by Paul Krainak | Nov 3, 2025 | Blog
The “Gig’s Up: 50 Years of Milwaukee Punk Posters” exhibition at Real Tinsel Gallery argues zealously for more critical attention to the era of Milwaukee’s alternative rock foundations shown in its vast promotional optic co-narrative. If you’re already familiar with...
by Paul Krainak | Oct 3, 2025 | Blog
There’s a lot that’s fated about the “Revival of the Dance of Death” print exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum, much more than an October flirtation with witchcraft and the Day of the Dead. The exhibition consists of a series of prints by the extraordinarily...
by Paul Krainak | Aug 30, 2025 | Blog
Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman have been collaborating on visual culture for more than 40 years from their studios in Chicago and Milwaukee. Recognized originally for their dauntless photographic critiques of the artworld’s male-centered authority, they have...
by Paul Krainak | Aug 2, 2025 | Blog
Madison’s Arts + Literature Laboartory’s “LAB^4 project” invited Madison-area artists and community members to create two summers of programming and exhibitions. The current exhibitions were organized by six community members who stepped...
by Paul Krainak | Jul 13, 2025 | Blog
This is my second mid-month mini-blog, an opportunity to cover supplementary art events lying outside the largely Chicago and Great Lakes focus of “Sub-rural.” Selection, however, is still determined by inland artists or issues. Here is “Sub-Rural.5 #2” or just “Point...
