Exhibit Overview

Mind, Art, Experience: 10 Years of Chess & Culture in Saint Louis celebrates the best chess, art and culture from all 50 exhibitions held at the World Chess Hall of Fame since its 2011 relocation to Saint Louis, Missouri. The three-floor show features more than 120 artworks and artifacts, including pieces related to legendary World Champions Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, and Boris Spassky; works by renowned photojournalist Harry Benson CBE and internationally-acclaimed artists M.C. Escher, Tom Friedman, Barbara Kruger and Yoko Ono; chess-inspired pieces by Saint Louis-based creatives Michael Drummond, Peter Manion and Audra Danielle Noyes; and loans from notable collectors and institutions, including Jon Crumiller, Dr. George and Vivian Dean, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Luhring Augustine Gallery and David Zwirner Gallery.

The exhibition is on view from January 27, 2022, through July 17, 2022.

A reception celebrating the exhibition along with our 10-year anniversary in Saint Louis will be on Thursday, April 14, 2022.

Tom Friedman, Untitled, Edition 6 of 7, 2005, Collection of Dr. Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield and Rex Sinquefield, Photo by Michael DeFilippo
Maker unknown, Chess Pieces from Game 3 of the 1972 World Chess Championship and Chessboard Signed by Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, 1972, Collection of Dr. Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield and Rex Sinquefield, Photo by Michael DeFilippo
Tom Hackney, Chess Painting No. 69 (Suren vs. Duchamp, Strasbourg, 1924), 2016, Courtesy of Tom Hackney
India, East India “John” Company Set, Early to mid-19th Century, Collection of Jon Crumiller, Photo © Bruce M. White, 2013
Michael Drummond, Qxa8, 2019, Courtesy of Michael Drummond, Photo by Carmody Creative
Charlton Comics Group, Vol. 1, No. 36, Strange Suspense Stories, March, 1958, Collection of the World Chess Hall of Fame
Michael Graves, Chess and Checkers, 2013, Collection of World Chess Hall of Fame, Photo by Michael DeFilippo
Chess Table from the 1966 Havana, Cuba, Chess Olympiad, 1966, Collection of the U.S. Chess Trust, Photo by Michael DeFilippo
Austria, Musical-Masonic Chess Set, c. 1790-1810, Collection of Tom Gallegos, Photo by Austin Fuller

Press

1/28/2022: StlMag.com — World Chess Hall of Fame celebrates 10 years with “Mind, Art, Experience”

1/27/2022: StlMag.com — 10 art exhibits to catch this month

1/27/2022: CWEScene — 5 Things To Do In The CWE January 28th-30th

1/24/2022: Newsbreak — World Chess Hall of Fame celebrates a decade in St. Louis

1/24/2022: Fox 2 — World Chess Hall of Fame celebrates a decade in St. Louis

1/22/2022: News Dubai — Mind, Art, Experience: 10 Years of Chess & Culture in Saint Louis

1/22/2022: Chess Base — Mind, Art, Experience: 10 Years of Chess & Culture in Saint Louis