Art
The Afterlives of Art Scraps
Artists Selina Trepp, Leslie Baum, and Diane Christiansen repurpose their own and others’ creations into new artworks.
Illinois
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Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 Welcomes New 2022 Spring and Summer Exhibitions
Shows on view at this unique art space include Rirkrit Tiravanija: (who’s afraid of red, yellow, and green), a reinstallation of the US architecture exhibition at the 2021 Venice Biennale, and more.
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago Launches 50+ Art and Design Summer Courses
Artists from around the world can join online and in-person courses at one of the most influential art and design schools in the United States.
Opinion
A Removed Columbus Monument in Chicago Makes a Baffling Return
“When monuments mislead, they are taking space that could go to other, more accurate histories, or to artworks that pose questions instead of asserting answers.”
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Illinois Humanities Invites Viewers to Imagine a Future Without Mass Incarceration
Featuring new work by Illinois artists, writers, and humanists, the exhibition and activation kit Envisioning Justice RE:ACTION is online and open to the public.
Art
An Artist's Palette Reflects Community and Adversity
Painter Jewel Ham's color choices critique a colorist interpretation of Blackness as being monolithic, lacking a multitude of colors therein.
Art
Four Chicago Galleries Explore the Art of Arranging
An ingenious arrangement can engender awareness of spatial relationships, provide a much-needed sense of order, or offer purely aesthetic mysteries.
Art
Tony Fitzpatrick's Last Museum Show
With what he says is his final museum bow, Fitzpatrick shines a light on the colorful diversity that composes his city.
Art
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.
Art
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.