The M’s 2020 State Fair Purchase Award: Kyle Fokken
Every year the museum buys a work from the State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition for the permanent collection. The selection in 2020 was a dynamic mixed-media piece by Kyle Fokken.
Every year the museum buys a work from the State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition for the permanent collection. The selection in 2020 was a dynamic mixed-media piece by Kyle Fokken.
Curatorial Assistant Mia Laufer offers a deeper look into creative process and historical research informing the M’s installation by L.A.-based artist Sherin Guirguis.
Before he began his residency at the M this past spring, artist and poet Moheb Soliman spoke with Curator of Learning and Engagement about his work and what he hoped to explore during his time at the museum. Don’t miss your chance to hear from the artist in person at an event on Thurs., July 11, 6 p.m. at the M!
The M profiles New York-based artist Brad Kahlhamer, whose work defies easy categories, remixing influences and styles through the artist’s own lens of adopted and inherited identities.
Curator of Exhibitions Christopher Atkins remembers Warren MacKenzie, paying tribute to his lasting legacy at the M and in the American craft movement.
Every year the museum buys a work from the State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition for the permanent collection. For 2018, our team selected a painting by Minneapolis artist Leslie Barlow.
Learn about each artwork that made up the St. Paul Murals Project, the artists who created them, and the meaning behind them.
Every year, the M purchases a piece from the Minnesota State Fair’s Fine Arts exhibition. This year’s selection is a work by St. Paul-based printmaker Sam Orosz.