Curator Emma Balázs is an Australia native and lifelong Prince fan who moved to Minneapolis after Prince died. Maybe the most striking piece in the exhibit is an eight-foot ancestor puppet of Prince, created by Duluth artist Mary Plaster.

The Art-A-Whirl exhibit opened last night with a "Purple Preview" party with DJ Michael Holtz, and photographer Steven Cohen was there to capture the scene. The exhibit will be open from today through next Thursday, May 24, when a community roundtable will discuss future possibilities.

Prince was also honored in a 2016 Art-A-Whirl exhibit at Studio A. Currently, the Weisman Art Museum is hosting a Prince from Minneapolis exhibit that will remain up through June 17.