MAM Events

Gallery Talk: “Reviving the Dance of Death”
2025-09-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, WI, 53202, United States
Join Nikki Otten, associate curator of prints & drawings, in gallery S202 for an in-depth exploration of the themes and topics in Reviving the Dance of Death.
This drop-in experience is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission tickets are available at the door or online.

Image: Albert Besnard (French, 1849–1936), Demanding, from the series Elle (detail), 1900. Etching. Plate: 5¼ × 4¼ in. (13.34 × 10.8 cm); sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 7/8 in. (36.51 × 27.62 cm). Purchase, Schuchardt Fund M2017.16.1

Art:Forward Gala
2025-09-20 18:00 - 2025-09-21 00:00
Join us in celebrating 50 years of the Bradley Collection at the Milwaukee Art Museum. In 1975, Mrs. Harry Lynde (“Peg”) Bradley gifted her extraordinary collection of nearly 400 modern and contemporary works of art, forever changing the Museum and Milwaukee’s cultural landscape. Today, this formidable collection remains the cornerstone of the institution’s modern art collection and an inspiring example of how philanthropy can transform a community.

Image: Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944), Fragment I for Composition VII (Center) (detail), 1913. Oil on canvas. 34 15/16 × 39 7/16 in. (88.74 × 100.17 cm). Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley M1958.12
