The John Michael Kohler Arts Center exhibition features a life-size diorama sheltering Piccinini’s sculptures of new Earth-dwelling species.
Wisconsin
142-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered in Lake Michigan
After a two-year search, maritime historians Brendon Baillod and Bob Jaeck say they’ve found the “perfectly intact” Trinidad wreck off the coast of Wisconsin.
Sharing the Same Breath at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center Embraces the Universality of Kinship
Artists in this group show consider symbiotic relationships and a common fate with our more-than-human family. On view in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Rose B. Simpson: Counterculture Opens at the Art Preserve
Watchful figures highlight connections between contemporary lives and the natural landscape at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Kea Tawana: I Traveled into the Future in a Dream
The first museum show on the underrecognized artist features the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s acquisition of contents from her apartment. On view in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Anatomy of a Disputed Emancipation Monument
The Chazen Museum of Art in Wisconsin didn’t quite know what to do with a controversial emancipation statue of Abraham Lincoln in its collection until Sanford Biggers stepped in with an idea.
Andrea Chung Interprets a Utopian Black Atlantis in New Work at John Michael Kohler Arts Center
The large-scale installation in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, explores motherhood, the legacy and trauma of slavery, and Black temporality.
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.
Madison Museum Apologizes to Black Artist but Rejects Racism Allegations
Lilada Gee was verbally attacked by a former employee of an adjoining arts center and her work in the 2022 Wisconsin Triennial was damaged by visitors.
Citing “Institutional Racist Violence,” Half of the Wisconsin Triennial Artists Withdraw Their Work
The artists accused the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, which organizes the triennial, of “shameful mistreatment of the Black artists, contractors, and staffers throughout the exhibition.”
Celebrate Art and Ecology at the Inaugural 4Ground: Midwest Land Art Biennial
Taking a feminist, Indigenous approach, the new contemporary art festival developed by Franconia Sculpture Park is happening this summer at sites across the Upper Midwest of the US.
Five Artists Conjure Worlds Just Beyond Reach at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Installations by Jessica Campbell, Yasmine K. Kasem, Suchitra Mattai, Haleigh Nickerson, and Nyugen E. Smith are now on view at JMKAC in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.