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Two hands making mudra shape hold bundles of thread-like tendrils in red The Portfolio's Purpose

Sat, Mar 21 - Sun, Jul 19 2026

In 2010, the University of Minnesota held the Mid-America Print Council's annual conference. That year's convening, called New World/Old World, included a print portfolio exchange between a variety of established and up-and-coming artists. Many of these portfolios, meant to unite a group of artists' work under a shared theme, have since been accessioned into the Weisman Art Museum's collection. 
A collection of objects similar to those found in antiquities exhibits at museums Never Spoken Again: Rogue Stories of Science and Collections

Sat, Feb 7 - Sun, May 17 2026

On a desk of the private study collection of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, an old stuffed parrot guards a small library and a vast, yet obsolete ornithology collection. An excited young scientist reads a story on the origins of the desiccated animal for the purpose of entertaining a group of visitors: it may have been the last “speaker” of a dead Indigenous language from colonial Venezuela, or a German prince’s precious gift to the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. There is no clear understanding which of these versions, if any, might be true.
Colorful rug in Persian style with horsemen, Pacman, and superheroes RugLife

Sat, Oct 11 - Sun, Dec 28 2025

Not surprisingly, the words “text” and “textile” share the same Latin root word: the verb texere, meaning to weave. Just as sentences are created by stringing words together to create meaning, cultures throughout time have carefully woven strands of wool or silk into designs rich with meaning. Sentences are stitched together to create anything from a sweeping fictional saga to a dry didactic text.
Books on a table with a small clay figurine and full bookshelves. Librería Donceles

Fri, Aug 22 2025 - Sun, May 17 2026

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Librería Donceles es un proyecto de interacción social del artista y
Black and white composite image of an infant crying on the left and a 100 year old woman laughing on the right. Milk/Wine

Sat, Aug 2 2025 - Sun, Mar 8 2026

We experience the present through the lens of the past—and we shape our understanding of the past through the lens of the present. — Gerald McMaster, curator, artist, and author, in “Art History Through the Lens of the Present?”
Sepia drawing of speculative city with lakes and drone-like objects in the sky. Imagining Future Cities

Wed, Jun 25 - Sun, Sep 14 2025
Cropped image of a woman in a clown suit, sitting at a desk surrounded by a dense assortment of clowning memoriabilia Laughing Matter

Sat, Mar 1 - Sun, Jul 20 2025

Humor is more than jokes. It is a tool for essential reflection on and relief from societal norms, and it is made relevant through lived experience and culture shared across generations, gender, geography, and many other “g” words. As dinner with your parents’ friends can prove, humor is not always universal.
Looking through cage bars we see a man with medium brown skin sits inside a cell and another body writing on a response card. SEEN

Sat, Feb 8 - Sun, May 18 2025

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Weisman Art Museum presents

SEEN Opening Day is February 8 SEEN: Opening Day

Sat, Feb 8 2025

Join us for the opening day of the Weisman Art Museum's spring exhibition, SEEN, presented in collaboration with We Are All Criminals. This exhibition highlights the work of artists inside the carceral system, in partnership with artists on the outside. Opening day will feature drop-in artist activations in the galleries, a reading library, self-guided tours, and light bites and beverages.
Kara Walker Keynote Lecture with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw Kara Walker, Winslow Homer, Blackness, & AI with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

Sat, Sep 28 2024

As part of the opening day celebration of the exhibition, Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), the Weisman Art Museum presents a keynote lecture on "Kara Walker, Winslow Homer, Blackness, & AI" with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw.