Walker Art Center

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Walker Art Center is a renowned contemporary art museum and multidisciplinary cultural institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for its innovative exhibitions and adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
contemporary art museum
cultural institution
adjacentTo Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
architectOfExpansion Herzog & de Meuron
buildingRenovation 2005 expansion by Herzog & de Meuron
city Minneapolis
country United States
foundedAs Little Gallery
foundingDate 1927
governedBy board of trustees
hasCollectionType contemporary visual art
new media art
photography
prints and drawings
sculpture
hasDepartment design department
film and video department
performing arts department
visual arts department
hasFeature café
cinema
education spaces
galleries
rooftop terraces
shop
theater spaces
underground parking garage
hasFocus contemporary art
modern art
multidisciplinary arts
hasProgram artist-in-residence programs
education and outreach programs
film screenings
performance series
public lectures and talks
hasType nonprofit organization
knownFor commissioning new works
contemporary performance
design and architecture exhibitions
film and moving image programs
innovative exhibitions
multidisciplinary programming
location Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
name Walker Art Center
namedAfter Thomas Barlow Walker
operates Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
originatesFrom T. B. Walker’s private art collection
state Minnesota

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Edward Larrabee Barnes ("Walker Art Center expansion")
Herzog & de Meuron ("Walker Art Center expansion")
notableWork
Hennepin County
containsCulturalInstitution
Edward Larrabee Barnes ("Walker Art Center expansion")
designed
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
hasLandmark
Minneapolis
hasMajorMuseum
Walker Art Center
name
Guthrie Theater ("Walker Art Center campus")
previousLocation

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