News
Milwaukee Art Museum Returns Two Jars to David Drake’s Descendants
The Wisconsin museum’s ownership transfer was followed up by a Virginia museum’s announcement of the return of another “Dave the Potter” vessel this week.
Milwaukee
Art Review
Gertrude Abercrombie’s Band of Midwest Magic Realists
A pair of exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum underscores the support, comradeship, and spirit of rebellion shared by the Surrealist and her friends.
Art
Benny Andrews Painted the Textures of Life
Collaged scraps of cloth or crumpled paper in Andrews’s portraits were a subversive and insistent means of encompassing his own non-White, non-urban roots.
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Announcement
Idris Khan Makes US Museum Debut at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Artworks spanning Khan’s career trace his exploration of the lyrical, symbolic, and physical meanings of repetition.
Art
For William Kentridge, Art and Life Animate One Another
In an exhibition that consists of mostly small-scale black and white works on paper, viewer engagement almost magically awakens the sleepy room.
Interview
Raven Chacon, Loud and Clear
The acclaimed composer and noise artist talks to Hyperallergic about his Pulitzer Prize-winning composition “Voiceless Mass.”
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Announcement
Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition Features Monumental New Mural by Derrick Adams
The artist dedicates this site-specific installation to “the perseverance of Black Americans in their pursuit of happiness.”
Announcement
gener8tor Art Provides Grants and Workshops for Artists in Its Top-ranked Accelerator Program
Three spaces in this free 12-week program in Milwaukee, WI, are reserved for applicants from the area, while the fourth is open to visual artists anywhere in the US.
Art
Tender, Yet Monumental Figures Crafted From the Tides
In Soles of My People, Khari Turner channels elements of Midwestern waterways into figures awash with global histories of triumph and struggle.
News
Milwaukee Art Museum Workers Seek to Unionize
More than 150 employees are organizing to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents the museum's security guards.
Art
A Show of Saccharine, Seductive Greeting Card Paintings Sponsored by Deep Conservatism
William-Adolphe Bouguereau's Belle Epoque paintings suggest that anything can be bought as a balm against the harsh conditions and human expense required to build America.
Art
The Story of a Pope Portrait Made Out of Condoms
MILWAUKEE — It’s not unusual for a work of art to cause outrage, especially if it dips into the tender zones of race, gender, or religion.