Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Art in Bloom 2012

The Sports Show

Oscar parties, vegan chili, Rock the Cradle: Freeloader Friday

​ Even if you have no money, there's always something fun and free to do around town on the weekends. This installment of Freeloader Friday features a slew of CD-release concerts, a rockin' party for toddlers, a chili cook-off for vegans, and an awesome Oscar party at Brit's. Come take a look at o ... More >>

Tina Blondell: 100 Creatives

​Number 43: Tina Blondell City: Minneapolis Years spent living in MN: 15 There are no pop-culture icons featured in Tina Blondell's portraits. Instead, she chooses to  capture regular folks in a moment in time. Recent pieces have included a gleeful female drummer ready to jam, a man casuall ... More >>

Warm up in the Twin Cities at these hot spots

​The Twin Cities are a pretty decent place to live thanks to our thriving art and performance scenes, our lakes and parks, and our cutting edge fried food at the Minnesota State Fair. Unfortunately, in order to enjoy these treats you must also survive our never ending winters of despair. But tak ... More >>

MAEP: Standards and 90º South

​The Twin Cities are a pretty decent place to live thanks to our thriving art and performance scenes, our lakes and parks, and our cutting edge fried food at the Minnesota State Fair. Unfortunately, in order to enjoy these treats you must also survive our never ending winters of despair. But tak ... More >>

The Best & Worst of Frank Gaard

​The Twin Cities are a pretty decent place to live thanks to our thriving art and performance scenes, our lakes and parks, and our cutting edge fried food at the Minnesota State Fair. Unfortunately, in order to enjoy these treats you must also survive our never ending winters of despair. But tak ... More >>

Third Thursday: Make Way for MayDay

​The Twin Cities are a pretty decent place to live thanks to our thriving art and performance scenes, our lakes and parks, and our cutting edge fried food at the Minnesota State Fair. Unfortunately, in order to enjoy these treats you must also survive our never ending winters of despair. But tak ... More >>

Rock the Cradle

​The Twin Cities are a pretty decent place to live thanks to our thriving art and performance scenes, our lakes and parks, and our cutting edge fried food at the Minnesota State Fair. Unfortunately, in order to enjoy these treats you must also survive our never ending winters of despair. But tak ... More >>

Third Thursday

​The Twin Cities are a pretty decent place to live thanks to our thriving art and performance scenes, our lakes and parks, and our cutting edge fried food at the Minnesota State Fair. Unfortunately, in order to enjoy these treats you must also survive our never ending winters of despair. But tak ... More >>

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 >>

Art Perchance at MIA this Thursday

Art Perchance​Say goodbye to those cheesy, scruffy carnival game prizes. Tomorrow night you'll have a chance at winning a piece of one-of-a-kind art by playing museum-inspired midway-style games at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Art Perchance, an annual fundraiser put on by the Friends of ... More >>

Eat Street Excursion's best drinking and dining deals

http://www.whittieralliance.org/Here's where to stop during the Eat Street Excursion.​This Thursday, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts has teamed up with several Eat Street restaurants to host Eat Street Excursion in conjunction with the Bicycle Film Festival. At 5 p.m., cyclists can meet in G ... More >>

BFF10: Bicycle Film Festival Opening Night Party

http://www.whittieralliance.org/Here's where to stop during the Eat Street Excursion.​This Thursday, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts has teamed up with several Eat Street restaurants to host Eat Street Excursion in conjunction with the Bicycle Film Festival. At 5 p.m., cyclists can meet in G ... More >>

Red, White, and Boom!

http://www.whittieralliance.org/Here's where to stop during the Eat Street Excursion.​This Thursday, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts has teamed up with several Eat Street restaurants to host Eat Street Excursion in conjunction with the Bicycle Film Festival. At 5 p.m., cyclists can meet in G ... More >>

Wing Young Huie, Iron Bartender: Freeloader Friday

​(Pictured: Work from Wing Young Huie's "University Avenue Project")This week in Freeloader Friday we have an epic game of tag, a six-mile gallery show, and several outdoor festivals.  

Art in Bloom

​(Pictured: Work from Wing Young Huie's "University Avenue Project")This week in Freeloader Friday we have an epic game of tag, a six-mile gallery show, and several outdoor festivals.  

Rock the Cradle

​(Pictured: Work from Wing Young Huie's "University Avenue Project")This week in Freeloader Friday we have an epic game of tag, a six-mile gallery show, and several outdoor festivals.  

NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show

​(Pictured: Work from Wing Young Huie's "University Avenue Project")This week in Freeloader Friday we have an epic game of tag, a six-mile gallery show, and several outdoor festivals.  

Art Attack

​(Pictured: Work from Wing Young Huie's "University Avenue Project")This week in Freeloader Friday we have an epic game of tag, a six-mile gallery show, and several outdoor festivals.  

Louvre masterpieces at MIA starting Sunday

Big-ticket exhibit brings Michelangelo and Vermeer to Twin Cities.

The Louvre and the Masterpiece

Big-ticket exhibit brings Michelangelo and Vermeer to Twin Cities.

2009 Peace Games

Big-ticket exhibit brings Michelangelo and Vermeer to Twin Cities.

Scrubbing the MIA sun

Cleaning a 3,000 pound sunburst is no easy task.

Art in Bloom 2009: An American Classic

Cleaning a 3,000 pound sunburst is no easy task.

Winter in Bloom

Cleaning a 3,000 pound sunburst is no easy task.

"Splendid Table" host talks food art Thursday at the MIA

Sleeping in Style: Textiles for the Bedroom

10/30 Morning Must Reads: Nazis, Bachmann, Northwest Airlines

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Sells Old Stuff

Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

Mike Elko; Ruthann Godollei: Unconventional Wisdom

Hail to the Chief: Images of the American Presidency

Fallout Art Fest

Take a Chance on Ter Brugghen

Art in Bloom

The Genius of Shibata Zeshin: Selections from the Catherine and Thomas Edson Collection

Cinephilia and other pleasures of the year in film

Freddy's Back!

After 43 years without a major local show, Freddy Muñoz returns with 10-foot paintings of a monkey in a charnel house and bloody-mouthed pigs

If I Were a Carpenter

Alyn Silberstein has built the walls of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Now he's hanging his work on them.

Off Beat

Alyn Silberstein has built the walls of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Now he's hanging his work on them.

The Real Thing

From flesh satellites to cities of styrofoam: The fine art of faking it

Checkout Time

The Rodeway Inn is all that stands between dozens of Minneapolis families and homelessness--but not for long

Too Much Joy

Lost in the funhouse with the Walker Art Center's Let's Entertain

Family Favorites Editors' Picks

Lost in the funhouse with the Walker Art Center's Let's Entertain

Two for the Show

Amy Toscani sizes up sculpture; Carol Padberg pictures quilting and collage

The People, Yes

A collection of Minnesota photographs from Jerome Liebling reveals his hard brand of humanism.

Nature Boy

Not Fade Away: David Lefkowitz's "Banquet."

Missing in Action

Not Fade Away: David Lefkowitz's "Banquet."