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Ceramics by Chanelle Gallagher on display at "Niimiwin."

‘Niimiwin’ exhibit showcases Indigenous culture and community through art

by Gabriel Brito
Published November 20, 2024

“Niimiwin,” an Indigenous multimedia art exhibit, opened at the All My Relations Gallery on Franklin Avenue on Nov. 7 and will run until Jan. 18, 2025. Thematically, “Niimiwin” is centered...

The MIA’s new exhibition, “Otto Dix: The War Portfolio” showcases the first-hand experience of the German artist, who served as the leader of a machine gun unit on the front lines of WWI.

MIA showcases Otto Dix’s portfolio, the cost of war

by Sophia Arndt
Published November 19, 2024

The Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) honors the work of German artist Otto Dix in a new exhibition for the centennial anniversary of his portfolio of prints, showing the horrors of the frontlines of...

The Odd Mart storefront showcases local art and a little monster pointing the way to the art market inside, Odd Market.

The Odd Market spotlights local creatives, unique art

by Sophia Arndt
Published November 11, 2024

On Sunday, Odd Mart hosted its weekly Odd Market as a celebration of strange trinkets, treats and art from local Twin Cities creatives.A friendly-looking monster points the way to Brad McGinty’s...

Twin Cities Collage Collective, 'Collage is for everyone'

Twin Cities Collage Collective, ‘Collage is for everyone’

by Sommer Wagen
Published November 4, 2024

After nearly a decade as an informal artist collective, the Twin Cities Collage Collective (TCCC) is displaying its first public exhibition at Boiler Room Coffee in the Stevens Square neighborhood of Minneapolis.The...

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” - Leo Tolstoy.

Second-year acting students make their debut in “Anna in the Tropics”

by Gabriel Brito
Published October 27, 2024

Editor’s Note: Some of Carla Solari’s quotes were translated from Spanish.Second-year University of Minnesota acting students are starring in a production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Anna...

Graduating acting seniors will demonstrate their dramatic ability and Scottish accents in these two distinctly separate, but related, shows.

Acting students show their skills in ‘James I’ and ‘James III’

by Gabriel Brito
Published October 23, 2024

University of Minnesota acting students will open performances of “James I: The Key Will Keep The Lock” on Thursday and “James III: The True Mirror” on Friday at the Kilburn Theater in the Rarig...

Copies of Minnesota Manga are available at The Book House in Dinkytown and Source Comics & Games in Roseville.

Minnesota Manga brings creators’ passions to life

by Sommer Wagen
Published October 1, 2024

A new University of Minnesota publication has entered the scene this semester with a unique focus on the art form of manga, or comics and graphic novels from Japan.Minnesota Manga, which is now available...

Visitors of all backgrounds attended Saturday’s opening day of “Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)” at the Weisman.

WAM and Kara Walker: What is history?

by Sommer Wagen
Published September 30, 2024

This year’s Weisman Art Museum (WAM) fall exhibition peers into the shadows of America’s glorified history and beckons forth what has been disremembered.WAM opened “Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial...

University sophomore Xaria Williams sits in her living room at Radius Apartments in Dinkytown, which she collaboratively decorated with her roommates.

Avoiding ‘hospital lighting’ and other college living decor tips

by Sommer Wagen
Published September 23, 2024

For many students, college is their first time moving away from home — their first time inhabiting their own space.These spaces, from dorms to apartments to duped-out houses, aren’t always what...

Jordan Powell-Karis’s iconic wooden fist sculpture is the centerpiece of this exhibition steeped in emotion.

“Art and Artifact” — collective memory, collective action

by Sommer Wagen
Published September 15, 2024

Staring out of the entrance of the Katherine E. Nash Gallery is a portrait of George Floyd’s face painted in vibrant blues set against a rough white background. To the left of the portrait stands the...

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