Art
Great American Kitchens at MIAD
Kitchens have become the most glamorous, expensive spaces in American homes. MIAD surveys a century of them.
Aug 12th, 2009 by Tom Strini
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Why would you read a book about work, of all things, during the dog days of summer? Alain de Botton's latest collection of essays is surprisingly gracious, entertaining and lovely to look at. That's why.
Aug 4th, 2009 by Kat Murrell
Summer Gallery Night
Gallery Night: out and about at the Portrait Society Gallery, Pritzlaff Building, Dean Jensen, Gallery 218, Artasia, Tory Folliard and the Petullo Collection.
Jul 27th, 2009 by Art Elkon
Rest your eyes this week. You’ll need them.
A summer bumper crop of intriguing shows and promising installations in an art corridor that runs from the East Side down to Bay View.
Jul 22nd, 2009 by Kat Murrell
An interview with Roy Staab
Discussed: being broke in Paris early, how installation art is like a dance, working like a scientist, structuration and figuration, and the one question interviewers should never ask him.
Jul 10th, 2009 by Kat Murrell
A Night at the Circus
It may just be a boutique festival circus attached to a much larger parade, but on a cool summer night at Milwaukee's lakefront -- it's pure magic.
Jul 9th, 2009 by Brian Jacobson
A handbook of current exhibitions
Selections from current gallery shows around the city: Charles Allis, Green Gallery East, DeLind Gallery, Katie Gingrass and many more spaces on the East Side, in the Third Ward and downtown.
Jul 8th, 2009 by Kat Murrell
Five questions for Deb Brehmer
We ask Deb Brehmer five questions. She responds with thoughts on local artists, the importance of nurturing an art-buying community, her fascination with portraiture as a work-a-day art form and the importance of context to art-viewing and appreciating.
Jul 8th, 2009 by Amy Elliott
How MARN is Pushing Art to the Top of The List
In times of financial duress, priorities are re-structured and during the shuffle, funding for the arts is sent to the bottom of the pile. MARN's Executive Director Melissa Musante wants to make sure that the arts get shuffled back to the top.
Jul 7th, 2009 by Erin Petersen
THE ARTS OF SUMMER
Summer in Milwaukee means more than just tailgating and eating on patios. Enjoy your art outside with this review of the treasures to be found and personalities to be encountered at Lakefront Festival of the Arts, the East Side Green Market, Milwaukee Public Market and across the region: Sheboygan, Madison, Door County and more.
Jun 30th, 2009 by Kat Murrell
A Tale of Two Shows
American Originals at the Milwaukee Art Museums takes a slice of artistic life at the turn of the twentieth century and puts together a double shot of shows with The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs and The Eight and American Modernisms. It's an interesting marriage of convenience as these exhibitions take up summer residence in the Baker/Rowland Gallery. They are arranged back-to-back, like friendly neighbors, but clearly delineated as separate entities, each with its own catalogue.
Jun 17th, 2009 by Kat Murrell
Adam Nilson’s Painted Beats
Photo dispatches from Adam Nilson's one-of-a-kind show of music and large-scale murals at the Beloit Fine Art Incubator...
Jun 10th, 2009 by Alice Waraxa
