Spring has sprung, and the ever-eclectic Chicago Humanities Festival is flowering all over the city. Belvidere, Illinois-born architect Jeanne Gang spoke to an SRO crowd about her new book The […]
Portrait painting has always played a vital role in creative expression throughout art history. The best portraits in many of today’s museums not only convey the intricacy of the human […]
AponteART is a new art gallery that recently opened in the Jefferson Park neighborhood. Janice Aponte, who is the gallery owner and also an artist, originally saw the storefront as […]
Every year in early February we gear up to return to McCormick Place for the first big show of the year, the Chicago Auto Show. Put on by CATA, the […]
“Art is inherently generous. It’s inherently about seeing the world in multiple perspectives,” said Hollie Davis. “That’s how I came up with the name for the Connect Residency.” The art […]
SOLVE: Puzzle Design Exhibit at the Design Museum of Chicago offers a bevy of viewable and interactive puzzles and puzzling games. The exhibit, which may appear to be of modest size […]
It’s a new year (relatively! It’s only February!) and while not everyone does the resolution thing, it’s never a bad idea to spend more time learning. Here in Chicago we […]
“Colonial Looting, Museums and Restitution, a dialogue about the return of cultural objects” Purported looting by ordinary people made headlines during recent protests against institutional racism, but who are the […]
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 […]
Black-and-white photography has often been viewed as a powerful way to depict landscapes and nature. Unlike color photography, monochrome images can better emphasize the interplay of light and shadow, texture, […]
When the World Wide Web was new and shiny in the early ‘90s, futurists and other prognosticators had glowing predictions about the many ways it could change the world, including […]
How do you store 425,000 prisoners of war? What sounds like the setup for a tasteless joke was an actual concern for the US in World War II. England ran […]