True Up (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In January 2004, I drove from Iowa to Milwaukee in the middle of a terrible snowstorm to see the Gee’s Bend quilt exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum on the last day before it closed. Those quilts utterly changed the way I understood patchwork, just as they’ve done for so many other people. [...]
Super Punch (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Uncle Dapper plush monster by the incredibly prolific Melita Curphy. It'll eventually go on sale for $20. And a few more links: 1. Lifehacker says Microsoft's security tools are good enough. 2. Outrage in Australia because Britney Spears lipsynched at a concert. John Mayer had a good line : If you're shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want your money back, life may continue to...
Google Sightseeing (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Continuing our exploration of the work of Santiago Calatrava, we visit some of his more notable buildings, beginning with an in-depth look at the magnificent Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències – the City of Arts and Sciences in his home town of Valencia. With construction ongoing since 1996, the complex consists of five main [...]
No One Puts Cupcake in a Corner - home of... (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I am SO excited to FINALLY tell you what I have been working on all summer! IronCupcake:Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Art Museum are joining forces to bring Milwaukee it's very first IronCupcake:PRO competition! 8 Local Bakeries and Caterers will be competing for the title of BEST CUPCAKE IN MILWAUKEE.The event takes place on Friday, December 18th at MAM's monthly event
Vegan Diva's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
This year to celebrate our anniversary and birthdays, we went to the Milwaukee Art Museum to see the Warhol exhibit: The Last Decade. We also went to Cafe Manna (will be in an upcoming post) and Penzey’s Spices in Brookfield, WI. I’ve wanted to check out the Milwaukee Art Museum ever since we moved to [...]
io9 (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Early concept art shows the assymetrical arches and white coolness of the mothership in ABC's V remake — and it turns out the startling similarity to a cutting-edge art museum isn't accidental... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Milwaukee, WI - Abstract Expressionism, film noir , Beat poetry, and the New Journalism are all widely recognized aftershocks of World War II, representing a broad aesthetic revolution that championed spontaneity and subjective interpretation as the guiding principles of creative practice. Postwar photographers in many ways set the rhythm and tenor of this new approach, not least because the hand-held...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
MILWAUKEE, WI.- In conjunction with the Wisconsin Warrior Summit being held at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center on October 22, the Milwaukee Art Museum hosts War, Art, & the Veteran, a display of artworks created by combat veterans, October 22–November 15, 2009. The exhibition was organized by the National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, and Dryhootch, a veteran support network, and...
Indian Food Rocks (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Four years ago, I asked to be driven 100 miles north of our home in Chicagoland to see my favorite building in this entire world, as a birthday gift. It did not disappoint. It was even more magnificent than its pictures suggest. Milwaukee Art Museum Burke Brise Soleil There is more to this pic than a wider angle of the previous pic. Yes, it moves. It's the Quadracci Pavilion , part of the Milwaukee...
bricolagelife (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
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JSOnline (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Dick Olsen volunteered to go to Vietnam because he knew it would make him a better artist. The pictures Olsen, now 73, painted and sketched eventually ended up at the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago. Now, Olsen's art is among those included in an exhibit of artwork by veterans that will open at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Woodland Pattern (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Saturday, November 21, 2pm-8pm: Soap Operas ($4) Woodland Pattern Experimental Film/Video Series Presented by the UWM Film Department Andy Warhol's Soap Opera 1973-1975 : Vivian’s Girls ; Phoney ; Fight Woodland Pattern’s gallery space will be converted into a couch potato’s haven for this marathon (5 or so hours) of acting out -- and some kind of fun -- via the platform of the domestic...
Boswell and Books (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Yesterday we talked a bit about rep presentations. They go on for a while, so it seemed sense to divide this into two posts. Triliteral (That's Harvard, Yale and MIT to you!) Unpacking My Library: Architects and their Books , by Jo Steffans. Packaged like 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School, the highlight is on a dozen architects and their libraries. The design is great and this can actually...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
An almost imperceptible smudge on a little known, little regarded artwork has provided a CSI-style forensic link to one of the greatest artists of all time.
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
A new exhibition celebrates the Pop artist's last decade, including never-before-seen works and collaborations with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente. VIEW OUR GALLERY. Andy Warhol is undeniably America's most celebrated artist, but he is...
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