# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 2026 Fingerman Lecture: Alison Saar
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 01:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: We invite you to join the Des Moines Art Center in welcoming artist Alison Saar as the featured speaker of our annual Fingerman Lecture series. Saar’s work examines the place of the female body in the realms of politics and spirituality. She explores Black female identity, and the powerful, multifaceted roles women play — from everyday life to timeless, legendary figures.

Saar has exhibited artworks at many galleries and museums throughout the United States. Her art is represented in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Baltimore Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her 1997 piece, “Sweeping Beauty” was added to the Des Moines Art Center’s permanent collection in 2003.

REGISTER: https://bit.ly/4c3JD0k

The Fingerman Lecture series is made possible through generous gifts by Lois and the late Dr. Louis Fingerman. Alison Saar is the 36th installment in the series.

Free; registration required.
Photo: Alison Saar
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/des-moines/2026-fingerman-lecture-alison-saar/200030599261845
- **Event Categories**: Art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Des Moines
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Des Moines Art Center
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- **long**: -93.68119032355
- **full address**: Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave,Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is 2026 Fingerman Lecture: Alison Saar being held?
  - **A:** 2026 Fingerman Lecture: Alison Saar takes place on Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 01:30 pm to Sun, 04 Oct, 2026 at 01:30 pm at Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave,Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing 2026 Fingerman Lecture: Alison Saar?
  - **A:** 2026 Fingerman Lecture: Alison Saar is organized by Des Moines Art Center.

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