By Aaron Bolton/Murphy News Service
The Walker Art Center announced it will relocate and store sculptures from its Sculpture Garden during a $10-million reconstruction of the outdoor space scheduled to begin this fall..
Some of the more prominent pieces will remain available to the public for viewing, but in temporary homes at some of Minneapolis’ other major art venues, the Walker announced Thursday.
- Frank Gehry’s Standing Glass Fish (1986) will be on long-term loan to the Weisman Museum, 333 East River Parkway, the Gehry-designed building on the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus.
- Jacques Lipchitz’s Prometheus Strangling the Vulture II (1944/1953) will be loaned long-term to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Ave. South, Minneapolis, augmenting the MIA’s sizable bronze collection.
- And Brower Hatcher’s Prophecy of the Ancients (1988), Mark di Suvero’s Molecule (1977-83) and Tony Cragg’s Ordovician Pore (1989) will be loaned short-term to Gold Medal Park, located adjacent to the Guthrie Theater at 818 South 2nd St.
Some sculptures will be moved back starting in June, and will be available to the public during the entire reconstruction project set to take about a year and a half.
The remaining sculptures will be kept in storage during construction. This will be the largest project at the garden since it was opened in 1988. Construction will begin on the 11-acre site in the fall. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is partnering with the Walker and the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization to complete the project.
Reporter Aaron Bolton is studying journalism at the University of Minnesota.