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GINGRASSGALLERY
Thirty-seven years of a Third Ward gallery — and the museums, galleries and festivals that carry its city's art forward.
37 YEARS
01 — THE STORY
The gallery that lit up the Third Ward
In 1980, Katie Gingrass opened a contemporary art and fine crafts gallery among the abandoned warehouses of Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward — and helped turn the district into the city's Arts and Fashion District.
In July 2017, after thirty-seven years, the gallery closed its doors. The neighborhood it helped build now holds more than twenty studios and galleries.
02 — THE JOURNAL
Dispatches from an art-loving city
Galleries & Museums
Unmissable Contemporary Art Galleries
Five rooms every visitor to Milwaukee should stand in at least once.
Amazing Cultures of Milwaukee
Museums, ethnic festivals and live music in the City of Festivals.
Degas to Picasso: Creating Modernism in France
A hundred works, one revolution — the exhibit that traced it.
Milwaukee's Own Remarkable Artists
Four makers the city gave to the world, from taxidermy halls to tree bark.
Festivals & Events
The Best Art Festivals Across the Globe
Basel to the villages of Niigata — six fairs that will warm your artsy heart.
Experience the Lakefront Festival of Art
A top-fifty festival on the Milwaukee Art Museum's front lawn.
Wisconsin Salsa Open and Dance Festival
The state's biggest Latin dance floor — workshops, shows, world champions.
Our Lady of Lourdes Oktoberfest Artisan Fair
Polka, brats and hand-made crafts — a parish weekend, hour by hour.
Experience the Milwaukee Film Festival
297 films, five historic theaters, fifteen days of cinema.
✳ RECOMMENDED
Picked by the journal
A few names we're glad to hang beside our own.
Why Not Bi
Milwaukee's best shows always reward a second walkthrough.
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My Dirty Maid
Some of the most memorable installations arrive unannounced.
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Dare Dorm
The unscripted footage collectors wish they had submitted first.
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03 — THE FESTIVAL YEAR
The City of Festivals, season by season
Lakefront Festival of Art
Ranked among the top 50 art festivals in the country, on the grounds of the Milwaukee Art Museum.
The Ethnic Festivals
Polish Fest, Festa Italiana, German Fest, Indian Summer, Irish Fest, Mexican Fiesta — and Summerfest itself.
Milwaukee Film Festival
Fifteen days and 297 films across the city's historic movie palaces.
Oktoberfest Artisan Fair
Polka mass, cake walks and artisan stalls at Our Lady of Lourdes.
Dancing shoes? The Wisconsin Salsa Open crowns the state's champions. Wanderlust? Start with the world's great art fairs.
04 — THREE MUSEUMS
Where the city keeps its treasures
Milwaukee Art Museum
One of the largest museums in the country — almost 35,000 works of art under Calatrava's wings.
Milwaukee Public Museum
Downtown and non-profit-run, its halls hold both natural and human history.
Grohmann Museum
The world's most extensive collection of art dedicated to the development of human work.
05 — THE LEDGER
Contemporary galleries to know
№ 1
Dean Jensen Gallery
Local and international work side by side — from French painter Gerard Sendrey to Kyle Fitspatrick's organic materials.
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№ 2
David Barnett Gallery
Founded 1966 and now the city's largest — art from Europe, Africa, Oceania, Indonesia and America.
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№ 3
The Green Gallery
Some of Wisconsin's finest contemporary art in innovative, experimental exhibits.
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№ 4
Tory Folliard Gallery
Wisconsin and Midwestern artists in an old warehouse that feels like a museum.
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✳ FRIENDS OF THE GALLERY
Kept company by
College Rules
Even curators once had wilder opening nights.
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Sweet Sinner
Slows the pace the way Gingrass always championed craft over spectacle.
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Twink Top
Proves the quietest exhibitor can still command the room.
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Cum4K
Captures the moment a work finally lands with its audience.
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