<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419096/fsslbkz8vpqldnou1kb4.jpg"><figcaption>Courtesy of StockX.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/buyers-guide/stockx-vincent-van-gogh-starry-night-lego-set-2152258">The New ‘Starry Night’ Lego Set Is a Sold-Out Collector’s Hit</a>Art lovers know to expect sold-out gallery shows. But what about sold-out Lego kits? Such is the case with Lego’s Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night edition. The kit, which allows enthusiasts to build a recreation of the 1889 Post-Impressionist masterpiece, has been flying off the shelves since it came out in May of this year. The kit came to market through a unique avenue; the Starry Night theme was proposed as a set by Truman Cheng, a PhD student from Hong Kong, through the company’s Lego Ideas system that allows people to suggest ideas for potential kits.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/arts/design/ukraine-war-art-culture.html">The Role of Art in a Time of War</a>You do not have to go far outside of Kyiv to see how the massacre of civilians and the trampling of culture still come one after the other. In Borodianka, a nucleus of Russian atrocities about 45 minutes north of here — the drive is slower now that the bridges have been demolished — the Palace of Culture has had its windows blown out; its concert hall is dust-caked, and the ticket booths have been ripped asunder. Halfway between the capital and the Belarusian border, I had to contort my body through twisted studs to enter the leveled Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum, its statuary now pitted, its embroideries scorched. It is far worse further east.Here in Kyiv the masterpieces have, like many of its citizens earlier, gone underground.Via the New York Times&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-chicago-climate-change-art-initiative-tt-0720-20220720-rbyp7oq6fngo5mar2lisoz2rzm-story.html">E(art)H Chicago awards $547,310 for art projects addressing climate change: From murals to money for native plantings</a>A bilingual, multisensory theater piece for pre-K youth and their families to explore Eggers Grove’s rich ecosystem. A Little Village mural that will be created from a community coloring book and painted by community members. A documentary film that focuses on the environmental justice issues on the Southeast Side where screenings and discussions will take place.These are but a few art projects centered on environmental justice and climate change that will be created and activated with public programming by next summer through E(art)H Chicago (Earth Art Chicago). The citywide community-based art initiative was created by the Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation (ISEIF) to raise awareness and inspire action on the environment and to educate Illinois residents on cost-saving environmental interventions they can make in their homes.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-07-27/why-new-york-art-galleries-are-flocking-to-los-angeles-altering-art-scene">Why New York art galleries are flocking to Los Angeles — and how it’s altering the art scene</a>Call it the great Art Rush — but panning for affluent art collectors instead of gold nuggets.The Los Angeles gallery scene is seeing an influx of established New York art galleries moving into town as of late — 11 so far are here or coming soon. Several venues opened this February, timed to the Frieze Los Angeles art fair; other openings are in the works for later this year or 2023.Via LA Times&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 7/28/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419096/fmbhkguhlhubybhtkmrw.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lakefront-anonymous-chicago-s-unknown-art-gallery">Lakefront Anonymous: Chicago’s Unknown Art Gallery</a>Opening: Friday, July 29, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419097/sl0j9alghox5xyxtd0t5.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cesar-conde-c-j-hungerman-c-c-collision">Cesar Conde &amp; C.J. Hungerman: C+C=COLLISION</a>Opening: Friday, July 29, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419098/rjuoohyhamo2pejlpxeq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/all-that-glows-in-the-dark-of-democracy">All that Glows in the Dark of Democracy</a>Opening: Friday, July 29, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmWeinberg/Newton Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419099/wufmipzco3fx4ux2o9n7.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/abraham-cone-wall-ornament">Abraham Cone: Wall Ornament</a>Opening: Friday, July 29, 6 – 10&nbsp;pmMu Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419100/ogo92kxl74wvv7po3exb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/age-of-the-bimbo">Age of the Bimbo</a>Opening: Saturday, July 30, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWoman Made Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions July 29 - 30

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419091/zgcpx6siqujfp3mtpzg9.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/diffractions">Diffractions</a>Opening: Friday, July 22, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419091/gihfxs6dza7pveovq6b9.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jeff-faust-labyrinth">Jeff Faust: Labyrinth</a>Opening: Friday, July 22, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419092/vaytqcgptdpeornjmx4e.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/deborah-kraft-solo-exhibition">Deborah Kraft Solo Exhibition</a>Opening: Friday, July 22, 6 – 8:30&nbsp;pmRelativity Textiles&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419093/tugcdbm1zwpr4h6wkhlv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/maryam-safajoo-repetitious-insecurity">Maryam Safajoo: REPETITIOUS INSECURITY</a>Opening: Friday, July 22, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419093/tdkqhgydhhfcyg1muiia.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/71">Paige Taul: 71</a>Opening: Friday, July 22, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions July 22 - 24 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419090/ugobmq9i7ojk2wzrux2k.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-invisible-costs-of-war">The Invisible Costs of War</a>Opening: Friday, July 22, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419091/tydxpdzon7h1oznjluzu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/noah-hanna-curated-exhibition">The Land Between The Sea</a>Exhibition begins July 23ENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419092/nwnmcf0n7dy8rqpa5hxb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/democracy-in-danger">Democracy in Danger</a>Opening: Saturday, July 23, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmStola Contemporary Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419093/qtt0tcosa5br0ffkho9w.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/scott-jay-marr-new-paintings-the-flight-of-the-butterflies">Scott Jay Marr | New Paintings: The Flight of the Butterflies</a>Opening: Saturday, July 23, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419093/e3lx3v78kjyqcyba5kw5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dean-habegger-new-paintings-mixed-media-works">Dean Habegger |&nbsp;New Paintings &amp; Mixed Media Works</a>Opening: Saturday, July 23, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions July 22 - 24 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419091/pyaapqkpf4elz8jp3jjt.png"><figcaption>All Star Press</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/all-star-press-studio-joins-up-with-chicagos-pro-teams-to-bring-sports-art-together/">All Star Press studio joins up with Chicago's pro teams to bring sports, art together</a>If you're a sports fan in Chicago, you've probably seen the work of All Star Press - even if you may not know it.As CBS 2's Matt Zahn reported Saturday night, All Star Press has teamed up with our pro teams to do some pretty cool stuff - bringing the worlds of sports and art together."I've always been a really big sports person. Art and sports doesn't always mix," said All Star Press' Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff.Via CBS Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://news.yahoo.com/issue-probing-art-chicago-gallery-093634356.html">Issue-probing art from Chicago gallery comes to Michigan City. Q&amp;A with the curator</a>Monique Meloche has exhibited artists of color in her gallery in Chicago’s West Loop since she opened it some 20 years ago. They come from across the U.S. and the world. And they don’t take a soft look at the world.Meloche has now filled the Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City with her artists’ work. She took some time to talk with The Tribune about the exhibit, “moniquemeloche presents…,” that opened in June and runs through Oct. 21.Via South Bend Tribune/Yahoo News&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://art.newcity.com/2022/07/06/paint-it-blue-lessons-from-the-old-guitarist-of-pablo-picasso/">Paint It Blue: Lessons From The Old Guitarist of Pablo Picasso</a>Consider Pablo Picasso’s “The Old Guitarist.” A smaller-scale work in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, I’ve been looking at this painting since I moved here to study art and philosophy more than thirty years ago. I felt an intimate connection from the moment I first saw it, perhaps because of the painting’s implicit reflection of my own plight as a young artist.Via Newcity&nbsp;<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-art-of-protest-has-taken-many-forms-northwestern-university-e2-80-99s-block-museum-of-art-looks-at-it-through-the-lens-of-anti-black-violence/ar-AAZnnwv">The art of protest has taken many forms. Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art looks at it through the lens of anti-Black violence.</a>As the country tries to process a troubling aspect of U.S. history — mass shootings — we are reminded that there have been others interwoven into the nation’s creation, including anti-Black violence.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 7/14/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419091/wwhwgaqcuviduu49qqq4.png"><figcaption>The Travelers’ Broken Crowd by Rashid Johnsohn. Image courtesy of the New York Times.&nbsp; &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.saic.edu/news/terminal-c-at-la-guardia-features-installations-by-saic-alums?fbclid=IwAR0pfpl3QNtyTn-MMSA6MhEHqzi6GNQtySiL5kH7VvKpK_hiJlSwFjHLnNw">Terminal C at La Guardia Airport Features New Installations by SAIC Alums</a>School of the Art Institute of Chicago alums Rashid Johnson (MFA 2004) and Aliza Nisenbaum (BFA 2001, MFA 2005) are among the six New York-based artists who were recently commissioned to create large-scale permanent art installations for Delta Air Line’s Terminal C in New York’s La Guardia Airport. Commissioned in partnership with Queens Museum, the new works are part of a $12 million art program designed to turn the transportation hub into an art destination.Via SAIC&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/hard-truths-advice-column-nft-1234633544/">HARD TRUTHS: SHOULD A ‘SERIOUS PAINTER’ STOOP TO MAKE&nbsp;NFTS?</a>With a world in crisis and an art market spinning out of control, ace art-world consultants Chen &amp; Lampert deliver hard truths in response to questions sent by Art in America readers from far and wide."As a serious painter, I’ve been paying no attention to the NFT art boom. People in my world keep talking about them, but I barely understand what NFTs are and can’t say I especially care, given that my work has nothing to do with media or video art."Via Art in America&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/07/08/cold-war-era-returns-as-cultural-ties-are-severed">Cold War era returns as cultural ties are severed between Russia and US</a>In May, Russia officially withdrew from a memorandum of understanding with the US in the field of culture, education and the media, in effect closing the door on cultural exchange in a move that takes both countries back to the heightened Cold War era that lasted until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The US Embassy was informed of the move on 1 June.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 7/11/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419090/ufovuh7o8bhqltrhfiti.jpg"><figcaption>In front: Nick Cave,  Speak Louder, 2011.  Mixed media. On wall: Nick Cave, Tondo, 2022. Mixed media. &nbsp;Photo: CGN</figcaption></figure>By GINNY VAN ALYEAWandering through Nick Cave's expansive retrospective, Forothermore, at the MCA a few weeks ago, I knew it wouldn't be my last visit. Luckily for those of us who live in Chicago, the exhibition is on view until October 2. If you haven't seen it yet, we know how fast summer goes, so make sure to see the show soon.&nbsp;I've seen Cave's work in many places over the years, but this is a chance to see so much of it all at once while following the timeline of Cave's art over the decades. Cave's work is undeniably beautiful to behold and also transfixing for the viewer because of its detail and technical complexity. Right there these things make for a blockbuster of a show. But the reason to return is to consider more deeply things other than beadwork and recognizable ephemera. Cave, an artist the MCA describes as "celebrated for projects that blend community building with vibrant works of art across disciplines," has become a star because of his sculptural Soundsuits that are both works of art as well as performance vehicles that can offer a means of contemplating humanity. These works can be static museum pieces you're not allowed to touch, as well as transformative garments worn to enliven public space and captivate attention spans in real time. In each case they mean more than meets the eye.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419091/issokcqjfabs0t4lfcfy.jpg"><figcaption>Installation view. Photo: CGN</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;While the Soundsuits on display are static here, several works are helpfully accompanied by audio narrations by Cave himself. One work – Hustle Coat – that hangs on the wall is brought to life when you can hear the swishing clanks of the watches and jewels that line the interior of a jacket while Cave describes, "The hustle coat is really a trench coat, which is made out of cotton. It’s double breasted. It has a belt. But inside of the coat it also has a lining. And this lining is covered in jewels. Just imagine—necklaces, chains, watches, jewelry, stones, are all sewn by hand into this lining of the coat, making it appear to be this jewel box."&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419092/udu6qy9nm66vfb4p8zpr.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave, Hustle Coat, 2021. Trench coat, cast bronze hand, metal, costume jewelry, watches, and chains. Photo: CGN</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;While you should see the show in person, it is helpful to also spend time on the MCA's website afterward in order to view the additional media available, in particular the <a href="https://mcachicago.org/publications/video/2022/nick-cave-forothermore">exhibition video</a> featuring an interview with Cave and videos of activated Soundsuits.&nbsp;There is also a totally wild and immersive (I say this in the best, not overused sense) site-specific installation in the MCA's soaring two-story atrium and fourth floor, Spinner Forest, made up of thousands of shiny, twirling spinners. On a recent visit to Wisconsin, I was so tempted to buy the spinners I spied at several road side gas stations, but I realized that were I to bring it home it would not have the magic that Cave has given it. &nbsp;And this is the reason to see the exhibition: the experience magic an artist can bring to the every day as well as to history. You will enjoy seeing these works together in this setting, maybe coming away as I did with a new, more personal understanding of art as well as struggle and even the future.&nbsp;<a href="https://mcachicago.org/exhibitions/2022/nick-cave-forothermore">Nick Cave: Forothermore</a> is accompanied by an exhibition catalogue designed with Cave's partner, Bob Faust. The exhibition is curated by Naomi Beckwith, former Manilow Senior Curator. It is presented in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art on the museum's fourth floor. On view through October 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419093/aw7kwggr6sl2fsmwy1um.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave, Spinner Forest, 4th floor lobby. &nbsp;Photo: CGN</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419094/bfoc6ezxvfduraaxqjzh.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave, Soundsuits. Photo: CGN</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419094/hbwdwejppgfrmqhbjey6.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave, Time and Again, 2000. Mixed media including vintage metal, found objects, and wood. Time and Again is representative of Cave's early installation work, a harbinger of his future working practices, and an ode to his family. Cave arranged his grandfather's tools, agricultural objects, and Catholic symbols into an altar-like assemblage to honor a patriarch who was purposeful and meticulous. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: CGN</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419095/vsbloczejjodn2drr06k.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave, I Wouldn't Bet Against It, 2007. Mixed media including vintage fabric, dice and objects. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: CGN</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

Nick Cave: Photos from Forothermore

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/khp7yx5lil6jsaxfi33n.png"></figure>Beyond the FrameOpening: Thursday, July 7, 5 – 7&nbsp;pm<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/beyond-the-frame">Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419085/ecpa77gfq15x50ino0ym.jpg"></figure>Summer Group ShowOpening: Friday, July 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/vale-craft-gallery">Vale Craft Gallery</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419086/dutgyvxohpxx1vvrobm0.jpg"></figure>Summer Group ShowOpening: Friday, July 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/summer-group-show-3f360754-a2e8-4a34-8057-03341055b55d">Carl Hammer Gallery</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419087/cvwjbejbzxnbqr6lo2i2.jpg"></figure>New paintings by Carl LinstrumOpening: Friday, July 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/addington-gallery">Addington Gallery</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419089/plfuyedtkrvjj3zgcbyy.jpg"></figure>Mid-Summer River North Gallery WalkOpening: Friday, July 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/jean-albano-gallery">Jean Albano Gallery</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419089/irgltvhnq9ipr6pyqv9v.jpg"></figure>Mid-Summer River North Gallery WalkOpening: Friday, July 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/gallery-victor-armendariz">Gallery Victor Armendariz</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions July 7 & 8

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/mfzocqof69kzmwos5njk.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/deirdre-sullivan-beeman-delirium">Deirdre Sullivan-Beeman: Delirium</a>Opening: Saturday, July 9, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/lvobs9xissm8wzcu28zf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/collin-van-der-sluijs-solo-show-2507d6bb-64ee-45b7-b6d9-026eecb4509e">Collin van der Sluijs: Collision</a>Opening: Saturday, Jul 9, 2022 12 – 6&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419085/rcucvwqrj2jd5v3ednx6.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/true-grit">True Grit</a>Opening: Saturday, July 9, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSpace 900&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419086/rzoeyxu2dmeuucu9hwhi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/vicinity-opening-reception-at-the-gallery-saturday-july-9-2022-5-7-p-m">Vicinity: Opening Reception at the Gallery</a>Opening: Saturday, July 9, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419087/dkgcn5akxfaoqkxqovhw.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chicago-works-gregory-bae">Chicago Works: Gregory Bae</a>Opening: Saturday, Jul 9, 2022 1 – 3&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Art&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419088/nnrxrlgofk85f8zo6xdx.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pox-americana-how-smallpox-once-plagued-america-the-world">Pox Americana: How Smallpox Once Plagued America &amp; The World</a>Opening: Saturday, Jul 9, 2022 6 – 8:30&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions July 9

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/fk1fuw1tlymbgckvldt9.jpg"><figcaption>Sibylle Friche and Aron Gent of DOCUMENT</figcaption></figure>DOCUMENT welcomes Sibylle Friche as PartnerDOCUMENT is excited to announce the appointment of Sibylle Friche in her new role as Partner. She joins Gallery Founder and Owner, Aron Gent.Friche has served as DOCUMENT’s Director from 2015–2022. Since joining the gallery, she has produced over forty solo and group exhibitions, overseen numerous internationally-recognised art fair presentations, and has played a pivotal role in the development of the gallery’s program and expansion. During her tenure, Friche has facilitated institutional acquisitions by The Guggenheim Museum, The Centre Pompidou, and The Carnegie Museum of Art, among others.&nbsp;“Sibylle has been instrumental to the success of the gallery,” said Gent. “She has expanded our reach and has formed meaningful relationships with institutions, artists, and collectors across the globe, most notably in Europe.” He continued, “She approaches her work with integrity and rigor and I am eager to see what she brings to this new role.”“I am proud to continue my work at DOCUMENT in a new capacity, while continuing to support and champion a talented roster of artists,” said Friche. “I admire Aron’s dedication, vision, and contributions to the art world and I am excited to be able to play a role in shaping the future of DOCUMENT.”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/pzzsl6evjhchqt1yya8g.png"></figure><a href="https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-sculpture-park-2022/nathan-manilow-sculpture-park-university-park-illinois/?fbclid=IwAR090mA_j8e6f3Q0luq1BFsG5v9h8OeED_prkHfhgwmsI8RlGGwAIPnnodQ">Vote on 10Best for Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park</a>This sculpture park at Governors State University in Chicago’s Southland features a collection of 30 large-scale sculptures displayed across 100 acres of prairie landscape. The free outdoor museum also hosts programs to help connect visitors with art and nature in a more meaningful way.They were voted #1 in 2021. Voting is live for the next four days.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard Hunt Shares Video Teaser of New Obama Center Sculpture<a href="https://video.thrivent.com/view/RisingTeaser?linkId=158480646&amp;fbclid=IwAR0vTT-2jNHpQlfq-qBMy5nRxkWHSBN1Rm2LBnQefQn1z84mOwGxVQv8i7U">View the video here.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mystateline.com/video/rockford-artists-support-ukraine-with-‘art-for-peace’-event/7795738/?fbclid=IwAR1fZtfk42z91b2eF20GIg8Tmk4mUZviZZU-LITge-Rtue6KqKEJOrEeyAs">Rockford artists support Ukraine with ‘Art for Peace’ event</a>Mary McNamara Bernsten, Executive Director of Rockford Area Arts Council, and Father Jonathan Bannon, from Christ the Savior Orthodox Church, will host “Art for Peace: An Evening to Support Ukraine” on Wednesday at the University Club of Rockford, at 945 N Main Street.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 6/30/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/uxuwssfgc0fnwupri1gs.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/opening-reception-moniquemeloche-presents">Opening Reception: moniquemeloche presents…</a>Opening: Friday, July 1, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmLubeznik Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/rpfvwnkvl4ae4iwynsnb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hoodoos-and-other-anomalies">Hoodoos and Other Anomalies</a>Opening: Friday, July 1, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmMu Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419085/ifndlihx0ceh0nh3ioax.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/victoria-fullerbring-back-the-extinct-northern-white-rhino">Victoria Fuller - Bring Back The Extinct Northern White Rhino</a>Opening: Friday, July 1, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419086/pmwbdiuxczjzfmy9x0we.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/open-house-new-zealand-artist-judson-chatfield">Open House: New Zealand artist Judson Chatfield</a>Friday, July 1, 12–7pm and Saturday, July 2, 12–5pm.&nbsp;Two day open house featuring the bronze figurative sculpture of noted New Zealand artist <a href="https://www.facebook.com/judsonsculptor?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZX4JFcyUB_AS2UlesP5f1kFueSsac7jNZ82YVcBF74c8HBzBFHO7pkStQ-euDfa1-LJXNRYDHu0FGdUhV4l1IjIpBSQcdz1brqQvJHYY-0jtTeW5ycZkj0TGtfUgEftdtuuKbK4dZb5lR0Y9LPKO_o43xy8pA-kpRiWECq0BuKYnA&amp;__tn__=-%5DK-R">Judson Chatfield</a>Addington Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419087/bn0qchjc6h2pjfaurjo7.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/martine-syms">Martine Syms: She Mad Season One</a>July 2Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Opening July 1 & 2

<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/anna-weyant-paintings-larry-gagosian-11655482365?mod=trending_now_news_1">Three Years Ago, Her Art Sold for $400 at the Beach. Now It Fetches Up To $1.6 Million at Auction</a>Anna Weyant, a new art star whose work evokes a millennial Botticelli, was discovered on Instagram. She’s also dating her dealer, Larry Gagosian.Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/chicagos-african-american-history-museum-changing-its-name">New name, new look for DuSable Museum</a>It's changed to a punchier name as part of its Juneteenth celebration: The DuSable Black History Museum &amp; Education Center.The DuSable Museum of African American History is changing to a punchier name that is more in keeping with contemporary terminology: The DuSable Black History Museum &amp; Education Center.The announcement, which also includes new logos and rebranding, will kick off a Juneteenth weekend celebration that includes free admission to the South Side institution all weekend and a Sunday BBQ and block party hosted with Chance the Rapper.Via Crain's&nbsp;<a href="">Demonstrators Descend on the British Museum to Make the Case for Athens as the Rightful—and Safer—Home for the Parthenon Marbles</a>Campaigners gathered at the British Museum in London on Saturday to renew calls for the institution to return its Parthenon Marbles to Greece.The ancient sculptures, which were removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century, are housed today in a gallery that is “dark, wet, and has leaks in the ceiling,” George Gabriel of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles told fellow activists as he welcomed them to the British Museum’s Great Court at the start of the demonstration.Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 6/21/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/idxjqromxisohplo2lds.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/laura-letinsky">Laura Letinsky: The indignation of counting spiders</a>Opening: Friday, June 24, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419085/ld4qsu7b0hl7rpsdu0ze.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/abigail-chang-reflections-of-a-room">Abigail Chang: Reflections of a Room</a>Opening: Friday, June 24, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmVolume Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419085/jn6vlffpylks5q9tav5e.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/azikiwe-mohammed">Azikiwe Mohammed: Maiden Voyage II: Heliocentric Forms of Blackness</a>Opening: Saturday, June 25, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419087/ty2rewefvrjqenj6jh6x.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/rebecca-stahr-encaustics">Rebecca Stahr | Encaustics</a>Opening: Saturday, June 25, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions June 23-25 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419077/f0curnh8mpdwzwfclk9a.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/consciousness-of-abstraction">Consciousness of Abstraction</a>Exhibition begins June 23ARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419078/vatcaprbak65dyflwdgg.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/fatima-axkauia">Fatima: Axkauia</a>Opening: Friday, June 24, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419079/wosapmetryrcu6kyim6s.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/messejah-washington-love-is-omega">Messejah Washington: Love is Omega</a>Opening: Friday, June 24, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmElephant Room Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419079/jlivbwasvhydkzhozyxi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/luana-coonen-trunk-show">Luana Coonen Trunk Show</a>June 24 – 26Pistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions June 23-25 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419077/xdomwrqycwykhaetwiiw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/3rd-friday-open-studios-f387f00d-2836-43c5-b9d2-4e7435319267">3rd Friday Open Studios</a>Friday, June 17, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419078/ndesb1zzoljhnmx4n9ia.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/diversity-inclusivity-celebrating-20-years-with-monique-meloche-gallery">moniquemeloche presents…</a>Exhibition begins June 18Lubeznik Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419079/v7bz4yg6aou4vgbuyosx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/michel-andreenko-revisited">Michel Andreenko: Revisited</a>Opening: Saturday, June 18, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmUkrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419079/wdi5xxnkund9abcktp6t.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/skin-masks-decolonizing-art-beyond-the-politics-of-visibility">Skin + Masks, Decolonizing Art Beyond the Politics of Visibility</a>Opening: Saturday, June 18, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmKavi Gupta - Elizabeth St.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions June 15-18 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419077/kzbkwtnkonxpc0grhcfg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/racine-art-guild-juried-competition-2022">Racine Art Guild Juried Competition 2022</a>Exhibition begins June 15Racine Art Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419078/kf7vtgbswo5ofisgctr8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nature-s-blueprints-biomimicry-in-art-and-design">Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design</a>Exhibition begins June 17Elmhurst Art Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419078/z1adnwlovgpqalxbef9v.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/visceral-solo-exhibition-by-tamara-wasserman">Visceral: Solo Exhibition by Tamara Wasserman</a>Opening: Friday, June 17, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419079/xlb0iqlh5rugjv9aheec.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/famil-e">famil-E</a>Opening: Friday, June 17, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Art Center Highland Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419080/dg073kfxz8fmtrfyfdiy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/roman-villarreal-south-chicago-legacies">Roman Villarreal: South Chicago Legacies</a>Opening: Friday, June 17, 11&nbsp;am – 8&nbsp;pmIntuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions June 15-18 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419077/mbnnmyqx7h9xbjjde0ei.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/joey-africa">Joey Africa</a>Opening: Saturday, June 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmStola Contemporary Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419078/b0utywlshqdoisxlto3s.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cheryl-pope">Cheryl Pope: Variations on a Love Theme</a>Opening: Saturday, June 11, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmMonique Meloche Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419079/uw3v9yedl8nlhiuksj5n.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/brad-novak-hybrid-2-0-solo-show">Brad Novak: Hybrid 2.0</a>Opening: Saturday, June 11, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Project Space&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419079/uqc0tzv6zqrl5yqo9pud.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/generations">Generations: 30 Years of Woman Made Gallery</a>Opening: Saturday, June 11, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWoman Made Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419080/va8pugnlz8hfdfpzsvyj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/woomin-kim-doo-jip-salim">Woomin Kim: Doo Jip Salim</a>Opening: Sunday, June 12, 12 – 4&nbsp;pmGoldfinch&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419081/qie0bzd76xzihssmrlox.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/brandon-chavis-for-colored-queers">Brandon Chavis: for colored queers</a>Opening: Sunday, June 12, 12 – 4&nbsp;pmGoldfinch&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions June 8-12 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419077/qzbuhrmy5kaxcxaaelom.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/almudena-rodriguez-pygmalion-effect-d6f1219a-8ef7-436f-8949-22762e6c84d9">Almudena Rodriguez: Pygmalion Effect</a>June 8PAGODA RED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419078/eg6n35go34gxcyubcznn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/women-of-the-blues-a-coast-to-coast-collection">Women of the Blues: A Coast to Coast Collection</a>Opening: Wednesday, June 8, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419079/s4gleer2qrfzks6hqlr8.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/some-parts-of-us-depaul-university-s-graphic-design-senior-capstone-show">Some Parts of Us: DePaul University’s Graphic Design Senior Capstone Show</a>Opening: Thursday, June 9, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419080/ffeykpchlupi3oczygyg.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/magalie-guerin">Magalie Guérin: hard green</a>Opening: Friday, June 10, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419081/gkvcq5iiemzj3efh6gq9.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/inscription">Inscription</a>Opening: Friday, June 10, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmMu Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419082/hcr2eqtovp2eqwx0r6ny.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/frank-spidale-paintings-and-drawings">Frank Spidale: Paintings and Drawings</a>Opening: Friday, June 10, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419083/yt7gacgbkkyusawjkvet.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-shape-of-light-contemporary-painting-and-studio-glass">The Shape of Light. Contemporary painting and studio glass.</a>June 10Rockford Art Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions June 8-12 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419067/ud99vojxkdnrvibym988.jpg"><figcaption>VHT Studios &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/look-inside-gold-coast-home-sale-after-rehab-antiques-importers">Golden Triangle Owners Selling Rehabbed Gold Coast Home</a>Doug Van Tress and Chauwarin Tuntisak, owners of the Golden Triangle, are asking $2.7 million for their roughly 4,000-square-foot four-story home on Division Street, which comes on the market June 6.Via Crain's&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cezanne-show-through-the-artists-eyes-2121490?utm_content=from_newscta&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Saturday%20AM%205%2F28&amp;utm_term=Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BALL%5D%20%5BMORNING%5D">A Once-in-a-Generation Cezanne Show Asks Us to Look Through the Artist’s Eyes: Slowly, Deliberately, and at Every Brushstroke</a>“Why Cezanne? Why today?”&nbsp;These were the questions the curators of a new, once-in-a-generation retrospective of the French painter at the Art Institute of Chicago asked themselves as they went to work a few years back. When it comes to Cezanne, who, perhaps more than any other artist, laid the groundwork for the 20th-century avant-garde, how do you say something new—and how do you say it in a way that can be understood by someone who’s never picked up a brush?&nbsp;The curators, Gloria Groom and Caitlin Haskell, decided to look closely at Cezanne’s canvases for their answers—examining, through advanced imaging techniques, how the artist confronted his own questions about the urgency of painting through every brush stroke he ever made.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artle-the-new-wordle-2123784?utm_content=from_artnetnews&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Tuesday%20PM%205%2F31&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D">Artle Is the Art-Historical Version of Wordle You Didn’t Know You Needed to Play</a>If you’re an avid museum-goer who’s been swept up in the recent craze for the word game Wordle, we’ve got exciting news.This month, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC released a new art-historical, image-based version of the game it calls <a href="https://www.nga.gov/artle.html">Artle</a>. And it’s already a hit, the museum reports, driving an increase in web traffic of over 40 percent since the game’s launch.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/05/31/louvre-launches-civil-action-as-part-of-art-trafficking-case-connected-to-former-director-jean-luc-martinez">Louvre launches civil action as part of art trafficking case involving former director Jean-Luc Martinez</a>The Louvre Museum has decided to become a civil party in the wide-ranging <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/05/26/former-louvre-director-jean-luc-martinez-charged-in-connection-with-antiquities-trafficking-investigation">criminal investigation</a> into the alleged trafficking of ancient objects from the Middle East. The decision was made in connection with “the purchase of Egyptian antiquities by Louvre Abu Dhabi”, according to a statement from the institution.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://classicchicagomagazine.com/david-adler-alert-2/">David Adler Alert!</a>David Adler: Great House Architect, a four-part documentary highlighting the life, clients, and classical architecture of the man often known as “Chicago’s society architect”, will be broadcast each Friday night in June on PBS Chicago’s WTTW Prime channel thanks to the vision of Kristin Noelle Smith, producer and host. This series features interviews of experts on location at four separate Adler estates, including two in Lake Forest, one in Lake Bluff and another in Ipswich, Massachusetts.Via Classic Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 6/1/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419067/mwtrucc1wjjfgc6gr4t7.jpg"><figcaption>Jennie C. Jones</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jennie-c-jones">Jennie C. Jones: Nocturnes</a>Opening: Saturday, June 4, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419068/xatyhy9iptlffhfyjkpj.jpg"><figcaption>Suzanne Metzel</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/suzanne-metzel-still-life">Suzanne Metzel: Still Life</a>Opening: Saturday, June 4, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419069/nu2epruzuvcytcr9oep6.jpg"><figcaption>Joseph Renda Jr.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/joseph-renda-jr-larger-than-life">Joseph Renda Jr.: Larger Than Life</a>Opening: Saturday, June 4, 12 – 6&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419070/diah2bbspwf8qsvoq94o.jpg"><figcaption>Via Pistachios</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/from-these-hands">From These Hands</a>Opening: Saturday, June 4, 3 – 5:30&nbsp;pmPistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419071/abzpxhhtw6rtezvjiokx.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Cimino</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ephemeral-history-when-light-takes-form-by-joe-cimino">Ephemeral History: When Light Takes Form by Joe Cimino</a>June 4Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419071/hz1zdgy5ipr2xrpmid1a.gif"><figcaption>Sherman Beck</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sherman-beck-solo-exhibition">Sherman Beck: Solo Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, June 4, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmKavi Gupta Gallery - Washington Blvd.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions June 3–4 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419067/jx3o1brq3yur26kgx6ho.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kambua-chema-postcards-from-morocco">Kambua Chema: Postcards from Morocco</a>Opening: Saturday, June 4, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419069/uuqnxxi8nochpgele9uz.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/layer-mark-repeat">Layer, Mark, Repeat</a>Opening: Friday, June 3, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419069/zaz9yzzdtgx68fuplafd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alberto-aguilar-seeing-thoughts-through">Alberto Aguilar: Seeing Thoughts Through</a>Opening: Friday, June 3, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419070/pwtf8vmpjaundhschtkb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nature-and-imagination-the-thin-line-between-figuration-and-abstraction">Nature and Imagination: The thin line between figuration and abstraction</a>Opening: Friday, June 3, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419071/t8up5v1blaurml8iqaim.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/evanston-made-bipoc-members-group-show">Evanston Made BIPOC Members Group Show</a>Opening: Friday, June 3, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmEvanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions June 3–4 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419067/xvtglj9snvufo54koe2b.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/norman-teague">Norman Teague</a>Exhibition Begins May 26The Art Center Highland Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419068/ipgbu02mtswoelxoeud2.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/zoe-beaudry-deep-time-garbage-minutes">Zoe Beaudry: Deep Time, Garbage Minutes</a>Exhibition Begins May 26ARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419069/bktmnowthmhmf3cidmob.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-is-a-private-room-recent-works-by-isabelle-gougenheim">Art Is A Private Room: Recent Works by Isabelle Gougenheim</a>Opening: Thursday, May 26, 5:30 – 7:30&nbsp;pmIsabelle Gougenheim Designs&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419069/uan9q6otpfhplsry4ax6.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/a-is-for-albano-artists">A is for Albano Artists</a>Opening: Thursday, May 26, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmJean Albano Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419070/o4zoaiqfghmfwufhkmzp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/rick-sindt-skin-remembers">Rick Sindt: Skin Remembers</a>Exhibition Begins May 27Gallery Victor Armendariz&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419071/bznpchoh5imeclpeid8i.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-from-here">Art from Here</a>Opening: Friday, May 27, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmTarble Arts Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419072/ke4rfyowqyuwgiypxjnl.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/phil-gayter-maskeraid">Phil Gayter: MASKERAID</a>Opening: Friday, May 27, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419074/vavij8hatpyo2hiljqnj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/junli-song-solo-exhibition">Junli Song: Body Rhythms</a>Exhibition Begins May 28Chicago Printmakers Collaborative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419075/luuesnefo54dfz3l1crv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nature-spirits-photo-montages-by-kristin-ashley">Nature Spirits: Photo Montages by Kristin Ashley</a>Opening: Saturday, May 28, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419076/mbpr58ystaoer881wthm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/circuition">Circuition</a>Closing reception: Saturday, May 28, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmMu Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start May 26–28

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419059/nhteqep6mt4frerr5spn.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave at the MCA. Photo: &nbsp;Manuel Martinez / WBEZ</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/artist-nick-cave-and-his-soundsuits-take-over-chicago-mca-dusable/ca18cf2c-3371-49d0-8068-5c2fc3b37a53">Nick Cave may be the artist we need right now</a>The question struck Nick Cave the moment he learned about the death of yet another Black man, Michael Brown, at the hands of police in 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.“Is there racism in heaven?,” the artist asked himself in the Chicago studio where he employs several full-time art assistants but often works alone.He immediately started Until, a room-swallowing installation of kinetic wind spinners that is the first thing you see entering his new mega-show at the <a href="https://mcachicago.org/exhibitions/2022/nick-cave-forothermore">Museum of Contemporary Art.</a> From a distance, the spinners shimmer and sparkle like suncatchers you might see in a backyard garden. Up close, they are tear drops, bullets and guns.Via WBEZ&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-hope-poster-obama-sold-auction-20220520-v6vtim73ebfcpgrpksaxuzegoi-story.html">Iconic ‘Hope’ portrait of Obama sells at auction for $735,000</a>The original Shepard Fairey “Hope” portrait of former President Barack Obama has sold in an auction for $735,000.The iconic red and blue portrait <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-obama-campaign-poster-expo-chicago-20220406-inmhh64u2fc7xj7nkrtxfbtzja-story.html">was displayed in April </a>as part of EXPO CHICAGO by Heritage Auctions (222 W. Hubbard St.), which reported the sale Friday. It was created in 2008 by the Los Angeles-based street artist as a form of grassroots activism to support then-Senator Obama’s first campaign. Fairey based the image on an Associated Press photograph by Mannie Garcia.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/contemporary-artists-rashid-johnson-sheree-hovsepian-ask-4-995-million-for-manhattan-townhouse-11652895955?mod=djemRealEstate_h">Contemporary Artists Rashid Johnson, Sheree Hovsepian Ask $4.995 Million for Manhattan Townhouse</a>A Manhattan townhouse owned by contemporary artists Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian is hitting the market for $4.995 million.Via the Wall Street Journal&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/beeple-phishing-scam-twitter-2119491">Hackers Took Over Beeple’s Twitter Account and Stole More Than $400,000 in NFTs and Crypto From the Artist’s Followers</a>A phishing scam targeting the Twitter account of the popular digital artist Beeple made off with over $400,000 in cryptocurrency and NFTs yesterday.According to on-chain analysis of the scam, hackers were able to gain access to Beeple’s Twitter account for approximately five hours, tweeting out two separate links to a malicious website that would, in turn, drain victims’ MetaMask wallets of Ethereum and high-value NFTs such as Mutant Ape Yacht Club, VeeFriends and Otherdeeds, among others.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 5/23/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419059/onhk5zrset6gzr8dma67.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/meditations-on-shape">Meditations on Shape</a>Opening: Friday, May 20, 5 – 10&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419060/hu0lymqpjzjkz5cxpyyt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/transfiguration-paintings-ar-nfts-by-sergio-gomez">Transfiguration: Paintings, AR &amp; NFTs by Sergio Gomez</a>Opening: Friday, May 20, 7 – 10&nbsp;pm33 Contemporary Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419061/vald5olrvfplqfzpsnev.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/fantasia-ariel-solo-exhibition">Fantasía Ariel: Plucked</a>Opening: Friday, May 20, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmElephant Room Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419062/g0sxblhmtvtwgjxtmqyi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/3rd-friday-open-studios-311f7cfd-8fa3-4d60-97f3-968e415f6162">3rd Friday Open Studios</a>: <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bac-10th-annual-art-competition">BAC 10th Annual Art Competition</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ihsae-teacher-show">IHSAE Teacher Show</a>Opening: Friday, May 20, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419062/i5fpbnfc2xiii74fytpt.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/suzanne-rose">Suzanne Rose</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/rene-romero-schuler-1a722069-a964-44ca-ad77-b690f8de9540">René Romero Schuler</a>Opening: Friday, May 20, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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