Figge Art Museum: Different by design

David Chipperfield, architect of the Figge Art Museum, discusses his design at a 2002 news conference.

Figge Art Museum: Listen while you look

Figge Art Museum: Listen while you look

Works that get an audio commentary include Grant Wood's "Self Portrait" and Thomas Hart Benton's "Spring Storm."

Figge Art Museum exhibit displays 45 teapots by contemporary artists

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Figge exhibit lets patrons get hands-on with Michelangelo masterpieces

Photos by Steven Mantilla/QUAD-CITY TIMES Terry Byrne and his son, Jake, 10, of Davenport examine a sculpture during the exhibit "Touched by the Hands of God: Michelangelo's Models" at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. Terry, a Genesis employee, wanted Jake to see the exhibit because of his son's interest in sculpture.

Figge exhibit lets patrons get hands-on with Michelangelo masterpieces

Michelangelo's Torso Virile is one of the models on display at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport as part of a preview for "Touched by the Hands of God: Michelangelo's Models" exhibit that runs from March 14 to June 7.

U of I Art Museum collection coming to Figge

This 1943 Jackson Pollock painting called “Mural” is 9 feet tall and 20 feet wide and has been appraised by Sotheby's for insurance purposes for $140 million. It is on loan from the University of Iowa Art Museum to the Figge Art Museum. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)

Frank Lloyd Wright desk

This desk designed by Frank Lloyd Wright will be on display at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. (Contributed photo)

‘Paper Trail’ brings modern artwork to the Figge

A section of "Selections from Blue Serie, 2001" which is part of the Figge Art Museum's newest exhibition, Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisition from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Thursday July 16, 2009. The exhibit opens July 18. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)

‘Paper Trail’ brings modern artwork to the Figge

Executive Director of the Figge Art Museum, Sean O’Harrow talks about the museum’s newest exhibition, Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisition from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Thursday July 16, 2009. The exhibit opens July 18. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)

Paper Trail exhibit

Executive director of the Figge Art Museum, Sean O’Harrow talks about the museum’s newest exhibition, Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisition from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Thursday July 16, 2009. The exhibit opens July 18. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)