The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
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St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
opened in 2001 with a building designed by internationally renowned architect, Tadao Ando
Tadao Ando
is a Japanese architect whose approach to architecture was once categorized by Francesco Dal Co as critical regionalism. Ando has led a storied life, working as a truck driver and boxer prior to settling on the profession of architecture, despite never having taken formal training in the field...
. The Pulitzer is located at 3716 Washington Boulevard (between Grand Boulevard and Spring Avenue).
Building
The Pulitzer, designed by Pritzker PrizePritzker Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honour "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built...
-winning architect Tadao Ando
Tadao Ando
is a Japanese architect whose approach to architecture was once categorized by Francesco Dal Co as critical regionalism. Ando has led a storied life, working as a truck driver and boxer prior to settling on the profession of architecture, despite never having taken formal training in the field...
, opened in October 2001. Commissioned for the building and on permanent view are Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly is an American painter and sculptor associated with Hard-edge painting, Color Field painting and the Minimalist school. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing the simplicity of form found similar to the work of John McLaughlin. Kelly often employs bright colors to...
's wall sculpture Blue Black, located in the Main Gallery, and Richard Serra
Richard Serra
Richard Serra is an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large-scale assemblies of sheet metal. Serra was involved in the Process Art Movement.-Early life and education:...
’s torqued spiral sculpture Joe, located in the courtyard.
Exhibition history
Portrait/Homage/Embodiment November 3, 2006 - June 30, 2007 [online catalogue http://portrait.pulitzerarts.org/]Hiroshi Sugimoto: Photographs of "Joe" May 12 - October 14, 2006
[online catalogue http://sugimoto.pulitzerarts.org/]
Minimalism and Beyond October 14, 2005 - April 26, 2006
[online catalogue http://minimalism.pulitzerarts.org/index_2.html]
Brancusi and Serra in Dialogue February 4 - September 24, 2005
[online catalogue http://brancusiserra.pulitzerarts.org/]
Exploring Ando's Space: Art and the Spiritual August 7, 2004 - January 15, 2005
[online catalogue http://spiritual.pulitzerarts.org/]
Sculpture and Drawings by Richard Serra March 1, 2003 - July 24, 2004
Selected Works by Ellsworth Kelly from Saint Louis Collections April 27, 2002 - October 26, 2002
Opening Installation October 14, 2001 - April 17, 2002
Programs
The Pulitzer engages in a variety of programming that directly relates to the exhibition on view. This includes symposia, panel discussions, and a variety of student initiatives and events. Additionally, the Pulitzer is engaged in an ongoing collaborative chamber concert series with the Saint Louis Symphony OrchestraSaint Louis Symphony Orchestra
The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1880 by Joseph Otten as the St. Louis Choral Society, the SLSO is the second-oldest symphony orchestra in the United States as it is preceded by the New York Philharmonic.-History:The St...
. Concert programs are chosen based on their relationship to the artworks exhibited.