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Fashioned, a new show at the Minnesota Center for Photography, isn't about fashion per se but how appearances speak to and clash with identity.
May 2008
by Stephanie Xenos
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In
the early 1900s, photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii was hired by Tsar Nicholas
II to conduct an ambitious photographic survey of the Russian Empire. See his work at The Museum of Russian Art.
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 SLIDESHOW
Fashioned is an
exploration of the various ways in which identity and
persona are
“fashioned” through clothes, tattoos, and other personal effects.
The
exhibit—featuring the work of six photographers—runs May 3–July 13 at the
Minnesota Center for
Photography.
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Spiritual America, a show organized by Guggenheim curator Nancy
Spector, is at
the Walker Art Center and, according to the Walker’s chief curator,
Philippe Vergne, includes a surprise—the premiere of a new sculpture
completed in January.
April 2008
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SLIDESHOW
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The new Science Museum exhibit on Nazi eugenics will surprise some with its Minnesota connections.
March 2008
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John C. Weber's collection of Japanese art and
artifacts is believed to be the most complete collection outside of the archipelago. The entire collection will be showing at the MIA February 24–May 25.
March 2008
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SLIDESHOW
Photographer Paul Shambroom’s new exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum,
Picturing Power, involves aspects of power—economic, political, military—through featuring images of people, places, and things that
exert an influence
on our daily lives.
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Moorhead businessman and collector Frederick B. Scheel
donated his photography
collection
to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The collection is so
extensive the MIA is exhibiting the
collection in two installments, the second of which, Search to See
II, is on
display through March 30.
January 2008
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Yuri Arajs is Minneapolis' nomadic entrepreneur.
December 2007
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Sculptor Donald Lipski pays homage to a century-old Minnesota women's choral group.
December 2007
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Don’t call Tino Sehgal a performance artist and definitely don’t call his work
theater or dance—or anything related to the traditional stage for that matter.
December 1, 2007
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November 2007
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Two current
photography exhibits spotlight a rapidly changing China.
November 2007
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Two major exhibitions give us a fresh look at the artistic achievements of Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe.
October 2007
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Known on the street as Poetry Man, Allen Christian’s work is a sculpture in which anyone may make a contribution.
October 2007
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Reclaiming Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prospect Park landmark from the ravages of time.
September 2007
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Walker Art Center go head-to-head in exhibits featuring two of the twentieth century’s most iconic female painters.
September 2007
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Don't miss these gallery openings in the TC this fall.
September 2007
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One of the most
important artists you’ve never heard of comes to the Museum of Russian Art.
September 2007
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