Alec Soth

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Intersections: Women, Leadership, and the Power of Collaboration

The Bachelor Farmer celebrates the Nordic palate

Governor Dayton's sons open first-rate restaurant

The Bachelor Farmer, a first look

Photos courtesy of The Bachelor Farmer​Footfalls on wooden planks led to the front door of The Bachelor Farmer, a new restaurant that softly opened last week.  It was before business hours and a knock on a locked door is answered by two immaculately dressed young men, "Hello, I'm Eric," he ex ... More >>

Is Hormel firing workers that it made sick?

Is making mystery meat causing mysterious illnesses?​A recent piece in Mother Jones (with lovely photos by Alec Soth) skewers the makers of Spam with some serious accusations: "First Hormel gutted the union. Then it sped up the line. And when the pig-brain machine made workers sick, they got ... More >>

Alec Soth, Kevin Kramp, Robyn, and more: Artists of the year

Influential artists of 2010

Embarrassment of Riches: Picturing Global Wealth

Influential artists of 2010

Contribute to Alec Soth's 'From Here to There' Flikr project

Alec Soth​Amateur and professional photographers looking for an inspiration prompt should be sure to check out Alec Soth's latest project, 'From Here to There.' The artist, in conjunction with the Walker Art Center, has recently created a Flikr pool where participants can share images.

MIA exhibit 'Embarrassment of Riches' opens Friday

Martin Parr, Cambridge, England, from "Luxury" series, 2005 (printed 2008), The Linda and Lawrence Perlman Photography Endowment 2009.42.2​​Starting this Friday through January 2, 2011, museum-goers at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will get a chance to witness how wealth--or lack there of--h ... More >>

The $99 Sale

Martin Parr, Cambridge, England, from "Luxury" series, 2005 (printed 2008), The Linda and Lawrence Perlman Photography Endowment 2009.42.2​​Starting this Friday through January 2, 2011, museum-goers at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will get a chance to witness how wealth--or lack there of--h ... More >>

From Here to There: Alec Soth's America

Martin Parr, Cambridge, England, from "Luxury" series, 2005 (printed 2008), The Linda and Lawrence Perlman Photography Endowment 2009.42.2​​Starting this Friday through January 2, 2011, museum-goers at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will get a chance to witness how wealth--or lack there of--h ... More >>

Alec Soth's first major U.S. survey exhibition: Sneak peak

Alec Soth Kym, Polish Palace, Minneapolis, MN, 2000-2002​Minnesota-based artist Alec Soth has traveled the world photographing many different subjects during his lengthy career, but it is his images from the U.S. that will make up his first major survey exhibition. Opening mid-September at the ... More >>

MN Original debuts on TPT

New locally-focused arts show premieres tonight on tpt2

MN Fashion Week, Wants vs. Needs, Dr. Dog, more: Freeloader Friday

​(Pictured: Kokoon Spring 2010)With MN Fashion Week in full swing, this is an excellent weekend to check out some of the free fashion parties around town, from a charity events to high fashion to t-shirt sales. But don't worry if you're not a fashionista; there are plenty of other cool events for ... More >>

MN Fashion Week: Local Artist T-Shirt Mart

​(Pictured: Kokoon Spring 2010)With MN Fashion Week in full swing, this is an excellent weekend to check out some of the free fashion parties around town, from a charity events to high fashion to t-shirt sales. But don't worry if you're not a fashionista; there are plenty of other cool events for ... More >>

The Minnesota Eye: Contemporary Photography

​(Pictured: Kokoon Spring 2010)With MN Fashion Week in full swing, this is an excellent weekend to check out some of the free fashion parties around town, from a charity events to high fashion to t-shirt sales. But don't worry if you're not a fashionista; there are plenty of other cool events for ... More >>

Shinders: An Exhibition

​(Pictured: Kokoon Spring 2010)With MN Fashion Week in full swing, this is an excellent weekend to check out some of the free fashion parties around town, from a charity events to high fashion to t-shirt sales. But don't worry if you're not a fashionista; there are plenty of other cool events for ... More >>

Homophobes for Bachmann

​(Pictured: Kokoon Spring 2010)With MN Fashion Week in full swing, this is an excellent weekend to check out some of the free fashion parties around town, from a charity events to high fashion to t-shirt sales. But don't worry if you're not a fashionista; there are plenty of other cool events for ... More >>

Reporter's Notebok: Alec Soth

​(Pictured: Kokoon Spring 2010)With MN Fashion Week in full swing, this is an excellent weekend to check out some of the free fashion parties around town, from a charity events to high fashion to t-shirt sales. But don't worry if you're not a fashionista; there are plenty of other cool events for ... More >>

Alec Soth stays sane by staying put

Freeze Frame: the arresting images of Minneapolis photographer and New York art star Alec Soth

Alec Soth: Dog Days, Bogota

Freeze Frame: the arresting images of Minneapolis photographer and New York art star Alec Soth

Suck in Your Gut, Lazarus, and Smile for the Camera

Death becomes Angela Strassheim

Artists of the Year

Iraq. SARS. Jay Leno, Still on television practically every night. Yeah, 2003 was about as much fun as a social disease.

One of the Great Ones

In search of photographic beauty and big dreams at a Minneapolis dive bar