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Located in the Grand Center Arts District, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation is dedicated to bringing world-class art and exhibitions to the St. Exhibitions include both contemporary and historical art, complemented by a wide range of free public programs, including music, literary arts, dance, and cultural discussions. Open and free to all, the Pulitzer is a cultural and civic asset to the St. Louis community and a popular destination for visitors from around the world.

09/08/2026

A lifelong student of weaving, Olga de Amaral has pushed the medium beyond its conventions with innovative techniques and materials.

In 1967, she taught at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine and at Penland School of Craft in North Carolina, where she was photographed at the loom. In her classes, Amaral shared weaving fundamentals as well as approaches to large-scale fiber art.

Join us on Thursday, September 10, to explore her groundbreaking work in our new exhibition "Olga de Amaral: Weaving the Infinite"

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Image Credit: © Olga de Amaral, courtesy of Numena Collection

09/06/2026

Next Thursday, September 10, celebrate the opening of "Olga de Amaral: Weaving the Infinite" at the Pulitzer and experience two works by Benjamin Patterson presented by Counterpublic in Spring Church and Park-Like.

You may recognize Benjamin Patterson (1934–2016) from our past exhibition, "Other Octaves: Curated by Jennie C. Jones." Patterson was a co-founder of Fluxus, a loose group of international and experimental artists active in the 1960s that challenged traditional boundaries between art, music, and everyday life.

Beginning in Spring Church, local musician Damon Smith will perform Patterson's "Variations for Double-Bass" (1961). In Park-Like, Counterpublic will present Patterson's amplified sound installation "When Elephants Fight, It Is the Frogs That Suffer—A Sonic Graffiti" (2016–2026), featuring local frog sounds, humans imitating frogs, and recorded readings from Benjamin Patterson, Maya & Lily Crothers Gallego-Patterson, Eirini & Melina Charalampous, Keno Graumann, and St. Louis contributors Father Panagiotis Kostoulas, Sonia Zamanou, Alkistis Lappas, Lyndsey Ellis, Kayla Reed, Charlie Farrell, Tef Poe, and Nevada Nieves.

Visitors are invited to participate by contributing their own sounds to the performance.

The Counterpublic performances run from 6–8pm, and the opening reception for "Olga de Amaral: Weaving the Infinite" continues until 9pm.

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Image Credit: Other Octaves: Curated by Jennie C. Jones at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Sep 5, 2025–Feb 1, 2026. Photography by Chris Bauer

09/04/2026

Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination
March 5–August 8, 2027

Can a photographic portrait inspire political imagination? Our upcoming exhibition examines how photographers and their sitters contributed to the circulation of Pan-African solidarity during the mid-20th century. Embracing the international spirit of the time, the exhibition gathers striking pictures by photographers working in Central and West African cities. They created images of everyday citizens, dazzling music scenes, and potent manifestations of youth culture that reflected emerging political realities.

The exhibition includes works by prominent historical and contemporary photographers, including Jean Depara, Seydou Keïta, Malick Sidibé, Sanlé Sory, James Barnor, Kwame Brathwaite, Samuel Fosso, Silvia Rosi, and Njideka Akunyili Crosby.

Organized by MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, on view December 14, 2025–July 25, 2026, the exhibition is organized by Oluremi C. Onabanjo, formerly the Peter Schub Curator, with the assistance of Chiara M. Mannarino, Curatorial Assistant, The Robert B. Menschel Department of Photography. The Pulitzer Arts Foundation presentation is facilitated by Heather Alexis Smith, Assistant Curator.

Learn more about "Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination," opening March 2027, here: https://pulitzerarts.org/art/ideas-of-africa-portraiture-and-political-imagination/

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Image Credit:
1) Malick Sidibé. "Regardez-moi! (Look at Me!)." 1962. Gelatin silver print, printed 2003. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Jean Pigozzi. © 2026 Malick Sidibé. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
2) Sanlé Sory. "Le Voyageur (The Traveler)." 1970–85. Gelatin silver print. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Committee on Photography Fund. © 2026 Sanlé Sory. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo Gallery, New York.
3) Kwame Brathwaite. "Untitled (Sikolo with Carolee Prince Designs)." 1964–68. Inkjet print, printed 2018. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Committee on Photography Fund. © 2026 Kwame Brathwaite

09/03/2026

Fred Wilson: Irma, Ota, and Me
March 5–August 8, 2027

Renowned artist Fred Wilson (b. 1954) explores how models of collecting and display shape our understanding of identity, memory, and power. This exhibition examines the intertwined histories of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World's Fair) held in St. Louis and Wilson's own familial history, which spans several generations in the city during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The exhibition brings together sculptures, paintings, and works on paper produced by Wilson over the past three decades. Alongside his own work, Wilson presents historic artworks from local collections related to the 1904 World's Fair and its legacy, as well as personal objects belonging to his paternal grandmother, Irma Dixon, who was born and raised less than a mile from the Pulitzer.

Through these juxtapositions, Wilson's iconic works, such as flag paintings, Murano glass chandeliers, and mirrors, enter into dialogue with historic objects, interrogating the construction of national and racial identity while inviting reflection on histories of the African diaspora in a global context.

Learn more about "Fred Wilson: Irma, Ota, and Me," opening March 2027, here: https://pulitzerarts.org/art/fred-wilson-irma-ota-and-i/

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Image Credit:
1) Courtesy of Fred Wilson and Pace Gallery. Photography by Heather Johnson
2) Fred Wilson, "Speak of Me as I Am: Chandelier Mori," 2003. Murano glass and light bulbs. 70 × 66 15/16 × 66 15/16 inches (177.8 × 170 × 170 cm). © Fred Wilson, courtesy of Pace Gallery. Photography by: Ellen Labenski
3) Fred Wilson, "Ota Benga," 2008. Bronze with silk scarf and wood base. 59 1/2 × 12 × 12 inches (151.1 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm). © Fred Wilson, courtesy of Pace Gallery. Photography by Kerry Ryan McFate
4) Fred Wilson, "Bat," 2009. Murano glass and wood. 45 × 42 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (114.3 × 108 × 14 cm). © Fred Wilson, courtesy of Pace Gallery. Photography by: Kerry Ryan McFate

09/02/2026

In a new interview with The Brooklyn Rail, Pulitzer founder and board chair Emily Rauh Pulitzer reflects on more than seven decades in the art world—from her Bauhaus-influenced upbringing to the decision to commission Tadao Ando, and the story behind our 25th anniversary exhibition, "Dialogues & Conversations."

Read the full conversation with Jennifer Stockman and Joachim Pissarro here: https://brooklynrail.org/2026/09/art/emily-rauh-pulitzer-with-jennifer-stockman-and-joachim-pissarro/

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Image Credit: Photograph by Alise O'Brien Photography

08/29/2026

Before specializing in textiles at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Olga de Amaral studied architectural drafting in Bogotá. The influence of her earlier studies can be found in several works in our upcoming exhibition, including this 1980 weaving, "Paisaje de calicanto" (Stone Wall Landscape).

The title refers to calicanto, a masonry technique for binding stones together with mortar that is found in Colombian architecture. Amaral translates this method into fiber by bringing together individual strips, each woven from wool, horsehair, and other materials, into a larger weaving.

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Image Credit: Olga de Amaral, "Paisaje de calicanto," 1980. Cotton, wool, horsehair, and acrylic, 90 9/16 × 78 3/4 in. (230 × 200 cm). © Olga de Amaral, courtesy of La Cometa Gallery.

08/24/2026

Please join us in welcoming Sarah Paulsen as the Pulitzer Arts Foundation's new Program Manager!

Raised in Kirkwood, Missouri, Sarah Paulsen is an artist, filmmaker, and community organizer whose artwork has been exhibited widely in local and national exhibitions and film festivals. She received the 2025 Visionary Arts Award for Outstanding Artist in St. Louis and won the 2018 Great Rivers Biennial. A 2010 C.A.T. Institute Fellow and 2015 Regional Arts Commission Artist Fellow, she has garnered numerous awards and completed several residencies, including the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.

A dedicated advocate for social change, Paulsen’s practice includes large-scale community projects such as participatory public murals, thematic roundtable discussions, and the People’s Joy Parade. She holds a B.F.A. from Mizzou and an M.F.A. from WashU Sam Fox School.

She lives and works in St. Louis and has taught at Marian Middle School and St. Louis Community College. Her recent Kranzberg Arts Foundation Residency culminated in "Mother(ing) as Meditation," a book and exhibition at High Low.

Welcome to the team, Sarah!

08/20/2026

In 1957, Olga de Amaral and her husband, Jim, founded Telas Amaral, a textile design studio producing rugs, upholstery, and clothing from wool, horsehair, leather, and cotton.

"Telas Amaral became an important site of experimentation," says Pulitzer Senior Curator Stephanie Weissberg, "where Olga refined her process, introducing the use of modular, repeatable units as a way to generate seemingly endless formal possibilities."

"Olga de Amaral: Weaving the Infinite" will place Amaral's design practice and functional textiles in conversation with her artworks, tracing the creative exchange between the two bodies of work.

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Image Credit: Olga de Amaral (Colombian, b. 1932), "Reproduction," Photographic reproduction. 11 × 8 inches (27.9 × 20.3 cm). © Olga de Amaral, courtesy of Numena Collection

08/17/2026

Please join us in welcoming Jenny Harris as the Pulitzer Arts Foundation's new Associate Curator!

Jenny comes to us from Chicago, where she recently organized the exhibition “Longer Than the Sky: Art of the Obama Years” (2026) in collaboration with the Logan Center for the Arts. From 2013 to 2019, she worked in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, where she contributed to the inaugural reinstallation of the museum’s collection in 2019 as well as exhibitions including “Robert Rauschenberg: Among Friends” (2017) and “The Shape of Shape, Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman” (2019). She has since held curatorial fellowships at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Jenny’s writing has appeared in exhibition catalogues, books, and publications including The New York Times and Artforum. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College and is currently a doctoral candidate in art history at the University of Chicago.

We are thrilled to welcome Jenny to the team!

08/15/2026

Thank you, St. Louis! We're honored to be named a finalist in the Best Art Museum category for this year's St. Louis Magazine A-List Readers' Choice Awards. 🏆

We're also thrilled to be in the A-List Editors’ Choice Awards 2026: Arts, Culture & Entertainment! Thank you, Christine Jackson, Tony Rehagen, Daniel Hill, Joseph Hess & Max Havey.

Explore the full lists here:
https://www.stlmag.com/alist/
https://www.stlmag.com/a-list/arts-culture-entertainment-2026/

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Photography by Virginia Harold

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