May 04 Saturday
Bellefontaine Cemetery has over 100 private family mausoleums, and this tour focuses on the history, iconography, and architecture of 10 of these grand structures. We invite you to explore these “forever homes” with our amazing Master Tour Guides.
♦ Space is limited, and reservations are required.
♦ Tour will cover less than 2 miles across moderate terrain over both pavement and grass.
♦ Please wear appropriate walking attire.
♦ Please arrive between 15 to 20 minutes before tour time for a prompt departure.
♦ Tours are free, however, donations to the Friends of Bellefontaine Cemetery are gratefully accepted.
Stop into Steve's to try special infused menu items on the 3rd Saturday of every month WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! Available for guests 21 and up only!
The Madrid-based artist Santiago Sierra presents "52 Canvases Exposed to Mexico City’s Air" (2019) in the Saligman Family Atrium. Known for his provocative performance and installation art that deals with the topic of social inequities, the artist has created with this work a visualization of the toxicity of contemporary urban life.
Sierra created the 52 compositions—one for each week in a year—by placing adhesive-lacquered canvases on the floor in a building in Mexico City with the windows open, allowing the air to settle on them. Each week he removed one canvas and had a conservator permanently fix the sediment that had gathered on its surface. The result is a disturbing time-lapse of noxious accumulation. "52 Canvases Exposed to Mexico City’s Air" refers not only to pollution in Mexico City but also to the increase of airborne contaminants in congested areas around the world.
Over the past three decades Sierra’s work has also focused on capitalist labor relations in art-world contexts to underscore their dehumanizing effects. In this work he does not replicate the human-on-human cruelty explored in his earlier works, but rather employs art as direct evidence of environmental degradation. Sierra’s canvases also turn our attention toward the systems of power responsible for these current conditions, making us see anew not just the air but also the policies that contaminate our bodies.
The exhibition is organized by Meredith Malone, curator.
In coordination with the exhibition "Kahlil Robert Irving: Archaeology of the Present," the artist Kahlil Robert Irving selected a series of contemporary video works to screen concurrently in the Kemper Art Museum’s Video Gallery. This is the second time the artist has curated a video series alongside a presentation of his own artworks. The seven videos he selected highlight intimate moments in time and space when Black people are present, emphasizing the fact that no matter the setting, “We are still here.” Locations range from a person's home, to family gatherings, to horseback riding in Oakland, California. These works are meant to remind some people that it is okay to be ourselves and to let others know that it is normal to see Black people participating in different acts or as a part of different metaphors. In today’s world, living is defined by adversity, resistance, and survival, all of which are inextricably linked to digital media. Digital media is variously used as a tool for protest, remembering passing moments , entertainment, and deception. The selected videos celebrate and acknowledge artistic practices that deploy a myriad of tools, technologies, and metaphors.
The participating artists are Lyndon Barrois Jr., Tony Cokes, Cameron Downey, Addoley Dzegede, Charles H. Lee, William M. Morris, Jefferson Pinder, and Tiffany J. Sutton.
"Kahlil Robert Irving: Archaeology of the Present" features the artwork of St. Louis–based artist Kahlil Robert Irving. Clay-based works are at the center of Irving’s multidisciplinary practice, which examines digital media, memory, race, and Black life as subjects embedded in his ceramic sculptures. This exhibition features Irving’s new sculptures, videos, and paintings that together consider our relationship to the city street as a place and a concept, while also challenging constructions of identity and culture in the Western world.
"Slingshot: 2024 MFA in Visual Art Thesis Exhibition" features thesis projects by the Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art candidates in the 2024 graduating class of the Graduate School of Art in Washington University’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
The exhibition title holds a variety of associations for the candidates, including references to childhood and play, gravity, movement, tension, and release. The artists explore such themes as the body, identity, the built environment, and technology through a range of aesthetic practices and mediums that include collage, drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography.
The 2024 MFA in Visual Art candidates are Emily Elhoffer, Jordan Geiger, Joni P. Gordon, Mad Green, Sophia Hatzikos, Micah Mickles, Sarah Moon, Samantha Neu, and Lynne Smith.
The exhibition is organized by Leslie Markle, curator for public art at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.
Long recognized for her singular vision, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Enrolled Salish, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation) is among the foremost contemporary artists. During this conversation with her son, artist Neal Ambrose-Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith will speak about her wide-ranging artistic practice, highlighting two artworks the Museum recently acquired. "State Names Map: Cahokia" and "Trade Canoe: Cahokia" deploy key icons from her decades-long career to examine deep histories of trade and displacement in with the St. Louis region.
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Other Worlds - a juried art exhibit. See how local artists envision inhabitants, places and things from other worlds. The exhibit is free and will run from February 23 thru March 22.The Soulard Art Gallery voted as best gallery in the St. Louis Magazine A list 2021 thru 2023 as well as voted best gallery in the Riverfront Times in 2023 is a co-op art gallery located in Historic Soulard. With artwork by 13 resident artists, we offer a diverse collection of works, including painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, photography, and jewelry. The gallery also hosts a group exhibitions in the main gallery every month for artists to submit their work for display.Gallery hours are Thursdays 4-8 pm, Fridays and Saturdays 12-8 pm and Sundays 1-5 pm.