Les femmes d’Anvers en Novembre (Women of Antwerp in November), 2007. Video installation. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris. Photo by David Ulmer

What is it about women and cigarettes?

I went to the Contemporary Art Museum Sunday…

The Contemporary Art Museum has announced its fall exhibition. “For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there” will open Sept. 11 and run through Jan. 3.

Organized by Contemporary chief curator Anthony…

The two major contemporary exhibitions of the summer are closing soon.

“Rirkrit Tiravanija: Chew the Fat,” a series of video-taped interviews with his colleagues, closes Monday, July 27 at Washington University’s Kemper Art Museum.

“Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space,” a…

The Contemporary Art Museum has announced that Douglas Fogle, Melissa Franklin and Laura Steward will serve as jurors for the next Great Rivers Biennial, to be held in 2010. A collaboration between the Contemporary and the Gateway Foundation, the biennial…

The Contemporary Art Museum’s gala fifth anniversary fund-raiser brought in some 41 percent more than hoped, according to museum spokesperson Jennifer Gaby. The gross amount raised was more than $378,000, which will leave a lot of money for the museum’s…

Art Chicago, popularly known as the Chicago art fair, takes place again this year at the windy city’s Merchandise Mart from May 1 to 4, with an opening preview April 30. (For more info, go to www.artchicago.com.) Although art fairs…

William Gass is curating a Front Room gallery show at the Contemporary.

No, not THAT William Gass — the OTHER William Gass.

The big question is is whether this town is big enough for two William Gasses.

THAT William Gass is the writer…

Portland, Oregon-based architect Brad Cloepfil is no stranger to St. Louis. His design for the Contemporary Art Museum was his first major project outside the Pacific Northwest. Now, he’s coming back to talk about his work.

Since the Contemporary opened five years ago,…

A group of local non-profit organizations has initiated a collaborative website, Saint Louis Art Map. They include the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, the Contemporary Art Museum, Laumeier Sculpture Park. the Kemper Art Museum, Boots Contemporary Art Space, White Flag…

Presented under the auspices of local socialite, Susan Sherman,the Robert Storr lecture Friday night at the Contemporary was crowded with St. Louis’s social crowd as well as with those who wanted to hear what Storr had to say. (In some…