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On Thursday evenings, there's a gay bar at the Walker Art Center
Artist Sadie Barnette creates an artwork and functional bar celebrating her father's first Black-owned gay bar in '90s San Francisco.
Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov has rocked the Twin Cities for more than 40 years
The Yugoslavia-born, Twin Cities-based artist, who works with big natural materials, has a solo exhibition at the Museum of Russian Art and a short film in the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.
6 Black art exhibitions in the Twin Cities highlight artists to know
From the Walker Art Center to the Minnesota African American History Museum and Gallery, Black history, culture and joy thrive.
Where the rivers meet, a new exhibit offers fresh approach to Historic Fort Snelling
The exhibition "Many Voices, Many Stories, One Place" tells 10,000 years of the site's complicated history, shining light on under-represented stories
Firing at Mia sparks union accusations of toxic work environment
Jan. 9 firing of Bob Cozzolino was the last straw for the union and the art community, but Mia said he was fired for cause.
Three Indigenous art exhibitions signal a shift in the Twin Cities
Concurrent shows at American Swedish Institute, the University of Minnesota and All My Relations Gallery point toward Indigenous futures in art.
Don't look at the art: Taste it, touch it, smell it or just listen at the Weisman Art Museum
The exhibition "The Other Four" considers art that focuses on every sense but sight.
Art Shanty Projects close after one week because of warm temperatures, melting ice
The annual winter art event was postponed for one week because of weather conditions.
New rules on the display of Native objects don't affect Minnesota museums and historical societies
Recent updates to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) accelerate returns of any human remains
Art Shanty Projects celebrates 20 years on ice
Delayed a week because of unsafe ice conditions and construction woes, the project celebrates huge growth since the early days on Medicine Lake.
Tetsuya Yamada draws on skateboarding, punk rock, Japanese tea ceremony for Walker Art Center show
Yamada moved to Minneapolis more than 20 years ago and is a professor at the University of Minnesota.
Minnesota Historical Society acquires Minnesota Wild goalie mask designed by Native artist
Mask designer Cole Redhorse Taylor was a Native American Artist-in-Residence at MNHS in 2018.
Art Shanty Projects delays opening one week because of lack of ice and construction woes
The 20th anniversary of the beloved annual winter event will kick off Jan. 27.
Review: Gordon Parks' 'American Gothic' still resonates in Minneapolis Institute of Art exhibit
An art critic and a theater critic walk into a museum...
Review: Explore the huge Native photography show 'In Our Hands' at Minneapolis Institute of Art
Spanning more than 100 years and around 150 photographs, the show offers a starting point for learning about Native photography.
Top 10 art events in the Twin Cities in 2023
Art from Central and South America, beloved Ojibwe artist Jim Denomie and Filipina-American artist Pacita Abad are among the best in visual arts this year.
The St. Paul cathedral that Capecchi helped build
A look into the archives at the Cathedral of St. Paul uncovers more about the art inside made by Italian immigrant Joseph A. Capecchi.
6 places to buy holiday gifts for the art lover in your life
From artist studios in northeast Minneapolis to high-end artworks in Edina, there's an art gift for everyone.
Evan Maurer, who made the Minneapolis Institute of Art free to all, dies at 79
A scholar of Surrealism, African art and Native art, Maurer transformed Mia.
Optical illusion art on display at Cafesjian Art Trust Museum in Shoreview
An exhibition "Fooling the Eye: Optics of Vasarely and Kuhn" features two artists with work that twists perceptions of reality.
Walker exhibition defrosts stereotypes about art from the Eastern bloc
Nearly 250 artworks from Central Eastern Europe circa 1960s-1980s fill galleries.
Photographs from South Africa and Nigeria shine light on the rapid growth of megacities
Nine international photographers capture the pulse of Johannesburg and Lagos in Weisman Art Museum exhibit.
A fish tells the story of global capitalism in Allan Sekula's 'Fish Story' at Walker Art Center
Curator William Hernández Luege discusses the exhibition.
10 great galleries to visit during Twin Cities Art Week
Get to know Minneapolis and St. Paul's gallery scene.
Artists of Latino descent on the rise in the Twin Cities
Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Weisman Art Museum have Latina women in leadership roles.
10 must-see Twin Cities art exhibitions coming fall 2023
From Native photographers to optical illusions, there is a lot to see this fall.
Longtime Hillstrom Museum of Art director retires; museum's future in flux
Donald Myers had been director since 2000.
Minneapolis Arts & Cultural Affairs Dept. director Ben Johnson wants to claim the city's 'crown jewels'
The native Minnesotan moved here from Beverly Hills to direct Minneapolis' first-ever Arts & Cultural Affairs Dept.
Franconia Sculpture Park names new executive director
Minnesota native Alex Legeros is the nonprofit's third leader since its founding in 1996.
A visual art critic's take on top 10 crop artworks at the Minnesota State Fair
More than 400 pieces of crop art are in the show.
Top 10 artworks at the Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
More than 2,600 artworks were submitted. Only 332 made the cut.
Artist Tia Keobounpheng weaves together familial threads of Finnish, Sámi histories
The artist took a research trip back to Sápmi, part of present-day Sweden and Norway.
The dress takes center stage in Laura Youngbird's prints at All My Relations Arts Gallery
Her solo exhibition includes 35 works of art.
Longtime Minneapolis arts leader Gülgün Kayim departs for Seattle
In 2011, Kayim founded the city of Minneapolis' Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.
Works of 'Peanuts' comic creator Charles Schulz come home to Minnesota History Center
MNHS added more than 150 objects to the traveling exhibition of the Minneapolis native's work.
Minnesota-born artist Doug Argue returns for retrospective at Weisman Art Museum
The artist is best known locally for his iconic painting of chickens in a factory farm.
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Show celebrating Ojibwe artist Jim Denomie opens at Minneapolis Institute of Art
Planning for the show began in 2019; it includes 60 works from the late artist.
'ReVisión: Art in the Americas' at Minneapolis Institute of Art features Latin American works
Valéria Piccoli, Mia's first curator of Latin American Art, organized this show with the Denver Art Museum.
Cafesjian Art Trust Museum's summer show cherry picks collection's best
The Shoreview museum's 3,000-some holdings are from philanthropist Gerard Cafesjian's personal collection.
Artist Kipp Kobayashi asks the public for input on artwork planned for MSP airport
The new artwork is set to be unveiled in early 2024 in the Concourse G Rotunda.
The first Wakpa Triennial Art Festival takes over Minneapolis and St. Paul
The three-month festival includes 100 artists at 26 venues across the Twin Cities.
Why Caravaggio's 'Judith and Holofernes' at the Minneapolis Institute of Art is a must-see
The world-famous 16th-century painting is in America for the first time.
Dakota artist Marlena Myles wins $125K in grants
Marlena Myles, of St. Paul, works at the intersection of art, technology and community.
All-night Twin Cities arts festival Northern Spark says goodbye
The umbrella organization Northern Lights will shut down, taking its other programs along with it.
8 Twin Cities area art festivals to check out this summer
From St. Paul to Wayzata, hundreds of artists will be selling their works this summer.
How Minneapolis' Groveland Gallery has stayed in business for 50 years
Groveland Gallery director Sally Johnson is celebrating the gallery's half-century with three consecutive exhibits exploring its history.