American Stories –– Minneapolis Institute of Art https://new.artsmia.org/programs/teachers-and-students/art-adventure/american-stories
variation quilt, 1970s, Corduroy fabric The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund and gift
variation quilt, 1970s, Corduroy fabric The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund and gift
August 21, 2021 – June 5, 2022 | Gallery 353 | Free Exhibition The tradition of English watercolor began in the 1700s. It started with a topographical bent, but quickly evolved into a poetic world steeped in beauty, the wonder of nature, and often a search for a romantic past
John Blair Scottish, 1850 – 1934 Ben Venue and the Trossachs, c. 1880 Watercolor Gift
August 24, 2019 – January 19, 2020 | Cargill Gallery | Free Exhibition This exhibition is a survey of Mia’s contemporary art collection that also explores how art museums shape historical narratives and why artists create works about history. The exhibition, which includes artists’ quotes and video interviews, urges the viewer to consider this line of investigation as they view other collections at the museum.
born 1939 Mississippi Delta (detail), 2005–6 Triptych, colored pencil on mylar Gift
April 25, 2024 – September 22, 2024 | Bell Family Decorative Arts Court | Free Exhibition A colossal puppy, an abandoned tricycle, an unnaturally manicured lawn: are these the markers of a suburban idyll—or signs of something more complicated, even subversive? The artists gathered here question symbols of domestic perfection by rendering them unnerving, strange, or potentially menacing. By disrupting our associations with everyday objects, these artists encourage us to examine the society that produces and upholds them.
Gift of Steven Lang, 2023.86.
October 7, 2017 – June 24, 2018 | Target Wing | Free Exhibition It’s an art nearly as old as civilization itself. Since the Neolithic era, artisans in East Asia have coated bowls, cups, boxes, baskets, and other utilitarian objects with a natural polymer distilled from the sap of the rhus verniciflua, known as the lacquer tree
on foam polystyrene 37 3/4 × 43 5/16 × 74 13/16 in. (95.89 × 110.01 × 190.02 cm) Gift
July 27, 2024 – March 2, 2025 | Gallery 275 | Free Exhibition Art from Latin America and the Caribbean has been collected by Mia since the 1940s, particularly in the form of ceramics, objects in gold, and textiles produced by artmakers of the ancient civilizations that populated Central and South America. The collection has significantly increased over the years largely because of donations and purchases of works by historical and contemporary artists
content Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899 – 1991), The Family, 1936, oil on canvas, Gift
January 13, 2024 – June 16, 2024 | Perlman Gallery (Gallery 368) | Free Exhibition Acts of care can unfold in surprising ways, in surprising places. At work, where colleagues care for their collaborations
Gift of funds from Mary and Bob Mersky, 2022.82 © Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum Networks
March 31, 2018 – November 18, 2018 | G203, G218 | Free Exhibition „Enchanted Mountains“ reveals the rich imaginations and sensitivities of Chinese landscape painters through a variety of artistic styles. The works on display showcase the colorful court style as well as the refined literati mode of pale color—or, in the subtlest technique of all, varying tones of pure black ink
Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) Riverside Retreat, c. 1250 Ink and color on silk Gift
May 20, 2017 – February 25, 2018 | Winton Jones Gallery, G344 | Free Exhibition Giovanni Battista Piranesi takes us on a ramble through the ruins of ancient Rome. His etchings of the remains of a great civilization couple his archaeological interest in detail with his flair for dramatic effect
Nero’s Golden House, commonly called the Temple of Peace, c. 1756-1778 Etching Gift
Prints and Drawings, Proceeds from the Minneapolis Print and Drawing Fair, and Gift