Artscape focuses on Twin Cities arts institutions, personalities, performances, money and politics, encompassing all forms of the arts.
An exhibition devoted to the character of Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 19th century Victorian period, celebrates scientific inquiry, innovation, and the long-rooted collaborations between police and scientists.
Art isn’t always comfortable. It’s through art we confront the most difficult things in our community — like social or political issues, existential threats to our existence like climate change, and traumas that linger from the past.
The last show curated by former Walker Art Center curator Vincenzo de Bellis is a hat tip from the curator on his way to new things.
It’s the Twin Cities Art Week this week, a new festival of sorts where all kinds of galleries and museums are spiffed up with special events. Plus a lot more.
The $100,000 annual award honors significant contributions to the cultural life of Minnesota.
Plus: a Swedish stringband; show-stopping song and dance; and an arty party.
“With the support of the government now, it’s an incredible opportunity and resource for filmmakers to come here,” said Kimberley Browning, a filmmaker and director of programming for the festival. “This is such a great film community that doesn’t necessarily hit New York or LA and we’re hoping this will help cross pollinate.”
Plus: Kim Benson paintings; Books in the Barn; New Order and Pet Shop Boys; and more.
The museum partnered with Pal Experiences to develop “know before you go” digital resources to reduce anxiety and help with communication.
More highlights this week: an exhibition of Black photography at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery, eclectic contemporary sounds at the Walker Art Center, and a way to support the beloved Drag Story Hour.
In “Seven Aunts,” Drouillard paints a beautiful, loving picture of seven of her Anishinaabe and European aunts that isn’t afraid to reveal harsh truths — about addiction, abuse, and illness, while also sharing moments of levity and deep care.
Plus, a food-themed theatrical and music by Ray Bonneville and the Killers.
“I’ve long joked with her that, like any of my good ideas I get, I’ve just stolen from anthropology,” McGrath says. “In a similar way to journalism, (it’s) about paying attention.”
This week’s picks include visual, performance and musical events across the Twin Cities.
“My editor told me that I should be very grateful that I started as a writer in Minnesota, because there are so many opportunities through the library system, through bookstores, through reviews, through book groups, that kind of thing,” Hart says. “We are a state that reads, and I think that’s really wonderful.”
September brings music, poetry and ceremonial arts events in the Twin Cities.
The folk rock duo is among the acts featured in the Water is Life Festival, which starts Sunday in Duluth.
An eclectic mix of soul, comedy and arts of all forms on tap for this weekend.
Szyhalski came up with the notion of investigating “extreme historical phenomena” in the 1990s. The concept was to acknowledge the experience of living through an “all consuming, massive epic event,” he says.
Peter Hook, an homage to Lorraine Hansberry in sculpture, plein air paintings of Iceland and more are on the docket for this week.
