Art

Art: The Master and the Pupil
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The Master and the Pupil

Tory Folliard presents related but quite different work by two Illinois artists. Does the former student outdo his teacher?

Art: Two Photographers Who Speak As One
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Two Photographers Who Speak As One

Shimon and Lindemann lovingly and wittily capture regional Wisconsin subjects, in a must-see exhibition.

Visual Art: All About Identity
Visual Art

All About Identity

Unusual joint exhibition at two Milwaukee galleries offers the nostalgic work of Rafael Francisco Salas.

Art: The Sheer Dazzle of Glass
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The Sheer Dazzle of Glass

Robin Jebavy’s large, still life paintings are showy, but how much is below the surface?

Art: Tracking the History of Trains
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Tracking the History of Trains

Grohmann Museum show offers paintings, prints, maps and photos of the peak days of Milwaukee Road train line.

Art: No, It’s Not Just Idiotic Kitsch
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No, It’s Not Just Idiotic Kitsch

A photographic exhibition captures the drama of polka culture in Wisconsin.

Art: After the Communists Have Gone
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After the Communists Have Gone

Ukrainian photographer Mila Teshaieva captures three Asian countries now adrift in a haunting exhibition at Haggerty Museum.

Gallery Night: So Many Shows, So Little Time
Gallery Night

So Many Shows, So Little Time

Great art and great crowds, but I couldn’t help imagining what it would be like with a streetcar connecting all the galleries.

Art: An Artist Who Speaks in Whispers
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An Artist Who Speaks in Whispers

A lovely retrospective of the remarkable 45- year-­career of Milwaukee artist JoAnna Poehlmann.

Art: Three for the Show
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Three for the Show

“Creasing the Cusp” is a three person show with themes of queerness, realness, and anti-patriarchal ideas, but with humor.

Visual Art: The Strange Beauty of Tom Uttech’s Paintings
Visual Art

The Strange Beauty of Tom Uttech’s Paintings

Now at the Tory Folliard Gallery, they capture a kind of North Woods that doesn’t really exist, though we might wish it did.

Visual Art: The Surprising Splendor of “Urban” Wood
Visual Art

The Surprising Splendor of “Urban” Wood

An exhibit of wood artists makes you rethink the wood that lines our streets and shades our homes.