<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419359/nhgo2uu6pnmnc0i9oaav.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419360/dt5xgtjm6smqtbzjhqxc.jpg"></figure>Driehaus Museum Renovation ContinuesLast &nbsp;week the museum team conveyed the nearly&nbsp;nine foot sculpture, The Archer, up to the 6th Floor balcony. The renovation work is 94% complete and they are making plans for a grand opening. Stay tuned for more details.The museum also announced that you can enjoy a springtime view of the Driehaus Museum all year, with artist Harper Veresiuk's watercolor interpretation of the 1883 Nickerson Mansion. Available as prints and magnets in the <a href="https://shop.driehausmuseum.org/?mc_cid=4e482f5bb3&amp;mc_eid=d1db3f815c">museum store</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/03/20/a-night-at-mr-kellys-at-the-newberry-offers-trip-back-to-days-of-storied-chicago-nightclub/?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=A+Night+At+Mr++Kelly+s++At+The+Newberry+Offers+Trip+Back+To+Days+Of+Storied+Chicago+Nightclub&amp;utm_campaign=Wednesday+Arts+March+20%2C+2024">‘A Night At Mr. Kelly’s’ At The Newberry Offers Trip Back To Days Of Storied Chicago Nightclub</a>Have you ever wished you could have seen Ella Fitzgerald live on stage, singing Gershwin tunes? Laughed at Bob Newhart’s Abraham Lincoln public relations man bit in person when he was an up-and-coming comic? Visited a dark, smoky and swinging nightclub in mid-20th century Chicago with a two-drink minimum, surrounded by hip luminaries?If you visit “A Night at Mr. Kelly’s,” the new exhibition at the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Ave., you’ll get as close as you can in 2024 (short of a VR machine).The exhibition, which opens Thursday, offers a multitude of artifacts and oral histories to help craft what life was like in one of the city’s coolest nightclubs in the 1950s and ’60s.Via Block Club Chicago&nbsp;City Announces Headliners for Millennium Park 20th Anniversary CelebrationMayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announced the first round of special programming for the City’s Millennium Park 20th Anniversary Celebration (July 18–21). Scheduled to take place almost exactly 20 years since the Park’s official opening on July 16, 2004, this four-day free celebration features award-winning headliners, activities for families and youth, workouts, new public art, dance performances, and concerts— presented by DCASE with the Grant Park Music Festival, Millennium Park Foundation, and others. This special anniversary programming will be in addition to the annual music festivals, film and music series, workouts, family programming and more offered season-long in <a href="https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=u001.dh1HrHFyOntfOcUtuUd3tRQTdV7nSi9T-2BCzOvduUdm8R-2BL89Vma351sXnEAOr2205hbW_0g5QiKQ3ANfCkWXxwzczn1phIok0-2FnBF8GNWXrNhq2-2B4ftGj9DI8Jn4AfRAGeAJVn7gGoI0v4yHfyxNzcTgWoLurliSnTAPDeTMjcpIoytOOx4olIMMV-2FUlia6rP-2BnJxdGCsDxwuBXtzUN-2F90mrZtEZ6Pv6RaA7fMIKi-2FCMYuKokB9jH3unCm4UFiZscYlJkDBNJP84-2FUXe2x8ajoRayq1RreONFp03Z5Mm5qXA6-2BQUm8MUa4Wn0Nq1PZBU5n-2FKXVbLcxkqqy6xu6s7nmFzZbZK-2FZC2pryDDlPE2bRGqRU-2BB6D749zsEZ2EcVy5uVRCItq98w3Fj6YrwcQRcgbQWYxOpAV5Vp7SG0Og4PGSq4tEVP1525dtmRehjE-2F9DcWN6hNRbVdu9jwXikDHIZn5a0w-3D-3D">Millennium Park</a>—the #1 attraction in the Midwest and among the top 10 most-visited sites in the United States. &nbsp;“Millennium Park is where we showcase the best of our city’s vibrant arts, culture, and talent from across the globe,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. “I look forward to celebrating the Park’s milestone anniversary and its unrivaled art, architecture, and cultural events with unforgettable free programming all summer long.”<a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park_20.html">More details here</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 4/1/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419359/h1k9xjbfxpbyefmt8jfw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/muscle-memory-paul-gerard-somers">Muscle Memory: Paul Gerard Somers</a>Exhibition begins March 29SoNa Chicago Art Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419361/awuwnrdydan3hgrjrice.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/liz-martino-march-29-to-may25">Lucia Calderon Arrieta: Gloop N Droop Rinconsito</a>Opening: Friday, March 29, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419361/pjs7raefii48lci6ts8f.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/liz-martino-march-29-to-may25">Liz Martino | BLAMM-O: moments of seeing more</a>Opening: Friday, March 29, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419362/t1ajur89fmnr5zxqhb02.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/abraham-my-chaotic-order">Abraham: My Chaotic Order</a>Opening: Friday, March 29, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419363/ud4qnscdkkckumobwen4.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jennifer-angus-flying-jewels-other-lofty-insects">Jennifer Angus: Flying Jewels &amp; Other Lofty Insects</a>Exhibition begins March 29Frederik Meijer Gardens &amp; Sculpture Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419364/iavrlsuybx3gpqgy7wdq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/perceptions-of-flow-movement">Perceptions of Flow “Movement”</a>Exhibition begins March 30Evanston Art Center&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions March 29 & 30

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2024/03/18/clinee-hedspeth-appointed-new-commissioner-for-chicago-department-of-cultural-affairs-and-special-events">Clinée Hedspeth Named New Commissioner of DCASE</a>Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Monday the appointment of Clinée Hedspeth as the new commissioner of the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).Hedspeth previously served as legislative director under Johnson during his time as Cook County Commissioner. She has also worked as director of curatorial services at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, and more recently as associate specialist of 20th century and contemporary art at Phillips Auctioneers, where she identified and evaluated art.The announcement comes one month after Johnson announced the termination of the <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2024/03/04/dcase-leadership-still-in-flux-as-city-braces-for-start-of-festival-season">previous DCASE commissioner, Erin Harkey</a>, although she remained on the job until last Friday. News of Harkey’s departure came just weeks before the city’s festival season gets underway, and was a surprise to some in the arts community.Via Chicago Sun-Times&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/saic-using-ai-predict-admissions#/">School of the Art Institute of Chicago turns to AI to help admissions</a>The School of the Art Institute of Chicago will use machine learning and artificial intelligence to make more accurate enrollment predictions, a move that could save the school money and offer a path forward for cash-strapped art schools nationally.Via Crain's (paywall)&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419359/bssm8nlqy2voza6dasu6.jpg"><figcaption>“Still Life 1985” by artist Jim Bachor is on display and for sale at his gallery at 1111 W. Lawrence. Anthony Vazquez / Chicago Sun-Times</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicagos-pothole-picasso-opens-a-studio-gallery-in-uptown/f6138b68-fe43-4dc8-a607-27057e1050ea">Chicago’s ‘Pothole Picasso’ opens a studio/gallery in Uptown</a>Local artist Jim Bachor, who has been called the “Pothole Picasso,” has opened a gallery/studio in&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/uptown">Uptown</a>, with the hope to get back to his true calling, fine art mosaics.The studio, located across from the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom at 1111 W. Lawrence Ave., is about 1,000 square feet and is divided by a small gallery in the front and a larger studio space in the back, where Bachor said he will move his workshop from the basement of his Mayfair home.Via WBEZ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 3/21/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419352/rnfubks9duxw1spid5gz.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/2024-faculty-spotlight">2024 Faculty Spotlight</a>Exhibition begins March 21The Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419353/ivtp4xxmoe4twcnqxpeo.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/teatricci">Teatricci</a>Opening: Thursday, March 21, 6 – 8&nbsp;pm&nbsp;Istituto Italiano di Cultura&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419354/dawp9l7uxtm3z7ze8u6n.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/entering-the-unconscious">Entering the Unconscious</a>Exhibition begins March 21Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419355/nqguhw7enoq983mcty5z.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pooja-pittie-only-in-dark-the-light">Pooja Pittie: Only in Dark the Light</a>Opening: Thursday, March 21, 5 – 7&nbsp;pm&nbsp;McCormick Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419356/qnzbrr46hzclqxq9wb18.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/john-chamberlain-black-mountain-poems-1955">John Chamberlain: Black Mountain Poems 1955</a>Opening: Thursday, March 21, 6 – 8&nbsp;pm&nbsp;Corbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419357/zg9vtnvxfyjwxsn3ay64.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/a-night-at-mister-kelly-s">A Night at Mister Kelly's</a>Exhibition begins March 21Newberry Library&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419358/t5eyux09tpitapc5du6q.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/meiji-modern-50-years-of-new-japan">Meiji Modern: 50 Years of New Japan</a>Opening: Thursday, March 21, 6 – 8&nbsp;pm&nbsp;Smart Museum of Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions March 21 - 23 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419352/tlxnxhosfiuulkphol20.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/phyllis-bramson-david-leggett">Phyllis Bramson and David Leggett: Double, Double Toil and Trouble!</a>Opening: Friday, March 22, 6 – 8&nbsp;pm&nbsp;ENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419353/nwx4dxyd01ssspsno3z1.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/a-body-of-others-by-jude-griebel">A Body of Others by Jude Griebel</a>Opening: Friday, March 22, 6 – 8&nbsp;pm&nbsp;International Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419354/rvifmbww31l5tkk0n7mf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/works-in-progress-bc732630-07ab-4058-9dfb-83470dfdfbb6">Works in Progress</a>Opening: Saturday, March 23, 1 – 3&nbsp;pm&nbsp;South Shore Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419354/srtjz12mipkycpai1vvv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/it-s-for-the-birdshttps://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/it-s-for-the-birds">It's for the Birds</a>Opening: Saturday, March 23, 6 – 9&nbsp;pm&nbsp;Blue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419355/iw2rbhjwdvqcwqv67c4u.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alice-shaddle-fuller-circles">Alice Shaddle: Fuller Circles</a>Exhibition begins March 23Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions March 21 - 23 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419352/dnzylo7tme3x9vupv8ur.jpg"><figcaption>The newly designed 2024 “I voted sticker,” top left, sits next to the 2022 sticker, left, and the 2023 sticker, right, at the Cook County Office building, March 14, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/15/chicago-has-a-new-i-voted-sticker-meet-the-artist-behind-the-bold-and-simple-design/">Chicago has a new ‘I voted!’ sticker. Meet the artist behind the bold and simple design.</a>As Tuesday’s Illinois primary election approaches, early voters have been introduced to a new unique design for what’s arguably the most fun part of casting a ballot in Chicago — getting the iconic “I voted!” sticker.The Chicago Board of Elections ordered 2 million of the apple-size stickers. The new design features a ballot box set over a dark blue backdrop and above the four red stars from Chicago’s city flag. The stickers are handed out like little prizes after voters cast their ballots, passed out at precincts and included in vote-by-mail packets across the city.The artist behind the new sticker, Jane Ignacio, has designed everything for the board for more than 20 years, from its social media posts to its election judge handbooks.“Going to the polling place on Election Day is like my Super Bowl,” the freelance designer said in an interview Thursday.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/03/17/museum-visitor-numbers-recover-from-pandemic-related-falls?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=fe82dc1714-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_03_18_12_31&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-fe82dc1714-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D">International museum attendance figures back to pre-pandemic levels</a>Visitor numbers at the world’s largest museums of art have largely returned to their pre-pandemic levels, an exclusive survey by The Art Newspaper has found.The Covid-19 pandemic caused museum visitor numbers to plummet across the world as institutions shut their doors and people were forced to stay inside. The number of people visiting the most-visited 100 museums fell from 230 million in 2019, the last full pre-pandemic year, to just 54m in 2020. Since then we have seen a slow recovery, with 71m visitors in 2021 and 141m in 2022.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/women-collectors-patronage-lisa-perry-komal-shah-survey-global-collecting-ubs?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=240315_EDNL24_editorialnewsletter_aud-G&amp;utm_content=content">Women are spending more on art than men – we look at why</a>From a distance, a work by Mitsuko Asakura might read as a linear interplay of glowing, expressionist color – until the middle drops out in a pendulous swoop of slackened silk. The&nbsp;Kyoto-born septuagenarian&nbsp;textile artist, who fuses traditional fiber dyeing and European tapestry methods with experimental forms, has been revered among a community of craftspeople in Japan. But it was not until her inclusion in a group show at collector Lisa Perry’s female-focused Onna House in East Hampton, New York, in 2022, that her work was noticed by a board member of the Museum of Arts and Design and subsequently entered the permanent collection.Via Art Basel&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexican-artist-crushes-tesla-under-221059483.html?guccounter=1">Mexican artist crushes Tesla under giant stone head</a>A giant stone head resembling an ancient Indigenous sculpture sits on top of a crushed Tesla car. It's not the scene of a freak accident, but a piece of art&nbsp;-- whose creator says he wanted to provoke Elon Musk.Chavis Marmol, a 42-year-old sculptor who has never owned a car and travels by bicycle, came up with the idea of dropping the nine-ton carving onto a blue Tesla 3 in Mexico City using cranes.Via AFP&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/19/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419352/f9ww9iocfikgz871hqol.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-image-pool">The Image Pool</a>Exhibition begins March 14DePaul University Art Museum (DPAM)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419353/xy2vjchqadautde5qmax.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/you-re-not-really-seeing-this">You’re Not Really Seeing This</a>Opening: Friday, March 15, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmEvanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419354/fxmayijn8abjlwxpqdq4.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/figuration-and-form">Figuration and Form</a>Opening: Friday, March 15, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419355/r82yipf2xvjx2aag03if.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/david-love-pastures-of-plenty">David Love: Pastures of Plenty</a>Opening: Friday, March 15, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmTandem Press&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419355/z5ydrzp2omemq9amqhet.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/with-a-little-help-from-my-friends">With a Little Help From My Friends</a>Opening: Friday, March 15, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCircle Contemporary (Arts of Life)&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions March 14 - 19 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419352/z8vr6rucvykhhjz7trou.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lorraine-peltz-83c4cac4-224a-4a56-b9a5-3cdc16de6d1a">Lorraine Peltz</a>Opening: Friday, March 15, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/imagined-landscapes-group-show">Imagined Landscapes: Group Show</a>Opening: Friday, March 15, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmCarl Hammer Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419353/ny3hpqqk1vcqyazcvca6.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-exhibition-and-opening-reception-6ddcd0ac-d0f1-4986-8c67-d29ffdc89b20">Anthony Adcock: Gridlock</a>Opening: Friday, March 15, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419354/xyq3ljbkkgxd5i21udck.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-exhibition-and-opening-reception">Equipoise: Carol Pylant</a>Opening: Friday, March 15, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmGallery Victor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419354/yghkt0puz0yhe3ktycas.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mina-loy-strangeness-is-inevitable">Mina Loy: Strangeness Is Inevitable</a>Opening: Tuesday, March 19, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Arts Club of Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions March 14 - 19 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-dcase-leadership-in-flux-after-erin-harkey-termination/05af57ca-e283-4c80-8ccc-ea59e3bbcac9?utm_source=Newsletter_Daily-Rundown-Non-Member&amp;utm_medium=WBEZEmail&amp;utm_campaign=Daily_Newsletter_Daily-Rundown_Sponsored_20240305&amp;utm_content=3%2F5%2F2024&amp;DE=WBEZEmail">DCASE leadership still in flux as city braces for start of festival season</a>The city’s top cultural chief, Erin Harkey, is still on the job more than two weeks after she was terminated by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a mayoral spokesperson confirmed Monday.The spokesperson, Ronnie Reese, said that the first deputy commissioner, Jennifer Johnson Washington, would temporarily fill the role once Harkey departs.Johnson, who has been slow to embed his own leadership team at City Hall, terminated Harkey and the city’s buildings commissioner in <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/brandonjohnson/2024/02/16/mayor-brandon-johnson-firings-erin-harkey-cultural-affairs-chief-matthew-beaudet-building-commissioner">mid-February</a>.News of Harkey’s termination came just weeks before the city’s festival season begins and was a surprise to some in the arts community. The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events is in charge of events like The Taste of Chicago and Blues Fest. It also funds a number of arts organizations and individual artists, an effort that Harkey, who was appointed by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, expanded.Esther Grisham Grimm, executive director of the nonprofit arts organization 3Arts, said it “feels like the rug got pulled out from under us, just as we were gaining momentum.”Via WBEZ&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/03/07/galerie-f-closing-after-more-than-a-decade-of-championing-chicago-street-artists/?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Scientology+Church+Opens+In+South+Loop&amp;utm_campaign=Thursday%2C+March+7%2C+2024+Morning+List">Galerie F Closing After More Than A Decade Of Championing Chicago Street Artists</a>Galerie F is closing after more than a decade in Chicago.The popular street art gallery at 211 W. 23rd St. announced its closure on social media Tuesday night, along with a massive sale of <a href="https://galeriefchicago.com/">75 percent off everything online</a> and in store.The shop will be open noon-6 p.m. Saturday for its closing sale, and possibly Sunday, according to the gallery’s Instagram.“With much painful consideration, we’ve decided to pull the plug on this bugger,” <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4KCdsQrUvk/">owner Billy Craven wrote</a>. “Choppin’ it up with y’all while you checked out the shows or flipped thru the bins … that’s been saved to our grey matter. Forever!”Via Block Club&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2024/03/06/state-street-preservation-chicago-2024-endangered-properties-demolition?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=030624%20Afternoon%20Edition&amp;utm_content=030624%20Afternoon%20Edition+CID_2ba55a2ecf1c04dca1d1114118af59eb&amp;utm_source=cst_campaign_monitor&amp;tpcc=030624%20Afternoon%20Edition">State Street skyscrapers hit top ranking on list of most endangered Chicago buildings</a>Two early 20th century skyscrapers on State Street lead off an advocacy group’s 2024 list of notable properties that could face demolition.The pair of buildings continues Preservation Chicago’s fight with the federal government, which wants to demolish the towers it owns at 202 and 220 S. State. The terra cotta clad sentries from another era have made the organization’s list in four prior years.But the rest of the group's annual “Chicago 7” list of buildings it deems most endangered is devoted to newcomers as preservation priorities, sites that testify to different parts of the city’s history. They have added beauty or style to the streetscape, but some are vacant and could be lost.Via Chicago Sun-Times&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419352/czmy6cysgj9mg8x6pty7.jpg"><figcaption>Stanley Quenchers. via Stanley Facebook</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/stanley-quencher-art-2420207">The Stan Culture for Stanley Quenchers Has Some Pretty Cringey Parallels With the Art World</a>Like many of you, Stanley Quenchers blipped onto my radar sometime in December. My friend in New York called as she was chasing around Brooklyn in a panic, trying to land one of these mugs for her 9-year-old daughter. Then the TikTok videos arrived into my feed, bodies racing past one another to <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jazzedbyjaz/video/7318835095551642926?q=target%20stanley%20cup%20jump&amp;t=1704905423629">grab mugs</a> in deep magenta at a single shelf in a fluorescent-lit store.Via Artnet&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/7/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419352/zjqhtkuatmbnk1fzqrin.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jacob-hashimoto-fables">Jacob Hashimoto: Fables</a>Opening: Friday, March 8, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmRhona Hoffman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419353/ewetznnprhx0mq36lhpx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/student-exhibit-a-captivating-connection-between-art-and-science">2024 Annual SAMA Show: A Captivating Connection Between Art and Science</a>Opening: Friday, March 8, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419354/ldkfulgv1a4aonglwtdr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/comic-catwalk-a-solo-show-by-skela-aka-sanguine-skills">Comic Catwalk: A Solo Show by Skela AKA Sanguine Skills</a>Opening: Saturday, March 9, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Truborn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419354/u7gaaj3w82kwvndjuztr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-control">In Control</a>Opening: Saturday, March 9, noon – 4&nbsp;pmUkrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419355/sula7uaitp0qwxq4zdyz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/andreas-fischer-sky-hole">Andreas Fischer: Sky Hole</a>Opening: Saturday, March 9, 2 – 5&nbsp;pmGoldfinch&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions March 8 & 9

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/tsp2ziqkkfpgar8j3lz1.jpg"><figcaption>Oracle, 1970. Private collection, Chicago. © Estate of Miyoko Ito. Photograph: Tom van Eynde &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.worldofinteriors.com/story/miyoko-ito-japanese-american-artist-works">Miyoko Ito: Heart of Hearts represents the first book dedicated to the artist's life and work</a>Even in the most public of places, a book is still an interior object. Page after page, we open and close folios like doors, arriving and then departing. In that sense, the new volume by Pre-Echo Press is the fitting format to display the work of Japanese-American artist Miyoko Ito, including 210 paintings, as well as drawings and ephemera. ‘The most comprehensive inventory to date of Ito’s works,’ Miyoko Ito: Heart of Hearts fully invokes the painter’s searching interplay of interiors and exteriors, inner landscapes and floating souls.Via World of Interiors&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/02/27/art-institute-showed-willful-blindness-in-buying-nazi-looted-art-n-y-prosecutors-say?tpcc=022824+Morning+Edition">Art Institute showed ‘willful blindness’ in buying Nazi-looted art, New York prosecutors say</a>The Art Institute of Chicago has been accused of exhibiting "willful blindness" to evidence suggesting it was purchasing artwork stolen during the Holocaust when it acquired a drawing that authorities say was looted by the Nazis.The damning allegations were made in court documents filed in New York last week that argue the Art Institute benefited from a decadeslong "conspiracy of silence" over the drawing "Russian War Prisoner" by Egon Schiele.The 160-page filing by the Manhattan district attorney's office lays out its case contending the work of art was stolen by the Nazis from cabaret star Fritz Grunbaum and later laundered through art dealers before arriving in New York.Via Chicago Sun-Times&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-organizers-responds-to-calls-to-exclude-israel-and-iran-2443316">Venice Biennale Organizers Respond to Calls to Exclude Israel and Iran</a>Organizers of the Venice Biennale have responded to a call to exclude Israel from the event in light of the human toll in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.Via Artnet&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/29/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/ifct0ygkizbtaeonpvnt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/surrealism-2024-group-show">'Surreal' Group Show</a>Opening: Friday, March 1, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/njp4rf1wofi4ersuf9dn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/on-a-lighter-note">On a Lighter Note</a>Opening: Friday, March 1, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmVivid Art Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419347/pm0tlylplunl9yind4tn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/geochroma-barbara-campbell-thomas-amy-sacksteder">GEOCHROMA: Barbara Campbell Thomas &amp; Amy Sacksteder</a>Opening: Friday, March 1, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmJames May Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419348/hpwcbmefdi1koatproxl.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/focus-click">Focus &amp; Click</a>Opening: Friday, March 1, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Art Center Highland Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419349/tbgytjtzttj5hihoaejy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/fred-dorothy-fichter-butterflies-are-blooming">Fred &amp; Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are Blooming</a>Exhibition begins March 1Frederik Meijer Gardens &amp; Sculpture Park&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions March 1 & 2 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/k96cxg9wiheacrf3asiz.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lens-2024">LENS 2024</a>Opening: Saturday, March 2, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/yd7o7skvwqmyjdyihucj.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/25th-international-open">25th International Open</a>Opening: Saturday, March 2, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWoman Made Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419348/wqdhhvaswc9ythezjmh9.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/aimee-beaubien-through-the-hothouse">Aimée Beaubien: Through the Hothouse</a>Exhibition begins March 2Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419349/m8bzefxs9wl2sf5do9ce.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/skin-would-call-a-poor-eye-simple-by-jessica-tucker">skin would call a poor eye simple by Jessica Tucker</a>Opening: Saturday, March 2, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions March 1 & 2 (Part III)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/qci4ypknu3a4ndjbnwvc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/olvido-solo-exhibition-by-salvador-andrade-arevalo">Salvador Andrade Arévalo: Olvido</a>Opening: Friday, March 1, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419347/ngm95l4mwdbzmzpg4ct1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/one-step-forward-twenty-years-back">One Step Forward, Twenty Years Back</a>Opening: Friday, March 8, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmGallery Seven&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419348/npiheuwvinptbgxafl2d.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/no-color-group-exhibition">No Color: Group Exhibition</a>Opening: Friday, March 1, 6 – 10&nbsp;pmJackson Junge Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419349/xqfsxbhchulw84nqjrnw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/n-dia-webb-to-the-saints-of-my-sanity">N. Dia Webb: TO THE SAINTS OF MY SANITY</a>Opening: Friday, March 1, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419350/fkvholpvhzvctzjdqwuz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/conjecture-mitch-clark-and-john-upchurch">Conjecture:&nbsp;Mitch Clark and John Upchurch</a>Opening: Friday, March 1, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions March 1 & 2 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/style/louise-blouin-hamptons-bankruptcy-art-society.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare">$89 Million Can’t Fix Her Mistakes</a>“I haven’t made many mistakes,” Louise Blouin said soon after her compound in the Hamptons was sold out from under her in a bankruptcy auction. “You can’t judge someone because they have an issue once in their life. I’m sure Steve Jobs didn’t have a perfect track record.”Ms. Blouin, who grew up in a small town in Quebec, rose to the top tiers of society in New York and London a little more than two decades ago. She made a name for herself as an art-world mogul and a host of heady salons and glittering parties filled with artists, scientists, dignitaries and billionaires. But her time as a power player seemed to come to an end on Feb. 13, when she entered a drab bankruptcy courtroom in Central Islip, N.Y.Via NYT&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/htl8s67hdis5wqkrzh5u.jpg"><figcaption>Jon Langford is photographed with two of his paintings currently on exhibit at The Dime, 1513 N. Western Avenue.Bob Chiarito/For the Sun-Times</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/art/2024/02/22/jon-langford-art-exhibit-tony-fitzpatricks-studio-chicago?fbclid=IwAR0-OHIw3fCiJDIlx6lp-qZuxtHDqsx3Su85JFOVd7e83Y7ZkNvAMFIP73A">Jon Langford art exhibit at Tony Fitzpatrick’s studio a full-circle moment</a>The opening of an exhibition of musician and artist Jon Langford’s paintings at The Dime, 1513 N. Western Avenue, is a full-circle moment for Langford and artist and gallery owner Tony Fitzpatrick, who hosted Langford’s first exhibition back in 1993 — five years after meeting him for the first time.Via Chicago Sun-Times&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/djggukvfm8rehyg7dhc0.jpg"><figcaption>Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in the six-part BBC series Pride and Prejudice (1995). Photo courtesy of Kerry Taylor Auctions.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kerry-taylor-john-bright-costumes-auction-2438076">Colin Firth’s Infamous Wet Shirt From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Is Now Up for Grabs</a>If you’ve watched an English period drama over the past 60 years, there’s a good chance you’ve admired John Bright’s handiwork. From Nicole Kidman in The Portrait of a Lady (1996) to <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/from-anthony-hopkinss-genteel-picasso-to-how-three-british-dramas-1561735">Emma Thompson</a> in Howards End (1992) to <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/johnny-depp-selling-his-prints-castle-art-2267472">Johnny Depp</a> in Finding Neverland (2004), the British costume designer has long been a Hollywood go-to for meticulously crafted period costumes.With the Octogenarian’s career winding down, Bright has invited Kerry Taylor Auctions to pick through the vast collection of costumes created by his company Cosprop ahead of a charity auction.Among the most anticipated lots is the “<a href="https://www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/auction/lot/lot-13---colin-firths-wet-shirt-costume-as-mr-darcy-in-the-tv-series-pride--prejudice-1995/?lot=34609&amp;so=0&amp;st=&amp;sto=0&amp;au=123&amp;ef=&amp;et=&amp;ic=False&amp;sd=0&amp;pp=48&amp;pn=1&amp;g=1">wet shirt</a>” Colin Firth wore in the BBC series <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hasKmDr1yrA">Pride and Prejudice</a> (1995).Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/26/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/fpnj4n1fl3inned9k0iw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/elijah-burgher-our-lady-of-the-latrines">Elijah Burgher: Our Lady of the Latrines</a>Opening: Friday, February 23, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/gbighn2mktgfewfssoie.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sara-greenberger-rafferty-33deeb16-f946-4568-ab03-d6c1e7b4e009">Sara Greenberger Rafferty: An Audience</a>Opening: Friday, February 23, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419347/l4h6ozlmzhvg1kpf3sej.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/anders-herwald-ruhwald">Anders&nbsp;Herwald&nbsp;Ruhwald: In the Woods</a>Opening: Friday, February 23, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVolume Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419348/qio58kb95kziy18nmgnm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/geophytes-toyoharu-kii">Geophytes: Toyoharu Kii</a>Opening: Saturday, February 24, 1 – 5&nbsp;pmPAGODA RED&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open February 23 - 25 (part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419346/ptgvnd3lbbz4yadjqmn1.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/atrium-project-do-ho-suh">Atrium Project: Do Ho Suh</a>Exhibition begins February 24Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419347/ffr8r0yynein59cj6nyz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/perceptions-of-flow-formation">Perceptions of Flow: Formation</a>Exhibition begins February 24Evanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419348/i0eokulj3httbexmyn1s.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/black-lives-matter-88b8bcea-8bc7-4dde-9e01-809117d0cb64">Black Lives Matter</a>Opening: Saturday, February 24, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmDragonfly Gallery &amp; Creative Spaces&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419348/dpojgdjb0zgmt0j6gs9t.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/who-knows-sound-performance-installation-by-spiral-body">Who Knows: Sound Performance/Installation by Spiral Body</a>Exhibition begins February 25International Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS)&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open February 23 - 25 (part II)

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/02/15/museum-contemporary-art-chicago-union-launch">Staff at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art launch campaign to form union</a>Workers at Chicago's <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/keywords/museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago">Museum of Contemporary Art</a> (MCA) have become the latest to join the growing unionisation movement within the US culture sector. In <a href="https://www.afscme31.org/pdfs/MCAWU-AFSCME-letter.pdf">an open letter</a> released on 14 February and signed by 32 people who currently work at the museum, staffers announced their intention of forming a union. The letter’s signatories represent about one third of workers at the MCA who are eligible to potentially join the union, which would include around 100 staff members across departments including curatorial, collections, retail, building operations and front desk.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-art-store-on-chicagos-south-side-showcases-black-culture-creativity/ar-BB1ieMTS">New art store on Chicago's South Side showcases Black culture, creativity</a>Starting this Black History Month, Chicago has a new store showcasing Black culture and creativity on the South Side.The store, Mahalia's, opened earlier this month and customers were already shopping for new paintings, clothes, and products reflecting artists' work in Chatham and surrounding neighborhoods.Before she can point, Kristen Williams has to scrape and scrape to clean off the old paint from her tools.&nbsp;"It's a process," she said.But then, she can create pieces in her studio."I feel happy," Williams said of the act of painting. "I feel at ease."Via CBS&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419339/yoxs2lq9lixrq0yo8zyr.jpg"><figcaption>Ebony G. Patterson, . . . . they were just hanging out . . . you know . . . talking about . . . ( . . . when they grow up . . .) (2016). The Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. © Ebony G. Patterson. Courtesy of the artist, Monique Meloche Gallery, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. Photo: Adam Reich.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/giants-alicia-keys-swizz-beatz-brooklyn-museum-2434701">Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Triumph as Art World ‘Giants’</a>Kimberli Gant, curator at the Brooklyn Museum, has had a hectic week. On February 10, the museum opened “<a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/giants">Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys</a>,” the first exhibition to bring together art from the couple’s collection. It’s a landmark show not just for the institution, but for the power collecting couple, who have never seen so much of their collection in one place, at one time.Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/16/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419339/ob5kuyyrvkiedvi86mmi.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kara-walker-back-of-hand">Kara Walker: Back of Hand  </a>Opening: Thursday, February 15, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmPoetry Foundation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419340/voczlpliofqzx5mlt3d8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/westerberg-twin-flame-double-ruin">Sif Itona Westerberg: Twin Flame, Double Ruin</a>Opening: Friday, February 16, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmRichard H. Driehaus Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419341/m9fmrxnh2jccmi4wbdab.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/morgan">Morgan: De-Lineation</a>Opening: Friday, February 16, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419342/yqrkbswjag7ivzbv4hjg.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/insignificance-jon-langford">Insignificance: Jon Langford</a>Opening: Friday, February 16, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmT.F. Projects and The Dime&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419343/hrptnept6dhqjrbl4m9x.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/unfavorable-conditions">Unfavorable Conditions</a>Opening: Saturday, February 17, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmChicago Sculpture International (CSI)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open February 15 - 17

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419324/blwf4ossttxbd84v2uen.jpg"></figure><a href="https://classicchicagomagazine.com/frederic-clay-bartlett-artist-and-collector/">Frederic Clay Bartlett, Artist and Collector</a>Frederic Clay Bartlett may not be a name that is instantly recognizable, but the artwork he created or collected helped establish Chicago as an important center for art in the first decades of the 20th century. The year 2023 marked the 150th anniversary of his birth, and the event brought together several scholars for a half-day symposium at Second Presbyterian Church, who discussed various aspects of his life, from his major mural commissions in the city to his advocacy for modern art, and from the significant collection of paintings he gave to the Art Institute of Chicago to his remarkable winter home, Bonnet House, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Via Classic Chicago&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419325/amsitljfngxio5tdimhl.jpg"><figcaption>An exhibit of war time posters, on display at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library in Chicago in May 2013. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/08/pritzker-military-museum-will-close-in-chicago-in-july/?lctg=C5009517A43384886595A4B39A&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.chicagotribune.com%2f2024%2f02%2f08%2fpritzker-military-museum-will-close-in-chicago-in-july%2f&amp;utm_campaign=Daywatch&amp;utm_content=curated">Pritzker Military Museum will close in Chicago in July</a>The Pritzker Military Museum &amp; Library, a Chicago museum and research library dedicated to military history, will close its doors at the end of July, with its collection and other assets moving to the Pritzker Military Archives Center in Southern Wisconsin.According to an announcement Wednesday from the museum, the two operations will consolidate with a new home for the archives center in Somers, Wisconsin, north of Kenosha. A new facility, including with archives and some 10,000 feet of public space for visitors, is expected to open later in 2024 — the building now under construction was designed by architect Helmut Jahn before his death in 2021.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/georges-berges-introduced-hunter-biden-to-the-art-world-it-hasnt-worked-out-well-e2dc7a3f?mod=hp_featst_pos3">Georges Bergès Introduced Hunter Biden to the Art World. It Hasn’t Worked Out Well.</a>On the evening of the 2020 election, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/topics/person/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> holed up with his family in his Wilmington, Del., home as the results rolled in. His son, Hunter Biden, was there too, on the phone with his art dealer, Georges Bergès,&nbsp;according to the SoHo gallery owner.“The whole night, we called each other,” Bergès recalled in an interview. The art dealer slowly realized that the nascent artist he had taken under his wing was about to become the son of the president. Bergès offered moral support but concealed the fact that he had donated small amounts of money to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/topics/person/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> roughly two dozen times that year. “I didn’t say anything about my own point of view,” he said.Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-ai-unlock-ancient-world-secrets/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcwNzE0MTk5MywiZXhwIjoxNzA3NzQ2NzkzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTOERZV0lUMEFGQjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI5MTM4NzMzNDcyQkY0QjlGQTg0OTI3QTVBRjY1QzBCRiJ9.2YLiwKjMPV2UTnBJDAJSjcpwWTQQ-9YKaKnB1NIX7p0&amp;sref=nPlhheXZ">Can AI Unlock the Secrets of the Ancient World?</a>A few years ago, during one of California’s steadily worsening wildfire seasons, Nat Friedman’s family home burned down. A few months after that, Friedman was in Covid-19 lockdown in the Bay Area, both freaked out and bored. Like many a middle-aged dad, he turned for healing and guidance to ancient Rome. While some of us were watching <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-08/netflix-s-quirky-tiger-king-becomes-breakout-pandemic-hit">Tiger King</a> and playing with our kids’ <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-08/lego-profit-jumps-on-pandemic-spending-and-sale-of-new-products">Legos</a>, he read books about the empire and helped his daughter make paper models of Roman villas. Instead of sourdough, he learned to bake Panis Quadratus, a Roman loaf pictured in some of the frescoes found in Pompeii. During sleepless pandemic nights, he spent hours trawling the internet for more Rome stuff. That’s how he arrived at the Herculaneum papyri, a fork in the road that led him toward further obsession. He recalls exclaiming: “How the hell has no one ever told me about this?”Via Bloomberg&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/12/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419339/yfdhqpwozlr9s3gqk7sl.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/poetry-of-sculpture-works-by-a-selection-of-artists-from-chicago-sculpture-international">Poetry of Sculpture: works by a selection of artists from Chicago Sculpture International</a>Opening: Wednesday, February 7, 11&nbsp;am – 1:30&nbsp;pmChristopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419340/gr3drbnqikd7soggfo0j.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kevin-riordan">Kevin Riordan: Attempted City</a>Opening: Friday, February 9, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419341/d8nuoroakjyhhd5psqej.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/poetry-is-a-place">Poetry is a Place</a>Opening: Friday, February 9, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmIstituto Italiano di Cultura&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419342/dancovksjswtiervvxii.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/what-we-leave-behind">What We Leave Behind</a>Opening: Saturday, February 10, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmOS Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419343/mazvoivgtdgo3ik37kw3.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/town-and-country">Town and Country</a>Opening: Sunday, February 11, 1 – 4&nbsp;pmEvanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419344/agam6pmzwsfwqjmawind.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/valentine-s-day-event">Valentine's Day Event</a>Saturday, February 10, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmPistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry and Objects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419345/bsb4ewbblviypkkoqb2i.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/comics-on-the-radio">Comics On The Radio!</a>Saturday, February 10, 6 – 10&nbsp;pmAgitator Artist Collective&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open February 7 - 10

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419333/ypkmvyqpqbrygxy0gnlx.png"></figure>By CGN StaffThe <a href="https://www.mocp.org">Museum of Contemporary Photography's</a> annual benefit takes place in a few weeks, and this year it has set the date for a once-every-four-year night, February 29. MoCP's highly-anticipated annual <a href="https://giving.colum.edu/s/1871/bp22/interior.aspx?sid=1871&amp;pgid=1750&amp;gid=2&amp;cid=5038&amp;ecid=5038&amp;post_id=0">DARKROOM</a> is an occasion for collectors, photographers and gallerists to gather to support and raise money for the museum's exhibitions as well as education and community engagement programs.Last year's spring party saw 300 attendees and offered works by more than 45 artists, such as Krista Franklin, Marshall Brown and Guanyu Xu. The sale of works of art auctioned off raised more than $275,000 for the MoCP.DARKROOM always features notable artists and art world figures who have made a difference not just to MoCP but to the wider cultural community. This year Dawoud Bey is to receive the Silver Camera Award. And the DARKROOM Honoree is Jason Pickleman and JNL StudioDARKROOM's 2024 Co-Chairs are Eszter Borvendeg and Lincoln Schatz.&nbsp;The event takes place at the Columbia College Chicago Student Center at 754 S. Wabash Ave.Tickets, starting at $100 for artists and educators, are on sale now: <a href="https://giving.colum.edu/s/1871/bp22/interior.aspx?sid=1871&amp;pgid=1750&amp;gid=2&amp;cid=5038&amp;ecid=5038&amp;post_id=0">giving.colum.edu/DARKROOM2024</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419334/oazxtk8gtpwq4nwshljl.png"></figure>&nbsp;Auction Artwork By:Marzena Abrahamik Kate Breakey Alicia Bruce Jorian Charlton Barbara Crane Barbara Diener Jorge Ariel Escobar Terry Evans Janice Guy Mark Edward HarrisJessica Hays Joseph Jachna Barbara Kasten Lewis Koch Laura Letinsky Deborah Luster Aspen Mays Cecil McDonald, Jr. Tom Merilion Nathan Miller Sandro MillerClaire Pentecost Carrie Schneider Lincoln Schatz Matt Siber Christina Seely Leonard Suryajaya Robert Stiegler Bob Thall Jan Tichy&nbsp;<a href="https://giving.colum.edu/s/1871/bp22/interior.aspx?sid=1871&amp;pgid=1750&amp;gid=2&amp;cid=5038&amp;ecid=5038&amp;post_id=0">EVENT DETAILS</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419335/j7i2tfra3t9ubki9cu2i.png"></figure></body></html>

MoCP's Leap Night DARKROOM 2024 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417541/ezvjbycwrtlleoa2tbcg.jpg"><figcaption>Image: The Art Shanty Projects on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis on Sunday, before the event closed because of rising temperatures. Credit...Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/arts/design/minnesota-ice-shanties.html">It’s 50 Degrees in Minneapolis. Goodbye, Ice Shanties.</a>It’s not every art installation that instructs visitors to take small steps like a penguin. Then again, there’s nothing quite like the <a href="https://artshantyprojects.org/">Art Shanty Projects</a>, in which intrepid Minnesota artists in insulated jumpsuits and ice cleats annually recreate traditional ice fishing huts, called shanties, in their own eccentric style on a frozen lake in Minneapolis.The structures they dream up — such as a “Hot Box Disco Inferno” wrapped in space blankets, with a pulsating LED floor — draw thousands of visitors to a temporary public space resembling a Burning Man on ice.This year, it was thin ice.Via the New York Times&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/31/neighbors-push-park-district-to-emphasize-culture-at-south-shore-cultural-center/?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Sunday+Edition%3A+The+South+Shore+Cultural+Center+Should+Be+For+The+Community%2C+Neighbors+Say&amp;utm_campaign=Sunday+Edition+February+4%2C+2024">Put More Culture Into The South Shore Cultural Center, Neighbors Tell Park District</a>As the Park District drafts its first “strategic plan” in more than a decade, some residents say they want officials to take full advantage of the South Shore Cultural Center’s potential as a hub for arts and culture.Via Block Club&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/giza-pyramid-restoration-backlash-2427376">Egypt’s Bid to Restore a Giza Pyramid Ignites Backlash From Archaeologists</a>A scheme recently unveiled to reconstruct one of the pyramids at Giza in Egypt has sparked backlash from archaeologists.In <a href="https://www.facebook.com/drmostafawaziry/posts/pfbid02vrAKxXF3QKnjSdVqDGziAoQx6ppiGyWdn1scfyS1yTY2rfwpJTE4nmTUPP6MGZ4yl?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVWD_HON1OZIrwGTMxiX-pMZyMUtLg1wDlOpK6s0e8TpkX-BMoeNCqrPheUC-beDXFKjdP-nBEvzyaeJxbmrJ9GdZVSbuK5Z5BAGGJ5FwZU1UgBh8rt-r1_iY7Et2z1bq6tRlGjh9S7a57mRB9e7zdzoc_M8hN0OquQopV7juMM5iK74lgAPrNzFcJRFkZNz9Q&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R">a video</a> on January 25, Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced the Menkaure pyramid project. Its goal is to restore the facade of monument, which once held 16 layers of granite, by using granite blocks lying at its base. The project is slated to take about three years to complete.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-overhauls-fee-structure-lowers-buyers-premium-1234694742/">Sotheby’s ‘Overhauls’ Fee Structure, Lowering Buyers Premium and Standardizing Commissions&nbsp;Rate</a>In an effort designed to bring clarity to an often-murky corner of the art market, Sotheby’s will simplify its fee structure for both buyers and sellers, a move that the house believes will ultimately raise hammer prices and bring in new clients.&nbsp;The change will see buyer’s premiums, essentially commissions paid by those who win lots at auction, lowered across price points. Sotheby’s says the new structure will result in a 26 percent reduction on most lots sold.The new rate, according to a charts provided to&nbsp;ARTnews&nbsp;by Sotheby’s, will be 20 percent of the hammer price for works up to $6 million, above which the rate lowers to 10 percent.Via ARTnews&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/5/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419339/riwelulpmgpdr3b00jwx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-ruins">The Ruins</a>Opening: Friday, February 2, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419340/fy2vl2qdfwegqtv2z6u3.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/miranda-forrester-interiorities">Miranda Forrester: Interiorities</a>Exhibition begins February 2Mariane Ibrahim Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419341/bvjww9ldz0kioyfokqou.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/landscapes-cityscapes">Landscapes / Cityscapes</a>Opening: Friday, February 2, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmSoNa Chicago Art Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419341/hr75kcp6ns3fhkw10a4k.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bianca-pastel-the-desire-to-communicate-vs-the-desire-to-hide-solo-show">Bianca Pastel: the desire to communicate vs the desire to hide</a>Opening: Friday, February 2, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419342/fqe6l179zasii3mp819v.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/david-shrobe-f2f457c1-3623-48e6-abe5-c8add9a87101">David Shrobe: Natural Sovereignty</a>Opening: Saturday, February 3, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmmoniquemeloche&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419343/jymyaq0kxincmpzwxupo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/brittany-nelson-i-can-t-make-you-love-me">Brittany Nelson: I can't make you love me</a>Opening: Saturday, February 3, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419344/a26mgdqdghvjsm89vgt7.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lewis-alumni-art-and-design-invitational">Lewis Alumni Art and Design Invitational</a>Exhibition begins February 5Wadsworth Family Gallery at Lewis University&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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