Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home
Nov 24, 2018–Jan 6, 2019
Exhibition Overview How does lack of safety and security affect our psyche and ability to live and flourish? Fourteen contemporary artists tackle the public issue […]
Warrington Colescott: Wisconsin Master
Oct 23, 2018–Mar 3, 2019
Exhibition Overview Prints by Warrington Colescott are on view at the Chazen Museum of Art on the second floor of the Chazen building. Colescott, a […]
Iceland’s Vanishing Beauty: Photography by Michael Kienitz
Sep 14, 2018–Feb 3, 2019
Exhibition Overview Madison photographer Michael Kienitz created these images during five years of work in the region of Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland. A visually […]
Life, Love & Marriage in Renaissance Italy
Aug 3–Nov 4, 2018
Drawing on a selection of outstanding panels and complete cassoni—elaborately decorated wedding chests—together with textiles, majolica ware, paintings and other domestic items, this exhibition explores […]
Print in Protest
Jun 12–Sep 16, 2018
Exhibition Overview From its beginnings, the printmaking department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison embraced social commitment. Its founder Alfred Sessler said, “I have always been […]
Watanabe: Japanese Print Envoy
Jun 1–Sep 2, 2018
Exhibition Overview In the first decades of the twentieth century, Shozaburo Watanabe started his publishing business, hiring a new generation of artists and craftsmen to […]
Drawn to Art: The Waisman Center’s Collection
May 11–Jul 15, 2018
Exhibition Overview The Friends of the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison sponsor the Harvey A. Stevens International Collection of Art by People with […]
Derrière: Works by Michele Marti
Apr 20–Jul 8, 2018
Exhibition Overview The 2018 Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize has been awarded to Michele Marti. Marti will create lithographs and video of the body—backs […]
The Tile Club: Camaraderie and American Plein-Air Painting
Feb 23–May 20, 2018
The Tile Club was one of many societies that formed across the United States during the late nineteenth century. Including such well-known artists as Winslow […]
What’s In A Jug? Art, Technology, Culture
Feb 9–Apr 8, 2018
Curated by students in Introduction to Museum Studies: Theory & Methods, this exhibition examines historic ceramic vessels and their technologies, artistry, and meanings. Specifically, it highlights […]