4 Arty Articles to Read on World Art Day
April 13, 2018Art
Claes Oldenburg’s 1976 Typewriter Eraser takes in the views in the entrance hall to the new east addition of the Milwaukee Art Museum. To the east is the lake, whose reflection casts a bluish hue, and to the west is Vik Muniz’ wallpaper print Fleur de Lys, which is new to the museum and based on Muniz’ photographic series of garbage. Photo by Adam Ryan Morris.

4 Arty Articles to Read on World Art Day

Don’t worry – you’ve got until April 17 to file your taxes. But the 15th is still an important date, for Milwaukee artists.

BY Lindsey Anderson Rios

April has already given us National Siblings Day and National Pet Day. Now we’ve got National World Art Day to look forward to too, on April 15.

In honor of this totally real and very important holiday, we decided to dig through our archives to find some of our favorite art-centric stories published in recent months.

Mar. 11, 2018

Here’s Why Local Artist Reggie Baylor Is Shuttering His Studio to Open a Home Goods Store

Feb. 15th, 2018

If You’re a Fan of Obama’s Presidential Portrait, You Should Plan a Trip to the MAM

Jan. 28th, 2018

Chasing Paper and Creative Enterprises Have Teamed Up to Offer Milwaukeeans More Affordable Art

Nov. 8th, 2017

9 Things You Might Not Know about Landscape Architect Dan Kiley’s Enduring Milwaukee Legacies

Lindsey Anderson Rios
Lindsey Anderson covers culture for Milwaukee Magazine. Before joining the MilMag team she worked as an editor at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and wrote freelance articles for ArtSlant and Eater.

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