The Walker Art Center gets $1m for more live art

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has received a hefty $1m grant from the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will fund a three-and-a-half year initiative promoting the museums multidisciplinary programme. Performance art will be boosted under the new initiative which launches this month, culminating in nine large-scale commissioned events by artists including "jazz/visual artist Jason Moran, dance/living installation artist Maria Hassabi, and French/British video/performance a