Minneapolis Institute Of Arts

Minneapolis Museum Announces Antiques Show, Sale

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:57:24 -0500

This October the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) will present its 25th annual Antiques Show and Sale. This sale is the leading antiques show of its kind in the upper Midwest. Featuring forty nationally renowned dealers, the exhibition offers a broad array of objects for purchase ranging from eighteenth-century English silver and nineteenth-century American folk art to twentieth-century Modernist design and everything in-between.

Peter Henry Emerson And American Naturalistic Photography

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:38:19 -0500

America's first movement of creative photography and its revolutionary founder, Peter Henry Emerson, are the subjects of a new exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA.) Nearly one hundred naturalistic photographs by Emerson and twenty other photographers will be on view through September 7, 2008.

Calling A Bluff: Hendrick Ter Brugghen's Gamblers

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:40:57 -0500

Hendrick Ter Brugghen's seventeenth-century Dutch masterpiece The Gamblers will be on view for the first time at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) after an extended stay at the Getty Conservation Institute at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. "Calling a Bluff: Hendrick Ter Brugghen's The Gamblers" presents the painting with its new, dramatic look, which captures the work as the artist originally intended.

Smoke And Mirrors: Photographs By Vance Gellert

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:33:04 -0500

In a new Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) exhibition, Minnesota photographer Vance Gellert examines the nature of healing in his photographs of medicinal practices in South America. Gellert’s vibrant, large-scale photographs of native healers, rituals, and plants convey the beauty and mystery of the land and its people, as well as illustrate how art can contribute to scientific understanding.

Enjoy 'Art In Bloom' At Minneapolis Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:38:21 -0500

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts celebrates its twenty-fifth year of "Art in Bloom" in unprecedented style, from APRIL 30 to MAY 4, 2008. To mark this milestone, each of the seven curatorial departments at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) will display artworks that include aspects of floral design.

Enjoy Minneapolis Print And Drawing Fair

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:10:01 -0500

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts will host its highly popular Minneapolis Print and Drawing Fair on Saturday and Sunday, April 26–27, 2008, in the museum's Target Wing Reception Hall. This year's fair includes ten prominent dealers from across the United States offering a wide selection of museum-quality prints, drawings, watercolors, pastels, monotypes, and artist's books for sale.

History: Paintings And Studies Of Art

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:06:28 -0500

"Picturing History: Paintings and Studies of Art, Artifacts, and Architecture from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts" and "Found Voice, Solo Museum": Two new Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) exhibitions explore the museum experience at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) this spring, running through May 25. This double presentation is the work of artists who use the museum as their medium.

Prints Of Sean Scully At Minneapolis Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:53:39 -0600

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) presents selections from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's (SAAM) master set of prints by artist Sean Scully. The Prints of Sean Scully features more than sixty-five works given by the artist to SAAM in 2001 and new works acquired since the original gift.

Landscapes By Andréa Stanislav

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:04:16 -0600

Twin Cities artist Andréa Stanislav addresses the contemporary effects of the 19th century belief of Manifest Destiny, environmental values, and the vanishing natural world in an exhibition opening January 25 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Minneapolis Museum Exhibits American Folk Art

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:38:10 -0600

The uniquely American folk art form of weathervanes and whirligigs is featured in this unprecedented exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA). This exhibition features approximately forty artworks, including both handmade folk art and manufactured examples, ranging from the eighteenth through the twentieth century, on view through April 13, 2008.

Arts of Japan Exhibited At Minneapolis Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:29:25 -0600

A rare presentation of one of the world’s foremost private collections of Japanese art opens in a special exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) on February 24.

Works By Ta-coumba Aiken At Minneapolis Institute Of Arts

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:35:27 -0500

New work by Minnesota-based artist Ta-coumba Aiken and others will be featured in an exhibition opening November 16 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "Call and Response" is a celebration of creativity, painting, and community.