<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/s1glinwdgxsnrmbhw52y.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/melanie-pankau-when-the-center-stands-still">Melanie Pankau: When the Center Stands Still</a>Opening: Thursday, March 10, 4 – 6&nbsp;pmMcCormick Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/skkr7jxs7plr0hbwumla.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/remaking-the-exceptional-tea-torture-and-reparations-chicago-to-guantanamo">Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations | Chicago to Guantánamo</a>March 10DePaul University Art Museum (DPAM)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/mrbsdwpbzdxvuceb19es.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kryssi-staikidis-emergence">Kryssi Staikidis: Emergence</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/ptkodqjh4dyrshvm2gjx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/staff-picks">STAFF PICKS</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Printmakers Collaborative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/txlnuyksvad0einoqvvp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/56-milwaukee">56/Milwaukee</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 10 & 11

<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/art-world-ukraine-invasion">How the Art World Is Responding to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine</a>With the recent invasion of Ukraine, we’re reminded that more often than not, human lives aren’t the only casualties of war. Priceless works of art also tend to pay the price of fighting. Especially in a highly ideological war, art and culture are at the center of things and can’t always make it out. During the Second World War, art theft and looting unfolded on a massive scale that left pieces by the likes of Raphael,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/stolen-dollar66m-gustav-klimt-inside-a-gallery-wall">Gustav Klimt</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/vincent-van-goghs-newly-discovered-work-display">Vincent van Gogh</a>, scattered, without homes, throughout the world. And now, with the war over Ukraine in full swing, art once again finds itself in danger. This time, however, with the invasion of Ukraine, artists and curators are stepping up to protect precious works of art that have no business being collateral damage in the middle of so much violence.Via AD&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/name-three-women-artists-2082089?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%20PM%203/8&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D">An Art Historian Asked 2,000 Britons to Name Three Women Artists. Only 30 Percent of Them Could</a>How many women artists can you name? If you’re reading Artnet News, hopefully quite a few—but the results of a recent survey of 2,000 British adults suggests the general public remains woefully ill-informed about the subject.Only 30 percent of those queried could name three female artists, according to Katy Hessel, the art historian behind the popular Instagram account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thegreatwomenartists/">@thegreatwomenartists</a>.Via ArtnetImage credit: Nickolas Muray, Frida on a White Bench (1939). Photo courtesy of the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation, ©Nickolas Muray Photo Archives.&nbsp;<a href="https://hyperallergic.com/715642/calling-for-no-fly-zone-over-ukraine-artists-launch-hundreds-of-paper-planes-at-guggenheim-museum/">Calling For “No-Fly Zone” Over Ukraine, Artists Launch Hundreds of Paper Planes at Guggenheim Museum</a>In the late afternoon of Saturday, March 5, visitors to the Guggenheim Museum in New York unexpectedly witnessed hundreds of paper planes gliding down from the top of the museum’s rotunda. Those paper planes — 350 of them — were not part of the museum’s programming. Rather, they were flyers calling for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, launched surreptitiously by a group of&nbsp;15 artists and activists from Ukraine and elsewhere.The guerilla action took place at4:30pm, a typically busy time for the museum.Via Hyperallergic&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/arts/design/smithsonian-benin-bronzes.html">Smithsonian to Return Most of Its Benin Bronze Collection to Nigeria</a>The Smithsonian Institution, one of the world’s largest cultural organizations, said on Tuesday that it planned to return most of its collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, a sweeping move that would punctuate a monthslong institutional review of its collection practices and the ethics behind them.The Smithsonian has a collection of 39 Benin Bronzes, a name that is used to cover a variety of artifacts ranging from brass plaques, carved elephant tusks, ivory leopard statues and wooden heads. Many were stolen from what is now Nigeria during the British Army’s 1897 raid on the ancient Kingdom of Benin.Via NYT&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/8/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/rdmi0kcndq7wfjnsaagx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bridges-and-islands">Bridges and Islands</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Truborn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/bwr8t1jpf2qd4og5jw2k.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cole-pierce">Cole Pierce</a>Exhibition begins March 5Evanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/vgjzcvwnaqxyryrgxeec.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/francoise-grossen">Françoise Grossen</a>Exhibition begins March 5Volume Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/a84cn8nw2ikjnsn35azu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/2nd-annual-i-am-women-exhibition">2nd Annual I Am Women Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmDragonfly Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419034/eryo3aypp4hmxodnzutr.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chicago-culture-couple-the-hunt">Chicago Culture Couple: "The Hunt"</a>Exhibition begins March 5Vertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419035/lwelmk1edyjc6cyufjhr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/stan-vanderbeek">Stan VanDerBeek</a>Exhibition begins March 5DOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419035/jmcizrm0cl6ngp6s2zx8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bethany-collins-cadence">Bethany Collins –&nbsp;Cadence</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 3 - 5 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/kieubhndtrjm2kdooocy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/beautiful-diaspora-you-are-not-the-lesser-part">Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part</a>Exhibition begins March 3Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lens-2022">LENS 2022</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 3 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/aedfpdltkdoxisvpxwyi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/clarissa-bonet-chasing-light">Clarissa Bonet: Chasing Light</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmCatherine Edelman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/oftvyi0zdx9fmjjxgqpi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/latinxamerican">LatinXAmerican</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmLubeznik Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/nuohjnrtxdhjjazioe0l.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/peter-batchelder-and-leya-evelyn-color-space">Peter Batchelder and Leya Evelyn: Color Space</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/li6x6ylrs7fnpfyy28b6.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/family-resemblance-the-evolution-of-chicago-style-graffiti">Family Resemblance: The Evolution Of Chicago Style Graffiti</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419034/fi4jf7of8vtlv3gfuma0.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-aquatic">Art Aquatic</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVale Craft Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419035/kqwqbw9h1dm3rwstngcf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/all-terrain-landscape-explorations">All Terrain: Landscape Explorations</a>Exhibition begins March 4Addington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 3 - 5 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/fiktkum6auhilqn31moa.jpg"><figcaption>Chicago abstract artist Cleveland Dean is having a one-person show of his unique artworks at The Art Center Highland Park Feb. 18-April 9. (Cleveland Dean)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/ct-hpn-ent-cleveland-dean-st-0217-20220207-wjlgwsctpnfgthpkqpg3og4hei-story.html">Artist Cleveland Dean uses fire in work at latest exhibit at The Art Center Highland Park</a>Chicago Artist Cleveland Dean admitted that he was a nerd as a child — and that he’s still a nerd. “I get absorbed with things,” he explained. “If I find I have an interest in something, I do everything I can to learn as much about it as I can.”That interest in absorbing knowledge about whatever interests him is apparent in Dean’s artwork, which will be on display from Feb. 18-April 9 at The Art Center Highland Park.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/arts-entertainment/chicago-hyde-park-art-center-raises-17-million?utm_source=today-s-crain-s&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20220228&amp;utm_content=article6-readmore">Big names fund Hyde Park Art Center's new direction</a>With $17 million raised from a Walmart heir's philanthropy and others, the Hyde Park Art Center implements a unique tuition structure.Via Crain's Chicago (access needed)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/how-will-russian-sanctions-impact-the-art-market-2079148">The Financial Community Is Shutting Its Doors to Russia. Will the Art Market Follow?</a>In the days since Russia invaded Ukraine last week, one art advisor has been busy fielding questions from worried clients, some of whom have works for sale in London this week, including at Phillips auction house. The company, owned by Russia’s luxury conglomerate Mercury Group, is planning to offer tens of millions of dollars worth of art during the mid-season auctions...The broader art market is finding itself in a similar bind. As the financial community shuts its doors to Russia, scores of Russian millionaires and billionaires may need to convert their trophy Warhols, Rothkos, and Picassos into cash—just as international sanctions have made them toxic to do business with.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/02/26/new-immersive-exhibit-showcases-works-frida-kahlo">New Immersive Exhibit Showcases Works of Frida Kahlo</a>Frida Kahlo returns to Chicago, this time in a new immersive experience.The exhibit showcases the work of the influential Mexican-born artist in 360-degrees.Ahead of the exhibit’s opening, we spoke with Kahlo’s grandniece and great grandniece. They say unlike other exhibitions, this experience depicts the Frida their family knew.You can see the full 40-minute production on Frida Kahlo at Lighthouse Immersive in Old Town.Via WTTW &nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/1/22

<a href="https://www.epl.org/buzzspector/?fbclid=IwAR0o3O2x5Z-Zk2VFhfYu7cBMzDbK4n8a9XQNS9JUpjE0feKLSsCxc1KaXzM">Buzz Spector exhibit showcases the foundational importance of reading…and the EPL’s books</a>Reading builds us up—nobody understands that better than Buzz Spector. Spector is a prominent figure in the world of modern conceptual art with a body of work spanning several decades and mediums, including drawings, prints, art criticism and (perhaps most notably) visual art and sculpture. But nearly every piece has one thing in common: they’re made from printed material.&nbsp;These works range in scale and style: structures built brick by brick from novels and encyclopedias, individual books strategically torn to reveal composite images along the edges of pages, collages using cut-outs of dust jackets. Spector has dreamed up endless possibilities for the humble page. That work is continuing this winter with a brand new exhibition. made possible with the contribution of a few thousand books from right here at the Evanston Public Library (EPL).“<a href="https://rockfordartmuseum.org/exhibitions/buzz-spector-reading-matter/">Buzz Spector: Reading Matter",</a> on view now at the Rockford Art Museum, includes Spector’s polaroid photographs, prints and drawings. Its centerpiece is one of Spector’s trademarks: a huge book sculpture made possible with the contribution of nearly 4 tons of (no longer serviceable) books selected from EPL’s collection.&nbsp;Via Evanston Public Library&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anna-leporskaya-vandalism-security-guard-explained-1234619113/">Security Guard Who Drew Eyes on Russian Painting Opens Up: ‘What Have I&nbsp;Done?’</a>A security guard who was arrested last December for<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anna-leporskaya-vandalism-yeltsin-center-1234617104/"> drawing eyes on a paintin</a>g of faceless figures at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg spoke about the vandalism in an interview with Russian news site E1. Aleksandr Vasiliev, a decorated veteran of the Afghan and Chechen wars, told journalist Elena Pankratieva that he believed the 20th-century work by <a href="https://www.artnews.com/t/anna-leporskaya/">Anna Leporskaya</a> was a “children’s drawing” and claimed he was goaded by teenagers to deface it.“I’m a fool, what have I done,” the 63-year-old told Pankratieva.Via ARTnews&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/02/17/bring-art-go-home-with-art-logan-squares-big-art-swap-set-for-feb-26/">Bring Art, Go Home With Art’: Logan Square’s Big Art Swap Set For Feb. 26</a>Artists from across the city can participate in a large-scale art exchange in Logan Square this month. Volunteer-led arts organization <a href="https://anysquared.com/">AnySquared Projects</a> is behind the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1037461786985369/">art swap</a>, set for 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 at Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee Ave.Artists should bring a piece of original artwork to the event. All of the pieces will be raffled off, with the idea that each artist who brings artwork will come home with another artist’s work in exchange.Via Block Club Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 2/22/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/gpra3bjtgetkyvsdztvs.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/claimed">Claimed</a>Opening: Friday, February 25, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)Claimed is a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Selva Aparicio that leverages themes of death, memory, and mourning to breathe new life into the forgotten. It exposes the inherent failings of a system that disproportionately relegates impoverished, disabled, and non-white Americans to anonymous, inaccessible mass graves like New York City’s Hart Island each year. Devoid of all traces of traditional ritual and remembrance, the pine casket, synonymous with pauper’s graves and potter’s fields, forms the heart of Aparicio’s installation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419023/f2sia6yr2fw0zhx9tefj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/opening-reception-artist-in-residence-capstone-searching-for-an-exit">Searching For an Exit</a>Friday, February 25, 5:30 – 6:30&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical ScienceAnastasia Sitnikova (b. 1979, Russia) is a Chicago artist and art educator. Born at the very end of the Cold War era, Sitnikova experienced a period of turbulence between the USSR and new Russia, which shaped her interest in utopian and dystopian ideas. Her art is much driven by the curiosity about human nature and social relations as a representation of inner self and outer world, subconscious and conscious, correspondingly. Sitnikova creates large-scale installations to illustrate, activate and explore these ideas.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419024/sypfakemqz2nnwqrrqtn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/abstraction-as-metaphor-the-paintings-of-kathie-shaw-and-corey-postiglione">Abstraction as Metaphor: The Paintings of Kathie Shaw and Corey Postiglione</a>February 26Evanston Art CenterThe work of Corey Postiglione and Kathie Shaw is not only about itself and the sheer formal optical experience uncomplicated by any outside issues.&nbsp; The use of abstract imagery readily embraces issues such as themes of globalization, not only for the individual, but for the society at large.&nbsp; For these two artists the resultant dynamics of spiritual, societal, cultural, and environmental degradation is represented in the metaphoric language of abstract art.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419025/h7dx85cm5dqtw0tcnwuz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/calibration-matrix">CALIBRATION MATRIX</a>February 26ENGAGE ProjectsENGAGE Projects is pleased to present CALIBRATION MATRIX, a solo show featuring new sculptural works in glass by <a href="https://engage-projects.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ddb5d4cd58ce43d154a3afa3&amp;id=e5fcae300e&amp;e=8b95911d0d">Andrew Bearnot</a>. This exhibition draws on Bearnot’s background in materials science and glassworking, introducing a vocabulary of forms which extend the artist’s investigation of calibration as a formal, philosophical, and political subject. Constantly shifting when viewed from different perspectives, the glass objects point to Bearnot’s interest in queer phenomenology and metaphysics.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419026/hjyr8p5lktfa95jo4qwf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/meriem-bennani-life-on-the-caps">Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS</a>Opening: Saturday, February 26, 12 – 6&nbsp;pmThe Renaissance SocietyThe Renaissance Society presents the debut of a new film by New York-based artist <a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=20f1ce080b&amp;e=375d06b725">Meriem Bennani</a>(b. 1988, Rabat, Morocco).&nbsp;<a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=1bfe749fba&amp;e=375d06b725">Life on the CAPS</a> is the next chapter of a series of films set in the future that depict the inhabitants of CAPS, an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean where refugees and immigrants “illegally” traversing international borders are held by the US Troopers. Playful and poignant, this multi-dimensional narrative continues Bennani’s exploration of displacement, biotechnology, and privacy through world-building and formal experimentation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419027/luphsyhgtmgso1ether4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/uncommon-prints-x-common-matrices">Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices</a>Opening: Saturday, February 26, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWoman Made GalleryWoman Made Gallery is excited to announce Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices juried by Cathie Ruggie Saunders. Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices is a group exhibition featuring the artwork of 28 women and non-binary artists exploring the concept and techniques of a transfer in unexpected ways and across mediums.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419028/zciliz6ymz1aoyvbp3iz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/an-instrument-in-the-shape-of-a-woman-601e62f4-1e7f-4e5c-97a3-caf348e9b72a">An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman</a>February 26Chicago Cultural CenterAn exhibition by Leslie Baum, Diana Christiansen and Selina Trepp with Annie Morse suggests an alternate universe, at once familiar and surreal, seen through the prism of their invention. Echoes of landscape, still life and psychological portraiture reside in resolutely abstract works.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419029/rxeckfer1yiazhc96opp.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jake-troyli-slow-clap">Jake Troyli: Slow Clap</a>February 26Monique Meloche GalleryJake Troyli investigates the construction of otherness and the commodification of the Black/Brown body, confronting and exploring labor capitalism and sweat equity as a demonstration of value. He makes energetic paintings, often featuring a self-portrait or avatar of himself embedded in engaging scenes, with a markedly classicist approach.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419029/ychunvcvbsle2oyubosi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/blue-moon-collective-artist-exhibition">Blue Moon Collective Artist Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, February 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start February 25 & 26

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/kfd6awbztxzqaojz3hy7.png"></figure><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curator-talk-the-life-and-death-of-charles-williams-tickets-244655379827">Curator Talk: The Life and Death of Charles Williams</a>Wednesday, February 23, 6 – 7&nbsp;pmIntuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider ArtEngage in a conversation with Phillip March Jones, curator of The Life and Death of Charles Williams, about the exhibition.The Life and Death of Charles Williams is the first major solo show of Charles Williams' oeuvre. A compelling storyteller and prolific creator, Williams made fantastical assemblages, comics, drawings, paintings and sculptures, referencing pop culture and addressing social issues still relevant in today's discourse. Hear from the curator of the exhibition, Phillip March Jones, about the stories behind and within Williams' pieces and the long-lasting impact the artist continues to have on creatives today.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419023/mohmt626iwed5u1affvb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdOquqj0vHNUGvfUJ0XOXpCL5lIUbjjyR">Art after Dark: Iconic Blackness</a>Wednesday, February 23, 6 – 7:30&nbsp;pmSmart Museum of ArtIn honor of Black History Month, Art after Dark celebrates the incomparable Nina Simone through the eyes of <a href="https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/bob-thompson-this-house-is-mine/">artist Bob Thompson</a>, under the influence of AfriCOBRA.&nbsp;During this virtual gathering facilitated by Lead Museum Educator Nicole Bond, recreate Bob Thompson’s 1965 oil on canvas Homage to Nina Simone, using actual Kool-Aid colors, as an homage to the signature style of AfriCOBRA (the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists). Paint in the comfort of your own home or studio while relaxing to the sounds of Nina Simone music.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419024/w8iugwcbpmysc0u5thcj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=MTQ0MV8xNTQ0XzQ0NDIwXzcyNTc&amp;l=e78a5b6a-c483-ec11-a826-0050569d9d1d&amp;utm_source=wordfly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=RomanticismtoRuinWeek18&amp;utm_content=version_A">I Photograph to Imagine: Shahidul Alam in Conversation with Vijay Prishad (Virtual)</a>Thursday, February 24, 10 – 11&nbsp;amWrightwood 659I Photograph to Imagine&nbsp;brings together two esteemed polymaths in a virtual conversation that reconsiders the purpose of documentary photography and the power structures of its distribution, as well as the propensity of the image to communicate what the world is and, as important, what it could be. How can photography be used to expose hidden truths by bearing witness?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419024/lydf6ztatthvyrovsnqk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/guest-curator-artist-talk">Guest Curator/Artist talk</a>Friday, February 25, 1 – 2&nbsp;pmCircle Contemporary (Arts of Life)&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Talks This Week: February 23 - 25

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/vxindtxlzinhmk8nbwst.jpg"></figure><a href="https://hindmanauctions.com/services/appraisals-valuations">Hindman Launches Independent Appraisals Division</a>Hindman announces the launch of Hindman Appraisals LLC, an independent division, to further elevate its offerings to clients by providing independent, impartial and objective appraisal services. This launch follows a critical year in 2021, marked by a significant expansion of Hindman’s appraisal capabilities. Last year alone, Hindman appraised nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in fine and decorative arts, jewelry, collectibles, household contents and other tangible personal property, an 800% increase since 2020. The firm also added a secure appraisal management software program with smartphone apps to streamline cataloging and photographing collections during on-site inspections.&nbsp;Hindman’s Tim Luke will lead this new division as National Director of Appraisals &amp; Valuations.&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/2/15/22936157/greektown-santorini-pegasus-halsted-adams-jackson-restaurants-development-west-loop?utm_source=cred-wednesday-alert-report&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20220216&amp;utm_content=article5-readmore">Two Greektown favorites torn down, exposing old mural — and changing face of neighborhood</a>In 1990, Yiannis Melidis hired a Serbian painter to create a mural that would stretch along an inside wall of Pegasus, the Greek restaurant he was building.The artist came at night after construction workers left. Yiannis and his wife, Maria provided him with a picture book of the Greek islands for inspiration and obliged a request from the artist to provision him nightly with a six pack of Old Style and several polish sausages from vendors on nearby Maxwell Street.The mural became a well-known feature in a restaurant that became a mainstay of Greektown for nearly three decades. It closed in 2017 following a rent hike.This week, the building was reduced to rubble. The mural, which shares a wall with an adjoining building, was all that remained.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419018/mzhpcvijs1dt8kyw0liw.png"></figure><a href="https://www.evanstonartcenter.org/call-artists-0">Call for Artists and Call for Curators at Evanston Art Center</a>• The Evanston Art Center&nbsp;is currently seeking curatorial proposals for the 3rd annual 2022/23 Curatorial Fellowship! EAC on the North Shore believes that some communities are all too rarely represented in the curatorial world. To address this situation, the EAC developed a recurrent, project-based position for a curator to create an exhibition of their choosing. The EAC is specifically seeking a BIPOC curator with ties to communities in Evanston and the Chicago Metro-area. Deadline: March 6. <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001s3Rmw3CMo-mVnjk1lQP1iLop9V_rq1cdhb8gTm2H6ni1bUucXpn1eFevLwkb1XjKZxdRFIk6yYdVO3C93c25c1f-xRyNCTOvX38ux2qvcAfVcoXHj5n0SQNEM8O9ZkC7nq8dSqubNVB-XrG2If9WxZVgday2nYRPMPKCltpWeih2MSoqfMG_gw==&amp;c=5zcf6k60Cu1EsmfzqOseoi-fAVuoLaHIVRNS4QS45_Mzunxo7_796w==&amp;ch=bcokj_b0ALzoyx_9ZHgHOh5xGvUd8MdIdZZDJl2TXVPNI8-q3pOmiQ==">Apply Today!</a>• The Evanston Art Center is looking for artists to participate in their Spring Art Sale. The sale will span from April 30–May 1st, 10am–3pm. Artists are required to man their own tables and sales. We are accepting 20-30 artists on a first come first serve basis. &nbsp;The Booth fee is $100 for a whole table and $50 for half a table. Due at time of application to confirm your spot. Any interest and questions should be directed to Emma Rose Gudewicz at <a href="x-webdoc://D67AC49A-567A-47BB-A2F5-2F7B3086A7B4#">egudewicz@evanstonartcenter.org</a>. Application Deadline: April 8.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.international-galleries-alliance.org">DOCUMENT is now a member of the NFP International Galleries Alliance</a>DOCUMENT is now a member of the International Galleries Alliance, a new collaborative non-profit association for art galleries. &nbsp;International Galleries Alliance I.G.A. is envisioned to be a professional collaborative alliance between art galleries, building on the shared values, non-hierarchical partnerships, and non-centric programming that aims to represent the complexity of the contemporary art trade.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 2/17/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/dnclb64zp5epzee4oek3.jpg"><figcaption>A 1958 painting by Ms. Herrera titled “Green and Orange.”Credit...Collection of Masterworks.io</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/13/arts/design/carmen-herrera-dead.html?">Carmen Herrera, Cuban-Born Artist Who Won Fame at 89, Dies at 106</a>Carmen Herrera, a Cuban-born artist who painted abstract geometric shapes in Paris and New York all but unnoticed for most of her long life, then soared to international fame after her canvases began selling when she was 89, died on Saturday at the loft in Lower Manhattan that had been her home for 60 years. She was 106.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://hyperallergic.com/711089/biden-reverses-trump-era-arts-restrictions/">Biden Reverses Trump-Era Arts Restrictions</a>Twenty-one distinctly colored panels adorn the vast walls of Boston’s John Moakley Courthouse. Commissioned in 1998 by the General Services Administration (GSA) Art in Architecture program, Ellsworth Kelly’s “<a href="https://www.gsa.gov/fine-arts#/artwork/20694">The Boston Panels</a>” — which function as a guide through the courthouse’s dramatic architectural space — would not have been authorized under a Trump-era <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/08/2020-14872/building-and-rebuilding-monuments-to-american-heroes">executive order</a> that restricted the style of artworks displayed in federal buildings. Last week, the Biden administration <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/biden-reverses-trump-order-mandating-american-centric-art-in-federal-buildings-180979520/">revoked the order</a>, reversing Trump’s rule that the Art in Architecture program’s commissions must depict prominent American historical figures, events, and “ideals upon which our nation was founded.”Via Hyperallergic&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-super-bowl-bet-2072408?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%20PM%202%2F14&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D">The Cincinnati Art Museum Will Lend L.A.’s Huntington Library a Robert Henri Painting After Losing a Friendly Wager on the Super Bowl</a>There was a lot on the line at last night’s Super Bowl LVI—and not just for the&nbsp;Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals.California’s&nbsp;Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens&nbsp;teamed up with the&nbsp;Cincinnati Art Museum&nbsp;for a friendly wager, betting each of their&nbsp;Robert Henri&nbsp;paintings to the other museum for a loan.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/02/10/treasures-ancient-egypt-return-spotlight-art-institute">Treasures of Ancient Egypt Return to Spotlight at The Art Institute of Chicago</a>Back in 1890, the Art Institute of Chicago began collecting Egyptian art. Much of it has been out of view for years, but the museum spruced up the collection and is about to unveil it in a new gallery.Via WTTW&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/15/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/mycnje3zpxh3tdxsdv9o.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cleveland-dean">Cleveland Dean</a>Exhibition begins February 18The Art Center Highland Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419018/umhc19lgvzscljcfzmcd.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-winter-palette">The Winter Palette</a>Opening: Thursday, February 17, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmKavanagh Gallery at Fine Line Creative Arts Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419019/pbklgfh3e9lv3ek6yiqh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/superdeath-pt-1-let-it-bleed">SuperDeath Pt. 1 (Let it Bleed)</a>Opening: Friday, February 18, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmElephant Room Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419020/yinp6kad1tubdeloap5d.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/francis-zaander">Field Guide to North American Happiness</a>Opening: Friday, February 18, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEat Paint Studio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419020/tovexmfbzudwhffmw0bs.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/francis-zaander">Anastasia Sitnikova: Searching for an Exit</a>Exhibition begins February 18International Museum of Surgical Science&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start February 17 & 18

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/p3ru3iixfhg2eaxj2adp.jpg"></figure>The Museum of Science and Industry's Art of the Brick Features Contemporary ArtistsIn <a href="https://msichicago.lt.emlnk1.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubXNpY2hpY2Fnby5vcmclMkZleHBsb3JlJTJGd2hhdHMtaGVyZSUyRmV4aGliaXRzJTJGMjAyMiUyRnRoZS1hcnQtb2YtdGhlLWJyaWNrJTJGJTNGdXRtX3NvdXJjZSUzREFjdGl2ZUNhbXBhaWduJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGVtYWlsJTI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQlM0RNb3JlJTJCdG8lMkJMT1ZFJTJCYXQlMkJNU0klMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0RFbWFpbC1HZW5lcmFsLUZlYi0xMC0yMDIy&amp;sig=FCWo5SnDiDQUFe3Uf3kzMq3xiZz7kvrgk19vFphhiFBL&amp;iat=1644530962&amp;a=%7C%7C223668553%7C%7C&amp;account=msichicago%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&amp;email=Xrpk13NeuI1ywB2USc6SO5jR7JInPRhP1sWFTHfpdCU%3D&amp;s=0fa412f837e409436353170437eb19d1&amp;i=2034A2250A2A22694">The Art of the Brick</a>, you can see some of the world’s most famous works of arts re-imagined by artist Nathan Sawaya as well as his original sculptures and multimedia collaboration with photographer Dean West. Plus, see recreations of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Pez Dispenser, Hebru Brantley’s Flyboy and Amy Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama made exclusively for this exhibition’s run at MSI.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spudnikpress.org">Spudnik's</a> Angee Lennard Is Moving on From Printmaking Studio She Founded&nbsp;Today in an email Lennard shared, "As many people may know, I had a long-planned sabbatical that was supposed to start in April 2020. However, the pandemic had different ideas. I stayed on and through my efforts we were able to secure needed funding to remain open and viable, and offer ongoing studio access to the artists who rely on our studio. Now that the emergency is over, I intend to take a creative retreat in order to explore what is next for me.As part of this transition, I support the open call for applications for a new Executive Director.&nbsp; I will be available during this search and for an expected transition period though Mid May. Between now and when a new Executive Director is fully onboarded, the Board of Directors will be determining the short and long-term strategy of the organization."&nbsp;Barry Bauman, Found of the Chicago Conservation Center, Has DiedCurrent Owner and CEO of the Conservation Center Heather Becker shared the news in a personal message today. Becker began working for Bauman when she was 22. Barry Bauman, the Founder of The Conservation Center, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022"I am forever grateful to Barry as I walk through The Center each day and observe the incredible things this company and our staff have accomplished. A ritual I learned from Barry is to make my daily rounds and witness the magic of what is slowly transpiring on every easel, under every microscope, and the precious work by the hands of all the talented staff, all under the roof of this wonderful company he started."<a href="https://mailchi.mp/theconservationcenter/oct-at-the-center-602496?e=e9b4b29b67">Read the full message here.</a>&nbsp;The Lubeznik Center For the Arts Has Issued a Call for ArtistsLubeznik Arts Festival is about to celebrate its 40th&nbsp;year and is one of the highlights of summer in Northwest Indiana. Just steps away from Lake Michigan, the festival takes place on Lubeznik Center for the Arts’ (LCA) grounds to connect festival-goers to the organization’s dynamic programming and exhibitions. LCA’s summer blockbuster,&nbsp;Diversity &amp; Inclusion: Celebrating 20 Years with the Monique Meloche Gallery,&nbsp;will also be on display inside LCA. The Festival takes place August 20-21, 2022 in Michigan City, IN.Application Deadline: March 28, 2022<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mE2bRRfyu-TFKX0JtNK-ffeqWMi5cR3HCtC8I2aWynxOJBkD21AVp7aJj9c3U3Nt-cujrhIBOSpqY6OBJtTVpY5ccEcS7so2jhVUn9GZUqz-B9-WoIKXlReT-lvvs-goKL6Xd60Hmpdkf-Gsr2Xw7XLrof8ShL06V8JM-9O12glA90EzanxD2KNM7lA_pjLr&amp;c=-eTUrcltTWacVJE5wpxkCjWwaptllE_wjxll3VU453hZDlj5XbAGTg==&amp;ch=cHyTc0TZ9zCq7QC9xjDMbTbmSQhlZHbQKVFpM2kxOy6_aFatyfcdYQ==">Apply Now!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 2/10/22

<a href="https://chicago-suntimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/entertainment-and-culture/2022/1/26/22894451/usa-fellowship-chicago-artists-grants-t-ayo-alston-assia-boundaoui">Six Chicago-area artists awarded $50,000 grants</a>Six Chicago-area creatives have each been awarded a $50,000 grant by the Chicago-based arts funding organization United States Artists (USA), it was announced Wednesday.Each winner can use the unrestricted award as they choose, whether to pay rent or kickstart a new project.Via Chicago Suntimes&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-art-race-colescott-chicago-cultural-center-20220126-gck2rn4e4zbltdd63dohiw7u7y-story.html">Review: ‘Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott’ is now at Chicago Cultural Center, a rogue artist perfect for these times</a>Is there an artist better suited than Robert Colescott to test the limits of our current moment, when calls for social justice have led to demands for cultural censorship and art institutions have become loathe to offend? The man who depicted a busty Aunt Jemima flipping pancakes for some white cowboy, a nearly naked beauty queen against a backdrop of her forced sexual escapades, and a spoof of Van Gogh’s “Potato Eaters” featuring grinning minstrel figures might be exactly what we need: an artist seemingly determined to upset just about everyone, coming from a place of unstinting and complex political awareness, and who painted any which way he needed to, art world trends be damned.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/04/women-to-dominate-the-venice-biennale-curator-cecilia-alemani-on-what-we-can-expect-this-year">Wonder women: curator Cecilia Alemani on what we can expect at the female-dominated Venice Biennale this year</a>A podcast from The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/guernica-tapestry-un-returned-2069976">The Abrupt Removal of the U.N.’s 25-Foot Tapestry of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Caused an Uproar. Now, the Mystery Has Been Solved</a>One year ago this month, a 25-foot-long tapestry of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica was unceremoniously removed from the United Nations, where it had lived for the better part of the last 38 years, symbolizing the intergovernmental organization’s anti-war efforts.The abrupt disappearance of the textile angered and confused many U.N. staffers last year, including secretary-general Antonio Guterres. “It’s horrible, horrible that it is gone,” he told <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guernica-picasso-anti-war-tapestry-removed-from-u-n-headquarters-after-decades-on-display/">CBS News</a> at the time. “We tried so hard to keep it here, we tried and tried, but we did not succeed.”&nbsp;But now, the artwork is back—and U.N. employees finally have some clarity about why the piece left in the first place.Via Artnet&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 2/10/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/hslzxj4xjurcdcdeagii.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ram-showcase-abstraction">RAM Showcase: Abstraction</a>Exhibition begins February 9Racine Art MuseumWhile the work of artists of color has been and will continue to be shown in a variety of contexts at both campuses, the Showcase series highlights conversations around equity, inclusion, and social justice. This means underscoring the presence of the work of artists of color, primarily from the collection as well as, at times, featuring artists addressing critical social and cultural issues across a broad spectrum.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/bytrhgbgsabkyu2ckkic.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ayanah-moor-i-wish-i-could-be-you-more-often">Ayanah Moor: I Wish I Could Be You More Often</a>Exhibition begins February 10&nbsp;The Cleve Carney Museum of ArtFor I Wish I Could Be You More Often, Moor will be exhibiting a collection of new paintings. Moor’s work will be hung against a backdrop of images, colors and patterns that reflect the overlapping histories and representations that inform her practice. The backdrop is composed of wall graphics, domestic objects and custom lighting elements.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419018/qhjcktqqvun2rqckmqfl.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/90th-visual-artist-members-exhibition-opening">90th Visual Artist Members Exhibition Opening</a>Opening: Thursday, February 10, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmArts Club of ChicagoThe Arts Club’s Artist Exhibition is a beloved tradition that brings great pride and prestige to the institution and its membership. Following an inaugural exhibition of paintings by John Singer Sargent, the second exhibition ever mounted at The Arts Club was of work by our members in the year of our founding, 1916. Although its structure has changed over the past 106 years, the goal of the Artist Exhibition remains the same: to celebrate and showcase the artistic efforts of our artist members across a range of media, styles, genres, and forms.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419019/qiubrcf8pu1yolumbbz9.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/reckless-law-shameless-order-an-intimate-experience-of-incarceration">Reckless Law, Shameless Order: An Intimate Experience of Incarceration</a>Opening: Friday, February 11, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmKrannert Art Museum, University of IllinoisThrough transnational dialogues facilitated by art and art-based workshops, formerly incarcerated artists engaged in intimate conversations and collaboratively collected created artifacts and objects desired during imprisonment or those that kept them connected to their outside life; created installations of banned smells, videos of pervasive surveillance, and they shared their experience of time and space with artworks that could be seen only in the mirror in another installation with embedded related soundscapes.&nbsp; This collection along with artists’ individual artworks are displayed in this exhibition.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419020/rrghhbnnyryqvtebi9ku.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/based-on-a-true-story">Based on a True Story</a>Exhibition begins February 12Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)Based on a True Story features works drawn from the MCA Collection that play with the overlap between reality and fiction. The artists in this exhibition use fiction in a variety of ways, from staging scenes, to manufacturing identities, to imaginging alternative realities, using deception to comment on real issues, contexts, histories, and identities. With works by Rashid Johnson, James Luna, Claes Oldenburg, Walid Raad, Michael Rakowitz, Wendy Red Star, Lorna Simpson, Salman Toor, among others, Based on a True Story invites viewers to question the truth of images and their influence on understandings of everyday life.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419021/gqa4locaghh6qzfvmzch.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/yvette-kaiser-smith-bobbi-meier-rebellious-fibers">Yvette Kaiser Smith &amp; Bobbi Meier: Rebellious Fibers</a>Opening: Saturday, February 12, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmOS ProjectsAt first glance, Rebellious Fibers reads as a lesson in dichotomy. Meier’s forms are organic, soft- edged, exuberant and boisterous. Kaiser Smith’s works are architectural, industrial, ordered and, in comparison, subdued. Sustained viewing, however, reveals similarities and kinship beyond the superficial.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start February 9 - 12

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/xfos2dfqyoabn5a7k8ga.jpg"><figcaption>Courtesy of Elise Swopes.&nbsp; &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://columbiachronicle.com/columbia-student-makes-300000-selling-nfts-using-only-an-iphone?fbclid=IwAR3evRjvC81c38EP3NX82pN29x18DuKx1RHfCdznG_GOn6ofnuGY3TMVIpI">Columbia student makes $300,000 selling NFTs using only an iPhone</a>The first NFT Elise Swopes, a senior arts management and graphic design major, took was from a helicopter flying over New York City. Using only her iPhone to shoot and edit the NFT, she made it look as if a waterfall was actively falling from the edge of the city. She sold this piece in February 2020 for 11 ETH, or the equivalent of $17,000 at the time.<a href="https://ethereum.org/en/nft/">NFTs</a>, or nonfungible tokens, are digital representations of ownership or rights to original pieces of content or art. Swopes, still using only an iPhone, has now made 104 ETH, a cryptocurrency called Ethereum, which is equivalent to $300,000 in the current market.Via Columbia Chronicle&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brooklyn-museum-virgil-abloh-2069386">The First Posthumous Retrospective Dedicated to Designer Virgil Abloh Will Go on View at the Brooklyn Museum This Summer</a>This summer, the Brooklyn Museum will stage a version of the first institutional survey dedicated to the late fashion designer and creative visionary Virgil Abloh. The show, titled “Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech,” will build on an earlier exhibition of the same name that originated at the MCA Chicago in 2019, and then traveled to ICA Boston, the High Museum in Atlanta, and Qatar Museums.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/07/how-auction-houses-became-the-big-winners-of-the-pandemic">How auction houses became the big winners of the pandemic</a>Consolidated sales of at least $7.3bn, Sotheby’s highest annual total in its 277-year history… $1bn of that spent on “luxury”… $7.1bn at Christie’s, the auction house’s highest total in five years, including $69.3m for an NFT… Record sales at Phillips, up 35% on 2019.It seems the only way is up for the biggest international auction houses after a pandemic-challenged, but ultimately lucrative, 2021. Meanwhile, back in the realm of beleaguered bricks-and-mortar galleries, nearly 300 art and antiques dealerships are coming to terms with the postponement of the Tefaf Maastricht fair from March to June while Art Basel in Hong Kong, also scheduled for March, has announced a “contingency tenancy” at its venue in May, should it too need to shuffle backwards at the eleventh hour due to Covid.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/08/tates-u-turn-on-sackler-naming">Tate's U-turn on Sacklers</a>Tate is to remove the Sackler name from five locations at its two London museums amid ongoing calls for institutions to distance themselves from the family which manufactured and sold the highly addictive opioid OxyContin through their firm Purdue Pharma.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/8/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/tx4ncixdyopjjx4pwoci.jpg"><figcaption>Serpentine Pavilion 2022 Black Chapel designed by Theaster Gates.&nbsp; Design render, interior and exterior view © Theaster Gates Studio, courtesy of Serpentine Galleries.&nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.richardgraygallery.com/news/theaster-gates4">Theaster Gates Design Revealed for 2022 Serpentine Pavilion</a>Plans have been revealed for Black Chapel, the 21st Serpentine Pavilion designed by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates. Black Chapel is realized with the architectural support of Adjaye Associates and will open to the public on Friday, June 10, 2022 with Goldman Sachs supporting the annual project for the eighth consecutive year. Drawing inspiration from the significance of the great kilns of Stoke-on-Trent, Gates's Pavilion will pay homage to British craft and manufacturing traditions. While the structure of the Pavilion will predominantly be made of wood, the Pavilion’s design alludes to the performative and meditative qualities of a small chapel. An operating bell, originating from the demolished St. Laurence Church on Chicago’s South Side, will be placed next to the entrance of the Pavilion and will be used to call, signal and announce performances and activations. A single source of light from an oculus will create a sanctuary-like environment for reflection and communion.<a href="https://www.richardgraygallery.com/news/theaster-gates4">Read more here...</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419011/yypsiylr13qqzamrxut8.jpg"><figcaption>Jennie C. Jones, Neutral [clef] Structure 1st &amp; 2nd, 2021 Acoustic panel, architectural felt, and acrylic on canvas in 2 parts 48 x 36 x 3 1/2 in each | 121.9 x 91.4 x 8.9 cm each Courtesy PATRON Gallery, Chicago ;&nbsp;Alexander Gray Associates, New York © 2022 Jennie C. Jones</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/jennie-c-jones-dynamics">Jennie Jones at the Guggenheim</a>PATRON announced&nbsp;an exhibition of new and recent works by interdisciplinary artist Jennie C. Jones&nbsp;at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Jennie C. Jones: Dynamics will include paintings, works on paper, and a sound installation that responds to the Guggenheim’s iconic architecture by interweaving visual and aural experience. Jennie C. Jones: Dynamics addresses the objecthood of painting, sound as ephemeral content, and the graphic forms of music notation. Jennie C. Jones (b. 1968, Cincinnati) considers listening to be a conceptual practice that underwrites her visual art. For her solo presentation at the Guggenheim, Jones has produced a new body of work that responds to the museum’s iconic architecture by interweaving visual and aural experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419012/zrfus5k4nlmr11r55pst.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.moniquemeloche.com/artists/52-sheree-hovsepian/biography/">Sheree Hovsepian is invited to the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia</a>Monique Meloche Gallery announced that gallery artist Sheree Hovsepian will participate in the 59th Venice Biennale. Foregrounding the materiality of photography in a digital age, Hovsepian (b. 1974, Isfahan, Iran. Lives in New York City, U.S.) works with film-based cameras, light-sensitive paper, various objects, and her own body to produce cerebral and sensual photographs in which she deconstructs her medium. She produces all of her photographs in the studio and darkroom using traditional printing techniques. Confounding and subtle, her work reflects her deep knowledge of the history and theory of photography.View the full list of Biennale Artists – including the following artists born or living in Chicago: Simone Leigh, Julia Phillips and Christina Quarles – here via <a href="https://www.artforum.com/news/venice-biennale-reveals-artists-for-2022-edition-87807?tid=newsletter&amp;sid=afd-2022-02-03">Artforum</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportunities/convening-grants/">Apply Now:&nbsp;Convening Grants from the Terra Foundation</a>The Terra Foundation for American Art actively supports convenings worldwide that question and broaden definitions of American art. Grant funding is available for programs that foster exchange and collaboration, such as workshops, symposia, and colloquia. Programs should advance innovative and experimental research and professional practice in American art and address critical issues facing the field. The Terra also welcomes requests for convenings intended to inform projects in their early stages, which will benefit from the learning and practice that can be developed through dialogue. This program is open to organizations within and outside of the United States. Convenings held in person and/or online are eligible for support. <a href="https://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportunities/convening-grants/">Apply here.</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 2/4/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/g1jvmvdiypifdtnp3dfk.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/houses-of-tomorrow-from-keck-to-today">Houses of Tomorrow: From Keck to Today</a>Opening: Friday, February 4, 4 – 6&nbsp;pmElmhurst Art MuseumHouses of Tomorrow follows the evolution of Chicago architecture firm Keck &amp; Keck – created by brothers George Fred Keck and William Keck – who designed modern, award-winning, affordable homes throughout the Midwest from 1935-1979.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419011/chxygye5kdsg0zkippg4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/iris-goldstein">Iris Goldstein</a>Opening: Friday, February 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC GalleryIris Goldstein, a long-time member of ARC Gallery, is exhibiting colored-pencil drawings at the gallery in February 2022.&nbsp; Goldstein is always interested in the unusual and offbeat.&nbsp; Though she is committed to nonobjective art, she tries to find visual images that are suggestive and allusive, based on real-life objects or places that are transformed through the artist’s imagination.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419011/ugj2ydfpsfwpbbvqyqic.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/buzz-spector-reading-matter">Buzz Spector: Reading Matter</a>Opening: Friday, February 4, 5:15 – 8&nbsp;pmRockford Art MuseumIn Reading Matter the artist will show his large-format Polaroid photographs of books, whether from his own library or from various private or public collections. This rarely exhibited body of work will show the range of Buzz’s interest in the books others read or collect. Also on view will be Buzz’s drawings and prints, dating back to the 1970s. The centerpiece of the show is a new book construction for the museum, using more than 5,000 books donated from the Rockford and Evanston Public Libraries.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419012/gew2zoszpyjvuavgnlnd.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/femme">FEMME</a>Opening: Saturday, February 5, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmFLXST ContemporaryThe artwork presented in the group exhibition Femme captures full-on the idea that femme for many includes thoughts, feelings, and actions that are innate to how they navigate the world. The exhibition also presents the notion that femme connects to a web of other femmes and queer folks—and that femme is a marker of identity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419013/z1iqylhbffz3i3njhz5e.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-best-part-about-us">Tomokazu Matsuyama: The Best Part About Us</a>Exhibition starts February 5Kavi Gupta - Elizabeth St.The exhibition comes on the heels of the artist’s landmark solo exhibitions at two of China’s largest and most influential private museums, Long Museum Shanghai and Long Museum Chongqing. As with those exhibitions, the visual language Matsuyama deploys in the works in&nbsp;The Best Part About Us&nbsp;reﬂects the experiences of today’s nomadic diaspora—a global, intercultural community of wandering people who seek to understand their place in a world full of contrasting visual and cultural dialects.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419014/m4r4vpnstumxum0xod9a.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/naturally">Naturally</a>Exhibition starts February 5Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)Fascinated by forces of nature and mind, Judith Roston Freilich and Lilach Schrag examine, each in her own way, essence, energy, and evolution. Judith Roston Freilich’s works on paper and textiles were inspired by her aspirations to integrate the arts into everyday life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419015/cpn5hjpfttkaff29fcy4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/2nd-annual-black-lives-matter-ecad95b7-9346-4958-a669-611090852d96">2nd Annual Black Lives Matter</a>Opening: Saturday, February 5, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmDragonfly GalleryThe Second Annual Black Lives Matter Exhibition is a call for artwork that addresses the struggle and the injustice experienced by all minorities.&nbsp; For centuries art has had the power to change the world. Not only can it reflect the world we live in but also inspire and move us to change the world. The artwork can also celebrate identity and culture.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419016/y2qoz2t0kly9urikxky6.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/holly-murkerson-syn">Holly Murkerson: syn-</a>Opening: Sunday, February 6, 12 – 3&nbsp;pmGoldfinchGoldfinch is excited to present the&nbsp;inaugural show of our East Wing gallery: “syn-“ a solo presentation of new work by Chicago-based artist Holly Murkerson.&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start February 4 - 6

<html><head></head><body>By CGN StaffSince Chicago is buried in snow right now, we understand if people may opt to view (and buy) from home once again. An auction taking place after Valentine's Day at Hindman focuses on Outsider art and offers many opportunities to own some unique works of art, many of which would be appealing and affordable entry-level pieces from some under-rated as well as more widely known artists, many of whom have Chicago connections. The auction promises to appeal to those looking to build their collections as well as to those who may be new to buying at auction. <a href="https://hindmanauctions.com/auctions/1001-somewhere-out-there">Somewhere Out There</a> is a curated sale comprised of wonderfully unusual artworks at a range of accessible price points that are all from the more “out there” regions of the imagination. The sale features works by a number of renowned Chicago artists, notably Lee Godie and Gertrude Abercrombie.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/itvh3b55ayqmskq7mbjo.jpg" alt="A picture containing water, outdoor

Description automatically generated"><figcaption>Gertrude Abercrombie The Dinosaur, 1964 Estimate: $30,000-50,000</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419011/ppzxpofhxdbtjjqtz8zy.jpg" alt="image002.jpg"><figcaption>Lee Godie Sleeping Beauty and Staying Alive Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The auction includes eye-opening Surrealist, Outsider, Psychedelic, Street Art, Magical Realist, Avante Garde, Pop, Visionary and Activist paintings, drawings, collages, photographs, prints and sculptures that all include a strange yet sublime aesthetic. Standouts include Joe Coleman’s meticulously detailed Give Me that Old Time Religion (lot 17; estimate: $30,000-50,000) and Abercrombie’s The Dinosaur (pictured above). Coleman’s works rarely come up for auction, offering bidders an opportunity to acquire work by an artist whose clientele includes rock, movie and art star patrons, if that's your thing.Those looking to add obsessively eccentric works to their walls at a more affordable price, according to a Hindman rep, some compelling selections worth perusing include Ray Johnson’s Four (lot 181; estimate: $3,000-5,000, one of five lots by the artist), whose Correspondence School collages are also currently exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago." That show's exhibition catalogue was reviewed in the fall 2021 issue of <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/9/book-report-ray-johnson-c-o">CGN.</a> Additionally, there are 7 works by Lee Godie as part of the auction. Godie was a local legend and self-taught artist. Other vibrant selections are Marcel Dzama’s Untitled, 2005 (lot 2; estimate: $1,000 - $2,000) and Terrence La Noue’s dynamic acrylic and mixed media work, Amazonia: Circus Day (lot 50; estimate: $1,000-2,000).&nbsp;Those interested in registering to bid can do so online via Hindman’s <a href="https://bid.hindmanauctions.com/">Digital Bid Room</a> &nbsp;The auction takes place live and online at <a href="https://hindmanauctions.com/auctions/1001-somewhere-out-there">Hindman</a> at 10AM on February 17.&nbsp; &nbsp;</body></html>

Hindman's Feb 17 Auction to Highlight Outsider Artists 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/kenjcikiz997qhhhraiy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lecture-in-photography-zora-j-murff">Lecture in Photography: Zora J Murff</a>Wednesday, February 2, 6 – 7&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)Zora J Murff is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Arkansas. Murff uses his practice to highlight intersections between systemic social issues and the cultural construct of race. He has published books with Aint-Bad Editions and Kris Graves Projects, and his most recent monograph,&nbsp;At No Point In Between&nbsp;(Dais Books) was a winner of the Lucie Foundation Photo Book Awards. His work is currently on view in American Epidemic: Guns in the United States.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419011/htyhae5qj6hjm8hennm4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/museum-subjectivities-panel">Museum Subjectivities Panel</a>Thursday, February 3, 1 – 2&nbsp;pmDePaul University Art Museum (DPAM)Museum professionals from different Latin American institutions in Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, and Colombia will speak about long-term relationships that open up ways for subjective and collective transformation. Our panelists include&nbsp;Ticio Escobar, Soledad García Saavedra,&nbsp; William Alfonso López Rosas,&nbsp;Johanna Palmeyro, with moderator&nbsp;Eva Marxen.&nbsp;The virtual event will be in Spanish with simultaneous translation into English by Alejo Magariños.<a href="https://depaul.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4dd3ab26b18855553526bab9&amp;id=fe18e50b52&amp;e=f0dae82ba8">REGISTER →</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419011/qvad7wn4vqgldkrshyom.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/commonground-a-collaboration-with-poetry-ireland-online">COMMONground: A Collaboration with Poetry Ireland (Online)</a>Saturday, February 5, 1 – 2&nbsp;pmPoetry FoundationThis inaugural online event will probe topics of struggle, motherhood, and the complexities of honouring the past while raising the future. Teri and Doireann will discuss the impact these themes have had on their recent work, and with readings from their highly praised collections, will illuminate those places where their approaches and experiences converge and diverge.<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/216554980777">Register here</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419012/c1udpqeltl2anhmnj8ry.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/opening-reception-for-the-exhibition-who-do-we-say-we-are-irish-art-1922-2022">Opening Reception for the exhibition Who Do We Say We Are? Irish Art 1922 | 2022</a>Opening: Saturday, February 5, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmSnite Museum of ArtThere will be a program in the Galleries beginning at 2:30 p.m. with a talk by the exhibition curator, Cheryl Snay; a reading by poet Julie Morrissy (as a prelude to her <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/tl7fgf/td1dw8/5mof4w">reading</a>on February 25); and a performance by concertina player Shannon Dunne.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419013/byncqhw9ok5hdzmuuxkr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/houses-of-tomorrow-exhibition-introduction">Houses of Tomorrow Exhibition Introduction</a>Monday, February 7, 7 – 8&nbsp;pmElmhurst Art MuseumAt Elmhurst Public Library and virtualDuring this sneak peek presentation, participants will hear a survey introduction to the exhibition including how the original glass-walled “House of Tomorrow” at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair led to breakthroughs in architecture and solar power, and consider the possibilities and limitations of “green” buildings.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Talks This Week: February 2 - 7

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/evju67ssaxwgkzjprekl.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/richard-norton-gallery">Richard Norton Gallery Is Moving</a>Richard Norton Gallery is in the midst of moving to a new, larger space within the historic Merchandise Mart. As of February 1st you may visit their new suite #14-119&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/hofheimer-gallery">Hofheimer Gallery is Closing</a>Teresa Hofheimer shared on Facebook this week, "It is with regret that I have to inform you Hofheimer Gallery will be closing at the end of February. The decision to close has not been an easy one. Lisa, Ricky and I will treasure the relationship we have had with Chicago artists and collectors."&nbsp;Hofheimer will continue as an art consultant in the Midwest and Asheville, North Carolina. Her namesake gallery has been located on Damen in Ravenswood since 2018. She's open by appt. through Feb 19.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.art.org/intuit-to-receive-150000-grant-from-nea-as-part-of-the-american-rescue-plan/">Intuit Receives ARP NEA Grant</a>Intuit announced it has been awarded an American Rescue Plan (ARP) grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a grant award intended to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. Intuit is recommended to receive $150,000 and may use this funding to save jobs and fund operations and facilities, health and safety supplies, and marketing and promotional efforts to encourage attendance and participation. In total, the NEA awarded grants totaling $57,750,000 to 567 arts organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/work-in-progress">Chicago Artists Coalition Announces Work in Progress Benefit Date and Awardees</a>CAC shared this week that Work in Progress will take place on May 19, 2022 and the annual benefit will honor artist Candida Alvarez and gallerist Monique Meloche. Details to come!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 1/27/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/bxchnne2nvctkovky7xv.jpg"></figure>PIGMENT Launches Art Shopping Site for Fine Art and ObjectsPIGMENT International™&nbsp; has launched a new shopping site&nbsp;titled <a href="https://shop.pigmentintl.com/#/">We Love Art</a>, which offers a fine array of art and objects curated over time.&nbsp;Pigment says, "Collections featured on the site include&nbsp;Fine Art, Fine Art Prints, Objet d’arts, Pigment Magazine, Apparel&nbsp;and items that offer a little lift to your décor without breaking the bank."&nbsp;Fine art originals are available alongside street banners and vintage postcards.&nbsp;&nbsp;Items change regularly, as most are one of a kind.&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently available on the site is a street banner from the&nbsp;Kerry James Marshall&nbsp;exhibition “Mastry.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/01/26/former-maxims-de-paris-in-bertrand-goldbergs-astor-tower-set-to-become-private-club/?utm_source=Pico&amp;utm_campaign=d21f3ed02b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_01_06_03_09_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_b6b84a5cee-d21f3ed02b-99488483&amp;mc_cid=d21f3ed02b&amp;mc_eid=c7690bf638&amp;fbclid=IwAR0JSRctJ09yYt17REvbThN9WQXC2A446XysT-sEj08yBzaMZjZMxw-7cPU">Former Maxim’s De Paris In Bertrand Goldberg’s Astor Tower Set To Become Private Club</a>After 22 years as a city-run event space, the legendary interior that once housed Maxim’s de Paris restaurant inside the Gold Coast’s Astor Tower will be revived as a private neighborhood-centered social club.Via Block Club Chicago&nbsp;2022 Lubeznik Arts Festival Call for ArtistsWe are currently accepting artist applications for the 2022 Lubeznik Arts Festival, taking place August 20 and 21 on the grounds of Lubeznik Center for the Arts.&nbsp;Come be a part of Lubeznik's 40th year celebration! Applications are due March 28.<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Oaavpcg_bUvLvgPtcOLNSSehWY8N4L3bBZWEpEAy8x0Tr9gStmAWGkVziHqjqW6WLPDJsjt6_4ImLsL8_5ovahfOd63guXWVPFeheBBWDA7S8W76j7oKcVmD--fP8MaWW9zbX9F-_MkfCvHrWuiUqNApGMaIsp_4O3Bopn-ci6GzZCWgjfLzwBDRY8p5b5rW&amp;c=6eB2NSK2FsP7a2zsQzi2QAPLubG_o0LxLTMKandP3ZPJSVDAiIQyIw==&amp;ch=18nWqTjWfJYZGHGPr1qiCrV8ZeEPw8gg0390xNu0bZHAPNFI1BH2Zg==">Apply for the Festival!</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1028122?fbclid=IwAR35VYlTPjbHeX-eXzj_ho6_aM_hrYZjvpZQaeF38Q8UOtpt0rk85B6iqMg">Illinois Holocaust Museum launches new virtual reality exhibit 'The Journey Back'</a>Kelley Szany from the Illinois Holocaust Museum talks about their brand new virtual reality exhibit "The Jouney Back" on Holocaust Remembrance Day.&nbsp;Via Fox 32 Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 1/26/21

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/jbe9stnndapohbpbpv3d.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/patricia-rieger-xavier-toubes">Patricia Rieger / Xavier Toubes</a>Opening reception(s): Friday, January 28,&nbsp;4 - 7 pm&nbsp;/ Saturday, January 29, 1 - 4Zolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419011/wwagqhs5ccuatrehhp6h.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lauralynn-white">Lauralynn White Solo Exhibition: Naked</a>Opening: Friday, January 28, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419012/rfn3etyu9dsjzlutffkm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/a-site-of-struggle-exhibition-opening-events">Opening Conversation (online) | A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence</a>Opening: Saturday, January 29, 2 – 3&nbsp;pmBlock Museum of ArtOriginating at Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art,&nbsp;<a href="https://northwestern.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=904f932038284b4d9eea69636&amp;id=01c808b6c2&amp;e=ec81127d70">A Site of Struggle</a>&nbsp; explores how artists have engaged with the reality of anti-Black violence and its accompanying challenges of representation in the United States over a 100+ year period.&nbsp;Join us for an online conversation to mark the opening of this exhibition.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419013/pspqjwexi0fyuf3slpmc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/adam-augustyn-the-sky-is-falling-solo-show">Adam Augustyn "The Sky is Falling" Solo Show</a>Opening: Saturday, January 29, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Project SpaceAugustyn's work is inspired by animation, mythology, music, cults, horror films, his hometown of Chicago, and the latest obsessions of his three daughters. His paintings play with scale, color, and theme to produce the unexpected (oversized humans, vibrant playful demons) and to emphasize the impact of our choices, actions and moods on the environment around us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 28 & 29

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/four-star-stories/bronzeville-transformation-retold-crains-four-star-stories-podcast-series?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Marketing_FourStarStories_letterfromJim_20220118&amp;utm_term=Promote-Advertising">Bronzeville: An audio tour of one neighborhood's quiet transformation</a>Bronzeville, a swath of the South Side once known as the Black metropolis and rich in history, received a lot of welcome attention in 2021. Illinois’ two senators introduced legislation to designate the neighborhood a National Heritage Area. The plan to redevelop the long-empty Michael Reese Hospital site into the 48-acre mixed-use development moved forward. And writer Dawn Turner published an insightful memoir, "Three Girls From Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate and Sisterhood."Meanwhile, Crain’s reporter Dennis Rodkin has been documenting a quiet transformation that's going on in Bronzeville.Via Crain's&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/tet43jmxymh7nxreisag.png"></figure><a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/01/24/evanston-artist-s-new-exhibition-showcases-75-years-self-portraits">Evanston Artist’s New Exhibition Showcases 75 Years of Self-Portraits</a>For the first time, self-portraits of Evanston artist Leo Segedin are on display in a solo exhibition.Segedin, 95, painted the self-portraits over the course of 75 years.“The past is my present, in my painting anyway,” Segedin said. &nbsp;Despite raising his family in Evanston for the last 50 plus years, Segedin’s work has always been rooted in his memories of growing up on the city’s West Side.Via WTTW&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/whitney-biennial-2064056">Here Are the 63 Artists and Collectives Participating in the Closely Watched 2022 Edition of the Whitney Biennial</a>The Whitney Biennial, one of the most closely watched—and fiercely debated—exhibitions in America, has revealed the lineup for its next edition, which opens in April. The 63-strong list of artists and collectives chosen by curators&nbsp;David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards encompasses three generations and suggests that the first pandemic-era iteration of the show will have a decidedly conceptual and interdisciplinary bent.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/24/simone-leigh-statue-new-orleans-confederate-monument">Simone Leigh statue of African deity installed at former site of Confederate monument in New Orleans</a>Leigh’s sculpture was unveiled at the symbolically charged site in the city centre during the closing weekend of the fifth Prospect New Orleans triennialVia The Art Newspaper&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 1/25/22

<html><head></head><body>Here for you is CGN's short list of upcoming exhibition highlights for the first half of 2022. While we were in production for this year's CGN Arts Guide towards the end of 2021, we combed through various sites and calendars to see what was being promoted as of press time. We expect the exhibitions highlighted here to open on schedule and in person, or virtually if needed, but please check with each individual institution or gallery space prior to visiting. There is a lot to look forward to in 2022!Our full events calendar is available at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events">chicagogallerynews.com/events</a>– CGN&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/q65badnrqe4h8jxdrgfu.png"></figure>Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert ColescottThis is the first comprehensive retrospective of one of America’s most compelling and controversial artists, Robert Colescott (1925-2009). In his large-scale paintings, Colescott confronted deeply embedded cultural hierarchies involving race, gender, and social inequality in America with fearless wit and irony.Thru May 22, 2022 • <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/exhibits.html">Chicago Cultural Center&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419007/nwapn9isaxkysdkzkbks.jpg"></figure>Bob Thompson: This House is MineThe Smart presents the first museum exhibition devoted to the artist in more than 20 years.&nbsp;This House Is Mine traces Bob Thompson’s brief but prolific transatlantic career, examining his formal inventiveness and his engagement with universal themes of collectivity, bearing witness, struggle, and justice.February 10–May 15, 2022<a href="https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu">Smart Musuem&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419008/ndstescpsfiqyeajhs19.jpg"></figure>Igshaan Adams: Desire LinesThis spring the Art Institute brings Igshaan Adams’ textiles to the foreground. Through the beads, shells, glass, rope, wire, and found objects he uses to compose his weavings, Adams highlights the material aspects of lived spaces along with the personal stories held within them.<a href="https://www.artic.edu">The Art Institute of Chicago</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419009/mrqxgjb936p6igskibpr.png"></figure>NICK CAVE: ForothermoreThe MCA presents the first career-spanning retrospective of the internationally renowned Chicagoan Nick Cave (American, b. 1959), an artist celebrated for projects that blend community building with vibrant works of art across disciplines, including immersive installations, textural sculptures, impeccably crafted fashion, and dynamic videos and performances.&nbsp;May 14–Oct 2, 2022<a href="https://mcachicago.org">The Museum of Contemporary Art</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

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