The Object LIVE! Presented by Ameriprise Financial

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Mia’s award-winning podcast, The Object, tells the surprising, true stories behind the art and artists in the collection. Called “playful, thoughtful, and elegant” and “on par with This American Life” by critics, it’s the museum as you’ve never heard it before. The Object LIVE! is a new series of live taping events—everything listeners love about the podcast brought to life on stage.

May 11, 2025
This live taping of Mia’s award-winning podcast The Object, hosted by Tim Gihring, features musical guest Dessa, fun quizzes and prizes, curator conversation, and of course storytelling. All about humor in art, surrealism, and Mia’s beloved Aphrodisiac Telephone by Salvador Dalí—on his 121st birthday! It’s “Your Lobster is Ringing!” Take the call, bring your mother (it’s Mother’s Day, folks!) and join us for an afternoon to remember.

Singer, rapper, and writer Dessa has made a career of bucking genres and defying expectations, performing both at Lollapalooza and with the Minnesota Orchestra, writing for the New York Times and, most recently, publishing a cocktail book of essays and recipes based on her music. She’s lectured on art and philosophy at universities and hosted a BBC radio show on the science of being human. NPR’s All Songs Considered has called her “a national treasure” of “incredible gravitas and presence and humanity.”