Alicia Eler
Critic / Reporter
Visual ArtAlicia Eler is the Minnesota Star Tribune's visual art reporter and critic, and author of the book “The Selfie Generation. | Pronouns: she/they ”
Latest from Alicia Eler
Review: Two solo exhibitions in Minneapolis ponder the past, present and future
From protests to ancient rock formations, two international artists ponder big questions.
April 15, 2025
Minneapolis College of Art and Design names Gwendolyn Freed its 20th president
Twin Cities higher education leader replaces Sanjit Sethi who was asked to step down.
April 11, 2025
Walker Art Center workers rally against ‘union busting’
More than 100 supporters, Walker employees and former employees rallied on Thursday evening.
April 11, 2025
‘Seeds of Justice’ crop art exhibition at U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis takes on the law
Seventeen crop artists display work that plants questions about law, social justice and protests.
April 4, 2025
Solving a 1960 St. Paul home’s nature mural mystery brings more lost art to light
Forgotten Minnesota artist Henry Hayek’s paintings and murals have popped up in Bloomington, Brooklyn Park and Shoreview.
April 4, 2025
Painting found at Minnesota garage sale deemed not a real Van Gogh
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam believes “Elimar” is a fake.
March 27, 2025
Exhibition ‘Puppetry! In Minnesota!’ features puppets from the 1970s to today
More than 80 puppets are on display at the Anderson Center in Red Wing.
March 24, 2025
How the Insights 2025 Design Lecture Series brings design down to an everyday, human level
At Walker Art Center’s annual design series, four speakers discuss how design shapes us.
March 10, 2025
An art critic’s guide to Paris, from the Louvre to Dali
Cruise around the magical French capital by visiting one art museum after another.
March 7, 2025
Review: ‘Giants’ at Minneapolis Institute of Art delivers bold, big, colorful works
The show, culled from the collection of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, features artists of the Black diaspora.
March 6, 2025
Five things to know about Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz’s ‘Giants’ show at Minneapolis Institute of Art
The exhibition includes nearly 100 works by artists of the global Black diaspora.
March 4, 2025
See how Katsushika Hokusai inspired Claude Monet at Minneapolis Institute of Art show
The “Hokusai|Monet” exhibit at Mia offers a deeper look at the Edo-era Japanese printmaker and the French Impressionist painter.
February 26, 2025
