MILWAUKEE, WI.- It has been named the sexiest building in the world, featured in TV ads and shows and Hollywood movies, and it has transformed the city of Milwaukee. In September, the Milwaukee Art Museum celebrates the 10th anniversary of its iconic b…
The Emperor’s Private Paradise at the Milwaukee Art Museum Celebrates 3,000 Years of Chinese Art
MILWAUKEE, WI.- This summer, the Milwaukee Art Museum presents five exhibitions on Chinese art and architecture as part of a year-long celebration honoring the ten-year anniversary of the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion. This ambiti…
The Emperor’s Private Paradise at the Milwaukee Art Museum Celebrates 3,000 Years of Chinese Art
MILWAUKEE, WI.- This summer, the Milwaukee Art Museum presents five exhibitions on Chinese art and architecture as part of a year-long celebration honoring the ten-year anniversary of the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion. This ambiti…
New Book Surveys Work of Major Art World Architect Max Gordon in 1970s and 1980s
NEW YORK, NY.- A new book, Architect for Art: Max Gordon (Marquand Books, 146 pp, hardcover, $40, ISBN: 978-0-615-39579-1) presents a rare opportunity to enter the art world of the 1970s and 1980s and witness firsthand how a master of architectural sim…
Milwaukee Art Museum Hires William Keyse Rudolph as New Curator of American Art
MILWAUKEE, WIS.- The Milwaukee Art Museum has welcomed William Keyse Rudolph as its new Curator of American Art and Decorative Arts. Rudolph has a distinguished career, coming to Milwaukee from the Worcester Art Museum where he was Curator of American…
Milwaukee Art Museum Offers a Fresh Perspective on Frank Lloyd Wright with New Exhibition
MILWAUKEE, WI.- On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s home, studio and school in Spring Green, Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Art Museum presents a major exhibition offering a fresh perspective on celebrated architec…
Milwaukee Art Museum Offers a Fresh Perspective on Frank Lloyd Wright with New Exhibition
MILWAUKEE, WI.- On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s home, studio and school in Spring Green, Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Art Museum presents a major exhibition offering a fresh perspective on celebrated architec…
Overview of Jasper Johns’ Career Opens at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art
VALENCIA.- Exhibitions devoted to Jasper Johns are rare in general and even less frequent in Europe. The show that the IVAM is now presenting, featuring about a hundred works, consists of pieces that range over fifty years of one of the most enthrallin…
Milwaukee Art Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art Wager Masterpiece on Super Bowl XLV
MILWAUKEE, WI.- In keeping with the tradition of friendly wagers, Carnegie Museum of Art and the Milwaukee Art Museum are venturing temporary loans of major works of art, based on the outcome of Super Bowl XLV between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green…
Prendergast Works Loaned to Milwaukee Art Museum
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.- A selection of important objects by artist Charles Prendergast (1863–1948) are on display as of today. To frame historians, the name Charles Prendergast is a hallowed one. To art historians, he is a fascinating but elusive e…