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Milwaukee Art Museum

5 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings

Home to a rich collection of more than 30,000 works of art, and just as many stories, the Milwaukee Art Museum is located on the shores of Lake Michigan. Whether we're focusing on works in the Collection, traveling exhibitions, or the history of the institution, we're ready to tell them. For more information about the Museum, the art, or the behind the scenes, visit mam.org.

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Episodes

Collector Spotlight Podcast: Peg Bradley and the Bradley Collection

November 13, 2019 22:17

Hear the story behind the Milwaukee Art Museum’s modern art collection and about the local visionary collector Peg Bradley (1894–1978), who helped shape our understanding of modern art. Produced by House of Who.

Collector Spotlight Podcast: Peg Bradley and the Bradley Collection

November 13, 2019 22:17 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB

Hear the story behind the Milwaukee Art Museum’s modern art collection and about the local visionary collector Peg Bradley (1894–1978), who helped shape our understanding of modern art. Produced by House of Who.

Constable? Part 3 - Solving a mystery in art history

September 05, 2018 16:50 - 13 minutes - 13.2 MB

The painting is cleaned, the painter is discovered, the Layton Collection is told, and two, yes, two, art history mysteries are solved. Led by storytellers Kerri Lowe and Shannon DeJong from House of Who interviewing: Tanya Paul, Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art Catherine Sawinski, Assistant Curator of European Art Jodi Eastberg, professor of history at Alverno College and the chair of the works of art committee for the Layton Art Collection Amy Kirschke, Director of ...

Constable? Part 2 - Solving a mystery in art history

August 24, 2018 13:52 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

This episode explores all the facets of art research: digging deep into provenance, painting style, the influence of newly invented portable paint, and a trip down to the conservation lab in the depths of the Museum. The candidates for the painter of the work narrows. Led by storytellers Kerri Lowe and Shannon DeJong from House of Who interviewing Tanya Paul, Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art and Catherine Sawinski, Assistant Curator of European Art as well as a visit to the ...

Constable? Part 1- solving a mystery in art history

August 08, 2018 18:04 - 10 minutes - 9.5 MB

Kerri Lowe and Shannon DeJong visit Milwaukee for the first time, explore the Milwaukee Art Museum, and learn about a painting with a questionable past, attributed to John Constable and covered in grime. Featuring Tanya Paul, Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art, and Catherine Sawinski, Assistant Curator of European Art as well as a visit to the conservation lab. In conjunction with the exhibition Constable? A Landscape Rediscovered at the Milwaukee Art Museum. A Layton Art Co...