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The Minneapolis Art Lending Library (MALL) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our mission is to provide exposure for artists, build ongoing support of the arts, and share the joy of art with all members of our community through the free lending of artwork.All residents of the Twin Cities have the rare opportunity to borrow original works of art for a three month period, free of charge.

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For the library's full schedule; click.The collection features a changing selection of over 100 contemporary artworks, with a focus on work from Twin Cities artists and includes paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, ceramics, sculptures, and more.Events and Announcements.

Location within Minneapolis–Saint PaulEstablished1883 ( 1883)Location2400 Third Avenue South, Minnesota:DirectorWebsiteThe Minneapolis Institute of Art ( Mia), formerly known as the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, is a museum located in the neighborhood of, on a campus that covers nearly 8 acres (32,000 m²), formerly Morrison Park. As a major, government-funded public museum, the Institute does not charge an entrance fee, except for special exhibitions, and allows of its permanent collection for personal or scholarly use only. The museum receives support from the Park Board Museum Fund, levied by the commissioners. Additional funding is provided by corporate sponsors and museum members. It is one of the art museums in the United States.

's Lucretia in Minneapolis and the version from the in Washington, D.C., were shown together in 1991–92.The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts was established in 1883 to bring the arts into the life of the community. This group, made up of business and professional leaders, organized art exhibits throughout the decade. In 1889, the Society, now known as the Minneapolis Institute of Art, moved into its first permanent space, inside the newly built.The institute received gifts from Clinton Morrison and, among others, for its building fund. In 1911, Morrison donated the land, formerly occupied by his family's Villa Rosa mansion, in memory of his father, contingent on the institute's raising the $500,000 needed for the building.

A few days later the institute received a letter from Dunwoody, who got the ball rolling: 'Put me down for $100,000.' A fundraising dinner a few days later brought in $335,500, donated in 90 minutes.The new museum, designed by the firm of, opened in 1915. The building came to be recognized as one of the finest examples of the in Minnesota. The art historian organized the exhibition at the museum, presented from July to September 1971, which caused a resurgence of interest in this style of art.

The building was originally meant to be the first of several sections, but only the front piece built. Several additions have subsequently been built according to other plans, including a 1974 addition. An expansion designed by was completed in June 2006.

Before the latest expansion, just 4 percent of the museum's nearly 100,000 objects could be on view at the same time; now that figure is 5 percent., for which the new wing is named, was the biggest donor, with a lead gift of more than $10 million.In 2015 the Institute rebranded itself, dropping the final 's' from its name, to become the Minneapolis Institute of Art and encouraging the use of the nickname Mia instead of the MIA.became director and president of the Institute in 2008. During her tenure, attendance doubled, digital access was emphasized, and social justice and equity programs were adopted. In December 2018, she was named to be the next director of the, and will take that office in March 2019. Collections. 1920, Les cartes espagnoles ( The Spanish Playing Cards), oil on canvas, 63.5 x 69.5 cmThe museum features an encyclopedic collection of approximately 80,000 objects spanning 5,000 years of world history.

Its collection includes, &, textiles, architecture,. There are collections of, art from Oceania and the Americas, and an especially strong collection of, called 'one of the finest and most comprehensive Asian art collections in the country'. The Asian collection includes, and.The institute owns the, just east of. The house was designed by and is a masterpiece of architecture. It was donated to the museum by Anson B.

Cutts Jr., the son of its second owner. The house is available for tours on the second weekend of each month. Services In order to encourage private collecting and assist in the acquisition of important works of art, the museum has created 'affinity groups' aligned with the seven curatorial areas of the museum.

The groups schedule lectures, and travel for members.The museum features a regular series of that bring in traveling collections from other museums for display. Local business partners fund many of these exhibitions, and some feature the artists leading public tours through the exhibition.The museum houses the, an artist-controlled program devoted to the exhibition of works by artists who live in Minnesota.The Museum Library contains more than 60,000 volumes on art and art history. The library is open to the public. Funding The William Hood Dunwoody Fund, endowed with one million dollars when Dunwoody died in 1914, has been used to purchase thousands of works.

Bruce Dayton, a life trustee of the institute since 1942, insisted that money raised in the $100 million fund-raising campaign for the Target wing, which opened in 2006, be split evenly between the building and the acquisitions endowment. That fund, now at $91 million, has allowed the institute to buy a rare early 18th-century Native American painted buckskin shirt and a nine-foot-long topographical View of Venice made by in 1500, among other recent purchases. In 2009, the value of the museum's $145 million endowment had fallen 21 percent from January 2008. The endowment typically provides nearly one-fifth of operating revenues. Contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations account for a quarter of revenues, Almost half of the museum's operating money comes from the 'park-museum fund,' a century-old tax dating to 1911 that provides public support in exchange for free admission. That fund, which has risen steadily in recent years, provided the museum $12.6 million in the fiscal year of 2010. In 2011, the museum's annual budget was at $24.6 million, and endowment income was a total $4.3 million.In August 2016, the institute announced a $6 million bequest to fund the Gale Asian Art Initiative, which is designed to highlight the museum's holdings in Asian art, estimated at 16,800 objects.

The bequest was made by Alfred P. Gale, an heir to the flour fortune. The first exhibition of the initiative will be Ink Unbound: Paintings by Liu Dan. Liu Dan, a contemporary Chinese artist has been asked to create an ink painting based on a painting in the museum's collection. Dan chose St. Barnabas at Lystra, a 17th-century painting by the Dutch artist.

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