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Twin Cities museums aim to reopen as soon as next weekend
Bakken plans to open June 20 while Minneapolis Institute of Art and Walker Art Center are aiming for mid-July.
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His work ruined in rioting, a 90-year-old Minneapolis artist starts anew
Minneapolis artist Aribert Munzner lost a lifetime of work in the aftermath of rioting, but kept his sense of humor.
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Can't stop watching Gov. Walz's ASL interpreter? You're not alone
Nic Zapko is drawing huzzahs for her strength and expressive interpreting of Gov. Tim Walz's news conferences during the COVID-19 and George Floyd emergencies.
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George Floyd murals, graffiti across the Twin Cities spread a message of pain — and hope
Artists waste no time spreading messages of hope, healing and social change on boarded-up buildings in the Twin Cities.
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Unable to show their work, arts organizations protect neighborhoods, feed those in need
In the wake of unrest and a pandemic, shuttered arts organizations are finding ways to build community.
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See murals and graffiti for George Floyd throughout the Twin Cities
Street art painted over boarded-up businesses offers another outlet for protest and community solidarity in the wake of George Floyd's killing.
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3 minority arts organizations damaged by rioting in the Twin Cities now look to the future
Juxtaposition Arts, the Somali Museum and Hmong Cultural Center all suffered damages.
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With museums and galleries closed by coronavirus, Minnesotans swarm outdoor sculpture parks
Minnesota sculpture parks are seeing a surge in visitors as people look for a break from crisis.
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For Minnesota art graduates, the senior show is another casualty of coronavirus
End-of-year exhibitions at Minnesota colleges have moved online, or will wait until winter.
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Springboard for the Arts is saving Minnesota's arts scene, $500 at a time
The St. Paul nonprofit uses "lots of little" to make big change in a crisis through its emergency relief fund.
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Discover fresh art and inspiration at these 5 Minnesota Instagram accounts
Minnesota artist Instagrammers bring a dose of inspiration, provocation to the social media platform.
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Like all theaters, Ten Thousand Things canceled shows but it's still paying artists to create
It's an existential question for arts organizations and, at least for now, Ten Thousand Things has some answers.
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After 'financially devastating' show cancellations, Guthrie Theater cuts staff by 79%
It's the latest pandemic fallout for the downtown Minneapolis theater.
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Watch 350 young Minnesota musicians go virtual for Holst 'Jupiter' performance
A beloved springtime tradition comes to life online in the age of COVID-19.
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The return of 'Hamilton' to Minneapolis pushed back nearly a year
Touring Broadway shows such as "Frozen," "Tootsie" and "Come From Away" have been re-scheduled in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Facing pandemic peril, Twin Cities arts groups seek a way forward
Theater, which relies on people gathering in numbers to take in an experience, has been devastated.
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Around the Region
- Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi wins Spanish Asturias award for communication
- Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale's must-see prison show
- Repatriated South African apartheid-era artworks on display to celebrate 30 years of democracy
- A portrait by Gustav Klimt has been sold for $32 million at an auction in Vienna
- Venice Biennale titled 'Foreigners Everywhere' platforms LGBTQ+, outsider and Indigenous artists
- Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women's prison
- Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist
- Major Berlin show marks 250th anniversary of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich's birth
- A painting of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he hated is up for auction
- Artist and curators refuse to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale until cease-fire, hostage deal
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- Broadway actor quits CTC's 'A Year With Frog and Toad' 2 days before opening night
- Walker Art Center debuts major exhibition by 1980s art star Keith Haring
- Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov has rocked the Twin Cities for more than 40 years
- Walker Art Center show presents Cuba as the land of disenchantment
- Review: Guthrie's epic Shakespeare History Plays open in mountainous marathon
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