February tours at the Walker Art Center offer a last chance to see the exhibition Haegue Yang: Integrity of the Insider (closing February 28), a survey of the Berlin/Seoul-based artist’s work from the past decade, including an all-encompassing installation as well as enigmatic photographs, videos, and sculptures.
February tours also focus on the Walker’s first major installation of its collection galleries since 2005. Surveying political and socioeconomic shifts in our culture and the ways in which artists have responded, Event Horizon showcases the Walker’s cross-disciplinary programming and holdings, uniting painting, sculpture, and photography with film, performance, and video. With a bit of serendipity, a touch of aesthetic friction, and a profusion of paintings, Benches & Binoculars offers a lively and purposely overwhelming chronicle of the collection that raises questions about changing tastes and what it means to be “contemporary.”
Sound Bites gallery talks, held on select Thursday evenings at 6:30 and 7 pm, illuminate an artist or work of art from the Walker’s world-class collection or one of its special exhibitions.
Gallery admission is $10 adults; $8 seniors (65+); $6 students/teens (with ID); and free to Walker members and children 12 and under. Admission free with a ticket to a same-day Walker event, $4 with a ticket stub up to six days after an event. Gallery admission is free to all every Thursday evening from 5–9 pm and on the first Saturday of each month.
February Public Tours
Gallery and Architecture Tours
Thursday–Sunday, 2 pm
Free with gallery admission
Check the calendar listing, visit the lobby desk, or call the box office for details and tour topics. To schedule a private group tour, visit learn.walkerart.org or call 612.375.7609.
Event Horizon and Benches & Binoculars Gallery Tours
Thursday, February 4, 2 pm
Thursday, February 11, 2 pm
Friday, February 12, 2 pm
Saturday, February 13, 2 pm
Thursday, February 18, 2 pm
Saturday, February 20, 2 pm
Sunday, February 21, 2 pm
Friday, February 26, 2 pm
Haegue Yang: Integrity of the Insider Gallery Tours
Sunday, February 14, 2 pm
Friday, February 19, 2 pm
Saturday, February 27, 2 pm
Sunday, February 28, 2 pm
Architecture Tours
Friday, February 5, 2 pm
Sunday, February 7, 2 pm
Thursday, February 25, 2 pm
Sound Bites
Select Thursdays at 6:30 and 7 pm
Free
Contemporary art and artists are the focus of these 15-minute gallery conversations led by Walker curators and tour guides. Each offers an illuminating discussion, and participants leave feeling connected to new and exciting ideas. Carry this fresh, energized perspective with you to one of the Target Free Thursday Nights programs.
February 4: Haegue Yang
February 11: Robert Irwin
February 18: Nikki de Saint Phalle
February 25: Cao Fei