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

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

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

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

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

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

BRLSQ is having a studio sale this sunday in minneapolis — lots of equipment, art, books, screen printing stuff

New Article: "A Call and Response: Peter Williams’ ‘Homegoing’ maps the Black experience in vivid color". Written by Myah Goff. On view at MCAD through Nov 1st. Read the full article: www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart #peterwilliams #inthegallery #minneapolis

There's a gorgeous set of four screenprints by @russwhiteart.bsky.social of @mplsart.com, screenprinted by Burlesque of North America!

hi! we’re about halfway through the raffle! we’ve raised over $1600 so far! take a look at the raffle items and see if anything catches your eye — all funds go to community affected by the tragedy at Annunciation in south mpls 💕

Check out our new Q&A with Emma Berg: curator, fashion designer & founder of MPLSART. Learn more about the fine folks that have made MPLSART what it is over the last 20 years. See you at the party Sept 27th! www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart

Lake Street in Minneapolis: The new Lake Street Station as seen from the Midtown Greenway, new mural by Gulsan Osman at Clinton Ave, Gold & Watch Repair store, “Immigrant Power by Vision” poster at Chicago Ave.

Check out our new Q&A with Nicole Thomas, former social media manager and designer (2015-2024). Learn more about the fine folks that have made MPLSART what it is over the last 20 years. See you at the party Sept 27th! www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart

did you know there are a bunch of local mini print vending machines where you can get a handmade piece of original art for 50 cents or a buck? it's true! i chatted with the artists about what makes these machines so fun and why more of them are popping up:

Check out our new Q&A with former creative director and co-owner Katie Garrett (2015-2023). Learn more about the fine folks that have made MPLSART what it is over the last 20 years. www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart

Enter the Annunciation Fundraiser Raffle. Support recovery. Win art by Russ White, That's Goodness Design, and more. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

In her current show "Rose Reverie", artist Regan Golden explores the flower’s nature and symbolism through the year-long Project Space grant at Kolman & Reeb Gallery. The applications for the next Project Space grants are open through 9/15. www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart

Staff Q&A: @russwhiteart.bsky.social - writer and former editor of MPLSART. As we prepare for our 20th anniversary party Sept 27th, we're starting a new limited series of Q&As with the fine folks that have made MPLSART what it is over the last 20 years. www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart

Planning the 20th anniversary party will likely trim 5 years off my life, but several wins today feel like a reward. I locked in the beverage service. I found out 2 super special guests are flying in for it. Secured 2 more artists for the exhibition. Just gotta keep on going. Hope you show up :)

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you can see this piece at the minnesota state fair fine arts exhibition!

State fair fine arts preview. Be on the lookout for our ribbon too! www.startribune.com/top-10-artwo... #mplsart #statefair

Look back: For this week's look back we revisit the not-so-distant year of 2022. Coming off his groundbreaking Covid-19: Labor Camp Report series, artist Piotr Szyhalski gave a chilling Walker Art Center Insights lecture to an empty auditorium. www.mplsart.com/written/2022... #mplsart

Save the date: 9/27 - Join us in celebrating 20 incredible years of championing the Twin Cities’ visual arts scene with a party at Southside Preservation Society. Please RSVP. www.mplsart.com/events/mplsa... #mplsart #party #anniversary

New Article by Bridget Kranz: We checked in with Josh Kelly and Mike Welton of Umbra Arts, one of the newest gallery spaces in MPLS. www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart

Printed board came early! Will be at Drop-In Deck Show.

New Article. "A Closer Look into Tim Harding's Stereoscopic Textiles" at Groveland Gallery. These need to be seen in person! On view through Aug 30th. www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart

For this week's Look Back, we timeslip to early 2016 when the Guerrilla Girls took over the city with 20 popup events bringing their mission of equality in the arts. Check out our 2016 article by Wahida Omar www.mplsart.com/written/2016... #mplsart

New Article: In her latest exhibition at Form+Content Gallery, artist Shoshana Fink explores the human impulse to mark space and the ways those marks help us remember. Learn more before the artist talk Sunday Aug 3rd 2-3pm. www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart #installationArt #formandcontent

New Article: www.mplsart.com/written/2025... Cory Eull checks in with artist Will Raymond about intersectionality and representation in their one-night-only solo show this Friday Aug 1st at A-Mill Artist Lofts. Check it out.

Buried Alive, Digital Collage, 2025. #blackandwhite #abstract #collage #artsky

small untitled collage made as part of a card for a friend who was moving, july 2025 #collageart #artsky #abstract #collage #queerart #artist

New Aventurers, 5”x5” oil on panel 2022 (sold). This little one was part of an Unloved Creatures group show at Rogue Buddha Gallery. #art #surreal #popsurreal #birdhat #johnsauerart

Check out this #interview #zine featuring #NancyAriza talking about her latest work at #HighpointCenterForPrintmaking - free blog post + download, or paid color print: art-sprawl.com/2025/07/30/a... #Printmaking #piteado #JeromeFellow

Screenprint for the Paleo Art Show Aug 8 & 9 at ALTR Gallery, NE Mpls @oacmn.bsky.social #paleoart #dinosaur #protestart #resist #paleo #printmaking #printsky @opaquepastels.bsky.social

In this week's look back we revisit Andrea Carlson's essay on the origins and implications of Afro- and Indigenous Futurisms from 2018. It's a good read. www.mplsart.com/written/2018... #mplsart

Look back: Meme edition. Come celebrate 20 years with us Sept 27th. DM for location.

New Article: Heavily influenced by of punk show flyers, cartoons, and absurdity, artist Sean Ferris talks about his move to MPLS, how he developed his distinctive style, and how his artistic exploration intertwines with his mental health journey www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart #pizzaboy

Tiny celebration. We are putting out our 400th newsletter today since 2017. Want it? Join the list us14.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=ced8...

In honor of 20 years, we're rummaging through the archives to pull some of the solid oldies. This week we present our 2015 interview with Tom Hazelmyer aka HAZE XXL - founder of Amphetamine Reptile records & OXOP Gallery. How is this article 10 years old already? www.mplsart.com/written/2015...

Did you catch this awesome story about Flahn Manly's mural honoring the The Tuskegee Airmen in North? www.kare11.com/video/news/l...

New article drop: Laura Laptsevitch gives us an intimate look at Shawn Kuruneru's solo exhibition "Chords" currently on view at David Petersen Gallery through August 16th. Read more: www.mplsart.com/written/2025... #mplsart #ShawnKuruneru #minneapolis #art

Costumed Figure Drawing Co-op at ALTR Gallery Wednesday, July 23, 2025. 6:30-9:30pm Doors at 6:15pm. A unique life drawing opportunity for artists. Come draw a costumed model! Check link for cost and details. Event is 18+ www.christinemitzuk.com/costumed-fig... Hosted by me and @oacmn.bsky.social

For this week's "Look Back", we revisit our 2016 interview with Leslie Barlow. Before Creatives After Curfew & Studio 400, before orchestrating ConFluence, and before all the fellowships & accolades, Barlow was a MCAD MFA just getting her start. www.mplsart.com/written/2016... #mplsart #lookback

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We are stoked to have Art Jam at ALTR Gallery tonight! @ericcastellanos.bsky.social @xiaoxiastudio.bsky.social Attendees are encouraged to check out @abyforshort.bsky.social solos show just down the hall at Norseman Distillery!

In this week's "Look Back" we revisit our 2019 "Questions & Answers" series posing the question, "What is the purpose of an art exhibition?" 6 local artists and curators go deep on a seemingly simple question. Has the purpose changed in the last 6 years? www.mplsart.com/written/2019... #mplsart

Look back: Winter 2015 - poetry & solar data "possess" the skies above St. Paul. Learn more about this amazing public art project in our interview with with Aaron Dysart. www.mplsart.com/events/solar... #mplsart #plumeproject #stpaul

3 days left to see The Last Unicorn Art Show EVER! Only at ALTR Gallery in NE Minneapolis. Visit oacmn.com for more 🦄

p.s. The hoodies arrived and they are awesome!!! www.mplsart.com/shop/gear/mp...