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12 pictures of the “Massimals MKE” art installation in Cathedral Square Park, plus 2 pictures of some tracks I saw in the snow and need help identifying

January 20, 2021

There's a new public art installation in Cathedral Square Park, and it's pretty neat! "Massimals MKE" is a group of life-size bear sculptures created by artist Jason Scroggin of Scroggin Studio. Massimals are d...

John Riepenhoff asks David Robbins a few questions about the mysterious Utah monolith

John Riepenhoff

December 9, 2020

John Riepenhoff is an engineer of artistic platforms for the expression of others. He co-owns The Green Gallery. David Robbins is the author of seven books, including Concrete Comedy: An Alternative History Of ...

Help Niche Book Bar reach its fundraising goal and open the only Black-owned bookstore in Wisconsin

Matt Wild

December 2, 2020

Last month we told how a local bookseller, Lion's Tooth, will soon open a physical location in Bay View. Lion's Tooth's successful campaign to open a brick-and-mortar store was partially due to support from onl...

Lion’s Tooth is opening a brick-and-mortar bookstore on Kinnickinnic Ave. in Bay View

Matt Wild

November 20, 2020

When we first talked to Shelly McClone-Carriere and Cris Siqueira in October 2019, the two Milwaukee women had just launched a small press and graphic novel subscription service called Lion's Tooth. The service...

Milwaukee Art Museum is closed, will remain closed until at least January

Matt Wild

November 19, 2020

The Milwaukee Art Museum—which has been open in a limited capacity since July—is now closed. It will remain closed until at least January 2, 2021. Sigh. Here's the press release. Milwaukee Art Museum Clo...

Milwaukee Mural Of The Week: “Mural Of Peace”

Matt Wild

November 9, 2020

Take a tour of the city with "Milwaukee Mural Of The Week," a regular feature that looks at Milwaukee murals both iconic and lesser-known. Name: "Mural Of Peace" Artist: Reynaldo Hernandez Location: South ...

Milwaukee Ballet’s “We Miss You MKE” videos bring dancers to local landmarks

Tyler Maas

October 14, 2020

It's a particularly ugly and isolated time in history. As Wisconsin's COVID-19 numbers continue to rise, it's become apparent that it will be an incredibly long time before we can experience art and in-person p...

11 pictures of Shepard Fairey’s new, almost-complete “Voting Rights Are Human Rights” mural

Matt Wild

October 13, 2020

If you happen to glance up at the north side of the Colby Abbot building (759 N. Milwaukee St.) in downtown Milwaukee, you'll see the city's latest mural. But it's not just any mural—"Voting Rights Are Human Ri...

It looks like Milwaukee is getting a Shepard Fairey mural after all

Matt Wild

October 7, 2020

Like it or not, Milwaukee is getting a mural from internationally acclaimed artist Shepard Fairey. Fairey and his Obey Giant team will paint a 7,400-square-foot mural entitled "Voting Rights Are Human Rights...

Hover Craft transitions to virtual event, seeks artists and makers

Tyler Maas

October 6, 2020

Since 2009, Hover Craft has brought skilled local artists, crafters, retailers, and others residing beneath the broad "maker" umbrella together to bring Milwaukee-made goods to area consumers during the holiday...

Murals on historic properties may need to be removable, facing away from streets and sidewalks

Matt Wild

September 30, 2020

Want to paint or install a mural on the side of a historic Milwaukee property? There may be some new guidelines for that—including a few that ask you to please keep your mural tucked away in a back alley or som...

Watch a Lion’s Tooth video tour of the MOWA comics exhibit

Cris Siqueira

September 14, 2020

Last month the Museum of Wisconsin Art launched an amazing exhibition about the history of comics in Wisconsin, with emphasis on the career of cartoonist and publisher Denis Kitchen, from his beginnings in the ...

Gaze upon the four new murals being painted underneath I-794 along North Broadway

Matt Wild

September 9, 2020

If you thought Milwaukee went mural-happy in 2019, it's gone all out in 2020. Murals celebrating local civil rights leaders, murals celebrating local frontline workers, and murals celebrating local otters and b...

Join us this Thursday for a (virtual) conversation with ‘American Madness’ author Tea Krulos

Matt Wild

September 8, 2020

If you haven't already ordered, read, and ruminated on American Madness by Milwaukee author Tea Krulos, do so RIGHT NOW. The book (full title: American Madness: The Story Of The Phantom Patriot And How Conspira...

Black Cat Alley is seeking three artists (or artist teams) to create three new murals

Matt Wild

August 20, 2020

In a Mandatory Milwaukee piece from earlier this year, we had this to say about Black Cat Alley: The site may now shy away from any overt social or political statements, but the natural alley-ness of the alley...

All 19 Sculpture Milwaukee 2020 sculptures, ranked

Matt Wild

August 11, 2020

One of our favorite things is Sculpture Milwaukee, the "outdoor museum" of world-class art that has spruced up Downton Milwaukee every summer since 2017. And hey, despite the ongoing pandemic and everything els...

35 pictures (which aren’t enough) of Milwaukee’s new otter and beaver mural

Matt Wild

August 9, 2020

We'll keep this short and sweet: Milwaukee has a new mural, and there's an otter and a beaver and a belted kingfisher and some fish on it. It's located in the city's Harbor District, near Water and Bruce street...

New MOWA and Saint Kate exhibits celebrate Wisconsin’s legacy of underground “comix”

Tea Krulos

August 6, 2020

Back in 2003 I was taking a stab at underground comic production with an anthology of mostly local artists titled Riverwurst Comics, which ran six issues from 2003-2006. As I got started, I had the thrill of di...

Fruits and vegetables produce artistic opportunity for dwellephant

Tyler Maas

August 5, 2020

When we last checked in with dwellephant, the incomparable Milwaukee artist was telling us the motivation behind his series of coffee cup illustrations. In the approximately six months since that interview, dwe...

Local artists, activists oppose Shepard Fairey mural installation in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

August 3, 2020

UPDATE (8/3/20): Based on technical and historical considerations (and not on the mural's content or artist), the Historic Preservation Commission has denied a Certificate of Appropriateness for the Shepard Fai...