Art Market: Buying Futures

Graduates from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
have been changing the world you see since 1886. Names from its lengthy roster
of notable alums include Wanda Gag, the brilliant children’s book illustrator
who graduated in 1917, when the institution was known as the Minneapolis School
of Fine Arts; the New York School painter George Morrison (class of 1943); Rob
Roy Kelly (1952), who designed the Guthrie logo; Rob Fischer (1993), currently
showing at prestigious New York venues like PS 1 and the Whitney
Museum of American Art; and Ben Conrad and Alexei Tylevich (1994 and 1996,
respectively), whose studio, Logan, designs ads for the iPod Shuffle. And, of
course, the school is currently incubating talent you haven’t heard of-yet.

But you can buy work from tomorrow’s stars at the MCAD
Annual Art Sale. With many pieces under $100 and nothing more than a thousand,
the price is certainly right. And if you trust your good eye, you might acquire
something whose maker is on a fast track to fame. November 30 and December 1 at
MCAD, 2501 Stevens Avenue South, Minneapolis; (612) 874-3700. For more images and info, see here.