<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419198/g1g8rsouoke32ishues7.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nicole-jacquard-stories-from-scotland">Nicole Jacquard: Stories from Scotland</a>Exhibition Begins April 6. Reception takes place May 4th.Pistachios Contemporary Jewelry GallerySolo exhibition featuring five pieces, each comprised of an enamel frame encompassing a laser etched piece of mica. This is then set forward in front of a graphic print so that the light passes through the mica and creates a moving story.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419198/zcky829175wwpfixt2uo.jpg"><figcaption>Jaume Plensa</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/forgotten-dreams-jaume-plensa">Forgotten Dreams: Jaume Plensa</a>Exhibition Begins April 7&nbsp;GRAYThe exhibition is centered around the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) text. Drafted by representatives from all regions of the world and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the UDHR is a milestone document in the history of human rights, proclaiming a common standard of fundamental political liberties to be universally protected for all people and all nations. Plensa describes the UDHR as “one of the most beautiful and emotional poems ever written. &nbsp;Its extraordinary poetic power interrogates us; each article like a hand knocking on the door to our hearts.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419199/po9l50rawmdvfqsfdt3m.jpg"><figcaption>Spencer Finch, Image: Gutter (Brooklyn) coffe cup, listerine pack, cigaretter butt, bottle of urine, paper, leaf, potato chip bag,&nbsp;2019. Watercolor on paper. 21 x 29.5 inches. 24.25 x 32.25 inches, framed</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/spencer-finch-la-grande-jatte">Spencer Finch: La Grande Jatte</a>Opening: Friday, April 7, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmRhona Hoffman Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419200/lcrg9nwawzozqonsuos9.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gregory-crewdson-eveningside">Gregory Crewdson: Eveningside</a>Opening: Friday, April 7, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmAlan Koppel Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419201/xzqwpizvfwfyjrouxnea.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/donnie-nie-envisaged-potentials">Donnie Nie: Envisaged Potentials</a>Opening Friday, April 7, 4–7pmFLXST ContemporaryDonny Nie is known for creating expressive paintings and highlighting the raw qualities of each medium she uses. Her art practice explores emotional and psychological states of being.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419202/giduu61pjeqhievkxja5.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/king-s-big-art-show">King's Big Art Show</a>Opening: Friday, April 7, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmKane SpaceKING’S BIG ART SHOW is a solo exhibition of 40 new works by Chicago-area artist King Cormack. King’s style mixes photography, found objects and ephemera in a visual style that’s bright, colorful and punchy with a blatant sense of humor.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419203/qt3rwbajdrerum1ddvk5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bryana-bibbs-numb">Bryana Bibbs: Numb</a>Opening: Friday, April 7, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva GalleryNumb is an exhibition highlighting the fast and slow navigation of past and current experiences through the use of intricacy, color, and form.Telling stories of trauma and mental health is not always easy, based on the stigmas in our society, which is how it became a central motivation in my practice.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419204/v2q5zc7xzzri05rhsdks.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-shay-richard-shay-father-and-son-photographers">Art Shay/Richard Shay: Father and Son Photographers</a>On view starting April 7. Reception during EXPO Art After Hours on Friday, April 14, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmGallery Victor&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open April 6 & 7

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419192/dczrnm6qbrszr7yiylzj.jpg"><figcaption>From left: Hank Willis Thomas and Chance the Rapper; Marina Abramovic; Amy Sherald</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;EXPO CHICAGO marks its 10th anniversary this month. Borne from the city’s multi-decade legacy of ground-breaking, internationally recognized art fairs, EXPO CHICAGO’s founder and President Tony Karman forged a new era a decade ago through his vision to return the fair to Navy Pier, where it all began, and carefully tend to the quality of the exhibitor list and curatorial programming. Since 2012 he has grown EXPO despite significant obstacles, pandemic pauses and seasonal date changes. Karman, ever the tireless optimist has helped to foster countless artistic as well as civic opportunities and has secured EXPO’s reputation as an international, Chicago-based fair today and in the future.Since its inception, EXPO CHICAGO has remained dedicated to supporting local, regional, and international arts communities through its role as a leading contemporary art exposition, presenting one of the highest quality platforms for curatorial programming and discourse alongside its participating galleries. With strong regional support throughout the Greater Midwest, both coasts, and maintaining a growing international commitment from Europe, Asia, and Latin America, EXPO CHICAGO continues to leverage its strategic position in the center of the United States this spring as it celebrates a decade of artistic impact.&nbsp;Hundreds of exhibitions, openings and more are planned, and we encourage you to review the calendar in advance as much as possible. Many events are open to the public but some are for VIPs only. Please check dates and details.EXPO ART WEEK runs April 10—16<a href="https://www.expochicago.com/">expochicago.com</a>&nbsp;This feature is from the Spring/Summer 2023 issue of CGN. To subscribe in print <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/print-subscriptions">click here.</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419193/jscpzadfxzj9udnecie6.jpg"><figcaption>Hank Willis Thomas and Chance the Rapper</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.expochicago.com/programs/dialogues">CHANCE THE RAPPER AND HANK WILLIS THOMAS</a>For EXPO CHICAGO’s keynote conversation during its 10th&nbsp;Anniversary opening, Chance the Rapper will be in conversation&nbsp;with Hank Willis Thomas, each looking at recent public art projects and their&nbsp;community building potential. Chance will discuss his current and upcoming Star Line Gallery visual art collaborations and recent Black Star Line Festival in Ghana, while Hank will present&nbsp;his upcoming public art sculpture Reach in collaboration with Coby Kennedy at O’Hare International Airport in collaboration with&nbsp;the&nbsp;City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)&nbsp;and the many recent initiatives of For Freedoms including For Freedoms News. This panel is presented in partnership with CULTURED.April 13, 7–8pm&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419194/hlyg51zopu38gudyuere.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.expochicago.com/programs/special-projects">MICHELE RIZZO PERFORMS</a>Woo woo Woo: Curated by Jeanette Bisschops Performance |&nbsp;April 14, 3:00pm |&nbsp;West Terrace, Lower Level Screenings |&nbsp;April 13-16 |&nbsp;EXPO&nbsp;CHICAGO&nbsp;Booth #451&nbsp;&nbsp;Inspired by observations of the historical connections between religious rituals and collective dance; choreographer, dancer and artist Michele Rizzo navigates the transformative power of contemporary techno music in his performance&nbsp;HIGHER.xtn. Initially brought to life for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 2018, the performance toured to several European art institutions. The presentation of&nbsp;HIGHER.xtn&nbsp;at EXPO CHICAGO will be Rizzo’s first-ever performance in the United States.&nbsp;Make sure to catch this performance on Friday, April 14 at 3:00pm on the First Floor, West Terrace near ticketing at EXPO CHICAGO.This performance is curated by Jeanette Bisschops as a part of her exhibition&nbsp;Woo woo Woo&nbsp;| Booth #451.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419194/ldewkczlpvkw1bswai80.jpg"><figcaption>Left: Derrick Adams, Light Tunnel Flyer, 2023. Courtesy of Derrick Adams Studio and The Channel Design © 2023. Right: Art onTHEMART</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;DERRICK ADAMS AT EXPO AND ON THEMARTDerrick Adams’ Funtime Unicorn, April 13–June 25 at <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/programs/in-situ-outside">Navy Pier’s Polk Bros Park</a>, is a continuation of Adams’ focus on play and leisure in the Black community.&nbsp;His nightly projections kick off on April 14 and are part of Art on theMART nightly through July 5, 8:30–10:00pm&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.themart.com/">The Merchandise Mart</a> | Viewable along Chicago's Riverwalk&nbsp;ART on THE MART, in partnership with Rhona Hoffman Gallery, presents the opening of Derrick Adams: Funtime Unicorn, viewable on Friday, April 14 at 8:30 pm. Projections are best enjoyed along the Chicago Riverwalk between Wells and Franklin Streets.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419195/lb8ackqlxkwnq889jdoy.jpg"><figcaption>Amy Sherald, All the Unforgotten Bliss (the Early Bird), 2017. Image courtesy of the artist, Beth Rudin DeWoody and The Peninsula Chicago.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.expochicago.com/expo-art-week/featured-alignments">A PENINSULA EXHIBITION: NEO CHICAGO</a>Neo Chicago is a contemporary art exhibition presented by The Peninsula Chicago, curated by Laura Dvorkin and Maynard Monrow. This exhibition is the second installment of the collaboration between The Peninsula Chicago, Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, and EXPO CHICAGO which commenced in 2016. This exhibit celebrates Chicago galleries, their passion in showing world-renowned artists, and DeWoody’s support of these cultural spaces over the past 20 years.&nbsp;April 13–Early June 2023&nbsp; <a href="https://www.peninsula.com/en/chicago/5-star-luxury-hotel-downtown-chicago">The Peninsula Chicago</a> | 108 E Superior St&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419196/dhworjesyydlwm6ofop0.jpg"><figcaption>Marina Abramović,&nbsp;Places of Power, Waterfall, 2013. Image credit: © Marina Abramović, courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives and Sean Kelly.&nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.expochicago.com/expo-art-week/featured-alignments">WATER + WITCHES</a>Curator Zoe Lukov and cultural producer Abby Pucker, co-founders of the nonprofit creative enterprise Art in Common, present the newest iteration of the large-scale group exhibition, Boil, Toil + Trouble. The exhibition features work by over 50 contemporary artists in a multigenerational grouping that examines water through the lens of magic, ritual, and the role of the ‘witch’, or medium, in contemporary art. Free to the public, the travelling exhibition evolves to address water-related issues in each city it inhabits through new site-specific commissions and community-based programming. The exhibition pairs work by Chicago-based artists including Armani Howard and Ricardo Partida in conversation with rarely exhibited works by canonical artists Marina Abramović, Radcliffe Bailey, Niki de Saint Phalle, David Hammons, Maya Lin, Ana Mendieta, Bruce Nauman, and many more.&nbsp;April 13–14 | 10:00am–5:00pm&nbsp; April 15–16 | 10:00am–7:00pm&nbsp;&nbsp; April 17–20 | 2:00pm–8:00pm&nbsp; April 21–23 | 8:00am–10:00pm<a href="https://www.artincommon.art/">Art in Common </a>| 400 N. Peoria St.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419197/ibi8tst6uvwauceyq6xp.jpg"><figcaption>Kenny Schachter</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.expochicago.com/expo-art-week/featured-alignments">KENNY SCHACHTER: CHICAGO IS, WAS, WILL BE…&nbsp;</a>Kenny Schachter’s immersive installation Chicago is, was, will be… was commissioned by the 150 Media Stream and created with Artificial Intelligence. The work features a hypothetical vision of Chicago as it might have appeared in prehistoric times, collaged with manipulated depictions of the city at present, and theoretical depictions of its appearance in the future. The images will be commingled with ChatGPT machine learning-generated text based upon the lyrics from the 1964 song My Kind of Town (Chicago is). The looping video will combine text and images to create a forward-looking remix that covers a wide spectrum of history and popular culture, put through the blender of artificial intelligence, which will define much human activity in the digital renaissance we are living through.&nbsp;On view April 13–June 30, 2023&nbsp; Opening Reception | April 14 | 6:00–8:00pm&nbsp; Artist Talk | 6:00pm | Kenny Schachter in conversation with Bianca Bova&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://150mediastream.com/">150 Media Stream</a> | 150 N Riverside Plaza&nbsp;<a href="https://www.expochicago.com">EXPOCHICAGO.COM</a>&nbsp;#</body></html>

A Decade In: EXPO ART WEEK Highlights Span the City

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419183/xcbbuwlps6npbvjuil34.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alexander-gonzalez-process">Alexander Gonzalez: Process</a>Opening: Friday, March 31, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419184/tmjqd77qdunsrzdkpv4r.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/julian-adon-alexander-spine">Julian Adon Alexander: Spine.</a>Opening: Friday, March 31, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419185/p6wlnwoowlaw90k5uasn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/coming-into-view-group-mfa-thesis-exhibition">Coming into View: Group MFA Thesis Exhibition</a>Opening: Friday, March 31, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419186/nwniwvwwhtjxqbhvg0dp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/giving-shape-yollocalli-artistic-practice-through-the-years">Giving Shape: Yollocalli Artistic Practice Through the Years</a>Opening: Friday, March 31, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmNational Museum of Mexican Art&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open March 31 & April 1 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419183/zmgkjxeyjzhcqommnhai.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/vertical-gallery-s-10-year-anniversary-show-part-2">Vertical Gallery's 10-Year Anniversary Show Part 2</a>Opening: Saturday, April 1, 12 – 6&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419184/bx6jwmypbuh4dvbpchur.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/artist-s-reception">Artist’s Reception for Erin Garrity-Duffey</a>Opening: Saturday, April 1, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmMadron Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419185/oqypasxpumlswfqcdiyy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dianne-kittle-primordial-collection">Dianne Kittle: Primordial Collection</a>Opening: Saturday, April 1, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419185/zmt1ddn8bycfne7zagzy.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/maia-cruz-palileo-days-later-down-river">Maia Cruz Palileo: Days Later, Down River</a>Opening: Saturday, April 1, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmmoniquemeloche&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419186/baxttr0fsvtluaesrmlf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/beth-adler">We&nbsp;Are&nbsp;All&nbsp;Vessels: Beth Herman Adler</a>Opening: Saturday, April 1, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open March 31 & April 1 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419183/ebwdgtdt38sl8lojcavz.png"><figcaption>New Growth 2 (triptych), 2021Gio Swaby. Collection of Rasheed Newson. © Gio Swaby. Opening April 8 at the Art Institute of Chicago</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Our calendar is full this spring, and we want to call your attention to just a few notable upcoming events. They take place in the city, suburbs, and in neighboring states. We include gallery shows, land art, and museum blockbusters. Plan ahead and enjoy what's on view now through May.&nbsp;The only thing they each have in common is that they will all end, so don't miss out! We will share a summer preview later this season.&nbsp;Note: exhibitions are listed in chronological order and begin in April and May, 2023.– CGN&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419184/exkv64mkgbpaxpsy212l.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Vertical Gallery 10 Year Anniversary Show&nbsp;March 11 – April 29Featuring AlexFace, Martin Whatson, Flog, 2CHOEY, Hama&nbsp;Woods, Sergio Farfan, Collin Van Der Sluijs, Mr. Kreme,&nbsp;Mau Mau, and Pipsqueak Was Here!!!&nbsp;The exhibition celebration will take place in two parts:<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/vertical-gallery-s-10-year-anniversary-show-part-1">• Part I - at Vertical Project Space</a>This special exhibit will feature 4 works each from 10 Chicago-based artists:&nbsp;Chris Uphues, Rae Denise (Rachael Scotland), AJ Ainscough, Laura Catherwood, Van Dam One, Goosenek, Melissa Villareal, Angel Onofre, Matt Zuska and Jordan Ferguson.<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/vertical-gallery-s-10-year-anniversary-show-part-2">• Part II - at Vertical Gallery&nbsp;</a>Featuring 4 new paintings each from: AlexFace (TH), Martin Whatson (NO), Flog (FR), 2CHOEY (TH), Hama Woods (NO), Sergio Farfan (US), Collin Van Der Sluijs (NL), Mr. Kreme (TH), Mau Mau (UK), and Pipsqueak Was Here!!! (NL)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419185/eo3qf15g3fxgqb0g6xl8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://jeanalbanogallery.com">Michiko Itatani: Infinite Hope</a>April 5–June 3. Opening April 14• Jean Albano GalleryJean Albano Gallery recently welcomed Michiko Itatani to the gallery's roster and this is her first exhibition with the gallery. &nbsp;Michiko Itatani’s artmaking process starts with gathering various fragments from experiences, events, documents, literature, history, science, myths, customs, etc. She catalogues those fragments, mutates them, makes images, and lets them interact with each other. Itatani’s painting is a painted diagram of some of the possibilities, consisting of painting vocabularies that are both fascinating and painful at the same time: it is incomplete, fragmented and under inquiry.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419186/mev6ouanf7g3q8jhym0z.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/forgotten-dreams-jaume-plensa">Jaume Plensa: Forgotten Dreams</a>April 7–June 3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;GRAYThe exhibition is centered around the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) text. Drafted by representatives from all regions of the world and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the UDHR is a milestone document in the history of human rights, proclaiming a common standard of fundamental political liberties to be universally protected for all people and all nations. Plensa describes the UDHR as “one of the most beautiful and emotional poems ever written. &nbsp;Its extraordinary poetic power interrogates us; each article like a hand knocking on the door to our hearts.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419187/jtayl2immelrupbt721y.jpg"><figcaption>Alone Against It All, 2022. 5.5’ x 5.5’. Hand-felted wool, handwoven hand-spun wool, angelina fiber, bamboo fiber, silk, and recycled sari silk.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bryana-bibbs-numb">Bryana Bibbs: Numb</a>April 7–May 6 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Oliva GalleryNumb is an exhibition highlighting the fast and slow navigation of past and current experiences through the use of intricacy, color, and form.Telling stories of trauma and mental health is not always easy, based on the stigmas in our society, which is how it became a central motivation in my practice. There are parallels between the slow navigation of personal experiences and the rhythmic textile techniques of hand-carding, hand-spinning, and handweaving, both of which are a form of transformative repetition. While working between traditional and experimental processes, my large-scale pieces navigate past experiences in what I consider to be "chapters." Whereas small-scale works are similar to journaling, channeling day-to-day observations.With ongoing tactility and material investigation, the works inspire an internal space that is externalized through the play of intricacy, color, and form, often inspired by the fluidity of mark-making and tone associated with painting.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419187/y5kifwqnaqr9arv4qgys.png"><figcaption>Love Letter 1, 2018. Gio Swaby. Collection of Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman. © Gio Swaby</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9869/gio-swaby-fresh-up">Gio Swaby: Fresh Up</a>April 8–July 3The Art Institute of ChicagoGio Swaby is a multidisciplinary artist whose textile-based practice explores the intersections of Blackness and womanhood.Her embroidered portraits are anchored in the connections she forges with her subjects: each portrait begins with a photo shoot in which her sitters are captured in a moment of self-awareness and empowerment. In her textile interpretations, Swaby foregrounds their&nbsp;hair, clothing, and jewelry—highlighting and celebrating the subjects’ use of fashion as unapologetic self-definition and self-expression. Having grown up in the Bahamas surrounded by the materials her seamstress mother used, Swaby chose to work in textiles—a medium traditionally associated with domesticity and femininity—as a means to imbue her works with both familiarity and labor-intensive care. She upends tradition, however.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419188/qrsykhpzvyylwzuprzfg.png"></figure> Patrick Eugène, 50 LBSApr 13–May 20Mariane Ibrahim Gallery“50 pounds” is a common weight restriction airline companies enforce on travelers. But what if you had to carry your entire life with you? With just fifty pounds of luggage, is one meant to summon up and journey with the entirety of their life?Patrick Eugène’s paintings are tributes, ones formed not from reference photographs, but from a natural likeness and resemblance to his ancestry. The paintings persist and evoke dignity, refinement, and optimism. Clothing is thrown into bags in fury and with urgency. The figures' expressions are full of hope, worry, and slight anticipation. Through portraits of subjects on the outset of a journey, both physical and mental, Eugène emphasizes the radical effect migration can have on countries and people, even uninvolved.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419189/ornlqwdgxrfxtsexslyp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-lunch-drawings-tony-fitzpatrick">The Lunch Drawings: Tony Fitzpatrick</a>April 12–May 21Povos GalleryThe Lunch Drawings: Tony Fitzpatrick with Hannah Chavez, Owen Spryszak, Messejah Washington, Sierra Severson. Works of art created by Fitzpatrick during his lunch breaks in 2022.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419190/f8fqp6ams1od94li4voy.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/patric-mccoy-take-my-picture">Patric McCoy: Take My Picture&nbsp;</a>Apr 14–Jul 15, 2023Wrightwood 659In the 1980s, Patric McCoy traveled around Chicago on his bike, always with his camera, finding no shortage of Black men who wanted their picture taken. The exhibition is a selection of 50 photographs from this rich document of 1980s Black gay Chicago. HIV/AIDS hit Black men especially hard. Thousands would die by the end of the decade. Take My Picture is marker of place, time, and memory. It is an altar to those lost.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419191/cvhvndgmzdifypmjwe48.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/edra-soto-destination-el-destino">Edra Soto: Destination/El Destino</a>Apr 22–Aug 6, 2023&nbsp;Hyde Park Art CenterDestination/El Destino: a decade of GRAFT is the largest exhibition to date of Puerto Rican artist Edra Soto. Rooted in themes of cultural hybridity, the exhibition addresses the unsung influence of Afro-diasporic cultures on Puerto Rico’s decorative architecture. An exhibition highlight is a new, large-scale commission of the artist’s GRAFT series with porous sculptures, documentary photographs, drawings, and games that activate the Art Center’s indoor/outdoor main gallery.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419191/cei49d0nwovq3qtfnzfk.jpg"><figcaption>Robert LostutterNight Garden 2015 graphite on paper 20 1/2 x 31 inches signed bottom right</figcaption></figure>Robert Lostutter<a href="https://www.corbettvsdempsey.com">Corbett vs. Dempsey</a>May 5–Jun 17Robert Lostutter is best known for his brightly colored paintings of mysterious male figures wearing elaborate feathered and flowered masks. However, in the late 1960s and early 1970s Lostutter produced a number of small watercolors and drawings of female subjects where he began to explore many of the elements seen in his later paintings. Inspired by Richard Lindner’s practice of taking trips to Bloomingdale’s and watching women self-consciously trying on clothes, the girls in these watercolors share both the fascination with costume that would come to characterize Lostutter’s later work, and the preoccupation with complicated undergarments held by many of his Imagist colleagues. In contrast to the overt imagery of the women and their clothing, Lostutter also introduces ambiguous surreal elements like a bizarre floating gloved hand, dancing zaps and splashes that are made three-dimensional, and strategically placed, exuberantly blooming flowers.&nbsp;Lostutter often made these works on paper in preparation for larger paintings on canvas.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Spring 2023 Preview

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419183/fxt2qzrdpj93i8bucc6o.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hand-drawn-circle">Hand Drawn Circle</a>Opening: Thursday, March 23, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmIntuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419184/k8ne77cxdlxrp5dhpwdy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/olo-exhibition-of-works-by-kim-piotrowski">Kim Piotrowski: Joy Experiment</a>Opening: Thursday, March 23, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmMcCormick Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419185/l5ion8lpfnmt4lney6zu.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/strips-needles-a-day-in-the-life">Strips &amp; Needles—A Day in the Life</a>Opening: Friday, March 24, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419186/pd1acdimfw0hmpe5lqco.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/oh-the-terms-of-ambiguity-carisa-mitchell">Oh, the terms of ambiguity: Carisa Mitchell</a>Opening: Friday, Mar 24, 2023 7 – 9&nbsp;pmParlor and Ramp&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419187/uglddsvnn4qjo6v9hpsd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/2023-collective-artists-monthly-group-exhibition">2023 Collective Artists Monthly&nbsp;Group Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, March 25, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open March 23 - 25

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/arts-entertainment/art-institute-chicago-nepal-looted-art-concerns?utm_source=editorial-promos&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20230320&amp;utm_content=hero-image">She was the queen of Chicago’s arts community. But her collection now means trouble for the Art Institute.</a>Eying a rare collection of Asian artifacts, the Art Institute of Chicago turned on the charm to woo a local benefactor.It arranged a major exhibit to showcase the South and Southeast Asian art that Marilynn Alsdorf had accumulated over decades and published an elegant catalog to commemorate the event. The museum even hired a longtime Alsdorf friend as a curator.It was “like a card game, or a minuet … a little dancing,” Alsdorf said at the time.That effort paid off. In 1997, Alsdorf announced at a party of the museum’s Woman’s Board that she would leave approximately 500 objects from Nepal, India and other countries to the Art Institute, saving it the millions of dollars it would have had to spend to build such a collection. And in 2008, the Art Institute opened the Alsdorf Galleries, a tribute to Marilynn and her late husband, James.But the Alsdorf collection, once so desired, has increasingly become a problem for the Art Institute as it faces questions of ownership history that cast doubt on the museum’s commitment to keeping its galleries free of looted antiquities.Via Crain's Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/upshot/vermeer-light-buildings-apartments.html?unlocked_article_code=EZNFwYXXComtw7-FuY3kAs-FYrgHjSHEanVkGfjS7CdAGVwbS0WvAETjGeEqCRqOmFIhbPJudngjlyrNRXadowPY8_q6nzvxYxnb9uB2P7Lzh9_AjNBh7-y5CgLT1MFMXSF1Czbp_S6sgR55Awvw2m_BLqv_q9LFR8eiOn3NVx8GqYZht3yCGw8Oq_AG5j_d17Kt7cEUnCQ-IHA1kDTW8IlxPT9mQiuZqbIkl5XWTgRVo88MSFhtC0eS8oK5ZGQf5jX0H_zqz_98xQ9FlsVA1iCvHpT8L9UqIgrKz4svqW1pXXrAm-uBLX0U7l9wST4SYSu7f7NCpLunc6ZBeCoNjMasIYOaaYLCULyt&amp;smid=url-share">Why We Want to Live (and Work) in That Vermeer Light</a>Sunlight wields enormous power in our interior spaces. It can drive up the value of real estate and alter the mood of a room. It can clarify the work on your desktop and create warmth on a cool day. No light bulb can do all that.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-waters-art-collector-baltimore-museum-of-art/">John Waters, connoisseur of quirky art</a>Welcome to the wacky and wonderful world of art collected by John Waters, on view now at the <a href="https://artbma.org/exhibition/coming-attractions-the-john-waters-collection">Baltimore Museum of Art</a> – works like Richard Tuttle's "Peace and Time": "I love this piece, because it basically looks like I had a niece that failed shop class in summer camp," Waters said.Via CBS Sunday Morning<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419183/itsutrw4eggxbsdkunot.png"><figcaption>Ai Weiwei at his studio in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal / Ai Weiwei's superimposed hand flips off The Art Newspaper's London office© Morgan Sinclair for Avant Arte / Courtesy Avant Arte</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/17/stick-em-up-ai-weiwei-invites-you-to-give-the-middle-finger-in-new-online-art-project">Stick 'em up! Ai Weiwei invites you to give the middle finger in new online art project</a>The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is known for raising his middle finger to authority in one of his most famous series Study of Perspective. But now, members of the public can post their own “raised finger” works for a new online digital work.Via the Art Newspaper&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/20/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419172/tmkju2sk3wu4qhj4bmnx.png"><figcaption>Miyoko Ito, “Untitled” (1970), oil on canvas, 48 x 46 inches. Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/807412/miyoko-ito-mysteries-and-longings/?fbclid=IwAR3XrKYksGjOWJYFvVNa8dV0O9ig9SUKt_IN1vGiV0wUpghyPu_j-Qsy6DI">Miyoko Ito’s Mysteries and Longings</a>More than 30 years after her death, Miyoko Ito is having her self-named debut show at the spacious Matthew Marks Gallery (February 24–April 15, 2023). That the show is at a blue-chip art-world establishment signals the merger of artistic achievement and financial viability, and brings long-deserved attention to a body of work that has been under-recognized in New York and should be better known in Chicago, where the artist lived. As much as the gallery has done to make Ito’s work widely visible, I believe that it should have done more, starting with the catalogue (with a chronology) accompanying the exhibition, as no essay provides context for her work.&nbsp;Via Hyperallergic&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202303/forecast-form-art-in-the-caribbean-diaspora-1990s-today-90141?tid=newsletter&amp;sid=afs-2023-03-14">“Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today,” MCA Chicago</a>In Artforum’s March issue, Daniel R. Quiles reviews “Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today,” curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates. “A diasporic perspective untethers identity from location but not from history,” writes Quiles. “The curatorial approach emphasizes affective charge over didactics or exhaustiveness.”&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/arts/design/artist-job-blanton-museum.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare">Why Is a Day Job Seen as the Mark of an Artist’s Failure?</a>There’s a scene in the 1996 movie “Basquiat” where the incandescent young painter (played by Jeffrey Wright) has a handyman gig at a gallery. Willem Dafoe, making a cameo as an electrician, climbs down a ladder and delivers the immortal line: “You know, I’m an artist too.” Here are the two sides of the myth: the obscure martyr unsoiled by commercial success; and the unbridled genius who can’t help but have it all.In reality, most artists, even most great ones, also have day jobs.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/08/notre-dame-cathedral-paris-reopening-2024">Notre Dame to reopen in December 2024</a>The nave of <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/keywords/cathedral-of-notre-dame">Notre Dame de Paris</a> will be reopened for religious services and visitors in December 2024, five and a half years after <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2019/04/15/fire-destroys-roof-of-notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris">the fire that destroyed it</a>, according to General Jean-Louis Georgelin, who heads the agency in charge of the cathedral’s reconstruction.The date is symbolic. Immediately after the catastrophe, on 15 April 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron promised to rebuild the Gothic monument “within five years”, a statement&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2019/04/26/notre-dame-experts-explain-why-macrons-five-year-restoration-deadline-is-impossible">criticised</a> by many observers in light of the extent of the damage. Then, in 2020, General Georgelin claimed the cathedral would reopen in April 2024, just in time for the Summer Olympic Games, for which more than 10 million tourists are expected to travel to France. Several experts expressed their doubts.According to the Culture Ministry, work will continue through 2025, notably to <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/07/13/notre-dames-spire-to-be-rebuilt-the-way-it-wasbut-use-of-lead-likely-to-spark-new-controversy">rebuild the spire</a>, which will be a copy of the one created by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century. The complete restoration of the building, accompanied by a renovation of the forefront, might continue until 2028.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2023/03/08/chicago-artist-gives-barrettes-new-life-colorful-mosaic-portraits">Chicago Artist Gives Barrettes New Life in Colorful Mosaic Portraits</a>Unexpected household items are the focus of a local artist creating portraits for her inner child.Typically, mosaics are made of colorful broken pieces of tile, stone or glass — but not usually barrettes.“It started with wooden beads, then I decided to add more color and decided on hair barrettes,” said artist Keila Strong. “And the rest is history,”It was her piece “Picture Day” that put Strong’s work on the map.“Barrettes speak to childhood joys; I hear them,” Strong said. “Edge control, rollers. Every accessory used holds a memory, and it’s comforting. I don’t think I appreciated it as much before. But turning it into art has given me greater appreciation because I didn’t realize how important barrettes were to my childhood.”Via WTTW&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/15/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419172/y64h7boxfj7bonwqcmp2.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/rhonda-gates-69b136c8-7a9d-47cf-93c6-b3c3e213e3bb">Rhonda Gates: Measured Ground</a>Opening: Thursday, March 16, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419173/scywo4rtre45czumsdv8.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jimmy-wright">Jimmy Wright: Down Home</a>Opening: Friday, March 17, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419174/c4vebtskk3azcu7fqhyw.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/geissler-sanni-love-america-and-america-loves-me">Geissler &amp; SannI Love America and America Loves Me</a>Opening: Friday, March 17, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419175/devxbudnmi8w8mdfg6o2.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/surviving-the-long-wars-unlikely-entanglements">Surviving the Long Wars: Unlikely Entanglements</a>Beginning March 18Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419176/tis8ikzgnu6rsydkexyq.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/grabado-popular-prints-for-the-people">Grabado Popular: Prints for the People</a>Opening: Saturday, March 18, 6 – 10&nbsp;pmChicago Printmakers Collaborative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419177/d8pig0kyzwr4ggpx9lcb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/24th-international-open">24th International Open</a>Beginning March 18Woman Made Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open March 16 - 18

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419172/exvfut7zxvv7j4y8iubu.webp"><figcaption>Rethinking the Bally’s casino complex must be a priority for the new mayor. Photo provided to the Sun Times &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/4/23623608/office-of-the-chief-architect-next-mayor-has-a-big-role-to-play-in-the-citys-design-future">Office of the chief architect: Next mayor has a big role to play in the city’s design future</a>Something to remember as Chicago gears up again to elect its next mayor: The Person on Five has the power to remake the city — or large portions of it.For better or worse.It’s easy to lose sight of that as Chicagoans rightfully clamor for a mayor who can make the city safer, keep the streets clean, and not fleece us with higher taxes or shady parking meter-type deals.But the mayor is also the city’s chief architect and urban designer.Via Lee Bey for the Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;<a href="https://hyperallergic.com/802370/keep-an-eye-out-for-these-emerging-chicago-artists-hyde-park-art-center/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=D022323&amp;utm_content=D022323+CID_f0705e156917c7b544107cb030b2c1a7&amp;utm_source=hn&amp;utm_term=Keep+an+Eye+Out+for+These+Emerging+Chicago+Artists&amp;fbclid=IwAR0u6v1F7kyFo_dTp83Hx1d3jvJcSop_pgDVpLL-JXOnZ_ZzxVjj1AsDbhw">Keep an Eye Out for These Emerging Chicago Artists</a>The art world is not an easy place to make it, but Chicago has long been one of the more plausible scenes in which to try. There’s enough, but not too much, of most of what’s needed for a healthy ecosystem: museums, galleries, famous artists, collectors, and emerging talent. We could use a few more critics. The reasonable cost of living, large apartments, liberal politics, and generally functional economy mean that folks mostly have the time and space to make art and even to decide to display it in their extra front rooms, giving rise to waves of artist-run spaces that sometimes go legit and join the ranks of commercial galleries. Those uninterested in making salable objects have a solid local history of social practice on which to draw. The feeder network for this creative circuit are the plentiful art schools, which continually draw new recruits to the city, many of whom stay, and teach, and live — and keep on making art.Are there adequate institutional exhibition opportunities for everyone? Definitely not. Excepting a recent collaboration with the Floating Museum collective, the Art Institute almost never shows artists from the region.Via Hyperallergic&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/climate-activists-this-is-rigged-william-wallace-sword-2265843">A Pair of Climate Activists in Scotland Smashed and Spray-Painted a Glass Case Housing ‘Braveheart’ Knight William Wallace’s Sword</a>Two activists from an environmental group smashed and vandalized a glass case housing the sword of Scottish knight William Wallace, the hero whose legend inspired the 1995 film Braveheart,&nbsp;at a museum in Stirling, Scotland.On March 2 around 11:30 a.m., Alexander Cloudley, a food bank coordinator, and Katrielle Chan, a student, entered the National Wallace Monument’s Hall of Arms, and struck the case containing the Wallace sword with mallets, chisels, and two rocks. They then spray-painted the broken glass with the words “This Is Rigged,” the name of their climate activist group.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-vu-museum-folo-st-0305-20230304-2lloziedmzbwdooxs64hqcept4-story.html">Key developments evolving in sale of Brauer Museum artwork by Valparaiso University</a>Repercussions for the sale of cornerstone works from the Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University to raise funds to renovate dorms for first-year students continue to reverberate with three key developments in recent days.The Faculty Senate passed a resolution on a split vote asking for a halt to the sale and for the university to find other ways to fund renovations at dorms for first-year students; Moody’s dropped the university’s bond rating, part of downward slide since 2016; and the Association of Art Museum Directors sent a letter to the museum’s director threatening censure or sanctions if the sale proceeds.Via Post Tribune / Chicago Tribune&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/7/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419172/snxpw7srbandigrosxc3.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sarah-krepp-and-olivia-petrides-double-force">Sarah Krepp and Olivia Petrides: DOUBLE/FORCE</a>Opening: Friday, March 10, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419173/ls3kwafuxna6gi9msrdy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/thinking-spring-gallery-artist-group-show">Thinking Spring: Gallery Artist Group Show</a>Opening: Friday, March 10, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmJean Albano Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419174/hbglkci10rbajtkcv9i0.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-pursuit-of-spring">In Pursuit of Spring</a>Opening: Friday, March 10, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419174/sztbqvmcqhmwkbiif6uf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/fred-stonehouse-emblems">Fred Stonehouse: Emblems</a>Opening: Friday, March 10, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCarl Hammer Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419175/bc24gggcflathd5y5pue.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sheila-arora-erin-kaya-urban-abstractions">Sheila Arora &amp; Erin Kaya – Urban Abstractions</a>Opening: Friday, March 10, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmRobin Malpass Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419176/xw79trqi6fujzwgo7nza.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/duane-linklater-mymothersside">Duane Linklater: mymothersside</a>Exhibition Begins March 11Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open March 10 & 11

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419172/uosoaien4dz9lzscpu1v.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/copyright-reflected-in-the-shadows">Copyright: Reflected In The Shadows</a>Opening: Saturday, March 4, 12 – 6&nbsp;pm• Vertical GalleryCopyright's&nbsp;paintings represent ideals from the modern world and popular culture, portrayed within classic imagery of simple beauty. Many of his paintings tell stories from ancient mythology, represented by modern idealism and unattainable visions of glamour&nbsp;found in fashion, music and popular culture. Fusing street art, graffiti and&nbsp;traditional styles, he uses a mixture of classic painting techniques, printing and spray paint.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419173/tg9baoqfkgt8ylmgjcn5.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/weird-and-weirder">Weird and Weirder: Drawings By Mac Blackout, Paintings by LARDO Larson</a>Opening: Saturday, Mar 4, 6 – 10&nbsp;pm• AgitatorMac Blackout is a Chicago-based muralist, visual artist, musician, and a key figure in the city's art and music scenes. Mac works in multiple disciplines, creating art that radiates presence and transforms the world around us. His large-scale murals can be seen throughout the Chicago region and in cities across the United States.In this new collection of drawings for the duo exhibition "Weird and Weirder" I focus on the intuitive and automatic elements of creation. These linear figurative works are the product of a long term focused study to visualize a higher spiritual expressive realism through an equilibrium between the analytical mind and the expressive animalistic nuances that make us human.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419174/q8j2tjj6cjggthyfy2ds.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/surviving-the-long-wars-reckon-and-reimagine">Surviving the Long Wars: Reckon and Reimagine</a>Mar 4 – Jun 4• Chicago Cultural Center“Surviving the Long Wars: Reckon and Reimagine” is one of the three featured exhibitions of the second Veteran Art Triennial and Summit. From the “American Indian Wars” to the “Global War on Terror,” the exhibition explores the multiple, overlapping histories that shape our understanding of warfare, as well as alternative visions of peace, healing, and justice generated by diverse and entangled communities impacted by war.&nbsp;Featuring powerful work of Indigenous artists responding to the “American Indian Wars” alongside artists from the Greater Middle East and its diasporas reacting to the "Global War on Terror,” the exhibition explores how these works complicate and relate to the creative practices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) veterans whose experiences profoundly challenge the dominant histories of these long wars.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419175/wxxnhqdrd62jp0ory2w7.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sarah-leuchtner-sequential-escapes">Sarah Leuchtner: Sequential Escapes</a>Opening: Sunday, March 5, 2 – 5&nbsp;pm• GoldfinchUsing painting, dye, and collage, Leuchtner's work explores memory, nostalgia, loneliness, and&nbsp;the visual influence of signage and symbols through a painterly lens. "My interest in the&nbsp; symbolic languages of culture such as the emoji lead me to create my own&nbsp;alphabet of imagined shapes," the artist explains. "Each work begins with the development of a metaphorical&nbsp;and physical stencil which is then used across various mediums. These imagined&nbsp;configurations blend objects from my surroundings with historical or present day&nbsp;symbols, creating a geometric and symbolic vocabulary whose repetitive application&nbsp;explores expressions of contemporary social consumption."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open March 4 & 5

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419172/c8yp7n1pqiendpbcolx9.png"><figcaption>A portrait of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith (left) in 1981 and 16 silk-screened images Andy Warhol later created using the photo as a reference. A federal district court judge found that Warhol's series is "transformative" because it conveys a different message from the original, and thus is fair use. A Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel disagreed.Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/12/1127508725/prince-andy-warhol-supreme-court-copyright">The Supreme Court meets Andy Warhol, Prince and a case that could threaten creativity</a>You know all those famous Andy Warhol silk screen prints of Marilyn Monroe and Liz Taylor and lots of other glitterati? Now one of the most famous of these, the Prince series, is at the heart of a case the Supreme Court will examine on Wednesday. And it is a case of enormous importance to all manner of artists.Via NPR&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419173/emz6p2tfbbljf1xav7n4.webp"><figcaption>&nbsp;Image: Provided//J.B. Gerolium. 12-year-old Luciana Domenica Pacilli poses with some of the pieces in her "Crying Tiger Streetwear" line</figcaption></figure><a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/03/02/12-year-old-artist-launches-crying-tiger-streetwear-created-by-painting-original-designs-on-thrifted-clothes/?utm_source=Pico&amp;utm_campaign=9b57295656-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_3_2_morninglist1&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_b6b84a5cee-9b57295656-127143461&amp;mc_cid=9b57295656&amp;mc_eid=9fac193df8">12-Year-Old Artist Launches Crying Tiger Streetwear, Created By Painting Original Designs On Thrifted Clothes</a>Luciana Domenica Pacilli, 12, has turned her family’s dining room into a studio wear.And now Luciana is working on her own fashion line: Crying Tiger Streetwear.“We literally have no dining room now,” said J.B. Gerolium, Luciana’s mother. “It’s sewing machines surrounded by paint palettes and a clothing rack. At dinnertime, we push the sewing machine aside, eat our pasta and get right back to it.”&nbsp;Via Blockclub Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hank-willis-thomas-amy-sherald-and-more-star-in-the-new-season-of-art21s-flagship-video-series-dropping-in-april-2259523">Hank Willis Thomas, Amy Sherald, and More Star in the New Season of Art21’s Flagship Video Series, Dropping in April</a>Want to know what it’s like inside the studio of Hank Willis Thomas’s studio? What about Amy Sherald, or Christine Sun Kim?This April, viewers can get a glimpse inside the creative processes and studios of some of the world’s most prominent artists when the 11th season of Art21’s flagship series, Art in the Twenty-First Century, premieres on PBS. One-hour episodes will be released over the course of 2023 organized by the themes “Everyday Icons,” “Bodies of Knowledge,” and “Friends &amp; Strangers.”Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/2/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419172/lv4fwqsyrsss48bfdwl9.jpg"><figcaption>Image courtesy Sulyiman Stokes. Untitled (Momma #2). Photograph. 11 in. x 14 in. 2021</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/movement-and-history-coalesce-in-exhibit-highlighting-the-great-migrations/4bba7ed3-dad2-4a1f-886a-c207e32e811a?utm_medium=url_copy&amp;audio-first=true">Movement and history coalesce in exhibit highlighting The Great Migration(s)</a>Curator Lola Ayisha Ogbara invites viewers to consider the history of the physical space and how our migration stories shape our connectedness to place. The exhibit includes found, archival and current photographic works that feature everything from subjects looking directly into the camera, exteriors of houses, a man riding a horse, people in line and people playing baseball.Reset sits down with the curator to learn the storied history of the South Side Community Art Center and the motivation behind the exhibit.Via WBEZ&nbsp;<a href="https://www-artnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.artnews.com/art-news/market/art-bridges-foundation-buys-robert-colescott-painting-1234658535/amp/">Alice Walton’s Art Bridges Foundation Is Buyer of $4.5 M. Robert Colescott Painting Auctioned by Bonhams Last Week</a>A 1980 painting by iconic American artist Robert Colescott sold for $4.5 million at Bonhams during a postwar and contemporary art auction at its Los Angeles saleroom on February 17. Shortly after the auction, Bonhams revealed that the work was purchased by Art Bridges Foundation, a nonprofit founded by ARTnews Top 200 Collector and Walmart heir Alice Walton.Via Artnews&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/27/olafur-eliasson-to-create-major-new-land-art-project-on-uk-coast">Olafur Eliasson to create major new land art project on UK coast</a>The Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson will create his first permanent outdoor work in the UK—a steel basin filled with sea water—on the West Cumbria coastline in north-west England. Eliasson’s project, provisionally entitled Your Daylight Destination, was devised in collaboration with the writer Robert Macfarlane.Eliasson’s new work is part of a major new public art programme launching this summer called&nbsp;Deep Time: Commissions for the Lake District Coast. The Deep Time initiative is commissioned by Copeland Borough Council and funded by the UK government’s Coastal Communities Fund, Arts Council England and the nuclear waste management company Sellafield’s "Six: Social Impact, Multiplied" programme—a government-led £2.2m regeneration fund.The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/arts/design/art-labor-child-care.html">High-Profile Art Couple Offers Worst Job Ever</a>Emily Colucci, a freelance art writer, “constantly, mindlessly” browses the online job listings hosted by the nonprofit New York Foundation for the Arts — and recently she found a doozy.The <a href="https://filthydreams.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/View-Job-NYFA.pdf">ad</a>, seeking a full-time “Executive/Personal Assistant” with “a high level of discretion,” had been posted by an anonymous but high-profile “Art World Family.” It was that phrase that first caught Colucci’s eye: “I thought it might have been a child-care service,” she explained. But the ad itself combined a tone so blithe with a detailed list of tasks so unreasonable that Colucci quickly posted it to the blog she co-founded, Filthy Dreams, under the title “I Found It: The Worst Art Job Listing Ever Created.”Via New York Times&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/28/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419172/egx9dpn6xvmilvryhxlj.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-ink-wash-paintings-of-shozo-sato">The Ink Wash Paintings of Shozo Sato</a>Exhibition begins March 2Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419173/o4pqdcftmb3fyybgkppl.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pedro-vaz-lived-landscape">Pedro Vaz: Lived Landscape</a>Opening March 3, 5-8pmParis • London • Hong Kong&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419174/fwxrv6uxei7hgi9fl5ed.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/david-bechtol-through-the-eyes-of-a-traveler-opening-reception-fri-mar-3-5-8pm-https-www-arcgallery-org-david-bechtol-3">David Bechtol: THROUGH THE EYES OF A TRAVELER</a>&nbsp;Opening: Friday, March 3, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419175/uoi7rwqgg0i849jjfsha.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/be-longing-the-work-of-indira-freitas-johnson">Be-Longing: The Work of Indira Freitas Johnson</a>Opening: Friday, March 3, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Art Center Highland Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419176/a3znchb1vcl4wv5qe3z2.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-a-place-of-dreams">In a Place of Dreams</a>Opening: Friday, March 3, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419177/isgf1fgzpg2pqmjbqf50.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gretchen-beck-gan-nda-donie-koy">Gretchen Beck: Gan nda Donie Koy</a>Opening: Friday, March 3, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419177/mpp3266nyxdyw22jhtkb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/blue-space-group-exhibition">Blue Space: Group Exhibition</a>Opening: Friday, March 3, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419178/kpfsa4agiikjqotpuhny.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/juxtaposed\">Juxtaposed</a>Opening: Friday, March 3, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419179/ffl6qkpzbug6njkfzv9x.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/meg-lipke">Meg Lipke: Moon Tempo</a>Opening: Friday, March 3, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419180/vjojqq9jriuesmi3wyiv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/barbara-stauffacher-solomon-i-do">Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: I DO</a>Opening: Friday, March 3, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVolume Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419181/zus8dhcgnxrh67b4ebpt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bloom-a-spring-group-show">Bloom - A Spring Group Show</a>Opening: Friday, March 3, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPovos Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419182/ageeypkbq1qwv1q6n2kc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/richard-hull-mirror-and-bone">Richard Hull: Mirror and Bone</a>Opening: Friday, March 3, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions March 2 & 3

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419167/chtkoglisvoms0s8iniy.jpg"><figcaption>"Cosmic Returning" painting from Quantum Chandelier 21-D-02, 2021, oil on canvas,42 x 34 in.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.jeanalbanogallery.com">Jean Albano Gallery Now Representing Michiko Itatani</a>Michiko's work was recently highlighted in a solo exhibition, Celestial Stage, at Wrightwood 659. The work from this show, as well as Michiko's other work, is now available at the gallery.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/a/black-history-month-youth-and-gun-violence?source=ppaction">Weinberg/Newton to Present Gun Violence Panel&nbsp;</a> Planned Parenthood Illinois Action’s Black Organizing Program and Young Adults for Planned Parenthood are hosting a community conversation on the impact of gun violence in Illinois: Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis and Racial Justice Issue, Feb 23, 6:30–7:30pm. RSVP <a href="https://weinbergnewtongallery.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d5172bf37bbf601de9678f4&amp;id=00a5f21afb&amp;e=15280a40b5">here.</a>There is no doubt that gun violence is a public health issue, but its racial justice implications disproportionately affect Black communities throughout the state. Our panel of community leaders and experts will discuss community-based solutions to ending gun violence and provide resources for processing gun violence trauma.&nbsp; Panelists: Yolanda Androzzo, Executive Director of OimAim Illinois, Rev. Brenda K. Mitchell, State Chapter Co-Leader of Moms Demand Action in Illinois and a Fellow with the Everytown Survivor Network, and Stephanie Love-Patterson, Executive Director of Connections for Abused Women and Children This is program&nbsp;is part of the exhibition <a href="https://weinbergnewtongallery.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d5172bf37bbf601de9678f4&amp;id=1a4771dfda&amp;e=15280a40b5">For Those Without Choice</a> which is presented in partnership with Planned Parenthood of Illinois.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=YLj2Y0YM-0uJIpMvI2iH7fe0RzUTkX1DqHvz5clIdUZUQjlNRlJLVzdTUldNU0s0N1lTOEtTOVdLUC4u">Inspiration Corporation Issues Call for Art. Firecat Will Host Solo Exhibition for one Competing Artist&nbsp;</a>Inspiration Corporation's annual art auction,&nbsp;One Inspired Evening, will be held on Friday, April 14th, 2023 at Morgan Manufacturing in Chicago.&nbsp;All art submissions for this upcoming One Inspired Evening will be reviewed by a blind jury prior to the event. The deadline is February 28. All selections will be auctioned off at the event with proceeds benefiting Inspiration Corporation.&nbsp;Benefits include the opportunity to participate in a juried art auction and the chance to compete for the top prize of your own gallery showing, as well as runner-up cash prizes.Inspiration Corporation enables the less fortunate among us to learn and acquire skills to work in the restaurant industry. The art auction is their major fundraiser of the year. Firecat Projects is offering a solo exhibition to one of the submitting artists.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org">Hyde Park Art Center Announces 2023 Calendar. Highlights Include Shows by Edra Soto and William Estrada.</a>Hyde Park Art Center has announced its full exhibition schedule for the 2023 calendar year. Under the new leadership of Co-executive Directors Jeanette Tremblay Chambers and Aaron Rodgers, highlights include Destination/El Destino: a decade of GRAFT is the largest exhibition to date of the prolific Puerto Rican artist, educator, and community organizer Edra Soto. A highlight of the exhibition is a new, large-scale commission of the artist’s GRAFT series with porous sculptures, documentary photographs, drawings, and games that activate the Art Center’s indoor/outdoor main gallery. On view&nbsp;April 22- August 6, 2023Also coming this summer is William Estrada: Multiples and Multitudes, on view July 22 - November 19, 2023. Multiples and Multitudes&nbsp;is the first solo exhibition of artist and educator William Estrada, whose socially engaged practice has been rooted in Chicago neighborhoods for over twenty years.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 2/22/23

<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>

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