The artists in Message from Our Planet: Digital Art from the Thoma Collection at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis want to shake us awake before it’s too late.
Sheila Regan
Sheila Regan is a Minneapolis-based journalist and critic. She has written for Bomb, Artnet News, The Lily, Broadly, American Theatre, and contributes dance reviews for the Star Tribune.
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