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Seen: Acoustic Skyspace
Photo: Nes Kovacevic Seen in James Turrell’s Sky Pesher (2005), July 11, 2013. “Seen” highlights one-off photos of Walker life as captured by our staff.
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Seen: Light Reading at High Altitude
Photo: Emily Johnston Seen atop Mount Rainier, July 13, 2013: Walker Cunningham Research Fellow Abigail Sebaly perused Walker magazine after reaching the summit of America’s most topographically...
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Seen: A Local Sighting of The National’s Bryce Dessner
Philip Bither, producer Kate Nordstrum, Bryce Dessner. Photo: Amy Fox Seen in the Walker’s Garden Cafe Wednesday, August 7: Fresh off Tuesday night’s concert by The National at Roy Wilkins Auditorium,...
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Seen: Oldenburg and the Plug
Photo: David Bartley Seen at MUMOK in Vienna, January 2012. Writes Walker Senior Registration Technician David Bartley: “After decades of having not seen it, artist Claes Oldenburg revisits his...
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Seen: Hockney and Tilson at the Walker, 1965
John Kasmin (center) with artists Joe Tilson and David Hockney. Photo: Eric Sutherland, Walker Art Center Seen at the opening for London: The New Scene, 1965. (Art dealer John Kasmin recalled the...
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Moving Mouse
The exhibition Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties closed a few weeks ago, but Geometric Mouse — Scale A (1969/1971) didn’t leave the building until this morning. Bundled in hats, scarves, and gloves, a small...
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Valentine’s Message: “I’m Your Man! Love, Sufjan”
Ryan Brink killed it on Valentine’s Day. The book specialist in the Walker Shop, he was picking out a Valentine’s card for his girlfriend Claire and figured he couldn’t go wrong with a handmade...
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Seen: Surveillance and the Super State
Liam Gillick’s mural The Whatnot Itself Becomes a Super State (2008)—part of the 9 Artists exhibition, and just acquired for the Walker collection, as captured on a Walker security camera and...
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Seen: Bath Time in the Garden
Photo: Gene Pittman In the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Henry Moore’s Standing Figure: Knife Edge (1961) gets a bath, May 29, 2014. “Seen” highlights one-off photos of Walker life as captured by our...
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Walker Selfie: Staff Kicks of WALKER@75 Celebration
An all-staff email Wednesday afternoon alerted Walker staffers to be in the Medtronic Gallery in eight minutes for a surprise. There, director Olga Viso was waiting with glasses of champagne poured to...
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Seen: The Softer Side of John Killacky
Former Walker performance curator John Killacky is known for bringing edgy—and timely—artists to the Walker. In the height of the Culture Wars, he welcomed artists dealing with AIDS, sexuality, gender,...
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Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon 2015
On Sunday, many Wikipedians, both new and seasoned in editing, filled the Walker Library and Art Lab to contribute to the second annual Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in celebration of...
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Walker People’s Archive: Guides, Crew and Guards, Seen 1929-2015
Anna Jorgenson, Walker Art Galleries, 1929 At the Walker People’s Archive, we’ve been collecting photographs and stories illustrating people’s most vivid Walker memories. Walker visitors, staff members...
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Seen: The Big Chair Before the Big Stage
Olawale Toriola of Egypt 80 relaxing before Seun Kuti and his band took the stage at Rock the Garden 2015.
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Here at the Walker we have been noticing some really funny, creative photos on social media that visitors take with the artwork. From posing in front of favorite paintings to selfies in reflective...
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An Opening Reception for Lee Kit’s Hold your breath, dance slowly
On May 11th, Walker Contributing Members gathered in the Cargill Lounge to celebrate the opening of Hold your breath, dance slowly, the first U.S. solo museum exhibition of Taiwan-based artist Lee...
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Seen: Marked Leather at the Walker Shop
As the first designer featured in the Walker Shop’s new Local Maker Profiles, Scott Loeser of Marked Leather is capturing our attention with his beautifully crafted, ruggedly stylish bags and the...
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