Email Author Scott Donaldson

2011 Stories by Scott Donaldson

• Who gets to be American in American art?

  published November 30, 2011

  It's not hard to define nationality. If you live in America, you're an American, right? You don't have to be a sociologist to know it's not quite... More >>

• Steve Olson

  published November 30, 2011

  You might have seen it. You might have even done a double take to ensure that no one was in immediate cartoon-grand-piano-falling danger. But if... More >>

• Nick Mauss: Perforations

  published September 14, 2011

  This month, Midway Contemporary Art opens its doors to German-born, New York-based conceptual artist Nick Mauss. "Perforations" is Mauss's first... More >>

• $99 Sale

  published September 7, 2011

  If you can still find an HP TouchPad on shelves, you'll discover that its price has been dramatically reduced to $99 after the announcement of its... More >>

• Nay-Say: Paintings and Other Things

  published August 24, 2011

  What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Or consider the age-old question of the chicken and the egg. Add to these... More >>

• Three Artists: Guo Gai, Meng Tang, Slinko

  published August 24, 2011

  Between last fall's censorship of David Wojnarowicz's short film A Fire in My Belly and Ai Weiwei's three-month detainment by the Chinese... More >>

• Third Thursday: Art Perchance

  published August 17, 2011

  The Minnesota State Fair may be another week away, but the MIA is already preparing for the Midway and carnival games, if not the calories. Art... More >>

• Common Room

  published August 10, 2011

  Introduced in 2009, the Soap Factory's Common Room series has been an August destination for arts enthusiasts seeking an interactive community. In... More >>

• Just Add Ink

  published August 3, 2011

  The Twin Cities' comic community runs deep—as well it should. For example, MCAD remains one of a few colleges offering a curriculum... More >>