MAM Events

Gallery Talk: “50 Paintings”
2024-06-22 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, WI, 53202, United States
Join exhibition curator Margaret Andera for an in-depth exploration of different themes and topics in 50 Paintings.
This drop-in experience is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Come prepared for your visit by reserving tickets at the door or online.
Leadership Sponsors:
Miriam Van de Sype and Flavius Cucu
Supporting Sponsors:
Mary Allmon, Marietta Investment Partners
McKenzie and Jason Edmonds
Tony and Sue Krausen
Elizabeth Levins and Herbert Zien
Kristin and John Sheehan
The Milwaukee Art Museum extends its sincere thanks to the 2023 Visionaries:
Mark and Debbie Attanasio
Donna and Donald Baumgartner
Murph Burke
Joel and Caran Quadracci
Sue and Bud Selig
Jeff and Gail Yabuki and the Yabuki Family Foundation
Image: GaHee Park (South Korean, b. 1985), Winter Snail (detail), 2021. Oil on canvas. 27 × 22 in. (68.58 × 55.88 cm) Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Museum purchase with funds provided by John Auerbach and Ed Tang. Image: Courtesy of the Artist and Perrotin. Photographer: Tanguy Beurdeley.

Drop-In Tours: Music + Art
2024-06-22 14:00 - 15:00
When the lakefront comes alive for Milwaukee’s favorite music festival, join us for a themed tour of artworks with musical connections in the Museum’s collection. Join the Museum docent leading this tour in Windhover Hall, near the Museum’s main entrance and admissions desks.
This drop-in experience is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission tickets are available at the door and online.

Museum parking recommendation during Summerfest
Parking in the Museum’s Calatrava underground garage is reserved for Museum visitors at the standard rates, for parking only during Museum hours. Across the street, Museum Center Park (MCP) welcomes Museum and Summerfest visitors alike at a daily, special event rate, with payment by credit/debit card only.
Want discounts on parking every time you visit the Museum? Join as a Museum Member to enjoy 20% off rates in the underground and MCP garages.
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Image: Raoul Dufy (French, 1877–1953), Red Orchestra (Le concert rouge) (detail), 1946–49. Oil on canvas. 39 3/8 × 31 7/8 in. (100.01 × 80.96 cm). Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley, M1959.379. Photo by John R. Glembin ©2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Member Mingle + Director Talk: “Idris Khan: Repeat After Me”
2024-06-27 17:00 - 18:00
Open to all Members
Meet your fellow Members for a drink from the cash bar. Art Advocate level Members and above enjoy one complimentary beverage.
Following the Member Mingle, join us in Lubar Auditorium for a Director Talk with Marcelle Polednik, PhD, Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director of the Museum. Hear her reflections on Idris Khan, his work, and curating Idris Khan: Repeat After Me.
5–6 p.m. | Member Mingle
6:15–7:15 p.m. | Director Talk
RSVP to membership@mam.org or 414-224-3284.
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Join today →
The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to our exhibition sponsors.

Image: Idris Khan (British, b. 1978), Rhythm in Colour 1 (detail), 2022. Watercolor and oil on paper. 25 9/16 x 22 13/16 in. (65 x 58 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Sean Kelly. © Idris Khan

Director Talk: “Idris Khan: Repeat After Me”
2024-06-27 18:15 - 19:15
Lubar Auditorium
Hear from Marcelle Polednik, PhD, Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director of the Museum, about Idris Khan, his work, and curating Idris Khan: Repeat After Me. The exhibition is the first in a U.S. museum for the eminent British artist and spans every facet of Khan’s multimedia career, exploring the lyrical, symbolic, and physical meanings of repetition.
This drop-in experience is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission tickets are available at the door or online.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to our exhibition sponsors.

Image: Idris Khan (British, b. 1978), Bach…Six Suites for the Solo Cello (detail), 2006. Chromogenic print. 100 ⅜ x 68 ⅛ in. (255 x 173 cm). Courtesy of the Artist and Sean Kelly. © Idris Khan

Story Time in the Galleries
2024-06-29 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-06 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-13 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-20 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-27 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-08-03 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-08-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-08-17 10:30 - 11:00 and 1 more date
Every Saturday morning, join us in the galleries to hear a story and make art together. Meet in Windhover Hall near the admission desks at 10:30 a.m. and travel with the reader through the galleries. Then, listen to a story in front of a work of art before creating an artwork inspired by what you have seen and heard.
This event is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission for kids 12 and under is free. Tickets are available at the door or online.

Sponsored by
Four-Four Foundation
Anonymous donor

Early Museum Closure
2024-07-04 10:00 - 17:00
The Museum closes early, at 5 p.m., due to the Fourth of July holiday. Regular Thursday hours, 10 a.m.–8 p.m., resume on Thursday, July 11.

Drop-In Tours: American Art
2024-07-06 14:00 - 15:00
Celebrate stories, places, and people from the Museum’s American art collection during a one-hour tour with a Museum docent. Join the tour in Windhover Hall, near the Museum’s main entrance and admissions desks.
This drop-in experience is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission tickets are available at the door and online.

Image: Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, 1858–1924), Picnic by the Sea (detail), 1913–15. Oil on canvas. 23 × 32 in. (58.42 × 81.28 cm). Gift of the Donald B. Abert Family in his memory, by exchange, M1986.49. Photo by Efraim Lev-er

Curator Reception and Tour: “Arresting Beauty”
2024-07-10 17:30 - 20:00
Windhover Hall
Open to Patron ($800) level Members and above
Join Kristen Gaylord, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts, after hours for a cocktail reception in Windhover Hall, followed by a private tour through Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron.
RSVP by June 26 to rsvp@mam.org or 414-224-3259.
Not a Patron level Member? Join today or upgrade your membership for access to this and other exclusive events. Call the membership team at 414-224-3284.

A V&A Exhibition – Touring the World
The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to its exhibition sponsors.

Image: Julia Margaret Cameron, A Sibyl after the manner of Michelangelo (detail), 1864, albumen print © The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. Museum no. RPS.736-2017

Gallery Talk: “Idris Khan: Repeat After Me”
2024-07-11 12:00 - 13:00
Enjoy in-depth exploration of the artworks, themes, and topics in the exhibition Idris Khan: Repeat After Me.
This drop-in experience is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission tickets are available at the door or online.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to our exhibition sponsors.

Image: Idris Khan (British, b. 1978), Overture, 2015. Oil on glass with aluminum frame. 96 x 78 x 156 in. (243.8 x 198.1 x 396.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Sean Kelly. © Idris Khan

Guest Gallery Talk: “Arresting Beauty”
2024-07-13 13:00 - 14:00
Join local visual artist Margaret Muza for an in-depth discussion of the artworks on view in Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron.
This drop-in experience is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission tickets are available at the door or online.

About Margaret Muza
A native of Milwaukee, WI, Margaret Muza is a visual artist specializing in one of the earliest photographic methods in history, dating back to the mid-1800s. Through her chemical process and modern vision, Margaret’s images give her subjects a timeless look. Operating her studio out of a 100-year-old church, she finds inspiration in the colors and textures of her surroundings, often exposing her images directly onto cathedral glass. This rare chemical process is unique in many ways, one being that each image must be developed immediately after it is taken. Also called “wetplate,” Margaret’s process, development and all, happens before the light-sensitive emulsion dries on the metal plate. The final product leaves deposits of pure metallic silver as highlights against the contrasting black metal surface. These instant heirlooms are one-of-a-kind objects that cannot be duplicated, as there are no negatives involved.

A V&A Exhibition – Touring the World
The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to our exhibition sponsors.

Image: Julia Margaret Cameron, The Rosebud Garden of Girls (detail), 1868. Albumen print. © The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. Museum no. RPS.1129-2017

Free Days Presented by Baird
2024-07-14 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-16 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-17 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-18 10:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-19 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-20 10:00 - 17:00
Milwaukeeans and visitors alike are invited to enjoy free admission to the Milwaukee Art Museum and experience its iconic architecture and world-class collection!
Explore art from antiquity to the present day in the collection galleries, and don’t miss the exhibitions Idris Khan: Repeat After Me, Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron, and On Site: Derrick Adams: Our Time Together. Make art together in the Kohl’s Art Studio, which is open with special hours all week!
Find more information on kids’ activities, dining, and directions here.

About Our Sponsor
A community partner to many, Baird supports nonprofit organizations aligned with its focus on the arts, education, and health and human services. Baird believes in sharing its strong commitment to equality and opportunity for all and seeks to support organizations where its associates are actively engaged to maximize its impact—especially in Milwaukee, where Baird has its roots.

Haberman Local Luminaries: “Arresting Beauty"
2024-07-25 18:15 - 19:15
Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts
Join us during the closing week of Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron for an intimate conversation with Katie Avila Loughmiller, Jodi Eastberg, and Glenda Mitchell as they discuss works featured in the exhibition.
A storyteller like Julia Margaret Cameron, Katie Avila Loughmiller works at the intersection of community, art, and institutions, and her reflections will focus on the photographs’ narrative and theatricality. Professor Jodi Eastberg, a specialist on the British empire and on the Layton Art Collection painting on view in the exhibition, will bring her historical expertise to Cameron’s work. Glenda Mitchell, a photographer who works in both digital and film, will provide a unique perspective on the importance of portraiture, womanhood, motherhood, race, and representation.
This drop-in experience is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission tickets are available at the door or online.

Meet the Luminaries
Katie Avila Loughmiller is an interdisciplinary artist and Co-Founder and Creative Director of Latinas Unidas en las Artes (LUNA), a business that supports artists of color. She is also the Partnerships, Engagement & Impact Manager at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre and teaches at MIAD and UWM. She earned her first Coordinating Producer & Assistant Editor credit on the documentary film Out of the Picture, which premiered at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (2023). Her past art residencies include the Santa Fe Art Institute, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Vermont Studio Center. She received the Milwaukee Magazine’s Unity Award (2022) and the City of Milwaukee’s Vel R. Phillips Trailblazer Award (2021). She holds a B.A. from NYU and an M.F.A. from Otis College of Art & Design.

Jodi Eastberg, PhD, serves as the Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of History at Alverno College where she has taught a variety of courses focused on world history, women’s history and higher education leadership. Her research focuses on sites of cultural and diplomatic interaction between Europe and Asia. Eastberg serves as the Vice President of the Layton Art Collection, Inc. an independent not-for-profit organization that acts as steward of the Layton Art Collection displayed at the Milwaukee Art Museum and extends it mission to sponsoring exhibitions, scholarship, education, and other programming focused on the works in the collection.

Glenda Mitchell is a mother, Midwest native, and photographer based in Milwaukee. A storyteller through digital and film photography, Glenda brings recognition to the beauty of queer and Black communities, highlighting themes of otherness, gentle masculinity, queer representation, Black sisterhood, and the juxtaposition of societal expectations and the true beauty of everyday people. Her work has been shown in OnMilwaukee, featured in Milwaukee Magazine, and on the cover of Our Lives. Most recently, she co-curated ABUNDANCE: Through the Lens of Black Women this winter at Var Gallery in Walker’s Point.

Haberman Local Luminaries takes place annually and honors the late F. William Haberman, former president of the Herzfeld Foundation.

A V&A Exhibition – Touring the World
The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to its exhibition sponsors.

Sponsored by
Milwaukee Art Museum’s Photography Council

Member Mingle + Artist Talk: “Idris Khan: Repeat After Me”
2024-08-08 17:00 - 18:00
Open to all Members
Windhover Hall
Meet your fellow Members for a drink from the cash bar. Art Advocate level Members and above enjoy one complimentary beverage.
Following the Member Mingle, join Idris Khan in Lubar Auditorium for the Artist Talk about his art and the body of work he created expressly for presentation at the Museum.
5–6 p.m. | Member Mingle
6:15–7:15 p.m. | Artist Talk
RSVP to membership@mam.org or 414-224-3284.
Not a Member?
Join today →
The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to our exhibition sponsors.

Image: Idris Khan (British, b. 1978), The Seasons Turn (detail), 2021. Oil on mounted paper. 28 panels, each: 25 ½ x 21 ½ in. (64 x 54.5 cm). Courtesy of the Artist and Sean Kelly. © Idris Khan

Artist Talk: “Idris Khan: Repeat After Me”
2024-08-08 18:15 - 19:15
Lubar Auditorium
Join Idris Khan as he talks about his art and the body of work he created expressly for the exhibition Idris Khan: Repeat After Me. The exhibition marks the U.S. museum debut for the eminent British artist and spans every facet of Khan’s multimedia career, exploring the lyrical, symbolic, and physical meanings of repetition.
This experience is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission tickets are available at the door or online.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to our exhibition sponsors.

Contemporary Art Society Dinner with Idris Khan
2024-08-08 19:30 - 21:30
Open to Members of the Contemporary Art Society
Contemporary Art Society members are invited to attend a special dinner with Idris Khan and exhibition curator Marcelle Polednik, Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director, following his Artist Talk at the Museum. RSVPs open July 11.
Questions about this event or joining a support group? Contact Alma Kneisel, support group administrator, at 414-224-3863 or alma.kneisel@mam.org.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to our exhibition sponsors.

Image: Idris Khan (British, b. 1978), The Seasons Turn (detail), 2021. Oil on mounted paper. 28 panels, each: 25 ½ x 21 ½ in. (64 x 54.5 cm). Courtesy of the Artist and Sean Kelly. © Idris Khan

Summer Party
2024-08-09 17:30 - 19:30
Open to Benefactor Platinum ($5,000) level Members and above
Curator Marcelle Polednik PhD, Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director and the Trustees of the Milwaukee Art Museum invite our most generous supporters to an exclusive private reception, joined by artist Idris Khan celebrating the artist’s first U.S. solo exhibition Idris Khan: Repeat After Me.
RSVP by July 26 to rsvp@mam.org or 414-224-3259.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to our exhibition sponsors.

Image: Idris Khan (British, b. 1978), The Seasons Turn (detail), 2021. Oil on mounted paper. 28 panels each: 25 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (64 × 54.5 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Sean Kelly. © Idris Khan

Unveiling Celebration: Mural by ArtXpress Teen Interns
2024-08-18 12:30 - 15:30
Windhover Hall and Baumgartner Terrace
Join us in celebrating the creativity and community advocacy of the Milwaukee Art Museum’s ArtXpress teen interns! Be among the first to view the mural they conceptualized and completed during their internship. Enjoy a day of interactive art activities led by these talented teens, hear firsthand accounts of their creative journey, and explore the galleries on their tours.

Lineup
12:30–1:30 p.m. remarks and refreshments
1:30–2 p.m. bus mural reveal
2–3:30 p.m. intern-led art activities and tours
The ArtXpress Internship empowers Milwaukee teens to voice social issues through art. Over four weeks, the interns developed their artistic talents, received guidance from seasoned professionals, and participated in critical discourse around power, equity, and social justice. Following its debut, the Milwaukee County Transit System bus showcasing the mural will travel the city streets for four months, sharing their powerful message with the community.

Sponsored by
An Anonymous Donor

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
