With what he says is his final museum bow, Fitzpatrick shines a light on the colorful diversity that composes his city.
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A Barbara Kruger Retrospective Mixes Capitalism and its Critique
Kruger never seemed to mind that the very world she critiqued co-opted her style and spit it back into advertising.
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Two Palestinian Artists Challenge Common Occupation Narratives
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme assert that the lived reality of occupation involves a multiplicity of factors that are erased or overlooked by their controlled representations.
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago Is Accepting Graduate Program Applications
Explore graduate study at one of the most influential art and design schools in the United States.
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Wrightwood 659 Presents Shahidul Alam: We Shall Defy
New works by one of Bangladesh’s most prominent photojournalists, writers, and activists are now on view at the Chicago art space.
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The School of Art + Design at the University of Illinois Offers Fully Funded Grad Programs
Significant financial support packages for highly qualified applicants come in the form of fellowships and graduate appointments, which include tuition waivers and stipends.
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Adventure and Spirituality Collide in Joseph E. Yoakum’s Visionary Art
Yoakum had said repeatedly that the drawings were “spiritual unfoldments,” meaning that faith guided his patterns and passages.
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Jordan Casteel, Nicole Fleetwood, and Daniel Lind-Ramos Named MacArthur “Genius” Fellows
Each of the 25 winners will receive a no-strings-attached $625,000 stipend, paid out over five years.
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Wrightwood 659 Conjures Long-lost Icons of American Architecture
Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright memorializes Chicago’s Garrick Theatre and Buffalo’s Larkin Building, which were razed to build a parking lot and a truck stop.
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Group of Black Women Artists Withdraws From Chicago Architecture Biennial
In an open letter, they alleged “a lack of honest investment” and “patterns of entitlement to Black women’s labor” plaguing the show.
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An Exhibition at Krannert Art Museum Delves Into Louise Fishman’s Works on Paper
Remaking the abstract expressionist gesture and minimalist grid, the drawings on view at KAM at the University of Illinois center the artist’s identities as Jewish, feminist, and lesbian.
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The Art of Not Communicating
Caroline Kent’s installation practically vibrates with the energy of near-connection and near-signification.