Milwaukee Art Museum
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. more
The Mystery from the Milwaukee Art Museum's Vault
Is it or isn’t it? Therein lies the question, and the mystery, surrounding a painting that’s been sitting in the vaults of the Milwaukee Art Museum for close to 80 years. more
Nature's Cathedrals, Yosemite through the Wisconsin Dells, at Milwaukee Art Museum
The Milwaukee Art Museum’s “Photographing Nature’s Cathedrals: Carleton E. Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge and H.H. Bennett” exhibits cutting-edge technology of the mid 19th century in a collection of breathtaking landscapes. more
Performing Arts Weekly: Aug 2-8, 2018
This week, we preview Forty Carats by the Village Playhouse and The Flesh Trade by The Alchemist Theatre. more
William Kentridge's Buoyant 'Dance' at Milwaukee Art Museum
William Kentridge’s “More Sweetly Play the Dance” (through Aug. 19 at the Milwaukee Art Museum) combines filmmaking, drawing, animation and a soundtrack by Johannes Serekeho to create a buoyant, modern danse macabre. more
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Milwaukee County Parks at a Crossroads
It’s long been a truism that Milwaukee County residents love their historic parks. Nonetheless, continual defunding for three decades has left much of the county’s parks frayed and even derelict. more
Shake the Shade
Ruthie answers a question from a reader concerned about a fellow volunteer throwing shade. more
Goya's 'Daring Technique' at Milwaukee Art Museum Shows the Artist's Enduring Legacy
Goya is considered one of Spain’s most important artists of all time for many reasons: He was the official “painter to the king” renowned for traditional portraiture, and he was a daring proto-modernist in his enduringly influential private ... more
Why is Milwaukee County Booting the Winter Market from the Domes?
Despite its popularity, organizers of the Milwaukee’s Winter Farmers Market at the Mitchell Park Domes Annex were abruptly informed last month that the market’s lease would not be renewed at the domes annex. more
Photo credit: Laurelyn Savannah Photography
Artful Options at Café Calatrava
Café Calatrava is a hidden gem located on the ground floor of the Milwaukee Art Museum. The menu changes often and is seasonal, using many locally sourced ingredients. more
'Hark! The Lark' and Other Queer Art
The Milwaukee Art Museum recently opened a new exhibit, “Coming Away: Winslow Homer and England.” The extraordinary show of some 50 works by Homer and his contemporaries adds to the pantheon of LGBTQ artists represented in the museum’s collection. 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.. more
