by Paul Krainak | Mar 2, 2026 | Blog
Nathaniel Stern and Sasha Stiles’ “Generation to Generation, Conversing with Kindred Technologies” exhibition in the Kenilworth Gallery at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee outlines a project that technically, philosophically, and socially describes our place...
by Paul Krainak | Jan 30, 2026 | Blog
It’s remarkable that ”Unto Thee,” Theaster Gates’ new show at the Smart Museum is the first significant institutional survey of the artist’s work in Chicago. The artist literally and figuratively unpacked a three-decade project that united a wide swath of...
by Paul Krainak | Jan 1, 2026 | Blog
Most of us who were conscious in the late 1960s, or students of that era, would recall the growth of a peripheral body of work previously undetermined by the art media. A new discourse became established by artists who took over the production and dissemination of a...
by Paul Krainak | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
A finely tuned exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography calls attention to issues of media, social practice, fuzzy logic, and humanistic philosophy’s influence on modern and contemporary art reception. Artist curators Joan Giroux and Alice Maude-Roxby have...
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...
