The Haggerty Museum of Art's exhibitions and programs are free, open to the public, and take place at the Haggerty Museum of Art unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, September 12, 2024, 6 to 7 p.m.
Fall Exhibition Opening Reception
The Big 4-0: New Views of the Collection
Affirmation/Transformation: Fandom Created
Material Muses: Medieval Devotional Culture and its Afterlives
SOS Color Code
Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 12:05 p.m.
Lunchtime Talk by Kirk Nickel, PhD, Marc and Lillian Rojtman Curator of European Art
Please join us for this engaging 20-minute Lunchtime Talk featuring the work of Jesús Rafael Soto. Born and trained in Venezuela, Soto was a seminal figure in Kinetic and Op Art, both in the Americas and in Europe. This month’s Art Talk will focus on his 1969 multiple Jai-Alai, currently on view in the Haggerty’s anniversary exhibition The Big 4-0: New Views of the Collection. Originally intended for display in a domestic setting, Jai-Alai is a nine-part installation that invites viewers to consider the relationship between object, eye, and mind in the experience of an artwork. After the discussion, you can stay to continue the conversation or explore the Haggerty's current exhibitions.
Friday, September 27, 2024, 5 p.m.
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Choral Concert Concealed Language: A Plea for Help
In collaboration with Family Weekend 2024, the Haggerty Museum of Art will present Concealed Language: A Plea for Help, a concert by the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Chorus. The concert was inspired by the Haggerty’s exhibition SOS Color Code, an indoor and outdoor installation comprised of flags and changing colored lights based on the dots and dashes of Morse code. The installation transforms the international SOS signal of distress into a sign of solidarity and connectedness and asks its viewer to reconsider how language, symbols, and color can help us find stability and safety in an uncertain world. Following similar themes, Concealed Language: A Plea for Help explores the emotive power of choral music and the hidden language within the featured compositions.
Saturday and Sunday, September 28-29, 2024
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 5 p.m.
A Conversation with the Artists of Luftwerk and Normal Studio
The Haggerty Museum of Art, in partnership with Sculpture Milwaukee, will present a conversation with , the Chicago-based artist team of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, and collaborator (Renata Graw) on Wednesday, October 9 at 5:00 p.m. at the Haggerty Museum of Art. The artists created SOS Color Code, an outdoor installation currently on view at the Haggerty. Using the universal languages of Morse code and color theory, a series of printed flags transform the international signal of distress (SOS) into a sign of solidarity and connectedness. A companion indoor installation, Color Code, by Bachmaier and Gallero, presents a painted mural with changing color light projections, also in the form of Morse code dots and dashes.
Both installations coincide with the 2024 presidential election and the International Day of Democracy. The International Day of Democracy, celebrated annually on September 15th, was established in 2007 by the UN General Assembly to encourage governments to review, consolidate, and strengthen democracy. The General Election will be held in Wisconsin on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
The lecture is scheduled during National Voter Education Week and is a reminder to plan to register and vote. Learn more about registration deadlines and voting methods for all 50 states at .
Saturday, October 12, 2024, 2 to 3 p.m.
Material Muses: Medieval Devotional Culture and Its Afterlives
Gallery Talk
Presented by - Abby Armstrong Check, Claire Kilgore, and Tania Kolarik
In collaboration with the (ICMA), the Haggerty Museum will present a gallery talk to view Material Muses: Medieval Devotional Culture and its Afterlives. The co-curators of the exhibition, Abby Armstrong Check, Claire Kilgore and Tania Kolarik will give a brief introduction to the exhibition and highlight different objects within the show. Attendees will then be welcome to roam the Haggerty galleries. At 3 p.m., participants will walk to the Joan of Arc Chapel (on the Marquette campus) where Abby Armstrong Check will give a short talk about the history of the only consecrated medieval chapel in the United States.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 12:05 p.m.
Lunchtime Talk Kirk Nickel, PhD, Marc and Lillian Rojtman Curator of European Art
Please join us for this engaging 20-minute Lunchtime Talk featuring the work of Sam Gilliam. Gilliam stands among the most celebrated abstract painters of the past 50 years. This month’s Art Talk will focus on his monumental Promenade I-IV, currently on view in the Haggerty’s anniversary exhibition The Big 4-0: New Views of the Collection. Although Gilliam always considered himself a painter, Promenade I-IV show him working with painted canvases in ways that resemble sculpture and collage, to stunning effect. After the discussion, you can stay to continue the conversation or explore the Haggerty's current exhibitions.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
Director's Circle Dinner at the Haggerty Museum of Art
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Saturday, November 9, 2024,3 to 4 p.m.
On Display Dance Performance
This deconstructed art experience, created by , is brought to Milwaukee under the direction of . Milwaukee residents representing professional and non-professional performers of all body types, ages, and abilities/disabilities will move minimally through an hour-long silent installation.
The performance is part of On Display Global, created by Heidi Latsky Dance as a social justice initiative performed annually in honor of the United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd. Videos of the live performances of On Display Global from cities all over the world will be presented with their local community members as a vigil on that day.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 12:05 p.m.
Lunchtime Talk by Kirk Nickel, PhD, Marc and Lillian Rojtman Curator of European Art
Please join us for this engaging 20-minute Lunchtime Talk featuring the work of LaToya Ruby Frazier. Frazier’s art foregrounds the stories of people who are routinely left out of our standard narratives of the American experience. This month’s Art Talk will focus on four photographs from her series The Notion of Family that are currently on view in the Haggerty’s anniversary exhibition The Big 4-0: New Views of the Collection. Taking herself, her family, and her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania, as her subjects, Frazier’s images find universal resonance in the meaningful details of everyday circumstances. After the discussion, you can stay to continue the conversation or explore the Haggerty's current exhibitions.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Cheers to the New Year party
Details to follow
Thursday, January 16, 2025, 6 to 7 p.m.
Spring Exhibition Opening Reception
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Haggerty Awards Dinner
Details to follow
