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A weekly feature on Northland Morning keeping you up to date on Twin Ports art happenings. Airs Mondays at 8:20. Hosted by Annie Dugan of the Duluth Art Institute.

Where's Art? with Annie Dugan: "I'll be the roundabout"... or a giant snail

"There are 40 ‘artistic’ ronds-points in Charente Maritime and 21 are the visionary genius of M. Jean-Luc Plé," writes Christopher Wright
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"There are 40 ‘artistic’ ronds-points in Charente Maritime and 21 are the visionary genius of M. Jean-Luc Plé," writes Christopher Wright

Is public art the solution to our annoyance with roundabouts?

Ah, roundabouts. As their number increase, so does our grumbling. But Annie Dugan read an articlerecently that offers a possibly solution to ameliorate our grumpiness.

(And here's another by Christopher Wright)

The Andy Ness exhibit, "Untitled," is up through the middle of October
Andy Ness
The Andy Ness exhibit, "Untitled," is up through the middle of October

The Grand Marais Art Colony has a new gallery space in downtown Grand Marais, and Andy Ness has an exhibit up through the middle of the month called Untitled ...

Shirin Neshat, Allegiance with Wakefulness, 1994, black and white RC print and ink, 46 ¾ x 37 ¼ inches.
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Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Shirin Neshat, Allegiance with Wakefulness, 1994, black and white RC print and ink, 46 ¾ x 37 ¼ inches.

And there's no need to make the eight-hour drive to Chicago; you can take inIranian artist Shirin Neshat's presentation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago tomorrow (October 12) evening beginning at 6:30pm. And you can do so in your jammies, if you wish, thanks to the magic of Zoom.

Lisa Johnson has been a broadcast journalist for 41 years ... and a radio announcer for a teensy bit longer.
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