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Alicia Kismet Eler
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Visual Arts Reporter/Critic @ Minnesota Star Tribune
Author, THE SELFIE GENERATION
Standup comedian, Laugh & Draw host
Anyone seen the Minneapolis tagger RAT BOY? 🐀
October 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Acclaimed artist Dyani White Hawk’s ‘Love Language’ exhibition comes home to Minnesota @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com

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Acclaimed artist Dyani White Hawk’s ‘Love Language’ exhibition comes home to Minnesota
The MacArthur “genius” winner’s Walker Art Center show includes 15 years of artwork.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A ConFluence for Star Trek fans, cosplayers and gamer nerds of color

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A ConFluence for Star Trek fans, cosplayers and gamer nerds of color
The sci-fi convention in Minneapolis hosts panels on Black anime and a special “Star Trek” guest.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Minneapolis’ giant LOTI Pencil dresses up for Halloween 🎃

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Minneapolis’ 20-foot-tall pencil dressed as Vikings star for Halloween
The Lake of the Isles pencil dressed up as Superman last year.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Thieves broke into a first-floor wing of the Louvre Museum in Paris and fled with jewelry of “incalculable” value in a brazen daylight robbery, French officials said Sunday. nyti.ms/4qirt05
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Tony Fitzpatrick's Art Is All Over Chicago. Here's Where To Find It blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/t... RIP TONY!
Tony Fitzpatrick's Art Is All Over Chicago. Here's Where To Find It
The artist and lifelong Chicagoan died Saturday at the age of 66, but his work and legacy remain visible in restaurants, on beer labels and at other spaces across the city.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
‘Life of a Showghoul’ lawn display goes viral with mashup of Taylor Swift, Halloween scares @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com

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‘Life of a Showghoul’ lawn display goes viral with mashup of Taylor Swift, Halloween scares
The spooky display references the megastar singer’s dramas, exes and nods to her famed call-outs to fans.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
U’s Nash Gallery art show features works of the Puerto Rican diaspora @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com

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U’s Nash Gallery art show features works of the Puerto Rican diaspora
More than 40 artists, including three Minnesota Puerto Ricans, dive into questions of migration, memory and politics.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Here’s what Minnesota influencers think of the pending TikTok deal @startribune.com

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Here’s what Minnesota influencers think of the pending TikTok deal
Some influencers in the state worry about the U.S. version of the app being owned by Trump allies.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
6 Palestinian films at Twin Cities Arab Film Festival focus on human stories @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com

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6 Palestinian films at Twin Cities Arab Film Festival focus on human stories
Filmmaker Laila Abbas travels to Minnesota from Ramallah for opening night.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared
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A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared
The statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn't the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit.
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September 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Massive Photo of Trump and Epstein Unfurled Outside Windsor Castle hyperallergic.com/1042150/mass...
Massive Photo of Trump and Epstein Unfurled Outside Windsor Castle
Activists behind the action at the UK royal residence said they want to “make sure Epstein haunts him everywhere he goes.”
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September 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Minnesota auction house to sell 90 artworks, including 3 Warhol screenprints and a Dr. Seuss sculpture //

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Minnesota auction house to sell 90 artworks, including 3 Warhol screenprints and a Dr. Seuss sculpture
A third of the works for sale come from the former skyway museum Louvre It or Leave It.
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September 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Top 10 art exhibitions to check out this fall in the Twin Cities // new for @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com

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September 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Artists and arts organizations find ways to combat attacks on the arts // new for @startribune.com @stribgoingout.startribune.com

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September 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
September 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The city of Minneapolis awarded its next round of Vibrant Storefronts grants

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September 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
September 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The State Fair is over but crop art won’t stop! www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
September 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Turkiye says that it will completely sever economic and trade ties with Israel and has closed its airspace to its aircraft, amid tensions over Israel's war on Gaza.

Turkish FM Hakan Fidan said that Israel’s aggressive policies threatened to engulf the region in conflict.
August 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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The daughters of Hermann Göring's aide - who refused for years to talk with art-theft investigators - put their home in Argentina up for sale, and GUESS WHAT.
Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires
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August 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. trib.al/6Gw8Fww
August 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM