Archives

Conserving “The Suitcase”
In the Driver’s Seat: Steering a Volvo into the Museum
Paging Through the Publications on View in “Scandinavian Design and the United States”
Remembering Isabel Bader
American Artworks Newly on View
Celebrating Marcelle Polednik: Women of Influence Award Winner
Questions of Provenance: Recent Discoveries: “Wedding Procession in the Tyrol” by Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Riefstahl
Spotlight Sessions: “Nobody’s Watching” by Klassik
A Living Collection: The Contemporary Art Galleries
Questions of Provenance: Recent Discoveries: “Dance Under the Linden Tree” by Ludwig Knaus
Local Art Making Creates International Connections
Milwaukee Artist Samer Ghani Featured on Member Mug
Early Printed Books: A Chance to Turn the Pages
Reginald Baylor and the Museum’s Collectible Member Mug
Garden Club’s 100th Anniversary
Staff Profile: Kantara Souffrant and Robert Stein in Conversation
The Local Press That Produced the Museum’s Member Tote Bag
“The Art of Now” on View in the 2021 Scholastic Art Awards: Wisconsin Exhibition
Snow + Art = Perfect Wintry Mix!
The Neapolitan Crèche: A Holiday Tradition
Crèche Redux: A Storyboard
The Neapolitan Crèche
Happy 40th Anniversary Print Forum
A Painting, a Director, and the Mexican Film Industry
A Night at the Museum
Collection Reflection: Curator Margaret Andera on Beth Lipman
The Poem that Inspired the Name “Windhover Hall”
From the Collection: Portrait of Henry VII of England
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Art About Work
#AskACurator Day 2020
I Have “Big Adventures” at the Museum, Thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act
Donor Profile: The Krei Family
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Making in the Moment
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Paint and Pour
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Picturing Pets, Sunny
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Story Time
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Adventure in Art
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Animal Sketchbooks
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Chalk the State
Letters to Sunny
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Painted Birds
Loïs Mailou Jones and “The Ascent of Ethiopia”
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Clay Snakes
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Art in Motion
The Man That Time Forgot: Duane Hanson’s “Janitor”
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Trip to the Market
Collection Reflection: Curator Brandon Ruud on Severin Roesen
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Father Knows Best
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Recycled Metal Masterpiece
Brighten Your Day with Sunny
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Make a Sketchbook
“One of the Best Days of the Year:” The Art of Writing Conference
Collection Reflection: Curator Lisa Sutcliffe on John Houck
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Shape and Line
We’re Keeping the Lights On for You (but only figuratively speaking)
Collection Reflection: Associate Curator Nikki Otten on Odilon Redon
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Scratch Art Story
Kohl’s Art Studio at Home: Make Your Own Flower Still Life
Museum Moments at Home
Collection Reflection: Curator Tanya Paul on Jan van Os
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Start Stitching
Peasants and Preservation: The Barbizon School Artists and the Struggle for Fontainebleau Forest
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Create a Shadow Box
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Shopping for Inspiration
Behind the Scenes with the Museum’s Art Preparators
The Curators’ Game: Collection Rotation
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: Forest Friends
Play Date with Art at Home: Make Your Own Futuristic Fashions!
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: DIY “Stained Glass” Windows
Kohl’s Art Generation Studio at Home: How to Make Your Own Tangram Shapes
#ArtMinute: Inside A Modern Vision
A Modern Vision and a Story of Collecting
Celebrate African American Artists at the Museum
Portrait of Milwaukee: Living Library
Make a Play Date with Art
Announcing the Museum’s Strategic Direction
Walkin’ in a Windhover Wonderland
Holiday Gift Guide: For the Proud Milwaukeean
Living Legacy: The Junior Docent School Program Fosters Art Education for Over 40 Years!
#AskAnArchivist Day: You Asked, They Answered
#AskACurator Day: You Asked, They Answered
New Music will Accompany the “Wings” Oct 21–Nov 10
Milwaukee Art Museum Celebrates Arts in Education Year-round
The Dogs of MAM
Remembering Truman Lowe
MAM In Full Color
From the Collection: An Illuminated Manuscript
All The Ways to Play at MAM
Mom & MAM
Functional Fashions
May Is Member Month
How Can You Support MAM? Nine Ways to Make a Difference
20th-Century Tools for Measuring Time and Bodies
The Herzfeld Center: Championing Women Artists
Wisconsin Women Artists Featured at Milwaukee Public Library
Women in Design
Can You Name Five Women Artists?
Celebrate Women Artists at the Museum
Book Donation Drive Through March 10
Remembering Dr. Alfred Bader
Modern Lamps in Midcentury America
The House of Cards Project
Remembering Joe Ketner
“My Adopted State”: Arthur Carrara in Wisconsin
Curating Ho-Chunk Objects in Mrs. M.—’s Cabinet at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Playful Design, Serious Message: Learning & Play in the 1970s
20th- and 21st-Century Design: New Acquisitions Now On View
From the Collection: An Update on Meissen
Introducing: “Afrikando” by Jaime Hayon
Jaime Hayon: Technicolor
From the Collection: “The Martyrdom of St. Justina of Padua” by Domenico Brusasorci
Our Resolution in 2018 is to Help You Keep Your Resolutions
From the Collection: “St. Nicholas Day by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller”
From the Collection: “The Countess of Exeter” by Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen
MAM Celebrates 150 Years of Frank Lloyd Wright: Part Two: The Potential of Plywood
MAM Celebrates 150 Years of Frank Lloyd Wright: Part One: Presenting Prairie Style
John J. Reiss: Artist, Designer, and Collector
From the Collection: The Temple of Flora
Social before Social Media: Paul Druecke: A Social Event Archive, 1997–2007
What is the Neighborhood Discount Program? Discounts (and high fives) for Milwaukee Art Museum Members
From the Collection: Miss Grace Ashburner by George Romney
From the Collection: The Annuciation by Hendrick Goltzius
From the Collection: Francisco de Zurbarán’s “Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb”
From the Collection: Preparations for the Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Psyche by Diana Mantuana
John Rieben’s Homage to Josef Müller-Brockmann
From the Collection: Porcelain Tankards
#ASocialEventArchive Opens!
Questions of Provenance–Stories Behind the Names
May is Member Month
And All That Jazz!
Meet Zak Groh, the Museum’s new Executive Chef!
From the Collection: Character Steins
Questions of Provenance: Evening on the Seashore—Tangiers by Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant
Podcast: Artist James Nares and Curator Lisa Sutcliffe In Conversation
From the Collection: Fighting Fauns by Franz von Stuck
Milwaukee Art Museum Statement on the Proposed Elimination of NEA
Questions of Provenance: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Three Cuirassiers, Part 2
Community Partner Project: Penfield Montessori Academy
Meet the collectors: Christine Symchych
Meet the collectors: Eckhart Grohmann
Meet the collectors: Sande Robinson
Explore the Milwaukee Art Museum for FREE!
Meet the collectors: Jody and Dick Goisman
From the Collection: The Mocking of Ceres
MAM Behind-the-Scenes: Where Did They Go?
Rent the Gorgeous Space Portrayed on this Season’s The Bachelor
MAM Behind-the-Scenes: Rotating the Collection
Curating Mrs. M.––––– ’s World, a New Installation: Part 2
From the Collection: “Meissen in Winter” by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme
Curating Mrs. M.––––– ’s World, a New Installation: Part 1
From the Collection: Bacchanals by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
From the Vault: Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1977
MAM’s The Word
From the Collection: Monumental Orientalist Vase
From the Collection: A Pair of Paintings by Alexandre Cabanel
Questions of Provenance: William and Gertrude Schuchardt
Opening Soon: Rineke Dijkstra: Rehearsals
From the Collection: Henri de Toulouse—Lautrec’s Three Cuirassiers, Part 1
From the Collection: Paintings by George Inness
From the Collection: The Nudes of Anders Zorn
If Milwaukee’s Festivals were Works of Art…
From the Collection: Anders Zorn Returns to Sweden
American Epics on the Silver Screen: Classic Clips
From the Collection: Anders Zorn Captures Modern Life
From the Collection: Anders Zorn’s Portrait Prints
From the Collection: Anders Zorn and Etching
From the Collection: In the Catskills by Asher Brown Durand
Milwaukee Studio Visit and Coloring Book Collaboration: Reginald Baylor
From the Collection: Frederick Edwin Church and Charles De Wolf Brownell
From the Collection: Albert Bierstadt’s Wind River Mountains, Nebraska Territory
From the Collection: Thomas Cole’s Storm in the Wilderness
Herzfeld Photography, Print, and Drawing Study Center
From the Collection—Albrecht Dürer, Part 3
Objects of Affection: A Love Letter
From the Collection—Albrecht Dürer, Part 2
From the Collection—Albrecht Dürer, Part 1
Questions of Provenance—Doubting Thomas by Adriaen van der Werff, Part 2
From the Collection—Mother of the World by Franz Ittenbach
Questions of Provenance—Doubting Thomas by Adriaen van der Werff, Part 1
Artful Holiday Gifts Galore
Sunny Does Milwaukee
Questions of Provenance—The Marriage Trap by Jan Victors, Part 4
Questions of Provenance—The Marriage Trap by Jan Victors, Part 3
Questions of Provenance—The Marriage Trap by Jan Victors, Part 2
Questions of Provenance—The Marriage Trap by Jan Victors, Part 1
Bradley Collection Celebrates 40th Anniversary!
Intern Reflections
From the Collection: Pablo Picasso’s The Cock of the Liberation
From the Collection–Vegetable Market at Pontoise by Camille Pissarro
Matisse versus Picasso
Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol!
From the Collection: Chaïm Soutine’s Children and Geese
From the Collection: Roman Portrait of a Man
Happy Birthday, Frida Kahlo!
From the Collection: Wassily Kandinsky’s Fragment I for Composition VII
From the Collection: Theseus by Jacques Lipchitz
Questions of Provenance—Nazi-era Germany
Reflections of an Intern: On Teaching and Mission Statements
Community Collaborations: Art and Music with H2O Milwaukee Music
Questions of Provenance–An Introduction
From the Collection–Christopher Dresser, Pitcher and Claret Jug
From the Collection–Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Two-Handled Urn
From the Collection–G. H. van Hengel, Jr., Chandelier
From the Collection–Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Augustus III, King of Poland
From the Collection–George Vicat Cole, At Arundel, Sussex
“Restore. Reinstall. Reimagine” at the Milwaukee Art Museum
From the Collection—Maria-Theresia van Thielen, Still Life with Parrot
German Tankards and Steins: Part 8–Character Steins
Intern Impressions of Inspiring Beauty
Teens Discuss Michelle Erickson’s Texas Tea Party
Meet Jesús: Artist, Teen Program Alum, and Scholastic Award Winner
German Tankards and Steins: Part 7–Humorous Mettlach
Milwaukee Art Museum Launches its First Online Course
German Tankards and Steins: Part 6–Mettlach and the Germany Identity
German Tankards and Steins: Part 5–Introduction to Late 19th Century Germany
Teens on Museums, Relevancy, and Community: Part 4
Teens on Museums, Relevancy, and Community: Part 3
Teens on Museums, Relevancy, and Community: Part 2
Teens on Museums, Relevancy, and Community: Part 1
Reflections of an Intern: Skills for the Future
Reflections of an Intern: Teens at the Museum
From the Collection–Francesco Solimena’s Madonna and Child with St. Januarius and St. Sebastian
ArtXpress: The Mural Lives On!
Tech Talk: What’s On Your Phone, MAM Staff?
From the Collection–St. Dorothy by Antiveduto Gramatica
Beyond Digital: Open Collections and Cultural Institutions: Part 2
Beyond Digital: Open Collections and Cultural Institutions: Part 1
Teens Discuss Postcards from America
Ask a Curator Day 2014 Recap
From the Collection–On the Eve of Her Wedding by Antonio Mancini
From the Collection–Andrea Locatelli’s Landscapes
From the Collection–Antonio Balestra’s The Meeting of Telemachus and Calypso
Reflections of an Intern: Front Lines of a MOOC
From the Collection–Dancer Holding her Right Foot in her Right Hand by Edgar Degas
Reflective Evaluation: How Can Museums Change Teens—and Vice Versa? Part 3
Jules Bastien-Lepage and the Newlyn School
Reflective Evaluation: How Can Museums Change Teens—and Vice Versa? Part 2
Dandelions and Deck Chairs: Harry Bertoia
ArtXpress 2014: Remember Struggle Create Change
Reflective Evaluation: How Can Museums Change Teens—and Vice Versa? Part 1
School Programs: Young Minds Create!
Teaching How To Teach
Reflections of an Intern: Exploring the Milwaukee Art Museum
MAM Behind-the-Scenes: Brigid Globensky, Senior Director of Education and Programs
MAM Behind-the-Scenes: Eric Boehle, Comptroller
From the Collection: Taxi Ride to Sarah’s Studio by Jim Campbell
MAM Behind the Scenes: Tanya Paul, Curator of European Art
German Tankards and Steins: Part 4—Porcelain
MAM Behind the Scenes: George Rebicek, Lead Security Officer
From the Collection: Felt Suit by Joseph Beuys
MAM Behind the Scenes: David Russick, Exhibition Designer
From the Collection: MMPI (Self-Portrait in Yellow) by Tony Oursler
MAM Behind the Scenes: Heather Winter, Librarian/Archivist
German Tankards and Steins: Part 3—Tin-Glazed Earthenware
Teen Voices in the Museum
German Tankards and Steins: Part 2–Stoneware Vessels
How to Engage Teens at the Museum
Milwaukee Studio Visit: Author and Illustrator Lois Ehlert: Part Two
Milwaukee Studio Visit: Author and Illustrator Lois Ehlert
Milwaukee Studio Visit: Beth Eaton Pottery
German Tankards and Steins: Part 1—The Erb Tankard
From the Collection–Winter in Color
Help Us Prototype Your Museum Experience
Installing the 2014 Scholastic Art Awards
From the Collection: Virgin and Child by Nardo di Cione
Mezzanine Rotation–Rembrandt and the Natural World
Behind the Scenes of Illusions: Near and Far
Recap: 30 Americans Sticky Notes
ArtXpress Teen Program: ONE-MKE
From the Collection—Drawing in the Sand by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida
Highlights of the Chipstone Foundation in the Lower Level
30 Encounters with 30 Americans: Conversations XXVIII – XXX
30 Encounters with 30 Americans: Conversations XXV – XXVII
Intern Voice: My Experience as a Milwaukee Art Museum Intern
30 Encounters with 30 Americans: Conversations XXII – XXIV
30 Encounters with 30 Americans: Conversations XIX – XXI
Intern Voice: Media Creation and Teen Programs
Teen Voice: Victoria–The Museum’s Impact on Milwaukee
Teen Voice: Rachelle–Connecting with Art at the Milwaukee Art Museum
30 Encounters with 30 Americans: Conversations XVI – XVIII
Teen Voice: What Are Museums For?
30 Encounters with 30 Americans: Conversations XIII – XV
Teen Voice: Dominique–Connecting Lives, History, and Art
30 Encounters with 30 Americans: Conversations X – XII
Dave’s Pot and Healthy Words: Fondé Bridges
30 Encounters with 30 Americans: Conversations VII – IX
Telling Tattoos: Harold Wright Remembers Amund Dietzel
30 Encounters with 30 Americans: Conversations IV – VI
30 Encounters with 30 Americans: Conversations I – III
From the Collection–Chestnut Bowl and Stand
Teen Satellite Students Take Final Project Into Their Own Hands
Layton Art Collection: 1888-2013, Part 3
Satellite Teens Visit the Chipstone Foundation
Out of the Vault–William Copley and the Instant Art Collection
The Design Behind Color Rush
Out of the Vault–A Selection from Mr. Layton’s Gallery
Celebrating Chihuly in Wisconsin
The Layton Art Collection—1888-2013, Part 2
A bit of Milwaukee in the Saarinen Archives at Yale
The Layton Art Collection—1888-2013, Part 1
Mr. Layton’s Gallery: The Salon-Style Hang
People’s Choice: Your Top 25 Works of Art in the Collection
From the Collection: Ancient Roman Head of a Noble Woman
From the Chipstone Collection–Presentation Jug
From the Collection–Margaret, Lady Tufton by Anthony Van Dyck and Studio
A Museum’s History in Moving Image
Musical Furniture
From the Collection—German Renaissance Mirror
Frank Lloyd Wright in Color
Chipstone’s Resident Biophysicist—Professor Temple Burling, Part 2
From the Collection— “Meissen in Winter” by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme
Chipstone’s Resident Biophysicist: Professor Temple Burling, Part 1
125 Years and Counting
Milwaukee Studio Visit: Heather Hambrecht’s Studio (h(om)e)
Lewandowski’s Mosaic Mural at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center
From the Collection—Connections with Kenwood House
Museum Staff Coloring Contest with Reginald Baylor
Kid Tested, Mother Approved
Connecting the Dots
From the Chipstone Collection—Fecundity Dish
From the Collection: Wisconsin Crazy Quilt
The Art of Education: My Teaching Journey at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Community Outreach–The Collaborative Chihuly
Behind the Scenes: Analysis of a Face Jug
Mythology at the Milwaukee Art Museum–Part 2
Making an Exhibition, Part 5: Finally, Enjoying the Gallery
Warhol, Warhol, Everywhere a Warhol
The Future of Museums, According to Milwaukee Teens
Art Books are Fun, Now Go Play!
Making an Exhibition, Part 4: Storyboards, Design, and Installation
Milwaukee’s Greatest! … Circa 1892
Making an Exhibition, Part 3: Approvals and Loans and Email and Paperwork
Mythology at the Milwaukee Art Museum–Part 1
Making an Exhibition, Part 2: Research (with Travel!)
The Heady Appeal of Soap Sculpture Competitions
Making an Exhibition, Part 1: The Artwork’s Story
Voting Counts: The Kohl’s Art Generation Lab
New Installation of George Mann Niedecken objects
Advice and Praise for Museum Interns
From the Collection–Girl in Straw Hat (Femme au Chapeau Rouge) by Pierre Bonnard
From the Chipstone Collection—Of Ghosts and Speculation
From the Collection–Cyril Colnik Iron Basket
Looking at “Posters of Paris” Through the Lens of Graphic Design
What Does It Mean To “Curate”?
From the Collection–Nautilus Cup
Museums and the Parking Business
Can I walk on it?
From the Collection—Duyckinck’s Jacomina Winkler (and her crabby dog!)
Young Authors and Artists Celebration
From the Collection—The Rivals (Little Kittens) by Mihály Munkácsy
Face Jugs—Art and Ritual
Restoring Duane Hanson’s Beloved “Janitor”
Local Designer Profile: Renotta Thompson
From the Collection– “Head of a Noblewoman” tomb effigy
From Joan Miró to Easter – Six Degrees of Separation
ArtWorks 2012: What’s in a Name?
Where in the World is….?
From the Collection–Biedermeier Settee
Chipstone Foundation Acquisition—Face Jug
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the American Studio Glass Movement
It’s Always a “Sunny” Day at the Museum!
From the Collection: Possum Trot
From the Collection–Jacques de l’Ange’s “Gluttony”
The Making of an Exhibition Store
What’s Up at the Museum?
From the Collection–John Henry Belter Sofa
From the Chipstone Collection—Puzzle Jug
Teens and Art: An Intern’s Experience
Museum Art Library – Used Book Sale March 1 – 4!
A one-hour exhibition: “Winter Scenes Across the Ages”
A Beautiful Friendship: The Museum Store Welcomes Milwaukee Artist Chrisanne Robertson
From the Collection— “A Roman Amateur” by Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Calling All Milwaukee Makers!
What’s Up at the Museum?
How We Made the Museum’s Teacher Website
From the Collection—Severin Roesen’s Still Life
From the Collection–Virgin and Child
What typeface is the Milwaukee Art Museum?
Burniture—A performance by Hongtao Zhou
From the Collection–Neapolitan crèche (Nativity scene)
From Museum Storage–Elihu Vedder’s “Star of Bethlehem”
On Tim Gunn and Gallery Teaching
Connecting Orson Welles to the Milwaukee Art Institute
How Many Curators Does it Take to Create an Exhibition?
From the Collection–Girolamo Mengozzi’s “Architectural Fantasy with Figures”
Impressionism: La Maison de Monet
Hip-Hop in the Galleries, Inspired by Art
From the Collection—Step into my Parlor (Cabinet)
Behind the Scenes: The Music of the “Wings”
From Museum Storage–Wiener Werkstätte Vase
From the Chipstone Collection—Staffordshire Teapots
Must-See at the Museum: November
The Bus Unveiled: Art Xpress 2011
From the Collection–Léon Augustin Lhermitte’s “Haymaking Time”
Who’s That Girl: Wisconsin Edition
Who’s That Girl?
From Museum Storage—Beneath a Ray and Charles Eames LCW Chair
Studio Visit with artist Christy Matson
From the Collection–Hans Baluschek’s “Working-class City”
Refreshed Look for the American Paintings Galleries
Download the Kohl’s Art Generation iPod Touch App!
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: September 6-September 11
Objects in Focus
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: August 29-September 5
From the Collection: Agnes Martin’s “Untitled #10”
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: August 22-August 28
From the Collection–Wilhelm Trübner’s “Salome”
A Simple Translation from Museum Artwork to Museum Keepsake
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: August 15-August 21
Vive “Verve”
Help Harmony Blossom: Art Xpress 2011
The Rooms of Wonder
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: August 1-August 7
From Museum Storage–Cataloging 188 Paperweights
Being an Intern: It’s not only Makin’ Copies
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: July 25-July 31
From the Collection–Table Clock with Orpheus Frieze
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: July 18-24
From the Library: “Men Who Own Big Libraries”
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: July 11-July 17
Conversation with the Curator: Way of the Dragon
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: July 4-July 10
From Museum Storage—C. A. Buffington & Co. “Automobile Folding Chair”
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: June 27-July 4
Say it on a T-shirt: What does the Art Museum Mean to You?
From the Collection—Charlotte-Françoise DeBure by Catherine Lusurier
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: June 20-June 26
Object Lab 3.0
From the Beautiful Box: Tarbell and Hand-Painted Glass Slides
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: June 13-June 19
“Summer of CHINA” Primer: Scholar’s Rocks
From the Collection—“Chippendale” Philadelphia High Chest
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: May 30-June 5
Do you like America’s Next Top Model?
Slow Art: Howard Finster’s Youth of Abraham
Acquiring Art at Auction— Part 4 (It’s a Tea Service!)
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: May 23-May 29
From the Brooks Stevens Archive: “Looka’ that slide, isn’t she a honey!”
We Couldn’t Do It Without Interns
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: May 16-May 22
How We’re Getting Ready for the “Summer of CHINA”
Beautiful boxes often hold beautiful things…
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: May 9-May 15
Join Me on a Visit to the MFA’s “Art of the Americas” Wing
To touch, or not to touch?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: May 2-May 8
Slow Art: Bouguereau’s Homer and His Guide
From the Collection–Fab 5 Freddy (Told Me Everybody’s Fly)
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: April 25-May 1
Acquiring Art at Auction—Part 3 (The Auction!)
From the Collection–Miss Frances Lee by Francis Cotes
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: April 18-April 24
Slow Art: Kirchner’s Street at Schöneberg City Park
From the Collection—Toshiko Takaezu
From the Collection—Kem Weber’s Airline Chair
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: April 11-April 17
Acquiring Art at Auction— Part 2
Why The New Materiality?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: April 4-April 11
How Well Do You Know Art in Bloom?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: March 28-April 3
Acquiring Art at Auction— Part 1
Oh, I do love having dirt to dish.
What is that big, orange thing, anyway?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: March 21-March 27
Teacher’s Night Recap: American Art & Visual Literacy
Listen to Frank–“The past always hangs to the future by a thread”
From the Collection—Portrait by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: March 14-March 20
From the Collection–Byrdcliffe Colony Chest
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: March 7-March 13
How Do They Do That?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Feb 28-March 6
Meet Ayiana, Voice of our Family iPod Touch Tours!
Museum Library – Used Book Sale, March 3-6!
Visiting Wright Near Home
From the Collection–George Washington (ish)
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Feb. 21-Feb 27
The “Write” Stuff
From the Collection—Caspar David Friedrich
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Feb 14-Feb 20
From the Collection–Auguste Rodin’s The Kiss
Wright Changes to the 20th-century Design Gallery
Art and Lego
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Feb. 7-Feb 13
Installation of the 2011 Scholastic Art Awards
Packers, Steelers, and Impressionism
Snow Day
It’s all in the clay: Chipstone’s new “making” video
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Jan. 31-Feb. 6
American Industrial Design Stamps
Art inspired by technology
Milton Rogovin—“Photography could be an instrument of social change”
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Jan. 24-Jan. 30
From the Collection: Squirrel with Grapes Netsuke
Thinking Globally, Shopping Artfully
The ‘American Engineer’, My ‘Big Chief’… Frank Lloyd Wright
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Jan 17-Jan 23
From the Collection–The Newsboy
Gothic Ivories Project
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: January 10–January 16
From the Collection: Marble Through the Ages
Satellite: Final Projects
Student Work Enlivens the Art Museum
From the Collection: Ancient Greek Vases
From the Collection–Rubens Peale “Apple and Two Pears on a Pewter Plate”
How did the Milwaukee Art Institute acquire Edmund Tarbell’s “Three Sisters – A Study in June Sunlight”, 1890?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Holiday edition
A quick trip to the Niedecken archives
From the Collection: Claude Mellan’s “The Sudarium”
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: December 13-19
From the Collection–Ettore Sottsass’ “Carlton” Bookcase
To be an artist at Yale in 1964…
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Dec. 6-Dec 12
Listening to the Decorative Arts
From the Collection: Kees van Dongen’s “Woman with Cat”
Just Relax!
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: November 30-December 5
From the Collection–English Monteith
“How much is that Braque in the window?”
A Meal with Toussaint L’Ouverture
Wafaa Bilal wants to do what?!
From the Collection— Neapolitan Crèche (Nativity Scene)
Thank You, Junior Docents
Art of the Table
What’s Happening at the Museum: Nov. 15-21
From the Collection—Elderkin Great Chair
A Time When Modern Was “Degenerate”
Bertoia in Limbo?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Nov. 8–15
From the Collection: ’Tis the Season
Satellite: Field Trip
If You Had 15 Words to Last Forever, What Would You Say?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Nov. 1–Nov. 7
From the Collection—George Mann Niedecken
My Favorite Portrait Miniatures
The Woodgatherer in my memory, and on a bag!
Painting-ish
What’s Happening at the Museum: Oct. 25–Oct. 31
From the Collection: Francisco de Zurbarán’s “St. Francis”
Satellite: Experiments
Working the Fine Furnishings Show
Celebrating Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
What’s happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Oct. 18–24
From the Collection: Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s “The Shepherdess”
European Design—Escape from the Gallery!
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Oct. 11–17
From the Collection—Bengtsson’s Slice Chair
A Simple Thank You Goes A Mighty Long Way…
From the Collection: Gustave Courbet’s “Clement Laurier”
What’s happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum Sept. 30-Oct. 9
Exploring The Body Politic
From the Collection: Edwin Landseer’s “Portrait of a Terrier”
Satellite: It Begins!
Art that You Wear
From the Library and the Archives
From the Collection— Tiffany gold Tea Service
Layers of Exhibition Paint
What’s happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Sept. 19-Sept. 26
From the Collection—English Posset Pot
Ask a Curator Day
What’s happening at the Museum: Sept. 6-Sept. 13
From the Collection: Sofonisba Anguissola’s “The Artist’s Sister”
“Save Your Opinions For Your Quilt”
From the Collection—Marcel Breuer’s Reclining Chair
Reasons Why the Art World is Small
“Well-behaved women seldom make history”
Milwaukee Digital Media Conference
Recording a Museum Audio Guide
Quilt History in the Making
Docent Diary: The Two Majesties
Painting the Gallery Walls
Impressionist Masterpieces—With and Without Milk
Getting Personal With Art
Art In Bloom Setup
Abstract Expressionist Stamps—Get Yours Now

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