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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 26/09/2026
New article: Get in inside look into "To Be Minnesotane: Ser y Estar" where 17 local Latine artists explore home, identity, and belonging through the interplay between who you are and where you are. On view thru 11/6: Read the full article by Myah Goff www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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To Be Minnesotane
Local artists explore what it means to be Latine in Minnesota
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 24/09/2026
Newsletter preview: mailchi.mp/fa15e9defcdb...
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 22/09/2026
Midway Contemporary is organizing a fundraiser art sale for Mike Forcia to help cover medical bills. Pick up some great art, help a guy out. midwaycontemporaryart.betterworld.org/campaigns/su... #mplsart
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Fundraiser to Support Mike Forcia — Midway Contemporary Art
Fundraiser to Support Mike Forcia
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 21/09/2026
Franconia Sculpture Park is celebrating 30 years this Saturday from 11am-5pm. Learn more about their history and influence on contemporary sculpture in our latest article: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #franconia #contemporarysculpture #onlyinminnesota
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Franconia at 30
As the iconic sculpture park marks three decades, we reflect on Franconia Sculpture Park’s enduring impact on contemporary sculpture—shaping the field both locally and nationally.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 10/09/2026
New Article: 30+ Latin American artists bring bold color and cultural pride to the runway - on view at NE Sculpture through Sept 12th www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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Meximalismo adapted at Gallery Factory
30+ Latin American artists bring bold color and cultural pride to the runway
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 26/08/2026
New Article: Learn more about Southside Photo Night and the current exhibition of work from both amateur photographers and photojournalists documenting Operation Metro Surge, with a special artist reception Friday August 28th 6-9pm at RESOURCE Read more: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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Southside Photo Night Hosts Group Exhibition
Creating a Physical, Visual Record of the Federal Surge and its Impacts Last Winter
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 19/08/2026
In our latest article, Joe Pulliam (Oglala Lakota) talks about ledger art, his journey as an artist, and his first solo exhibition "What Could Not Be Erased" on view at Two Rivers Gallery thru Oct 9th www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #tworiversgallery #ledgerart #OglalaLakota #minneapolis
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What Could Not Be Erased
Joe Pulliam subverts land deeds, maps, and antique ledger paper into an archive of Indigenous life at the Minneapolis American Indian Center’s Two Rivers Gallery
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 12/08/2026
Seriously. Go to this Saturday. www.mplsart.com/events/bienv... Tickets on sale now. $14
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Bienvenidos Dystopia 2026
A variety show, dance party, and salon featuring rapid-fire presentations from Minneapolis-St. Paul artists at The Museum of Russian Art.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 11/08/2026
New Article: In the Dark Times, There Will Be Singing. Get the inside scoop on Bienvenidos Dystopia happening Saturday at The Museum of Russian Art. Snag your tickets now. Read More: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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In the Dark Times, There Will Be Singing: Bienvenidos Dystopia
Returning for a third year, Bienvenidos Dystopia brings together Twin Cities artists across disciplines to confront the political moment—and celebrate the community that keeps creating through it
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 11/08/2026
New Article: In this interview, Jerome Fellow CRICE gives insight into his creative process, ideas on time, and how he sees his practice as is a continuum of ancestral stories and image making. Re-published in partnership with MCAD. Read on: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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2025/26 MCAD–Jerome Fellow Interview: Connor Rice (CRICE)
In this interview, CRICE gives insight into his creative process, ideas on time, and how he sees his practice as is a continuum of ancestral stories and image making.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 09/08/2026
Opportunity: Apply to be a NEMAA board member: nemaa.org/about/board/... #nemaa
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NEMAA Board Application - NEMAA
Are you an artist, professional, or community member interested in contributing your time and expertise to support the arts community in Northeast Minneapolis?
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 09/08/2026
New Article: Writer Josephine Carson stops by Fresh Eye Gallery to check out the latest installment of their Eye to Eye series that pairs artists of all abilities in a collaborative exhibition - on view through Aug 16th. www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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Seeing Eye to Eye
Fresh Eye Gallery's 12th annual show pairs artists of all abilities in a collaborative exhibition.
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Taylor Carik @taylorcarik.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We're two weeks away from this arts and culture party inside a soviet era poster exhibition. Grab tix at eventbrite and thanks to @mplsart.com for helping us spread the word! bit.ly/bienvenidosd...
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Bienvenidos Dystopia 2026
Part variety show, part dance party, part salon ... all dystopia. Celebrate Minneapolis Arts & Culture before it's all gone.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 30/07/2026
Today's newsletter preview. "Why is Art Criticism so Complicated? Horn retrospective, EWOK @ Southside" Are you subscribed? mailchi.mp/d09fe97e5a91...
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 26/07/2026
New Article: "Not Forgotten: Contemporary Art with Rural Roots". Curator Aaron Spangler brings together five artists with rural roots for an exhibition on place, identity, and storytelling at Park Rapids' Nemeth Art Center. Article by Lindsey Scharold: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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Not Forgotten: Contemporary Art with Rural Roots
Curator Aaron Spangler brings together five artists with rural roots for an exhibition on place, identity, and storytelling at Park Rapids' Nemeth Art Center.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 17/07/2026
Do you have your tickets yet to Bienvenidos Dystopia Aug 15th? A variety show, dance party, and salon featuring rapid-fire presentations from Minneapolis-St. Paul artists at The Museum of Russian Art. Celebrate Minneapolis Arts & Culture before it's all gone Tickets: tmora.org/programs/bie...
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 16/07/2026
New Article: La Lucha Sigue - The Struggle Continues: An exhibition by Luis Fitch and Xavier Tavera exploring identity, culture, and community as Mexican-born artists living in Minnesota opens Friday at the Bloomington Center for the Arts. Get the scoop: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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Fitch and Tavera, LA LUCHA SIGUE / The Struggle Continues
A new exhibition by Luis Fitch and Xavier Tavera opens July 17 at the Inez Greenberg Gallery.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 09/07/2026
This is going to be awesome. Secure your spot.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 03/07/2026
New Article! @catiyas.bsky.social stopped by After Hours Gallery to check out their latest exhibition. In GUEST, artist Dylan Chazin-Bowman transforms paintings using collaged fabric at After Hours Gallery. Give it a look: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #contemporarycollage #stpaulmn
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Dylan Chazin-Bowman at After Hours Gallery
In GUEST, Dylan Chazin-Bowman transforms paintings using collaged fabric.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 26/06/2026
We stopped by The Collected Gallery in NE to check out their latest exhibition. Get the scoop on this new addition to the TC gallery scene and see a few of the standout works: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #collectedGallery #mcad #NEArtsDistrict
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Highlights from the Collected Gallery Staff Show
Northeast Minneapolis’s newest gallery highlights standout work from four MCAD alumni and students
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 23/06/2026
Article: Erica Spitzer Rasmussen’s sculptural retrospective and farewell At Metropolitan State University, Erica Spitzer Rasmussen’s farewell retrospective looks forward as it reflects on 29 years - on view through June 25th. Read the full article: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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Erica Spitzer Rasmussen’s sculptural retrospective and farewell
At Metropolitan State University, Erica Spitzer Rasmussen’s farewell retrospective looks forward as it reflects on 29 years.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 19/06/2026
This summer, Minneapolis gallerist David Petersen and Brooklyn-based painter Jesse Willenbring will transform the David Petersen Gallery on 41st and Cedar into their own version of the city rec center, the DPG Rec. mspmag.com/arts-and-cul... #mplsart
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David Petersen Gallery Transforms Into a City Rec Center
Taking recreation as seriously as their art, Minneapolis gallerist David Petersen and Brooklyn-based painter Jesse Willenbring are turning the 41st and Cedar gallery into the DPG Rec.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 18/06/2026
New Article: ArT@967 Payne Presents BLACKNIFICENT VOL. 3, Opening on Juneteenth. Artist Ron Brown reflects on 20 years of Afrocentric vision, experimentation, & community-building in a retrospective opening 6/19, 5-9pm www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #juneteenth #ronbrown #blacknificent
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ArT @ 967 Payne Presents BLACKNIFICENT VOL. 3, Opening on Juneteenth
Minneapolis artist Ron Brown reflects on twenty years of Afrocentric vision, experimentation, and community-building in a new retrospective.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 11/06/2026
On a Portishead binge these last few rainy days. What are you listening to?
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 11/06/2026
This week's newsletter preview. We remember Melodee Strong and showcase a new puppetry group. Plus a bunch of great exhibitions opening this week. Check it out. Sign up and help us get to 1700 subscribers. mailchi.mp/962dfab6c202...
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 04/06/2026
This week's newsletter preview. Are you subscribed? What are you excited to see this weekend? mailchi.mp/f3ee2886d5e2...
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AM Craft Fest preview, Alonso Sierralta, Beyond Walls, Fieldwork and more
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 01/06/2026
New Article: Chilean born Minneapolis-based artist Alonso Sierralta brings organic sculptures to @lanesboroarts Read the full article by William Gustavo Franklin Torres: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #LanesboroMN #contemporarysculpture #AlonsoSierralta
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Sierralta: Visual Tension that Never Ceases
Alonso Sierralta brings organic sculptures to Lanesboro Arts.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 26/05/2026
New Article: Highpoint Center For Printmaking launches Print Fest: A Community Celebration of Printmaking will take place on May 30 & 31, 2026, 11–5 each day. www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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A New Community Celebration of Printmaking at Highpoint
Highpoint celebrates the collaborative, accessible, and social nature of printmaking in new Print Fest
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 23/04/2026
A preview of our 439th (!!!) newsletter: mailchi.mp/03817fe2354e... Sign up to get the TC art scene in your inbox. ~xoxo
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Rachel Breen McKnight Profile, SooVAC's Spring Fling party!
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 21/04/2026
Latest Article: "The Intimacy of Care" takes a look at Justine Di Fiore's latest exhibition "Urgent Care" currently on view at Dreamsong in NE Minneapolis through May 2nd. Read the full article by Zakiah Goff: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #contemporaryPainting #minneapolis
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The Intimacy of Care
Justine Di Fiore’s Urgent Care teaches us what it means to touch, hold, and care for a body.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 09/04/2026
Are you signed up for our newsletter? Here's a preview: mailchi.mp/58d32466c2ef... #mplsart
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 26/03/2026
New Article: "To Hear, To Belong to a Place: The Concept of Gullat". Tia Keobounpheng explores her Sámi heritage and cultural concepts through her fiber art at the Weinstein Hammons Gallery - opening reception this Thursday, March 26 6-8PM www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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To Hear, To Belong to a Place: The Concept of Gullat | MPLSART.COM
Tia Keobounpheng explores her Sámi heritage and cultural concepts through her fiber art at the Weinstein Hammons Gallery
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 03/03/2026
New Article: "Where We Come From" by Zakiah Goff The 2024/2025 MCAD–Jerome Fellowship Exhibition considers family, fracture, and what it means to find home. On view at MCAD through March 7th. Featuring: Namir Fearce, Ger Xiong, Nik Nerbern & Amy Usdin www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart
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Where We Come From | MPLSART.COM
The 2024/2025 MCAD–Jerome Fellowship Exhibition considers family, fracture, and what it means to find home.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 04/02/2026
In our latest article, Cory Eull reflects on how artists, neighbors, and everyday acts of care become tools of survival and solidarity amid state violence in Minneapolis. Forward by @catiyas.bsky.social Read it: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #iceoutmpls #minneapolis
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Creative Resistance in the Eye of the Storm | MPLSART.COM
How artists, neighbors, and everyday acts of care become tools of survival and solidarity amid state violence in Minneapolis.
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Taylor Carik @taylorcarik.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Fantastic
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 28/01/2026
Shout out to all the artists right now supporting the community. Please remember to support them in return.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 19/01/2026
I'm proud to have froze my ass off all weekend support our neighbors.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 19/01/2026
Hell yeah! Forever grateful for the AIM patrols in 2020.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 13/01/2026
Hey folks. Our apologies for the radio silence. We've been out supporting our community. Please donate to any of the orgs providing mutual aid. If a random venmo feels sus, please donate to NACDI. They are doing a lot of important work in my immediate neighborhood of south MPLS nacdi.org/support-us/
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Support Us - Native American Community Development Institute
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 12/12/2025
Are you subscribed to our newsletter? Get the weekly rundown of visual arts events each week in your inbox. This weekend edition: mailchi.mp/e8d28e3e34a2... #mplsart
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MPLSART.COM Weekly Newsletter
Check out this week's art news and events from MPLSART.COM
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 05/12/2025
A good reminder to swing by the @weismanart.bsky.social Art Museum to see their latest exhibition Rug Life - on view through Dec 28th ~xoxo
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 05/12/2025
Check out our latest article profiling Carol Hancuh and her exhibition of amazing quilt paintings. Reception tomorrow 12/6 1-4pm alongside a holiday artist market. Read on: www.mplsart.com/written/2025... Written by the excellent Carl Atiya Swanson. #mplsart #contemporaryQuilting #minneapolis
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Quilts to Bring Us Together | MPLSART.COM
In an expansive exhibition, quilter Carol Hancuh shares her own story of exploration, community, and connection with her late in life quilting boom.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 27/11/2025
This week's newsletter preview: mailchi.mp/b150441d6a81... So much good art to be seen this weekend! #mplsart
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Thanks! I Regali, Into the Fiberverse, Small Biz Saturday and more
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Racket @racketmn.com · 16/11/2025
The animated debut film from the Twin Cities-raised filmmaker, which lands on Netflix today, features a family contemplating an intra-Minnesota move.
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‘In Your Dreams’ Director Alex Woo on His New Movie, Growing Up in the St. Paul Suburbs, and Why MN Winters Inspire Creativity - Racket
The animated debut film from the Twin Cities-raised filmmaker, which lands on Netflix today, features a family contemplating an intra-Minnesota move.
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 08/11/2025
New article drop: Minnesota's Heavy Hitters. Hair+Nails' latest exhibition show cases three local artists at the top of their game - Maggie Thompson, Cameron Patricia Downey, and Emma Beatrez. Read the full article by Laura Laptsevitch: www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart
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Minnesota's Heavy Hitters | MPLSART.COM
HAIR+NAILS Highlights Three Minnesota Artists at the Top of Their Game
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 04/11/2025
New Article: Queering Indigeneity - Reclaiming history and celebrating presence in the present at the The MN Museum of American Art. Get an inside look at the exhibition- on view through Aug 2026 in our latest article by Carl Atiya Swanson www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart #stpaul #twospirit
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Queering Indigeneity | MPLSART.COM
Reclaiming history and celebrating presence in the present at the Minnesota Museum of American Art
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 23/10/2025
Hot off the presses: Collidoscope: de la Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective at the Cafesjian Art Trust Museum Pick up your tickets for Friday night's opening celebration. By Laura Laptsevitch. Read more: www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart #delaTorreBrothers #CafesjianArtTrust
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Collidoscope: de la Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective at the Cafesjian Art Trust Museum | MPLSART.COM
The CAT Museum offers a dazzling look into the de la Torre Brothers’ kaleidoscopic multi-media glasswork
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 22/10/2025
New Article. Get an inside look at Maria Kozak's "Passages" and Rema Ghuloum's "Day After Day" - on view now at Dreamsong through Saturday Oct 25th. Gallery hours: Wed-Sat 12-5pm or by appointment. Read full article: www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart
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Sliding Into Entropy | MPLSART.COM
Maria Kozak and Rema Ghuloum make their mark at Dreamsong with 'Passages' and 'Day After Day'
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 19/10/2025
It's a beautiful day to see the Fantastical Alebrijes of Raspberry Island before they're gone October 26. Learn more about these beautiful creations and the folks behind them in our latest article by Bridget Kranz. www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart #Alebrijes #stpaul #MNLatinoMuseum
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Fantastical Alebrijes | MPLSART.COM
Don't miss the final weeks of this vibrant Mexican folk art, center stage on Raspberry Island
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Art Sprawl @artsprawl.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Stopped by UMN #KatherineNashGallery last weekend for "Vaivén: 21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora" - excellent! Recommend getting over there. Here's a small selection of the works on view: #CristinaCórdova #GeoVannaGonzalez #DavidAntonioCruz @naydacl.bsky.social #NaydaCollazoLlorens
ceramic work featuring two joined white faces with black floral haira grid of maps with partial circular forms in shades of bluea detail of a larger painting featuring a translucent glove with pearlsa pink steel seating structure featuring blue plexi panels
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