Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

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Home Page: http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/

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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Lunch Break Sharon Lockhart at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Feb. 5 to April 19, 2010 Nov. 17, 2009 -- Sharon Lockhart, Larry Conklin, Welder, 2008. Los Angeles-based conceptual artist Sharon Lockhart creates films and photographs that are at once rigorously formal and deeply humanistic, meticulously observing the details of everyday life while also probing the limits and intersections between the two mediums. As much as Lockhart's photographs reveal cinematic qualities of staging and casting, so too do her films frequently engage a static camera and angles that recall photographic practices. Next sprint the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present Sharon Lockhart: Lunch Break, a one-person exhibition showcasing the artist's most recent series.

"Chance Encounters" Eminent critic Yve-Alain Bois to speak on John Cage, François Morellet and Ellsworth Kelly Nov. 9 Oct. 29, 2009 -- Yve-Alain Bois Critic and curator Yve-Alain Bois, a widely recognized expert on 20th-century European and American art, will present a lecture titled "Chance Encounters: John Cage, François Morellet, Ellsworth Kelly" at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, in Steinberg Hall Auditorium. The talk — held in conjunction with the exhibition Chance Aesthetics, on view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum through Jan. 4 — is cosponsored by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts' fall Public Lecture Series and the Department of Art History & Archaeology in Arts & Sciences.

"Playing with Chance" Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to explore Duchamp, chess and roulette Oct. 14 Oct. 5, 2009 -- Marcel Duchamp Marcel Duchamp was among the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was also a dedicated chess player who saw strong correlations between his art and the game. On Oct. 14 the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will present "Playing with Chance: Duchamp, Chess and Roulette," a gallery talk and exhibition match combining the ultimate game of strategy with the ultimate game of chance.

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