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Really no puns on Minneapolis and Art were forthcoming so you just get this. MPLSART is the Flashy clearinghouse of all things artistic happening in Minneapolis. If you're traveling to Minneapolis make sure to check out the calendar which lists openings, closings, parties and the like. The site also...
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Cynical photos of honeymoon bliss at Niagara Falls are on view at the Weinstein Gallery in Minneapolis. Shot by hometown photog-turned-Whitney Biennial superstud Alec Soth, the photos have a slightly depressive edge to them but are also gosh-dang beautiful, especially the landscapes. Good slideshow on...
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Artmag Juxtapoz decamps from Los Angeles for the wintry goodness of Minneapolis for the purposes of its 2006 Group Show . On view will be work from 70 artists, most heavily into the street art thang (highlights include titans like Shepard Fairey, the "Obey Giant" guy). The show is spread over...
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Wish I'd caught this earlier: the Minneapolis Institute of Arts has an exhibit entitled " Villa America ," highlighting a lot of American Moderns who don't get as much attention these days. There are plenty of heavy hitters though, such as Georgia O'Keeffe and (pictured above) Paul...
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art starts a new exhibit this Saturday, November 19: " Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005 ." Close is a pretty amazingly prolific artist, and his strangely pixilated portraits (of himself and others) are usually the product of taking a photograph and gradually...