Inspired by the first revolution led on social media, Arab Spring (2010), Mycelial is a new performance that questions the existence of kinetic empathy through technology platforms. On view at Hyde Park Art Center.

A show featuring a work by Paul Chan, an American artist, activist, writer, and publisher, opens this week at the Block Museum of Art. Chan's work reflects a strong commitment to the relation of politics and aesthetics, philosophy and popular culture, art and grassroots activism.

Created from 1999 to 2003, his first major artwork Happiness (Finally) After 35,000 Years of Civilization presents a 15-minute looped digital Flash animation inspired by as much by the history of utopian thought and the US invasion of Iraq as by Web 1.0 banner ads.

Opening July 19 at MoCP is Lucas Foglia: Human Nature.

From the untarnished abandon of so-called wild spaces to literal urban jungles, Lucas Foglia: Human Nature reflects on the human impact on the natural world and how humans have altered the seemingly unalterable.

Sculpture Milwaukee is an official "gallery" for the Third Ward's July Gallery Night and Day. Come see the world's largest open air urban art gallery. Stroll down Wisconsin Ave and see all 21 sculptures. Can you find them all?

Friday & Saturday, July 20 & 21