Milwaukee Ballet Show Remakes History
‘Ballet Russe Reimagined’ takes famous works of 20th century and gives them a contemporary spin.
Feb 10th, 2020
No Longer a “Sleepy Backwater”
So says gallery owner John Sobczak about Milwaukee’s art community.
Jan 28th, 2020
Greatest Hits of the State?
MOWA presents 39 artists from across the state in 2020 Wisconsin Artists Biennial.
Jan 21st, 2020
Airport Will Help Art Museum Grow
Partnership will help connect tourists to Milwaukee Art Museum shows.
Jan 13th, 2020
Oh So Many Colors
Tory Folliard show features 10 artists exploring the charms and contradictions of color theory.
Jan 8th, 2020
21 Great Places to See Art
Galleries, museums, a hotel, a warehouse. All free.
Jan 7th, 2020
Top 10 Visual Art Highlights
From new arts hotel to mural creations to a “Moon Festival.”
Dec 30th, 2019
5 Museums for the Winter Break
Let art be your respite from holiday stress at five great museums.
Dec 23rd, 2019
The Family That Does Art Together
Cloud 9 offers hands-on art experiences for the child in all of us.
Dec 16th, 2019
Deck the Halls With Arts and Crafts
Where to shop for art works or arts and crafts supplies.
Dec 9th, 2019
Ducks Unlimited Gets Art Worth $500,000
BMO Harris Bank donates 900 prints by Wisconsin’s wildlife painter Owen Gromme.
Dec 2nd, 2019
Great Art Comes to Town
MAM’s stunning new show has works by Monet, Manet, Degas, Cezanne, van Gogh, Picasso and many other art stars.
Nov 29th, 2019
Tis the Season for Crafts Workshops
Hone your skills, meet a friend, create some holiday ornaments or gifts.
Nov 25th, 2019
Meet the Mary Nohl Grant Winners
LaNia Sproles, among a group of winning artists, sees exciting growth in city’s arts scene.
Nov 18th, 2019
How a Newsboy Strike Became a Musical
Skylight presents ‘Newsies’, a protest musical about boys fighting unfair labor practices.
Nov 15th, 2019
Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso and More
50 paintings by giants of European modernism coming to MAM starting Friday.
Nov 11th, 2019
The Two Jobs of Fred Bell
A painter. And a salesman of his work. Not to mention the classes he’s taught.
Nov 4th, 2019
Beasts of the Painted World
The painters in Tory Folliard’s group show capture a natural world filled with strange creatures.
Oct 31st, 2019
A Haven for Craft Lovers
The Rec Room Craft Co. in Walker’s Point is your go-to place for craft projects. And drinks.
Oct 28th, 2019
Filament Adds More Events to Walker’s Point
Event space in old lace factory building has new bar, sound system and lighting.
Oct 27th, 2019
How to Become Very Popular
Local illustrator Rachal Duggan explains how to build a professional career.
Oct 21st, 2019
A Time Capsule of Milwaukee
Art Museum's “Portrait of Milwaukee” offers vignettes of the city’s history over an 80-year period.
Oct 15th, 2019
Bay View’s Unique Art School
The Art School on KK is a non-profit that helps students of all skill levels.
Oct 14th, 2019
Honeypie Moving to Former Alchemist Theatre Space
Popular Bay View restaurant will move a few blocks north next spring.
Oct 11th, 2019
Comedy Bar Coming to Walker’s Point
The Laughing Tap plans to open in the former Sprecher Taproom location.
Oct 10th, 2019
Jazz Gallery Offers A Diverse Array of Art
Home to the Riverwest Artists Association, the gallery provides a platform for local musicians and visual artists. And it has big plans for the future.
Oct 7th, 2019
Two-Story Sushi Restaurant Planned Downtown
Sushi, hibachi restaurant planned for former Catch 22 space on N. Milwaukee St.
Oct 5th, 2019
Wood Violet Tap House Opens in Bay View
New taproom features Wisconsin-brewed craft beer.
Oct 3rd, 2019
Fun With Politicians…and Others
Frank Juarez Gallery presents the perplexing, slightly absurd sculptures of artist Rob Neilson.
Oct 3rd, 2019
Art Studio Opening in Former Cudahy Funeral Home
'Find Your Light' will offer classes in drawing and oil painting.
Sep 30th, 2019
Bay View’s White House Tavern Coming Back
Allison Meinhardt is working to open new business in historic building.
Sep 27th, 2019
A World of Crazy Colors
Artist’s TL Solien’s odd, uneasy narratives featured at Tory Folliard gallery.
Sep 26th, 2019
Dead Bird Brewing Opens
Taproom open today, with brewing equipment arriving next month.
Sep 24th, 2019
West Allis Has Art, Not Just Industry
Local business offers pottery classes, studio memberships and helps fire up new artists.
Sep 23rd, 2019
Artists Who Honor Writers
Haggerty Museum exhibits offer artists responding to great writers like Rilke, Elliot and Hardy.
Sep 20th, 2019
The Return of Brunch
Downtown breakfast and lunch cafe got flooded out on Plankinton. The new Brunch now open on Milwaukee St.
Sep 18th, 2019
Always On the Wing
Busy gallery owner, writer and MIAD instructor Debra Brehmer has strong views about art.
Sep 17th, 2019
Snack Boys Will Move, Expand
From Walker's Point to bigger space on E. North Ave., old home of Hotel Foster.
Sep 16th, 2019
Posters of Gay Paree
Milwaukee Art Museum’s show of 19th century posters by illustrator Jules Cheret is pure fun.
Sep 11th, 2019
LOVE Affair at Milwaukee Art Museum
Robert Indiana’s iconic sculpture installed. But who’s the donor?
Sep 9th, 2019
A War Over Belgian Liège Waffles?
Who's the most authentic, Benelux or newcomer Press Au Marche? You be the judge.
Sep 9th, 2019
Sprecher Brewing Closes Taproom
Building will be sold, so Walker’s Point taproom is closing.
Sep 5th, 2019
New Coffee House for Downtown
Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea will also serve locally-sourced salads, sandwiches, appetizers.
Sep 4th, 2019
The Never Dull Life of Anna Rodriguez
Artist, poet, curator, more. New show: ‘The Monotonous Life of Roy G. Biv’.
Sep 3rd, 2019
New Downtown Coffee Bar Opens
In renovated 1913 hotel space, with tons of coffee offerings, and soon serving sandwiches.
Aug 28th, 2019
Why Juarez Gallery Returned to Third Ward
The city’s “a thriving art community” says teacher, gallery owner and publisher Frank Juarez.
Aug 26th, 2019
We Are What We Eat
MOWA show creates weird American landscapes made of junk food.
Aug 23rd, 2019
Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom
Or at least a couple hundred, in MOWA’s uniquely inclusive Members’ Show.
Aug 20th, 2019
Mitchell Street Becoming Art Hub
Scout Gallery, the newest addition to the street, represents a range of local artists.
Aug 19th, 2019
Let Us Now Praise The Still Life
Tory Folliard’s “Nature Morte” show is a rich roundup of still life works by more than 30 artists.
Aug 15th, 2019
Museum’s Nares Show Grabs Audiences
And a new mural in Bronzeville honors Vel Phillips.
Aug 13th, 2019
Wauwatosa Embraces Art
City picks winning artists to create colorful murals.
Aug 5th, 2019
Variety Is the Spice of This Exhibit
Show presents six artists of very different cultural backgrounds who all work in the same building.
Aug 2nd, 2019
The Ever-Busy Life of Shane McAdams
Artist, art critic and gallery owner impacts local scene in many ways.
Jul 29th, 2019
Presenting Fresh Bakery — And Art
Bay View bakery exhibits the work of local artists.
Jul 22nd, 2019
The Mystique of Wisconsin Dells
MOWA exhibit's photographs capture history and allure of this longtime tourist attraction.
Jul 19th, 2019
Young Art Entrepreneur Thinks Big
Josh Hintz takes business approach to two galleries for emerging artists he runs.
Jul 15th, 2019
The Circus Is In Town
Jewish Museum presents the often surreal images of the circus by beloved artist Marc Chagall.
Jul 11th, 2019
Too Many White Male Critics?
Former JS critic gets cited in controversy. And MOWA buys a Uttech painting.
Jul 8th, 2019
A Horse Is Not Just a Horse
Painter Dominique Knowles’s love affair with all things equine results in an unusual show.
Jul 3rd, 2019
A New Generation of Artists
Latest Nohl Fellowship winners, showcased at Haggerty Museum, offer a wild variety of work.
Jun 28th, 2019
All About Downtown
MOWA’s new space at Saint Kate Hotel celebrates downtown. And why not?
Jun 26th, 2019
Sweet and Sour and Slightly Surreal
Painter Mary Alice Wimmer and sculptor Jessica Calderwood may charm and perplex you.
Jun 20th, 2019
End of the Line
RedLine gallery will close after its final exhibition, on display this month.
Jun 11th, 2019
Human Is As Human Does
Eight artists offer “portraits” at the Real Tinsel Gallery that are about the physical traces people leave behind.
May 28th, 2019
Man of Many Woods
Cedarburg furniture designer Charles Radtke creates unique pieces with different kinds of wood.
May 24th, 2019
Take a Look Through My Kaleidoscope
Artist Robin Jebavy turns paintings of glassware into dizzyingly dense fields of color.
May 14th, 2019
Thinking About America
Race, immigration and other issues explored in Lynden exhibit of Evelyn Patricia Terry.
May 7th, 2019
The Queen of Knick Knacks
Artist Sara Cwynar takes a hard look at kitsch, advertising and our notions of beauty in MAM exhibition.
May 3rd, 2019
Patterns for the People
Frank Juarez Gallery presents two artists who are all about the journey, not the destination.
Apr 25th, 2019
Illuminations from the Middle Ages
Milwaukee Art Museum's exhibit of religious manuscripts offers window into lost world.
Apr 17th, 2019
Home Is Where the Art Is
MOWA exhibit offers a treasure trove of imaginative, artful home furnishings.
Apr 10th, 2019
Celebrating “The City”
Haggerty show exhibits mid-20th century urban photographs and documentary film by Ralph Steiner.
Apr 2nd, 2019
Crazy Cartoonish Colors
Artist Mark Ottens geometric paintings and drawings are loose yet precise, fun but enigmatic.
Mar 29th, 2019
Michelle Grabner’s Art Fools The Eye
And raises wry questions about American consumer culture.
Mar 19th, 2019
Two For The Show
Tory Folliard presents paintings by Melanie Parke and Mary Jones.
Mar 12th, 2019
The Sheer Beauty of Bouguereau
America’s Gilded Age loved the French artist’s paintings. A Milwaukee Art Museum show considers them anew.
Mar 6th, 2019
The Not So Great Lakes
Painter Alexis Rockman captures the threatened beauty of the Great Lakes in Haggerty show.
Feb 26th, 2019
The Mystique of Urban Farms
Grohmann Museum’s photographic exhibit captures city’s urban farms of the past — and present.
Feb 15th, 2019
The Deer, The Trees, The Wonder
Septuagenarian Wisconsin Painter Charles Munch loves — and worries about — nature.
Feb 8th, 2019
Six Artists With A Heap of Materials
Artists collaborate and improvise to create freshly made art at Real Tinsel Gallery.
Jan 29th, 2019
Blissful Bric-a-Brac. Funny, Too
Octogenarian Artist Peter Dahlke’s “Dream Spaces” features magical boxes filled with curious objects.
Jan 23rd, 2019
A Mixed-Up, Muddled-Up, Shook-Up World
Portrait Society presents two young artists with playful but worried views of the world.
Jan 11th, 2019
Here Comes Clement Meadmore
Lynden Sculpture Garden’s indoor show offers models of his large, playfully precise sculptures.
Jan 7th, 2019
Glass Stories
MOWA’s exhibition challenges notions of how glass can be used to create art.
Jan 4th, 2019
Real Estate Development Inspires Artist
Ian Sonsyadek paints from the perspective of city workers, contractors, residents.
Dec 20th, 2018
Stagnant Scenes of Suburbia
Illinois artist Mark Forth’s paintings, at Tory Folliard Gallery, turns familiar American scenes into an eerie world.
Dec 14th, 2018
Paintings, Pots and Crazy Creatures
Green Gallery presents two very different artists who somehow work together.
Dec 5th, 2018
Stories from San Quentin Prison
Photography, writing and podcasts create a different kind of exhibit that captures life in prison.
Nov 30th, 2018
Art Has Never Been Such Fun
MAM exhibit, “Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America” is for the child in all of us.
Nov 15th, 2018
All About Women
Cory Fells “100 Womxn Project” offers a male photographer celebrating the strengths of mostly minority women.
Nov 14th, 2018
World’s Greatest Violinist?
Icon Itzhak Perlman thrills the crowd at his Riverside concert.
Nov 9th, 2018
Let the Celebrations Continue
Artist Mark Mulhern’s vibrantly colored paintings portray a world of parties, none of them political.
Nov 2nd, 2018
The Big Trumpet of Chris Botti
One of the world’s best-selling instrumentalists, Botti wows them at the Pabst.
Oct 30th, 2018
How Now Brown Cows
Door County artist Craig Blietz, whose work is at MOWA, makes cows cool.
Oct 26th, 2018
Ballet’s ‘Dracula” Makes Horror Seductive
Elegant, atmospheric production boasts strong dancing and potent music.
Oct 26th, 2018
Let Us Now Praise America’s Workers
Photographer David Plowden poignantly captures a disappearing era of blue collar work and workers.
Oct 12th, 2018
Let’s Talk About the American Dream
Haggerty Museum show offers videos by Dutch-born artist interviewing young Americans.
Oct 5th, 2018
Shakespeare With Blood and Guts
Voices Found Repertory does ‘Titus Andronicus’ and doesn’t skimp on the terror.
Oct 3rd, 2018
All in the Family
“Family Pictures,” a touring show of African American photography, offers depth and humanity, not stereotypes.
Oct 1st, 2018
Symphony Punches Home Stravinsky’s ‘Rite’
MSO concert a sonic showcase for guest conductor Karina Canellakis.
Sep 24th, 2018
The Deer Hunter
Artist Fred Stonehouse mixes animal and human forms in dark, mysterious paintings.
Sep 21st, 2018
Looking Backwards With a Smile
Tyanna Buie’s art is a fragmented celebration of family and childhood memories.
Sep 14th, 2018
When Photography Was Tough Work
Art Museum’s exhibition of nature photos by Muybridge, Watkins and Bennett is a beautiful story.
Aug 2nd, 2018
Grant Park Is For the Birds
A key flyway, the park and its Friends group gets award for bird conservation.
Apr 26th, 2018
RAW Presents Music, Fashion and More
The Rave was the setting for RAW’s big show, “Envision.”
Mar 29th, 2018
Bango Joins Campaign to End Hunger
Milwaukee Bucks and Cousins Subs partner with Hunger Task Force on the campaign.
Mar 15th, 2018
