Visual Arts
Apr 16, 2010
Exchange: a conversation on painting with Cherith Lundin
Ruben Nusz
In this installment of our artist-to-artist series of conversations on practice, Ruben Nusz and Cherith Lundin have a lively discussion about painting and illusion, mystery, and the artist's quixotic quest to stop time.
Exchange: a conversation on painting with Cherith Lundin
Ruben Nusz
In this installment of our artist-to-artist series of conversations on practice, Ruben Nusz and Cherith Lundin have a lively discussion about painting and illusion, mystery, and the artist's quixotic quest to stop time.
Apr 1, 2010
Bohčme Maximale: The Untold Story of One of Minnesota's Greatest Art Treasures
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant delves into the tangled history connecting reformist, turn-of-the-century Minnesota governor, John Lind, famed French artist Odilon Redon, Governor Tim Pawlenty, and the unraveling of a 100-year-old secret.
Bohčme Maximale: The Untold Story of One of Minnesota's Greatest Art Treasures
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant delves into the tangled history connecting reformist, turn-of-the-century Minnesota governor, John Lind, famed French artist Odilon Redon, Governor Tim Pawlenty, and the unraveling of a 100-year-old secret.
Apr 1, 2010
Envisioning an Art Ecology
Diane Hellekson
Writer and landscape architect Diane Hellekson outlines a dynamic model for thinking about cultivation of the arts in Minnesota -- specifically, she makes the case for seeing the health of state's arts and artists in ecological rather than economic terms.
Envisioning an Art Ecology
Diane Hellekson
Writer and landscape architect Diane Hellekson outlines a dynamic model for thinking about cultivation of the arts in Minnesota -- specifically, she makes the case for seeing the health of state's arts and artists in ecological rather than economic terms.
Mar 23, 2010
Studio Chronicles
Corinna Kirsch
Critic Corinna Kirsch looks closely at Aaron Van Dyke's new works, photograms and abstract paintings that "function as documents of the artist's studio practice" -- on view in Bethel University's Olson Gallery through March 28.
Studio Chronicles
Corinna Kirsch
Critic Corinna Kirsch looks closely at Aaron Van Dyke's new works, photograms and abstract paintings that "function as documents of the artist's studio practice" -- on view in Bethel University's Olson Gallery through March 28.
Mar 10, 2010
Landland's Balancing Act
Maggie Ryan Sandford
Writer Maggie Ryan Sandford profiles the artists behind Landland, Jessica Seamans and Dan Black, up-and-comers whose intricately detailed design work mixes the fantastic and mundane, and does so with sly wit and thoughtful craftsmanship.
Landland's Balancing Act
Maggie Ryan Sandford
Writer Maggie Ryan Sandford profiles the artists behind Landland, Jessica Seamans and Dan Black, up-and-comers whose intricately detailed design work mixes the fantastic and mundane, and does so with sly wit and thoughtful craftsmanship.
Feb 24, 2010
Inside the Weisman's $14 Million Expansion
Britt Aamodt
Britt Aamodt talks with museum staffers and curators about the ambitious expansion (spearheaded by famed architect Frank Gehry) underway at the Weisman -- look for five new galleries and a revival of artist/community collaborations in the new space.
Inside the Weisman's $14 Million Expansion
Britt Aamodt
Britt Aamodt talks with museum staffers and curators about the ambitious expansion (spearheaded by famed architect Frank Gehry) underway at the Weisman -- look for five new galleries and a revival of artist/community collaborations in the new space.
Feb 16, 2010
Too Much is Enough
Corinna Kirsch
Critic and curator Corinna Kirsch muses on Andrea Stanislav's new exhibition at the Burnet Gallery in Chambers Hotel - at once "seductive and repulsive" in its campy glam, filled with tricky plays on word, meaning, and post-'60s pop culture touchstones.
Too Much is Enough
Corinna Kirsch
Critic and curator Corinna Kirsch muses on Andrea Stanislav's new exhibition at the Burnet Gallery in Chambers Hotel - at once "seductive and repulsive" in its campy glam, filled with tricky plays on word, meaning, and post-'60s pop culture touchstones.
Feb 15, 2010
Exchange: a conversation on painting with Bruce Tapola
Ruben Nusz
In the first of a series of informal, artist-to-artist interviews on practice, Ruben Nusz and Bruce Tapola chat about painting - the uncertain terrain of critical value and success, material inspirations and the benefits of "slow looking."
Exchange: a conversation on painting with Bruce Tapola
Ruben Nusz
In the first of a series of informal, artist-to-artist interviews on practice, Ruben Nusz and Bruce Tapola chat about painting - the uncertain terrain of critical value and success, material inspirations and the benefits of "slow looking."
Jan 28, 2010
Feeling Minnesota: "Art in an Outpost"
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant offers his thoughts on what makes for a Minnesota tradition in the visual arts, arguing that the distinguishing characteristics of art made here are inextricably linked to an "outpost" ethos.
Feeling Minnesota: "Art in an Outpost"
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant offers his thoughts on what makes for a Minnesota tradition in the visual arts, arguing that the distinguishing characteristics of art made here are inextricably linked to an "outpost" ethos.
Dec 29, 2009
Looking through Binoculars
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant weighs in on the Walker's salon-style show, "Benches and Binoculars," with an incisive essay about both the frustrations and pleasures of this splashy, wide-ranging exhibition of paintings from the museum's permanent collection.
Looking through Binoculars
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant weighs in on the Walker's salon-style show, "Benches and Binoculars," with an incisive essay about both the frustrations and pleasures of this splashy, wide-ranging exhibition of paintings from the museum's permanent collection.
Dec 17, 2009
In Heaven, Everything is Fine - Basel, '09
Sean Smuda
Sean Smuda returns to Art Basel-Miami for a second year to report on the fair for mnartists.org. Read on for his highly entertaining, trenchant take on this year's offerings and to see his extensive photo essay on the "carnage and triumph" of Basel '09.
In Heaven, Everything is Fine - Basel, '09
Sean Smuda
Sean Smuda returns to Art Basel-Miami for a second year to report on the fair for mnartists.org. Read on for his highly entertaining, trenchant take on this year's offerings and to see his extensive photo essay on the "carnage and triumph" of Basel '09.
Dec 4, 2009
Master and Commander
Ruben Nusz
Artist Ruben Nusz grapples with the "masterpieces" from the Louvre, now on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and with the slippery, troublesome nature of the term itself.
Master and Commander
Ruben Nusz
Artist Ruben Nusz grapples with the "masterpieces" from the Louvre, now on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and with the slippery, troublesome nature of the term itself.
Nov 23, 2009
Dan Graham's Postmodern Dreams, Come to Life
Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre ruminates on Dan Graham's retrospective at the Walker, and on the "peripatetic, insouciant, and incisive" ways in which his work has foreseen the highly mediated world we now live in.
Dan Graham's Postmodern Dreams, Come to Life
Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre ruminates on Dan Graham's retrospective at the Walker, and on the "peripatetic, insouciant, and incisive" ways in which his work has foreseen the highly mediated world we now live in.
Oct 22, 2009
Everything and Nothing, All at Once
Ruben Nusz
Ruben Nusz weighs in the ongoing Rob Fischer exhibition, at Franklin Artworks through October 30, calling the artwork "challenging, but wholly worthy" of your attention.
Everything and Nothing, All at Once
Ruben Nusz
Ruben Nusz weighs in the ongoing Rob Fischer exhibition, at Franklin Artworks through October 30, calling the artwork "challenging, but wholly worthy" of your attention.
Sep 16, 2009
Healing the Wounds of War: "Combat Paper Project"
Alison Morse
Alison Morse looks into the "Combat Paper Project," at the MCBA Sept 21 - 28, with a profile of the artists who transform their uniforms and raw wartime experiences into work that offers a rare and personal window into the human toll of modern combat.
Healing the Wounds of War: "Combat Paper Project"
Alison Morse
Alison Morse looks into the "Combat Paper Project," at the MCBA Sept 21 - 28, with a profile of the artists who transform their uniforms and raw wartime experiences into work that offers a rare and personal window into the human toll of modern combat.
Sep 15, 2009
Inside the Cabinet of Wonders
Andy Sturdevant
An engaging essay by Andy Sturdevant on the perennial lure of strange and beautiful objects, written in honor of mnartists.org's inaugural ARTmn exhibition, "The Precious Object", which opens September 18 at the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis.
Inside the Cabinet of Wonders
Andy Sturdevant
An engaging essay by Andy Sturdevant on the perennial lure of strange and beautiful objects, written in honor of mnartists.org's inaugural ARTmn exhibition, "The Precious Object", which opens September 18 at the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis.
Sep 10, 2009
More than Words: The Re-purposed Book
Britt Aamodt
Britt Aamodt reviews the new Traffic Zone exhibition, "X-Libris: The Re-purposed Book," with a wide-ranging essay on the strange and wonderful terrain of contemporary book art.
More than Words: The Re-purposed Book
Britt Aamodt
Britt Aamodt reviews the new Traffic Zone exhibition, "X-Libris: The Re-purposed Book," with a wide-ranging essay on the strange and wonderful terrain of contemporary book art.
Sep 3, 2009
Celebrating 10 Years of the Northern Printmakers Alliance
Ann Klefstad
Ann Klefstad marks the 10th anniversary of the Northern Printmakers Alliance with a tribute to the distinctive, contemplative sensibility and quirky wit that drives the varied work made by this tight-knit community of accomplished Northland artists.
Celebrating 10 Years of the Northern Printmakers Alliance
Ann Klefstad
Ann Klefstad marks the 10th anniversary of the Northern Printmakers Alliance with a tribute to the distinctive, contemplative sensibility and quirky wit that drives the varied work made by this tight-knit community of accomplished Northland artists.
Aug 10, 2009
Space Exploration: MCAD/McKnight Visual Arts Fellows 2008-09
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle reflects on the fruits of a year of practice by the 2008-09 McKnight Visual Arts Fellows -- Jennifer Danos, Janet Lobberecht, Margaret Pezalla-Granlund, and Megan Rye -- on view in the MCAD Gallery through August 12.
Space Exploration: MCAD/McKnight Visual Arts Fellows 2008-09
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle reflects on the fruits of a year of practice by the 2008-09 McKnight Visual Arts Fellows -- Jennifer Danos, Janet Lobberecht, Margaret Pezalla-Granlund, and Megan Rye -- on view in the MCAD Gallery through August 12.
Aug 5, 2009
The Ghost of the Grid
Ruben Nusz
Artist Ruben Nusz offers an incisive, far-ranging deconstruction of the conceptual art on view in this year's "Summer Invitational" group show at Thomas Barry Fine Arts, organized in part by a promising if challenging artist, Justin Schlepp.
The Ghost of the Grid
Ruben Nusz
Artist Ruben Nusz offers an incisive, far-ranging deconstruction of the conceptual art on view in this year's "Summer Invitational" group show at Thomas Barry Fine Arts, organized in part by a promising if challenging artist, Justin Schlepp.
Jul 20, 2009
Telling Stories from the Inside Out
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant seeks out Gudrun Lock, an under-the-radar video artist whose work offers a fresh vision on the ties that connect people, places, and stories together.
Telling Stories from the Inside Out
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant seeks out Gudrun Lock, an under-the-radar video artist whose work offers a fresh vision on the ties that connect people, places, and stories together.
Jul 6, 2009
Eyes Wide Shut -- Karel Funk
Ruben Nusz
Artist and occasional critic Ruben Nusz took in the exhibition of paintings by Karel Funk at the Rochester Art Center -- read on for his incisive thoughts on the virtuosic technique and formal intelligence behind the work on view.
Eyes Wide Shut -- Karel Funk
Ruben Nusz
Artist and occasional critic Ruben Nusz took in the exhibition of paintings by Karel Funk at the Rochester Art Center -- read on for his incisive thoughts on the virtuosic technique and formal intelligence behind the work on view.
Jun 9, 2009
Seeing "Six McKnight Artists" at the Northern Clay Center
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle calls this show of 2008 McKnight fellows' new work in ceramics "one of the most compelling of its kind in recent memory." Read on to find out what she found so striking about the exhibition (on view at Northern Clay Center through July 5).
Seeing "Six McKnight Artists" at the Northern Clay Center
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle calls this show of 2008 McKnight fellows' new work in ceramics "one of the most compelling of its kind in recent memory." Read on to find out what she found so striking about the exhibition (on view at Northern Clay Center through July 5).
Jun 8, 2009
Saraceno's Floating Worlds
Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre reflects on the airy, utopian constructions of architect Tomás Saraceno, a number of whose creations are on view this summer at the Walker Art Center.
Saraceno's Floating Worlds
Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre reflects on the airy, utopian constructions of architect Tomás Saraceno, a number of whose creations are on view this summer at the Walker Art Center.
Jun 4, 2009
Otherworldly Realms in Your Own Backyard
Andy Sturdevant
Artist, raconteur, and gentleman scholar Andy Sturdevant offers a mini-history of one of Minnesota's most exciting and quietly revolutionary public art projects: Franconia Sculpture Park.
Otherworldly Realms in Your Own Backyard
Andy Sturdevant
Artist, raconteur, and gentleman scholar Andy Sturdevant offers a mini-history of one of Minnesota's most exciting and quietly revolutionary public art projects: Franconia Sculpture Park.
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