A Vibrant View of Nature in Urban Settings
As city dwellers, we are more apt to become aware of the beauty of nature once we leave the city limits and spend time in a country setting. But in […]
Global Citizen of Conscience: Ai Weiwei At the Auditorium Theatre
In 2011, multi-disciplinary artist Ai Weiwei was detained by the Chinese government, held captive for 81 days in an unknown place without any explanation, threatened with 11 years of imprisonment, […]
Retrospective at UIMA Demonstrates Visual Prowess of Artist Martin Hurtig
Putting together a retrospective of an artist’s work is always a challenging task, particularly when an artist such as Martin Hurtig (b. 1929) has enjoyed a long career that has […]
Get Your Pencils Ready, Chicago, for the 2018 Urban Sketch Seminar
The Urban Sketchers are back for the 2018 Chicago Sketch Seminar! The city-wide event will offer a variety of workshops by Chicago art instructors, each revolving around capturing the city via […]
Oprah and Oppression in MCA’s Poor People’s TV Room
Oprah is a leitmotif in the multimedia movement narrative Poor People’s TV Room, at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art from April 12-15. United States Artist Fellow Okwui Okpokwasili and director-designer Peter […]
Get It On, Bang Some Gongs with Mind Over Mirror’s Bellowing Sun
Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art co-commissioned Bellowing Sun, the sixth album from Jaime Fennelly’s Mind Over Mirrors, once a solo project and now a quartet including Jim Becker, violinist from […]
Energy Efficient Architecture in Chicago and the World Shared in Peter Land Retrospective
British-born architect Peter Land has taught at Harvard and here in Chicago for over four decades at the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, which recently hosted […]
LUMA Presents Poignant Look at Refugee Crisis in Photo Exhibition
The Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) presents a compelling exhibition that sheds light on the refugee experience. Gregory Beals: They Arrived Last Night is a collection of 40 photographs […]
DePaul Art Museum Showcases Powerful Work of Chicago Artist and Activist Barbara Jones-Hogu
The DePaul Art Museum presents the first solo museum exhibition by Barbara Jones-Hogu (1938-2017) who was a Chicago-based artist, filmmaker and educator. The exhibition, Barbara Jones-Hogu: Resist, Relate, Unite 1968-1975, […]
TheMART Looks to Become World’s Largest Canvas for theARTs – Is That a Good Thing?
Merchandise Mart is something of a marvel. When it was completed in 1931, it wasn’t just the largest building in the world, taking up two city blocks and boasting over […]
Grilles Are Aglow at 2018 Chicago Auto Show
This year’s Auto Show rolls into its annual Chicago digs at McCormick Place — from sports cars to SUVs, the event is chocked with nearly 1,000 cars on display, boasting […]
Paul Heyer Blurs Lines Between Reality and Fantasy @ MCA
The latest exhibition in the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Chicago Works series presents the work of Chicago-based artist Paul Heyer. Heyer creates a dream-like realm in his multisensory approach with his […]