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Award-Winning Artworks by Wisconsin Teens coming Soon to Milwaukee Art Museum for 2023 Scholastic Art Awards: Wisconsin Exhibition
The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced it will present award-winning artwork by creative teens from Wisconsin for the 2023 Scholastic Art Awards: Wisconsin Exhibition.
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Milwaukee Art Museum to Present Exhibition Exploring Contemporary Native American Art and Culture Through the Medium of Photography
Native America: In Translation is curated by Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke), a Portland, Oregon-based artist who engages archival research and her Native American cultural heritage in her practice.
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Milwaukee Art Museum to Present Major Traveling Exhibition Tracing 20th Century Transnational Design Exchanges between U.S. and Scandinavia
In Spring 2023, the Milwaukee Art Museum will present Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890–1980, the first exhibition to examine the extensive design exchanges between the United States and the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden during the 20th century.
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Shoshana Resnikoff Appointed Curator of 20th- and 21st-Century Design at Milwaukee Art Museum
The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced that it has appointed Shoshana Resnikoff as its Demmer Curator of 20th and 21st Century Design.
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Elizabeth Siegel Appointed Chief Curator of Milwaukee Art Museum, André Allaire to Become Chief Development Officer
The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced two key additions to its senior leadership team: Elizabeth Siegel has been appointed the Museum’s Chief Curator, and André Allaire has been named Chief Development Officer.
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David Claerbout’s Conceptual Installation The Close to Receive U.S. Museum Premiere at Milwaukee Art Museum in November
This winter, the Milwaukee Art Museum will mount the U.S. museum premiere of Belgian video and digital artist David Claerbout’s multimedia installation The Close (2022)
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Milwaukee Art Museum to Present Major Exhibition Exploring Early American Modern Art by the Ashcan School and The Eight
This fall, the Milwaukee Art Museum will present The Ashcan School and The Eight: “Creating a National Art,” a major exhibition exploring the work of the turn-of-the-century Ashcan School and The Eight—widely recognized today as America’s first modern art movement.
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Lakeside at MAM Returns for Second Year of Free Outdoor Fun
Visitors can expect a genre-spanning lineup of local musicians, yoga and dance classes, refreshments from the Museum Café, and art making with the Kohl’s Art Studio.
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Streets of Paris Event at the Milwaukee Art Museum
From July 14 to 17, be transported to France and French-speaking countries across the globe including Mali, Senegal, and Haiti during this extravaganza inspired by the feature exhibition Always New: The Posters of Jules Chéret.
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First U.S. Solo Exhibition of Poster Works by Belle Époque Master Lithographer Jules Chéret to Premiere at Milwaukee Art Museum this June
This summer, the Milwaukee Art Museum will present Always New: The Posters of Jules Chéret, the first solo exhibition in the United States of works by 19th-century French lithographer Jules Chéret (1836-1932).
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New Exhibition Explores Ways in which Photography Can Transform Our Understanding of the Landscape
A new exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum, highlighting recent acquisitions created by artists of different races, nationalities and genders, examines the impact photographs can have on shaping viewer’s perceptions of the physical world around them.
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Milwaukee Art Museum Expands Public Hours and Offers New Experiences and Programming for Visitors
The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced new ways for visitors to engage through expanded offerings, including a reinstallation of some of its contemporary art galleries, the return of Kohl’s Art Studio and Art in Bloom, and a reopening of the Museum to visitors on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. starting April 12.
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Popular Art in Bloom Event Returns In-Person to the Milwaukee Art Museum
Visitors can once again welcome spring with a celebration of art and flowers at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Art in Bloom returns April 7-10, 2022, after a two-year hiatus. The popular event will feature nearly 30 art-inspired floral installations throughout the galleries.
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Award-Winning Artwork by Wisconsin Teens Returns to Milwaukee Art Museum Galleries
The annual exhibition celebrating young artistic talent in Wisconsin will return on-site to the Milwaukee Art Museum. Taking place February 5–March 20, in the Museum’s Schroeder Galleria, the juried 2022 Scholastic Art Awards: Wisconsin Exhibition will showcase more than 300 works by students in grades 7–12 from 128 schools across the state.
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Contemporary Woven Pictures by Christy Matson Highlighted in New Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition
A new exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum presents woven works of art that pair new technologies with centuries-old craft knowledge to create distinctive, painterly compositions. Opening February 25, 2022, in the Museum’s Bradley Family Gallery, Currents 38: Christy Matson features more than 40 woven objects by the Los Angeles-based artist who has helped reshape the traditional medium of weaving into a contemporary art form.
