VGA Limned the Video Star—Interview with Tiffany Funk of the Video Game Art Reader
What’s the status of art in state of the art video games? Do pixelated citizens have a sense of aesthetics? Will we find a Van Gogh or Basquiat skin among […]
Preview: Celebration for the Release of VGA Reader Issue 2 at Quimby’s This Weekend
Video games are art. I think I can say that authoritatively since great organizations like the Video Game Art Gallery go to lengths to approach these works in a scholarly […]
The Whole World a Bauhaus Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Iconic German and Chicago Design School
Furniture. Textiles. Toys. Home goods. Buildings. Photography. Theater design. Typography and graphic design. It’s hard to exaggerate how much the visual design that surrounds us is influenced by the work of […]
Andy Paczos Captures the Grit and Beauty of Chicago Landscapes
The Ed Paschke Art Center presents the exhibition, Andy Paczos: The Eye and the Hand, which showcases the paintings of Andy Paczos. Paczos executes his landscape paintings by remaining on site […]
Review: Temporary Monuments: Work by Rosemary Mayer, 1977–1982
Temporary Monuments: Work by Rosemary Mayer, 1977–1982 Soberscove Press Edited by Marie Warsh and Max Warsh Introduction by Gillian Sneed I was never an art student, but I picked up […]
Review: Process–Works by Max Unterhaslberger at Adventureland Gallery
Process. That is the first thing a viewer may think of as they begin to take in the work of Max Unterhaslberger in his exhibition, Unterhaslberger II now on view at Adventureland […]
Review: Dawoud Bey Reimagines the Underground Railroad
The Art Institute of Chicago presents the exhibition, Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black, a collection of Bey’s black and white photographs that reimagine various sites along the last stages […]
Interview: Adoring Paris: The Absinthe Birds by Tony Fitzpatrick at The Dime Gallery
Artists have found inspiration in the city of Paris for ages. From the Degas painting, The Absinthe Drinker, to the poetic black and whites of 20th century photographer Robert Doisneau and so many […]
Preview: Polymorphism: Queer Encounters of Intimacy in Games at VGA Gallery Explores Sex and Relationships through Games
Some of the work here is of a sexual nature, and may be NSFW The Video Game Art Gallery in Chicago is a vital part of the video game culture […]
African American Design Exhibit Explores Confluence of Design Talent With Politics and Commerce
African American designers’ contributions to Chicago’s design history are on display through March 3 at the Chicago Cultural Center. The exhibition is particularly interesting because it explores the confluence of […]
Review: Hairy Who? 1966-1969 Still Has the Power to Shock, Offend and Delight
Knock KnockWho’s there?HAIRY —Hairy Who!!! That silly kid joke is the text on a cocktail napkin used at a Hyde Park Art Center exhibition in 1966-67. And it’s emblematic of […]
Tomma Abts: Abstract Art with an Enigmatic Vision
The abstract paintings of Tomma Abts are on display at the Art Institute of Chicago in her first solo exhibition in the U.S. in ten years. Abts is a contemporary abstract […]