Walker Art Center

The Walker Art Center will reopen its permanent collection galleries on Sunday, December 8, with a fresh look at the history of the museum's collection as well as the history of art-collecting practices in general. Selections from the Permanent Collection on view in Galleries 4, 5, and 6, will provide a provocative critical engagement with the traditional canon of art history. By integrating into the collection recently acquired works by contemporary artists as well as works by lesser-known but equally important postwar artists, this installation will challenge our conventional understanding of modernism as we approach the end of the millenium. An exciting new feature of the exhibition is the Andersen Window Gallery, which will house a series of rotating installations providing an in-depth look at a particular artwork, movement, or artistic practice. Curated collectively by the Walker's Visual Arts curators, Selections from the Permanent Collection will remain on view through April 4, 1999.

A number of related events will celebrate the reopening of the permanent collection, including an

opening-day tour, a four-session class exploring how museums shape our understanding of modern art and culture, a Winter Salon, and a Free First Saturday family program. (A complete listing follows.)