In 2019, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art began celebration of twenty-five years of extraordinary collecting, exhibitions, and programs. As the only collecting contemporary art museum in the state of Missouri, Kemper Museum is grateful to those who have helped grow and enhance the Permanent Collection through generous gifts of art. The exhibition, Gifts of Art:…

Forever in Your Debt features a floor installation of 600 6” stoneware bowls, some of which contain loose change, and 3 large mixed-media sheets composed of dollar bills, watercolor, gouache, graphite and resin. Through symbol, metaphor and collective action, Forever in Your Debt references the U.S. student loan debt, totaling over 1.5 trillion dollars and…

Artist Summer Wheat celebrates female figures in her narratives, and for this lively trivia night the focus will be on female artists and other remarkable womxn around the world. This Kemper Museum Trivia night in celebration of artist Summer Wheat will include five-rounds of questions with themes including art and artists, music, movies, accomplishments from…