No. 42

January 10, 2003

Immediate Release

Contact:

Karen Gysin 612.375.7651

karen.gysin@walkerart.org

FEBRUARY OFFERS CHANCE TO TOUR WALKER EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING THE LATEST, HOW LATITUDES BECOME FORMS: ART IN A GLOBAL AGE

February public tours at the Walker Art Center offer visitors the chance to see the new exhibition, How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age (opening February 9), the culmination of a four-year museum-wide initiative to explore how art changes in a changing world. Patrons can also tour the exhibitions Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Optical Parables (closes February 9), Dialogues: Amy Cutler/David Rathman, Walk Around Time: Selections from the Permanent Collection, and Things Not Necessarily Meant to be Viewed as Art (from the Permanent Collection). Thursday tours are free. For more information about educational programs for all ages, call 612.375.7610.

Gallery admission is $6 adults; $4 young adults 12–18, students with I.D., seniors, groups of 10 or more. Free to Walker members and children under 12. Free to all every Thursday and the first Saturday of each month. (Free First Saturdays are made possible by Coldwell Banker Burnet.)

February Public Tours

Free Thursday Tours

Free every Thursday. Meet in the Walker lobby.

Thursday, February 6

Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Optical Parables, 1 pm

Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Optical Parables, 6 pm

Thursday, February 13

Dialogues: Amy Cutler/David Rathman, 1 pm

Walk Around Time: Selections from the Permanent Collection, 6 pm

Thursday, February 20

Walk Around Time: Selections from the Permanent Collection, 1 pm

How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age, 6 pm

Thursday, February 27

Dialogues: Amy Cutler/David Rathman, 1 pm

How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age, 6 pm

Weekend Tours

Saturdays and Sundays, 2 pm. Free with gallery admission. Meet in the Walker lobby.

Saturday, February 1

Walk Around Time: Selections from the Permanent Collection, 2 pm

Sunday, February 2

Walk Around Time: Selections from the Permanent Collection, 2 pm

Saturday, February 8

Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Optical Parables, 2 pm

Sunday, February 9

Dialogues: Amy Cutler/David Rathman, 2 pm

Saturday, February 15

Walk Around Time: Selections from the Permanent Collection, 2 pm

Sunday, February 16

How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age, 2 pm

Saturday, February 22

Dialogues: Amy Cutler/David Rathman, 2 pm

Sunday, February 23

How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age, 2 pm

The Walker Art Center is located at 725 Vineland Place,

at Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, one block off Highway I-94.

For public information, call 612.375.7622.

Gallery hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10 am–5 pm;

Thursday, 10 am–9 pm; Sunday, 11 am–5 pm; closed Monday.

http://www.walkerart.org