Community Calendar

Museum of Illusions Goes Retro this Spring inviting Millennials and Gen Z to relive the 90s and 2000s. This event combines mind-bending illusions with retro pop culture elements, including nostalgic props like CD chandeliers and Tamagotchis, along with interactive quizzes and Instagram-worthy photo setups. Visitors can enjoy immersive experiences such as a retro-themed Ames Room and a Walk-in Kaleidoscope, blending fun, education, and shareable moments for an unforgettable spring break.

The 2025 Glasma Conference hosted by Third Degree Glass and Studio Glass Batch at the beginning of March welcomed some of the most talented and well-recognized glass artists to TDG for discussion, collaboration, and demonstrations.

This exhibition showcases the incredibly intricate and astonishing work of these nationally and internationally recognized artists, offering the community a chance to view glass art by true masters of the craft. It's not every day that this collective of work is available in one location. Don't miss it.

FEATURED ARTISTS:
James Devereux
Martin Gerdin
Kaeko Maehata
David Patchen
Lynn Read
Julia Rogers
Robin Rogers
Sam Stang

Available to view Tues - Sat, 10 am to 5 pm, and Sun noon to 4 pm.

Bruno David is pleased to present Sticks and Stones, an exhibition by Korean-born artist Becky Moon. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Sticks and Stones, a series of paintings that explore the themes of belief, tangibility, mass, and gravity. There is nothing as everlasting as the invisible human mind. The mind is a refuge for those who long for a land they can never return to. I want my paintings to be flag posts that remind the existence of the mind that it is real, alive, and persistent. Even when all is lost, the mind lives on.

Bruno David is pleased to present Adaptations, an exhibition by artist Arny Nadler. This is the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. In this new series, Nadler’s work explores ideas of wholeness in physical and psychological forms. In clay and ink, he contemplates the body’s precarity and its ability to adapt. Nadler says: “These simultaneously heroic and absurd forms question our fixed notions of defeat and triumph. In the face of danger, desire, or even loss, theirs is a system that adjusts toward survival.”

Bruno David is pleased to present Upended, a sculpture installation by multi-disciplinary artist Judith Shaw. The exhibition will be on view from April 4 through June 21, 2025, at the gallery’s WINDOW ON FORSYTH location, accessible 24/7 at 7513 Forsyth Blvd., Saint Louis (Downtown Clayton), MO. This is Shaw’s second solo exhibition with Bruno David Gallery. ‘Upended’ is part of a sculptural series that turns roadside tire debris into emotionally charged pieces about disintegration and integration. The work is informed by the expressive potential inherent in the raw material. “Explosive, gutted tire casings evoke the impulsive pace of our world and the outer and inner turbulence that erupts as a consequence, Shaw says. The debris forms a conversation about fragmentation, alienation, and dislocation. When gathering rubber along the highways, with cars and trucks speeding past me, the air and ground vibrating, I experience viscerally the fraying of personal and interpersonal connection. The chaos lingers in the character of the sculptural forms. At the same time, the womb-like shape speaks to human-to-human connection and intimacy.”

Bruno David Gallery presents Vanitas Vanitatum. A video-work by multi-disciplinary Chicago-based artist Carlos Salazar-Lermont. This is the artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Vanitas Vanitatum presents a split-screen composition. On the left side, surgical and carpentry tools such as a saw and a hammer are shown, which Salazar-Lermont uses energetically but without purpose. On the right side, two assistants pierce the artist's skin to insert eyelets, which they then use, along with Salazar-Lermont’s shoelace, to tie a bouquet of flowers to his chest.

Bruno David is pleased to present Undercolor, an exhibition by New York-based artist James Austin Murray. This is the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Through the keen eye of an art critic, one might view the Undercolor series as a reservoir of creative potential—Murray's secret garden of exploration. Kept within the studio for years, these pieces represent an intimate, almost alchemical process, where artistic inquiry flourishes in solitude. Murray reflects on their role as a wellspring of inspiration, feeding directly into the contemplative elegance of his Light Black series.

Bruno David Gallery presents The Mess Is Us, an exhibition of new works by Yvonne Osei. This is the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Yvonne Osei’s creative practice explores beauty, systemic racism, colonialism, clothing politics, and the erasure and distortion of history. In The Mess Is Us, she employs photo-based textile works to confront cultural amnesia and spotlight narratives of racial violence in the United States, grounding her inquiry in St. Louis, where she lives and works.

Celebrate International Slow Art Day at SLAM with a facilitated Slow Looking workshop. Slow Art Day is a global experience with a simple mission: Focus on art and the art of seeing. Every year on this day, people all over the world visit local museums to look at art slowly and make new discoveries.

The program begins at the welcome desk in Sculpture Hall on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Queeny Art Fair is one of the most popular, reputable and longest-running art fairs in the bi-state region. For 50 years, the art fair has been the perfect opportunity for attendees to experience artistic brilliance in action. In addition, Queeny Art Fair hosts Artists First STL, a non-for-profit artists group that connects creative minds to educate and enrich the Greater St. Louis community. To continue supporting a strong student art community, proceeds from the event will provide funding for scholarships for full time college art majors from the St. Louis/Bistate region.

Over 120 of the best, hand-selected, juried artists, with about a third from 15 states outside of Missouri, will display their original works of fine arts and fine craft, ranging from digital art, drawing and print, glass, jewelry, painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and more. Additionally, 25% of these artists are brand new to the show, bringing never-before-seen works to the fair. Collectors and first-time art purchasers enjoy high-quality, talented artists from across the country while gaining insight from the artist about the story or process behind each piece. Artwork of all mediums are available in a wide price range. FOOD, MUSIC , LIVE ART DEMOS, FREE PARKING.

• Friday, April 4th: 5pm - 9pm
• Saturday, April 5th: 10am - 6pm
• Sunday, April 6th: 11am - 4pm