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A permanent collection of American art as well as traveling exhibits. A variety of music, film, lectures and other events.

Kathe Kollwitz: Making Human

Daily from March 3 until July 1

"Her silent lines penetrate the marrow like a cry of pain," German novelist Gerhart Hauptmann wrote of Käthe Kollwitz's etchings. The suffering and...
Meet the Artists: Kinetic Dialectic

7:00 p.m. May 30

Talk with artists whose public art is to be be installed throughout the University’s Biomedical Discovery District.
Northern Spark

Daily from June 9 until June 10

This 24-hour citywide celebration features open studios and museums, pop-up galleries and installations, activities, performances, and other really...
Tenuous, Though Real: Midsummer Night's Stroll

6:30 p.m. June 27

Artists tour and discuss their work.
WAM Chatter: Are there ties that bind Minnesota artists?

6:30 p.m. July 25

Moderated talk with audience.

2012 | Best Museum

The Weisman's extravagantly fanciful stainless steel facade, designed by Frank Gehry, has always been an artwork unto itself, but there are now more reasons than ever to see the art inside the museum. WAM completed a major expansion last October -- also designed by Gehry -- that added more than 8,000 square feet of exhibition space to the main floor. Several new galleries give the museum twice as much room to show off the 17,000 works of mostly modern American art from its... More »
2009 | Best Museum

When the Republican National Convention rolled into town last year, some places closed their doors, while others became exclusive; if you didn't know someone important, you weren't getting in. During that brief period, the Weisman Art Museum did the opposite: It kicked it up a notch. During the RNC, the museum hosted a variety of activities associated with Unconvention, a movement that organized activities during the RNC and encouraged people to explore their political beliefs, voice... More »

Snow White/No White Fashion Show

By Tatiana Craine | Wed, April 25, 2012

Fairytales are definitely in these days, from the onslaught of Snow White-themed movies hitting theaters this year, to local fashion and burlesque shows inspired by fairytales, to City Pages' recent Best Of issue tracking the enchanted aspects of ... More »
Who gets to be American in American art?

By Scott Donaldson | Wed, November 30, 2011

It's not hard to define nationality. If you live in America, you're an American, right? You don't have to be a sociologist to know it's not quite that simple. November's WAMChatter at the Weisman will address this very complicated topic in the con... More »
The 4onthefloor, Those Darlins

By Peter S. Scholtes | Wed, September 28, 2011

The Tennessee openers (pictured) for this free, all-ages show at the Weisman Art Museum are one of the great new sounds of the year: wobbly cowpunk-garage guitar, girl-group harmonies, and the cat-growl lead vocals of Jessi Darlin, a genuine origi... More »
WAMdemonium!

By Jessica Armbruster | Wed, September 28, 2011

It was about a year ago today that the Weisman Art Museum closed its doors in order to focus on a $14-million-dollar expansion. The additions include three new gallery spaces dedicated to showcasing more items from the museum's permanent collectio... More »

2012 | Best Museum