If art is occasionally meant to inflame, mission accomplished at the Walker Art Center where a new installation in the refurbished Sculpture Garden is the portrayal of gallows, one of which is inspired by the largest mass execution in U.S. history, the hanging of 38 Dakota Indians in 1862. Read more →
Good art should challenge us. It should occasionally upset us.
Mission accomplished in a Houston-area park, thanks to a statue of people taking a selfie. Read more →
The Milwaukee Art Museum today is stoking the ongoing debate over what is art and what is vile trash. Read more →
Should Hennepin County have whitewashed a mural, the suicide detective, do your cellphone chargers need to be unplugged, the man who sent 19-year-olds to war, art and politics, and 50 states and 50 pictures. Read more →
Bob Collins