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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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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.
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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.
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Krannert Art Museum Presents Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic
Curated by Maureen E. Warren, this exhibition at KAM at the University of Illinois explores the visual strategies early modern Dutch printmakers used to shape public opinion.
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Full Funding Is Available for Graduate Students in Art and Design at the University of Illinois
A variety of scholarships, fellowships, and assistantships are available for candidates pursuing advanced degrees in Studio, Graphic, or Industrial Design; Art Education; and Art History.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Highland Park Artist Helps Her Community Transform Grief Into Action
Jacqueline von Edelberg is "gently curating" an interactive memorial to the victims of the Highland Park mass shooting in Illinois.
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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.