The Pulitzer Arts Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a landmark exhibition titled “Dialogues and Conversations,” curated by its founder, Emily Rauh Pulitzer. The show features 70 works spanning from the late 19th century to the present, including pieces from Pulitzer’s personal collection, loans from the Museum of Modern Art, and works she previously handled during her tenure at the Fogg Art Museum and the St. Louis Art Museum. The exhibition juxtaposes familiar site-specific masterpieces by artists like Richard Serra and Ellsworth Kelly with unfamiliar works to spark new thematic connections.
This anniversary exhibition is significant as it reflects both the institutional history of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and the personal curatorial legacy of Emily Rauh Pulitzer. By highlighting the foundation's Tadao Ando-designed architecture alongside works by artists such as Doris Salcedo and Delcy Morelos, the show reinforces the institution's commitment to the intersection of art and space. It serves as a retrospective of Pulitzer’s sixty-year career in the arts, emphasizing her philosophy of close looking and interdisciplinary exchange.