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Sculpture Milwaukee 2022, “Nature Doesn’t Know About Us,” will be guest-curated by Ugo Rondinone

February 1, 2022

We love Sculpture Milwaukee. Since 2017, the nonprofit organization has been filling Downtown Milwaukee (and nearby neighborhoods) with outdoor art pieces from artists both world-renowned and locally celebrated...

All 14 Sculpture Milwaukee 2021 sculptures, ranked

Matt Wild

October 7, 2021

Sculpture Milwaukee has been making downtown a more interesting place since 2017. Every year, a new crop of installation art pieces from nationally renowned and locally beloved artists pops up on and around Wis...

Watch Sculpture Milwaukee install 400+ tambourines for an Allison Janae Hamilton work

Tyler Maas

June 16, 2021

For the past four years, Sculpture Milwaukee has brought astounding works from nationally-known and internationally-appreciated artists to various spots scattered through the city’s downtown. The innovative and...

Sculpture Milwaukee announces 2021 exhibition, ‘there is this We’

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2021

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...

Sculpture Milwaukee will return to downtown streets beginning in June

Matt Wild

May 28, 2020

All 22 Sculpture Milwaukee 2019 sculptures, ranked

Matt Wild

June 6, 2019

One of Milwaukee's great public art success stories has been Sculpture Milwaukee. For the past few years, the outdoor art exhibition has peppered more than 20 wonderful, challenging, and sometimes bizarre piece...

Giant penguin will haunt Northwestern Mutual Gardens as part of 2019 Sculpture Milwaukee

Matt Wild

April 9, 2019

One of Milwaukee's great public art success stories has been Sculpture Milwaukee. For the past two years, the outdoor art exhibition has peppered more than 20 wonderful, challenging, and sometimes bizarre piece...

All 21 Sculpture Milwaukee 2018 sculptures, ranked

Matt Wild

June 5, 2018

Take a stroll down Wisconsin Avenue this summer and you'll see something familiar, yet different. Yes, it's Sculpture Milwaukee, the "outdoor art gallery" that first populated downtown with world-class sculptur...

Watch a time-lapse video of that new sculpture being installed outside City Hall

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 1, 2018

On Monday, crews installed an 18-foot-tall, 9,200-pound bronze sculpture outside Milwaukee City Hall. The piece, titled Mixed Feelings, is the work of British sculptor Tony Cragg, and was previously on display ...

18-foot-tall bronze Sculpture Milwaukee piece will be permanently installed outside City Hall

Matt Wild

April 17, 2018

Tuesday morning, the Milwaukee Common Council unanimously approved a gift of an 18-foot-tall, 9,200-pound bronze sculpture from Sculpture Milwaukee, which will be permanently installed outside City Hall. Instal...

Milwaukee public art done right (and very, very wrong)

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 14, 2017

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Sculpture Milwaukee has released a Pokemon Go-like app

Matt Wild

September 7, 2017

What happens when you combine one of the most successful Milwaukee projects of the summer (Sculpture Milwaukee) with one of the most weirdly controversial Milwaukee projects of last summer (the Pokemon Go/Lake ...

Sculpture Milwaukee is having a picnic September 9 at O’Donnell Park

Matt Wild

August 31, 2017

One of this summer's great public art success stories is Sculpture Milwaukee. The 22-piece installation has graced Wisconsin Avenue since June, giving downtown denizens a chance to enjoy top-flight works of art...

Now you can enjoy the “Sculpture Milwaukee” sculptures via a narrated trolley tour

Matt Wild

July 12, 2017

Last month we took a whirlwind tour of the 22 new Sculpture Milwaukee sculptures lining Wisconsin Avenue this summer. As one does, we also arbitrarily ranked them. We stand by our rankings (Immigrant Family, se...

All 22 Sculpture Milwaukee 2017 sculptures, ranked

Matt Wild

June 1, 2017

Take a stroll down Wisconsin Avenue this summer and you'll see something new. No, not new high rises, apartment buildings, and hotels (though there are plenty of those, too), but a bunch of new pieces of public...

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