Public Art History at the Chicago Cultural Center
As Chicago enters into its Year of Public Art it seems necessary to take the time to look back on the works that helped to secure the cultural acclaim this city […]
Review: Richard Crawford, ‘Compositions in Color’ at Everybody’s Coffee
It is always intriguing to see an artist’s first public exhibition, particularly if it’s a solo show. Richard Crawford’s debut exhibition, Compositions in Color, displaying 27 of his works at Everybody’s […]
Review: Vostell Concrete at the Smart Museum of Art
To celebrate the return of Concrete Traffic, a 1970 sculpture conceived by Wolf Vostell (1932-1998) specifically for Chicago, the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago has organized […]
Viviane Sassen’s UMBRA Is Illuminating Walk Through the Shadows
The walls at the Museum of Contemporary Photography are lit this evening by overhanging gallery lights. Photographs of shadows dancing across hidden faces, hunching figures, barren landscapes, and wrinkled clothes […]
Review: ‘Nothing from Something’ at Gallery 19
The new exhibition, Nothing from Something, at Gallery 19 explores when a moment of clarity is experienced through the realization of perfect peace, perhaps no matter how fleeting or how […]
Richard Gray Gallery Hosts Art Encounter
Last Saturday, venerable Chicago contemporary art gallery Richard Gray played host to Art Encounter, a nonprofit visual art education organization founded in 1978 with a mission to “bring an appreciation […]
Art Institute Panel Discusses Civic Art as Public Offering
Nothing renews one’s faith in the future of this city quite like seeing 150 people turn out, of their own volition, on a weekday evening to witness and participate in a […]
Japanese Monoprints at Art Institute, Bold and Delicate
Ink on Paper: Japanese Monochromatic Works, currently on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, explores the rich history of Japanese monoprint art. Before methods in color printing came around in the […]
Something Wonderful from Something Terrible in Mason Pott’s Solo Show, Post-Diagnosis
When artist Mason Cosmo Pott found out he had histoplasmosis, a life-threatening infection affecting the immune system, he didn’t let it detour his life as an artist. After undergoing rigorous treatment […]
Best of 2016: A Few Final Thoughts on Music and Art
2016 is over and we hope you’ve had a chance to read the Best-of-2016 posts that our writers and editors have created on each page: Stages, Screens, Music, Art, Lit, […]
MCA Swings at Artistic Patriarchy with Riot Grrrls
Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art attempts to counter the emboldened pussy-grabbing culture with its Riot Grrrls installation. Male artists are disproportionately presented and compensated so the MCA borrowed from the […]
Best of 2016: Art Edition
Best Major Art Expo: SOFA Chicago This year’s annual SOFA expo at Navy Pier was booming with color and texture. Featuring artists and designers from all over the world, the show […]