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• Wildlife in the city: a photographer's passion
  When Michael Furtman goes out to photograph wildlife, he usually doesn't pack an overnight bag. The Duluth nature writer and photographer has taken most of his wildlife photos right in the city.January 14, 2013
• Big and beautiful: Many expectant moms want photos
  Maternity photo shoots have gained popularity. Women are baring their bellies for artistic shots of their pregnant state. Some opt for traditional poses. Others are more daring, and want to be shot nude.January 12, 2013
• Bobby Vee displays art at Minn. gallery
  Former 1960s teen idol Bobby Vee is displaying his paintings this weekend at a central Minnesota art gallery.December 1, 2012
• War photography exhibit debuts in Houston museum
  Battlefield images go on display in an exhibit "WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath" that debuts Sunday -- Veterans Day -- in the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.November 10, 2012
• 'Outsider art' inside the aquarium, made by otters in Duluth
  The river otters at the Great Lakes Aquarium double as artists in residence.October 8, 2012
• Rembrandt show opens this weekend in Minneapolis
  The Minneapolis Institute of Arts will open its "Rembrandt in America" show on Sunday.June 23, 2012
• Rembrandt exhibit to open at Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  A major exhibit of Rembrandt paintings opens next weekend at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.June 16, 2012
• MIA's 'Sports Show' documents interdependence of media and sports
  It's rare when sports and art merge, but the Minneapolis Institute of Arts' "The Sports Show" is the first exhibition from a major art museum to trace the rise of a 'global sports culture."April 30, 2012
• Somali-American photographer presents a new view of his community
  A photography exhibit at the Whittier Gallery in Minneapolis aims to showcase young Somali men who are improving the lives of others in the Twin Cities. After years of seeing images of Somali terrorists in the news, photographer Mohamud Mumin wanted to offer a different picture of his community. His first solo show will do just that.March 29, 2012
• A photographer, a writer and a mysterious recluse collaborate on story about running away
  A new book, "The House of Coates," is a lavish, spiral-bound book illustrated with photos of places on the edge of society. The principal collaborators disavow authorships of the photos, but instead point to a mysterious recluse.March 23, 2012
• Lost mural by Leonardo may have been discovered
  Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence's most famous buildings.March 12, 2012
• Photographer Chris Jordan qualifies the quantitative
  When we casually toss around words like millions and billions in conversation, it's difficult to visualize what those numbers actually represent. It's a challenge which for years has motivated photographer Chris Jordan.January 26, 2012
• Large-format photos come to life on small screen
  Famed for her large, sumptuous photographs which hang in art museums around the world, JoAnn Verburg is trying something much smaller.December 13, 2011
• The hidden messages of a Renaissance master
  Considered one of the greats of his time, Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer created iconic engravings and woodcuts in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It turns out the story behind the collection is as fascinating as the pictures themselves.October 14, 2011
• Norma Lyon, Iowa fair's 'butter cow lady,' dies
  Norma "Duffy" Lyon, whose life-size butter sculptures delighted Iowa state fairgoers for nearly half a century, has died. She was 81. Lyon was interviewed by MPR in 2005.June 28, 2011

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