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The Joyous Kitsch and Lingering Simmer of Nick Cave’s Art

Avatar photo by Debra Brehmer September 29, 2022November 9, 2022

With explosions of color and materiality, Cave has his own enigmatic ways to funnel the funk through histories of adversity.

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The Triumphant Tangles of Christina Quarles’s Canvases

Avatar photo by Debra Brehmer August 5, 2021August 10, 2021

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

by Elisa Shoenberger August 2, 2021August 3, 2021

Immersive and vast, the exhibition showcases the breadth and depth of the city’s rich comics history.

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Artists Withdraw from MCA Chicago Exhibition in Solidarity With Laid-Off Workers

by Hakim Bishara March 14, 2021August 5, 2021

The cohort accused the MCA of “perpetuat[ing] harm to Chicago arts communities.”

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MCA Chicago Lays Off 41 Workers, Prompting Backlash

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 26, 2021January 26, 2021

Citing a revenue drop due to the pandemic, the museum has cut 11% of its workforce.

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A Fashion Designer’s Love Letter to Art in Chicago

by Elisa Shoenberger April 15, 2020April 16, 2020

Duro Olowu has curated a dazzling show of Chicago art that is as varied and colorful as the patterns in his clothing.

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A Contemporary Approach to Religious Symbols

Avatar photo by Gabrielle Welsh September 25, 2019September 25, 2019

A small yet mighty exhibition, Fragments of a Crucifixion highlights moments of mourning, as well as joyful moments of faith and collectivity that continue in the face of traumas.

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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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An Artist’s Critique of Colonialism in Brazil

by Brandon Sward May 2, 2019

Centered on Brazil’s northeastern region, Jonathas de Andrade’s One to One dramatizes exchanges between the colonizer and colonized, between the haves and have-nots.

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Entering Art’s Unknown

Avatar photo by Robert Archambeau February 23, 2019February 23, 2019

A sense of mystery pervades Enrico David’s art, in which a rich language of symbols suggests paths of possible interpretation.

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Jessica Campbell and the Ghost of Emily Carr

Avatar photo by Robert Archambeau February 16, 2019February 15, 2019

Campbell implies that there has been one constant in the experiences of women across generations: the sexual aggression of men.

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Two Chicago Exhibitions Elaborate on Emptiness and Space

by Phillip Barcio April 3, 2018April 4, 2018

Though the two shows examine the void in distinctly different ways, only one gets it right.

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