Bob Collins
A recent Star Tribune essay criticizing local hip-hop favorite Lizzo for nudity in her Instagram feed has ignited a backlash in the Twin Cities music scene, and caused a stir inside the newspaper. Read more →
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Tag: Art
It was dueling walkouts at a meeting of the Capitol Preservation Committee Tuesday when Republicans and DFLers fought the battle of the Governor’s Reception Room paintings. Read more →
Art, especially art from wood, isn’t always meant to be forever.
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If art is supposed to generate a reaction and generate discussion, Nick Rindo’s cropseed portrait of Bill Cosby is art. Read more →
For 22 years, the Owatonna Arts Center has hosted the Festival of the Arts, but no more — at least not for a year.
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Upon further review, the NFL may be more enlightened than the media portrays. Is racially offensive material more acceptable if it’s art? Behind the caucus night fights in Minneapolis. The viral cop photo in Saint Paul. And how to see the ice caves of Lake Superior. Read more →