Gliding past the Spoonbridge and Cherry on a crisp winter evening. Sipping cocktails served from an ice bar. Discovering new artworks among old favorites. Delighting in asking and answering questions about art. On Thursday evening Winter Walkerland festivities celebrating the opening of 75 Gifts for 75 Years filled the building and the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden with laughter and energy. Throughout the night the crowd bundled up to enjoy the delights outdoors or shed their many layers to wander the galleries.
A few skaters stopped to pose with Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Spoonbridge and Cherry.But they were soon on their way again.Hotline made a reappearance and people stepped up to ask questions about art.People posed their questions and wrote them down.Question in hand, curious visitors picked up a phone to be connected to art experts on the other end.Art experts—including artists, curators, writers, critics, educators, and collectors—were ready to answer each question.What do you name a drink served at an ice bar in the dead of a Minneapolis winter? The North Star, of course!Some lingered outside to enjoy the North Star, artfully served via an ice luge.Everyone was glad to see that Yayoi Kusama’s Passing Winter is on view again, this time part of the 75 Gifts for 75 Years exhibition.Visitors stepped back to take in all of Guillermo Kuitca’s Everything, then moved closer to take in the details.Robert Indiana’s Cor-Ten LOVE was the perfect place to stop for a photo.
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