Art
Marie Watt Invites You to Hug a Jingle Cloud
Touch is at the core of Watt’s latest body of work, featuring hanging metal sculptures that echo the energy and spirit of a Native powwow.
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Artist Jeffrey Gibson Sues Chicago Gallery
Gibson alleges that Kavi Gupta withheld more than $500,000 in payments, a claim the gallery denies.
Art
What This Artist Needs to Make Work During a Pandemic
Tony Tasset’s use of inexpensive graph paper suggests that drawing is a way to remain open to ideas, whims, passing thoughts, even dreams.
Art
Jeffrey Gibson's Artistic Remixes, From Song Lyrics to Indigenous Craft
Gibson’s ongoing explorations of identity and art history have produced a dizzying range of forms over the course of his career.
Art
A Refreshing Vision of the Future
Inka Essenhigh's futuristic Uchronia is a pastoral place where what was once work is now play.
Art
From Immigrant Stories to Environmental Dread, EXPO Chicago Gets Dark
The Midwest's mega-fair seems less concerned with the bottom line, making space for politics.
In Brief
Chicago Installs “REAL FAKE” Sculpture in Front of Trump Tower
A gleaming, six-foot-tall sculpture by local artist Scott Reeder appeared this week near the downtown Trump International Hotel and Tower, spelling out just two words in thick, golden letters: "REAL FAKE."
Art
Grappling with Authorship and Acceptance in the Pop Art of Roger Brown
A pair of exhibitions at Kavi Gupta gallery places the artist's paintings and sculptures in dialogue with arrangements of objects from his personal collections.
Art
Finding Room to Breathe (and Feel) at Art Basel Miami Beach
MIAMI BEACH — One of the things I find hardest about art fairs — particularly those held in convention centers and large exhibition halls — is their aesthetic. Bright, clinical white everywhere, with temporary walls set at perfect right angles and the gridwork of pipes and rafters floating high abov