Joan was also a long-time supporter of the Des Moines Art Center (which opened the year after Joan arrived in Des Moines), the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, the Iowa Jewish Senior ...

January 2024 photo of New York artist Mary Miss in her studio in Tribeca, New York. Miss' art installation, Greenwood Pond: Double Site at the Des Moines Art Center, is under threat of demolition.

WITH THE GROWTH FROM APPAREL TO TRADITIONAL ART AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. MAIN FRAME STUDIOS HERE IN KILL WAY IS HOME TO MORE THAN 100 ARTISTS FROM DES MOINES AND BEYOND. KYLE CURRAN DESIGNS AND ...

In Iowa, plans to demolish a land art installation from 1996 by artist Mary Miss at the Des Moines Art Center have been stopped, at least for the time being. The temporary restraining order was ...

The dispute over the fate of artist Mary Miss’s Land art environment in Des Moines, Iowa, is at a stalemate after a judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Stephen ...

Visitors at Greenwood Park in Des Moines will no longer have access to portions of a large art installation that doubles as an outdoor recreational area. The Des Moines Art Center announced on ...

A nearly year-long legal battle between the Des Moines Art Center and New York-based artist Mary Miss has ended in a $900,000 settlement and sparked a public art advocacy fund. This story has been ...

Untitled (Erzulie Freda) on display at the Des Moines Art Center. Did you know that Iowa is home to the largest publicly held collection of Haitian art in the country? A small selection of those ...

The Des Moines Art Center has revamped its cafe through a partnership with a restaurant born in Des Moines. The art center announced on April 28 that it had partnered with the owners of La Mie to ...

A companion site to the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park, the Des Moines Art Center features a collection of 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century works of modern and contemporary art. Other ...

On Tuesday, the Des Moines Art Center reached an agreement with Miss, 80, to dismantle her sprawling outdoor installation, “Greenwood Pond: Double Site,” in exchange for $900,000, ending the ...