Art
CHICAGO — As long as there have been cars, there has been automotive grime. And as long as there has been grime, there has been grime graffiti. You know, the sarcastic messages drawn into the dirt with the end of a finger, saying "Wash Me Now!" or "Clean Me Quick!" British artist Ben Long has decide
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CHICAGO — A peek at studios in New York, France, Connecticut and Germany.
Art
CHICAGO — It's on days like this that I wish I still lived in London. If you do, or you're visiting between May and September, make sure the British Museum is on your to-do list: they are mounting a rare show devoted entirely to Picasso's "Vollard" suite, a set of 100 etchings that Picasso made in t
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CHICAGO — A View from the Easel peaks into studios in Ireland, Indiana, Maine, Ontario and Florida.
News
CHICAGO — There’s a massive Roy Lichtenstein retrospective opening this Wednesday, May 16, at the Art Institute of Chicago. Or rather, there isn’t: the opening had to be postponed due to the huge number of people who signed up for the members-only preview.
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Visit studios in Brooklyn, San Francisco, Detroit, Cloverdale, California, and New York.
Art
CHICAGO — The National Governors Association has just issued a report titled "New Engines for Growth: Five Roles for Arts, Culture and Design." I decided to read the whole thing, a task that I approached with some dread, given the prospect of wading through 45 pages of corporate art-speak. In fact,
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This week, studios in Reno, Vancouver, Brooklyn and Denver.
Art
A few weekends ago, I drove to Urbana, Illinois, to take in the Boneyard Arts Festival, a four-day program of open studios, readings, concerts and performances.
Opinion
CHICAGO — Hat tip to Paul Klein in Chicago for alerting me via Facebook to artist Leon van den Eijkel, who has posted a gigantic number of photos of artists’ studios (predominantly historical) on his Facebook Wall.
Community
CHICAGO — This week, artists from California, Cologne, North Carolina, Massachusetts and Minnesota open up their studios.
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CHICAGO — The eleventh installment of a series with a look at artist studios in Belgrade, New York City, London, Kansas City and Brooklyn.