Events

Join Maya Stiller, associate professor of Korean art and visual culture at the University of Kansas, as she provides a brief overview of the history of K-pop (short for Korean popular music) and explores the ways in which traditional elements in K-pop music videos are used for the representation of “Koreanness.” The talk will be … Continued

An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, artist Cara Romero’s identity informs her photography, a blend of fine art and editorial photography, shaped by years of study and a visceral approach to representing Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural memory, collective history, and lived experiences from a Native American female perspective. Romero will speak about her … Continued

Join curators Elizabeth Wyckoff, Clare Kobasa, Andrea L. Ferber, and conservator Sophie Barbisan to learn about Catching the Moment: Contemporary Art from the Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons Collection. Gain insight into how the curators translated the collectors' passion for contemporary art into an exhibition and its catalogue, and discover what goes into making … Continued

Join Simon Kelly, curator and head of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, as he explores the central role of the Spanish artist Joan Miró in the Surrealist movement. He will concentrate on works by Miró from the promised gift of artworks from Emily Rauh Pulitzer to the Saint Louis Art Museum. This virtual … Continued