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.
Illinois
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.
Art
A Vision of Mass Media Compromised and Revised
A fan of chance and the lucky find, Robert Heinecken took every possible advantage of living in a media-saturated environment.
Announcement
SAIC Celebrates 50 Years of Art and Technology Studies with a Series of Programmed Events
The celebration casts new light on art and technology practices at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, illuminating the contributions made by faculty and alumni throughout 50 years of uninterrupted experimentation.
Art
In Centering West Africa, an Exhibition Tells Another Story of the Medieval Period
The medieval epoch shouldn't only be envisioned through a European lens.
Art
Researchers Unroll a Rare 19th-Century Painted Panorama
One of the longest paintings ever created is an 1848 depiction of a "whaling voyage 'round the world" that stretches 1,275 feet — roughly the length of 14 blue whales, according to its holder, the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
News
Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple Gets Crucial Restoration
The United States is really proud of Frank Lloyd Wright — in February, it nominated 10 of the architect's buildings for inclusion on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
Art
Lincoln's Loveseat: Help Restore the 'Courting Couch' Where Abe Wooed His Babe
There are plenty of artifacts of Abraham Lincoln, from his fine pocket watch acquired while he was a successful Illinois lawyer to the presidential top hat he's believed to have worn for that infamous 1865 evening at Ford's Theater.