Feb 20, 2018 | News
It all started with a single poster. Local artist, and now curator, Peter Kursel [MFA ’87], was attending a party in the Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee when he noticed a World War II propaganda poster hanging on the wall—it belonged to his son’s roommate....
Feb 19, 2018 | News
When the James Watrous Gallery asked a group of local artists, architects and other thinkers to come up with a vision for Madison 75 years from now, one theme came to mind for many of them: The lakes. Those bodies of water – including Mendota, Monona and Wingra – and...
Feb 19, 2018 | News
Artists have been using perspective, shading and occlusion to represent three dimensions in two-dimensional artwork for a long time. Now that scientists are able to develop a deeper knowledge of human perception, some artists are incorporating the new information into...
Feb 15, 2018 | News
From the day Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald were announced as the artists charged with painting former President Barack Obama and First lady Michelle Obama, Leslie Smith III waited in suspense for the reveal. “I was both surprised and amazed with the finished...
Feb 15, 2018 | News
Students work to create pieces that represent themselves and the changes they want to see Though the University of Wisconsin is known as a sports and research haven, the institution’s classrooms are teeming with art forms and artists of all kinds. They have been doing...
Feb 15, 2018 | News
Perhaps the best way to experience Anne Marie Karlsen’s [MFA ’79] art is to ride the Red Line Subway to the North Hollywood station and take in the giant mosaic murals she created two decades ago. Those who want a broader survey of the artist’s work...
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