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Studios in Alexander (NC), Milwaukee (WI), Montreal, Rehoboth (MA), and Toronto.
Philip A Hartigan
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When Color Becomes Sound (and Vice Versa)
CHICAGO — A recent collaboration in Chicago between visual artists and composers, called Ten x Ten, explored the most common form of synesthesia, which seems to be the relation between colors and sounds.
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CHICAGO — The 51st installment of a series in which artists send in a photo and a description of their workspace. Want to take part? Submit your studio — just check out the submission guidelines.
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Chicago Buddhist Freaks Out
CHICAGO — What happens when you make a Buddhist angry? “Aggression,” says artist Diane Christiansen. “I realized in the last year that I’ve been filled with all this aggression, from the political landscape and in some personal things too, and it began to come out in the art.”
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A View from the Easel
Artist studios in Germany, North Carolina, and New York.
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A Chicago Alderman Opens His Office to Art
CHICAGO — It’s become increasingly normal to see art shows in unusual locations, but recently I found one in a place that was a first for me: a Chicago alderman’s office. The politician is Ameya Pawar, alderman for the 47th ward on Chicago’s north side, and for the past couple of years he has opened
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An Artist Who Merges Minimalisms
CHICAGO — Joanne Aono is a Japanese-American artist who makes work that sits somewhere at the intersection of the minimalist tradition of American art and the slightly different minimalism of Japanese culture (more on that below).
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William Kentridge Talks Promiscuous Images
CHICAGO — This is how much I admire William Kentridge: doors opened at 5:15 pm on October 3 for his talk at the University of Chicago, but I was standing there much earlier, getting drenched in a fall thunderstorm but determined to be one of the first to enter the auditorium and claim a seat as clos
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A View from the Easel
Artist studios in California, Michigan, New Mexico, and New York.
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A View from the Easel
Artist studios in Ashburn (VA), Jacksonville (FL), Milan, New York City, and Peekskill (NY).
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Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing Now 30% Closed
CHICAGO — Rumors began shaking my grapevine in Chicago last week about a sudden and dramatic closure of part of the Modern Wing at the Art Institute.
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Expo Chicago: Streamlined and Sellier Than Ever
CHICAGO — Expo Chicago, an art fair occupying the cavernous Festival Hall on Navy Pier, returned for its second year in its new incarnation, and all the signals coming out from artists and dealers suggested that it was a success.