Art

Pfister announces 2011 Artist in Residence finalists

Pfister announces 2011 Artist in Residence finalists

Get to know the artists - Anthony Suminski, Shelby Keefe, Jeremy Plunkett, Kate Pfeiffer, Steve Ohlrich and James Zwadlo - and cast your vote.

Piano Man’s Portrait: Katie Musolff paints Jeffrey Hollander
Piano Man’s Portrait

Katie Musolff paints Jeffrey Hollander

Musolff's final commission for the Pfister as 2010 Artist in Residence will show off her talents in portraiture to their best advantage

Gallery Night Preview: Close Encounters at Safi Studio
Gallery Night Preview

Close Encounters at Safi Studio

There it sits, shining in the light, a mound shaped like a mountain…

Haggerty, Skylight, Film Festival, Lynden, Next Act: Good news
Haggerty, Skylight, Film Festival, Lynden, Next Act

Good news

Good news about Milwaukee arts institutions. See, it happens sometimes.

Old Home and New Design

Old Home and New Design

Two closing exhibitions --at MAM and The Historic Pabst Mansion-- create virtual time capsules of style, separated by nearly one hundred years.

Bones of Truth

Bones of Truth

The Portrait Society prepares to open its annual winter exhibit with Linda Wervey Vitamvas' "Chapel of Bones"

Open Call

Open Call

Marquette County seeks artists for "The Hidden History Mural Trail," a public art project highlighting the beauty of the region.

One Piece at a Time: Cy Twombly’s not-so-simple marks
One Piece at a Time

Cy Twombly’s not-so-simple marks

Some viewers will snip that the marks in Twombly's "Untitled" pieces, like the one in MAM's Contemporary Galleries, are clumsy. They’d be wrong.

Artist, go to the light

Artist, go to the light

A Kenosha-area art advocate conceived of a way for artists to become visible in the midst of complete darkness with a global project: The Artist Next Door.

“Framing a Decade” shines new light on MAM’s collection

“Framing a Decade” shines new light on MAM’s collection

An era of quiet growth is now highlighted at the MAM in "Framing a Decade: Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings," a new exhibition of works on paper.

5Q: Paint with Purpose: Morgan Oldenburg of SPILL
5Q

Paint with Purpose: Morgan Oldenburg of SPILL

Color is her cue; abstraction her muse. From the spacious confines of her Marshall building gallery, Oldenburg is setting off on an art adventure.

“Venerate” reflects on the stuff of life

“Venerate” reflects on the stuff of life

The UWM Union Art Gallery hosts "Venerate: Collectors of the Human Condition," a poignant meditation on humanity and the material world