Milwaukee Collects

press release: The Milwaukee Art Museum’s Milwaukee Collects exhibition offers visitors a rare and unique glimpse into some of the city’s most interesting private art collections. On view March 10–May 21, the exhibition draws works from nearly 50 collections and includes more than 100 objects, bringing the community’s passion for collecting art into focus. Artworks in the exhibition span centuries, media and artistic styles, including early American paintings, contemporary sculpture, icons of modern photography, Impressionist canvases and hallmarks of Art Deco design.

Artists represented in Milwaukee Collects include Jules Chéret, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, John Sloan, Thomas Sully, Edward Weston and many others—names one is likely to encounter in the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Since the institution’s inception nearly 130 years ago, the Museum’s Collection, our region’s largest artistic asset, has been thoughtfully shaped by the symbiotic relationship between local private collectors and the Museum.