<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419167/xqxo57udbxmemk7cqtkq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/not-all">not all realisms: photography, Africa, and the long 1960s</a>Opening: Thursday, February 23, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmSmart Museum of Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419168/wzyx0xdqy2tl35cqylpd.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/magic-the-gathering-auction-preview-reception">Magic: The Gathering, Auction Preview Reception</a>Opening: Thursday, February 23, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmHeritage Auctions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419168/rqeukzjphdrfzwhainl2.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/fabrizzio-subia-ano-nuevo-2023">Fabrizzio Subia: Año Nuevo (2023)</a>Opening: Friday, February 24, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419169/kaz2ppyaowdog8xfaqgm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/aira-dean-abattoir-u-s-a">Aria Dean: Abattoir, U.S.A.!</a>Opening: Saturday, February 25, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmThe Renaissance Society&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419170/kmrrqukmqssejtjr4zj5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-particle-series-by-kendra-kett">The Particle Series, by Kendra Kett</a>Opening: Saturday, February 25, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions February 23 - 25

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419167/xckyuqo7gofj7avqfasq.jpg"><figcaption>COURTESY OF MARIANE IBRAHIM GALLERY &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a42793257/gallerist-mariane-ibrahim-broadens-her-roster-with-a-mexico-city-outpost/">Gallerist Mariane Ibrahim Broadens Her Roster With a Mexico City Outpost</a>Can a gallery successfully navigate the global art market without a presence in New York or London? It’s a question <a href="https://marianeibrahim.com/">Mariane Ibrahim</a> has simultaneously asked herself and answered. Having established her eponymous gallery in Seattle in 2012, the Somali-French art dealer, known for championing young artists of the African diaspora, moved her business to <a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a41931381/0146-0157-the-chicago-school-december-2022/">Chicago</a> in 2019 and added a Parisian outpost in 2021. This week, her gallery’s third location opens in Mexico City, which she believes will comprise her ideal trilogy. “I’m very happy in Chicago. I’m very happy in Paris, and I’m even happier to be in Mexico,” Ibrahim, who considers herself an “adopted Chicagoan,” tells Harper’s Bazaar. While the choice of Mexico City may come as a surprise compared to more conventional global art destinations, Ibrahim shares the decision was anything but impulsive. “I actually thought Mexico would happen before Paris.”Via Harper's Bazaar&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2023/02/13/chicago-audubon-society-scrub-audubon-name-saying-naturalist-s-troubling-history-doesn-t">Chicago Audubon Society to Scrub ‘Audubon’ From Name, Saying Naturalist’s Troubling History ‘Doesn’t Work For Us’</a>The Chicago Audubon Society announced Monday that it intends to drop “Audubon” from its name, and is encouraging the National Audubon Society to do the same.“Audubon is not an appropriate standard-bearer for our organization,” the Chicago chapter stated in a letter to the national organization. (Audubon chapters are individual entities; regional offices like Audubon Great Lakes are affiliates of the national parent.)Via WTTW&nbsp;<a href="https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/mowa-10?utm_source=OnMilwaukee.com+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=a9d698120a-EMAIL_DAILY_DIGEST&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_ecd5e3eef5-a9d698120a-200932933">Museum of Wisconsin Art celebrates its 10th birthday</a>MOWA will mark the birthday with talks by 10 Wisconsin artists throughout 2023. The so-called TENtalks will feature lectures by Brennen Steines (Feb. 25), David Lenz (March 18), Della Wells (May 20), Michelle Grabner (June 17), Tom Uttech (July 15), Jason S. Yi (Aug. 5), Fred Stonehouse (Sept. 23), Vaughan Larsen (Oct. 7) and Lon Michels (Nov. 18).Via On Milwaukee&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/20/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419167/oma1c3dtfqge4vasovpf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jessi-reaves-all-possessive-lusts-dispelled">Jessi Reaves: All possessive lusts dispelled</a>Opening: Thursday, February 16, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Arts Club of Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419168/l2f7ugltwy8xninbugga.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/3rd-fridays-open-studios-11f2b53d-afe4-42ad-a27f-ca8b6524eb28">3rd Fridays Open Studios</a>Friday, February 17, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419168/diksv3vhw68xq9ohfjxo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alex-katz-collaborations-with-poets">Alex Katz: Collaborations with Poets</a>Begins February 18Poetry Foundation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419169/itylsjlezewsztrhuakg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/aesthetics-of-loss">Aesthetics of Loss</a>Opening: Saturday, February 18, noon – 4&nbsp;pmUkrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419170/s10satk8dqdsgn3eymnm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/light-beyond">Light &amp; Beyond</a>Opening: Saturday, February 18, 7 – 9&nbsp;pmZhou B Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419171/ntih8sxs6imik7qd7wwv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/of-portals-and-pathways-ii-fiscal-frontiers">Of Portals and Pathways II: Fiscal Frontiers</a>Opening: Sunday, February 19, 1 – 4&nbsp;pmEvanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions February 16 - 19

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/14/banksy-stands-up-to-domestic-violence-with-new-valentines-day-mural-in-coastal-kent-town">Banksy stands up to domestic violence with new Valentine’s Day mural in coastal Kent town</a>Banksy has taken a stand against domestic violence with a new mural painted in the UK coastal town of Margate in Kent to mark Valentine’s Day.Titled Valentine’s Day Mascara, the work shows a woman in a 50s-style gingham checked dress, complete with apron and yellow marigolds, smiling and winking with a swollen, bruised eye. Arms outstretched, she appears to have just disposed of her abusive husband inside a large chest freezer—his legs can be seen sticking out from the kitchen appliance.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-chatgpt-dall-e-microsoft-rutkowski-github-artificial-intelligence-11675466857?mod=wsjhp_columnists_pos3">AI Tech Enables Industrial-Scale Intellectual-Property Theft, Say Critics</a>Grzegorz Rutkowski has studied the great masters of texture and light—Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Vermeer—and his ability to mimic their techniques has made him an in-demand painter of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/greg_rutkowski/?hl=en">fantastical beasts and landscapes</a> for the videogame industry.&nbsp;But these days, instead of devoting all his time to painting in his sun-dappled studio near the picturesque medieval square in the town of Pieńsk, Poland, he’s spending ever more of it on Zoom calls, talking to lawyers, artists and others about the strange reason he is suddenly far more famous than he ever thought possible.Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://www.essence.com/news/money-career/emerging-class-shaping-future-black-art/">An Emerging New Class Of Creators Are Shaping The Future Of Black Art</a>“I truly believe that art, at the heart of it, is a tool of expression. As artists, it’s natural that our art reflects our lives, values, and interests. Whether we create art that holds a mirror up to the world or as an attempt to shape it into a new one, these are the tools we can use to navigate these thoughts and feelings,” artist and illustrator <a href="https://www.sabrenakhadija.com/about">Sabrena Khadija</a> told ESSENCE. Khadija is among a new class of artists seeking inclusive spaces to explore creativity.&nbsp;Via ESSENCE&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419167/pdepvwaichbq32zizjfc.jpg"><figcaption>MSCHF's Big Red Boots are stomping across your social media feed.MODEL: SARAH SNYDER/PHOTO GARRETT BRUCE/COURTESY MSCHF</figcaption></figure>Art Collective’s ‘Big Red Boots’ Flood Social Media&nbsp;FeedsThe impish, Brooklyn-based art collective <a href="https://www.artnews.com/t/mschf/">MSCHF</a> has spawned yet another flurry of social media engagement, this time in the form of a pair of sleek, rubbery red boots that would be home in Astro Boy’s wardrobe.Set to be released on February 16&nbsp;(just in time for <a href="https://www.artnews.com/t/new-york-fashion-week/">New York Fashion Week</a>), the “<a href="https://mschf.com/">Big Red Boots</a>” have already been the subject of numerous posts on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/share/video/7194106381090311430?referer_url=www.businessinsider.com%2Fmschf-red-boots-are-all-over-your-social-media-2023-2&amp;refer=embed&amp;embed_source=121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_card_play&amp;referer_video_id=7197455788917460229">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/nicekicks/status/1622659910214328338?s=20&amp;t=I82s_UFNnEXAzr1aoLHDvQ">Twitter</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoSfsWoqyLx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading">Instagram</a>.&nbsp;The boots have a TPU shell that renders them soft but sturdy, like an iPhone case, and pairs are set to go for $350 when they drop. They’re likely to sell quickly, as most items by the collective often do.Via Artnews&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/14/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419162/rl2sjguwtlxdlfnxfshy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/robin-malpass-wastes-of-wanderings-sustainable-elegance">Robin Malpass: Wastes of Wanderings: Sustainable Elegance</a>Opening: Friday, February 10, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmRobin Malpass Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419163/cas7pqfuggxcwrkcwiks.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/carey-watters-sharp-points">Carey Watters: Sharp Points</a>Opening: Saturday, February 11, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmOS Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419164/gtuslrkdx7e8kwz02oqy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/miller-shellabarger-photography">Miller &amp; Shellabarger: Photography</a>Opening: Saturday, February 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm(northern) Western Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419164/s4xqk1sq5ekx1snld7ui.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gathering-voices-at-ram-20-years-of-building-america-s-largest-contemporary-craft-collection">Gathering Voices at RAM: 20 Years of Building America’s Largest Contemporary Craft Collection</a>Begins February 8Racine Art Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419165/gnytuobraohsclprbyxi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/fractured-systems-phoenix-brown-and-claire-smith">Fractured Systems: Phoenix Brown and Claire Smith</a>Begins February 10Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions February 8 - 11

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419162/oilpvj119njorihf8hun.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lavar-monroe-sometime-come-to-someplace">Lavar Monroe: Sometime Come to Someplace</a>Opening: Friday, February 3, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmmoniquemeloche&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419163/sgbdnbkz4uftxciljf5g.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/liat-yossifor-life-against-itself">Liat Yossifor: Life Against Itself</a>Opening: Saturday, February 4, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419164/y4gwdhjf4mhyqalmizg2.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/robert-hutchison">Robert Hutchison: Draw Your Own Conclusions</a>Opening: Saturday, February 4, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419164/fxfsrdojsaekv6y4rom7.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/beyond-representation-seeking-new-forms">Beyond Representation: Seeking New Forms</a>Begins February 6Wadsworth Family Gallery at Lewis University&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions February 4 - 6 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419162/on2vfpeg3aba06wqyqdi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/steve-geer-paula-shur">Steve Geer &amp; Paula Shur</a>Opening: Saturday, February 4, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419163/j6hn8nx3s4fipsaybjng.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pattern-and-process">Pattern and Process</a>Begins February 2Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419164/ncquo5tbmewq7de6gtfc.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/color">COLOR</a>Opening: Friday, February 3, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419165/i6nv5hryntvekcbofnw3.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/off-white-perceptions-of-color">Off-White Perceptions of Color</a>Opening: Friday, February 3, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCircle Contemporary (Arts of Life)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419166/kquistjk8nocdxr4cmze.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/outer-harmonies-thirteen-themes-from-the-permanent-collection">Outer Harmonies: Thirteen Themes from the Permanent Collection</a>Opening: Friday, February 3, 7 – 8&nbsp;pmRockford Art Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions February 4 - 6 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419162/lsrzivsjyd0wq45wrtcx.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hauntology-ghostly-matters">Hauntology: Ghostly Matters</a>Opening: Thursday, January 26, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmMariane Ibrahim Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419163/bkpuhtcmuuek1udyanyr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/deborah-simon">Deborah Simon</a>Opening: Friday, January 27, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419164/ggjgfbaonxumabqwq2qe.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/roe-2-0-it-ain-t-over-yet">Roe 2.0 – It Ain’t Over Yet! (Virtual Exhibition)</a>Opening: Saturday, January 28, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWoman Made Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419165/bctuxnpkqxad7c5bc0xg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sub-urban-warrior">Home Sweet Home: Nostalgia...ish</a>Opening: Saturday, January 28, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Truborn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions January 26 - 28

<a href="https://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportunities/chicago-art-design-initiative-grants/art-design-chicago-2024-exhibitions-grants/?utm_source=EXPO+Master+%7C+Main+List&amp;utm_campaign=73e7555f42-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_ODLVII&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_5e6f73ac04-73e7555f42-58709297">Art Design Chicago 2024 Exhibitions Grants</a>Art Design Chicago is a platform for collaboration and exchange developed with cultural practitioners throughout Chicago. The initiative seeks to catalyze transformative approaches to co-creation and community engagement and stimulate expansive narratives of Chicago art and design, past and present. The Terra Foundation invites proposals for exhibitions to be presented as part of Art Design Chicago. Recognizing current and historical inequities in presentations and understandings of American (and Chicago) art history, the Terra Foundation encourages exhibitions that address these disparities and exclusions.To be considered, programs should focus on the <a href="https://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportunities/chicago-art-design-initiative-grants/art-design-chicago-faqs/">visual arts and/or design of Chicago</a>, whether historical or contemporary, including Native American arts of the region. Contemporary art projects should offer a reflective and critical engagement with histories, arts, and/or art histories associated with Chicago contexts.More information <a href="https://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportunities/chicago-art-design-initiative-grants/art-design-chicago-2024-exhibitions-grants/?utm_source=EXPO+Master+%7C+Main+List&amp;utm_campaign=73e7555f42-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_ODLVII&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_5e6f73ac04-73e7555f42-58709297">here</a>&nbsp;Chicago Printmakers is Selling Printmaking Care Packages Again&nbsp;For $75 CPC will send a beautiful printy fun pack from you to a recipient anywhere in the U.S. that features a print of your choosing (from 8 possible choices), along with a hand made card to the recipient (that we'll hand write and "sign" for you) plus a bunch of other fun arty goodies. Shipping is included! It's like a BIG GIANT SMALL PRINT HUG in the mail. Take care of your friends and loved ones (and yourself) with uplifting art. The theme here is WELLNESS.<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EbVuQl3oNAx1iQVf9iB_862STFhNvp3UgGLcYhsNEuGG6l6OovGeOzDfn41PSIfsb8meHuhcn19iGWjqCJwo0zM05MIvGqiDxfJk7sHTxxNuC4LK89Or2mI68VSflcNdKjXVycueCl5SLIaNoDscoXaebWNcHxpT2giLWHeIIp7-s49IC6GBWMbWcAIau6HTMN-KotxjXvbr3K7GjdYYTTQ4crxo1ZLZh6EErs90lD6k8PfEko0yRF12VhcoZexEnq9Bh9mJTsOv7fZK53eJfyowp692ovPa3s6TParXEN8=&amp;c=DZkHeiCwEyGSfbZibGA1LnXsRPMEIVCTblZ6_ktmwzJ9Z7Udd6ykog==&amp;ch=jc1oeclXEcw2RmmNe7BpyQVXzvosG1bvlEGx4uWLNgxe5mx-p9rSuA==">SHOP CARE PACKAGES</a><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EbVuQl3oNAx1iQVf9iB_862STFhNvp3UgGLcYhsNEuGG6l6OovGeO30v0F_CzPQeE9GGHhKjHcbTp-GD5ZJc5gH8dB2GtRyRoYhiaRbUrRuMoHJE7ZfCrEx2h-gmt0oIMrYM-Y56H7B4XGmeqPbv1KsxqSnquPiYNKOOnm7F9woGjv1ITsOBEonYxCypddnO&amp;c=DZkHeiCwEyGSfbZibGA1LnXsRPMEIVCTblZ6_ktmwzJ9Z7Udd6ykog==&amp;ch=jc1oeclXEcw2RmmNe7BpyQVXzvosG1bvlEGx4uWLNgxe5mx-p9rSuA==">SHOP PRINTS</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/who-is-theaster-gates-1234651543/#recipient_hashed=613539a43568c1a47820906c3033d813b063aa31da08d3bcc613f3b3d1248578&amp;recipient_salt=57f1da2200d56c9894b7bf21313727239bef88b323c1daff7d2f6c86ce2069bd">From Pottery to Real Estate: Six Essential Works by Artist and Activist Theaster&nbsp;Gates</a>Few artists make work as wide ranging as that of the Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist Theaster Gates, whose art encompasses ceramics, sculpture, music, performance, film, and land development. It also includes what art historians generally call social practice—a medium that focuses on art as a means of social or political engagement—although Gates resoundingly rejects the term.Gates’s projects may at times seem unrelated to one another; what connects classic clay vessels, canvases covered with roofing material, a Black Madonna figure, the revival of neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, and a neon sign reading “Burn Baby Burn” emblazoned above 5,000 records from the personal vinyl collection of a legendary DJ? In fact, there are identifiable threads running through the whole of his oeuvre.Via ARTnews&nbsp;

CGN Art World Recap: 1/24/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419155/jltd1feferyh1gpdomee.jpg"><figcaption>Artist and writer Audrey Niffenegger is the founder of the Artists Book House. Photo by Anna Dobrowolski</figcaption></figure><a href="https://evanstonroundtable.com/2023/01/12/artists-book-house-opts-out-of-harley-clarke-mansion/">Artists Book House opts out of Harley Clarke Mansion</a>The Artists Book House informed the city it is leaving the Harley Clarke mansion, bringing an abrupt end to the group’s dream to create a book and literary center in the long-shuttered lakefront building, its founder said Thursday, Jan. 12.The decision was reached reluctantly, after consulting with four fundraising firms, who, while agreeing it was possible to raise the money required to restore the mansion, concluded that it would take eight to 10 years, far beyond what the group had committed to originally, said Audrey Niffenegger, the founder of the Artists Book House, confirming the decision.Note: CGN profiled Niffenegger and the project in the <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/9/inpursuit-of-bookish-things-audrey-niffenegger-on-building-artists-book-house-a-home-in-evanston">Fall 2021 issue of CGN</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/1/17/23530987/notre-dame-cathedral-restoration-chicago-carla-knoorowski">Chicagoan awarded high honors from France for work rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral ravaged by fire</a>Carla Knorowski cried as she sat on the couch at her Lake View home and watched news coverage of a fire tearing through Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.It was April 2019. The smoke and flames struck a nerve.Several weeks earlier, Knorowski, a professional fundraiser who’s raised millions for her alma mater, the University of Illinois at Chicago, began working with Friends of Notre Dame de Paris on the organization’s board of directors.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;Elmhurst Art Museum Receives $150K NEA GrantEAM announced they have been awarded a $150,000 matching grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and they are the only museum in the State of Illinois to win this national award.This nationally recognized award will aid future renovations to the museum's roof to protect its permanent collections and sustain our humanities programming.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 1/18/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419155/azitb9sju5pvj0wt2no9.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ted-degener-at-home-with-artists">Ted Degener: At Home with Artists</a>Opening: Thursday, January 19, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmIntuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419156/i84qafm5u37fx1megdqh.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/roscoe-mitchell">Roscoe Mitchell | Keeper of the Code: Paintings 1963-2022</a>Opening: Friday, January 20, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419157/yppivyzbhnna8ob5hypa.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sacrifice-and-revelations">Sacrifice and Revelations</a>Opening: Friday, January 20, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmFLXST Contemporary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419157/cnyopq0yaomljmc3fr10.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/environment-s-tallation">ENVIRONMENT/S/TALLATION</a>Opening: Friday, January 20, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419158/nmgpxks9wittk832uwpw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/collected-pauses-solo-exhibition-jeffrey-sanderson">Collected Pauses – Solo Exhibition, Jeffrey Sanderson</a>Opening: Friday, January 20, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAlma Art &amp; Interiors&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419159/qx1mdlikah16jpjokdrg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/for-those-without-choice">For Those Without Choice</a>Opening: Friday, January 20, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWeinberg/Newton Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419160/ltswbt16eupg5eh4ve8w.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/3rd-fridays-open-studios-ad14fe29-ffb5-4a6d-b767-779c6e7902cb">3rd Fridays Open Studios</a>Friday, January 20, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419161/nxuh5l39aqii2tyhj4nn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/doug-fogelson-the-witness">Doug Fogelson: The Witness</a>Opening: Saturday, January 21, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions January 19 - 21

<a href="https://www.richardgraygallery.com/exhibitions/gray-at-60">GRAY Announces 60th Anniversary Exhibition</a>GRAY is pleased to announce GRAY at 60, an exhibition and accompanying book commemorating six decades since the gallery’s founding in 1963 by Richard Gray (1928-2018). Featuring works by sixty historical and living artists whose practices have been integral to the gallery’s vision GRAY at 60 presents the legacy and future of one of the United States’s longest running galleries.&nbsp;GRAY at 60&nbsp;opens on Thursday, January 26 from 5-7 PM, at GRAY Chicago (2044 W. Carroll Ave.) and will be on view through March 11, 2023 before the exhibition travels to GRAY New York (1018 Madison Ave.), where it will be on view from March 31 through May 26, 2023.GRAY at 60 pursues a single material—paper—across more than one hundred years of art history to survey the myriad ways in which artists use the medium as an index of touch and a surface for immediacy. The exhibition takes root in the gallery’s intertwined histories of presenting canonical artists alongside those reinventing the canon itself. As gallery principal Paul Gray notes, “From the beginning [of the gallery] there was the eclectic mission of acquiring, exhibiting, and dealing in the masters of the century’s first half such as Matisse, Picasso, Léger, Giacometti, and Gorky, combined with representing and exhibiting prominent mid-career artists of the time, Calder, de Kooning, Avery, and Morris Louis, as well as exhibitions for young and emerging artists like 26 year-old Bob Thompson whom the gallery presented in its inaugural show in 1963.”Reflecting on this history, GRAY at 60 makes space for Modernist, Abstract Expressionist, Pop, Contemporary, and other expansive practices to be shown together. These transhistorical readings posit a logic for the works of Agnes Martin and Barnett Newman to hang alongside a tar paper work by Theaster Gates; for the colorful forms of Joan Miró, Jackson Pollock, Grace Hartigan, and Helen Frankenthaler to enter into dialogue with McArthur Binion’s and Carrie Moyer’s; for Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse to converse with Alex Katz and David Hockney; for a balance between the sculptors Alexander Calder, Jaume Plensa, and Torkwase Dyson’s impressions in two dimensions; and for Rashid Johnson’s figures to join those by Jean Dubuffet, Alberto Giacometti, and Philip Guston.In considering these conversions of art-making across time, GRAY at 60 finds the medium of paper a fitting ledger with which to trace the years past and those to come.&nbsp;<a href="https://ennouncement.exhibit-e.com/t/y-l-nhddrdy-sykijfhl-t/">Learn More</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artencounter.org">Art Encounter Receives NEA Grant</a>Art Encounter is pleased to announce they were approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $25,000.This grant will support the expansion of <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001hXli2oGYA4YgZccVSaOcrAX_b-j-nQxVmeHxVGYboROndVNzVLdDat-zBhd-UygtUAGk2_P-oaHdxHmgxa5XZ1N4fnhc8-W7fqZ64rqO30SksVuGqNfyOf0IZCAPU4hAN71fQ23prr78H2CXn8Kbb21VdJTdp32KZVrXAKXStS8=&amp;c=8KchOUsiJU5Tcmk2wm1431d_haOmFX2WAO9L6Zuc-VA_J2vnwdg8XQ==&amp;ch=o1LJRTJen90oDBNJChv_RMe0oFIsO3UIFq0cEJ3187MQo6IQuiATWw==">ARTiculations</a>, our in-school art and writing residency program for students in Chicago Public Schools. Art Encounter is honored to be chosen as one of the 1,251 Grants for Arts Projects awardees, totaling nearly $28.8 million in funding announced by the NEA as part of their first round of fiscal year 2023 grants. This will be Art Encounter’s first time receiving grant funding from the NEA.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-art-instutute-of-chicago-employee-federal-embezzlement-charges-20230113-cxkrk3lj4bap3fanwr2h5h7ovq-story.html">Former Art Institute employee charged in $2 million embezzlement scheme</a>A former payroll manager for the Art Institute of Chicago has been indicted on federal charges alleging he embezzled more than $2 million in museum funds over a 12-year period by falsifying payments to employees.Michael Maurello, 56, of Beach Park, was charged in an indictment made public Friday with two counts each of wire fraud and bank fraud. The more serious bank fraud charges carry a maximum of 30 years in prison if he is convicted.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;

CGN Art World Recap: 1/16/23

<a href="https://wgntv.com/daytime-chicago/forecast-form-art-in-the-caribbean-diaspora-1990s-today/">News Spotlight on ‘Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s-Today’</a>WGN News aired a segment on the MCA's new exhibition.Via WGN News&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/07/1147678850/a-new-exhibit-in-chicago-features-artwork-by-children-in-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR1fONkqsHrCVX_HmXDTbiHoIZF0g3Ky6XgkeAH4XN5vULVnYPwxx7MosRY">A new exhibit in Chicago features artwork by children in Ukraine</a>NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yustyna Pavliuk and Adrienne Kochman about "Children of War," an exhibit at Chicago's Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art that features artwork by children in Ukraine.Via NPR&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/06/louvre-will-begin-limiting-daily-visitor-numbers-to-create-more-pleasurable-viewing-experience">Louvre will begin significantly limiting daily visitor numbers to create 'more pleasurable viewing experience'</a>In 2022, the Louvre received 7.8 million visitors—19% less than in 2019, albeit a rise of 170% from 2021 when French museums were closed for nearly five months. But the fall in attendance is not necessarily bad news. The Louvre director Laurence des Cars has hit the pause button and decided to limit daily entries to 30,000. Prior to Covid-19, the museum could welcome up to 45,000 people on its most crowded days. With 80% of tickets now issued via a reservation service, the new policy should stabilise attendance at between 7.5 million and 8 million visitors for 2023, the same levels experienced by the museum around 17 years ago.In a statement, Des Cars said she opted for the change “so the visit would be a pleasurable experience, especially for first-timers to the museum who make up 60% of entries".Via Art Newspaper&nbsp;Thumbnail is from MCA's Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today

What We're Reading: 1/11/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/pgen2o560ydhejqblzfu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gallery-artist-group-show-eee16b89-d55e-4a70-aef9-9e6ff01f68a7">Gallery Artist Group Show</a>Opening: Friday, January 13, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCarl Hammer Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419148/gmccpogpqugsifzpg5nv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-work-group-exhibition">New Work, Group Exhibition</a>Opening: Friday, January 13, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419149/fxjbs3uz5e1bq1e8nsya.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jean-alexander-frater-and-margaret-welsh">Jean Alexander Frater and Margaret Welsh: Centered.</a>January 13ENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419150/ekl7tvsrgh054qfyabuz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lora-fosberg">Lora Fosberg</a>Opening: Friday, January 13, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419150/voqcnzrouzy08nlt0h0h.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/welcome-to-winter-art-land">Welcome to Winter Art Land</a>Opening: Friday, January 13, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmJean Albano Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419151/cd7cccafsnhsc88k7a8s.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-work-by-ben-duke-and-suk-ja-kang">New work by Ben Duke and Suk Ja Kang</a>Opening: Friday, Jan 13 5 – 8&nbsp;pmGallery Victor Armendariz&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419152/xrbjwatai6jpq65bpi3p.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dared-to-be-black-and-shining">Dared to be Black and Shining</a>Opening: Friday, January 13, 6 – 10&nbsp;pmChicago Art Department&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419153/bsg2dvei3el9zvy2yviy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/intersection">Intersection</a>Opening: Saturday, January 14, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Sculpture International&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions January 13 & 14

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/qqfvvs0vbgjrujhib7i4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/arts/design/ukraine-children-war-art.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare">Tanks and Teddy Bears: Ukrainian Children Paint the War</a>On the walls of a modern art museum in Ukrainian Village, a neighborhood and cultural enclave here, hangs a drawing of the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/magazine/ukraine-mariupol-theater.html">fall of Mariupol</a>, one of the bloodiest battles of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Against a bright orange sky, smoke drawn with a felt-tip pen billows from crumbling buildings as Russian planes fly overhead.The artist? A 9-year-old boy named Roman.Via NYTImage: <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-for-post-trauma-recovery-of-children-in-ukraine">Children of War: Art for post-trauma recovery of children of Ukraine</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/wicker-park-historical-home-sale">This former Wicker Park orphanage turned art gallery is still waiting for its next iteration</a>About eight years after buying a historical Wicker Park building to make it their home, the owners, who did not complete the project, are cutting almost $1.8 million from their asking price.McKenzie Maher and Michael Mertz bought the Wood Street building in 2014 when it had long housed live-work spaces for artists and a gallery. They put it on the market&nbsp;in June 2021 at $8.45 million, but later took it off the market. It's going back up for sale Jan. 5 at $6.7 million.&nbsp;That's a cut of $1.75 million, or 21%.Via Crain's&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/12/28/chicago-architect-behind-riverwalk-cta-stations-and-eye-catching-mcdonalds-designs">Chicago Architect Behind Riverwalk, CTA Stations and Eye-Catching McDonalds Designs Awarded Prestigious Medal</a>A groundbreaking Chicago architect has been awarded the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects, a prestigious honor previously given to luminaries like Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies Van Der Rohe.Chicagoans not familiar with the name Carol Ross Barney almost certainly have experienced some of her work.Barney says that work is guided by a utopian vision to use architecture to better people’s lives.“Every space needs good design,” Barney said. “The amount of benefit to the quality of life that well-designed environments create is extraordinary.”Via WTTW&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 1/4/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/zk8eh4nglw3wkx8fsmcp.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;By CGN StaffEvents and exhibitions happening in galleries and museums are added to <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events">CGN's calendar</a> throughout the year. Highlights for 2023 include everything from museum blockbusters to under-the-radar gallery shows and international art fairs – something everywhere for everyone. There are also shows yet to be announced in the 100+ galleries listed in CGN.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419148/imknlgwg3zh3xq1dgda0.jpg"><figcaption>Salvador Dalí, Mae West’s Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment, 1934-35. &nbsp; &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• Salvador Dalí: The image disappearsFocusing on the pivotal decade of the 1930s, when Salvador Dalí emerged as the inventor of his own personal brand of Surrealism, this exhibition of 25 paintings, drawings, and surrealist objects considers Dalí’s work in light of two defining, if contradictory, impulses: an immense desire for visibility and the urge to disappear.<a href="https://www.artic.edu">The Art Institute of Chicago &nbsp;</a>Feb 18–Jun 12, 2023&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419149/qyfeqlwoxt9czuihjzjz.jpg"><figcaption>A sample of the truth, 2022, wood, metal, cord, sawdust, wood glue, paper, enamel paint. Image courtesy of the artist and Bridget Donahue Gallery. Photo by Greg Carideo. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• Jessi Reaves: All possessive lusts dispelledReaves combines iconic modernist design with an irreverent aesthetic in sculpture that toys with functionality. Reaves often begins with found furniture, which she dismantles, converts, remakes, enhances, pads, and embellishes in ways that still allow the suggestion of physical contact or use. By breaking things open, she proposes that they be examined visually and in terms of their purpose in life. The exhibition at The Arts Club of Chicago centers on the work Personal Heat, 2021, a deconstructed étagère with accompanying video that explores themes of renovation and rebellion. The sculptural aspect features a pop punk aesthetic of hot pink animal stripes, as if Reaves had been locked in a room in her great aunt’s house with a can of paint, a saw, and some wood glue.<a href="https://www.artsclubchicago.org">The Arts Club</a>Feb 16–May 20&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419149/becpizl7q4hwzg13vuvt.jpg"><figcaption>EXPO CHICAGO Vernissage, 2019. Image by Cory DeWald &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• EXPO CHICAGO Turns 10The tenth anniversary of EXPO CHICAGO takes place this spring under the vaulted architecture of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. The exposition will bring together global galleries and unrivaled programming, alongside unforgettable city-wide events during EXPO ART WEEK.Navy Pier&nbsp;April 13–16, 2023<a href="https://www.expochicago.com">expochicago.com&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419150/awvndsm2yznlts2eopap.jpg"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Shahryar Nashat &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• Shahryar Nashat – It's All Just Stories“Nashat leads his viewers to an understanding of the mechanics of being human, but stops short of arrival; it is up to us to traverse (or revel in) that uneasy gap.” — Simon Castets and Elena FilipovicCurated by Myriam Ben Salah.<a href="https://renaissancesociety.org">The Renaissance Society&nbsp;</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;May 6–Jul 2, 2023 &nbsp;Image courtesy of Shahryar Nashat&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419151/gwsgsbt9cl7b5gre3bcs.jpg"></figure>• WarholThe Warhol Exhibition includes 94 works from Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop/Works from the Bank of America Collection on loan through Bank of America’s Art in our Communities program, and over 11,000 sq. ft. of interactive experiences including a Biographical exhibit, Video installation, 150+ photos taken by Warhol, Children’s Print Factory, Studio 54 experience and a Central Park-inspired outdoor space.<a href="https://www.theccma.org">Cleve Carney Museum of Art&nbsp;</a>June 3–Sept 10, 2023&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419152/jhbz7j3aictjxrba3p7n.jpg"><figcaption>Entrance to Abbesses, Paris Metro. Art Nouveau design by Hector Guimard. Steve Cadman © CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to ModernismThis exhibition explores the life and work of Hector Guimard (1867-1942), the French architect and designer whose name is synonymous with the French Art Nouveau movement. Bringing together furniture and design objects including jewelry, metalwork, ceramics, drawings, and textiles from collections worldwide, this is the first major American museum exhibition devoted to Guimard since 1970.Guimard is best known for his designs for the Paris Métro entrances, but the exhibition aims to explore lesser-known aspects of the designer’s life.<a href="https://driehausmuseum.org">Richard H. Driehaus Museum</a>Jun 22–Jan 7, 2024&nbsp;&nbsp;Image: Entrance to Abbesses, Paris Metro. Art Nouveau design by Hector Guimard. Steve Cadman © CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419152/mtfui9qhusc8rikhrwu0.jpg"><figcaption>Ruth Duckworth looking at the maquette for Earth, Water, Sky at the Smart Museum of Art in 2005. Photo by Jim Newberry. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• Ruth Duckworth Life As a UnityThis monographic exhibition—the first since a 2006 retrospective—makes use of art historical advances of the last several decades to examine Duckworth’s Chicago work in a new light. Duckworth referred to herself not as a potter or ceramicist, but as a sculptor with clay. The exhibition takes her at her word, foregrounding her sculptural production. Ruth Duckworth: Life as a Unity is part of Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art.<a href="https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu">Smart Museum of Art</a>Fall 2023&nbsp;Image: Ruth Duckworth looking at the maquette for Earth, Water, Sky at the Smart Museum of Art in 2005. Photo by Jim Newberry.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419153/grojoaxemwdcdrmmyavs.jpg"><figcaption>Bob Thompson, Blue Ma Tribune Tower, 6a architects | © Chicago Architecture Biennial / Tom Harris, 2017 &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• <a href="chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org">Chicago Architectural Biennial</a>The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is dedicated to creating an international forum on architecture and urbanism. CAB’s signature program stands as North America’s largest international survey of contemporary architecture, taking place every two years at the Chicago Cultural Center and sites across the city. CAB programming throughout the year engages global audiences. The Chicago-based collective Floating Museum takes the helm as the artistic team of CAB 5.Various locationsOpening Sept. 2023Bob Thompson, Blue Ma Tribune Tower, 6a architects | © Chicago Architecture Biennial / Tom Harris, 2017&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

2023 Early Culture Preview

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/vr4bh8sgags8cako2mgj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/james-wines-nature-s-revenge">James Wines: Nature’s Revenge</a>Exhibition begins January 6Rhona Hoffman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419148/vw8edgjrjevmznksf5pt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cait-hardie-stillscapes">Cait Hardie: Stillscapes</a>Opening: Friday, January 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419149/yyywt17vpn3ljy9psqhn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/btwxt-ii-anne-lindberg-olivia-schreiner">BTWXT II: Anne Lindberg + Olivia Schreiner</a>Opening: Friday, January 6, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmCarrie Secrist Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419150/rgi2qantjrjqlnu9u0k2.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/western-exhibitions-drawing-biennial-ea741e94-cf31-4669-8c04-bd04e87bca45">Western Exhibitions Drawing Biennial</a>Opening: Friday, January 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419150/jvq1dgirjutkbkfjpgfg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/john-opera-the-observers">John Opera: The Observers</a>Opening: Friday, January 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419151/r2pk4n7jzvnlnuwwaqap.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/assaf-evron-collages-for-mies-van-der-rohe">Assaf Evron:&nbsp;Collages for Mies van der Rohe</a>Exhibition begins January 6David Salkin Creative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419152/l38kyvuad1dyjni9wcpv.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lincoln-and-alice-works-by-julie-cowan-and-julie-meridian">Lincoln and Alice: Works by Julie Cowan and Julie Meridian</a>Opening: Saturday, January 7, &nbsp;4 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419153/sizz7ckrfgqftmmniqwu.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gary-simmons-public-enemy">Gary Simmons: Public Enemy</a>Exhibition begins January 10Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419154/omu8xmdofsyeyoccqwgc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/within-villages-of-stone">Within Villages of Stone</a>Exhibition begins January 3Lily Pad | West&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions: first week of 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/syhedsak0fx4rtzjnkyp.png"><figcaption>Image via The Art Newspaper</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/22/art-market-in-2022-is-the-art-worlds-bull-market-coming-to-an-end?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=0ced47f0e2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_12_23_12_27&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-0ced47f0e2-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D">The art market in 2022: art fair shake ups, single owner auctions and an NFT winter</a>Despite headline figures of record sales, is the art world's bull market coming to an end?Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anna-delvey-out-of-jail-but-still-under-house-arrest-pulled-in-more-than-300000-from-her-art-this-year-2235630?utm_campaign=6311893839819&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_content=fb_6325808373819_6325808365219_6311893839819_Facebook_Mobile_Feed_fb&amp;utm_term=fb_6325808373819_6325808365219_6311893839819_Facebook_Mobile_Feed_fb&amp;fbclid=IwAR0sfd2UlCL88L7Lo24fjj6AsCKskPEMKGmwdlZ9JwDTI4fZIGEUPUnsqcM">Anna Delvey, Out of Jail But Still Under House Arrest, Pulled in More Than $300,000 From Her Art This Year</a>In the hours after the New York Post published an update on convicted scammer-turned-artist Anna Delvey’s art career—including that her editioned prints and original artworks with various galleries have pulled in more than $340,000 this year alone—there was another surge of interest, including visits to the web page and inquiries to the gallery.Via Artnet&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419148/wrmznqrdfqm7mypzoruv.jpg"><figcaption>Album cover- Duets For Confused Couples. 12 x 12. Colored pencil. 2022</figcaption></figure><a href="https://artspiel.org/an-interview-with-chicago-artist-vito-desalvo/">An Interview with Chicago Artist Vito Desalvo (of Firecat Projects)</a>By opening night the installation of Vito Desalvo’s rare public showing of his drawings was completed and the exhibition opened without a hitch. It will be showing, through December 31 at Greenkill Gallery in Kingston, NY. With the help of Mariah Karson, we were able to present his work in a manner that he found acceptable. My main task other than that was convincing him to attend the opening. After a great deal of bargaining, Vito not only showed up but was also surprisingly charitable in his conversations with guests.Via Art Spiel&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/12/18/artist-pablo-serrano-one-city-s-most-prolific-muralists-making-chicago-home-art">Artist Pablo Serrano, One of the Chicago's Most Prolific Muralists, On Making Chicago a Home for Art</a>Standing outside of Su Familia Real Estate in West Elsdon, where he recently completed a mural on each face of the building, artist <a href="https://pabloserranoart.com/public-art/">Pablo Serrano</a> says for him, art is a method of connection.“Art is responding to life,” he said. “To the things that we're going through, and fundamental questions that go to — where have we been, where are we at, where are we going?”Su Familia’s owners commissioned the mural on the occasion of their 25th anniversary. Serrano says it was an easy connection for him to make between the business of real estate and a larger message about Chicago’s identity.“The title of it is ‘Hope: the Journey Together Towards the Future’ and it features a couple of different elements that are central to what I think is a shared goal of home. When you establish home, whether it’s your apartment or you buy your first home that you’re thinking about your kids, you’re thinking about your family, you’re thinking about your community, your neighbors, the city,” he said.&nbsp;Via WTTW&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 12/28/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/ezxywc2xfwtwalc3dbfl.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Via PRJoin us in celebrating the work of Graham Foundation grantees this year as they continue to push our collective exploration of architectural ideas. Innovative ideas are represented in publications, exhibitions, film, and other programs and formats.This year more than 60 published works by grantees were released, including <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=02edb4c33f&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Building Schools Making Doctors</a> by Katherine L. Carroll (University of Pittsburgh Press); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=ff5f68eddf&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Cyberfeminism Index</a> by Mindy Seu (Inventory Press); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=67579c7282&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Nineteen Reservoirs</a> by Lucy Sante (The Experiment); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=c693491f63&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Offsetted</a> by Cooking Sections (Hatje Cantz); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=7a49cd4f67&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">On Bramante</a> by Pier Paolo Tamburelli (MIT Press); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=d3308bd528&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">The Other Modern Movement</a> by Kenneth Frampton (Yale University Press); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=f5fe48f07e&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Radical Pedagogies</a>, edited by Beatriz Colomina, Ignacio G. Galán, Evangelos Kotsioris, and Anna-Maria Meister (MIT Press); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=1ec181f808&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">The Smokehouse Associates</a>&nbsp;by Eric Booker&nbsp;(The Studio Museum in Harlem); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=7e6feb5eb9&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Who Is the City For? Architecture, Equity, and the Public Realm in Chicago</a>, by Blair Kamin with photographs by Lee Bey (University of Chicago Press); and <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=9c61efe54b&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Architecture of Collage</a> by Marshall Brown (Park Books), which also has a corresponding <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=be4f3e259e&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">exhibition</a> on view through January 7, 2023, at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.There are currently several exhibitions by grantees on view around the world—closing dates noted—such as <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=acc5772972&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Sharing Circles: Carol Newhouse and the WomanShare Collective</a> at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (December 30, 2022); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=65e4ac467a&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Christopher Kulendran Thomas: Another World</a> at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (January 22, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=21e7bed0fb&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Al Río/To the River</a>, by Zoe Leonard at the Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, (January 29, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=cdb0eab1af&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Design and Making in the Trinidad Carnival: Histories, Re-imaginations, and Speculations of Computational Design Futures</a>, by Vernelle A. A. Noel at Prince Gilbert Exhibits Gallery, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (February 28, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=ce14be9b2d&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">of [a] tomorrow: lighter than air, stronger than whiskey, cheaper than dust</a>, by Charisse Pearlina Weston at the Queens Museum of Art (March 5, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=bb76406ed4&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place</a> at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta (March 5, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=2717e4349e&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture</a> at the Museum of Design Atlanta (March 12, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=4c5f2588cd&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Himali Singh Soin: Static Range</a> at the Art Institute of Chicago (May 15, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=b1758e8c52&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Sack, mask and stick</a> by Sophie Leddick and Edgar Orlaineta at Centro Cultural La Tallera, Museo Casa-Estudio de David Alfaro Siqueiros, Cuernavaca (March 18, 2023); and Stalled!in&nbsp;Designing Peace&nbsp;at Cooper Hewitt (September 4, 2023).Some highlights of creative projects include screenings of the film <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=e963e39a9b&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Committee of Six</a>,&nbsp;by Fred Schmidt-Arenales; the premiere of&nbsp;<a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=6f65c9678b&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">A Marvelous Order</a>, an opera about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs,&nbsp;by Judd Greenstein, Tracy K. Smith, and Joshua Frankel; the launch of&nbsp;<a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=7a608f55ae&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">People’s Graphic Design Archive</a> (PGDA), an open-source online platform for graphic design history; new episodes of the YouTube series <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=3b6be185f7&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Planes, Trains, and Canes</a> from Mona Minkara; and a new fellowship program created in collaboration between the Urban Design Forum and the Architectural League of New York, called <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=4602251f7c&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">New City Critics</a>.In 2022, the Graham Foundation also awarded nearly $1 million for 92 grants to <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=8902c5abbc&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">individuals</a> and <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=111566e99c&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">organizations</a> that can be explored <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=e2452097fa&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">here</a>. At the Graham Foundation’s Madlener House in Chicago, the current exhibitions also feature the work of grantees. Site-specific supergraphics by Barbara Stauffacher Solomon in <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=be5a79c31c&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Exits Exist</a>, presents new work by Solomon, who was&nbsp;first supported by the Graham in 1993. The exhibition <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=96c861bcd7&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Pidgeon Audio Visual: Architects Speak for Themselves</a>, curated by Florencia Alvarez Pacheco, received a grant for the inaugural presentation in 2019 at Disponible, Buenos Aires and Monica Pidgeon originally received a grant in 1983 to include American architects in her tape/slide talk program featured in the exhibition.Visit <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=73d1efb9ac&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">grahamfoundation.org</a> to explore these projects and more from 2022.&nbsp;Upcoming Grant Deadlines&nbsp; <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=713844e40e&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Grants to Organizations</a> February 25, 2023 <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=d11ab9f7ac&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Grants to Individuals</a> September 15, 2023 <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=0e6c7abb88&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Carter Manny Award</a> November 15, 2023&nbsp;</body></html>

Celebrating Graham Grantees in 2022

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/amdovpoluvvz5ki6nbb3.jpg"><figcaption>Portrait of Kenneth C. Griffin, Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC, by Paul Elledge</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/12/mega-billionaire-ken-griffin-has-moved-his-masterpieces-to-the-beach">Billionaire Ken Griffin Moved His Art Out of The Art Institute to Florida's Norton Museum</a>In 2015, the hedge fund titan&nbsp;Kenneth C. Griffin&nbsp;became the first person to spend half a billion dollars on art in a single transaction.&nbsp;David Geffen made a deal with Griffin to sell him Willem de Kooning’s boldly colored abstract masterpiece&nbsp;Interchange for $300 million, and Jackson Pollock’s&nbsp;Number 17A—the splatter painting&nbsp;Life magazine&nbsp;plastered in its pages in 1949, minting Jack the Dripper an American celebrity—for $200 million.&nbsp;Griffin could have scurried away with the masterpieces to one of his homes: a $238 million apartment at 220 Central Park West and a $120 million London mansion near Buckingham Palace, the most expensive apartment in Chicago history, getaways in Aspen and Hawaii, a large chunk of Miami’s Star Island. Instead he let them go on view at the Art Institute of Chicago, placing 20th-century masterworks next to the museum’s iconic impressionist and postimpressionist holdings.Via Vanity Fair&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419148/mnenxpc14jajgfcsmdga.png"><figcaption>From left, Roy Lichtenstein’s “Thinking of Him,” 1963; Marjorie Strider’s “Girl With Radish,” 1963; and Rosalyn Drexler’s “Self-Portrait,” 1964, in “New York: 1962-1964.”Credit...Rosalyn Drexler/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Lila Barth, courtesy of The New York Times</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/arts/design/best-art-2022.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare">NYT's Best Art of 2022</a>This was a year whose high points included an adult-feeling Whitney Biennial, a major survey of contemporary Puerto Rican art, and one of the great big-little exhibitions of all time.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/trump-nft-trading-cards-sell-out-2231544">Donald Trump’s Surreal Line of NFT Portraits Sold Out Within a Day—and Are Now Trading for as Much as $44,000</a>Former President Donald Trump has sold a lot of self-branded products in his day. Trump Ties. Trump Steaks. There was even a short-lived Trump Shuttle airline. And now, Trump NFTs—excuse me, Trump Digital Trading Cards.The collection of 45,000 non-fungible tokens depicting Trump in absurdly heroic poses, each priced at $99, sold out within a day of last week’s “major announcement” of the drop. Political commentators had been expecting news surrounding Trump’s third presidential campaign. Instead, we got JPGs. Thousands and thousands of them.Via Artnet&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 12/20/22

<a href="https://www.artic.edu/press/press-releases/322/art-institute-receives-a-remarkable-collection-and-3m-endowment-gift-from-the-stenn-family">Art Institute Receives a Remarkable Collection and $3M Endowment Gift from The Stenn Family</a>From November 2022The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce both the acquisition of a transformative collection of contemporary prints and drawings and a financial gift from The Stenn Family. A promised gift of 97 prints and drawings—from artists including Josef Albers, Eva Hesse, Lee Bontecou, Judy Chicago, Donald Judd, and Sol LeWitt—will be united with more than 100 previously given works from The Stenn Family, creating a truly outstanding collection of works on paper by Pop, Conceptual, and Minimal artists from the 20th century. Representing an era that saw a radical change in how works on paper were made, used, and appreciated, this gift will allow museum visitors to see an expansive representation of this foundational moment in the history of drawing.Via AIC PR<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2017/8/collector-irving-stenn-jr-a-lifetime-of-relationships-through-art">Read CGN's interview with Collector Irving Stenn from 2017 HERE</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a41931381/0146-0157-the-chicago-school-december-2022/">How Chicago Became an Art-World Capital Without Giving In to Art-World Clichés</a>The personal dimension of “Young Lords and Their Traces” is a reflection of many facets of [Theaster] Gates’s life in Chicago, where he was born and raised and continues to make his home and work. But in many ways it’s less about losses than gains—how ideas, practices, friendships, relationships, and passions endure and are kept alive. “I used to think that monuments were about statues of old guys,” Gates explains. “But when I was doing my master’s thesis, I wrote about a synagogue on the West Side of Chicago that had been transformed into a Baptist church, a flea market, and a synagogue again over 80 years. The synagogue is a monument. It is a testament to the truth of many accumulated lives.”<a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a41931381/0146-0157-the-chicago-school-december-2022/">Via Harper's Bazaar</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://greatlakesbydesign.com/2022/11/15/in-contemporary-modern-exhibition/">Coverage of the New WHO Modern / (northern)Western Exhibitions&nbsp;</a>In a renovated, bowstring truss building in Skokie, Illinois, a joint venture between (northern) Western Exhibitions and WHO Modern officially opened its doors this past weekend to celebrate the launch of its shared space featuring contemporary art, midcentury modern design, vintage furniture, and decorative objects. The opening event, which took place on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, celebrated the work of Geoffrey Todd Smith, a Chicago-based artist, and marked the debut of a new community destination initially envisioned by long-time Skokie-resident, Zach Williams, collector and building owner.The creative brainchild of Williams, the space brings together iconic designs and contemporary artwork by artists from Western Exhibitions’ 20-year-long history, and is backed by the combined curatorial expertise of Scott Speh, director and founder of Western Exhibitions, and Donald Schmaltz, partner of WHO Modern.Via Great Lakes Design&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 12/17/22

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419140/l13bpepydjximpgaakvq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/3rd-fridays-open-studios-bridgeport-art-center">3rd Fridays | Open Studios @ Bridgeport Art Center</a>Opening: Friday, December 16, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419141/hx9mv0jfbhickoq32qhw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/andrea-jablonski-chicago-af">Andrea Jablonski: Chicago AF</a>Opening: Friday, December 16, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419142/tadmvuimdlznjw5zqh5u.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/renee-robbins-simple-pleasures-and-silver-linings-an-unseen-universe">Renee Robbins: Simple Pleasures and Silver Linings: An Unseen Universe</a>Opening: Friday, December 16, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmsalonlb.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419143/boysrhxsyrzup8xfph5w.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/resist-a-visual-history-of-protest">Resist!: A Visual History of Protest</a>Exhibition begins December 17Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419144/iydudny5yu3ozqqc5ymx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-for-post-trauma-recovery-of-children-in-ukraine">Children of War: Art for post-trauma recovery of children of Ukraine</a>Opening: Saturday, December 17, noon – 2&nbsp;pmUkrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419145/aiifl4qpkyhctc9sp4ub.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/best-of-firecat-projects">Best of Firecat Projects</a>Exhibition begins December 18Firecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions December 16 - 18

<a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago-art-from-the-caribbean-diaspora?utm_source=EXPO+Master+%7C+Main+List&amp;utm_campaign=1dec50fb51-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_ODLV&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_5e6f73ac04-1dec50fb51-58823777">At the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, a Moving Investigation of Art From the Caribbean Diaspora</a>How do we represent the Caribbean? According to&nbsp;Carla Acevedo-Yates, the Marilyn and Larry Fields curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, you can’t. This month, Acevedo-Yates—who is of Puerto Rican descent—welcomed guests to a highly anticipated first look at her new exhibition, “Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today.” Its curation follows the idea of weather, in all its iterations, as a driving mechanism for Caribbean storytelling.&nbsp;Via Vogue&nbsp;<a href="https://www.culturedmag.com">Theaster Gates Digs into Chance the Rapper's Newfound Revolution</a>Chance the Rapper has had an explosive jump from young Chicago poet to sound artist and cold-blooded MC philanthropist. His latest interdisciplinary endeavors—including “The Highs &amp; The Lows,” a music and visual arts hybrid that he premiered at Art Basel, “Child of God,” an exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and the Black Star Line Festival in Accra, Ghana in January 2023—cross the definitions and expectations of art and entertainment to connect, represent, and advance Blackness. Here, CULTURED's Winter 2022 coverstar speaks in conversation with artist and professor Theaster Gates, whose two concurrent New York exhibitions at the New Museum and Gagosian 976 Madison Avenue join his long CV of works that try to intellectualize, understand, and, in many ways, salvage the human experience.Via Cultured&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/police-london-gallery-banksy-former-agent-sculpture-2226405">Police Broke Into the Gallery of Banksy’s Former Agent, Mistaking a Sculpture for a Dead Woman</a>Police barged into a London gallery owned by Banksy’s former agent, mistakenly presuming a hyper-realistic sculpture was a person in a critical condition.The work, Kristina (2022) by American artist Mark Jenkins, depicts a casually-dressed woman collapsed over a table.Via ArtnetKey image: Kristina (2022) by Mark Jenkins, commissioned by Steve Lazarides. Courtesy of Laz Emporium.&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 12/9/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419140/wkmdg6jeqybezjjhbbro.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tarik-echols-open">Tarik Echols: Open</a>Exhibition begins December 9Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419142/jnttbpnucxeirxqwacix.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/anne-hughes-phenomena">Anne Hughes: Phenomena</a>Exhibition begins December 9Epiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419143/k1cabhf5tqtwzq6x7nvm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/visions-of-hope">Visions of Hope</a>Opening: Saturday, December 10, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmStola Contemporary Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419144/qasjudffkqz1z4bxboqn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/edra-soto-the-myth-of-closure-el-mito-del-cierre">Edra Soto: The Myth of Closure / El Mito del Cierre</a>Exhibition begins December 10The Cleve Carney Museum of Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419145/xbx2t1l9dvsazwjnizun.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-5th-annual-12-x-12-show">The 5th Annual 12 x 12 Show</a>Opening: Saturday, December 10, noon – 8&nbsp;pmElephant Room Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419146/tthtmgujqaenumxmeu0w.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/liz-flores-solo-show">Liz Flores: Ni de aquí, Ni de allá</a>Opening: Saturday, December 10, noon – 6&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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