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• 'The Quick and the Dead' brings concepts to the Walker
  The words 'conceptual art' are enough to get some people running the other way. However, the Walker Art Center hopes to change that with its huge new show "The Quick and the Dead" opening this weekend. With almost a hundred works by 53 artists, the show presents some very different takes on the world where we live.April 24, 2009
• Pecha Kucha arrives in Minnesota
  A new kind of party designed to cause cross pollination of ideas, arrives in the Twin Cities this week. It's like a salon, but the pace is much quicker. The first challenge may be agreeing on how to pronounce the event's name.April 14, 2009
• Grown ups come out to play at Studio Bricolage
  Tomorrow evening, a group of adults will gather in a workshop in South Minneapolis just to make stuff. Studio Bricolage caters to grown-ups who have taken their children to crafts classes and alwys felt an urge to join in. This Friday's theme is paper, and visitors will be able, amongst other things, to learn how to make full-size paper suits.April 2, 2009
• Photographer turns animals into art
  Photographer Frans Lanting wasn't content with capturing stunning images from nature. He decided to imagine a time before both photography and humans. His latest project strives to show the history of planet Earth through photography and music.Midmorning, March 19, 2009
• The cherry takes a trip
  A Twin Cities icon heads off on a restorative vacation today. The cherry from the Walker Art Center's famed "Spoonbridge with Cherry" will be lifted off its mount in the Sculpture Garden and sent away to get a little work done.February 23, 2009
• New book of photographs celebrates life in Minnesota
  Minnesota native Tom Arndt has been taking pictures all over the world for over forty years. His new book "Home: Tom Arndt's Minnesota" focuses on the people of his home state. Arndt is a street photographer who captures moments in the lives of ordinary people. He spoke with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer about the pictures and his approach to photography.February 20, 2009
• Professor teaches students the art of living
  This weekend the Minneapolis College of Art and Design is celebrating one of its most cherished teachers, Kinji Akagawa. Over the past four decades Akagawa has taught students not just how to make art, but how to live their lives.February 5, 2009
• The Walker Art Center celebrates the book as art
  The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is celebrating the book as an art form with it's exhibition "Text/Messages." It features books from the Walker's library, created by Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali and Kara Walker among others.January 30, 2009
• Winter exhibition offers a 'Holiday in the Sun'
  The irony in Andrea Stanislav's artwork is evident even in the title of her latest show. It's called "Holiday in the Sun," and it's opening on the coldest week in Minnesota in over five years.January 16, 2009
• Photo exhibit recalls impact of the RNC
  A St. Paul coffee shop will display photographs of the Republican National Convention submitted by members of the public.January 1, 2009
• Production makes Gertrude Stein sing
  A new opera being performed this weekend in Minneapolis has a lofty goal: to portray all Americans - past, present, and future. "The Making of Americans" is an adaptation of Gertrude Stein's novel of the same name. It gets its world premiere tonight at the Walker Art Center.December 12, 2008
• Painting the beauty and ambiguity of the Iraq war
  Soldiers who've experienced the war in Iraq say no matter how many images people see of the conflict, they can never truly understand what it's like. Knowing this, one Minnesota painter is still seeking to get closer to the truth.November 25, 2008
• Picturing the cold
  Minneapolis photographer Stuart Klipper captures images on film of places most people will never have the chance to see in person. His new book "The Antarctic: From the Circle to the Pole" explores the stark loneliness of the Antarctic landscape.November 4, 2008
• Haunted basement attracts while it scares
  People are flocking to the Soap Factory gallery in Minneapolis to be scared. The gallery, just across the river from downtown, is making use of its 125-year-old building to present an artist-designed Haunted Basement.October 28, 2008
• MIA exhibit showcases modern art from India
  We've all heard about India as a burgeoning economic power, but what do we really know about its people and its culture? This weekend the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is opening an exhibition of photography and video from the fast-developing country.October 24, 2008

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