St. Louis Art Museum

A new exhibition at the St. Louis Art Museum, “Catching the Moment,” is curated from the personal collection of Ted and Maryanne Ellison Simmons.

Min Jung Kim, director of the St. Louis Art Museum, said museum leaders must seek the perspectives of a diverse group of people, including those whom institutions have long excluded.

The donation will include works by Picasso, Miró and other major artists.

St. Louis Art Museum curators Melissa Wolfe and Amy Torbert discuss “Art Along the Rivers,” the new show examining art from St. Louis and the surrounding confluence region, where the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers come together.

St. Louis Art Museum officials have chosen Min Jung Kim, who has helped lead museums in Connecticut and Michigan, to run the organization. She'll be the museum's first female director and first director of color.

The latest exhibition at the St. Louis Art Museum, “Nubia: Treasures of Ancient Africa,” offers new ways of understanding Nubia’s history and contemporary relevance.

Renée Brummel Franklin, a longtime staffer at St. Louis Art Museum, will lead its efforts to bolster diversity within the organization. She's charged with acting on recommendations contained in a report adopted by the museum's board of commissioners.

St. Louis Art Museum curator Hannah Klemm joined "St. Louis on the Air" to discuss the museum's newest exhibition, "Storm of Progress: German Art After 1800."

Brent R. Benjamin took the job as director of St. Louis Art Museum in 1999 and will step aside next year. He reflects on his tenure and looks ahead to how museums are adapting to make it through the coronavirus pandemic.

St. Louis Art Museum Director Brent Benjamin says that the museum has a diverse group of visitors, but that the organization must make systemic changes to ensure racial equity.