Tag: Chazen Museum of Art

Museum, Reimagined

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Reframing the influence of Japanese prints on Frank Lloyd Wright

Down in the brightly lit basement workshop of the Chazen Museum of Art last fall, two fabricators set up a time-lapse camera to capture three weeks of a very special custom build. Chazen’s small but mighty preparatory staff is regularly tasked with making things like pedestals and plinths for galleries and exhibitions, but these components …

Why Wisconsin?

Why Wisconsin? UW–Madison’s vibrant, interdisciplinary campus arts culture attracts students and professors from around the world. But don’t just take our word for it. By Maggie Ginsberg, Division of the Arts They come for the lakes, and those starburst chairs coloring the Terrace at Memorial Union in John Deere green, Allis Chalmers orange, and sunshine yellow. They come …