Critic / reporter | Visual art

Alicia Eler is the Star Tribune's visual art reporter and critic, and author of the book “The Selfie Generation. | Pronouns: she/they ”


Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov has rocked the Twin Cities for more than 40 years

The Yugoslavia-born, Twin Cities-based artist, who works with big natural materials, has a solo exhibition at the Museum of Russian Art and a short film in the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.


6 Black art exhibitions in the Twin Cities highlight artists to know

From the Walker Art Center to the Minnesota African American History Museum and Gallery, Black history, culture and joy thrive.


Where the rivers meet, a new exhibit offers fresh approach to Historic Fort Snelling

The exhibition "Many Voices, Many Stories, One Place" tells 10,000 years of the site's complicated history, shining light on under-represented stories


Firing at Mia sparks union accusations of toxic work environment

Jan. 9 firing of Bob Cozzolino was the last straw for the union and the art community, but Mia said he was fired for cause.


Three Indigenous art exhibitions signal a shift in the Twin Cities

Concurrent shows at American Swedish Institute, the University of Minnesota and All My Relations Gallery point toward Indigenous futures in art.


Don't look at the art: Taste it, touch it, smell it or just listen at the Weisman Art Museum

The exhibition "The Other Four" considers art that focuses on every sense but sight.


Art Shanty Projects close after one week because of warm temperatures, melting ice

The annual winter art event was postponed for one week because of weather conditions.


New rules on the display of Native objects don't affect Minnesota museums and historical societies

Recent updates to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) accelerate returns of any human remains


Art Shanty Projects celebrates 20 years on ice

Delayed a week because of unsafe ice conditions and construction woes, the project celebrates huge growth since the early days on Medicine Lake.


Tetsuya Yamada draws on skateboarding, punk rock, Japanese tea ceremony for Walker Art Center show

Yamada moved to Minneapolis more than 20 years ago and is a professor at the University of Minnesota.