Recent content from Alicia Eler
3 art shows to see before the State Fair takes over Minnesota
Art is hot at Kolman & Reeb Gallery, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory and Bockley Gallery.
University of Minnesota professor finds joy — and solace — in gardening
A 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship winner, Lamar Peterson will travel to Georgia to research marginalized artists.
Minneapolis launches a Cultural Districts Arts Fund grant program
The Minneapolis Arts & Cultural Affairs Department expects to award about $690,000 in grants each year.
5 not-to-miss artworks in Walker Art Center's reinstallation of its permanent collection
Wild blue horses, Native revisionist stories, abstract gems and more offer a peek into the 12,000+ works in the permanent collection.
Minnesota State Fair ends popular commemorative art program
The program has run for 20 years and featured 19 artists.
Karin Larsson: The new focus of the American Swedish Institute's exhibition
Karin Larsson, an artist in her own right and wife of popular Swedish artist Carl Larsson, finally gets her due.
Minneapolis Institute of Art declines show after artist is accused of sexual assault
Mia was considering the show for its 2025 exhibition schedule.
3 Twin Cities art events that get weird with it
A puppet murder play, an ode to the chair and a cabaret-style show devoted to weird art are among the strangest things to do in Minnesota this month.
New American studio glass exhibit at Shoreview museum goes beyond Dale Chihuly
A new exhibit at the Cafesjian Art Trust Museum offers a broader look at the artists who shaped the art glass movement.
Artist Keith Haring painted a mural for the Walker Art Center. Where did it go?
The internationally acclaimed artist and activist made the artwork while an artist-in-residence in Minneapolis in 1984.
Timberwolves co-chaplain Matt Moberg finds healing through art
Matt Moberg, who has a solo show at Douglas Flanders & Associates gallery, got into painting in rehab.
Minnesota Historical Society will return 'Mankato Hanging Rope' to Prairie Island Indian Community
The tribe filed a claim under the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and has won its case.
9 Twin Cities summer art festivals to check out
From June to August, get outside and enjoy the warm weather and hot art while they last.
6 ways to make your own art at this year's Art-A-Whirl
There are 32 hands-on art-making opportunities to check out Friday through Sunday.
Native American Art curator departs Minneapolis Institute of Art
She is the second Mia curator to leave this year.
Walker Art Center debuts major exhibition by 1980s art star Keith Haring
Former Walker curator Adam Weinberg brought Haring to Minneapolis for a residency in 1984.
Prairie Island Indian Community requests the return of 'Mankato Hanging Rope'
The noose, owned by the Minnesota Historical Society, was used to hang an ancestor of the community at Fort Snelling during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
Korean art at Minneapolis Institute of Art spans issues of gentrification, memory, identity
This is the first exhibition of contemporary Korean art in the United States in 15 years.
Italy halts loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art following dispute over 'Doryphoros' sculpture
In 2022, the Italian court demanded Mia return the ancient sculpture. Mia did not comply.
On Thursday evenings, there's a 'Black gay bar, for everyone' at Walker Art Center
Artist Sadie Barnette created 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.
