http://www.artsmia.org/rss.php Now Showing at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:35:14 -0500 1440 en-us http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3803 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3803 (Sep. 4, 2010 - Mar. 6, 2011; Free) Organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3753 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3753 (Aug. 20, 2010 - Mar. 6, 2011; Free) "New Pictures 3" will feature James Welling's innovative photographs of Philip Johnson's modernist architectural masterpiece, Glass House (1949). Welling, a professor in the Department of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles, uses colored... Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3807 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3807 (Aug. 14, 2010 - Dec. 12, 2010; Free) Certain pairings from the Bible, antiquity, and history came to represent the Power of Women theme in literature and the visual arts, including: Samson, who loved the Philistine woman Delilah so desperately that he told her the secret of his strength,... Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3731 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3731 (Jul. 16, 2010 - Sep. 26, 2010; Free) The fine and tenacious threads that represent generational and societal memory are the foundation for the work of these two Minnesota artists. Mayumi Amada's exhibition "Kuon: Eternal Flow of Time" focuses on domestic female roles. Using lacework as... Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3876 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3876 (Jul. 16, 2010 - Jan. 31, 2012; Free) This exhibition, continuing the series at Wells Fargo Center in downtown Minneapolis, comprises a variety of influential designers and celebrated workshops from the Nordic countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland, with objects dating from the... Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3877 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3877 (Jul. 10, 2010 - Feb. 28, 2011; Free) After the Second World War, American and European printed textile design experienced a resurgence of creativity and productivity. Designers focused on pattern, proportion, and color to create printed fabrics that complemented modern architecture,... Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3830 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3830 (Jun. 26, 2010 - Feb. 20, 2011; Free) "On Sacred Terrain" is a photo essay on the people and history of the Holy Land by Minneapolis based photographer, Stuart D. Klipper. The selected photos represent the theme of three great world religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which have... Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3835 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3835 (Jun. 26, 2010 - Oct. 24, 2010; Free) Kobayashi Kiyochika reached adulthood as Japan was undergoing massive change. His artistic career coincided with the Meiji period (1868-1912), an era of intense modernization and westernization as Japan transformed from a feudal state to an international... Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3817 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3817 (Jun. 12, 2010 - Oct. 31, 2010; Free) Masks are the most important art form of the Dan, who live on either side of the border between Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. This installation includes eight masks, from the MIA and from two local collectors. This exhibition is the first of a series of... Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3477 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3477 (May. 29, 2010 - Oct. 31, 2010; Free) The art and craft of fine bookbinding is the focus of this exhibition of decorative bindings by noted French, Belgian, English, and American artists and designers. Selected from the MIA's permanent collection, the display includes exquisite handcrafted... Sat, 29 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3752 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3752 (May. 22, 2010 - May. 30, 2011; Free) This exhibition brings together works by modern and contemporary female artists who exhibit innovative approaches to the vessel. The department of Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Sculpture conceived "Basins, Baskets, and Bowls" around a group of... Sat, 22 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3814 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3814 (Apr. 3, 2010 - Mar. 27, 2011; Free) Katherine Herberger did not set out to have one of the most significant collections of antique still and mechanical banks in the country, but at the time of her death in 2003, her collection included more than 1,000 examples. The Katherine Kierland... Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3665 http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=3665 (Oct. 31, 2009 - Sep. 19, 2010; Free) This exhibition in the MIA's Modernist Paperworks Gallery features a selection from the 1987 reprint of Une Cite Moderne by Paris-born architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens. Influenced heavily by Austrian architect and designer Josef Hoffmann,... Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600