Contemporary Art Museum

The Contemporary Art Museum and the Gateway Foundation has supported 33 St. Louis area artists since the initiative began in 2003.

Despite being invisible, air serves as inspiration for Paul Chan’s recent work.

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first HIV/AIDS diagnosis in 1981, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis will delve into St. Louis' history with the disease, and efforts to continue providing care to people with HIV/AIDS amid an ongoing pandemic.

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis' first podcast, “Radio Resistance,” is an 11-episode production that features conversations among exhibiting artists, local activists, scholars and politicians delving into St. Louis’ role in activism. Selections of “Radio Resistance” will air on our program biweekly on Wednesdays starting March 24, with the full episode being released the following day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.

Conceptual artist Ekene Ijeoma's project “A Counting” features the voices of residents of cities around the world and seeks to capture the many different languages spoken in that city. He discussed its St. Louis chapter on "St. Louis on the Air."

2020 Great Rivers Biennial Arts Award recipient Tim Portlock delves into his “Nickels from Heaven” exhibit. The St. Louis-based artist uses aesthetic conventions from 19th-century American landscape paintings to illustrate his themes about America’s identity.

A 2020 Great Rivers Biennial Arts Award recipient, Kahlil Robert Irving joins host Sarah Fenske to delve further into his exhibit theme at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis and his career growth as an artist.

Host Sarah Fenske explores the latest Great Rivers Biennial exhibit at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis with Misa Jeffereis, the assistant curator at CAM who organized the show, and Rachel Youn, whose "Gather” gallery on display blends the lines between dance and worship.

In January, Derek Fordjour’s first major solo museum exhibition opened at St. Louis’ Contemporary Art Museum. SHELTER features Fordjour’s paintings and…

The Contemporary Art Museum will reopen its doors July 9 with new social distancing measures to reduce the risk of contracting the coronavirus. Only about…