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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.
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The School of Art + Design at the University of Illinois Offers Fully Funded Grad Programs
Significant financial support packages for highly qualified applicants come in the form of fellowships and graduate appointments, which include tuition waivers and stipends.
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Adventure and Spirituality Collide in Joseph E. Yoakum’s Visionary Art
Yoakum had said repeatedly that the drawings were “spiritual unfoldments,” meaning that faith guided his patterns and passages.
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Jordan Casteel, Nicole Fleetwood, and Daniel Lind-Ramos Named MacArthur "Genius" Fellows
Each of the 25 winners will receive a no-strings-attached $625,000 stipend, paid out over five years.
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Wrightwood 659 Conjures Long-lost Icons of American Architecture
Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright memorializes Chicago’s Garrick Theatre and Buffalo’s Larkin Building, which were razed to build a parking lot and a truck stop.
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Group of Black Women Artists Withdraws From Chicago Architecture Biennial
In an open letter, they alleged "a lack of honest investment" and "patterns of entitlement to Black women’s labor" plaguing the show.
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An Exhibition at Krannert Art Museum Delves Into Louise Fishman’s Works on Paper
Remaking the abstract expressionist gesture and minimalist grid, the drawings on view at KAM at the University of Illinois center the artist’s identities as Jewish, feminist, and lesbian.
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The Art of Not Communicating
Caroline Kent’s installation practically vibrates with the energy of near-connection and near-signification.
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The Triumphant Tangles of Christina Quarles’s Canvases
In Quarles’s paintings, boundaries dissolve as the artist grinds up the fixed binaries of Black/white or male/female.
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Move Over, New York; Chicago Comics Affirms a Vibrant Local Legacy
Immersive and vast, the exhibition showcases the breadth and depth of the city’s rich comics history.
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Frank, Greek, and Gay: Modernist Painter Yannis Tsarouchis Is Finally Getting His Due
Dancing in Real Life makes a strong case for recognizing the Greek painter as a pioneer of queer art.
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Theaster Gates Finds Community in Labor
Gates joins ideas of labor, function, and property with aesthetic and art historical concerns.