Film
Revisiting Chicago’s Ida B. Wells Housing Project
Frederick Wiseman’s Public Housing shows how Clinton-era politics shaped the experiences of low-income Black communities in deindustrialized urban areas.
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Art
A Brief History of the "I Voted" Sticker
Who designed the first sticker? And does anyone care about it anymore?
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Announcement
School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s 2022 Art Auction and A Happening Auction Party
Proceeds from the art auction and benefit party will provide critical support for student scholarships.
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Announcement
Wrightwood 659’s Fall Exhibitions Highlight the Expansive Cosmos and Same-Sex Desire
Discover works by Michiko Itatani in Celestial Stage and the history of queer identity in art in The First Homosexuals, now on view at the Chicago art space.
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Earn Your MFA in Studio: Printmedia at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Focus on experimentation at SAIC.
Art
A Difficult but Necessary Exhibition About Roadkill
Jeanne Dunning's works attest to widespread human disregard for animal life, and their finished form insists on both their deadness and how it happened.
News
Paul Chan and Sky Hopinka Among Four Artists Named MacArthur “Genius” Fellows
Tavares Strachan and Amanda Williams have also received the award, which increased from $625k to $800k, no strings attached.
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Wrightwood 659 Hosts Exhibitions on the “First Homosexuals” and Michiko Itatani
Fall shows at the Chicago art space explore how same-sex desire became the basis for a new identity category and celebrate the cosmic work of an acclaimed Chicago-based artist.
News
Chicago Museum Renovations Drive Away Endangered Birds
Black-crowned night herons have not returned after abandoning their nests during a building project at the Chicago History Museum.
News
Art Institute of Chicago Erased AIDS From a Label, Then Quietly Added It Back
Some museumgoers pointed out that the museum’s label omitted discussions of HIV/AIDS, which are at the heart of the work.
Art
The Joyous Kitsch and Lingering Simmer of Nick Cave's Art
With explosions of color and materiality, Cave has his own enigmatic ways to funnel the funk through histories of adversity.
Art
Alberto Aguilar Becomes the National Museum of Mexican Art
What’s an artifact, what’s an artwork, what’s a prop, what’s decoration, what’s disposable — these are questions that Aguilar has taken up with great enthusiasm.