The Pulitzer Arts Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the exhibition "Dialogues & Conversations," which explores artistic exchange through the lens of curator and collector Emily Rauh Pulitzer. Featuring over 35 artists—including Edgar Degas, Willem de Kooning, Dan Flavin, Alberto Giacometti, David Hammons, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Bruce Nauman, Medardo Rosso, and Doris Salcedo—the show presents around 90 works spanning the late 19th century to the present. These pieces come from Mrs. Pulitzer's personal collection, assembled with her late husband Joseph Pulitzer Jr., as well as from her curatorial work at Harvard Art Museums and Saint Louis Art Museum, and loans from The Museum of Modern Art and private lenders.
The exhibition matters because it marks a milestone for the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, an institution known for its distinctive architecture and focused presentations, while also honoring the six-decade career of Emily Rauh Pulitzer as both a curator and collector. By foregrounding dialogues between artists and the long-term relationships that shaped her collecting, the show offers insight into how personal engagement with art can influence institutional and private collections. It underscores the foundation's ongoing commitment to intimate, thoughtful exhibitions that connect historical and contemporary art.