Counterpublic presents Coyote Time starting Thursday, September 10! Located in St. Louis, Counterpublic connects art with lasting impact by bringing together bold ideas and the region’s most pressing challenges through artist_commissions, convenings, editions, and civic_initiatives. Counterpublic is a triennial exhibition reimagining the possibilities of art in public life. It connects art with lasting impact by […]

Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, the exhibition highlights the Park’s unique position at the intersection of public art, contemporary museum practice, and the natural world. Centering on artworks that have […]

Begin Again: Wak’a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built from natural materials Laumeier’s grounds, features ceramic hive-shaped vessels and a chemical-free teaching garden. It will serve as a multisensory space for reverence, gathering, educational […]

The Bonsack Gallery Presents Tom Reed: new familiar water August 28 – September 21! The Bonsack Gallery at John Burroughs School will open new familiar water, an exhibition by Tom Reed, on Friday, August 28, with a free public reception from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The show will remain on view through Monday, September 21. […]

Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum presents the Character Telephone Exhibit! Winnie-the-Pooh, R2-D2, Big Bird, and Kermit the Frog – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum. Housed in a restored 1896 building, the history museum also features an extensive collection of telephones manufactured from the late 1800s through the […]

The geometric and glowing art of HYBYCOZO is coming to St. Louis this spring and summer, on display for daytime visitors of the Missouri Botanical Garden and during special illuminated evening hours throughout the spring and summer. Daytime Experience – “Patterns in Nature: The Art of HYBYCOZO” April 10–September 26 | 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (last […]

The upcoming special exhibition at the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum explores the myriad ways that different cultures represent plants and gardens through literary media, such as herbals, novels, poems, comics, and other types of stories. Highlighting Garden collections, and using books, images, objects, and botanical specimens, The Literary Garden highlights how authors and creators […]

Come Face-to-Fin with Earth’s Largest Creature through The Blue Whale Story at the Saint Louis Science Center! The life story of the largest creatures on Earth will come alive at the Saint Louis Science Center as part of a new special exhibition: The Blue Whale Story. The Blue Whale Story, produced and circulated by the […]

St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum presents “Nazi’s Next Door: St. Louis Faces Nazism in the 1930s” beginning Friday, June 12th.  An original exhibition created by the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, Nazis Next Door explores the ways in which Missourians, particularly St. Louisans, made the choice to support or resist Nazi ideas of extremism and […]

The 1904 World’s Fair was a fascinating yet complex event that continues to evoke a range of emotions. It was grand and shameful. It was full of fun and full of indignity. Now, 120 years after it opened in St. Louis, the 1904 World’s Fair exhibit at the Missouri History Museum will reintroduce audiences to […]

For more than 150 years, St. Louisans have entrusted the Missouri Historical Society with countless objects: photographs, diaries, home movies, clothing, books – items that future generations can turn in order to help make sense of the past. Some of these pieces mark defining moments in the region’s history such as Missouri’s pivotal role in […]

America’s best urban park turns 150 years young in 2026. Over the course of the last century and a half, Forest Park has hosted pivotal moments in St. Louis history: the 1904 World’s Fair, Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 speech to more than 100,000 people following his historic flight across the Atlantic, and even a surprise Janis […]

Third Degree Glass Factory presents The Wearer Worn: An Exhibition by NC Qin September 1 through October 31! Appropriating the symbolism of glass and its associated fragility, risk and preciousness, NC Qin uses the medium as a lens to delve into psychological spaces. Her work alludes to global epics and philosophies that reflect her interests […]

St. Louis Artists’ Guild presents River Life by Rita Chu September 4 – October 10! Artist Talk: September 4 | 6-6:30 pm Opening Reception: September 4 | 6:30-8 pm St. Louis Artists’ Guild Hours of Operation: Tuesday – Friday: 10am-6pm; Saturday: 10am-4pm; Closed Sundays, Mondays & Holidays River Life explores the Missouri, Mississippi, and Current […]

St. Louis Artists’ Guild presents Lost in Transcreation: An Inquiry into Belonging with Ria Unson and Hope Ainsworth September 4 – October 10! Artist Talk: September 4 | 6-6:30 pm Opening Reception: September 4 | 6:30-8 pm St. Louis Artists’ Guild Hours of Operation: Tuesday – Friday: 10am-6pm; Saturday: 10am-4pm; Closed Sundays, Mondays & Holidays […]

The St. Louis Artists’ Guild presents the St. Louis Artists’ Guild Members Exhibition September 4 – October 10! Artist Talk: September 4 | 6-6:30 pm Opening Reception: September 4 | 6:30-8 pm St. Louis Artists’ Guild Hours of Operation: Tuesday – Friday: 10am-6pm; Saturday: 10am-4pm; Closed Sundays, Mondays & Holidays The St. Louis Artists’ Guild […]

Colombian artist Olga de Amaral (b. 1932) is one of the most groundbreaking figures in fiber art. Amaral was trained in architectural drafting in Bogotá and weaving at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. Upon her return to Colombia in 1955, she began to develop experimental woven forms that would eventually blur the boundaries […]

Marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum features more than 50 works created between 1770 and 2018. Featured works include silver by Paul Revere, paintings by George Caleb Bingham and Benjamin West and prints by Norman Akers and Jacob Lawrence. Picturing Independence […]

Visions of Antiquity explores the power and persistence of Greek and Roman antiquity in art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, with works ranging from 1500 to the present. Organized into three broad sections – “Knowledge and Order,” “Triumph and Tragedy” and “Remnants and Ruins” – the free exhibition takes a thematic approach to the […]

“Game Plan” taps into what makes Saint Louis unique: a place where world-class chess and deep-rooted sports culture intersect. Spanning all three galleries and running through Spring 2027, the exhibition explores how strategy, discipline, and competitive spirit connect the mental game of chess with the physical world of sport. Curated by Shannon Bailey and Emily […]