Friends Lecture: Bringing Europe to Minneapolis: The Growth of Mia’s Collection of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Join the Friends as Max Bryant, Mia’s new James Ford Bell Associate Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture, takes us on a journey of Mia’s history through the perspective of its European sculpture and decorative arts collection. We’ll begin at the museum’s foundation as the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts and end in the twenty-first century. Mia has an especially strong representation of European sculpture and decorative art compared to other institutions in the Midwest. We’ll see how Mia acquired pieces by meeting the donors, dealers, and curators who built the collection.