Gallery: Don’t Miss It! Chicago Botanic Garden’s India Blooms Enters Final Weekend
Midwesterners talk about the weather a lot. We try to avoid it, but with the way things have been this past week, let’s face it: March isn’t the time for […]
Review: Design Museum of Chicago’s Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types Builds Community Through Style
The Design Museum of Chicago is a vibrant, compact space just off the Mag Mile and is currently running the vibrant, compact exhibit Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types through April 4. The […]
Review: Driehaus Museum’s Materialities Exhibit Uses Art to Reevaluate the Priorities of the Past
Review written by Mitchell Oldham. Zoë Schlanger’s 2024 bestselling book, The Light Eaters, reveals a world few of us can fathom: One where lifeforms we dismiss as primitive or rudimentary are being […]
Daisies Chicago Combines Beauty and Taste with Limited Edition Art and Greeting Cards
Daisies is a restaurant in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood that offers Italian cuisine with a warm familial influence. Joe Frillman, Daisies’ chef and owner, works closely with his brother Tim […]
Review: Griffin MSI Black Creativity Art Exhibition Teems with Excellence
Review by Mitchell Oldham. Coupling innovation and exploration in the sciences with those of the arts represents an enlightened approach to advancing childhood and adolescent development. And for more than […]
On the Road: In Palm Springs, New Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza Honors the First Residents of the Area
One of the newest attractions in downtown Palm Springs, California, is arguably among its best. The long-awaited debut of the Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza offers something for residents and tourists […]
Review: An Elegant Tour of Great Buildings, The Story of Architecture, by Witold Rybczynski
The 1902 plan to revamp and expand the National Mall in Washington, DC, was the product of a commission of prominent Americans. Three of them worked closely together to produce […]
Interview: Artist Lin Bader Gives a Taste of Pendry Chicago and Venteux’s Winter Weekend Sip and Create Workshop Series
Arts enthusiasts in Chicago are about to have an unmatched opportunity, thanks to a collaboration between luxury hotel Pendry Chicago, French brasserie Venteux, and Nest Artisan Guild. During the Winter […]
Review: The Steeples Dotting Chicago’s Cityscape,Chicago Catholic Churches: A Sketchbook, by Harrison Fillmore
Some time ago, a priest drove a bunch of us teenagers somewhere. As we headed down the Dan Ryan just past the turnoff for the Stevenson, he said, “Look out […]
Review: See a Double-Barreled Wonder in Wrightwood 659’s Current Exhibits
Review by Mitchell Oldham. Social consciousnesss is at the core of Wrightwood 659’s approach to the art it chooses to display. Since its debut in 2018, the private non-commercial gallery has […]
Holiday Gift Ideas: Noteworthy Art Books Published in 2024
Looking for gift ideas for art lovers in your life? Or perhaps you want to treat yourself by buying a book that will not only inspire and educate you about […]
Review: Art Institute’s Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am Me Is an Intimate Look at Womanhood From an Overlooked Feminist Painter
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