Compared to the neighboring vestiges of high Victorian splendor the Button Mansion which houses the David Barnett Gallery is a model of stylistic restraint. Modestly screened by a cluster of tall trees, the only device that betrays the diverse horde of artwork contained within its...

When asked to describe the kind of artwork he’s displayed his gallery for almost four decades, William De Lind describes it as “artwork I personally like.” His personal tastes are eclectic to say the least, including impressionist portraits by Childe Hassam...

Since early on in her career Elaine Erickson has been drawn to African art. A collection of masks, beadwork, sculpture and other everyday items find a permanent home in the gallery she’s run for 17 years. But that’s not all you’ll find at her Third Ward exhibit space...

Having been in the custom framing business for the past 20 years, Michael Grava knows just how to bring out the best in the pictures you bring him...

The newest, Green Gallery East, housed in a ‘50s drive-in pizza joint, sizzles. Its older sibling demands by appointment only trek to 631 E. Center St. Experimental melds with tried and true...

Owned and operated by the Milwaukee School of Engineering the Grohmann Museum attests to its namesake’s avid interest in the evolving practices and mixed fruits of human toil, ranging from quarrying and ship building...

Just 60 miles north of Milwaukee, Sheboygan’s John Michael Kohler Arts Center blends the warmth of a vintage home with a modern addition that features a café, intriguing gift shop, outdoor sculpture garden and courtyard, glass gallery, and a children’s interactive art room...

When Katie Gingrass moved her gallery from downtown to its current location in the Third Ward more than 20 years ago she was among the first to do so. Since then, many have followed her lead, helping to transform the former warehouse district into a vibrant cultural, artistic and entertainment hub...

Founded in 1967, Landmarks Gallery is one of Milwaukee’s oldest art galleries and the area’s longest-running women-run gallery. It’s also unique for its full range of services...

West Bend’s Museum of Wisconsin Art commits to collecting, conserving, documenting and exhibiting the best in regional art from the entire state. This includes the largest collection of artwork from European trained Carl von Marr, especially his 1889 masterpiece, The Flagellants...

Located a block west of the renovated harbor on Lake Michigan’s shoreline, The Racine Art Museum occupies a reinvented department store in the city’s historic downtown. The original display windows honor this legacy by featuring national artists with artwork that changes quarterly...

Located in the Third Ward near the corner of North Milwaukee and East Buffalo Street, Tory Folliard is an essential stop along the Gallery Night and Day circuit...

Despite the fact they’ve helped immortalize countless historic figures we want to remember (and many we’d rather forget) and have furnished art history with some of its most iconic works, one can’t help feeling portrait artists have had a bit of a rough deal...

The Charles Allis Art Museum, the tutor-style mansion that was home to Charles Allis and his wife Sarah, not only hosts beautiful art pieces the mansion is a wonderful piece of art itself. The mansion hosts the couples’ unique art collection and continues to delight, educate, and entice the public. The architecture is stunning and was designed by architect Alexander Eschweiler, the house was finished in 1911. In 1979...

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Santiago Calatrava's extension to the Milwaukee Art Museum, which has rapidly become the adopted symbol of the city. Those who might customarily shy away from the rarefied confines of an art museum are drawn in by the building's undisguised appeal, from its movable wings to its hallowed, lofty atrium. And then of course there's the art, a solid collection that includes works from antiquity to the present, with decorative arts, German Expressionist works and post 1960s American art among...

Upon entering this gorgeous art museum visitors will be taken aback by the landscaping and gardens. This Italian Renaissance-style villa, designed and built by architect David Adler in 1923, was originally the residence of Lloyd Smith of the A.O. Smith Corporation and his family. The Villa hosts fine and decorative arts dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries...

Don’t be fooled, this very small and intimate gallery holds a great variety of Latino culture and paintings. Latino Arts, Inc. has a variety of programs and performances that bring out the culture of this South Side Milwaukee center. There are opportunities for classroom field trips, attending event performances, and viewing the gallery.

Behind a sparse storefront on bustling National Avenue rests a purely collective artistic endeavor in Walker’s Point Center for the Arts. The focus here is to celebrate the unique cultures of the city and give an outlet for mostly local artists to showcase their works to an appreciative community. The small gallery has two rooms of hardwood floors that give the space a rustic, cozy feel. The natural light that peers in through the large front...

This small gallery located in UWM's Mitchell Hall is perhaps the finest link that the Eastside has to Milwaukee's bygone eras. With a strong focus on the preservation of local historical artworks, UWM's Art History Gallery walls are usually flush with work from local artists, if not historians, with a keen eye for highlighting the changing face...

The unique visual artistic projects of UWM students are displayed in this Prospect Avenue gallery. Sharing a building with the new Urban Outfitters retail store, the Inova Gallery features a number of interesting conceptual pieces from the skilled minds in UWM’s art programs.

The modern feel of the galleries at Milwaukee Institute of art and Design fits nicely with most of the graphically inspired work done by the students there. The 800 person art school located in the Third Ward features galleries with exposed pipes and internal machinery...

Housed in the P.H. Dye House in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward, VP Gallery specializes in the extensive works of esteemed photographers Margaret Bourke-White and Alfred Eisenstaedt. Look in any direction and you’ll likely spot a flawless print of an indelible image made famous by LIFE Magazine.

This purple house stands out in its East side location; inside you’ll find a number of stunning pieces which adorn the walls of this two-story home-like gallery.

Located on the Marquette campus this medium sized gallery features two floors of exhibits, beautiful photography and paintings.

The high ceilings and natural and soft lighting bring out the vivid artwork, sculptures, and photography strewn across the white and natural colored walls and floors in this small, intimate gallery.