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From the Archives: A tribute to Louise Walker McCannel (1915 – 2012)
Louise Walker McCannel, granddaughter of Walker founder Thomas Barlow Walker, played a critical role in the history of the Walker: both the private Walker Art Galleries and the public Walker Art...
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From the Archives: The Walker Curator Who Sparked a Red-Baiting Scandal
LeRoy Davidson at the Walker, circa 1941 Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy is a new touring exhibition that sheds light on what one scholar called “one of...
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From the Archives: Pictures of Joan
To many, Joan Mondale was known for her political and artistic pursuits: the wife of Vice President (and later Ambassador) Walter Mondale, she was dubbed “Joan of Art” for her tireless advocacy for the...
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Shall We Take It? The Walker’s Founding Question
Minnesota Arts Council/Walker Art Center brochure, 1939 The Walker was founded on a question. “Shall we take it?” In 1939 the citizens of Minneapolis were offered an opportunity to start a federally...
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Christo Takes Flight: Balloon Ascension, 1966
Christo, Balloon Ascension, Minneapolis College of Art, October 28, 1966 In 1966 Christo came to Minneapolis to participate in the exhibition Eight Sculptors: The Ambiguous Image at the Walker Art...
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Ghost Building: Walker Galleries 1927
Richard Haas, Walker Art Galleries Circa ‘27, 1978-1979 In Pathé Newsreel footage from 1927, we see T.B. Walker opening the Walker Galleries. He opens the giant forbidding doors, pushing past...
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Eric Sutherland and the Lost Art of the Darkroom
In today’s digital world it can be hard to remember that photography once relied on cameras, chemicals, and a darkroom. For many decades the magic of an image did not just occur with the snapping of...
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“A Startling Development for an Art Museum”: WCCO Broadcasts the Walker’s...
Walker Art Center lobby, opening night, January 4, 1940 It was a chilly night 75 years ago on January 4, but that didn’t stop 3,000 visitors from coming to celebrate the opening of the Walker Art...
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