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Family Day celebrates creativity, play, and community through hands-on art activities and performances at CAM on July 11

Jun 22

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Directly to the Adversary: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore at CAM St. Louis

Jun 16 / Momus

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Juanita McNeely’s posthumous first solo exhibition in her hometown of St. Louis and co-curated by Counterpublic, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, and the Saint Louis Art Museum opens September 10, 2026

Jun 1

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Embrace fantasy at Faeded, the costume party where communal resistance meets queer art

May 29 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM presents Behind This Mask: Celebrating Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore on June 13

May 26

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First Friday: Faeded, the high-fantasy art and musical spectacular, returns to CAM and Pulitzer in celebration of Pride Month and Communal Resistance on June 5

May 18

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Seven Shows to Catch Across the US This May

May 18 / FRIEZE

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CAM St. Louis and Counterpublic present Tony Cokes’s tribute to the legend Tina Turner in a video work for Street Views, projected on the Museum’s facade, opening on September 10

May 11

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CAM survey exhibition Nobody’s Gonna Love You the Way I Do, opening September 10, celebrates the Brooklyn-based artist Ayana Evans’ longtime commitment to live arts

May 11

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CAM presents Great Rivers Biennial 2026: Vaughn Terrell Davis Jr., Lauren dela Roche, Vincent Stemmler featuring new work by local artists, opening September 10

May 11

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St. Louis Sparkled for the 2026 CAM Gala

May 5 / Sophisticated Living

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Spark: CAM’s 2026 Gala raises $415,000, illuminating deep commitment to contemporary art across the St. Louis region

Apr 23

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Art with Bite: Putting Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore’s Bravery on Display

Apr 21 / FRIEZE

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Rolling Out the Red Carpet: CAM and Fashion Group International of St. Louis celebrate fashion as artistic expression at Met Gala Watch Party on May 4

Apr 20

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Seldom-seen photos by 2 women who defied gender norms and Nazis are on display at St. Louis museum

Mar 24 / St. Louis Public Radio

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North St. Louis Creative Field Guide participants celebrate the launch of their publication at CAM on April 3

Mar 24

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Local artist Janie Stamm and Teen Museum Studies participants discuss collaboration, safe queer spaces and the natural environment, and curating Mermaid’s Purse at CAM on April 4

Mar 17

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Celebrate art as a beacon of imagination and possibility at Spark: CAM’s 2026 Gala on April 17 at 21c Museum Hotel St. Louis

Mar 17

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Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore: Surrealist Lovers Who Defied the German Occupation

Mar 13 / artnet

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Stepping into peace: Adrienne Danrich’s ‘Music as the Message’ returns as a restorative collaboration

Mar 11 / St. Louis American

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St. Louis spring and summer arts guide – Andrea Carlson: Endless Sunshine

Mar 11 / St. Louis Magazine

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A queer love story, a Nazi death sentence and a St. Louis exhibition

Mar 11 / St. Louis Jewish Light

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11 St. Louis museum exhibits and other cultural events to look forward to this spring

Mar 11 / St. Louis Post Dispatch

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74 Museum Exhibitions and Biennials to See This Spring: And I Saw New Heavens and a New Earth

Mar 11 / ARTnews

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St. Louis Business 500: Q&A with Lisa Melandri, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Mar 11 / St. Louis Magazine

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The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ Teen Museum Studies program turns students into curators

Feb 24 / St. Louis Magazine

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SLU Vogue brings the runway to the Contemporary Art Museum

Feb 24 / The University News

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Explore Cahokia’s influence on modern day art!

Jan 28 / Fox 2 - Inside Studio STL

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CAM presents a video by Ayana Evans on the Museum’s facade, opening March 6 in anticipation of the performance artist’s fall 2026 survey exhibition

Jan 21

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New exhibition explores the partnership, art, and activism of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore at CAM, opening March 6, 2026

Jan 21

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Andrea Carlson: Endless Sunshine brings new large-scale paintings exploring Indigenous sovereignty and the poetics of place to CAM, opening March 6, 2026

Jan 21

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Local artist Janie Stamm highlights the importance of preserving queer and natural history in the face of climate change in a new exhibition at CAM presented by Teen Museum Studies, opening March 6, 2026

Jan 21

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ArtReach: Confluence travels to Lambert International Airport, showcasing St. Louis waterways through art created by Sumner and Vashon students, on view through June 18, 2026

Jan 21

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Teen Studio Art Exhibition 2026 presents artwork made by students in CAM’s acclaimed LEAP Middle School Initiative and New Art in the Neighborhood programs

Jan 21

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CAM celebrates the close of the season at First Friday: Sights and Sounds on February 6, with performances by SLU Vogue and music by DJ Slim

Jan 15

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CGN’s 2026 Culture List: Andrea Carlson

Jan 7 / Chicago Gallery News

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Cahokia’s legacy meets the contemporary moment in CAM’s upcoming conversation on Haegue Yang’s Mound Vehicles on January 29

Jan 7

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Celebrating creativity and inclusion through CAM Connect

Dec 23, 2025 / Ladue News

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Start the year off engaging in mindful drop-in artmaking at CAM for First Friday: New Year’s Reset on January 2, from 5-9 pm

Dec 10, 2025

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Keepin it Local: Make your own gift wrap at the Contemporary Art Museum

Dec 4, 2025 / Fox 2

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Contemporary Art Museum celebrates 30 years of teen art in ‘We Find Ourselves’

Nov 26, 2025 / St. Louis Public Radio / St. Louis on the Air

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CAM transforms into a Winter Wonderland with free festive activities for First Friday in Grand Center on December 5, from 5-9 pm

Nov 18, 2025

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Celebrate World AIDS Day with Day With(out) Art featuring a virtual screening and conversation on December 1

Nov 17, 2025

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Six Art Spaces to Visit in St. Louis

Oct 29, 2025 / Hyperallergic

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Enjoy conversations, performances, and hands-on art experiences centering accessibility and shared communal space during First Friday: Gather ‘Round at CAM on November 7

Oct 29, 2025

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East High Sophomore Terilynn Zimmermann Makes Bold Strokes at the Contemporary Art Museum

Sep 23, 2025 / Hazelwood School District

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These 16 Artists Are the Biggest at U.S. Museums Right Now: Teresa Baker

Sep 16, 2025 / artnet

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Fall In Love With CAM trivia night fundraiser supports youth art education programs that inspire the next generation

Sep 15, 2025

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Fall Visual Arts Roundup – Teresa Baker: Somewhere Between Earth and Sky

Sep 4, 2025 / KC Studio Magazine

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The art of Anselm Kiefer, Haegue Yang and more at St. Louis museums this fall

Aug 25, 2025 / St. Louis Post Dispatch

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A-List Editors’ Choice Awards 2025: Arts, Culture & Entertainment (Museum Takeover – CAM’s Spring/Summer Exhibitions)

Aug 18, 2025 / St. Louis Magazine

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis names 2026 Great Rivers Biennial winners

Aug 12, 2025 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM and Gateway Foundation announce the winners of the 2026 Great Rivers Biennial Award

Aug 12, 2025

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A River Runs Through: Make the River Present and the Eads Bridge Gathering

Aug 10, 2025 / St. Louis American

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We Find Ourselves celebrates 30 Years of Teens Making Art in CAM’s Education Galleries, opening September 5, 2025

Aug 4, 2025

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Access is an Invitation: CAM Connect Showcase uplifts community-created artworks and centers accessibility as a shared creative practice, opening September 5, 2025

Aug 4, 2025

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Opening at CAM on September 5, 2025, Haegue Yang: Quasi-Heartland features a major new commission by this internationally-renowned artist, with activations of commission taking place on September 6 and First Fridays throughout the exhibition

Aug 4, 2025

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CAM presents most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by Teresa Baker in Somewhere Between Earth and Sky, opening September 5, 2025

Aug 4, 2025

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CAM presents new commission, Hai-Wen Lin: Orientation, on the Museum’s Facade as part of Street Views series, opening September 5, 2025

Aug 4, 2025

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Fall & Winter Arts Guide 2025 feat. Haegue Yang: Quasi-Heartland

Jul 29, 2025 / St. Louis Magazine

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis collaborates with Sumner and Vashon High Schools in “ArtReach: Confluence”

Jul 28, 2025 / Ladue News

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Interview: Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis feat. Lisa Melandri

Jul 22, 2025 / Now.St.Louis

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Family Day at Contemporary Art Museum offers creative fun for all ages

Jul 11, 2025 / KSDK - Show Me St. Louis

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Semi-finalists selected for Great Rivers Biennial 2026

Jul 10, 2025

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Family Day celebrates creativity, play, and community through hands-on art activities and performances at CAM on July 12

Jun 17, 2025

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A Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World: Haegue Yang and Hai-Wen Lin

May 22, 2025 / artnet

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CAM transforms into high-fantasy art and musical spectacular by Maxi Glamour for Faeded – a Pride Month celebration on June 6

May 21, 2025

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New Social Environment #1230 | Dean Daderko and Jo-ey Tang, with K. Curtis Kyle (Like Water)

May 16, 2025 / The Brooklyn Rail

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Great Rivers Biennial 2026 applications are open through June 1, 2025 to emerging and mid-career artists in the St. Louis metropolitan region with new jurors announced

May 15, 2025

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Local donations spotlighted on Give STL Day, with questions about federal funding

May 8, 2025 / KMOV 4

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Inside CAM St. Louis’ Dada Ball & Bash: “Ripple Effect”

Apr 28, 2025 / Ladue News

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THE NEW SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT: Like Water featuring Dean Daderko and Jo-ey Tang on May 16

Apr 18, 2025 / The Brooklyn Rail

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CAM’s 2025 Dada Ball & Bash: Ripple Effect raises over $370,000 to support ever-changing exhibitions and wave-making education programs

Apr 16, 2025

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Living it: Ripples through the night – Annual CAM fundraising gala flowed with fashion, style and fun

Apr 16, 2025 / St. Louis American

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‘Make the River Present’ exhibit encourages St. Louisans to connect with local waterways

Apr 16, 2025 / St. Louis on the Air / St. Louis Public Radio

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On View at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: Simone Fattal in Like Water

Apr 12, 2025 / GREENE NAFTALI

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Great Rivers Biennial 2026 applications are now open to emerging and mid-career artists in the St. Louis metropolitan region

Apr 9, 2025

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(Watch) Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Spring Exhibitions: Like Water and Make the River Present

Apr 3, 2025 / HEC-TV

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Living It: A cultural dip at CAM, latest exhibitions explore creative responses to area rivers

Mar 28, 2025 / St. Louis American

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Two civically-minded events aim to shape the future of St. Louis through community building, artistic activism, and dialogue at CAM on March 27

Mar 17, 2025

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Water takes center stage at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Mar 7, 2025 / St. Louis Magazine

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St. Louis’ cultural institutions are collaborating with area schools in creative ways

Feb 27, 2025 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM’s Dada Ball & Bash: Ripple Effect supports waves of change, creative growth, and free-flowing community at The Post Building on April 11

Feb 20, 2025

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Museum-wide exhibition Like Water considers landscape simultaneously as a material, physical condition and an interior emotional state, opening March 7

Feb 10, 2025

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Houston-based artist Jamal Cyrus premieres Horn Beam Sacrament, a new performance commissioned by CAM, on Saturday, March 8

Feb 10, 2025

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ArtReach: Confluence opens March 7, showcasing St. Louis waterways through art created by Sumner and Vashon students

Feb 10, 2025

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Living It: ‘Great Rivers Biennial’ continues through February 9 at CAM

Jan 25, 2025 / St. Louis American

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Make the River Present exhibition encourages creative engagement with the mighty rivers that surround us, opening March 7 in CAM’s Education Galleries

Jan 23, 2025

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First Friday in Grand Center celebrates Great Rivers Biennial 2024 exhibiting artist Saj Issa on February 7

Jan 22, 2025

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CAM’s Lisa Melandri and Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy explore Japanese ceramic artist Shinichi Sawada’s work in public conversation on January 23

Jan 15, 2025

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Looking ahead to 2025: Highlights in St. Louis arts, entertainment and dining

Dec 31, 2024 / St. Louis Post Dispatch

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Pottery studio builds inclusive community in Overland

Dec 31, 2024 / St. Louis Post Dispatch

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Top things to do this month in St. Louis

Dec 26, 2024 / St. Louis Magazine

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10 art exhibits to catch this month

Dec 3, 2024 / St. Louis Magazine

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St. Louis Is Still A Nice Little Secret

Nov 15, 2024 / Forbes

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Great Rivers Biennial art showcases home and heritage, in St. Louis and beyond

Nov 14, 2024 / St. Louis Public Radio / St. Louis on the Air

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CAM transforms into a Winter Wonderland with free festive activities for First Friday in Grand Center on December 6

Nov 1, 2024

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First Friday in Grand Center celebrating Great Rivers Biennial 2024 exhibiting artist Ronald Young on November 1

Oct 28, 2024

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Basil Kincaid and Bisa Butler explore familial and global influences, fabrics and quilting at Artist Talk on October 29

Oct 21, 2024

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Board of Directors appoints Paul J. Cambridge to serve as Chair

Oct 17, 2024

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Artist and community caretaker glyneisha and Teen Museum Studies students discuss collaboration, curation and culture at CAM on October 19

Oct 15, 2024

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Celebrate World AIDS Day with Day With(out) Art: Red Reminds Me… event at CAM on December 1

Oct 10, 2024

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Limitless Potentialities: A Review of the 2024 Great Rivers Biennial

Oct 8, 2024 / Sixty Inches From Center

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Great Rivers Biennial 2024

Sep 25, 2024 / HEC-TV

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First Friday in Grand Center celebrates Great Rivers Biennial 2024 exhibiting artist Basil Kincaid on October 4

Sep 24, 2024

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Transform Your Hood: Creative Civic Engagement

Sep 19, 2024 / HEC-TV

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CAM offers Voter Registration Office Hours for eligible Missouri and Illinois residents

Sep 17, 2024

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The 2024 Great Rivers Biennial artists are ready for the spotlight

Sep 2, 2024 / St. Louis Magazine

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Teen Studio Art Exhibition presents artwork by students in CAM’s LEAP Middle School Initiative and New Art in the Neighborhood programs

Aug 19, 2024

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Local artist glyneisha highlights the importance of generational connections in new Teen Museum Studies exhibition at CAM

Aug 19, 2024

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Paul Chan’s “Breathers” Turns Away

Aug 8, 2024 / Momus

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ArtSeen | Paul Chan: Breathers

Aug 1, 2024 / The Brooklyn Rail

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CAM partners with Speak Up St. Louis and Transform 314 on Transform Your Hood Town Hall

Jul 18, 2024

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Self-Taught Ceramic Artist Shinichi Sawada Explores Traditions of Japanese Pottery in Exhibition at CAM

Jul 11, 2024

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CAM Presents St. Louis-born Visual Artist and Filmmaker Charles Atlas’s Video Projection on the Museum’s Façade

Jul 11, 2024

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New Mural at CAM by Ad Minoliti with LGBTQIA+ Youth in St. Louis

Jul 11, 2024

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CAM Presents Great Rivers Biennial 2024: Saj Issa, Basil Kincaid, and Ronald Young Featuring New Work by Three St. Louis-based Artists

Jul 11, 2024

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CAM St. Louis celebrates 20-year milestone anniversary

Jul 5, 2024 / Ladue News

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Warhol Foundation Announces Spring 2024 Grantees

Jun 27, 2024 / Artforum

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Missouri House Representative LaKeySha Bosley honors CAM ArtReach Students with House Resolution

Jun 21, 2024

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Rep. LaKeySha Bosley to Recognize ArtReach Students from Vashon, Sumner and Clyde C. Miller Career Academy

Jun 10, 2024

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Celebrate Pride Month with 18 St. Louis Festivals and events

May 30, 2024 / St. Louis Post Dispatch

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Get “Faeded”: CAM and Pulitzer Arts Foundation are having a Pride party on June 7

May 30, 2024 / St. Louis American

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Celebrate Pride at these events in and around St. Louis – First Friday in Grand Center: Faeded Dance Party | June 7

May 28, 2024 / St. Louis Magazine

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Contemporary Art Museum trainings to help north St. Louis residents discuss redevelopment

May 17, 2024 / St. Louis Public Radio

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CAM to Receive $105,000 in Grants from the NEA to Support North St. Louis Initiative and Shinichi Sawada Exhibition

May 15, 2024

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CAM ‘Breathers’ exhibit showcases kinetic art that centers the necessity of air

May 10, 2024 / St. Louis on the Air

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Spring Exhibitions at CAM STL

May 8, 2024 / HEC-TV

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Public artwork by Mee Jey unveiled as part of CAM’s Collective Impact partnership with Creative Reaction Lab

May 7, 2024

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Speak Up St. Louis – Episode 14: Lisa Melandri, Executive Director of CAM

May 1, 2024 / Speak Up St. Louis

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A Cornerstone of Culture: CAM celebrates 20 years of art and growth in the Grand Center Arts District

Apr 30, 2024 / STLMade

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CAM’s 20th Anniversary Gala and Soirée raised over $600,000

Apr 29, 2024

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CAM captures the city’s love of contemporary art

Dec 21, 2023 / Sophisticated Living

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis receives a $140,000 grant from the Berges Family Foundation to support youth programs

Dec 5, 2023

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CAM presents major survey of artist Paul Chan’s work with Breathers, on view March 8–August 11, 2024

Nov 16, 2023

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Hajra Waheed Unites Voices of Resistance

Nov 8, 2023 / Frieze

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Visual artist Dominic Chambers reclaims his narrative

Oct 9, 2023 / St. Louis American

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CAM and The Luminary team up for Emerge series, offering free professional development workshops to support St. Louis artists

Oct 6, 2023

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Gateway to the West Looks Forward—St. Louis: A Hipster City with Forward-Thinking Artistic & Food Scene

Oct 4, 2023 / Travelgirl Magazine

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10 art exhibits to catch this month

Oct 2, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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Hajra Waheed, Dominic Chambers, and Justin Favela at CAM

Sep 22, 2023 / HEC Media

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STL Sites & Sounds

Sep 22, 2023 / St. Louis American

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Tens Across the Board Gives St. Louis’ Ballroom Scene Its Closeup

Sep 22, 2023 / Riverfront Times

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Best Bets: St. Charles Oktoberfest, Hispanic Festival, Tower Grove Pride and more

Sep 22, 2023 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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CAM Invites You to Lay on the Carpet — and Contemplate Lowriders

Sep 14, 2023 / Riverfront Times

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Jacolby Satterwhite’s First Major Survey Opens at SAIC Galleries

Sep 13, 2023 / Hyperallergic

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St. Louis-born artist Dominic Chambers reflects on significant spaces in “Birthplace”

Sep 11, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM celebrates 20 years in Grand Center Arts District with a Block Party on September 23

Sep 11, 2023

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Top 5 things to do in St. Louis this weekend: September 8–10

Sep 8, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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September Art Picks

Sep 8, 2023 / Sixty Inches from Center

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Meet the winners of the 2024 Great Rivers Biennial

Sep 6, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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Fall visual arts exhibitions from lost St. Louis architecture to today’s hip hop

Sep 5, 2023 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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10 art exhibits to catch this month

Sep 5, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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Why St. Louis Should Be on Every Art-Lover’s Travel List

Aug 30, 2023 / Matador Network

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Season Lookahead: Visual Arts Exhibition Highlights

Aug 30, 2023 / KC Studio

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Three St. Louis artists chosen for biennial honors at Contemporary Art Museum

Aug 28, 2023 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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CAM and Gateway Foundation announce the winners of the 2024 Great Rivers Biennial Award

Aug 28, 2023

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A guide to fall and winter arts in St. Louis

Aug 24, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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Artificial intelligence is creeping into the art scene of St. Louis, faster than some would like

Aug 18, 2023 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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A guide to the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Aug 10, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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Meet the Curator: Dean Daderko of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Aug 10, 2023 / Explore St. Louis

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Datebook: The Art World’s Fall Happenings to Add to Your Calendar

Aug 9, 2023 / Art in America

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Award-winning artist Hajra Waheed debuts first US solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, opening September 8

Aug 8, 2023

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Dominic Chambers’ new exhibition celebrates public sites of imagination and creativity in his hometown of St. Louis, opening September 8

Aug 8, 2023

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Justin Favela transforms Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ Project Wall with monumental cut paper installation, opening September 8

Aug 8, 2023

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August Art Picks

Aug 4, 2023 / Sixty Inches from Center

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Museums and local artists struggling to stay afloat, sees new hope with RAC multi-million dollar grant

Aug 2, 2023 / Fox 2 News

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Ruth Reese explores issues of transformation and growth in Teen Museum Studies exhibition Metamorphosis, opening September 8

Aug 1, 2023

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LEAP Middle School Initiative highlights collages, pizza paintings, and more in new exhibition by local teens

Aug 1, 2023

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New Art in the Neighborhood exhibition features DIY holograms, sand paintings, and creative reflections on identity

Aug 1, 2023

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101 things to do in St. Louis

Jul 27, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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10 art exhibits to catch this month

Jul 26, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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Semi-finalists selected for Great Rivers Biennial 2024

Jul 24, 2023

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July Art Picks

Jul 17, 2023 / Sixty Inches From Center

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12 LGBTQ+ Artists Having Institutional Shows This Pride Month

Jun 23, 2023 / ARTnews

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A-List Editors’ Choice Awards 2023: Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Jun 20, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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Where and when to celebrate Juneteenth in St. Louis

Jun 16, 2023 / KMOV

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St. Louis to celebrate Juneteenth in style

Jun 15, 2023 / St. Louis American

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Galleries Report Strong Sales on Art Basel’s Opening Day, Proving the Fair Is Still the Market’s Bellwether

Jun 15, 2023 / ARTnews

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Discover a Dynamic Arts and Culture Scene in St. Louis

Jun 15, 2023 / Splash Magazines

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25 Free Things to Do With Your Kids This Summer in St. Louis

Jun 14, 2023 / Riverfront Times

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Gwangju Biennale Names 2024 Curator, Met Plans Provenance-Research Team, and More: Morning Links

Jun 8, 2023 / ARTnews

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Forbes says this St. Louis district is America’s most exciting emerging arts district

Jun 7, 2023 / KSDK

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Forbes praises St. Louis for nation’s ‘most exciting emerging arts district’

Jun 7, 2023 / Fox 2 News

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Martine Gutierrez presents her exhibition Anti-Icon: Apokalypsis at Fraenkel

Jun 6, 2023 / ArtDaily

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America’s Most Exciting Emerging Arts District Is In… St. Louis?

Jun 6, 2023 / Forbes

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The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend, June 1 to 4

Jun 2, 2023 / Riverfront Times

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Dada Ball raises $400,000 for Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

May 26, 2023 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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CAM’s 2023 Dada Ball & Bash raises $400,000 to support exhibitions and education programs

May 25, 2023

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis to receive $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for Justin Favela exhibition

May 24, 2023

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Pokémon art exhibition by American painter Katherine Bernhardt blows up Pikachu, Charizard, Ditto, Chansey and more

May 23, 2023 / South China Morning Post

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Sumner High School finds ‘pathway’ to success through innovate arts program

May 18, 2023 / KSDK / St. Louis American

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In Recognition: Ebony G. Patterson’s Multifaceted Practice Taps Beauty of Botanical World to Start Conversations About Visibility, Violence, and Survival

May 17, 2023 / Culture Type

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis appoints its new chief curator

May 10, 2023 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Dominic Chambers’ new exhibition celebrates public sites of imagination and creativity in his hometown of St. Louis

May 10, 2023

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Award-winning artist Hajra Waheed opens first US solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis this fall

May 10, 2023

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Justin Favela transforms Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ Project Wall with monumental cut paper installation in Fall 2023

May 10, 2023

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis appoints Dean Daderko as new Ferring Foundation Chief Curator

May 9, 2023

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Jacolby Satterwhite and ArtReach: Tales from North St. Louis at CAM

May 8, 2023 / HEC Media

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Teiger Foundation Awards $4.2 million to curatorial projects

May 8, 2023 / Artforum

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Collective Impact launches new collaborative exhibition with artist Mee Jey, opening July 12

Apr 20, 2023

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis awarded $50,000 grant from Teiger Foundation in support of upcoming Paul Chan exhibition

Apr 10, 2023

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CAM announces Podcast-in-Residence for Speak Up St. Louis Season 2

Apr 7, 2023

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Artist Alia Farid Receives $100,000 After Winning One of the World’s Biggest Art Awards

Mar 30, 2023 / ARTnews

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Call for Artists: Great Rivers Biennial 2024

Mar 28, 2023

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St. Louis Art Exhibits to Check Out This Weekend

Mar 16, 2023 / Riverfront Times

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CAM’s Dada Ball & Bash launches St. Louis to the next dimension with cyber-themed fundraiser on May 13, 2023

Mar 16, 2023

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Best Bets: ‘Doctor Who,’ Ali Siddiq, 314 Day, Indigo Girls and spring art exhibitions

Mar 13, 2023 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend, March 9 to 12

Mar 10, 2023 / Riverfront Times

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5 Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend: March 9–12

Mar 9, 2023 / Explore St. Louis

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Online Dispatch Vol. LX: EXPO Chicago and The Peninsula Chicago Announce Neo Chicago, Featuring Highlights from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection

Mar 2, 2023 / EXPO Chicago

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Memorable concerts ahead as classical season winds down for many St. Louis groups

Mar 2, 2023 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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From medieval to Monet to modern, spring art exhibitions offer variety to visitors

Mar 2, 2023 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Sharjah Biennial 15 Prize Winners Announced

Feb 28, 2023 / Sharjah Art Foundation

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The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Opens the Door to Jacolby Satterwhite’s World

Feb 24, 2023 / Explore St. Louis

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Amia Srinivasan and Paul Chan

Feb 23, 2023 / Artforum

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Gala Porras-Kim: Entre lapsos de historias (Between Lapses of Histories)

Feb 20, 2023 / Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City

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A guide to spring and summer arts in St. Louis

Feb 17, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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Legends and icons: St. Louis ballroom community thrives underground

Feb 10, 2023 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Jacolby Satterwhite’s dream-like virtual worlds arrive at CAM in major museum-wide exhibition, opening March 10

Feb 10, 2023

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CRXLAB x CAM: Artwork for Equity kicks off two collaborative exhibitions with Creative Reaction Lab this season at CAM, opening March 10

Feb 10, 2023

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ArtReach: Tales from North St. Louis champions hometown connections in student artist exhibition, opening March 10

Feb 10, 2023

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CAM joins Museums for All initiative to expand free access, launches St. Louis as first “Hub City” in Missouri

Feb 7, 2023

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CAM celebrates 20 years of the Great Rivers Biennial in special event on January 26th

Jan 17, 2023

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23 brand-new things to do across the metro area in 2023

Jan 2, 2023 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM marks World AIDS Day with Day With(out) Art: Being & Belonging

Nov 30, 2022 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM celebrates reaching its $10 million goal for Create: The CAMpaign with new curatorial title honoring The Ferring Foundation

Nov 30, 2022

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CAM hosts 4th annual Black Friday Ball & Marketplace on November 25th

Nov 16, 2022

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As the world pays belated attention to Puerto Rico, homegrown art space Embajada gallery puts down roots

Nov 15, 2022 / Artnet News

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Day With(out) Art 2022: Being & Belonging commemorates World AIDS Day on Dec. 1

Nov 14, 2022

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Celebrated artist Jacolby Satterwhite’s dream-like virtual worlds arrive at CAM in first major solo exhibition

Nov 10, 2022

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Yowshien Kuo: Q&A

Nov 3, 2022 / Ruckus

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Diane von Furstenberg’s All-out Excellent Adventure in St. Louis

Oct 17, 2022 / Women's Wear Daily

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Best Museum: Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Sep 30, 2022 / Riverfront Times

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Fall in Love with CAM Trivia Night supports museum’s K-12 education programs on November 12th

Sep 29, 2022

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Movers and Shakers: Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Names Deputy Director

Sep 29, 2022 / Artnet News

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Contemporary Art Museum announces new deputy director

Sep 29, 2022 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis announces new Deputy Director Jessica Whittaker

Sep 26, 2022

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Contemporary Art Museum Exhibition Celebrates 3 St. Louis Artists

Sep 23, 2022 / Riverfront Times

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CAM celebrates a decade of visionary leadership with Executive Director Lisa Melandri

Sep 22, 2022

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What Are You Doing About It? Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, STL Supper Club, and Ritenour Health

Sep 14, 2022 / Fox 2 St. Louis

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St. Louis artist tells stories of domestic abuse survivors in CAM exhibition

Sep 14, 2022 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Top 5 things to do in St. Louis this weekend: September 9–11

Sep 9, 2022 / St. Louis Magazine

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Artists evoke environmental concerns in fall visual arts exhibitions

Sep 9, 2022 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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A Guide to Arts and Culture this September

Sep 8, 2022 / ArtReview

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Información en Español: We didn’t ask permission, we just did it… (No pedimos permiso, simplemente lo hicimos…)

Sep 2, 2022

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Fall Visual Arts Roundup

Aug 31, 2022 / KC Studio

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Bones of contention: St. Louis museums reconsider displaying human remains

Aug 29, 2022 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Neighborhood banner project remembers St. Louis Black heroes

Aug 25, 2022 / St. Louis American

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12 can’t-miss arts events in St. Louis this fall

Aug 25, 2022 / Riverfront Times

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A guide to fall and winter arts in St. Louis

Aug 24, 2022 / St. Louis Magazine

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Local museums receive vital funding from Institute of Museum and Library Services

Aug 18, 2022 / West Newsmagazine

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Chief Curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi on jury for 2024 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize

Aug 18, 2022

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CAM awarded $150,545 IMLS Museums for America Grant to support audience engagement research and strategic planning

Aug 17, 2022

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Great Rivers Biennial 2022 highlights new work by award-winning artists Yowshien Kuo, Yvonne Osei, and Jon Young, opening September 9

Aug 16, 2022

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Mona Chalabi’s Squeeze illustrates global impacts on endangered plant and animal species, opening September 9

Aug 16, 2022

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We didn’t ask permission, we just did it… revisits three influential exhibition series in Puerto Rico, opening September 9

Aug 16, 2022

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Sukanya Mani explores issues of personal and collective safety in Weight of Shadows, opening September 9

Aug 16, 2022

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New Perspectives celebrates the return of onsite collaboration with student artist exhibition, opening September 9

Aug 16, 2022

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CAM awarded $15,000 Artistic Innovation Grant from Mid-America Arts Alliance for Collective Impact

Jul 25, 2022 / Mid-America Arts Alliance

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Museum Focus: Lisa Melandri and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Jul 15, 2022 / Phillips

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CAM and GatewayGIS celebrate North St. Louis history through banner exhibition

Jul 12, 2022 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM and CRXLAB Announce Selection of Artist Juan William Chávez to Lead Collective Impact 2022 Community Project, with Master Gardener Kiersten Torrez

Jul 12, 2022

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CAM Awarded $75,000 from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for Hajra Waheed Exhibition in Fall 2023

Jul 7, 2022

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GatewayGIS Neighborhood Banner Project: Learning North St. Louis History Through Design, open now

Jun 30, 2022

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CAM Welcomes Summer 2022 Fellowship Cohort

Jun 30, 2022

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CAM Fall/Winter Exhibitions Include the Tenth Great Rivers Biennial 2022 With New Work by Three Award Winning Artists, Opening September 9

Jun 15, 2022

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Mona Chalabi’s Squeeze Presents Illustrations Highlighting Dire Statistics of Endangered Plants and Animal Species in her Upcoming CAM Exhibition Opening on September 9

Jun 10, 2022

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New Exhibition Opens Sept 9, 2022 – Guest Curated By Paz And Rivera Of Embajada

Jun 10, 2022

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis to Receive $45,000 from the National Endowment of the Arts

May 24, 2022

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CAM’s 2022 Gala, DIVE IN, honors Nancy and Ken Kranzberg; raises more than $410,000 to support exhibitions and education programs

May 2, 2022

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St. Louis’ Contemporary Art Museum Named a Host Organization for This Summer’s ArtTable Fellowship Program

Apr 29, 2022 / Ladue News

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Curatorial Convening of Small Non-Collecting Contemporary Art Institutions

Apr 1, 2022

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Kahlil Robert Irving roves across millenniums at MoMA

Mar 23, 2022 / New York Times

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A look at the spring/summer season at CAM with chief curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi

Mar 15, 2022 / St. Louis Magazine

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The Ethics of Dust: Martha Buskirk on the Art of Gala Porras-Kim

Mar 10, 2022 / Artforum

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Teaching Artists: How St. Louis cultural institutions are ensuring that kids can access the arts

Mar 10, 2022 / St. Louis Magazine

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DIVE IN, CAM’s 2022 Gala, invites guests back into the swim of things while raising funds for exhibitions, education, and honoring Nancy and Ken Kranzberg

Mar 9, 2022

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Collective Impact defines “safety” through art and public interaction, opening March 25

Mar 2, 2022

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Student artwork from Sumner and Vashon High Schools open at CAM, March 25

Mar 2, 2022

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Alia Farid’s folkloric vision of an Iranian island comes to CAM, March 25

Mar 2, 2022

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Martine Gutierrez brings HIT MOVIE: Vol. 1 to CAM, March 25

Mar 2, 2022

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Gala Porras-Kim investigates institutions and the artifacts they keep, opening March 25

Mar 2, 2022

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Lawrence Abu Hamdan: The Sonic Image

Feb 21, 2022 / Universes in Universe

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CAM selected as a 2022 Host Organization for the ArtTable Fellowship Program, supporting women-identifying individuals in the visual arts

Feb 17, 2022

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Washington University’s Adrienne Davis and Raven Maragh-Lloyd among guest speakers for RE: Ebony and Jet

Feb 9, 2022 / The Source

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Gala Porras-Kim exhibition highlighted in St. Louis Magazine Spring+Summer Arts Guide

Feb 9, 2022 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM awarded $25,000 grant from The Bellwether Foundation for ArtReach teen and pre-teen school programs

Jan 31, 2022

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CAM hosts a public discussion and community celebration surrounding the legacy of Ebony and Jet magazines

Jan 18, 2022

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CAM’s New Art in the Neighborhood awarded $15,000 from Bayer Fund

Dec 27, 2021

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Showcase

Dec 22, 2021

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Former Whitney Museum curator Christopher Y. Lew heads to new L.A. artist residency program

Dec 13, 2021 / ARTnews

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Sumner High’s arts program makes progress with their Winter Showcase

Dec 10, 2021 / KSDK

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CAM commemorates World AIDS Day and St. Louis’ history with the disease

Dec 1, 2021 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Black Friday Ball among Top 5 things to do on Thanksgiving Weekend

Nov 29, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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Maxi Glamour co-hosts third Black Friday Ball at CAM

Nov 29, 2021 / Riverfront Times

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CAM’s Day With(out) Art programming puts community care in the spotlight

Nov 23, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM’s Day With(out) Art event to focus on AIDS awareness

Nov 23, 2021 / Riverfront Times

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Dread Scott celebrates a long-forgotten rebellion as a moment of resilience

Nov 18, 2021 / Hyperallergic

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Derek Fordjour among nine Artsy Vanguard alumni who have become leading contemporary artists

Nov 16, 2021 / Artsy

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Black Friday Ball & Marketplace at CAM

Nov 10, 2021

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Gala Porras-Kim’s exhibition chronicles her investigations into institutions and the cultural artifacts they keep

Nov 5, 2021

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Martine Gutierrez subverts pop culture narratives to explore identity through photography, installation, and large-scale video at CAM

Nov 5, 2021

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Alia Farid presents a folkloric vision of contemporary life on an Iranian island

Nov 5, 2021

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis receives new American Rescue Plan grant

Nov 5, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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Day With(out) Art: Enduring Care champions community care in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the first HIV/AIDS diagnosis

Nov 4, 2021

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CAM awarded $36,524 Institute of Museum and Library Services American Rescue Plan grant

Nov 3, 2021

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St. Louis area organizations ask city, county officials for portion of pandemic relief funds

Nov 3, 2021 / Fox 2 now

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Over 100 St. Louis arts organizations ask for federal coronavirus relief funds

Nov 3, 2021 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Review—Shara Hughes: On Edge

Nov 3, 2021 / Sixty Inches from Center

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Yuz Museum announces “Shara Hughes: The Bridge”

Nov 3, 2021 / CAFA

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Local artist Yowshien Kuo receives Great Rivers Biennial Award

Oct 25, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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Tenth Great Rivers Biennial Award winners announced

Oct 20, 2021

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Martine Gutierrez: ANTI-ICON

Oct 18, 2021 / Public Art Fund

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Listening to the past & What history calls for: an interview with Gala Porras-Kim

Oct 14, 2021 / ArtAsiaPacific

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Shara Hughes brings ‘On Edge’ to Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Oct 11, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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Farah Al Qasimi’s Hello Future on shortlist for PhotoBook of the year

Oct 5, 2021 / Aperture

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Guadalupe Maravilla selected for The Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award 2021

Oct 5, 2021 / Henie Onstad Art Center

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Finalists chosen for Great Rivers Biennial Arts Award Program

Sep 30, 2021 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Trenton Doyle Hancock elected to National Academy of Design

Sep 30, 2021 / ArtDaily

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Cultures learned and shared

Sep 29, 2021

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CAM Assistant Curator Misa Jeffereis selected for Association of Art Museum Curators Foundation’s Mentorship Program

Sep 29, 2021

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Finalists selected for tenth GREAT RIVERS BIENNIAL 2022

Sep 29, 2021

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New Season, New Art

Sep 16, 2021 / St. Louis American

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Hauser & Wirth presents new sculpture, painting, and collage by Lorna Simpson

Sep 15, 2021 / ArtDaily

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The must-see artists of the Armory Show

Sep 10, 2021 / PaperCity

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Art fairs come blazing back, precarious but defiant

Sep 9, 2021 / The New York Times

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New York fairs return with reports of brisk sales

Sep 9, 2021 / Barron's

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Fall/Winter exhibitions highlighted in St. Louis Post-Dispatch fall art preview

Sep 9, 2021 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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future as spectrum curated by Wassan Al-Khudhairi

Sep 8, 2021 / The Armory Show 2021 Show Guide

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The 2021 Armory Show heralds the return of New York’s art scene

Sep 8, 2021 / Galerie

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Shara Hughes first major solo exhibition in the US at CAM

Sep 6, 2021 / ArtDaily

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Kathy Butterly’s quirky vessels combine painting, sculpture at CAM exhibition

Sep 1, 2021 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Top 5 events in St. Louis this weekend

Sep 1, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya: mirrors, exposure, and concealment

Aug 26, 2021 / Wallpaper

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Lorna Simpson’s ‘Heads’ coming to Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Aug 18, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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Shara Hughes’s wild color on view at CAM, opens Sep 3

Aug 18, 2021

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Kathy Butterly reveals the power of the small in her intimate sculptures, opens Sep 3

Aug 18, 2021

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Farah Al Qasimi creates site-specific photo-based installation on CAM Project Wall, opens Sep 3

Aug 18, 2021

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Lorna Simpsons’s Heads lights up Street Views, opens Sep 3

Aug 18, 2021

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Local artist Summer Brooks selected by Teen Museum Studies for exhibition at CAM

Aug 18, 2021

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A shape-shifting woman plays all the parts

Aug 13, 2021 / New York Times

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Review: Stories of Resistance at CAM

Aug 12, 2021 / UnderMain

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Hirshhorn to present North American premiere of “Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory”

Aug 6, 2021 / Smithsonian

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Stories of Resistance: Review

Aug 2, 2021 / Ruckus

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Crim Dolla Cray is all inclusive

Jul 27, 2021

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Derek Eller Gallery opens solo exhibitions of works by William Downs and André Ethier

Jul 19, 2021 / ArtDaily

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CAM awarded $50,000 PNC Arts Alive Grant to support Collective Impact

Jul 7, 2021

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Call for Artists: Great Rivers Biennial 2022

Jun 30, 2021

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Three prominent St. Louis activists speak on grassroots efforts for change

Jun 23, 2021

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In Ebony G. Patterson’s “garden,” hidden dangers and delights

Jun 21, 2021 / KQED

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12 galleries that aren’t in New York or even Los Angeles

Jun 17, 2021 / T: The New York Times Style Magazine

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St. Louis arts organizations share $250,000 in PNC Arts Alive grant funding and support

Jun 17, 2021 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Accessibility to the self

Jun 15, 2021

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This trendy St. Louis museum is reimagining the city’s local art scene

Jun 8, 2021 / Rolling Stone

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Inside Shara Hughes’s soaring market

May 27, 2021 / Artsy

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Interactive exhibition A Sense of Home opens as part of Collective Impact partnership with Creative Reaction Lab

May 25, 2021

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BBQ: Beers, Bites and Questions Virtual Trivia Night supports CAM programs

May 24, 2021

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A deceptively beautiful tapestry about mourning

May 24, 2021 / New York Times

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All that she is: A review of Ebony G. Patterson at Monique Meloche

May 21, 2021 / New City Art

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5 St. Louis area museums where you can tie the knot

May 21, 2021 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Yowshien Kuo among 16 rising artists of the Asian diaspora in the US

May 20, 2021 / Artsy

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At MassMoCA, art and the struggle for equality

May 20, 2021 / New York Times

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Top 5 events in St. Louis this weekend: May 21–23

May 20, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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Artist Emily Jacir’s Bethlehem arts center ransacked by Israeli army

May 19, 2021 / Hyperallergic

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Ebony G. Patterson @ ICA San Jose

May 8, 2021 / Squarecylinder

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Sanford Biggers opens at Rockefeller Center with Art Production Fund

May 6, 2021 / Artdaily

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The artist upending photography’s brutal racial legacy

May 6, 2021 / New York Times

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Shara Hughes first major solo museum exhibition in US features more than thirty paintings from 2015–21

May 5, 2021

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Kathy Butterly’s intimate ceramic sculptures take up residence at CAM

May 5, 2021

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Farah Al Qasimi installs her largest museum installation to date on CAM’s Project Wall, filling the space with vibrant, maximalized colors

May 5, 2021

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Recent video work by acclaimed artist Lorna Simpson shimmers on CAM’s facade for Street Views

May 5, 2021

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CAM’s 2021 Dada Ball raises more than $210,000 to support exhibitions and education programs

May 4, 2021

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A Counting maps the linguistic diversity in the US through sound and signs

May 4, 2021 / STIRworld

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The Armory Show to kick off New York’s fall arts season, featuring 194 international exhibitors for its 2021 edition

May 4, 2021 / Artdaily

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Dada Ball goes virtual this Friday

Apr 29, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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With numbers on par with 2020 edition, Armory Show names galleries for in-person 2021 fair

Apr 27, 2021 / ARTnews

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Syna So Pro’s electronic music, forged at CAM, provides a soundscape for art

Apr 16, 2021 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Solo exhibition of new work by Wendy Red Star opens at Sargent’s Daughters

Apr 11, 2021 / Artdaily

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Stories of Resistance resonates with students, seeks global connections

Apr 8, 2021 / The Journal

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Stephanie Syjuco’s Native Resolutions won’t let racism remain filed away

Apr 6, 2021 / KQED

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Sumner High School gave the world Chuck Berry, Tina Turner, Arthur Ashe, Grace Bumbry, and Dick Gregory. This spring, it almost closed.

Mar 31, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM’s Dada Ball is a Silver Linings Virtual Celebration, April 30, 2021

Mar 31, 2021

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Radio Resistance broadcasts dialogue between local and global agents of change on St. Louis on the Air and at CAM

Mar 25, 2021

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Spring Arts Guide: Six art exhibits illuminate the past, present, and future

Mar 23, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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New MIT Media Lab project aims to ‘create space for all languages and accents to coexist’

Mar 23, 2021 / Creative Boom

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Radio Resistance explores connection between activism in St. Louis and the world

Mar 16, 2021 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Sumner High School revives in an arts spotlight

Mar 12, 2021

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Stories of Resistance at CAM tells story of resilience

Mar 11, 2021 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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St. Louis Board of Education approves plan to keep historic Sumner High School open, offer enhanced arts education

Mar 10, 2021 / St. Louis Magazine

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The new language of education

Mar 4, 2021

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Stories of Resistance opens March 12

Mar 1, 2021

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Artist Ekene Ijeoma seeks to capture the languages and accents of St. Louis

Feb 23, 2021 / St. Louis Public Radio

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A Counting creates a sound portrait of the voices, languages, and cultures of St. Louis

Feb 15, 2021

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Tim Portlock on software cities and the new American sublime

Feb 12, 2021 / Artforum

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Derek Fordjour, fast-rising painter, gets L.A. gallery representation at David Kordansky

Feb 2, 2021 / ARTnews

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Tim Portlock’s “Nickels from Heaven” isn’t dystopian — it’s reality

Jan 29, 2021 / St. Louis Public Radio

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CAM Chief Curator receives national honors

Jan 21, 2021 / Ladue News

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What I buy and why: St. Louis collector Susan Barrett

Jan 18, 2021 / Artnet

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Terry Adkins, CAM, and Monaco—Visiting St. Louis in a pandemic

Jan 17, 2021 / ADF webmagazine

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The best art of 2020: Farah Al Qasimi

Dec 30, 2020 / The New Yorker

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St. Louis artists share bright moments of 2020

Dec 30, 2020 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis showcases Yowshien Kuo’s Western Venom

Dec 21, 2020 / Ladue News

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Stories of Resistance explores forms of resistance across the world

Dec 16, 2020

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A conversation with Paul Mpagi Sepuya on his new publication with Wassan Al-Khudhairi

Dec 14, 2020 / findART.cc

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Did you see Sherald’s work at CAM? One painting just sold for over $4.2 million

Dec 10, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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CAM celebrates Black queer community

Dec 3, 2020 / St. Louis American

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Kahlil Robert Irving’s ‘At Dusk’ exhibit ruminates on physical, digital time

Dec 2, 2020 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Forbes 30 under 30 prizes: Kahlil Robert Irving

Dec 2, 2020 / Forbes

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Beauty and lamentations: Ebony G. Patterson at CAM

Dec 2, 2020 / The Source

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Marching to the Beat of Their Own Drum

Nov 27, 2020 / New York Times

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Black Friday is a drag—and that’s a good thing at lively CAM event

Nov 27, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Wassan Al-Khudhairi selected 2021 Center for Curatorial Leadership Fellow

Nov 25, 2020

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CAM hosts Black Friday Ball & Marketplace online

Nov 24, 2020

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Black queer culture to be showcased and celebrated at CAM’s Black Friday Ball

Nov 20, 2020 / St. Louis Magazine

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Apollo Awards 2020 Artist of the Year: Toyin Ojih Odutola

Nov 19, 2020 / Apollo Magazine

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Derek Fordjour, from anguish to transcendence

Nov 19, 2020 / The New York Times

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If museums want to diversify, they’ll have to change. A lot.

Nov 18, 2020 / Vox

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Chief Curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi selected as Focus Curator for the 2021 Armory Show and awarded $25,000 VIA Art Fund 2021 Curatorial Fellowship

Nov 17, 2020

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Washington People: Tim Portlock

Nov 11, 2020 / The Source

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Christie’s selects Hayv Kahraman as one of seven female artists from the Middle East to know

Nov 9, 2020 / Christie's

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CAM hosts 2nd annual Black Friday Marketplace & Ball

Oct 27, 2020

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Abigail DeVille reimagines Lady Liberty’s torch to meet this moment

Oct 26, 2020 / New York Times

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Deana Lawson awarded Hugo Boss Prize 2020

Oct 23, 2020 / Artdaily

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Derek Fordjour: painting the Black experience

Oct 20, 2020 / Financial Times

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Liz Johnson Artur photographs FKA Twigs for the New York Times

Oct 19, 2020 / New York Times

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Derek Fordjour: SHELTER

Oct 13, 2020 / Art Papers

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Trenton Doyle Hancock: Something American at James Cohan Gallery, NYC

Oct 12, 2020 / Arte Fuse

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Nickels from Heaven

Oct 6, 2020 / World-Architects

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In CAM show, Rachel Youn explores where megachurch meets dance club

Sep 23, 2020 / St. Louis Public Radio

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The Artsy Vanguard 2020 Newly Emerging: Kahlil Robert Irving

Sep 21, 2020 / Artsy

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An artist’s statement: Arts leaders reflect on how 2020 has changed our cultural institutions

Sep 21, 2020 / St. Louis Magazine

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A pandemic perspective on art

Sep 20, 2020 / The University News

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Exhibition of new work by Trenton Doyle Hancock spans both of James Cohan’s locations

Sep 19, 2020 / Artdaily

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Yowshien Kuo’s cowboy paintings challenge whitewashed portrayals of the American West

Sep 17, 2020 / Artsy

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St. Louis Art Museum leader Brent Benjamin will retire next year

Sep 16, 2020 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Hayv Kahraman is examining what it means to be “immune”

Sep 15, 2020 / Hyperallergic

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CAM joins PLAN YOUR VOTE to encourage voter registration at the museum

Sep 10, 2020

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Wangechi Mutu, Patti Smith, and 62 other artists created images for a get-out-the-vote campaign ahead of the US elections—see them here

Sep 10, 2020 / Artnet

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Coolin’ with Tim Portlock

Sep 9, 2020 / Silver Space

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‘Dancing’ plants, collage, fantastic landscapes among new works at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Sep 9, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Garden of healing—and poison; Ebony G. Patterson’s mixed-media show opens Sept. 11 at CAM

Sep 7, 2020 / St. Louis American

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The resilience of St. Louis’s art museums

Sep 3, 2020 / Sophisticated Living

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Coolin’ with Kahlil Robert Irving

Sep 2, 2020 / Silver Space

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NEA Director: Creativity and persistence, then and now in suffrage fight

Aug 31, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Great Rivers Biennial 2020 exhibition opening

Aug 28, 2020

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Ebony G. Patterson exhibition opening

Aug 28, 2020

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Education Gallery Exhibitions opening

Aug 28, 2020

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Mark Twain had an idea for a Philippine flag

Aug 27, 2020 / Esquire

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Tala Madani is the 2020 winner of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s James Dicke Contemporary Art Prize

Aug 26, 2020 / Smithsonian

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Coolin’ with Rachel Youn: Interview

Aug 26, 2020 / Silver Space

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Back in the Groove: CAM, Magic House and Saint Louis Zoo reopen

Aug 24, 2020 / Town & Style

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In Memory of Sequoia Whitfield

Aug 21, 2020

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“Landscapes opened a whole new world for me”: Artist Shara Hughes on how she subverts the tradition of flower painting

Aug 17, 2020 / Artnet

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Cracking codes with Sanford Biggers

Aug 17, 2020 / New York Times

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CAM is “a tranquil refuge from an increasingly stressful world”

Aug 14, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Kahlil Robert Irving’s gritty ceramics and internet collages examine contemporary violence

Jul 24, 2020 / Artsy

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After Shelter gathers St. Louisans’ pandemic reflections for StoryCorps

Jul 22, 2020 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Katherine Bernhardt’s Black Lives Matter mural is whitewashed by city contractor

Jul 21, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Open Studios STL 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19

Jul 15, 2020

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CAM reopens with COVID-19 safety protocols and four exhibits that need to be experienced in person

Jul 9, 2020 / St. Louis Magazine

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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Tim Portlock

Jul 8, 2020

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Art + Space: Brad Cloepfil

Jul 8, 2020 / Lauren Henkin

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Liz Johnson Artur among recipients of Turner Bursary Prizes from Tate Britain

Jul 2, 2020 / The Guardian

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CAM invites museumgoers to share personal reflections for StoryCorps in the summer-long program After Shelter

Jul 1, 2020

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Art at Home: Remix Portrait

Jun 29, 2020

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Contemporary Art Museum to reopen with health safety measures

Jun 23, 2020 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Contemporary Art Museum will reopen July 9 with ongoing exhibitions

Jun 22, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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CAM reopens Thursday, July 9, 2020

Jun 22, 2020

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Five art-focused activities parents can do with their kids at home

Jun 18, 2020 / St. Louis Magazine

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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Rachel Youn

Jun 17, 2020

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CAM Fall/Winter exhibitions include Great Rivers Biennial 2020 featuring new work by three award-winning artists in St. Louis

Jun 10, 2020

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Stories of Resistance explores forms of resistance across the world

Jun 10, 2020

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CAM Fall/Winter exhibitions feature new works by Ebony G. Patterson exploring the garden as symbol

Jun 10, 2020

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14 artists on the importance of portraying queer love, including Jess T. Dugan and Paul Mpagi Sepuya

Jun 10, 2020 / Artsy

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“Tell Me a Story, I Don’t Care If It’s True”: New works on paper by Toyin Ojih Odutola

Jun 8, 2020 / Juxtapoz

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Joan Blase Goodson, CAM founding board member, dies at 94

Jun 8, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Kahlil Robert Irving

Jun 4, 2020

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Derek Fordjour honors disenfranchised communities in his vibrant, layered work

Jun 4, 2020 / Artsy

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Kahlil Robert Irving and Richard Munaba: Safetyfirst&Fantasies_BLOCKCHAIN

Jun 1, 2020 / Wesleyan University Center for the Arts

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Stories of Resistance artist Guadalupe Maravilla is centering mutual aid and indigenous medicinal practices

Jun 1, 2020 / Hyperallergic

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Art at Home: Collaging the Self

May 29, 2020

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Ebony G. Patterson: The interactivity of visual appeal

May 19, 2020 / Chicago Gallery News

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Why Katherine Bernhardt’s freewheeling paintings attract collectors of all kinds

May 19, 2020 / Artsy

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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Bethany Collins

May 14, 2020

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Four CAM exhibition artists among Tiffany Foundation Grant winners: Kahlil Robert Irving, Deana Lawson, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Stephanie Syjuco

May 14, 2020 / Artsy

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Art at Home: Automatic Drawing

May 8, 2020

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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Paul Mpagi Sepuya

May 8, 2020

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Get to know artists intimately with these new monographs: Paul Mpagi Sepuya

May 5, 2020 / Elephant

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Essential Arts with Best Arts Online: Tim Youd Retypes The Tunnel

May 2, 2020 / Los Angeles Times

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Art at Home: Code Quilting

May 1, 2020

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Art at Home: Tim Youd Retypes The Tunnel

May 1, 2020 / LA Weekly

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LA artist plans to connect with St. Louis novelist William Gass—by typing in the garage

Apr 30, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Tim Youd

Apr 28, 2020

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Editors’ Picks: 12 events for your virtual art calendar this week

Apr 28, 2020 / Artnet

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A new Mapplethorpe? The queer zine legend reinventing the nude

Apr 28, 2020 / The Guardian

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Tim Youd will retype William Gass’ mammoth ‘The Tunnel’ on livestream

Apr 27, 2020 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Tim Youd retypes William Gass’s The Tunnel

Apr 27, 2020

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Art at a distance: Museums, galleries and fairs are quiet, but artists find ways to keep creating

Apr 23, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Former DJ-in-residence Syrhea Conaway on her music

Apr 23, 2020 / Alive

Art at Home: Fiber Weaving

Apr 20, 2020

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Sought-after Guggenheim Fellowships go to Sanford Biggers, Zoe Leonard, Sky Hopinka, more

Apr 16, 2020 / ARTnews

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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Marina Zurkow

Apr 16, 2020

Art at Home: Paper Sculpture

Apr 15, 2020

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New Art in the Neighborhood artist Deja Brewer-Moore awarded college credit at Webster University through CAM-University Credit Program

Apr 13, 2020

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In the Middle of the Mess

Apr 10, 2020

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Former Great Rivers Biennial award winner Lyndon Barrois Jr. and Wyndi DeSouza receive Sam Fox School 2020 Stone & Deguire Award

Apr 9, 2020 / The Source

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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Christine Corday

Apr 8, 2020

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Derek Fordjour considers the precariousness of shelter

Apr 6, 2020 / Hyperallergic

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Art at Home: Colored Pencil Blending

Apr 6, 2020

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Art at Home: Blind Contour Drawing

Apr 5, 2020

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Art at Home: Paper Collage

Mar 31, 2020

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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Stephanie Syjuco

Mar 31, 2020

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Pining for penguins? Missing your museum? St. Louis attractions reach out online

Mar 30, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Art at Home: The Thirsty Bird Flip-book

Mar 26, 2020

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Portraits that capture three decades of black culture

Mar 24, 2020 / Huck

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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Liz Johnson Artur

Mar 24, 2020

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya, the photographer conjuring digital cruising culture

Mar 23, 2020 / Another Man

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Art at Home: Embroidery with Janie Stamm

Mar 21, 2020

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Where the Magic Happens

Mar 19, 2020

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New in 2020: African American art books explore the work of Ming Smith, Noah Davis, Horace Pippin, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and more

Mar 19, 2020 / Culture Type

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Museums around the world are sharing their most Zen art on social media to help people relax

Mar 18, 2020 / Real Simple

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St. Louis Art Museum, Contemporary museum close to all visitors

Mar 17, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is closed until further notice

Mar 16, 2020

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How two nontraditional St. Louis arts programs are engaging students in learning

Mar 16, 2020 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM public programs and events are postponed until further notice

Mar 13, 2020

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From Art Camp to CAM

Feb 28, 2020

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L.A.’s arts community drives Angelinos to the polls with the For Freedoms Congress

Feb 28, 2020 / L.A. Weekly

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Liz Johnson Artur’s photographs capture the vibrancy of black youth culture

Feb 27, 2020 / Artsy

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The art hidden in the world’s largest nuclear reactor

Feb 26, 2020 / Forbes

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Project Lost Island

Feb 21, 2020

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CAM Ambassadors

Feb 14, 2020

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis opens SHELTER exhibit

Feb 13, 2020 / Ladue News

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Create, CAM’s 2020 Gala, honors Alison and John Ferring, April 10, 2020

Feb 10, 2020

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Shining a Spotlight

Feb 6, 2020

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Meet James Biko, CAM’s new DJ-in-residence

Feb 6, 2020 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Liz Johnson Artur brings Dusha show to CAM

Jan 31, 2020 / St. Louis American

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CAM announces First Friday DJ-in-residence James Biko

Jan 30, 2020

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Farah Al Qasimi brings jubilation to New York City bus routes

Jan 30, 2020 / The New Yorker

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Arts intel: Derek Fordjour SHELTER at CAM

Jan 27, 2020 / Air Mail

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See this now: Liz Johnson Artur’s Dusha at CAM

Jan 24, 2020 / St. Louis Magazine

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Beyond white walls: CAM exhibition examines ‘what we all seek’

Jan 17, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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CAM awarded $75,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for 2020 fall exhibition Stories of Resistance

Jan 16, 2020

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CAM Gets Dirty

Jan 16, 2020

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Lawrence Abu Hamdan is awarded the Future Fields Commission in Time-Based Media

Jan 6, 2020 / Artdaily

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CAM awarded $25,000 for education programs from The Bellwether Foundation

Jan 6, 2020

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Eye-catching 2020 exhibitions

Jan 3, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Preview: Derek Fordjour: SHELTER at CAM

Jan 2, 2020 / Artforum

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Sanford Biggers among ten best New England museum exhibitions

Dec 27, 2019 / Boston Globe

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Stephanie Syjuco’s Rogue States at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Dec 19, 2019 / ASIA: Art Spectacle International Asia

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Ebony G. Patterson: … to dig between the cuts, beneath the leaves, below the soil?

Dec 19, 2019 / Brooklyn Rail

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In Living Color

Dec 19, 2019

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CAM Spring Exhibitions open Friday, January 17, 2020

Dec 18, 2019

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Best of 2019: Ebony G. Patterson at Perez Museum, Miami

Dec 12, 2019 / Hyperallergic

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Turner Prize winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan receives 2019 Edvard Munch Art Award

Dec 11, 2019 / Artforum

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AP Portfolio Day

Dec 10, 2019

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After sharing Turner Prize win, Lawrence Abu Hamdan takes another top art award

Dec 10, 2019 / ARTnews

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Turner Prize awarded four ways: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo, and Tai Shani

Dec 4, 2019 / The Guardian

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GRB artists Tim Portlock (2020) and Jill Downen (2004) selected for State of the Art 2020 at Crystal Bridges

Dec 4, 2019 / Crystal Bridges Blog

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Three CAM exhibiting artists selected for RAC InSITE award

Dec 4, 2019 / Regional Arts Commission

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An Afternoon with Mark Twain

Dec 2, 2019

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I is for Institute: Conversation with Wassan Al-Khudhairi

Dec 2, 2019 / ICA Philadelphia

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Openings: Stephanie Syjuco

Nov 22, 2019 / Artforum

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Chamber Project St. Louis explores Beauty at CAM

Nov 22, 2019 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Conceptually Speaking

Nov 12, 2019

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National Veterans Museum designed by CAM architect Brad Cloepful

Nov 11, 2019 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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At Tufts, Sanford Biggers takes aim at violence against African Americans

Nov 8, 2019 / Boston Globe

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Silent Songs

Nov 5, 2019

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Art and Home Economics

Oct 31, 2019

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Art museum targets endowment with $12M fundraising campaign

Oct 29, 2019 / St. Louis Business Journal

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CAM announces major gifts, $12 million campaign

Oct 28, 2019 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis launches Create: The CAMpaign, a $12 million fundraising initiative to increase endowment, fund innovation, and make capital improvements

Oct 28, 2019

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Paul Sepuya’s deconstructed gaze

Oct 25, 2019 / British Journal of Photography

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Best things to do this week: Open Studios STL

Oct 18, 2019 / Riverfront Times

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Meet Rachel Youn, one of the artists of Open Studios STL 2019

Oct 17, 2019 / St. Louis Magazine

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Marina Zurkow’s video The Thirsty Bird appears on CAM’s facade for Street Views

Oct 16, 2019

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Derek Fordjour creates a site-specific, immersive installation for his first solo museum exhibition at CAM

Oct 16, 2019

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Liz Johnson Artur’s intimate photographs of the African diaspora come to CAM

Oct 16, 2019

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St. Louis International Film Festival announced including two free films at CAM

Oct 15, 2019 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Jennifer Steinkamp’s still-life drives us to ask: Can art be both beautiful and critical?

Oct 14, 2019 / COBO Social

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Interviews: Ebony G. Patterson on dress and dignity

Oct 4, 2019 / Artforum

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‘It’s like manifesting ghosts’: Artist Stephanie Syjuco on how textiles can conjure up America’s unsettling past

Oct 4, 2019 / artnet news

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Best St. Louis museum 2019

Oct 3, 2019 / Riverfront Times

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Fast-rising artist Derek Fordjour set a new auction record at Phillips New York

Oct 1, 2019 / Culture Type

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Four exhibitions bring African American narratives to London

Sep 30, 2019 / Financial Times

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The quiet introspection of Amy Sherald’s new portraits

Sep 30, 2019 / Hyperallergic

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What to see in New York galleries: Kahlil Robert Irving

Sep 27, 2019 / New York Times

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Building community access across difference through the arts

Sep 27, 2019 / Gephardt Institute

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Drink in Art: Rogue States Edition

Sep 26, 2019

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More than 120 artists invite the public into their studios for Open Studios STL, October 19–20

Sep 26, 2019

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CAM receives federal grant to expand art education program

Sep 26, 2019 / St. Louis Public Radio

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The Artsy Vanguard 2019 includes CAM artists Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Derek Fordjour, and Ebony G. Patterson

Sep 24, 2019 / Artsy

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A St. Louis artist creates an exquisite, devastating memorial for a future in which trees are extinct

Sep 23, 2019 / St. Louis Magazine

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An exhibit at CAM uses film-set flags, blocked images, and Mark Twain’s conscience as a critique of immigration anxiety

Sep 20, 2019 / St. Louis Magazine

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Lawrence Abu Hamdan penetrates an inaccessible prison using sound

Sep 19, 2019 / Art in America

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The Amy Sherald Effect

Sep 16, 2019 / The New Yorker

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CAM receives $193,753 federal grant to expand local art education programs

Sep 16, 2019

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Can an underwater desert restore Jamaica’s aging coral?

Sep 15, 2019 / Vice

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Stephanie Syjuco deconstructs photography and colonialism in CAM show

Sep 13, 2019 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Amy Sherald’s Shining Second Act

Sep 12, 2019 / New York Times

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Modern Art Notes Podcast with Stephanie Syjuco

Sep 10, 2019 / Modern Art Notes Podcast

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CAM’s latest exhibits delve into nuances of race, nationality, mourning, more

Sep 6, 2019 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya opens at Blaffer Art Museum

Aug 29, 2019 / Art & Education

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St. Louis magazine fall arts guide features CAM “not to miss” exhibitions

Aug 26, 2019 / St. Louis Magazine

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Stephanie Syjuco: Rogue States highlighted in RFT fall arts guide

Aug 22, 2019 / Riverfront Times

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Lines and Shapes

Aug 19, 2019

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The Noise of the Feather Dusters

Aug 15, 2019

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A Lesson in Color

Aug 8, 2019

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Perishable Art

Jul 31, 2019

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CAM’s New Art in the Neighborhood receives Bayer Fund grant

Jul 29, 2019

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Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Reconstructing Silence / The Torture of Silence

Jul 25, 2019 / The Brooklyn Rail

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Teen Museum Studies presents exhibition by Margaret Keller

Jul 24, 2019

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Call for artists: Open Studios STL 2019

Jul 22, 2019

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Bethany Collins named finalist for Artadia Chicago Awards 2019

Jul 19, 2019 / ARTnews

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Behind the scenes of CAM’s Tool Shed exhibit

Jul 17, 2019 / St. Louis Magazine

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Alebrijes of St. Francis

Jul 17, 2019

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Amy Sherald, Michelle Obama’s portraitist, readies her New York debut

Jul 16, 2019 / Vogue

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Stephanie Syjuco: Rogue States explores the complexities of American culture

Jul 3, 2019

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Bethany Collins: Chorus explores the intersection between race and culture

Jul 3, 2019

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Brazilian artist Jonathas de Andrade presents Voyeristico on CAM’s facade for Street Views

Jul 3, 2019

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Three artists receive Great Rivers Biennial award

Jul 2, 2019 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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CAM and Gateway Foundation announce winners of Great Rivers Biennial 2020

Jul 1, 2019

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Partnering to provide arts access: CAM

Jun 28, 2019 / Keep Art Happening: Arts and Education Council

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Deconstructed bodies: the photography of Paul Mpagi Sepuya

Jun 21, 2019 / It's Nice That

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Five questions: Wassan Al-Khudhairi

Jun 19, 2019 / Critical Mass for the Visual Arts Podcast

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Finalists selected for Great Rivers Biennial 2020

Jun 13, 2019

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CAM First Friday activities June 7

Jun 6, 2019

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CAM names Dail Chambers summer teaching artist-in-residence

Jun 6, 2019

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Online art auction benefits CAM exhibition and education programs

Jun 4, 2019

Headlines

CAM’s summer shows explore the capacity of sound and the power of silence

Jun 1, 2019 / ALIVE Magazine

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CAM 2019 Benefit Auction on Artsy

May 28, 2019

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Staycation Sensation: Spending A Weekend In St. Louis

May 22, 2019 / Forbes

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Patternmaker: The Wild, Recursive Art of SVA Alumnus Katherine Bernhardt

May 21, 2019 / Visual Arts Journal

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Q&A: Intimate portraits by Paul Mpagi Sepuya revise notion of ‘dark rooms’

May 21, 2019 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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New CAM shows fulfill every challenge of contemporary art

May 20, 2019 / The St. Louis American

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The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Week

May 17, 2019 / Riverfront Times

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Sound and the absence thereof at CAM

May 17, 2019 / HEC

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Best Bets: Contemporary Art Museum exhibitions

May 16, 2019 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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CAM, artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and other artists and art institutions join fight against nudity restrictions on Instagram and Facebook

May 16, 2019 / ARTnews

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Vashon through a Lens Preview on Fox 2

May 13, 2019 / Fox 2

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Chief Curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi receives 2019 Award for Excellence

May 7, 2019 / ARTnews

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CAM architect Brad Cloepfil to design University Art Museum at Penn State

May 6, 2019 / Penn State News

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Lawrence Abu Hamdan selected as Turner Prize finalist for the exhibition Earwitness Theatre, co-commissioned by CAM

May 1, 2019

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Previews | PAUL MPAGI SEPUYA at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

May 1, 2019 / Artforum

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Turner Prize 2019 shortlist includes Lawrence Abu Hamdan

May 1, 2019 / Tate

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya on The Conditions, 2019

Apr 23, 2019 / Artforum

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Tool Shed, a project co-produced by Eric Ellingsen, invites community participation to create sound portraits of CAM’s surrounding neighborhoods

Apr 11, 2019

Headlines

Goings on about town: Paul Mpagi Sepuya at Team gallery, New York

Apr 8, 2019 / The New Yorker

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya mines the queer history of the portrait studio

Mar 29, 2019 / The New Yorker

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CAM at 15

Mar 20, 2019 / St. Louis Magazine

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Project: Paul Mpagi Sepuya

Mar 19, 2019 / Artforum

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The St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum hosts its biennial Dada Ball & Bash

Mar 8, 2019 / Vogue

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CAM’s 2019 Dada Ball & Bash raises $363,000 to support exhibitions and education programs

Mar 6, 2019

Press Room

A major survey of the work of Paul Mpagi Sepuya explores race, sexuality, and identity within intimate photographic portraits

Mar 5, 2019

Press Room

CAM presents an international co-commission by Beirut-based artist and “private ear” Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Mar 5, 2019

Headlines

Paul Mpagi Sepuya exhibition selected as one of the most promising museum shows

Mar 5, 2019 / ARTnews

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Call for artists: Great Rivers Biennial 2020

Mar 4, 2019

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CAM’s notorious Dada Ball & Bash fundraiser features a live set by avant-funk music artist Fusilier

Feb 27, 2019

Headlines

These women artists are transforming gallery walls with incredible murals

Feb 19, 2019 / Artsy Magazine

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CAM to receive major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

Feb 13, 2019

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CAM announces 2019 exhibitions

Feb 8, 2019

Headlines

Syna So Pro slides into her new role as CAM DJ-in-residence

Feb 1, 2019 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Musician Syna So Pro aims for the stars in CAM residency

Jan 31, 2019 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Syna So Pro wants to bring St. Louis together through her CAM residency

Jan 30, 2019 / Riverfront Times

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CAM announces new DJ-in-residence for 2019

Jan 24, 2019

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First Lady portrait artist Amy Sherald comes to Spelman

Jan 22, 2019 / Atlanta Journal Constitution

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A ‘constellation’ contained in CAM: Art exhibition shows compressed shapes as RELATIVE POINTS

Jan 18, 2019 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Christine Corday wants you to touch every one of her 10,000 pound sculptures at CAM

Jan 15, 2019 / St. Louis Magazine

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CAM’s Dada Ball & Bash fundraiser mixes space odyssey with space oddity, March 2, 2019

Jan 8, 2019

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2018 Great Rivers Biennial award-winner Addoley Dzegede receives Joan Mitchell Foundation grant

Jan 4, 2019 / The Oregonian

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A curving line of steel in the sky to mark Moscone Center expansion

Jan 2, 2019 / San Francisco Chronicle

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From the Archives: Sanford Biggers on “Juggling Cultural Signs,” in 2000

Dec 21, 2018 / ARTnews

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The Big Freedia Concert at CAM was Ass-tastic

Dec 18, 2018 / Riverfront Times

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iParty: Big Freedia at CAM

Dec 17, 2018 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Big Freedia promises big energy at CAM show

Dec 13, 2018 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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William Downs co-winner of 2018 Atlanta Artadia Awards

Nov 21, 2018 / Artforum

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Beijing-based artist Guan Xiao presents first solo museum project in US at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Nov 20, 2018

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Oliver Laric’s 2000 Cliparts to be projected on CAM’s facade for the spring Street Views exhibition

Nov 20, 2018

Press Room

Christine Corday presents monumental site-specific sculptures and paintings commissioned by CAM for her major exhibition RELATIVE POINTS

Nov 20, 2018

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Amy Sherald makes shortlist for Apollo magazine Artist of the Year

Nov 19, 2018 / Apollo

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‘Boom for Real’ shows how artists emerged from a gritty New York City

Nov 8, 2018 / KPLR11

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From Flicker to Flame

Nov 8, 2018 / Ladue News

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Big Freedia is the 21st century’s Ambassador of Freedom

Oct 30, 2018 / National Public Radio

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Monument to Michael Brown Revealed at St. Louis’ Contemporary Art Museum

Oct 19, 2018 / Riverfront Times

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Artist Sanford Biggers’s sculpture honoring Michael Brown added to CAM exhibition

Oct 19, 2018

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Thank You for Doing This

Oct 10, 2018

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New Art in the Neighborhood and Vashon High School students participate in For Freedoms

Oct 8, 2018

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For Freedoms Town Hall at CAM promotes civic engagement

Oct 1, 2018

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CAM presents Open Studios STL, October 6–7

Sep 20, 2018

Press Room

CAM breaks attendance records for 2017–18

Sep 6, 2018

Headlines

‘A challenging roommate’: CAM show reveals early artistry of painter Jean-Michel Basquiat

Sep 5, 2018 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Sanford Biggers exhibition features power figures made in memory of victims of police violence

Sep 4, 2018 / The St. Louis American

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Big Freedia in Concert at CAM

Sep 4, 2018

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Who can curate a professional art museum exhibit in St. Louis? Teens can.

Sep 2, 2018 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Jessica Baran on Amy Sherald

Sep 1, 2018 / Artforum

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A Look at Basquiat Before Basquiat in a Traveling Exhibition

Aug 28, 2018 / Widewalls

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Vashon through a Lens

Jul 6, 2018 / HEC-TV

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Story Artist

Jun 28, 2018

Headlines

Big Freedia Is Taking Over

Jun 22, 2018 / PAPER Magazine

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William Downs creates Sometimes it hurts, a site-specific ink wash drawing, on CAM’s 60 foot-long Project Wall

Jun 19, 2018

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Sanford Biggers exhibits sculpture, painting, and video installation at CAM

Jun 19, 2018

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Basquiat Before Basquiat comes to CAM

Jun 19, 2018

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Danish art collective SUPERFLEX presents film installation European Union Mayotte at CAM

Jun 19, 2018

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Experimental filmmaker Jennifer West to exhibit next Street Views on CAM’s facade in fall

Jun 19, 2018

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Call for artists: Open Studios STL, October 6–7, 2018

Jun 5, 2018

Headlines

Animation artist Sarah Paulsen explores ‘The Invention of Whiteness’ at CAM

May 31, 2018 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Claudia Comte works only for her work

May 30, 2018 / Berlin Art Link

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Specific about People

May 30, 2018

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Amy Sherald on her “gentle presentation of black identity” and more

May 24, 2018 / Hyperallergic

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Amy Sherald’s painting of Michelle Obama went viral. But she’s no overnight success.

May 22, 2018 / Elle

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Wall Patterns

May 18, 2018

Headlines

Obama portrait artist Amy Sherald is worthy of acclaim beyond her celebrity moment

May 18, 2018 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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CAM presents Art Up Late: Louie Louie, a St. Louis-themed after-hours dance party, Friday, June 15

May 17, 2018

Headlines

After Obama portrait, Amy Sherald seeks to ‘reclaim time’ for African Americans

May 17, 2018 / St. Louis Public Radio

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A sense of ennui pervades William Downs’ moody drawings

May 15, 2018 / Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Painting Michelle Obama brought Amy Sherald fame. Now, the artist wants to make work ‘to rest your eyes.’

May 14, 2018 / Washington Post

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Deana Lawson’s Kingdom of Restored Glory

May 7, 2018 / The New Yorker

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Vashon through a Lens Shows Off the Work of Student Photographers

May 4, 2018 / St. Louis Magazine

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Vashon Through a Lens Features Student Subjects—and Photographers

May 3, 2018 / Riverfront Times

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Vashon High School students exhibit photography at UrbArts this Friday

May 2, 2018

Headlines

Amy Sherald at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

May 2, 2018 / Artforum

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Checking for Dents

Apr 26, 2018

Stories

Can You Find Toto?

Apr 12, 2018

Press Room

Rise Coffeehouse makes a second home at CAM.

Apr 2, 2018

Headlines

Rise Coffee House Will Open Second Location Inside CAM

Mar 29, 2018 / Riverfront Times

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Pop art greets Lambert travelers

Mar 29, 2018 / The Intelligencer

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Swiss artist Claudia Comte creates new site-specific installation, Electric Burst (Lines and Zigzags), on CAM’s Project Wall.

Mar 26, 2018

Press Room

The eighth Great Rivers Biennial features new work by St. Louis artists

Mar 26, 2018

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Amy Sherald presents new and recent work for her first major solo museum exhibition at CAM

Mar 26, 2018

Headlines

How the Dana Schutz Controversy—and a Year of Reckoning—Have Changed Museums Forever

Mar 6, 2018 / Art Net

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Rare Photos of a Young Basquiat in his East Village Home

Feb 15, 2018 / i-D Magazine

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An Intimate Look at Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Early Days

Feb 8, 2018 / Village Voice

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis announces 2018 exhibitions

Jan 30, 2018

Headlines

Basquiat Show Coming to Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis in September

Jan 30, 2018 / Riverfront Times

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Influence without the Anxiety

Jan 26, 2018

Headlines

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis revs up with spring exhibitions

Jan 18, 2018 / St. Louis Post Dispatch

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The Playful, Political Art of Sanford Biggers

Jan 15, 2018 / The New Yorker

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A Morning at Vashon High

Jan 12, 2018

Press Room

DRIVE: CAM’s 2018 Gala

Jan 4, 2018

Headlines

Mickalene Thomas Makes Black Women the Protagonists of Their Own Stories

Nov 27, 2017 / HyperAllergic

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Salvatore Scarpitta: Racing Cars

Nov 7, 2017

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Trenton Doyle Hancock: The Re-Evolving Door to the Moundverse

Nov 7, 2017

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Tim Youd: St. Louis Retyped

Nov 7, 2017

Headlines

Amy Sherald, official portraitist for Michelle Obama, will have her first major solo exhibit next spring at CAM

Oct 31, 2017 / St. Louis Magazine

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The Perfect Woman to Paint Michelle Obama

Oct 28, 2017 / The New York Times

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Alexis Cosse Named Chair of CAM Board of Directors

Oct 26, 2017

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After a Late Start, an Artist’s Big Break: Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait

Oct 23, 2017 / The New York Times

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Stay up late tonight with CAM

Oct 20, 2017 / St. Louis Magazine

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Eric Donte Kicks Off Tour and New EP at Contemporary Art Museum Tonight

Oct 20, 2017 / Riverfront Times

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Why the Obamas’ Portrait Choices Matter

Oct 16, 2017 / The New York Times

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Mickalene Thomas intentionally expresses universal beauty of women of color

Oct 12, 2017 / The St. Louis American

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Mickalene Thomas talks “Mentors, Muses, and Celebrities”

Oct 10, 2017 / St. Louis Magazine

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An architect designed a calmer restaurant. It was very stressful.

Oct 8, 2017 / The New York Times

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CAM Introduces After-Hours Party Series – Art Up Late

Sep 28, 2017

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CAM Presents Open Studios STL

Sep 27, 2017

Headlines

Bowie, Bach, and Bebop: How Music Powered Basquiat

Sep 22, 2017 / New York Times

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CAM awarded $20,000 Dana Brown Charitable Trust grant

Aug 31, 2017

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CAM and Gateway Foundation Announce Winners of the Great Rivers Biennial 2018

Jun 30, 2017

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Tim Portlock’s video 11th Street Symphony showing on CAM’s facade

May 12, 2017

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and Renegade STL partner to offer Urban Planning tours

May 11, 2017

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Wassan Al-Khudhairi named Chief Curator of Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

May 1, 2017

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Urban Planning: Art and the City 1967–2017 explores the transformation of American cities through the perspectives of 23 major international artists

Mar 21, 2017

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KAWS: FAR FAR DOWN features new work by the internationally renowned, multifaceted artist

Mar 21, 2017

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Creative Stimulus Awards Exhibition features three local artists selected for the annual prize

Mar 21, 2017

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An Evening With Legendary Singer/Songwriter Lucinda Williams

Mar 1, 2017

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A Teenage Jean-Michel Basquiat As You’ve Never Seen Him

Feb 18, 2017 / W Magazine

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DADA CENTENNIAL CELEBRATED AT DADA BALL & BASH Biannual fundraiser generates nearly $350,000

Feb 17, 2017

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The Jean-Michel Basquiat You Haven’t Seen

Feb 13, 2017 / New York Times

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CAM’s Dada Ball & Bash Celebrates Centennial of Provocative Art Movement with Biannual Fundraiser on February 11.

Dec 27, 2016

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Paintings and Drawings by Nicola Tyson On view January 27–April 16, 2017

Nov 21, 2016

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New and Recent Works by Deana Lawson On view January 27–April 16, 2017

Nov 21, 2016

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New site-specific mural by Katherine Bernhardt On view January 27–April 16, 2017

Nov 21, 2016

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Clouds and The Poster Project presents by Louis Cameron

Nov 21, 2016

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Open Letter from Jeffrey Uslip

Sep 29, 2016

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In the Face of White Male Privilege Run Amok, a Plea for Artistic Responsibility

Sep 28, 2016 / Hyperallergic

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Controversial artwork to remain at CAM

Sep 26, 2016 / St. Louis Public Radio

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Statement on Kelley Walker: Direct Drive

Sep 26, 2016

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Uproar continues over racially charged exhibit at Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis

Sep 24, 2016 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Kelley Walker Statement to the CAM Community

Sep 23, 2016

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Artist’s Depiction of Police Brutality Sparks Boycott at St. Louis Museum

Sep 23, 2016 / Art Net

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Boycott of Controversial CAM Show Reveals St. Louis’ Fraught History with Race, Art

Sep 22, 2016 / St. Louis Magazine

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Appropriated Images of Black People Spark Boycott of St. Louis Museum

Sep 22, 2016 / Hyperallergic

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CAM STL exhibit sparks demand for boycott by artist/activist Damon Davis

Sep 19, 2016 / St. Louis American

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The Black Rep & Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis join over 40 international arts organizations to present the 30th anniversary of The Colored Museum

May 31, 2016

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Museum premiere of video work by Lili Reynaud-Dewar On view May 6–August 14, 2016

Apr 28, 2016

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Artwork by 2015–16 New Art in the Neighborhood Students On view May 6–July 10, 2016

Mar 22, 2016

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Second transformational green installation in CAM’s courtyard On view May 21–August 14, 2016

Mar 22, 2016

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Museum debut of work by celebrated artist Mark Bradford On view May 6–August 14, 2016

Mar 22, 2016

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Seventh edition of CAM’s Great Rivers Biennial features new work by St. Louis artists On view May 6–August 14, 2016

Mar 22, 2016

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