Settlement Reached Between Des Moines Art Center and Artist Over Sculpture Demolition

Mary Miss will receive $900,000 dollars in exchange for the dismantling of her environmental artwork.

Part of the land artwork Greenwood Pond: Double Site, stands at Greenwood Pond in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 3, 2024. Scott McFetridge/AP Photo

A popular outdoor art installation in Iowa is set to be demolished by the museum that commissioned it, after a long-lasting legal dispute was settled.

The Des Moines Art Center reached a $900,000 dollar agreement with the artist, Mary Miss, to dismantle her environmental sculpture “Greenwood Pond: Double Site.”