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Thursday, January 21 - Panel Discussion: Collecting on a Budget

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 6:15 PM

Join us for this discussion about collecting affordable works or art, with panelists Burt Aaron, collector and trustee, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; Marc Glimcher, president, PaceWildenstein Gallery; and Brady Roberts, chief curator, Milwaukee Art Museum. This discussion is being offered in conjunction with the exhibition Fifty Works for Fifty States, which features the recent gifts to the Museum from Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who have made art collecting a lifelong journey, amassing a world-class collection of over 4,000 works on a shoestring budget.

The story of the Vogels' collection has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Modern Painters, among other publications, and is the subject of the award-winning documentary, Herb & Dorothy, which has the slogan "You don't have to be a Rockefeller to collect art." The couple devoted Herbert's modest salary to the purchase of artworks and befriended many of the artists that would come to lead the minimal, conceptual, and post-minimal art movements.

Lubar Auditorium

Free with Museum admission 

Thursday, February 25 - Artist Lecture: Trenton Doyle Hancock

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 6:15 PM

Join this Houston-based artist as he discusses his prints, drawings, and collaged felt paintings that tell the story of the Mounds—the mythical creatures that are the tragic protagonists of the artist's unfolding narrative. Balancing moral dilemmas with wit and a musical sense of language and color, Hancock's works create a painterly space of psychological dimension.

Trenton Doyle Hancock is the 2007 Joyce Alexander Wein award winner from The Studio Museum, NY. His work has recently been featured in the exhibitions In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis at the Contemporary Jewish Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, and was recently part of the Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger at the American Folk Art Museum, NY. He was included in the Prospect.1 New Orleans Biennial and will produce a site-specific installation at the Olympic Sculpture Park at the Seattle Art Museum, WA. In April 2008, Hancock provided the costume and set design for Cult of Color: Call to Color, a collaboration with choreographer Stephen Mills and composer Graham Reynolds for the Austin Ballet, TX. In 2007, the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, hosted Hancock's major European solo show, The Wayward Thinker, which traveled to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Hancock was one of the youngest artists ever to be included in the Whitney Biennial, in both 2000 and 2002. Born in Paris, Texas, Hancock currently lives and works in Houston. 

Sponsored by the African American Art Alliance and the Contemporary Art Society

Lubar Auditorium

Free with Museum admission 

Sunday, February 28 - Target Family Sundays: Street Seen LIVE from the Streets of Milwaukee

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 10 AM–4 PM

Experience street art, music, and dance coming out of Milwaukee-area neighborhoods. Cheer on the dancers in the breakdancing battle, and learn some creative moves from our special guests, True Skool Milwaukee. Create large-scale graffiti murals and found materials collage works. Get involved in your neighborhood—join the scene!

Target Family Sundays are sponsored by Target, with additional support from Assurant Health.

Free with Museum admission and for children twelve and under.

Free for Boys and Girls Club members and their families with membership card. 

Saturday, February 06 - Opening: 2010 Scholastic Art Awards

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1 AM–5 PM

Explore the over 350 juried works of art created by students in grades 7-12 from throughout Wisconsin. Year after year, this outstanding annual exhibition continues to delight, featuring the artistic talents of our community's youth.  

Gallerias

Free with Museum admission 

Thursday, February 11 - A Kiss Is Still a Kiss

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 5–8 PM

Indulge in a pre-Valentine's Day evening with your main squeeze. Rendezvous in the Noir Cocktail Lounge, featuring chanteuse Leslie Fitzwater, before a romantic dinner in Cafe Calatrava, the screening of The Big Sleep, or a tour of the Street Seen exhibition.

Dinner is a la carte; seatings are 6–9 PM. Reservations required for dinner at 414-224-3813.

Saturday, January 30 - Opening: Street Seen

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 10 AM–5 PM

Street Seen premieres at the Milwaukee Art Museum with more than 100 photographs from a pivotal moment in American photographic history.

While, increasingly, photography reported the shocking realities of the World War II era, six creative photographers (Lisette Model, Louis Faurer, Ted Croner, Saul Leiter, William Klein, and Robert Frank) broke the rules of proper photographic technique and embraced photography as an "act of living." Amidst Abstract Expressionism, film noir, and Beat poetry, their imagery similarly evoked individual experience in an increasingly anonymous world.   

Baker/Rowland Galleries

Free with Museum admission  

Friday, January 29 - Member Preview Day: Street Seen

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 10 AM–5 PM

Members, before the exhibition opens to the public, be among the first to see more than 100 photographs from a pivotal moment in American photographic history. While, increasingly, photography reported the shocking realities of the World War II era, six creative photographers (Lisette Model, Louis Faurer, Ted Croner, Saul Leiter, William Klein, and Robert Frank) broke the rules of proper photographic technique and embraced photography as an "act of living." Amidst Abstract Expressionism, film noir, and Beat poetry, their imagery similarly evoked individual experience in an increasingly anonymous world.   

Baker/Rowland Galleries

Free with Museum admission 

Thursday, January 28 - Member Preview Day: Street Seen

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 10 AM–5 PM

Baker/Rowland Galleries

Free with Museum admission 

Thursday, January 28 - Member Preview Celebration: Street Seen

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 5–9 PM

6:15 PM Lecture*

Appetizers and cash bar 

Celebrate the premiere opening of this exhibition. See more than 100 photographs from a pivotal moment in American photographic history. While, increasingly, photography reported the shocking realities of the World War II era, six creative photographers (Lisette Model, Louis Faurer, Ted Croner, Saul Leiter, William Klein, and Robert Frank) broke the rules of proper photographic technique and embraced photography as an "act of living." Amidst Abstract Expressionism, film noir, and Beat poetry, their imagery similarly evoked individual experience in an increasingly anonymous world. 

Free to Members; non-members can purchase tickets for $$20 that evening. 

*The lecture will be ticketed. Tickets are free and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning at 5 p.m. Number allotted depends on membership level. The Quad Suite and Café Calatrava will house the overflow. A video of the lecture will screen immediately following in Lubar Auditorium. 

Wednesday, January 27 - President's Circle Preview: Street Seen

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 5:30–8:30 PM

Members in the President's Circle are invited for a special evening preview event for the Street Seen exhibition.

Invitation only 

Sunday, January 03 - Closing: Andy Warhol: Pop Star

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 10 AM–5 PM

Today is your last chance to see Marilyn, Mao, and other iconic works by this legendary Pop artist from the Museum's Collection and local lenders.

Collection Galleries, Gallery 21

Free with Museum admission 

Sunday, January 03 - Closing: Andy Warhol: The Last Decade

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 10 AM–5 PM

Today is your last chance to see the works—some monumental in scale—of this iconic Pop artist before the exhibition leaves on national tour.

Baker/Rowland Galleries

Free with Museum admission 

Saturday, January 02 - Drop-in Tour

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM
SUNDAYS at 2 PM