Television comedian Stephen Colbert gained a footnote in linguistic history with his invention of the word "truthiness" referring to that solipsistic notion, so popular in contemporary life, that whatever "I" think is true, really is.

Five years ago, "truthiness" was dubbed Merriam-Webster's word of the year. And next year it will have its own art exhibition, "More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness," organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in collaboration with SITE Santa Fe, a popular contemporary venue that is more commonly viewed as a counterpart to Walker Art Center than to a traditional museum like the Institute.

The show will debut in Santa Fe in July 2012 and travel to Minneapolis in February 2013.

Organized by Institute curator Elizabeth Armstrong, "More Real?" will investigate the "impact and role of deception, play, memory, power, simulation, and new technologies on art and everyday life," according to a museum statement. It will include work by such international hotshots as Ai Weiwei, the Chinese-government critic who is currently in prison charged with tax problems; Thomas Demand, Leandro Erlich, Cao Fei, John Gerrard, Pierre Huyghe, An-My Le, Joel Lederer, Sharon Lockhart, Feng Mengbo, Rags Media Collective, Walid Raad, Seung Woo Back, and Eve Sussman.

The choice of subject, artists and collaborating venue affirm the Institute's commitment to international contemporary art. Since Armstrong joined the museum's staff in 2008, the institution has been much more engaged with that field. Previously its holdings were spotty after 1945 and it rarely staged a show of modernist art. Now it regularly integrates contemporary pieces into its traditional galleries and has worked aggressively to expand its post WWII collection.

The new emphasis is in line with what most of the country's leading traditional museums are doing, notably the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C., the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Simultaneously the Walker has enhanced its film and performance programs, and reaffirmed its commitment to more avant garde contemporary work.