Story by Martin Rakacolli. Photos and videos, unless otherwise credited, courtesy Chali Pittman/WORT News. New York conceptual artist Jenny Holzer has made a career out of provocative, meditative short words and phrases in public. Holzer frequently utilizes projections and billboard-like displays, including screens with LED lights. She has been working since the late 1970s, […]
What is Your Hidden Talent? Local Artists Reveal All
People are talented in more than one thing, artists included, and these talents are too interesting not to share. Hear answers to the question, What is your hidden talent? Featuring: Candie Waterloo and Jamie Prey from the Chazen Museum of Art Kirk Stantis from the Bartell Community Theater Foundation Gary Nauman and Nathan Peterson, creators […]
A Sneak Peek at MMoCA in the Fall
After two weeks of being closed, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is re-opening its physical doors to the public on September 25. Features contributor KT Howard checks in with Marni McEntee, director of communications at MMoCA, about current and upcoming fall exhibitions. Updated information about museum hours and exhibits can be found on its […]
Staying Artful Goes to the Movies!
While many offers from the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art have gone digital, one thing has not has not: Rooftop Cinema. In this installment of Staying Artful, features contributor KT Howard checks in with program coordinator Jim Kruel about how the pandemic’s effect on Rooftop Cinema. Click here to see what else MMoCA is doing […]
José Carlos Teixeira’s dimensions of otherness
Artist and UW-Madison professor José Carlos Teixeira likes to combine different kinds of media and different ways of thinking about the complexities of human identity. His current show, titled On Exile, runs through May 20 at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and consists of two video pieces. One is called “On Exile: Fragments in search of […]
The world of “Digital Aura,” part II
On last week’s Tone Madison podcast, contributor Brett Schlough brought us two conversations about Digital Aura, a show of video, digital, and installation art running through August 6 at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and through July 29 at Arts + Literature Laboratory. This week’s episode concludes our two-part series on the show with […]