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Director and Curatorial bios »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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The first contract agreement between the Milwaukee Art Museum and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) was ratified by a vote of unionized staff on Tuesday, December 22, 2022.
A new exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum will present the first comprehensive survey of the work of celebrated photographer An-My Lê (American, born Vietnam, 1960). Opening December 3, 2021, in the Museum’s Baker/Rowland Galleries, On Contested Terrain provides unprecedented insight into Lê’s career and her subtle, evocative images, which draw on landscape traditions to explore the complexity of war and conflict.
The Milwaukee Art Museum has announced that Jeff Yabuki has been unanimously elected as Chair of the Museum’s Board of Trustees effective on October 29, 2021. Yabuki has been a Museum Trustee since 2007 and a member of the Executive Committee since 2018.
A newly commissioned large-scale wall mural and sculptural installation will be unveiled October 29 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Created by Brooklyn-based artist Derrick Adams, Our Time Together will be a 93-foot work that reframes historical Black narratives.
The Milwaukee Art Museum has announced that Linda Woods has been hired as the organization’s new Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, which is on the Museum’s Senior Leadership Team, Woods is responsible for building and maintaining an equitable, diverse, and inclusive work culture that supports staff engagement and retention.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is helping usher in summer with a variety of offerings for visitors, including new exhibitions, opportunities to come together on the Museum’s green spaces overlooking Lake Michigan, and newly reopened spaces to explore.
The extensive impact of Spanish art and culture on American painters in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is the focus of Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820–1920, a new exhibition opening June 11, 2021, at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
This spring, the Milwaukee Art Museum will offer a variety of ways for visitors and families to have art experiences, both online and in-person. The popular annual events Art in Bloom and Lakefront Festival of Art will be virtual celebrations again this year, with highlights shared beginning April 22 and June 18, respectively.
Milwaukee museums have jointly announced they will reopen in March 2021. Discovery World, the Harley-Davidson Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Milwaukee Public Museum will again welcome visitors with proper health and safety protocols in place.
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