Guide
10 Exhibitions to See in Chicago This Fall
From Theaster Gates's first solo museum exhibition in the city to Destyni Swoope's ode to community, these shows affirm that creativity is always worth the endeavor.
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A Chicago Artist-Run Gallery’s Last Hurrah Before Forced Closure
Roman Susan will host its last projects this month ahead of the demolition of its historic building by owner Loyola University Chicago.
Art Review
An Impressionist's Ode to Male Sensuality
A retrospective of the work of Gustave Caillebotte illuminates the painter’s radical focus on the male form and the lives of men.
Art Review
Wafaa Bilal Asks What it Means to be Arab in America
The Iraqi artist's Chicago survey show uses technology and performance to address the experience of his identity in the post-9/11 era.
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A Moving Encounter With the Art of Bernard Williams
Along with his studio art, Williams has long worked with the Chicago Public Art Group and his collaborative handiwork can be found throughout the city.
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Chicago Nonprofit Celebrates a Decade of Serving Unhoused Artists
Red Line Service, which provides art opportunities for currently or formerly unhoused people, celebrates its anniversary with an exhibition.
Art Review
The First Homosexuals Is a Defiant Celebration of LGBTQ+ Life
The exhibition is diffuse with a sense of urgency to document this history against aggravated societal and governmental threats of erasure.
Guide
10 Exhibitions to See in Chicago This Summer
From Huguette Caland’s bodily abstractions to the city’s history of queer art and activism, these shows leave us refreshed, with a renewed belief in the possibility of change.
News
What Were Federal Agents Doing at a Puerto Rican Museum in Chicago?
The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations.
Art Review
UChicago MFA Students’ Offbeat Aesthetics
Highlights are Eleonore Zurawski’s delicate and brutal sculptures and Rebekka Federle-McCabe’s explicit but tender dog sculptures.
Art Review
How Huguette Caland and Hai-Wen Lin Listen to the Body
Playful and witty, full of bright color and unexpected shapes, two of the most delightful solo shows up in Chicago right now concern human bodies.