<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/l20orihscwfxdha1kkof.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/reciprocity">Reciprocity</a>Begins March 4&nbsp;Woman Made GalleryThis exhibition includes 21 woman-identified and non-binary artist pairs anchored in photography and image-based practices and considers the reciprocal relationship between each pair. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/ipm8je20j104paqpaexx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-focus-the-chicago-freedom-movement-and-the-fight-for-fair-housing">In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement and The Fight for Fair Housing</a>Begins March 4&nbsp;Elmhurst Art MuseumAs the U.S. faces a historic moment of social justice reawakening, the Elmhurst Art Museum announces a new exhibition that reflects on historical and contemporary responses to fair housing in the Chicagoland area&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418864/hb5oaswjq50hbppufotf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/inscapes-paintings-by-claire-elliott-vanessa-shinmoto-and-alexandra-stevenson">INSCAPES: Paintings by Claire Elliott, Vanessa Shinmoto, and Alexandra Stevenson</a>Begins March 5Eat Paint StudioEat Paint Studio is pleased to announce our first exhibition of 2021. “Inscapes” features work by three artists, Claire Elliott, Vanessa Shinmoto, and Alexandra Stevenson, whose paintings navigate landscapes from the inside out.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/iwsqk6pwnjvye7w7hcvd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lens-2021">Lens 2021</a>Begins March 5&nbsp;Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/p6jwrgchj7sdeezcbunt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cadaver-one">Cadaver One</a>Begins March 6&nbsp;Vertical GalleryVertical Gallery is very proud to present ‘Cadaver One,’ the debut solo exhibition from Chicago-based painter and glassmaker Alex K. Krueger, a.k.a. CROP. ‘Cadaver One,’ which runs from March 6 - 27 at our 1016 N. Western Ave. location, assembles 41 new pieces extending CROP’s abstract, deeply intuitive technique to mediums including canvas, paper, three-dimensional glass sculpture and found foam board.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418866/yos399rx2hxxlzmfxi3m.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/plucked-gleaned">Plucked &amp; Gleaned</a>Begins March 6&nbsp;ARC GalleryPlucked and Gleaned is a group exhibition of fine art prints. The work on display touches on themes of identity, Midwest culture, place, and personal ecosystems. All of the works in the exhibition are by print artists living and making art in Northern Illinois and the Chicagoland area.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418867/cyfykhs6x0xk03mh8zrx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/maia-cruz-palileo-the-answer-is-the-waves-of-the-sea">Maia Cruz Palileo: The Answer is the Waves of the Sea</a>Begins March 6Monique Meloche Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418868/prijwfda5l6sk6ozkdrd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/paint-posture-power">Paint, Posture, Power</a>Begins March 6Gallery Studio Oh!Paint, Posture, Power is a 4-person exhibition featuring abstract, circular paintings by David Pazdernik, figural ceramics depicting the feminine form by Nancy Pirri, and abstract photography capturing the ethereal quality of light and wind by Shirley Nannini and Candace Wark of Wind Flow Photography.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418869/ldiw9n4cheamxvej5bmz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tattoo-tattoo">Tattoo Tattoo</a>Opening March 6, 1-4pmHofheimer Gallery&nbsp;The paintings and sculptures are the work of revered tattoo artists who practice across the United States and internationally.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting March 4 - 6

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418862/vupnsmceroooqcybheju.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/george-widener-selections-from-the-collection-of-victor-f-keen">George Widener Selections from the Collection of Victor F. Keen</a>Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider ArtBegins February 26Intuit is pleased to present this artist-focused exhibition featuring selections of his drawings and notebooks from Intuit’s collection and his large-scale multimedia works from the collection of Victor F. Keen, a prominent collector of Widener’s work. In Focus exhibits a breadth of George Widener’s oeuvre with works dating from 1999 to 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/fod6qjpracefewcv5n2k.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/saranoa-mark-36-15-43-n-29-59-14-e">SaraNoa Mark: 36° 15’ 43” N 29° 59’ 14” E</a>GoldfinchBegins February 27SaraNoa Mark’s practice investigates traces left by time, as they exist in landscapes and in collective memory. Using lasting materials like carved clay and discarded stones, the artist explores notions of permanence and erasure, questioning why certain pieces of history remain visible, while others fall away and are lost.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418864/isgm59jbswx5leqxfutb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alexander-hernandez-stayin-positive">Alexander Hernandez: Stayin' Positive</a>FLXST ContemporaryBegins February 27Stayin’ Positive started as a series of textile portraits investigating the identities of Latinx and other people of color living with HIV. The artist ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ used fabrics, patterns, motifs, colors, and imagery showcasing each person's cultural and social background to demonstrate how they navigate their POZ identities as a means of survival throughout their various communities.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/zmwruvn0bquzzetlv36u.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/katy-cowan-winds-glow-unceasing">Katy Cowan: winds glow unceasing</a>DOCUMENTBegins February 27Cowan dissects pattern and fractal repetition in order to play with viewer’s expectations. Her looping aesthetic is the antithesis of clinical. Her skillful use of figure/ground relationships revel in mutability like a hall of mirrors serves up confusion as entertainment. In Cowan’s work, tumult and composure are polar ends of the same rope. In one piece, the rope stretches horizontally in a straight line before puddling in a tangle of strands at either end. The respective puddles appear more dissimilar than alike. Still they reinforce the mirror analogy, staring at one another like siblings, buzzing with color-coded oscillations between object and idea. To be clear, the rope, strands, and puddles are all cast aluminum.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/lkryjwrn9tutdlx1ptnd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/geoffrey-todd-smith-aaf54446-e5b0-46f1-b87e-d73535b539d7">Geoffrey Todd Smith: Sordid Orchestra</a>Western ExhibitionsBegins February 27For Geoffrey Todd Smith, abstraction is an unreliable narrator. Like carnival music playing in a horror movie, his abstract drawings and paintings don’t accurately convey the mood of the moment. Rather than holding up the proverbial mirror to society, Smith’s images are more like funhouse mirrors, further distorting and guiding the viewer away from reality. Every decision in the development of his compositions is fraught with the worry that he’s not saying enough, quickly giving way to the alternative, that he may have revealed too much–therein lies the tension. These Rorschach-like blobs bubble up to induce a sense of familiarity, only to be met with uncertainty.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418867/tl4xw7rvouiogrozvuec.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/michael-k-paxton">Interpolations: New, Large-Scale Work by Michael K. Paxton</a>Evanston Art CenterBegins February 27&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting February 26 - 27

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418396/hem96cqrl3tyhtzbtf4i.jpg"><figcaption>Kim Laurel, one-of-a-kind monotype card w/ envelope</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;From Deborah Maris Lader, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative<blockquote>Love is in the air!!! Ok, ok, we know it's as cold as a refrigerated vaccine and we're so bundled up and masked that we wouldn't even recognize our own offspring if we slid into them on a patch of ice, but we're TRYING to remain positive. Or actually NEGATIVE. Or at least positively negative....you know what we mean. The holiday of love is just about upon us, and rather than stock up on Hallmark and Walmart, why not opt for a handmade Valentine or a gorgeous print or some art wrapped chocolate? We've got you covered! You can <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001t_pCZvyCJBeRtTfi48Dr5tgXweDZtTV8Pb64T8lXyEZglSAw7Hn8RdpADAnO41Q9JQJH2wqG2KrS9mRKyU6T5gFUegpjddwr9047byXxKrlxryz9BUDcmGqgI2DGrvRLgREBdTM5uFahl7dcMguBLDllVDj9FyJUpnrN75ROFB4=&amp;c=Hwgtjw_CgbLi80gDsU36jTlcAr2fO4tN4SPU2VsAuRrO5bWSYHYkEw==&amp;ch=sMd1Pib0fe5YOMFlcsdfgBeWPTCCn2DKff9kbHRzWuWN-ecFoc2xwQ==">make an appointment</a> to swing by today, Friday or Saturday, or shoot us an <a href="mailto:info@chicagoprintmakers.com">email</a> or even give us a call at 773-293-2070. We REALLY wanna help you impress the people you love.</blockquote><a href="https://chicago-printmakers-collaborative.myshopify.com/collections/prints">Shop CPC's Online Store</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href="https://chicagoprintmakers.com/print-making-classes-chicago/">Shop Classes</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://chicagoprintmakers.com/appointments/"> In-Person Shopping</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418397/zrrkla3bqdlh4uujugrc.png"></figure>&nbsp;Keep checking in as we add new items to our Valentine's Day themed Shop!<a href="https://evanstonmade.org/product-category/valentines-day/?mc_cid=5f6bc033fd&amp;mc_eid=ef9bf6a59f">Online Shop</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418398/qu5eka3qeeiqhhhterhl.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Here are some of our favorite pieces, in stock and ready for immediate shipment.<a href="https://www.wantoot.com/collections/ready-to-gift-jewelry">Ready to Gift Jewelry</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418367/vka9dnopowhjjhlz8aid.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/be-a-part-of-particles">Be a part of pARTicles</a>Fermilab Art GalleryBegins February 10Community Project for the Fermilab Virtual Family Open House Feb. 10-14, 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418368/pbe4qurvyhlchnhq3nan.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pintoras-mexicanas-10th-anniversary">Pintoras Mexicanas 10th Anniversary</a>Dragonfly GalleryBegins February 13Join us for our 10th Anniversary of Pintoras Mexicanas Group Exhibition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418369/oavhc0kmypo596dldtjl.png"></figure><a href=" https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/against-impossibility">Against Impossibility</a>FLXST ContemporaryBegins February 13Against Impossibility brings together these five emerging contemporary artists who work across the mediums of sculpture, fibers and textiles, mixed-media, and painting and who, despite their precarious positions as MFA students in their final year of studies, continue to produce work influenced by the tumult happening around them.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting February 10-13

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417871/lrb6cqitali63odkthrl.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;By Ginny Van AlyeaCapping off nearly a year where all art spaces and institutions have been closed to the public at some point, a new arts venue has opened in Chicago. As in, a new space is opening for the first time, in person. To people. If you'd asked me almost a year ago about new spaces ever opening, I am not sure I would have predicted this.Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago, housed within the city's recently renovated, landmark Germania Club Building at the intersection of Clark and North Ave., spans three-stories and will be dedicated to immersive art presentations, a welcome effort after a year spent mostly online and definitely not immersed in much.&nbsp;The space's first presentation, Immersive Van Gogh, launches February 11 and is inspired by the Dutch painter, one of the world's most famous artists. During Van Gogh's short life he painted more than 2,000 artworks ranging from ordinary household items and self-portraits to surreal landscapes, with reproductions gracing millions of college dorm room walls decades later. Immersive Van Gogh offers original artworks in an innovative form and it opens in Chicago at a time when there is likely to be a significant, pent up demand from the general public for this kind of in-person experience. Since tickets went on sale, the Chicago show was tracked as the bestselling show in the world on TicketMaster. It's worth noting that not so long ago, in 2016, the Art Institute of Chicago used Van Gogh's painting of his own bedroom in Arles, France as inspiration for another kind of <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/1865/van-gogh-s-bedrooms">immersive exhibit</a> – Airbnb even recreated the bedroom and <a href="https://time.com/4215482/vincent-van-gogh-bedroom-airbnb/">rented it out</a>.&nbsp;Van Gogh was a post-Impressionist painter whose work — notable for its beauty, emotion and color — highly influenced expressionism in 20th-century art. He struggled with mental illness and remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life. He was tragically admitted to a psychiatric hospital after offering his severed ear to a woman at a local brothel. For hope, he turned to painting and nature, until one day when he went out to paint in the morning with a loaded pistol in his hand and reportedly shot himself in the chest. In his 37 years alive, Van Gogh only sold one painting, The Red Vineyards, to his brother Theo.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417871/eiukd9eh6ihppcmjetnt.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;*Van Gogh's art is arguably a cultural gateway for many people who first admire his accessible, yet sometimes mysterious, images in high school and college art classes. To bring Van Gogh's familiar art to life in new ways, an Italian creative team who pioneered digital experiences in Paris has created a custom design to fit the Neo-Classical architecture of Immersive Van Gogh.Immersive Van Gogh, comes to Chicago following its debut in Toronto. It has been described as a digital art exhibition that invites audiences to “step inside” van Gogh's iconic works, evoking his highly emotional and chaotic inner consciousness through art, light, music, movement and imagination, merging the boundaries between entertainment and culture with the hope of exposing the public to art in an entirely new way. Utilizing the Germania Club building's Victorian Era architectural details, 35-foot-tall walls and multiple levels (including balconies), the venue will present vibrant immersive art exhibitions that surround the viewer on all sides long after the Van Gogh run is finished.&nbsp;With more than 50 projectors illuminating over 14,000 square-feet, visitors to Immersive Van Gogh will be encircled from head-to-toe in Van Gogh’s brushstrokes and colors, including animated details from works such as Self Portrait with Felt Hat (1888), The Bedroom in Arles (1889), Irises (1889) and The Starry Night (1889).“Immersive Van Gogh is a new way of encountering art, as it quite literally surrounds viewers on all sides with the brilliant work of one of the greatest painters of all time,” said Immersive Art Space Co-Producer Corey Ross. “Both connoisseurs and new admirers of Van Gogh’s work are guaranteed a breathtaking perspective on the influential artist’s oeuvre.”The exhibition was designed by creative director and Italian film producer Massimiliano Siccardi, with original music by Italian multimedia composer Luca Longobardi, who provided a score that combines experimental electronic music with pure, ethereal piano. Vittorio Guidotti is the Art Director. Siccardi and Longobardi are both pioneers of immersive digital art experiences in Paris, where they were part of the team that created the world-renowned Van Gogh, Starry Night exhibition, among others.&nbsp;Siccardi has a decades-long history of experimenting with “digitally immersive” art, beginning with exhibitions at the Cathédrale d’Images in Baux-de-Provence, France. A former quarry, the Cathédrale d’Images was used as a venue for art exhibitions as early as the 1970s, when artist and journalist Albert Plécy created illuminated “frescoes” by projecting from dozens of carousel projectors onto the white limestone walls of the disused quarry. The projections covered the contours of the walls and the ceilings of the quarry, and were also accompanied by a soundtrack and actors. Siccardi cites Plécy’s work as a starting point, from which he was inspired to create dozens of immersive exhibitions in the space and then later in other venues around the world. Vincent van Gogh in particular is a subject of fascination and obsession for Siccardi, and Immersive Van Gogh is an exploration of the master artist’s human experience up until the moment of death.“In my view, we create a work based on a great artist’s work. For this reason, I believe that our transposition allows a wider audience to get closer to art, and I sincerely hope to intrigue people to the point that they want to go and enjoy art in museums, to view the original paintings in their truest form and might. Therefore, we do not replace the author's work but we give a possible reading of it; we respectfully tell an emotionally engaging part of it, and we are always aware that we are freely reinterpreting it.”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417872/gknqcbchmu53cejudikf.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;When I asked about how the exhibition came together, Maestro Immersive Arts co-founder and Lighthouse Immersive partner Maria Shclover explained, "This particular way of projecting is a sort of slicing of images – through visual strokes, animation and media – level by level to construct the picture and allow you to go into the mind of Van Gogh. It is inspired by Van Gogh but made possible by these contemporary artists. They put it together."&nbsp;Over the course of an hour Shclover says visitors will go on a journey. "It's accompanied by music, and there is a story line, but you can start at any point."&nbsp;To make the experience safe for today's viewing, the walk-through experience has been designed with health and safety as a priority. Capacity will be limited in accordance with the City of Chicago’s safety protocols.&nbsp;Additional safety precautions include touchless ticket-taking, temperature checks upon arrival, hand sanitizer stations, social distancing markers throughout the venue, and digitally projected social distancing circles on the gallery floors to ensure appropriate spacing. All guests must wear a face covering at all times during their visit to Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago.&nbsp;&nbsp;For more information about Immersive Van Gogh and to buy tickets, visit <a href="http://vangoghchicago.com">vangoghchicago.com</a>. Ticket prices start at $39.99 for adults ($24.99 for children 16 or younger) with untimed and flexible ticket options available.&nbsp;The exhibition runs from Feb. 11 through Sept. 6, 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

A New Art Space Creates a Contemporary Story Line for Van Gogh's Familiar Art 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417686/nv3bmtqvv3hmbz6wkjnw.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/collective-communities-virtual">Collective Communities: Actions on Environmental Crises</a>Weinberg/Newton GalleryBegins February 3Through artwork and programming, Collective Communitiespresents the work of artist collaboratives, collectives, and cooperatives that are concerned primarily with ecologies in crisis. Presented virtually at <a href="http://www.weinbergnewtongallery.com">weinbergnewtongallery.com</a>, as well through installations viewable from the gallery’s storefront windows at 688 N. Milwaukee Ave, Collective Communities will feature new work by Deep Time Chicago artist collective, Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative and Karrabing Film Collective.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417687/dhv1civscd7i1wajdzmm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bob-tanner-further-conversations">Bob Tanner | Further Conversations</a>Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.Begins February 5"Further Conversations" is a direct extension, at least in form, of Bob Tanner's series titled, "What Was Left Behind." The objects in this series are, again, those used in everyday life that can be thought of as both intimate and comforting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417688/kktxdctnpiikcwdcx906.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sandra-ullmann-and-bob-tanner">Sandra Ullmann | Representation/Abstraction: Bangladesh in Light and Shadow</a>Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.Begins February 5The black &amp; white photos in Sandra Ullmann’s series were made in Bangladesh while traveling with a small group of photographers. Ullmann's images speak to her fascination with strong light and shadows and forms emerging and disappearing. Staring into the darkness of streets and market stalls, she would wait for a face to emerge and be held by the light.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417689/fyxlfyd5re5wgeil3i0v.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/aviva-kramer-1000-mirrors">Aviva Kramer: 1000 Mirrors</a>ARC GalleryBegins February 6Gravity and veils of paint the reveal of laws of the universe. Painting the invisible (or maybe it is humming of the breath we breath)…..emerging, receding…..lost in nature’s landscape, creation, destruction…..This is where I begin.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417689/cdmptoxi5615ltivyvhy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/haig-aivazian-all-of-the-lights">Haig Aivazian: All of the Lights</a>The Renaissance SocietyBegins February 6All of the Lights&nbsp;tracks the public administration of light and darkness, creating an associative genealogy that moves from gas lanterns to LED bulbs, from sidewalks to stadiums, and from cities like Chicago to&nbsp;the artist’s&nbsp;native Beirut.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417690/iadw7gdtou7vcwi1aktf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tim-lowly-without-moving-tondos">Tim Lowly: Without Moving, Tondos</a>Hofheimer GalleryBegins February 5Since she was born in 1985, Tim Lowly's daughter Temma has figured increasingly prominently in his art. Over time he's&nbsp;come to think of the work related to her as being an ongoing, multifaceted, yet singular project.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting February 3 - 6

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/pfux2mgqkfwcflqgdraf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/casting-call-women-in-bronze-from-art-nouveau-to-art-deco">Casting Call: Women in Bronze from Art Nouveau to Art Deco</a>On View NowMadron Gallery - Lincoln ParkOn view from January 25 through March 26, 2021, these bronze statues were created by American artists who brought the influences of European, particularly French sculpture and design to America. Throughout history, bronze as an art form has fallen in and out of fashion. Political and industrial developments of the 19th and 20th centuries eventually lead to the popularity of bronze statuettes as domestic ornaments in parlors all across America.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/vmhonv7j1lxqlpigyxoo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/stephen-dinsmore-selected-paintings">Stephen Dinsmore: Selected Paintings</a>Begins January 28Anne Loucks Gallery - GlencoeThe show&nbsp;includes 35 selected oil paintings by the artist spanning the last decade.&nbsp; Dinsmore's subjects include landscape, still life and figurative work, all depicted with his expressive language of color and loose, gestural style.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418854/j1bbtw2nkt1pfvdai5wb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tom-billings-and-sam-rosby">Tom Billings and Sam Rosby</a>Begins January 29&nbsp;Firecat Projects - Bucktown&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418855/ks7aqrvrzjytv3cxrhfu.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/repository-and-repertoire">Repository and Repertoire</a>Opening: Friday, January 29, 3 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC) - West SideChicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present Repository and Repertoire, a duo exhibition featuring new works by HATCH Residents Jazmine Harris and José Santiago Pérez. The exhibition will have an opening day on Friday, January 29, 2021, by appointment only, from 3-8pm. Please reserve your time <a href="https://calendly.com/chicagoartistscoalition">here.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418856/ko2oweje1lc4u0yxerrk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/una-noche-maravillosa-a-monarch-butterfly-makes-an-entrance-at-a-nightclub">una noche maravillosa–a monarch butterfly makes an entrance at a nightclub...</a>Opening: Friday, January 29, 3 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC) - West SideChicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present una noche maravillosa–a monarch butterfly makes an entrance at a nightclub... a solo exhibition of new works by the BOLT artist-in-residence, Alejandro Jiménez-Flores.&nbsp;The exhibition will have an opening day on Friday, January 29, by appointment only, from 3-8pm. Please reserve your time <a href="https://calendly.com/chicagoartistscoalition">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418856/zvx1sbahw511fm6mwolo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kac-members-show-0c384ef7-b43b-4b8e-9470-9805987ec7f2">KAC Members’ Show</a>Begins January 30&nbsp;Krasl Art Center - St. Joseph, MichiganFollowing KAC’s most recent exhibition: Artists as Influencers: Pathways in Glass, theKAC Members’ Showcontinues to consider pathways between artists, media, and meaning with the theme: Inspired by…. An integral part of the artistic process, inspiration is the spark that shapes new creative endeavors.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 28 - 30

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/f3pllltxpbecgmt4egsq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/4th-midwest-open">4th Midwest Open</a>Opening: Friday, January 22, 6 – 7:30&nbsp;pmWoman Made Gallery - PilsenWoman Made Gallery is pleased to present its&nbsp;“4th Midwest Open,” juried by Brenda Oelbaum who included the work in a variety of media by 44 women-identified artists from the 12 Midwest states.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418852/iaojxmxabxk84x1cmfra.tiff"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/young-il-ahn-adb6148e-b4c8-48c9-ab83-129c66115633">Young-Il Ahn</a>Begins January 22Kavi Gupta Gallery - West LoopIn light of the increased attention Ahn has received in recent years for his iconic Water series, this exhibition aims to expand the scholarship and recognition of two important, highly personal facets of his practice. The exhibition will explore Ahn's Self-Reflection series, primarily executed between 2000 and 2004.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/i7x3gelxh09qwehyiyou.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ink">#ink</a>Opening: January 23 &amp; 24, noon – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Project Space - West Side&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418854/h0o5kurioxa7vagxw9mr.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/from-the-center">From The Center</a>On View thru March 27th&nbsp; -- Honorable mention, as we missed this in last week's highlightsSouth Side Community Art Center - BronzevilleFaheem Majeed’s first solo exhibition at South Side Community Art Center, “From The Center”, is a retrospective of works created by Majeed over the past twenty years. As a former Executive Director and Curator (2005-2011) of the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC), Majeed’s works are especially attuned to the history and legacy of the 80 year old arts institution.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 22-23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/jdy9synsevdm63vnqrza.jpg"></figure>Artist Nick Cave’s Controversial Upstate New York Artwork Has Found a New Home at the Brooklyn MuseumThe public&nbsp;artwork has been attacked by the mayor of a small town where it was installed.By Taylor Dafoe, Artnet<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nick-cave-truth-be-told-brooklyn-museum-1937313?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=EUR%20US%20Jan%2018%20AM&amp;utm_term=Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BALL%5D%20%5BMORNING%5D">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/ax6on5qzt2k1jtokjovd.jpg"></figure>Stolen Salvator Mundi Painting Of Leonardo School Discovered In NaplesItalian police are investigating a possible commissioned art theft after they recovered a priceless painting of the Leonardo da Vinci school, which had been stolen from the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples. The "Salvator Mundi" painting, dating back to the <a href="https://www.museosandomenicomaggiore.it/salvator-mundi-scuola-leonardesca-museo-san-domenico-maggiore/">beginning of the 16th century</a>, was found hidden in a room of an apartment in via Strada Provinciale delle Brecce in Naples.&nbsp;By Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2021/01/19/stolen-salvator-mundi-painting-of-leonardo-school-discovered-in-naples/?sh=726b37115d26">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/wp4yek0cwzplozwbo2dk.jpg"><figcaption>A visitor inside the "Rain Room" installation at the Modern Museum of Art in New York, July 15, 2013. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)</figcaption></figure>Can immersive art remain afloat when money is the object?Even as the pandemic takes its toll on tourism, immersive museums and experiential art centers are expanding to new cities and wooing investors willing to gamble on the future of the emerging industry.By Zachary Small, The New York Times for Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-nyt-future-of-immersive-art-20210118-uxhg6vobwrctdf6oh3q2w6e6ne-story.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418854/jgixiq51jmcelm120qhv.jpg"></figure>15 Virtual Chicago Museum Experiences for KidsWe're missing our favorite local museums, galleries and other culture institutions in the Chicago area. While these local attractions are temporarily closed due to COVID-19, you can still connect with your favorite Chicago museums. Read on to find virtual tours and hands-on activities to try at home.Via Chicago Parent Staff<a href="https://www.chicagoparent.com/learn/museums/virtual-chicago-museum-experiences/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From the Art World: January 19, 2021

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418846/kqsh8uolsudbgfyqqjgh.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/michael-joo-sensory-meridian-elizabeth-st-location">Michael Joo: Sensory Meridian (Elizabeth St. Location)</a>Begins January 14Kavi Gupta Gallery - West LoopA multi-media exhibition of works by Michael Joo. Three new sculptures of disincarnate body parts, alchemized from scans of historical works in the Smithsonian Archives, explore issues of representation, transmission, and transformation.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418847/v0awe47m9ai8wqdaynyq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hockney-in-normandy-virtual">Hockney in Normandy</a>Begins January 14Gray Gallery – Online Gray presents an online exhibition of new prints by David Hockney, created at his studio in Normandy. Rendering views of the studio's interior as well as scenes from the surrounding countryside, Hockney's recent iPad paintings and suite of landscape prints highlight&nbsp;Hockney’s singular sense of line and form and his longstanding commitment to exploring perspective as mediated by technology. &nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418847/f7rexjwsi4xcvkv70awk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/virginio-ferrari-cosmos">Virginio Ferrari: Cosmos</a>Begins January 15Bridgeport Art Center - Bridgeport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418848/xfxc2jspm12p4hnbuhjt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bold-move-therese-mulgrew-and-robert-porazinski">Bold Move: Thérèse Mulgrew and Robert Porazinski</a>Begins January 15Gallery Studio Oh! - RavenswoodA two-person exhibition featuring portraiture and still life paintings by Thérèse Mulgrew and abstract, geometric oil paintings and sculptures by Robert Porazinski.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418849/o8rgldvhwle9blsl54tn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/blackmanwhitebaby">BlackManWhiteBaby: MockingBird.</a>Begins January 15Bert Green Fine Art - Michigan AvenueUsing the self portrait to focus attention on the black body as a locus for the recognition of the lack of justice in American life and history. The presence of the white baby doll and the use of gender fluidity introduces a flexible, performative power to the work, allowing the artist to wield a powerful critique of cultural touchstones, which he then proceeds to demolish.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418850/tyjfiziv1mvvld9amo5m.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/vista-2021-contemporary-landscape">Vista 2021: Contemporary Landscape</a>Begins January 15Addington Gallery - River North&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418850/jaqfaivcql5g4rzloeez.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/evanston-vicinity-biennial-d4026947-e342-4418-a8c4-b2c8aacf0fd4">Evanston + Vicinity Biennial</a>Begins January 16Evanston Art Center - Evanston&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 14–16

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417555/hqisazietniy8o4lryol.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/elizabeth-atterbury-letters-and-souvenirs">Elizabeth Atterbury: Letters and Souvenirs</a>Begins January 8DOCUMENT - West TownAtterbury’s studio practice is fluid, fluctuating between picture making and object making. Fascinated with the autonomy of the artifact – objects disassociated from their original function and context – Atterbury’s practice considers the distinction or lack thereof between artifact, prop, model and sculpture. &nbsp;Drawn to materials such as paper and sand, Atterbury constructs ephemeral tableaux specifically for the purpose of transfiguring and recording them.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417556/kkqlvjicuu3krry820wn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-view-2021">IN VIEW 2021</a>Begins January 8The Art Center Highland Park - Highland ParkThis year is anything but normal but TAC is proud to focus on our annual member/faculty exhibition, allowing us to highlight the creative energy that is at the heart of our community. With 50 artists represented, the wide range of mediums, techniques, subject matter and styles reflect the professionalism, talent and skill so prevalent at TACHP.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417557/zhf8dn6yvmfcrttvg5uu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/western-exhibitions-drawing-biennial">Western Exhibitions Drawing Biennial</a>Begins January 8Western Exhibitions - West TownThe approaches on view will capture the current state of contemporary drawing practices while placing a focus on the gallery artists’ core concerns of personal narratives and cosmologies, identity and gender, sexuality, pattern and exuberance, all with a keen attention to materiality.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417557/bsgr89uqqrgbhfkuw764.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ben-murray-if-i-needed-you">Ben Murray: If I needed you</a>Begins January 9Monique Meloche Gallery - West TownDrawing its name from the celebrated Townes Van Zandt song, If I needed you recalls Murray’s complicated relationship with the notion of home, surveying both the solace and suffering that can be experienced when strongly tethered to family histories and responsibilities. Layered marks embedded on both sides of raw unstretched muslin utilize a range of opacities, transparencies, and refractive hues, as if to composite a myriad of enigmatic moments through deposits of paint.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417559/cjilxdbwo1mao0bretn7.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/solitude">Solitude</a>Begins January 9ARC Gallery - West TownAs we move forward into the fall and winter months, and COVID continues to impede our movements and interactions, how do we, as individuals, or as members of a larger, even worldwide community, process these survival confinements? Artists use their mediums to express the inner joy, conflict, frustration, sadness or peace we find ourselves confronting. This show represents the creative endeavors of this process under the current circumstances —&nbsp; keeping artists alone but pulling together into a community.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417560/uvjbtlvslscfsjx9wxd5.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/susan-beiner-hive-expanded">Susan Beiner: HIVE Expanded</a>Begins January 9Evanston Art Center - Evanston&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting January 8 - 9

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418846/ti5mybcyqpee2ouhptmf.jpg"><figcaption>Alfredo Martinez, “Boxing with Batman,” (2016) acrylic paint, yarn, fabric. Photo courtesy of the artist.</figcaption></figure>DePaul Art Museum continues Latinx initiative with galleries-wide exhibitionThis intergenerational show fills all the museum’s galleries and features more than 75 paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and installations by 38 artists of Latin-American descent living and working in the United States, primarily in the Chicago area.By Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun Times<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/4/22213576/depaul-art-museum-latinx-art-initiative-exhibition-latinx-american">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418846/wxgwg56tyc1oibkskpld.jpg"><figcaption>The historic apartment building at the south end of the Pullman Artspace Lofts complex has been restored and houses artist units. (Carol Flynn / Daily Southtown)</figcaption></figure>Pullman project combines historic preservation, promotion of the arts in one projectBy Carol Flynn, Chicago TribuneAn artist’s studio is a sacred space. To one, it’s “a place of creative incubation.” Another described his as “a space for the spirit to breathe.” Terms like “sanctuary” and “refuge” are often used. A studio is not only a workspace, but a source of inspiration.<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-pullman-artspace-lofts-st-0105-20210104-pv7ehg2rjbbtpo2th7474mf7o4-story.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418847/pwgjkfaj0a9vdkpihlvf.jpg"><figcaption>Grantees, clockwise, from top left: Ahya Simone, Bakpak Durden, Gisela McDaniel, Sydney James, Tiff Massey, Ijania Cortez, Laura Gibson, Cyrah, Kesswa, Tony-Rave</figcaption></figure>Paying it forward: McArthur Binion is using his later-in-life success to help younger artistsThe artist’s foundation is supporting the community in Detroit through micro-grants and residenciesBy Hilarie M. Sheets, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/paying-it-forward-mcarthur-binion-is-using-his-later-in-life-success-to-help-younger-artists">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418848/jlm1or1ojctgdac3czmt.jpg"><figcaption>Bisa Butler. ‘Anaya with Oranges’ (2017). PHOTO: BISA BUTLER. PHOTO BY MARGARET FOX</figcaption></figure>New Art for a New YearFive artists featured in upcoming exhibitions share what they are looking forward to seeing and doing in 2021.By Susan Delson, The Wall Street Journal<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-art-for-a-new-year-11609509601">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From the Art World: January 5, 2021

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418835/yxied7ncgaecdnzeanzy.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;2020 saw swaths of carefully planned exhibitions cancelled. Several of those shows have been moved to 2021 and will take place alongside other dynamic shows opening around the city and surrounding area.Full calendars for the year ahead for all area galleries and institutions are not yet available, but we expect the exhibitions highlighted here to open on schedule and in person –or virtually if needed. Please check with each institution and space prior to visiting.&nbsp;Visit <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=upcoming">chicagogallerynews.com</a> for highlights and previews throughout the year.&nbsp;– GV&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418836/jdkhlgpathhweouwtebm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hurvin-anderson-anywhere-but-nowhere">Hurvin Anderson: Anywhere but Nowhere</a>The lush, overdetermined spaces in Hurvin Anderson’s new paintings reference touristic sites of simultaneous development and dereliction in Jamaica, his ancestral home. For the exhibition at The Arts Club of Chicago, Anderson pairs this new work with earlier paintings from his acclaimed Barbershop series, for which he won a nomination for the Turner Prize in 2017.&nbsp;April 9–August 7, 2021<a href="artsclubchicago.org">The Arts Club of Chicago</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418837/revywseolbdveinkdvir.jpg"><figcaption>Christina Quarles, Can Yew Feel? Tha Days Are Gettin’ Shorter, 2018. Acrylic on canvas. 60×48×1” © Christina Quarles, Courtesy of the artist, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and Pilar Corrias Gallery, London &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/christina-quarles">Christina Quarles</a>Christina Quarles’s ambiguous and evocative scenes feature figures whose limbs, torsos, and faces collide and merge with familiar domestic objects made strange through her color choices and experimental painterly gestures.&nbsp;The MCA brings together a selection of her work made over the last three years, as well as a new, large-scale installation.April 17–August 29, 2021<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago-mca">Museum of Contemporary Art</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418838/llnlhdzecjj1yunltujl.jpg"><figcaption>Barack Obama, 2018, Kehinde Wiley. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.&nbsp; &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-obama-portraits">The Obama Portraits&nbsp;</a>This summer the Art Institute of Chicago welcomes two acclaimed portraits, on loan from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, to its galleries: Kehinde Wiley’s painting of President Barack Obama and Amy Sherald’s portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama. The museum was the site of the couple’s first date.June 18–August 15, 2021<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/art-institute-of-chicago">The Art Institute of Chicago</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418839/gmbfqkaouvvzjy2kafqm.jpg"><figcaption>Tony Fitzpatrick, The Scavenger Searching for Jesus of Chicago, 2020, color etching. Courtesy of the artist. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jesus-of-western-avenue">Tony Fitzpatrick: Jesus of Western Avenue</a>Jesus of Western Avenue will feature more than 30 recent works by world-renowned multimedia artist and celebrated Chicago resident Tony Fitzpatrick. The artist says this will be his final museum show.&nbsp;Oct. 2, 2021–January 31, 2022<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/cleve-carney-art-gallery-mcaninch-arts-center">Cleve Carney Museum of Art</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;More Highlights Happening Now and This Spring In Galleries&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418840/nwbos805wghd66cij2at.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

2021 Culture List

<html><head></head><body>A new year is nearly upon us, and a slate of fresh exhibitions will open in the first days of January 2021. Area galleries are all still observing safety measures in consideration of COVID-19, but many are taking viewing appointments and will also be hosting all-day open houses in lieu of once-traditional evening opening receptions.&nbsp;A few highlights are shared here. We are updating our calendar of events daily, so please check back often.&nbsp;– GV&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418835/vbepa4h3yfei37k6yszn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ben-murray-if-i-needed-you">Ben Murray: If I needed you</a>Jan 9 – Feb 13, 2021<a href="/organizations/monique-meloche-gallery">Monique Meloche Gallery</a>Operating between painting’s long history of image-making and the immediate vanishing of images in film, If I needed you is in direct conversation with works created by pioneers of Avant Garde cinematography, such as Rose Lowder, Hollis Frampton, Joseph Cornell, and Steve McQueen.While inspired by the oeuvres of other artists, this new body of work reflects a deconstructed vantage point of Murray’s life at the time of applying paint to canvas. Drawing its name from the celebrated Townes Van Zandt song, If I needed you recalls Murray’s complicated relationship with the notion of home, surveying both the solace and suffering that can be experienced when strongly tethered to family histories and responsibilities.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418836/xszymc1yvuwwr0upliuk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/virginio-ferrari-cosmos">Virginio Ferrari: Cosmos</a>Jan 15 – Mar 5, 2021<a href="/organizations/bridgeport-art-center">Bridgeport Art Center</a>The 83 year-old Virginio Ferrari opens a show of new work at the Bridgeport Art Center.&nbsp;His latest artist statement reads, "In an urban environment with its social problems, the individual can decide either to become involved or to remain indifferent, but he must make that choice again each day since the problem remains. They are part of society and have made the city; art, architecture and city planning are extremely important, and they take shape from this urban reality. I have been completely absorbed by this social reality, its negative/positive dynamics, its empty and full spaces. Today, in this period of mass production of images, of mass production in general, it is perhaps time to consider how fast things disappear and to become more aware of making art to live with”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418837/wiahbpoh9zlmega0exh5.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/narrative-art-exhibition-suite">Narrative Art Exhibition Suite</a>Jan 12 – Feb 26, 2021<a href="/organizations/northern-illinois-university-niu-art-museum">Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum</a>NIU re-opens with a multi-part exhibition focused on visual artwork employing the familiar narrative motifs found in oral traditions, fairy tales, fables, myths and legends to grapple with the harsh truths of contemporary reality.• Mirth and Mayhem: Landis Blair Selections of Drawings and Books&nbsp;• From the Mind of Ellen Roth Deutsch&nbsp;• Storied References&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418838/ojzigfzrefy5avtktp5a.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/reproductive-health-fertility-agency">Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency</a>Jan 19 – May 23, 2021<a href="/organizations/museum-of-contemporary-photography-mocp--2">Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)</a>The exhibition explores the psychological, physical, and emotional realities women encounter in the years leading up to, during, and after fertility. The exhibition features eight artists who consider a range of topics including birth, miscarriage, pleasure, the lack of access to abortion, trauma, and the loss of fertility, with works ranging from photography to video installations.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418839/jdxg3gt0hgo4n9zweyyz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/western-exhibitions-drawing-biennial">Western Exhibitions Drawing Biennial</a>Jan 8 – Feb 20, 2021<a href="/organizations/western-exhibitions">Western Exhibitions</a>Western Exhibitions is thrilled to announce the inaugural “Western Exhibitions Drawing Biennial,” a salon-style, ceiling-to-floor celebration of works on paper by gallery and affiliated artists celebrating our commitment to drawing and works on paper. The approaches on view will capture the current state of contemporary drawing practices while placing a focus on the gallery artists’ core concerns of personal narratives and cosmologies, identity and gender, sexuality, pattern and exuberance, all with a keen attention to materiality.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

January 2021 Preview: First New Exhibitions

<html><head></head><body>By CGN STAFFThis week we continue our mini-series featuring a small selection of art works priced below $1,000. Galleries are still open by appointment for visits and pick-ups. If you make a purchase online check to see about shipping times and dates.&nbsp;Remember, when you purchase a work of art, you are supporting artists and the galleries that represent them!&nbsp;If you're really stuck for ideas, give the gift of CGN in 2021! <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/print-subscriptions">Subscriptions are $20/year</a> for three issues, including our hot-off-the-press CGN Arts Guide for 2021. We are shipping copies as we get subscriptions in, but please be aware that we are hearing that the USPS is running behind right now.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2019/12/art-picks-works-under-5-000">• Read Part I here</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/12/art-picks-works-under-1-000-part-ii">• Read Part II here</a>&nbsp;Some art buying tips to keep in mind:• There are many factors that go into pricing art, such as the medium (photography and prints vs paintings), the quantity available (in an edition of 25 or a unique work) as well as the reputation of and career stage of the artist (a young, emerging artist vs a contemporary master)• Not all prices are marked when you visit a gallery exhibition or art fair. But that does not mean that you cannot ask for a price, and maybe even discuss a (be reasonable!) discount.&nbsp;• Payment plans are often available. Ask before you buy what the options are.• Explore on your own, and don't hesitate to contact a gallery or artist to get a conversation started.• Use CGN as your guide to learn when shows are happening where and then get out there and look for yourself!&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418835/hioqavsa4vu7xvuduhqs.jpg"></figure><a href="https://shop.chicagotruborn.com/collections/all/products/yellow-fever">Chicago Truborn (WEST TOWN)</a>By revise (won Kim), 24" x 36", Aerosol and acrylic on canvas&nbsp;$650.00&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418836/gdus7hp5yca9aagt2x6u.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.galleryvictor.com/shop-the-studio/felipe-alfaro-painting-3">Gallery Victor Armendariz (RIVER NORTH)</a>Felipe Alfaro, The Gift #14, mixed media, 10" H x 8" W$550.00&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418837/hwszxsfksnxlfwyhsbsl.png"></figure><a href="https://womanmade.org/artwork/jenny-halpern-2/">Woman Made Gallery (PILSEN)</a>Jenny Halpern, Watering a Love Bite, acrylic, resin, 15" H x 12" W$300&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418838/ko1ryy7qamsoakl5ferj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://hi-buddy.org/collections/all/products/brush-whisperer-prairie-plants-a-set-of-6-cards">Buddy (S. MICHIGAN AVE)</a>Set of six blank greeting cards with envelopes featuring original watercolor paintings by award-winning botanical artist, Heeyoung Kim.$20.00&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Art Picks: Works Under $1,000 – Part III

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418835/pw7tdstzhlt3wumhbahe.jpg"><figcaption>Artist Rashid Johnson, a frequent donor to museum fundraisers, at his Brooklyn studio on June 18, 2019. (Photo by Chris Sorensen for The Washington Post via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>Struggling Museums Are Increasingly Relying on the Generosity of Artists to Convince Private Donors to Bail Them OutAs donors take their foot off the gas of arts giving, artists have been called in to reenergize them. It's a lot of pressure.By Naomi Rea, artnet news<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-museum-philanthropy-1930766">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418836/bky1btbnqujrhfp4ntv0.jpg"><figcaption>Courtesy Jason Seiler, via time.com</figcaption></figure>The Story Behind TIME's 2020 Person of the Year CoversTo illustrate the broad range of people featured on the 2020 Person of the Year covers, we commissioned artists and photographers with a variety of backgrounds and styles—from digital art to oil painting; portraitists to a high school freshman.The image of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as the 2020 Person of the Year was painted by Chicago-based artist Jason Seiler.By D.W. Pine, Time Magazine<a href="https://time.com/5919500/person-of-the-year-2020-behind-covers/">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418837/xrsfl3qqaic0vrdzcebx.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Revealed: the secrets behind Antonia, Modigliani’s ‘most complex work’Researchers at C2RMF give an exclusive preview of their forensic study of all the artist's works in French museum collections.Vincent Noce, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/modigliani-portrait-conservation-discoveries">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418838/jtuv56hnuvy6jesvnwf1.jpg"></figure>The Top 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction in&nbsp;2020This year was a turbulent one, and auction houses were not exempt from facing the changes wrought by it. Because of the pandemic, Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips swiftly adapted their marquee evening auctions for a new era, ushering in live-streamed hybrid mega-sales that saw a host of masterpiece-level works reach staggering prices.By Angelica Villa, ARTnews<a href="https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/most-expensive-works-sold-at-auction-1234579250/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418839/duwbuagkrdtmnl2hfdwk.png"><figcaption>Clockwise from center: Sue Coe, via SaveArtSpace and Art at a Time Like This; Carlos Vilas Delgado/EPA, via Shutterstock; The Estate of Noah Davis; Charlie Rubin for The New York Times; The Estate of Philip Guston and Hauser &amp; Wirth</figcaption></figure>The Most Important Moments in Art in 2020This was a year of protests and pivots. Monuments fell, museums looked inward. On the bright side, galleries persisted despite the pandemic’s grip and curators rolled out magisterial retrospectives.By Holland Cotter, Roberta Smith and Jason Farago, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/arts/important-art-moments-2020.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: December 15, 2020

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418835/bfle4dcjxqq4vdxuocch.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/small-works-members-show">Small Works Members’ Show</a>Begins December 10Woman Made Gallery – PilsenA treasure trove for collectors, art lovers and gift givers, the exhibition includes painting, mixed media, fiber, collage, printmaking, sculpture, ceramic, photography and jewelry. Works have a size limitation of 16 inches and prices range from $50 to $300.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418836/mbdlfdz6mwmni4vnb2b5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/phyllis-bramson-virus-lockdown-drawings">Phyllis Bramson: Virus Lockdown Drawings</a>Opening December 11, 4-7pmZolla/Lieberman –River NorthBramson says, "The Virus Lockdown Drawings were done away from my studio and in my house. &nbsp;I set up a small studio which took over our family room making it a big mess. I worked on these drawings from March 29th until June 13th. Collaging images from ads and articles from ARTFORUM (that I had never opened) was a jumping off point for these drawings. Using a portfolio of 16 x 13 inch drawing paper, there was a lot of collaging, gluing, use of watercolor, chalk, spray paint, and pencil."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418837/regyasz7cpeouvg6gojs.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/objects-and-environs">OBJECTS and Environs</a>Begins December 11Oliva Gallery – Wicker ParkAn exhibition featuring work by artists Curtis Bozif and Louise Pappageorge.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418838/o4l8ev9kujb5msz5r7qo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/who-s-afraid-of-red-2e9bff10-a345-48e6-b509-fe35a4165a3e">Who’s Afraid of Red?</a>Begins December 11Gallery Studio Oh! – RavenswoodAnnual Holiday Group Exhibition focusing on the theme of the color red. Each artist explores their own interpretation of the color resulting in a diverse selection of mediums including painting, sculpture, textile/fiber art, printmaking, and more!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418840/btvw1hbrfwd0i3tmdbtw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/carolina-caycedo-from-the-bottom-of-the-river">Carolina Caycedo: From the Bottom of the River</a>Begins December 12MCA – N. Michigan AveInformed by Indigenous philosophies, Caycedo’s work challenges us to understand nature not as a resource to be exploited, but as a living and spiritual entity that unites people beyond borders.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting December 10 - 12

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418835/dlibiizrd5w4p86s44zz.jpg"><figcaption>In a 2010 photo, painting conservator Elizabeth Wigfield and frame conservator Kirk Vuillemot carry Claude Monet's "Apple.. (Charles Osgood / Chicago Tribune)</figcaption></figure>Union League Club votes to sell its prized Monet painting to cover pandemic lossesThe story of Claude Monet’s “Apple Trees in Blossom” and Chicago is long, significant and now — with the Union League Club’s decision to sell its most valuable artwork to cover pandemic-year losses — potentially dire.The painting is currently hanging in the Art Institute’s expansive “Monet in Chicago” exhibition, on loan as a focal point of the show, the first work by the noted French impressionist to be purchased by a Chicago institution.By Steve Johnson, The Chicago Tribune<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-union-league-club-monet-painting-20201204-huubxty4znekbmazxf3se6k45i-story.html?fbclid=IwAR3QvXfJEqB5eY2dqXdKf62nJ64Te6vLzTXEy957cjxV6rjwFgjmxVhhaBg">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418836/lelmcvvbxcuhx4btosit.jpg"><figcaption>Chicago’s cultural historian Tim Samuelson retired this week Sun-Times Media file photo</figcaption></figure>Tim Samuelson, the city’s first and only cultural historian, retiresSamuelson, 69, worked for the city since 2002. Lois Weisberg, the former commissioner of cultural affairs, got him to leave the Chicago History Museum with the promise that he would be allowed to do “whatever you do” as the city’s cultural historian.For almost two decades, Samuelson did exactly that, assisting fellow historians, reporters, businesses, architects and foreign delegations as a combination spokesman, consultant, historian and storyteller.By Bob Chiarito, Chicago Sun Times<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/1/21860298/tim-samuelson-city-chicago-first-only-cultural-historian-retires?fbclid=IwAR3hBRJ1o3OtsSOj7vMRWfANyTAa69Zl83MbOfWAiRtloGLRCmHAdIbxb88">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418837/zibrcghxo7rnjjb4zusp.jpg"><figcaption>Collins Avenue in Miami. And there's no one there. Photo by Nate Freeman.</figcaption></figure>Here’s What It’s Like on the Ground in Miami Beach, Where Zombie Art Basel Is Happening, Sort OfThe fairs were cancelled, penthouses languished, and parties got called off. That's when things got interesting.By Nate Freeman, Artnet News<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-miami-beach-2020-2-1928814">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418838/yourfe93tlyzi4hkvbvp.jpg"><figcaption>The Utah monolith before it was dismantled. UTAH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY / AP</figcaption></figure>How the Monoliths Became an Instagram&nbsp;TrapIt’s rare that an anonymous work of art makes international headlines, especially given the political and pandemic news cycles of the past year. But 2020’s final surprise might be a nearly 10-foot-tall stainless-steel pillar in the Utah desert. The monolith, as it is now referred to (it already has a lengthy Wikipedia entry), was installed by an unknown party some time between July and October 2016, according to satellite imagery, in a red sandstone slot canyon in Lockhart Basin, a site that had been part of public lands until the Trump administration removed it. It was discovered on November 18 of this year, when state biologists spotted it during a helicopter trip to survey bighorn sheep. The piece was carefully planned, with a hole drilled into the rock.By Kyle Chayka, Art News<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/utah-monolith-meme-instagram-trap-art-1234578053/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: December 7, 2020

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418829/xal1zdaigzeuwnuvmoz1.jpg"><figcaption>“Top Heavy,” 2020, detail, by Theaster Gates. One of his “tar paintings,” it incorporates industrial oil-based enamel, rubber torch down, bitumen, wood, and copper.Credit...Theaster Gates and Gagosian; Jacob Hand</figcaption></figure>Theaster Gates Turns the Stain of the Past Into ArtTheaster Gates, a social practice installation artist based in Chicago, is turning the history of Black labor in America on its head. Born in 1973 to a father who was a roofer, Mr. Gates embraced, too, a life of working with his hands. After graduating from Iowa State University with a degree in urban planning and ceramics, he proceeded to Japan to study pottery. In “Black Vessel,” his first New York solo show at Gagosian on West 24th Street, he succeeds in celebrating the rugged, hard work of artisans today.By Yinka Elujoba, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/arts/design/theaster-gates-gagosian-review.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418830/tfb2tv9zshox86dujk22.jpg"></figure>Architecture Prof Offers A New Vision For Vacant Land On Chicago’s South And West SidesImagine if we envisioned thousands of parcels of vacant land on Chicago’s South and West Sides as one large space — as large as the city’s downtown. And imagine if we used that space collectively … for things that benefit entire communities instead of individual property owners.That’s exactly how David Brown, a professor at University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Architecture, views the city’s vast inventory of vacant land. He is also artistic director of the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial.By Natalie Moore, WBEZ Radio<a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/architecture-prof-offers-a-new-vision-for-vacant-land-on-chicagos-south-and-west-sides/90f54945-eaaa-4304-b4f1-33754a7305e1">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418831/rg7ob5xvwoxpae7lsjy3.jpg"><figcaption>Easy Otabor. COURTESY ANTHONY GALLERY, CHICAGO.</figcaption></figure>Chicago Gallerist and Tastemaker Easy Otabor Is Changing the Rules of the Art&nbsp;WorldWhen Easy Otabor was growing up in Chicago, he didn’t know what to make of an art world that can be forbidding even to those who know its entryways. But he soon found his way in as a gallerist and tastemaker through fashion, music, and other cultural portals now playing an increasingly important role in changing the rules.By Andy Battaglia, ARTnews<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/easy-otabor-shaping-art-2021-1234577352/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418832/qzrqha2qpx6hnjt2uv1d.jpg"><figcaption>Tubs, mural in Pilsen, of Chicago’s flag. Provided</figcaption></figure>Chicago artist Tubs honors pandemic victims in Day of the Dead mural on Near West SideHis mother taught him calligraphy. That helped lead him to his own style of painting words — first in graffiti and now in murals.By Sun-Times staff, Chicago Sun Times<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/murals-mosaics/2020/11/25/21575850/chicago-murals-tubs-calligraphy-covid-coronavirus-pandemic">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: December 1, 2020

<html><head></head><body>By CGN Staff,There are any number of art gifts you may give at any given time of the year, but this season, the pressure is on a little more than usual and you may need to spread your budget around to several recipients on your list. To give you a few hints in the right direction, we have rounded up a few of our favorite local art gift sources for you - there are some affordable works of art as well as items that are not actually works of art but are art-themed.&nbsp;We will be continuing our gift round-ups in the coming days, but for now, this round up gives you the gift of arty things.&nbsp;If you want to buy art for someone this season, we are ALL FOR IT. &nbsp;Art makes the best gift! Please browse CGN's in-depth, helpful art listings for more than 100 area galleries, artist studios, museums and art centers. They all have websites. They're all small businesses. Many are offering free shipping! Click away from home and shop art right now...Don't forget that today, December 1 is Giving Tuesday, which is when many worthy area nonprofits invite you to consider sharing your financial generosity with them in a year of major need. Shop and donate today! &nbsp;Happy shopping!&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418829/b3kusrmnxxvpuuusljqf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://marwen.org/shop">Marwen</a>In 1987, Steven Berkowitz had a dream to educate and inspire Chicago’s young people from under-resourced communities and schools through free visual arts programs. Marwen provides free visual arts, college and career programming for Chicago’s young people from under-resourced communities and schools in middle through high school.&nbsp;You can buy holiday cards by young artists online now. All card designs were created by a young Chicago artist&nbsp;who was commissioned as part of Marwen's Design to Print Program, sponsored by Helen and Sam Zell. Card sales directly support Marwen's no-cost programming for Chicago youth.<a href="https://marwenarts.wixsite.com/blog/post/25-years-of-spreading-holiday-joy">HEAR THE STORY OF 2020 ARTISTS</a>, who completed their designs during the pandemic, and watch their reactions as they see their cards for the first time!&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418830/frnuk7e0khdgoxce8fd4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://hi-buddy.org">Buddy</a>Buddy is a shop, a hub for making connections between friends we have and those we have yet to meet. We are committed to giving artists and small manufacturers in Chicago a place to showcase and sell their goods and artworks to a vast audience of Chicagoans and visitors at the Chicago Cultural Center. This collaboration between Public Media Institute and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) furthers both institutions’ goals of providing visibility and opportunities to artists across the Chicagoland area.Street artists get ready: SmellyChalk is made and distributed by Zag Products LLC, a small family business located in Chicago, Illinois. Ten vibrant colors that each have a different fun scent. We hope you and your sidewalk artists enjoy using it as much as we enjoy making it!You can shop more local goods, publications, music and art in person through December 20 at 3219 S. Morgan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418831/dlws3vstcnpluu73wc1f.png"></figure><a href="https://mannekenpress.com">Manneken Press</a>Manneken Press&nbsp;publishes and exhibits original, limited edition and unique prints, portfolios, artist’s books and drawings by significant contemporary artists. The press was founded in 2000 and is owned and operated by Jonathan Higgins and Sarah Smelser. Invited artists come to our studio in Bloomington, Illinois to create original works of art in intaglio, relief, lithography and monotype. The prints are made by the artists&nbsp;working in close&nbsp;collaboration with master printer Jonathan Higgins, and are hand-printed on our Takach etching press. We are committed to traditional, time tested techniques and use only the finest papers and inks to produce our prints.&nbsp; Manneken Press has exhibited these works at fine art fairs in <a href="https://mannekenpress.com/manneken-press-returns-to-expo-chicago-2019/">Chicago</a>, <a href="https://mannekenpress.com/manneken-press-at-the-cleveland-fine-print-fair/">Cleveland</a>, Miami, Boston, Baltimore, Houston and <a href="http://eabfair.org/exhibitor/manneken-press/">New York City</a>, and in many galleries and museums.Pictured above: Rhea Edge is a Bloomington, IL based artist who often uses images of birds in her paintings and prints. Edge is Associate Professor of Art at Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois, and President of the John Wesley Powell Chapter of the National Audubon Society.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418832/hkef7ruq0n2ebxwgzkuv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://shop.mocp.org">Museum of Contemporary Photography</a>Collect the work of renowned local, national and international artists through the Museum’s <a href="https://shop.mocp.org">Fine Print Program</a> along with some illuminating Publications, that document the work of exhibiting artists and advance a critical dialogue on art and culture.Shown here: a print by Lucas Foglia. Foglia’s project Human Nature (2006-17) reflects the artist’s interest in the impact of humans on the natural world and the ways we have altered the seemingly unalterable. This print is for sale for $400 and helps benefit MoCP.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418833/mnfwe5fmqpqad1cxof0d.jpg"></figure><a href="https://eam-shop.myshopify.com/collections/online-shop">Elmhurst Art Museum</a>The EAM store offers a lot of art and architecture themed gifts to support the museum and local artists. You can buy a set of mini yard signs, a You Are Beautiful necklace, or Frank Lloyd Wright pencils or a wood puzzle.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418834/zluprr9a1d0x1jtx1eba.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/holiday-show-of-fine-crafts-9e9e668e-bad2-459e-87ce-3ef41c0bf5f7">Vale Craft Gallery</a>The gallery's annual holiday show is a great chance to find unique and affordable art for the season. They're also offering free shipping.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418834/gpogezfb8zlve7dyljlr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/moving-sale">The Golden Triangle</a>The Golden Triangle is moving after decades in its space on Clark St. They're having a HUGE sale with phased discounts to clear out the old and make room for their move...&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Local Art For Your Shopping This Holiday Season

<html><head></head><body>With the recent return to Phase 3 throughout the City of Chicago and around Illinois, area museums, and some galleries, are sharing their latest at-home art viewing offerings with the public. The offerings on view now are less of the scramble-to-get-online versions from the spring, and they provide you with a true art education as well as escape during this time.&nbsp;Enjoy the art online and stay safe.&nbsp;– GV&nbsp;Smart Museum of Art<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418829/mwcmlbwioimaxp4ql0ny.jpg"></figure>The Smart Museum of Art is temporarily closed to visitors but encourages you to engage with their continuing series of online programs, <a href="https://uchicago.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba2086a45b4ee8391b89447b&amp;id=9358673f7c&amp;e=a6ad3ea4a5">virtual experiences</a>, and at-home art activities. Please check the museum's website or social media channels for the latest updates, and take care...In the newly digitized <a href="https://uchicago.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba2086a45b4ee8391b89447b&amp;id=69fb0ca7e0&amp;e=a6ad3ea4a5">Take Care interpretation packet (PDF)</a>, co-curators Jennifer Carty and Berit Ness introduce artworks in the exhibition that speak to sustenance, from expansive feasts to radical invitations.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418830/fgzfzvo8o4exkjr9fchk.jpg"></figure>Chicago Printmakers CollaborativeNow through Feb 6, 2021 CPC's popular <a href="https://chicagoprintmakers.com/print-making-gallery-chicago/">annual print show</a> is online and in person (by appt.)This year's show is a bit different, but the pandemic has forced CPC to be extra creative and they're passing along their improved shopping experience to all of you! The show opened 3 weeks early this year for those of you who want to either <a href="https://chicagoprintmakers.com/appointments/">MAKE AN APPOINTMENT</a> to visit the show or <a href="https://chicago-printmakers-collaborative.myshopify.com/?key=d3ab18ae7b98c1d06cedcd04dadb8582e51347a336bb2135b3c2ceb60d3cb373">SHOP ONLINE</a> with a brand new Shopify print-buying experience. You'll also find more artwork by each artist, plus these amazing and fun new features like printmaking care packages.&nbsp;For only $75, a recipient of your choice will receive all of the following. All care packages ship free. Take care of your loved ones this holiday season with an assortment of printed goodies!&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418831/v1x1dxptz2hwy93gaelv.png"></figure>Museum of Contemporary PhotographyMoCP invites you to access their digital offerings, including&nbsp;<a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=6daacf82df&amp;e=d76e1da35ahttps://www.mocp.org/exhibitions/2020/7/what-does-democracy-look-like.php">this video</a>&nbsp;featuring the seven curators introducing their sections of the exhibition&nbsp;What Does Democracy Look Like?&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418832/ppnjk39kco6vywl7ezbv.png"><figcaption>The Nov 9 RNDD Panel</figcaption></figure>Intersect/RNDD/CGN Zoom PanelDid you miss Design Day at Intersect Chicago on November 9? CGN Publisher Ginny Van Alyea led a Zoom panel with area interior designers about buying art in challenging times. <a href="https://www.sofaexpo.com/daily-programming/2020/9/14/design-monday-november-9">Check it out here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418833/ydhwfi9ki4qp8nzfjm5s.jpg"><figcaption>Left: Jaume Plensa, Nocturne; Right: Jim Dine in his studio</figcaption></figure>Gray Gallery Artist Videos and OVRsGray Gallery offers its current exhibition, <a href="https://www.richardgraygallery.com/viewing-rooms/jaume-plensa4#tab-2:thumbnails">Jaume Plensa: Nocturne</a> in its online viewing room, as well as by private appointment. The solo exhibition of new sculpture by Plensa debuts nine of the artist’s latest works in stone, glass, steel, and bronze,&nbsp;Nocturne&nbsp;explores the artist’s range and mastery of sculptural portraiture.&nbsp;Also on Gray's website is a series of<a href="https://www.richardgraygallery.com/video"> artist videos</a>, including interviews this year with gallery artists McArthur Binion and Jim Dine. In&nbsp;Nocturne, a word evocative of the night, Plensa navigates the symbolic dichotomy between lightness and darkness.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418834/xreinb57cusqmqj99gc8.png"><figcaption>Fermilab in Batavia, IL. Easier to travel to than ever these days.</figcaption></figure>Fermilab Online LecturesOn December 8, 7:30 p.m. Fermilab, the gallery of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, offers a virtual gallery talk:Neutrino Music: A Composer’s Journey with Guest Composer David Ibbett Ph.D.David Ibbett has been composing and performing works remotely to celebrate the ongoing research of Fermilab. Together with Bonnie Fleming of MicroBooNE, the composer will discuss his inspirations and techniques for translating neutrino science into sound through a variety of sonification methods. The evening will culminate with the world premiere of the latest installment of&nbsp;Neutrino Music&nbsp;from soprano soloist Beth Sterling, together with a selection of pieces from&nbsp;Octave of Light: their debut album of exoplanet music released this November.FREE. <a href="https://events.fnal.gov/art-gallery/">Register to attend.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

A Digital Art Viewing Wrap-Up for Phase 3

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418829/ifsjhxkz3rt3kiqu8zwm.jpg"><figcaption>Austin painter Antonia Ruppert. Loren Marie/Provided Photo</figcaption></figure>Four picked as Artists in Residence for Chicago’s INVEST South/West initiativeFour Chicago creatives have been chosen to put together public art projects and ideas for future cultural programs in their neighborhoods as part of the city’s INVEST South/West initiative.By Evan F. Moore, Chicago Sun Times<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/11/5/21551550/lightfoot-dcase-dpd-artists-residence-program-invest-englewood-austin-hotchkiss-chicago-art">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418830/ldar6g1wljvvsq9f4jyl.jpg"><figcaption>Dawoud Bey,&nbsp;A Woman Waiting in the Doorway, 1976, from the series ‘Harlem, USA’, 1975–79, gelatin silver print, 28 × 36 cm</figcaption></figure>Dawoud Bey on His Powerful Photographs of Black American LifeAs an exhibition of his work heads to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the photographer speaks to poet Simone White about the changing landscape of Harlem and US institutions<a href="https://www.frieze.com/article/dawoud-bey-his-powerful-photographs-black-american-life">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418831/fod6jdqjlwqkjtr8fdyw.jpg"><figcaption>Kwon Yongju, Waterfall, 2020, on Yeongdo Island, near Busan port.© BUSAN BIENNALE 2020</figcaption></figure>How Do You Stage a Biennial Now? Jacob Fabricius’s Portrait of&nbsp;BusanEven in the best of times, organizing an international biennial—wrangling dozens of far-flung artists and hundreds of works, all while keeping to a budget—is not an easy business. Organizing an international biennial amid a once-in-a-century global health crisis is another matter entirely.By Andrew Russeth, Artnews<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/busan-biennale-jacob-fabricius-interview-1234576369/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: November 24, 2020

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418829/uhn0s3n8k7bpgrp8dsih.jpg"></figure>Ruth Kohler helped build an international reputation for a Sheboygan art museum. She has died at the age of 79.Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, who helped&nbsp;a medium-sized Wisconsin city become known throughout the world for its folk art museum, has died at the age of 79. Kohler, who died Saturday at her Kohler home, served as director of Sheboygan's&nbsp;John Michael Kohler Arts Center, named for her grandfather, from 1972 to 2016.During that time, she guided the center "to an international reputation for expertise in the work of folk, self-taught and vernacular artists," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel art critic Mary Louise Schumacher wrote in 2016.By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2020/11/15/longtime-sheboygan-art-museum-director-ruth-kohler-dies-79/6305370002/?for-guid=2e3457d5-4103-4eb9-a808-63b8257b9861&amp;utm_source=jsonline-Daily%20Briefing&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=daily_briefing&amp;utm_term=list_article_thumb">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418830/tfber38f9vqt6kf9q9x3.png"></figure>Popular ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ exhibit coming to Chicago brings visitors inside iconic painter’s worksA larger-than-life art exhibit which allows visitors to immerse themselves in the works of Vincent Van Gogh is coming to Chicago.Rather than just putting paintings on display, the interactive “Immersive Van Gogh” brings people inside 40 of the artist’s best-known pieces by covering the walls, floors and ceiling in a moving kaleidoscope of color and brush strokes.“It’s really where filmmaking, art, music and experimentation all come together,” Co-Producer Corey Ross said. “The biggest reaction everyone has is, ‘Wow, I’ve never seen anything like that and I’m so happy that I had the chance.'”By Erin Ivory, WGN9 Chicago<a href="https://wgntv.com/news/features/popular-immersive-van-gogh-exhibit-coming-to-chicago-brings-visitors-inside-iconic-painters-works/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418831/cpfljuby4jxlxnlafso1.png"><figcaption>A digital art projection of "The Nutcracker" is cast on the south facade of the Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago on Nov. 12, 2020. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)</figcaption></figure>Joffrey Ballet’s 'Nutcracker’ is part of an Art on theMart video projection — and draws a COVID-weary crowd looking for a holiday showThe Loop’s historic theaters are closed. The Christkindlmarket is to be depressingly virtual, being as you can’t eat wienerschnitzel through a computer. And if the great retail emporia in downtown Chicago manage to survive both this marauding virus and latent orders to hunker down and stay at home, we’ll all be calling that a Christmas miracle.So what you gonna do for a downtown outing with the family this year? You know, some non-Hallmark seasonal cheer that doesn’t require anybody to mute and, more importantly, that reminds us of the central role cities have played in the holiday season since R.H. Macy put Santa and his reindeer in his windows.By Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-joffrey-ballet-review-1114-20201113-4ycuadirszhmzh66v6k3ayzrle-story.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418832/jewarfdmudostvtptq9d.jpg"><figcaption>The abstract painter Caroline Kent at her studio on Chicago’s West Side. She calls herself “a Midwesterner through and through.”Credit...Samantha. Cabrera Friend</figcaption></figure>An Artist Who Paints in Cryptic Pastel SymbolsEven as a child, Caroline Kent was immersed in the language of abstraction. The Chicago-based artist — whose large-scale black canvases evoke cosmic unknowns — grew up alongside her identical twin sister, Christine Leventhal, with whom she shared special methods of communication. Their conversations can still be so elliptical and condensed that they perplex others.By Jenn Pelly, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/t-magazine/caroline-kent.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: November 17, 2020

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418829/cpevh7a5pb06tcgney3g.jpg"><figcaption>Jeffrey Gibson working in the studio. Photo courtesy of the artist.</figcaption></figure>Here Are the 28 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Artists Participating in a Citywide Show in Chicago Celebrating the Grant’s 40th AnniversaryTwenty-eight artists who have&nbsp;MacArthur “Genius” grants will come together for a single exhibition, spread across nearly 20 venues in Chicago.Opening in summer 2021, “Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40” will include grantees such as Nicole Eisenman, LaToya Ruby Frazier, David Hammons, and Kerry James Marshall.By Brian Boucher, Artnet News<a href="https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/macarthur-geniuses-smart-museum-1922079">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418830/hywrj5094zygwiplrbnf.png"><figcaption>Portrait of Simone Leigh in her studio, 2020. © Simone Leigh. Photo by Shaniqwa Jarvis. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser &amp; Wirth.</figcaption></figure>The Market for Simone Leigh’s Powerful Sculptures Is Poised to Keep RisingSimone Leigh has earned a reputation as one of the most respected and celebrated living artists, with her characteristically powerful and refined sculptures increasingly becoming must-haves for many top-tier collectors and major museums. Her career achievements over the past several years have proven that her ingenious artistic practice, and her accelerating market, show no signs of slowing.By Daria Harper, Artsy Editorial&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-market-simone-leighs-powerful-sculptures-poised-rising">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418831/r1m4dqmbrurwanxty84l.jpg"><figcaption>Saint Peter's Square.AARON M. SPRECHER VIA AP</figcaption></figure>Fearing Threats, Vatican Library Works with Cyber Security Firm to Fight Off&nbsp;HackersThe Vatican Apostolic Library, which houses the world’s oldest copy of the Bible and artworks by Michelangelo, among other objects and works by Virgil, Sandro Botticelli, and more historical luminaries, is amping up its cyber security as threats from hackers continue apace. According to a report by the Guardian, the library is working with the cyber security firm Darktrace to protect its ongoing, comprehensive digitization project from hackers.By Claire Selvin, Artnews<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vatican-apostolic-library-collection-digitization-cyber-attacks-1234576070/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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