The Des Moines Art Center and Mary Miss, who created an installation at Greenwood Park that the adjacent museum owns and wants to remove, are nearing a settlement, according to court documents.

A nearly year-long legal battle between the Des Moines Art Center and New York-based artist Mary Miss has ended in a $900,000 settlement and sparked a public art advocacy fund. A nearly year-long ...

has been resolved after the artist and the Des Moines Art Center (DMAC) reached a settlement that will see Miss receive $900,000 and the institution proceed with the work’s demolition.

On Tuesday, the Des Moines Art Center reached an agreement with Miss, 80, to dismantle her sprawling outdoor installation, “Greenwood Pond: Double Site,” in exchange for $900,000, ending the ...

COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE DES MOINES ART CENTER AND ARTIST MARY MISS REACHED A DEAL TO REMOVE THE GREENWOOD PARK BOARDWALK. MISS FILED A LAWSUIT LAST SPRING WHEN THE ART CENTER TRIED TO REMOVE THE ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — A nationally known outdoor artwork will be removed from a park pond in Des Moines ...

Des Moines-based artist b. Robert Moore will have a piece, "Lost and Found," displayed at the Brooklyn Museum in New York ...

It's a rare sight to see a giant inflatable ear of corn in the lobby of Des Moines Performing Arts, or to be offered a ...

provided funding for and donated more than 30 sculptures to the Des Moines Art Center. Their donation transformed an assortment of dilapidated buildings into the attractive sculpture park that ...

Recipients of $4.9 million in operating grants from Bravo in 2025 include historical societies, community theater groups, festivals, music groups, Blank Park Zoo, Capital City Pride, the Des Moines ...

At the time of this article's writing, the Des Moines Arts Festival sits at seventh on USA Today's leaderboard in voting.

Iowans, gather round. Here's your chance to see an award-winning musical all about corn at the Des Moines Civic Center.