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Death becomes Angela Strassheim
Molly Priesmeyer
Religion and death have always been at the center of Angela Strassheim's life. The Minnetonka girl grew up in a conservative Christian household... More >>
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What do you call two isolated artists working together? They don't know, either.
Molly Priesmeyer
I've been obsessed with this lonely songwriter lately. "Obsessed" is an understatement, actually. I want to know how he wound up where he is and... More >>
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Ox-Op presents its biggest show--and its last
Rod Smith
Half an hour into the second opening night of the "The Juxtapoz Group Show 2006," the Ox-Op Gallery is packed. A few members of the babbling... More >>
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'Only Human' presents new approaches to portraiture at the MMAA
Molly Priesmeyer
If you had to pick the quintessential portrait, perhaps you'd chose the Mona Lisa, or the eerie painting of your great-grandfather that you... More >>
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Walker show inspires chat about scary bugs and nature of reality
Dylan Hicks
"The House of Oracles," on exhibition through January 16 at the Walker Art Center, is a retrospective devoted to Chinese-born French artist Huang... More >>
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The lush wonders of Bill Daley's illustration gallery
Rod Smith
Bill Daley never set out to corner the Hilda market. (More on that in a minute.) Nor did the former Gopher football star and sports announcer... More >>
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The haughty, naughty photography of Timothy Piotrowski
Rod Smith
Timothy Piotrowski is amply willing to die for his art--just not all at once. "I use this selenium toner," the photographer relates, stooping... More >>
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The meaningful minimalism of Yuri Arajs
Rod Smith
Tonight, Niche 3708 is a hot new art space in more ways than one. Tucked into a quiet residential corner of south Minneapolis, the tiny... More >>
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Inside Thomas Kinkade's blinding gazebo
Diablo Cody
The Good Shepherd is an ordinary painting of a charming cottage situated in a pasture. Rendered in oddly luminescent oils, the cottage's eaves... More >>
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Politics and aesthetics collide at the Museum of Russian Art
Molly Priesmeyer
If you had to choose a single image to represent government-sanctioned avant-garde or Socialist Realism during the repressive Soviet regime, it's... More >>
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Is there anything Billy Childish can't do?
Rod Smith
Billy Childish is England's greatest undercover performance artist--in a Mod-reborn-as-neo-Edwardian-spy package. Even his mighty moustache, so... More >>
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The Walker Art Center's addition inspired lunchboxes, stormtroopers, Transformers, and more from talented readers
Corey Anderson
Over a dozen contestants put their artistic skills to utter waste in our recent contest pondering the latest addition to the Minneapolis... More >>
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"Interact/React" topples conventions at the MMAA
Molly Priesmeyer
Uncle Sam wants you to pull his finger. The famous image of the dour, white-bearded old man rallying Army recruits with that sinister stare rests... More >>
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A City Pages contest
Corey Anderson
The Walker Art Center reopens on April 16 with a silvery, hulking facade that ominously oversees rush hour along Hennepin Avenue. While the... More >>
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Madhubani art makes its debut at Khazana
Rod Smith
Anju Kataria is visibly--and audibly--elated. "It's so nice to see so many familiar faces at once," the curator of Madhubani: Art Without Walls... More >>
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Vladimir Dikarev and Natasha Dikareva reach back and find beauty
Molly Priesmeyer
Inside the ArTrujillo gallery, the music piped through the loudspeakers seamlessly segues from a Neil Diamond song to a song by the defunct emo... More >>
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A public response to the "Walker Without Walls"
Rex Sorgatz
When the Walker closed for expansion in February, the choice to eschew the cultural landscape for a year could have easily been forgiven. But... More >>
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'Chicano Visions' flips the bird at the traditional high-art canon
Molly Priesmeyer
Inside the Weisman Art Museum, the click-clack of high heels reverberates throughout the hushed gallery's hallways. Words, if spoken at all, are... More >>
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Quito Ziegler takes her freedom ride photos on the road
Molly Priesmeyer
As a New York native, Quito Ziegler doesn't exactly embrace the outdoors. Instead, she photographs vast Minnesota landscapes and duplicates them... More >>
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MCBA's "Artists' Books" exhibit turns aesthetic concepts into a novel idea
Molly Priesmeyer
Long before comic-book superheroes and tennis bad boys were getting lactose-smeared for the "Got Milk?" ad campaign, the Canadian conceptual-art... More >>
