Feature image: facade of the new location for the Trout Museum of Art. Photo: Artdose Magazine. By Rachel Hausmann Schall As a Wisconsin-based artist and art lover, I’m interested in visiting art spaces across the state. From museums and art centers to garage galleries and basement event spaces, it’s intriguing to see the variety ofContinue reading “A New Home: Celebrating the Re-Opening of the Trout Museum of Art”
Monthly Archives: January 2026
In Review: Keith Haring in Manitowoc, Wisconsin?
Feature image: Keith Haring: Subway Drawings, Rahr-West Art Museum. Photo: Artdose magazine. By Frank Juárez When I heard that a Keith Haring exhibition was coming to the Rahr-West Art Museum, I thought, “Keith Haring in Manitowoc?” I never imagined that a show like this would come to a city known as “Wisconsin’s Maritime Capital,” or put those twoContinue reading “In Review: Keith Haring in Manitowoc, Wisconsin?”
Where Language Fails: The Art of James Kao
Feature image: James Kao. Photo Credit: Brennan Witt. By April Behnke James Kao’s paintings and drawings inhabit the space between perception and imagination. Shapes of trees, mountains, and water surface recede, emerging through soft layers of color and mark-making. Edges blur; forms appear and dissolve. His images seem to capture not the world as it is,Continue reading “Where Language Fails: The Art of James Kao”
Large-Scale Installation by Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis on View at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Feature image: From left: Phillip Andrew Lewis and Lenka Clayton—photo courtesy of the artists. Submitted Sheboygan, WI – Opening January 31, 2026, at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC), Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis: Rock Fade (~45 Billion Years) is a large-scale installation by artist-collaborators Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. Inviting viewers intoContinue reading “Large-Scale Installation by Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis on View at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center”
Center for the Visual Arts New Exhibitions
Feature image: Jody Beighley, December Light, Colored Pencil, (Award Winner) Submitted Wausau, WI – The Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) is proud to announce the opening of its winter exhibition season, featuring a diverse collection of regional talent across four exhibits in all three professional gallery spaces. A cornerstone of this season is theContinue reading “Center for the Visual Arts New Exhibitions”
Lauren Semivan and the Choreographic Potential of the Artist’s Studio
Feature image: Nebulae, 2025, #1/5, archival pigment print, 40 x 50 inches. Image courtesy of the artist. By Samantha Timm Lauren Semivan’s photographs are built worlds that trace her studio movements and propose probing questions about time and space. Using an early 20th-century large-format camera, Semivan captures scenes that she creates in her studio throughContinue reading “Lauren Semivan and the Choreographic Potential of the Artist’s Studio”
Anne Labovitz: Visual Representation of Optimism
Feature image: Anne Labovitz in the studio. Photo: Bailey Bolton. By Frank Juárez I saw the work of Anne Labovitz at the Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota, in 2023. The exhibition was titled “The Nexus of Well-Being and Art.” The exhibition consisted of an atrium installation, “Will To Meaning,” which greeted me as I enteredContinue reading “Anne Labovitz: Visual Representation of Optimism”