources and an outstanding collection of 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century European and American art. A stimulating and unique site to experience art, culture and education in St. Louis, located on Washington University's Danforth campus near the corner of Skinker & Forsyth Blvds. FREE and open to the public 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Tuesday; open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. Visitor parking available; easy MetroLink access (one block south of Skinker station).
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MISSION
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, part of the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, is committed to developing and preserving its fine art collection with a continued emphasis on the art of our time; to inspiring social and intellectual inquiry into the connections between art and contemporary life through excellence in scholarship, education and exhibition; and to engaging audiences on campus, in the local community and beyond.

HISTORY AND COLLECTIONS
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum dates back to 1881 with the founding of the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts at Washington University. Its collection was formed in large part by acquiring significant works by artists of the time, a legacy that continues today. Now one of the finest university collections in the United States, the Museum contains strong holdings of 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century European and American paintings, sculptures, prints, installations and photograph. The collection also includes some Egyptian and Greek antiquities and more than one hundred Old Master prints.
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Birth of Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Sept. 19, 2008, to Jan. 5, 2009 July 9, 2008 -- Lorser Feitelson, Dichotomic Organization From painting and architecture to music, film, furniture and the graphic arts, 1950s Los Angeles was an epicenter of American modernism. This fall the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury, a sprawling multimedia exhibition that investigates how the sleek West Coast aesthetic — at once playful and poised, laid-back and sharply articulated — emerged as cultural shorthand for crisp sophistication.

Shaping the Future Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to highlight midcentury modernism in 2008-09 June 17, 2008 -- Karl Benjamin, Black Pillars, 1957. From retail furnishings to international auction houses, recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in midcentury modernism, an influential design aesthetic that flourished between the mid-1930s and the mid-1960s. During the 2008-09 academic year the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will host two major exhibitions exploring both the breadth and the cultural impact of midcentury modernism, through such mediums as painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, film, music and the graphic arts.

Harriet Hosmer Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to showcase pioneering sculptor May 2 to July 21 April 23, 2008 -- Harriet Hosmer, Oenone (1854-55) Download Neoclassical sculptor Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830-1908) was one of the most successful women artists of her day, described by the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning as "a perfectly emancipated female." She was also the first woman to study anatomy at what would become the Washington University School of Medicine and produced many of her most significant works — such as the bronze statue of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton in Lafayette Park — for St. Louis patrons. This summer the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will join other local institutions in celebrating Hosmer's life and work with a special Teaching Gallery exhibition, on view May 2 to July 21.

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Blonde Ambition: Iconic Blondes Shape History ABC News -- Good Morning America Jan. 22, 2008 -- The art exhibit "Beauty and the Blonde: An Exploration of American Art and Popular Culture," is being presented by WUSTL's Kemper Art Museum. It is curated by Catharina Manchanda, and it includes the famous silkscreens of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe and Roy Lichtenstein's pop art images of blondes in comics.

Korean Comics: A Society through Small Frames at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum ArtDaily.org Aug. 10, 2007 -- Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in Japanese manga, or comic books, in the United States, yet Korean comics remain relatively unknown. This fall, the WUSTL's Kemper Art Museum will present Korean Comics: A Society through Small Frames, a rare U.S. exhibition of work from both North and South Korea. The exhibition provides a decade-by-decade glimpse of the evolving social realities in contemporary Korea, as depicted in comics ranging from popular children's entertainment to aggressive forms of political commentary.

Maki Designs Art Complex in St. Louis Art in America, Dexigner.com and 2 others Jan. 16, 2007 -- The January issue of Art in America includes a story on architect Fumihiko Maki, who was commissioned by WUSTL in 1960 to design Steinberg Hall as a home for the university's highly regarded art collection. Nine years ago he was selected again to design an entire arts campus, to be called the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts. It opened in October. The article mentions current exhibits organized by museum director Sabine Eckmann, chief curator Lutz Koepnick, and others.

Arts,briefly The New York Times July 25, 2006 -- The architect Fumihiko Maki, commissioned to create a United Nations expansion as well as the new Tower 4 at the World Trade Center site, has designed two new buildings for the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. The Fox School of Design and Visual Arts also is the home of Maki's very first commission.

Washington U. museum is set to open Oct. 25 St. Louis Post-Dispatch July 17, 2006 -- The new Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum on the campus of Washington University will open to the public Oct. 25, the university is expected to announce on Monday. The museum, the centerpiece of a $56.8 million, five-building complex devoted to art and architecture, was built on the site of a former parking lot near the corner of Skinker and Forsyth boulevards.