$1 for 1 ticket to “Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints” at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Today’s Google Offer is $1 for 1 ticket to “Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints” (up to $8 value) at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.  This exhibit runs Exhibit runs Oct 30, 2011 – Jan 8, 2012.

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Whittier dazzles the eyes of nearly half a million visitors a year with its fine art on display. Your ticket will give you access to one of their many featured visiting exhibitions, “Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints” (Oct 30 – Jan 8). These 160 crisp and colorful woodblock prints showcase the reigning beauties and roguish actors of Japan’s Edo period (1600 – 1868), as well as floral studies, landscapes and even ghoulish themes. The exhibition will also showcase the works of contemporary artists who are inspired by Japanese woodblock prints and the concepts underlying “the floating world.” Once you’ve explored the exhibit in full, check out the museum’s more than 80,000 permanent works, with paintings by celebrated old and new masters from El Greco to Georgia O’Keefe, an Asian collection spanning 17 cultures and many more works of art that will delight and inspire. With such artistic abundance available, you may never want to leave.