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Join Nikki Otten, associate curator of prints & drawings, for an in-depth exploration of the themes and topics in the exhibition Seeking Revelation: German Romantic Prints And Drawings, 1770-1850.This drop-in experience is included with Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission tickets are available at the door or online. The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to its exhibition sponsors.
About Nikki Otten
Nikki Otten is the associate curator of prints and drawings at the Milwaukee Art Museum, where she is responsible for works on paper from the 15th to the 21st century. Since joining the Museum in 2018, Otten has curated Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking (2019), Always New: The Posters of Jules Chéret (2022), and Currents 39: LaToya M. Hobbs, Carving Out Time (2024), in addition to several rotations of American and European art drawn from the collection. Her recent projects include Reviving the Dance of Death (2025) and an upcoming exhibition on German Romantic prints and drawings. Previously, Otten held fellowships and internships at the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, the Chrysler Museum of Art, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. She holds an MA and a PhD in art history from the University of Minnesota.
Image credit: Johann Christian Clausen Dahl (Norwegian, 1788–1857), Shipwreck on a Rocky Coast (Morning after a Stormy Night) (Norwegische Seeküste während eines Sturms) (detail), 1819. Etching with drypoint on brown-gray paper. Plate: 4 9/16 × 5 7/8 in. (11.59 × 14.92 cm); sheet: 6 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (17.46 × 20.96 cm). Milwaukee Art Museum, Purchase, René von Schleinitz Memorial Fund
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