 – Organized by Curator Laura Burkhalter and opening on Friday, December 16, 2022 at the Des Moines Art Center is the exhibition, “Postcards: Recent Photography Acquisitions…){kind=link}
DES MOINES, IA (PNAN) – Organized by Curator Laura Burkhalter and opening on Friday, December 16, 2022 at the Des Moines Art Center is the exhibition, “Postcards: Recent Photography Acquisitions to the Art Center’s Collection” which is the first in a series going on view.
The show focuses on landscapes, travel documentation, and the scenic routes artists have taken with a camera in hand. Works in the exhibition date from photography’s 19th-century beginnings to contemporary works.
The Center has worked to improve its collection of photography, particularly that of the early to mid-20th-century. Today, from gifts and purchases, the Art Center now has hundreds of photographs in our collection and over the next several years a series of small thematic exhibitions will be showcased as not only an essential element of visual culture but a critical record of the world in decades past.