Tag: Walker
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Walker Art Center Severs Ties with Restaurant for Laying Off Workers in Favor of QR Codes
Cardamom, a beloved restaurant at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, is no more following a controversial decision by the eatery to lay off its front-of-house workers and institute a QR code ordering system. The museum said on Thursday that such a move “does not align with our core values.” “We are committed to creating read more
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Every Copy of Our Spring Issue Comes with a Print by Kara Walker
When a monument to Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was decommissioned in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2021, curator Hamza Walker managed to get ahold of it and transported it to a warehouse in New Jersey. The hefty monument’s move was no small feat, legally or logistically. But once it arrived, he offered it to the artist Kara read more
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MOCA Los Angeles Reveals 158 Newly Acquired Works, Including Acclaimed Kara Walker Sculpture
An acclaimed Kara Walker sculpture, abstractions by beloved painters of the past and present, and a video about two lizards in Covid-era New York are among the 158 artworks acquired last year by the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, which revealed the newest pieces to enter its holdings on Tuesday. Fifty of the artists read more
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52 Walker Quietly Becomes a David Zwirner Gallery as Ebony L. Haynes Shifts to a Global Role
When 52 Walker opened in Tribeca in 2021, it did so with unusual fanfare. The space, founded byEbony L. Haynes under the umbrella ofDavid Zwirner, was widely framed as a corrective gesture within the commercial gallery system: a Kunsthalle-style venue with an all-Black staff, full curatorial autonomy, and a mandate untethered from the usual pressures read more
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