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Artists Who Resist the Gaze of Collectors

by Max L. Feldman November 16, 2019November 15, 2019

Images by Kameelah Janan Rasheed and an exhibition curated by Sol Camacho avoided trendy visuals or themes at EXPO Chicago.

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Life-and-Death Paintings, From a Career Cut Short

by Edward M. Gómez November 16, 2019November 15, 2019

“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.”

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Blurring the Line Features Work From the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2019

by Eiteljorg Museum November 11, 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.

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Wrightwood 659 Presents Tetsuya Ishida’s First US Retrospective Self-Portrait of Other

by Wrightwood 659 September 24, 2019September 24, 2019

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.

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The South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid

by Keenan Teddy Smith August 27, 2019

The history of the Medu Art Ensemble reminds us of the role artists play in making the aims of revolutionary thinking tangible.

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A Refreshing Vision of the Future

by Robert Archambeau August 17, 2019August 16, 2019

Inka Essenhigh’s futuristic Uchronia is a pastoral place where what was once work is now play.

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Maps of Gerrymandered Districts Are Turned Into a Typeface

by Hakim Bishara August 8, 2019August 7, 2019

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.”

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The Consequences of Social Hierarchies in Brazil

by Elisa Shoenberger August 7, 2019

Jonathas de Andrade explores the inequities and societal pressures on marginalized Brazilian communities, but he also challenges his audience to consider solutions.

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Imagining the Western Other in 19th-Century Japanese Prints

by Robert Archambeau August 3, 2019December 10, 2020

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.

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Seven Arrested After “The Bean” by Anish Kapoor Was Defaced in Chicago

by Hakim Bishara July 2, 2019July 2, 2019

The police found Kapoor’s “Cloud Gate” sculpture at the city’s Millennium Park covered in graffiti.

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Theaster Gates Makes Visible the Hidden Layers of Cities

by Jasmine Weber June 20, 2019June 20, 2019

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.

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A Cottage Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Is Facing Demolition

by Hakim Bishara May 24, 2019

The honorary landmark in Glencoe, Illinois sold for $555,000. Its new owners asked for a demolition permit two weeks after the purchase.

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