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
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
Who painted the nature mural in a 1960 St. Paul home? A decades-old mystery is solved.
For years, the Jensens have been puzzled by a huge nature mural in their home near the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
February 15, 2025
Review: Two photography exhibitions examine America, past and present
Shows by Paul Shambroom at the U and Ernest Cole at the Minneapolis Institute of Art consider race, the military industrial complex and portraiture.
February 11, 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
Who painted the nature mural in a 1960 St. Paul home? A decades-old mystery is solved.
For years, the Jensens have been puzzled by a huge nature mural in their home near the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
February 15, 2025
Review: Two photography exhibitions examine America, past and present
Shows by Paul Shambroom at the U and Ernest Cole at the Minneapolis Institute of Art consider race, the military industrial complex and portraiture.
February 11, 2025