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Author Nicholas Frank

Nicholas Frank

Nicholas Frank

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Nicholas Frank is an artist, writer, and curator in Milwaukee. He ran the Hermetic Gallery, co-founded the Milwaukee International, programmed INOVA (Institute of Visual Arts) from 2006-2011, and is currently Curator-In-Residence at the Poor Farm. He is a member of the curatorial advisory committee at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA), and teaches at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD).

Milwaukeeists: 1996-2006 or: What Made Milwaukee Famous

Nicholas Frank
January 19, 2016
//Editor's note: The following piece, covering a 10-year period in Milwaukee's alternative art scene, originally appeared as an accompanying essay for the 2013 "Milwaukeeists: 1996-2006" exhibition at the ...
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