Pressroom
-
Milwaukee Art Museum Announces 2025 Art:Forward Gala, Celebrating 50 Years of the Bradley Collection
A signature event highlighting civic generosity and artistic legacy returns to the lakefront this fall. MILWAUKEE, WI—July 21, 2025—The Milwaukee Art Museum is proud to announce the 2025 Art:Forward Gala will take place on Saturday, September 20 in the iconic Quadracci Pavilion. The Museum’s annual fundraising event, the gala will celebrate the 50th anniversary of…
-
A New Story Emerges: Introducing Homelands: Mnë’nának, Māēnāēwah, Tešišik
The Milwaukee Art Museum unveiled “Homelands: Mnë’nának, Māēnāēwah, Tešišik”, a groundbreaking reinstallation of its former “American West” gallery.
-
Milwaukee Art Museum Presents “The Bradley Collection of Modern Art: A Bold Vision for Milwaukee”
The exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of this transformational gift of modern art and its long-lasting legacy at the Museum and in Milwaukee.
-
Milwaukee Art Museum Launches Bold New Campaign to Invite Visitors to “Be Here
Bold visuals, motion-driven storytelling, and a renewed call to connect through art define the Museum’s new direction.
-
Milwaukee Art Museum Launches Search for Next Executive Director
Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Marcelle Polednik, to step down in July 2025
-
Celebrate 60 Years of Art, Music, Food, and Fun at Lakefront Festival of Art
Gather with artists, performers, local vendors, and fellow arts and culture enthusiasts this June 13–15 at the longstanding fan-favorite lakeside festival.
-
Milwaukee Art Museum Wins Prestigious Governor’s Tourism Award
The Milwaukee Art Museum is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded the 2025 Governor’s Tourism Award for Arts, Culture, & Heritage.
-
Three Of Milwaukee’s Largest Arts Groups Receive $5 Million Challenge Gifts
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Milwaukee Art Museum will each receive $5 million challenge gifts from Ellen and Joe Checota.
-
Milwaukee Art Museum Welcomes Thomas Busciglio-Ritter as Abert Family Associate Curator of American Art
The Milwaukee Art Museum appoints Dr. Thomas Busciglio-Ritter as the institution’s Abert Family Associate Curator of American Art following an extensive and competitive search.
-
Erin Shirreff: Permanent Drafts Presents Art at the Intersection of Photography and Sculpture, Opens at Milwaukee Art Museum in May
The Milwaukee Art Museum presents the most comprehensive exhibition in a decade of works by Erin Shirreff, a highly regarded contemporary artist at the forefront of sculpture, photography, and video.
-
Milwaukee Art Museum Expands Digital Access with App in Partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Milwaukee Art Museum joins a global community of cultural institutions on Bloomberg Connects.
-
Exquisite Renaissance and Baroque Masterpieces by El Greco, Velázquez, and Zurbarán Travel to the Milwaukee Art Museum in May
The Brilliance of the Spanish World showcases awe-inspiring paintings by Hispanic artists who helped shape the art of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
Director and curator bios
