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Dreams, fantasies, visions, and meditations have given rise to some of the most remarkable art made over the past century. Midnight Party, named for the fanciful 1938 film by Joseph Cornell that is a cornerstone of the exhibition, explores a fantastic range of highly subjective reflections on the world, from the curious sculptures of Joan Mir贸 to the transcendent, luminous paintings of Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko to the surreal multimedia works of contemporary artist Matthew Barney. 

Drawn mainly from the Walker鈥檚 permanent collection, some 150 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, and films are displayed in evocative tableaux that animate the driving concerns of the artworks. For example, mid-20th-century abstractions by Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko and Morris Louis are shown alongside Bruce Conner鈥檚 exquisite final film Easter Morning from 2008, probing the psychic space between matter and spirit. The galleries are transformed into intimate spaces through the use of color, and furniture, including a mock 鈥渃abinet of curiosities鈥� and a room devoted to a changing selection of prints and drawings. Among the more than 100 artists included in the show are Tetsumi Kudo, Sherrie Levine, Paul Thek, Man Ray, Bharti Kher, Yayoi Kusama, Louise Nevelson, Susan Rothenberg, Marsden Hartley, Kiki Smith, Kenneth Anger, Robert Gober, Willem de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Nari Ward, and Sigmar Polke.