November 16, 2024 – August 31, 2025 | Gallery 315, 316 | Free Exhibition Otto Dix (1891–1969) served in the German army during World War I. For three years, he led a machine-gun unit and experienced the horror of trench warfare firsthand
Van Derlip Fund and Gift of funds from Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison and the Regis
February 1, 2019 – November 29, 2020 | Charleston Dining Room and Charleston Drawing Room, G336 and 337 | Free Exhibition For North Americans living in the late 1700s and early 1800s—whether free or enslaved, Native American, or of African or European descent—a common set of historical forces impacted life, albeit in very different ways. The experiences of territorial conflict, international diplomacy, trade, and shifting national identities are explored through the artworks and furnishings installed in the 1772 Charleston Dining and Drawing Rooms, from the home of John Stuart, the superintendent of Indian Affairs for Britain’s southern colonies in North America. This project is part of Living Rooms, an initiative to present Mia’s historic interiors and decorative arts collections in new ways. Mia gratefully acknowledges the support and contributions of the many individuals and communities whose histories are told in this exhibition. Generous support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and donors at the 2014 Mia Gala. Additional support provided by the Chipstone Foundation.
Skip to main content Charleston Drawing Room, 1772, cypress, paint, gift of James
July 16, 2021 – April 24, 2022 | Gallery 315 | Free Exhibition This exhibition introduces Mia’s groundbreaking acquisition of the Fly Zine Archive, a thematically focused collection of nearly 2,000 zines, comics, and underground publications by a diverse range of punk, anarchist, feminist, and LGBTQ+ artists and writers active in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. Compiled by the New York–based artist and activist Fly NYC, the archive chronicles the graphic art and printed ephemera connecting the alternative subcultures that flourished in urban centers in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s
bound volume, Fly Zine Archive, The Mary and Robyn Campbell Fund for Art Books and gift
November 26, 2016 – May 7, 2017 | The Winton Jones Print and Drawing Gallery – Gallery 344 | Free Exhibition Printmaker Félix Bracquemond (1833–1914) ruled the roost in mid-1800s France by reviving interest in etching, a technique made famous by Rembrandt. Bracquemond led the way with his printmaking excellence and innovation, attempting the century’s first color etching and adopting design ideas from Japanese woodcuts, which he is credited with discovering in a Paris shop
Ladd Collection, gift of Herschel V.
November 21, 2015 – April 2, 2017 | G326 and G327 | Free This installation situates one of the greatest authors of English literature, Jane Austen, in a unique period room setting. Taking up two of Mia’s well-loved English interiors—the Queen Anne room and the Georgian Drawing room—this display will discuss Austen’s habits as a reader and writer, recreate scenes from her novel Emma (celebrating its 200th birthday in 2015), and invite museum visitors to read works that Austen read, wrote, or inspired. This project is part of Living Rooms, an initiative to present Mia’s historic interiors and decorative arts collections in new ways. Generous support for this project provided by the MacFarlane Memorial Room Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation
content The Jane Austen Reading Room England, Queen Anne room, c. 1720–1730, Oak Gift
May 29, 2021 – May 29, 2022 | Gallery 226, 227, 237 | Free exhibition In 1964, a young David Hockney won First Prize at the International Exhibition of Drawings and Engravings in Lugano, Switzerland; at the same event, Amano Kazumi received an excellence award for prints of his abstract Moral series. Amano first studied under Munakata Shikō, Japan’s best-known contemporary print artist, who is famous for his roughly executed black-and-white designs
, Self-figure (Mirror), 1965, woodblock print; ink and color on embossed paper, Gift
September 26, 2015 – March 13, 2016 | U. S. Bank Gallery | Free Exhibition Seven Masters focuses on seven artists who played a significant role in the development of early 20th-century shin hanga, the new print, and are noteworthy representatives of this movement. Drawing from the collection of Ellen and Fred Wells at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, it features the spectacular beauty portraits of Hashiguchi Goyō (1880–1921), Itō Shinsui (1898–1972), Yamakawa Shūhō (1898–1944), and Torii Kotondo (1900–1976), the striking actors of Yamamura Toyonari/Kōka (1886–1942) and Natori Shunsen (1886–1960), as well as the evocative landscapes of Kawase Hasui (1883–1957)
Gift of Ellen and Fred Wells 2002.161.70 Seven Masters: 20th-Century Japanese Woodblock
December 18, 2021 – December 4, 2022 | Gallery 203 | Free Exhibition Western viewers are often curious about why Chinese artists write on their paintings and what the characters say. This exhibition answers such questions and explores the idea of integrating fine painting, poetry, and calligraphy, known as the “Three Perfections,” in a single artwork
(image), Ink on paper, Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton 95.54.2 The Three Perfections
September 16, 2012 – July 14, 2013 | Target Wing | Free Exhibition Spanning centuries and originating in nearly every place on Earth, the artworks in these galleries explore significant aspects of the world’s evolving cultures. „Art in the Age of Globalization“ presents eight installations, or „mini-exhibitions,“ each designed around a specific narrative or theme related to globalization
Gift of Joe Langer.
Drawing from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, along with gifts
Kivivirta, Finnish, born 1959, Spoon Tile, 2012, slip cast stoneware, Promised Gift
