Art
Life-and-Death Paintings, From a Career Cut Short
“I’m strongly drawn to saintly artists. I mean people who believe that each brushstroke will save the world or will represent the suffering of humanity in the face of a sheep.”
Illinois
Announcement
Blurring the Line Features Work From the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2019
A leader in the field of contemporary Native art, the latest round of the Eiteljorg’s Fellowship features the powerful work of five compelling Native artists. On view November 16–February 2, 2020.
Announcement
Wrightwood 659 Presents Tetsuya Ishida's First US Retrospective Self-Portrait of Other
This exhibition features a selection of approximately 70 paintings and works on paper by Ishida. On view every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from October 3 – December 14, 2019.
Art
The South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid
The history of the Medu Art Ensemble reminds us of the role artists play in making the aims of revolutionary thinking tangible.
Art
A Refreshing Vision of the Future
Inka Essenhigh's futuristic Uchronia is a pastoral place where what was once work is now play.
In Brief
Maps of Gerrymandered Districts Are Turned Into a Typeface
The font "Gerry," created by two Chicago-based digital creatives, renders maps of gerrymandered districts into letters of the alphabet as a commentary on the "eroding of democracy."
Art
The Consequences of Social Hierarchies in Brazil
Jonathas de Andrade explores the inequities and societal pressures on marginalized Brazilian communities, but he also challenges his audience to consider solutions.
Art
Imagining the Western Other in 19th-Century Japanese Prints
Images of Americans in these prints tell us a great deal about the local culture as it met the West. They tell us, specifically, about what many Japanese feared, and desired, from the encounter of cultures.
In Brief
Seven Arrested After "The Bean" by Anish Kapoor Was Defaced in Chicago
The police found Kapoor's "Cloud Gate" sculpture at the city's Millennium Park covered in graffiti.
Art
Theaster Gates Makes Visible the Hidden Layers of Cities
The collection of never-before-showcased objects materialize the underpinnings of urban livelihoods: commerce, culture, ancestry, trauma, which, particularly for Black Americans, are inextricably entwined.
News
A Cottage Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Is Facing Demolition
The honorary landmark in Glencoe, Illinois sold for $555,000. Its new owners asked for a demolition permit two weeks after the purchase.
Art
An Artist's Critique of Colonialism in Brazil
Centered on Brazil's northeastern region, Jonathas de Andrade's One to One dramatizes exchanges between the colonizer and colonized, between the haves and have-nots.