Pressroom
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Free Day + Celebration Commemorates Milwaukee Philanthropist Alfred Bader
The Museum commemorates the late Dr. Alfred Bader on what would have been his 100th birthday with a free day celebration.
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Milwaukee Art Museum Presents Award-Winning Artworks by Wisconsin Teens in 2024 Scholastic Art Awards: Wisconsin Exhibition
Featuring more than 400 works of art, ranging from digital art to jewelry, the annual exhibition will be free and open to the public February 24–April 7, 2024, in the Museum’s Schroeder Galleria.
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Art in Bloom Fills the Milwaukee Art Museum with Spectacular Art-Inspired Floral Arrangements
The Milwaukee Art Museum’s annual celebration of spring, Art in Bloom, returns April 18–21, with lavish floral installations, live music, and delicious bites and drinks that evoke springtime.
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Milwaukee Art Museum Presents Major Exhibition of Renowned Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron’s Pioneering Portraits
The Milwaukee Art Museum partners with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, to present “Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron,” an exhibition illuminating the transcendent beauty of the renowned photographer’s pioneering style.
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Free Day + Celebration Commemorates Hometown Hero Vel Phillips
The Milwaukee Art Museum commemorates hometown hero Vel Phillips’s 100th birthday on Sunday, February 18, 2024, with a new program called Free Day + Celebration.
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Milwaukee Art Museum Announces New Winter Series, Presents Immersive Work by Larry Bell in January
A seasonal installation of “Iceberg” (2020) by contemporary artist Larry Bell will activate Windhover Hall in the Museum’s Santiago Calatrava-designed Quadracci Pavilion.
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Milwaukee Art Museum Appoints Scott Schwebel as Chief Experience Officer
The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced the hiring of Scott Schwebel as Chief Experience Officer, a new role focused on creating new visitor experiences.
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Milwaukee Art Museum to Present First Comprehensive Survey of Darrel Ellis’s Innovative and Poignant Work
This fall, the Milwaukee Art Museum will present Darrel Ellis: Regeneration, the first major museum exhibition showcasing the breadth of Ellis’s practice, which combined photography, painting, printmaking, and drawing.
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Milwaukee Art Museum to Present the First American Survey Exhibition of Acclaimed British Artist Idris Khan
Idris Khan: Repeat After Me charts the evolution of the artist’s practice from black-and-white photographic works to explorations of music, sound, and color, and debuts a new series inspired by iconic paintings.
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Kristen Gaylord Appointed the Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum
The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced that it has appointed Kristen Gaylord as the Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts, overseeing its collection of photography and media works.
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Milwaukee Art Museum to Present Major Painting Survey This Fall Spanning Emerging to Internationally Renowned Artists
50 Paintings Explores Vast Range of Contemporary Painting with Recent Works by Amy Sherald, Cecily Brown, David Diao, Nicole Eisenman, Pat Steir, Judy Ledgerwood, and Many More Milwaukee, WI – June 13, 2023 – This fall, the Milwaukee Art Museum will present 50 Paintings, a landmark survey featuring recent pieces by 50 artists working today…
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Milwaukee Art Museum Presents Major Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Masterpieces of the Baroque Period This September
This fall, the Museum will present “Art, Life, Legacy: Northern European Paintings in the Collection of Isabel and Alfred Bader”, a major exhibition of more than 75 exquisite Dutch and Flemish masterpieces of the Baroque period.
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