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A monumental piece by renowned artist Joan Mitchell is at the center of the exhibition that highlights women artists and artists of color. -
"Seeds: Containers of a World to Come" at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum features 10 artists who use their work to call for environmental sustainability. -
Artist Kahlil Robert Irving is a St. Louis native with two solo exhibitions in museums right now. His exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis is like an archeological dig into a contemporary urban landscape. -
California-based artist Nicole Miller asked 22 St. Louisans what it feels like to be alive. She combined their answers with lasers and film of circus performers. -
![Ai Weiwei and museum curator Sabine Eckmann examine "The Odyssey," a massive frieze in his exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum. In the foreground is a detail of "Forever Bicycle," a sculpture made from 720 bicycles. [11/8/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2c88530/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x3343+0+329/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201911%2FJDG_aiweiwei_02.JPG)
When does a mirror selfie become high art? For artist and political activist Ai Weiwei, it happened in 2008 when he photographed himself inside an… -
Washington University’s Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum once sat at the edge of a parking lot, shielded from passing traffic by a row of trees. Following… -
![A central feature of the newly opened Weil Hall is a vertical garden. The building is part of a $280 million expansion to Washington University's campus. [9/26/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d093b47/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1141+0+62/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201909%2F092619_JDG_washuexpansion_01_0.jpeg)
Washington University students and faculty are using new classrooms and workspaces this fall, now that $280 million in construction projects are nearly… -
St. Louis’ Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will reopen this fall with a big artistic bang: an exhibition by celebrated Chinese artist and political… -
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University is celebrating a decade at its permanent home with a first showing of works from its entire… -
Drone warfare has spread from the battlefields to TV and movie thrillers. And now it’s spread to the fine art world. The Kemper Art Museum at Washington…
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![Ai Weiwei and museum curator Sabine Eckmann examine "The Odyssey," a massive frieze in his exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum. In the foreground is a detail of "Forever Bicycle," a sculpture made from 720 bicycles. [11/8/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/66745ee/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x3343+0+329/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201911%2FJDG_aiweiwei_02.JPG)
![A central feature of the newly opened Weil Hall is a vertical garden. The building is part of a $280 million expansion to Washington University's campus. [9/26/19]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/38aaf1d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1141+0+62/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201909%2F092619_JDG_washuexpansion_01_0.jpeg)
