Art

Milwaukee This Week: Let’s get quirky
Milwaukee This Week

Let’s get quirky

Renaissance Theaterworks depicts the eccentric Emily Dickinson, live-action graphic novel The Intergalactic Nemesis comes to the Marcus, Alverno Presents welcomes Vaudeville psychedelics The Hinterlands, Uprooted Theatre goes "Against Type."

Art Date: Beer, Cows, Tattoos
Art Date

Beer, Cows, Tattoos

The Milwaukee Art Museum's Amund Dietzel exhibit and Tory Folliard's "Craig Bleitz: Creamery" show close, while Kat recommends the ongoing "Afghan War Rugs: The Modern Art of Central Asia," at Villa Terrace.

The Subtle Dramas of Thomas Sully

The Subtle Dramas of Thomas Sully

This new exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum explores the portraits of Thomas Sully, a blend of subtle theatrics and painterly skill from one of the preeminent American artists of the nineteenth century.

Milwaukee This Week: Bold openings and visual treats
Milwaukee This Week

Bold openings and visual treats

Frankly Music, Early Music Now and First Stage kick off their seasons, while the MAM unveils its newest exhibit and Radiolab Live returns with an all-new sensory overload.

TCD Art Date: Alternate venues to explore
TCD Art Date

Alternate venues to explore

This week's Art Date includes the kick-off of Digital Billboard Art Month, musical allusions to A Working Ranch, plus plenty to see in ArtWalk 2013.

Preserving the legacy of Frederick Layton

Preserving the legacy of Frederick Layton

Eric Vogel and John C. Eastberg spent five years researching Frederick Layton and the innovative public art gallery he opened in 1888 for their new book.

Nohl Fellowship Exhibition opens at Inova

Nohl Fellowship Exhibition opens at Inova

The Nohl Fellowship exhibition opens this Friday, presenting the work of seven Milwaukee artists selected for the award in 2012.

TCD Art Date: Words and Images
TCD Art Date

Words and Images

This week's Art Date takes you to artist and author talks at Boswell, Inova and MIAD, opening receptions, and the extravaganza of Bay View Gallery Night.

TCD Art Date: Galas Galore
TCD Art Date

Galas Galore

This week's Art Date adds a few gala events to the calendar of gallery openings and closings, at Portrait Society, Racine Art Museum and in Madison.

Fossils are fashion-forward in Timothy Westbrook’s new show

Fossils are fashion-forward in Timothy Westbrook’s new show

Westbrook, late of Project Runway and the Pfister artist-in-residence program, will hold "Paleontology of a Woman," a sustainability-focused show, Saturday at the Milwaukee Public Museum.

Steve Rowell speaks about “Uncanny Sensing” at Inova

Steve Rowell speaks about “Uncanny Sensing” at Inova

The Chicago-based artist spent a year in Green Bay, collecting images and video juxtaposing the human, animal, and natural environment of the north woods. The exhibition closes Sunday.

Current Tendencies with a Twist

Current Tendencies with a Twist

The recently opened Current Tendencies III exhibition at the Haggerty Museum of Art showcases work by nine Milwaukee artists with a twist.