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Currents 113: Shimon Attie Lost in Space (After Huck)

April 1–June 25, 2017

This exhibition occurred in the past. The archival exhibition summary below describes the exhibition as it was conceived while on view.   Artist Shimon Attie creates site-specific, multimedia works that shine a light on what has been…

Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds

March 25–September 9, 2018

This exhibition occurred in the past. The archival exhibition summary below describes the exhibition as it was conceived while on view.   In 2018, the Saint Louis Art Museum will be the first North American…

New Media Series—Bani Abidi

November 20, 2020–February 21, 2021

This installation occurred in the past. The archival installation summary below describes the installation as it was conceived while on view. Pakistani artist Bani Abidi is a distinctive and poetic filmmaker. Abidi uses video as…

Wangechi Mutu: My Cave Call

January 12–March 31, 2024

Wangechi Mutu is a Kenyan-American, New York–based artist who works in print, film, sculpture, and painting. Her practice explores globalization, overconsumption, environmentalism, and femininity. Through her expansive body of work, she has built an ecosystem…

Memory Painting: Helen LaFrance and the American Landscape

April 1–December 11, 2022

Memories are a complex and highly personal facet of human experience. Self-taught African American artist Helen LaFrance (1919–2020) used recollections of her hometown in rural Kentucky to create vibrant and intimate paintings that give us…

Nicholas Nixon: 40 Years of The Brown Sisters

November 21, 2014–April 5, 2015

This exhibition occurred in the past. The archival exhibition summary below describes the exhibition as it was conceived while on view.   Since 1975, the American Nicholas Nixon has been photographing his wife Beverly Brown…

Poetics of the Everyday: Amateur Photography, 1890–1970

April 26–August 25, 2019

This exhibition occurred in the past. The archival exhibition summary below describes the exhibition as it was conceived while on view. The 110 prints on view in Poetics of the Everyday: Amateur Photography, 1890–1970 were…

Shifting Perspectives: New Views on Landscape

March 4–December 11, 2022

Far from neutral, landscape paintings have always shaped and been shaped by contemporary concerns. Shifting Perspectives: New Views on Landscape showcases abstract works made over the last three decades by artists who upend and amend…

Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics

November 5, 2017–January 21, 2018

This exhibition occurred in the past. The archival exhibition summary below describes the exhibition as it was conceived while on view.   Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics is a photographic exploration of cutting-edge industrial and scientific…