Though he is best known for his sculpture, Roszak drew throughout his life, typically for several hours a day.
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A Discussion Series Brings Together the 2018 McKnight Visual Artist Fellows With Curators and Critics
This discussion series, taking place at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, offers audiences an opportunity to learn about the fellowship recipients and how their work intersects with broader contemporary art ideas and concerns.
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The Undersung Art of Native American Women, Front and Center
Inside a years-long effort to show a millennium’s worth of art by Native American women.
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McKnight Visual Artist Fellows Discussion Series at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
This discussion series features the 2017 McKnight Visual Artist Fellows in conversation with nationally-renown art curators and critics.
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Giving Form to the Stories of Syrian Refugee Children
“I want to take the stories that children really do want many people to hear, and become almost a vehicle that helps these stories be more accessible,” says artist Essma Imady.
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Photographing the Costs of the Anthropocene
Naoya Hatakeyama’s photography reflects the human condition in our current age when we have removed ourselves from nature, secluded ourselves in the concrete trappings of roads, bridges, and buildings, far from mountains and the endless sky.
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Power and Beauty in China as Seen Through the Designs of Robert Wilson
Sensory pleasure inspires this exhibition design, treating the last imperial dynasty of China as a feast instead of a major art movement.
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Aliza Nisenbaum’s Majestic Portraits of Communities
Nisenbaum portrays her subjects with majesty and importance, upending class and status structures.
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On Combing a Museum’s Collection for Objects that Deal with Death
A member of the Propeller Group discusses using the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s collection as a backdrop for a film about funerary traditions.
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Anti-Fascists Clash with White Nationalists at the Minneapolis Institute of Art [UPDATED]
The altercation took place outside and inside the museum. No artworks were damaged.
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A Public Display of Our Private Belongings
MINNEAPOLIS — On my first visit to Emmett Ramstad’s Touching Each Other exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia), I completely missed the pubic hair.
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Why Can’t Artists Deduct Donated Artworks from Their Taxes?
Artists are constantly being promised exposure, glory, connections, gratitude, and other intangible benefits in exchange for giving their artwork away for free.