Mary Abbe
Reporter | Visual Arts/Architecture
Phone: 612-673-4431
E-mail: mabbe@startribune.com
Mary Abbe writes primarily about visual arts.
Recent content from Mary Abbe
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Art: Somalia from the heart
Somali-born photographer traces his people's emigration in sensitive show.
Jul 2, 2009 -
Tiny collectors, big appetite for art
Museums in all 50 states, including the Weisman, will share in a wealth of works amassed by a colorful N.Y. couple.
Jun 28, 2009 -
Art: McKnight riders
Ten winners of McKnight artist fellowships show ceramics and photos in two new shows.
Jun 25, 2009 -
Mom 'n' pop shop for printmaking
A passionately committed couple apply their do-it-yourself skills to build Highpoint Center for Printmaking a bigger, better home.
Jun 17, 2009 -
Closed St. Paul museum pins hope on new hire
Kristin Makholm aims to get the Minnesota Museum of American Art, with no building and no staff, back in business.
Jun 5, 2009 -
Art: Going green
High tech meets down-and-dirty in Tomas Saraceno's Walker exhibition.
May 21, 2009 -
Minneapolis Institute of Arts lures curator from Sotheby's
Clean air, good theater help the museum hire a German-born expert known as "Eike-pedia."
May 18, 2009 -
This petunia carries this artist's DNA
In "Edunia," now on display at the U's Weisman Art Museum, Eduardo Kac shows links among living things.
Apr 17, 2009 -
A painting's resurrection
Here's a closer look at the 19th-century masterpiece discovered in a church closet and now on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Apr 5, 2009 -
From Paris to Dassel, Minn., to resurrection at the MIA
An important 19th-century French painting buried in a church janitor's closet gets new life at the Institute of Arts.
Apr 1, 2009