Art

“The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st century” at St. Louis Art Museum maps the broad influence of hip-hop culture in a wide-ranging exhibition.

“Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s-1970s” is St. Louis Art Museum’s first exhibition of modern and contemporary Native American art.

Counterpublic 2023 features public art by more than 30 artists. They explore social issues facing the neighborhoods where their art is placed. The citywide exhibition runs through July 16.

The next round of Kranzberg Arts Foundation’s 18-month artist residency program will have slots for eight people, spread among visual artists, writers and musicians. The deadline to apply is July 10.

East St. Louis musician David Dee, a longtime fixture on the Midwest blues scene, has died. His musical resume was long. He performed with his vocal group David and the Temptations in the 1960s and later played with Howlin’ Wolf and Albert King.

“Confluences,” an exhibition of Faye Heavyshield’s work at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, includes new pieces that reflect on Cahokia Mounds and the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

Opera Theatre of St. Louis will present three short operas, all by artists of color who’ve worked largely outside the opera world. The works address the roots of Black, queer ballroom culture; three important inventors who were Black women, and the Supreme Court battle over a rock band’s attempt to reappropriate a racial slur.

Art exhibition “Neuro Blooms” paints a picture of how different brains work — specifically those of people living with specific mental health conditions.

Kalaija Mallery, the new artistic director of the Luminary in St. Louis, wants the Cherokee Street art gallery to be a social hub for the neighborhood.

The Hawthorn becomes newest St. Louis Concert venue with free grand opening.