ARTISTS
2025
Summer exhibitions need not be an afternoon of air conditioned, undirected wanderings. The Milwaukee Art Museum鈥檚 photography exhibition, Erin Shirreff: Permanent Drafts, provides an opportunity to consider artwork both startling and challenging.
The Milwaukee Art Museum presents the most comprehensive exhibition in a decade of works by Erin Shirreff, a highly regarded contemporary artist at the forefront of sculpture, photography, and video.
Poland-born curator Marcelle Polednik, who has led the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) since August 2016, will depart on July 31 after nearly nine years as director.
In the following interview, Robert Longo discusses how he seeks to slow down the act of seeing and creates an 鈥渆xtreme experience鈥� for viewers through the translation of the photographic into monumental drawings.
Drawing from its collection, the Milwaukee Art Museum presents more than 100 objects in the exhibition True Story: Photography, Journalism, and Media, demonstrating how photographers and artists have understood and wielded the power of images to convey the events of our world.
An inflection point in culture and politics has emerged as our nation leans deeply rightward and allies itself to capitalist strongmen.
2024
The Milwaukee Art Museum is presenting Robert Longo: The Acceleration of History, an exhibition that features nearly 40 monumental drawings, sculptures, and videos created by the artist over the past decade.
We round-up the biggest shows opening each month.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is one of the top art institutions in the United States.
The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) will now be free for kids age 12 and under through an anonymous gift of $3.54 million.
The Milwaukee Art Museum on December 3 announced that it had received an anonymous donation of $3.54 million that would allow it to offer free admission for children twelve and under in perpetuity.
The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) will now be free for kids age 12 and under through an anonymous gift of $3.54 million.
Ahead of an exhibition at Pace and Thaddaeus Ropac in London, the artist reflects on John Berger鈥檚 influence and embracing ambiguity
Idris Khan鈥檚 first US solo museum exhibition, Idris Khan: Repeat After Me at the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM), tracks the British artist鈥檚 remarkable trajectory.
While more American museums center the public in their mission statements than ever, there exists significant gaps between trust and transparency aspirations and reality.