Tory Folliard Gallery will introduce two established artists to the Milwaukee area beginning Feb. 11. The dual exhibition “Stephanie Trenchard & Jeremy Popelka...

During his lifetime, Bernard Gilardi produced wild paintings in the basement of his Milwaukee home, paintings that have gained notice only since his death in 2008, after which Portrait Society Gallery in the Marshall Building brought them into the light...

What happens to an ecosystem when one animal ceases to exist? The upcoming exhibition “Sobreviviendo: Manéjese Con Cuidado” (“Surviving: Handle With Care”) at Walker's Point Center for the Arts (WPCA) creates awareness of disappearing...

These days it's easy for art reviewers to “review” an exhibition without leaving their home, for who's to know if the writer actually visited and studied the work? Throw in a few glowing...

The focus on self-taught art continues with the extraordinary exhibition “Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection” at the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) on Feb. 10...

James Weber's recent paintings and linocuts will be on display through March 3 at Grava Gallery in the Third Ward's Marshall Building. I cruised adjacent venues on floor one (Elaine Erickson Gallery and Cranston) to see earlier examples of his paintings...

Today's economic landscape is one of disruption, change and questions. For many places in the Midwest, the disintegration of the manufacturing...

Snow has covered Milwaukee in time for the annual Winter Gallery Night and Day, Jan. 20-21. Frosty temperatures set the scene for the quarterly event's “Sculptures on Ice” competition in the Historic Third Ward's Catalano Square...

Ringing in 2012 with a proverbial bang, Marquette University's Haggerty Museum of Art presents a thought-provoking, fascinating trio of exhibitions. “The Europeans: Photographs by Tina Barney” offers 20...

Let us take a trip to Milwaukee of yesteryear. It is rebuilt through the collages of Andy Burgess, whose work is on view at Tory Folliard Gallery. Burgess is a rather cosmopolitan figure, an Englishman living in Arizona and showing a selection of works...

In the world according to Fred Stonehouse, many creatures cry. Yet look closer; none of them seem overtly distressed. It is the mystery of Stonehouse. Enter the space of his ornately framed paintings and you are beguiled and disarmed, befuddled...

The past year saw expansive retrospectives honoring Wisconsin artists Ruth Grotenrath and Schomer Lichtner, treasures from a Chinese emperor and tributes to Frank Lloyd Wright's innovative architecture. And Reginald Baylor, a hometown...

At Walker's Point Center for the Arts, the Coalition of Photographic Arts (CoPA) presents its fifth annual Midwest Juried Exhibition. In the hallway...

The portrait of mother and child represents an iconic image in almost every culture. It is an endearing picture that revisits the quintessential maternal relationship, and it can be either physical or spiritual in context. Curator and photographer William...

Several years ago, art historian and Portrait Society Gallery owner Debra Brehmer decided she needed a diversion from Wisconsin's January weather. Brehmer's inventive solution was to create an exhibition titled “Winter Chapel...

The clothes people wear project individual identities and personalities, as well as larger cultural expressions. The Racine Art Museum's current exhibition “To Wear or Not to Wear” features five artists examining the balance...

Instilling an appreciation for the arts has become increasingly essential, as stringent budget cuts have taken arts education and...

Leaders of the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MWA) eagerly anticipate a new building in 2012. The museum also raised its profile recently with the gallery space of MWA...

In the small, second-story gallery at the Charles Allis Art Museum, a bronze animal menagerie can be viewed under glass. The museum's current exhibition, “Michelangelo of the Menagerie: Barye Bronzes from the Charles Allis Art Collection...

Since its inception seven years ago, the Coalition of Photographic Arts (CoPA) has grown into an elite fine arts group of more than 200 members. Beginning Dec. 2, the Walker's Point Center for the Arts (WPCA)...

A festive ambiance marks Tory Folliard Gallery's upcoming exhibition “The Object Transcended.” This December, revel in works of glass, paint and jeweled...

On my desk is a two-panel painting titled The Most Beautiful Woman in Town, signed J. Roberts G. and purchased in 1994 from the now-defunct Hermetic Gallery in Riverwest. A year earlier, Jean Roberts Guequierre was voted Milwaukee's Best Visual...

Suzanne Garr's photography exhibition “Okumpi Awo ... Emikono Mingi,” (“Within Reach, Many Hands”) at Mount Mary College's Marian Gallery through Nov. 26 presents impressions from her work with the Change...

In a series of documentary photographs taken in remote corners of the world, UW-Milwaukee focuses attention on this fine art's narrative voice. The Union Art Gallery's upcoming exhibition “Shutter” presents seven artists who tell their...

Latino Arts Inc. presents an intriguing “double dose of Martinez” in art and music at Milwaukee's United Community Center. The first dose of Martinez refers...