Milwaukee Art Museum
Visual Arts Preview: June 13-19, 2019
Milwaukee Art Museum presents the first retrospective for New York-based artist James Nares, focusing on his many films, while Lynden Sculpture Gardens hosts several workshops. Read more
The Impeccable Craft of Cedarburg's Charles Radtke
His first-ever retrospective at the Milwaukee Art Museum runs through Aug. 25 and rises to a special level of distinction. Read more
Milwaukee Art Museum Announces 2019-2020 Season
From Scandinavian design to photographs highlighting Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Art Museum announces a season of diverse offerings in many media. Read more
A Guide to Milwaukee's Museums
A great way to discover more about any city is to visit its museums to learn about its history, culture and commerce. Read more
Women's History as Seen Through 'Bouguereau & America'
Bouguereau, currently exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum, was best known for his paintings of the female body, which Paul Masterson sees as the male gaze. Read more
Milwaukee Art Museum Ponders Desire in 'Image Model Muse'
The Milwaukee Art Museum exhibits Sara Cwynar’s first solo national exhibition, “Image Model Muse,” examining commercialism and the nature of beauty. Read more
Radio Shepherd Express: March 2019
Harley-Davidson Museum's electric motorcycle exhibit, the value of public spaces, Milwaukee's new food halls and more. Read more
Art Meets High Society in MAM's "Bouguereau & America"
The Milwaukee Art Museum displays the schizophrenic relationship between American collectors and the work of French painter Bouguereau. Read more
Winter 2019 Art Museum Preview
Urban farming, the Great Lakes and Wisconsin art and its artists are all topics that fill the frames and set the sculptor’s wheel in motion with upcoming Milwaukee-area art exhibits. Read more
Photo credit: John Edmonds
Queer Family Pictures at MAM
“Family Pictures,” a special exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum featuring the works of nearly a dozen African American photographers, is of particular LGBTQ relevance for its inclusion of two queer artists: John Edmonds and Lyle Ashton Harris. Read more
Radio Shepherd Express: December 2018
Milwaukee County Parks, the economic case for public art, an interview with Milwaukee musician Peter Woods and more. Read more
Saving Our Democracy: Nov. 1-7, 2018
Academics from across North America will come to UW-Milwaukee to discuss feminism, while Pathfinders presents the state of youth homelessness. Read more
Inside the Milwaukee Art Museum's Conservation Lab
The Conservation Lab of the Milwaukee Art Museum works to conserve, restore and preserve works of art. Read more
Visual Arts Preview: Oct. 18-24, 2018
Exhibits opening this week include "The San Quentin Project" at the Milwaukee Art Museum and "Out of the Vault and New Acquisitions" at David Barnett Gallery. The Historic Third Ward Association will also present Gallery Night and Day this weekend. Read more
Midcentury Design in Play at Milwaukee Art Museum
By emphasizing the kinetics and interactivity of play over usual formal rhetoric, MAM’s “Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America” speaks up for a history that’s taken a beating. Read more
Hanging Art on the Art Museum's Walls
The Shepherd Express interviews Milwaukee Art Museum’s former senior preparator, Joe Kavanaugh, about his experience with art exhibits at MAM. Read more
Visual Arts Preview: Sept. 13-19, 2018
Several new exhibitions open this week, including ones at Tory Folliard Gallery, Gallery 224 and Hawthorn Contemporary. Read more
Photo credit: Pat A. Robinson
How the Arts and the LGBTQ Community Could Help Bring the DNC to Cream City
Last week, representatives of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) came to Milwaukee for an on-site inspection to determine if the city met its requirements for its 2020 National Convention. From what I’ve heard, they were impressed. Read more
Radio Shepherd Express: September 2018
Overview of the Fall Arts Guide, potential rise of all ages shows and venues, declining ridership of Milwaukee's mass transit and more. Read more
'American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood' Comes to Milwaukee Art Museum
For over a century, movies have captured our imaginations, immersing us in the narratives of distant wars, the wild west, and political intrigue. And so it is with the works of Thomas Hart Benton. Inspired by Hollywood cinema and human nature.. Read more
