By GINNY VAN ALYEAMy <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2019/12/publisher-s-letter-2020">2020 Publisher’s letter</a> talked about how intimidating it can be to visit a gallery. 2020 was going to be all about in person engagement with art, and people.&nbsp;Well, what a difference a year makes. I don’t think I’ve ever looked forward to a new year more than I do now. That 2021 is almost (finally) here feels like a miracle, and so does the fact that CGN is still here too.&nbsp;The prospect of another fresh start – and our 5th annual Arts Guide – has made me reflect on what opportunities and realizations have come out of a scary and exhausting year.&nbsp;There's no way to make a single statement that sums up 2020's impact on our art world. For some, business has been surprisingly healthy even compared to years past. For others, the pain of closing a business and ending a dream is still raw. I’ve heard from artists who’ve been busier than ever, with more time to work uninterrupted, and with more urgent messages to share. Some dealers are frustrated by limits and circumstances that have eliminated lifelines and opportunities. A few have found inspiration and innovation amidst challenges. I can say that there are so many artists, gallerists, and arts professionals who need your support.&nbsp;When I told an art colleague last spring that my conversations about the art world used to be so hopeful, he pointed out that something good and needed could come out of all of this. An optimist might see that a reset would be OK. Several months later, I see that the absence of the mad rush that was all around many of us pre–pandemic has at least given me the gift to slow down and re–focus on showing collectors and others the art that’s in our community today and to share artists’ stories.&nbsp;Someone mentioned to me that out of a bust can come a boom. A stay-at-home can’t lock down creativity or wipe out connection. It’s just the Grinch, and Christmas comes anyway, maybe stripped down to the essence it once was. You can close the museums and cancel the parties, but artists will still have something to say. So while we await the boom, or just the return to some sort of normal, art is still our window to a world that’s changing faster than we can fathom. Art’s powerful, enduring messages may be found on boarded up windows, on streets that can’t really be shut.&nbsp;*CGN’s summer 2020 issue, printed just a few months ago, but during the height of the spring lockdown, felt like a Hail Mary. We didn't really know what we were doing, just that we had to do it. Now that we have reached the end of the year intact, the Arts Guide is intended to be a testament to those who are hanging in there and prayer that we can come out the other side better and even more grateful than before.&nbsp;You’ve each met your own challenges and upheavals, weathering losses that were not in the plan for 2020. I turned 40 during the collective freak-out of last spring. Instead of celebrating as planned, I worried about my family as well as our art community, and I &nbsp;learned how to sew face masks and home school while supervising hand washing. I know I am one of the lucky ones, and I hope I can help those in the art community who need support throughout 2021.&nbsp;I’ve said to myself these past months, ‘You can’t worry about what you can’t control’. My favorite singer, the late, great diva Aretha Franklin, said something similar decades ago. Her spontaneous words of wisdom, from a 1971 live performance in San Francisco (look it up), are posted above my desk:&nbsp;"Don’t put worry on you before worry gets to you. You’d be surprised what big bridges you can meet when you get there.”While I cannot see what will happen in 2021, it's starting to feel like we are at least getting there. And I will try not to worry.&nbsp;#Top image: Cover artwork: Tony Tasset, Arrow Painting 43, 2016, oil on aluminum panel, 42 x 66 in. Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta GalleryNote: I wrote my Publisher's Letter in mid-November. We chose the cover image by artist Tony Tasset last month because we wanted to look towards a new year of art and keep a positive outlook. Tasset’s arrows point both up, and down, as do most things in life. Now that the Guide is out a month later, we are hopeful about the good news of a vaccine. For 2021 we are definitely looking up!&nbsp;&nbsp;

Publisher's Letter 2021

<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/v1721418761/voydis0px1yvdg4taodh.jpg"><figcaption>Dove, by Tony Fitzpatrick, is for sale for $500 as part of the <a href="https://chicago-printmakers-collaborative.myshopify.com/products/dove-by-tony-fitzpatrick">Chicago&nbsp;Printmakers Collaborative's</a> annual Holiday Small Print Sale&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>By CGN STAFFWe first did this series about works under $1,000 at the end of 2019, and now it seems like another good time to spotlight affordable art to buy that not only can lift your spirits and brighten your home but will also give critical support to an area artist and gallery.&nbsp;Here again we have selected a total of five approachable works, ranging in price from $75–$600, highlighting galleries from our extensive listings. We have relied on prices posted on gallery websites and their (increasingly common) e-commerce sites. We love the conversations we have with dealers and artists in person, but there's no denying the rise of art buying online, especially in 2020. In each example posted below, you will NOT find these items on Amazon, making these perfect for yourself as well as for gift giving.&nbsp;&nbsp;Some 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/v1721418762/bd5biimf4gvwitvfqdf3.jpg"></figure>JOEL OPPENHEIMER INC. (DOWNTOWN/MICHIGAN AVE.)<a href="https://www.audubonart.com/shop/product/ocb-051-audubon-1st-ed-octavo-pl-51-rough-winged-swallow-7943?page=17&amp;order=list_price+asc">JOHN JAMES AUDUBON&nbsp;</a>1st Ed. Octavo Pl., 51 Rough-winged Swallow1839–1844Hand-colored lithograph, 6 1/2" x 10 1/4" (approx.)$75.00&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418762/egmboj9u7x9sndruazlq.jpg"></figure>ART DE TRIUMPH (LAKEVIEW)<a href="https://www.nanciekingmertz.com/workszoom/2910438#/">NANCIE KING MERTZ&nbsp;</a>"Dreaming of Christmas"Oil painting, 14" x 11"$600 (on sale from $1,250)&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418763/tmgnfppstkdcb3fyaaw5.jpg"></figure>SPUDNIK PRESS (WEST TOWN)<a href="https://www.spudnikpress.org/shop/artwork/ten-x-ten/of-sound-and-line-jessie-mott/">JESSIE MOTT</a>"Of Sound and Line"Screenprint 2020 Edition Size: 16 18″ x 18″ Signature, Edition Number (Recto) In collaboration with Trevor Patrick Watkin$100<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418764/bi6gxavquueedt2pqmah.png"></figure>&nbsp;FLXST CONTEMPORARY (SOUTH SIDE/MOTOR ROW)<a href="https://www.flxst.co/shop/jason-dunda-untitled-from-the-series-various-incidents-2">JASON DUNDA</a>Untitled from the series Various Incidents2019Archival Inkjet print on 20-year old Hahnemühle Photo Rag Duo Paper, Unframed: 17 x 22 inches&nbsp;Edition size: 6From $400.00&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418765/jicq1nkbxgchcdwpjxdz.png"></figure>PICKLEMAN ART&nbsp;<a href="https://www.blurb.com/b/10318839-lawrence-and-clark">JASON PICKLEMAN</a>Lawrence &amp; Clark2020402 page, lavishly illustrated book that chronicles Pickleman's former collection-based art gallery in Chicago called Lawrence &amp; Clark. The storefront gallery was an opportunity to exhibit privately held artwork in a public setting. This book chronicles many of the chance installations the gallery fostered.&nbsp;$30&nbsp;</body></html>

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

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418835/skemvpaz9k1md66yd5tp.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;As 2020 comes to a close, we wanted to share some of CGN's top interviews, features and announcements from this past year. Despite closing out the season in a totally altered place compared to where we were one year ago, we are proud of our 2020 coverage of the many artists, collectors, dealers and other community members we spotlighted during this challenging and changing time.&nbsp;While the start of 2020 was filled with our usual exhibition previews and big announcements, by March we shifted to sharing news about area closings and event postponements, while highlighting the explosion of digital initiatives and virtual programming on offer from everyone from small galleries to larger museums.&nbsp;We profiled some of Chicago's most prolific and interesting artists and designers, and we highlighted a couple of very special art collectors and their collections.&nbsp;Below is a chronological summary of 2020's CGN features. You can read all the news of this past year <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news">here</a>.Thank you all as always for your vital support of CGN and its mission. We look forward to sharing even more news and events with you in 2021.&nbsp;Want to travel back further in time? Read our 2019 wrap-up <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2019/12/cgn-s-2019-news-highlights">here</a>.&nbsp;– Ginny Van Alyea, CGN Publisher&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418836/dfmibgk6ah3is1tfnd2i.gif"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/1/art-on-the-wall-a-large-scale-commission-takes-william-conger-to-new-heights">Art On the Wall: A Large-Scale Commission Takes William Conger to New Heights</a> – January 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418837/kvyvyh45ddnjnahii4du.jpg"><figcaption>Smalls, WTF, Aerosol on 11" x 15" , Wood Panel AP's - Signed. At Chicago Truborn</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/3/publisher-s-letter-living-a-post-openings-art-scene">Publisher's Letter: Living a Post-Openings Art Scene</a> – March 2020<h3>&nbsp;</h3>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418838/xn6fphyh8gpmpppxdtiz.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/5/vertical-gallery-s-digital-embrace-how-patrick-hull-sees-art-online-long-term">Vertical Gallery's Digital Embrace: How Patrick Hull Sees Art Online Long Term</a> – May 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418839/wxm4xfallm9a3ii3biuk.gif"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/5/ebony-g-patterson-the-interactivity-of-visual-appeal">Ebony G. Patterson: The Interactivity of Visual Appeal</a> – May 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418840/emvbwtl6sidmiafc3vkn.gif"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/5/art-dealer-ann-nathan-the-perpetual-collector">Art Dealer Ann Nathan: The &nbsp;Perpetual Collector</a> – May 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418841/tb9oehfbaess9mcz1w4r.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/8/yvette-mayorga-artistic-confections-add-new-layers-to-art-history">Yvette Mayorga: Artistic Confections Add New Layers to Art History</a> – August 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418842/rxbigwkpddyns4sz5iev.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/8/a-collector-s-personal-focus-discovering-the-value-of-engagement">A Collector's Personal Focus: Discovering the Value of Engagement</a> – September 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418842/wct7ccpvqqoreqli2epd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/9/expo-chicago-s-tony-karman-on-fall-without-a-fair">EXPO CHICAGO’s Tony Karman on Fall Without a Fair</a> – September 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418843/ls0dbc8daekc1xchpzdy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/9/mirror-mirror-on-the-gallery-wall-after-this-year-who-can-predict-2021">Mirror, Mirror on the Gallery Wall: After This Year, Who Can Predict 2021?</a> &nbsp;– September 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418844/cfpilyitv71vds5a9w7u.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/9/lee-bey-illuminating-the-south-side-s-overlooked-beauty">Lee Bey: Illuminating The South Side's Overlooked Beauty</a> – September 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418845/p9rpbid104sskxemjqjq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/9/patty-carroll-investigating-domesticity">Patty Carroll: Investigating Domesticity</a> &nbsp;– October 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN's 2020 News Highlights

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418835/drqrnratciakiy52jpu4.jpg"></figure>By Ginny Van AlyeaAs I shared in my <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2018/9/catherine-edelman-30-years-of-using-art-to-drive-change">2018 interview</a> with Catherine Edelman, Cathy was one of the very first art dealers I met when I started working for CGN's founding publisher in 2002. She has been a neighbor, trusted colleague, straight talker, and friend all these years and is widely known and respected in the local, as well as international, art and photography community. Edelman publicly announced today that due to the economic challenges wrought by the pandemic, she is taking her eponymous gallery private, entering a new professional phase after over three decades in business.&nbsp;The press release shared below is a message from Edelman. We wish her and her gallery staff the best as they navigate the changes ahead.&nbsp;&nbsp;December 1, 2020 marked the 33-year anniversary of Catherine Edelman Gallery, a venue in Chicago showcasing contemporary fine art photography. Since its founding in 1987, CEG has established itself as one of the leading galleries in the country devoted to the exhibition of prominent living photographers, alongside new &amp; rising talent, attracting both the seasoned collector and first-time buyer.After hosting 245 public exhibitions, featuring more than 200 artists, Catherine Edelman Gallery is closing its physical space, effective January 1, 2021, and will operate as a private dealer, continuing to represent several of its gallery artists. While Edelman believes wholeheartedly in the brick-and-mortar model, the pandemic, lack of foot traffic, and cancellation of art fairs created an unsustainable reality. Edelman looks forward to this new transition that will allow her to continue working with collectors, curators, designers, &amp; consultants; participate in art fairs when they resume; and present pop-up exhibitions when warranted. While CEG may no longer have a public space, the mission remains fully intact: to present living artists whose work expands the discourse of photography. ﻿Look for more information at the beginning of the year announcing the represented artists, as well as exciting new initiatives that support this transition. For further information please contact Catherine directly at <a href="mailto:catherine@edelmangallery.com">catherine@edelmangallery.com</a>&nbsp;To read CGN's 2018 interview with Catherine Edelman, please <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2018/9/catherine-edelman-30-years-of-using-art-to-drive-change">click here</a>.&nbsp;Also, these are the final weeks to see scott b. davis: Place in the Sun. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-oXpr3lHN0KQpgZTB7JB_s21cNXak8FkniWlWc7FOotfsH-444jh8GNeJt6H1YeadXnubgYX7DGBUuXB90Xbm7IF9_sSICLWZ49BIRReo4Psgxu6gxOsSE_3hPhMeGEx31fVf-qsiZVruGCRSv8rDaLkBPOWY1rYr8opVWCsIjpJGr6JxQOF59i2KErDm0YVuxhQJDVttjbbCKfdo6aBietCStPDw4qfVIyKNz9LAtlZbuwiCTzpR8hMlVp314DxLY_GIWpGLajPgaqh-9qAclME1cSSgn9XvGseTfvceAk=&amp;c=V3FtYCtIgQX9f6g_50UEt3ttZQkYnq_I-BdcgR_DR2g5zoCUXt9V0w==&amp;ch=I-d4HBu-uAsY-Wt6O4spSbMB8Cx7_08Y1zIyC_AU3S9oMYxjPpLiwQ==">Click to see the exhibit</a><figure class="image"><img src="https://files.constantcontact.com/e9f32b8b001/76176039-fd22-4b99-a4d0-2c15faeb23cf.jpg" alt=""></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Catherine Edelman Gallery Closing Public Space Jan 1 to Go Private

<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>By CGN Staff,There is no shortage of artists to support this season, and some are coming up with new ways to promote their work directly to buyers and collectors during challenging times. Many are also finding ways to benefit causes, people and spaces they hold dear. Artists are a very generous, as well as creative, bunch. From puzzles to limited edition cards and posters, art comes in many forms and at many price points. Buy something from a living breathing person and the joy will last your life time.&nbsp;Another special event kicking off today is the SCA's sale benefitting the Art Institute of Chicago's collection, something the public will come back to visit and enjoy for generations.&nbsp;There is also a chance at one area nonprofit to try your own hand at art at home.&nbsp;Share the spirit of creativity, and happy shopping!&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418829/ceilghhcjjfvu5xth9fn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/society-for-contemporary-art-collectors-sale/">The Society for Contemporary Art (SCA) supports the Art Institute of Chicago Sale</a>The Society for Contemporary Art (SCA) supports the Art Institute of Chicago by engaging the community in a dialogue about the art of our time, and acquiring works that enrich the museum’s collection. The SCA Collectors Sale features more than 50 artworks generously donated by artists, premier local and international galleries, and notable collectors. All proceeds support the SCA, its educational programs, special initiatives, and its acquisitions for the Art Institute of Chicago. Bidding opened December 2 and the auction closes on December 14. The works range from Derrick Adams to Cauleen Smith to William J. O'Brien and Claes Oldenberg. Bidding is on <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/society-for-contemporary-art-collectors-sale/">Sothebys.com</a> and work may be viewed in person by appt. at Wright.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418830/b4ulazgzhclf6ffuqrsu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://tonyfitzpatrick.co/collections/store">Tony Fitzpatrick Posters and Puzzles</a>Fitzpatrick began selling puzzles at the start of the pandemic and quickly sold out of all that he had. New, bigger (1,000 pieces...) puzzles are now <a href="https://tonyfitzpatrick.co/collections/store">for sale on his website</a>, as well as limited edition posters, in addition to his etchings and drawing collages.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418831/gbmopf2lnmq43va1mljw.png"></figure><a href="https://campscui.active.com/orgs/TheArtCenterHighlandPark#/selectSessions/2908707/filter/session=49677836">Art in a Box</a>You can make your own art with the Art Center Highland Park's Holiday Art in a Box for all ages. Each box, <a href="https://campscui.active.com/orgs/TheArtCenterHighlandPark#/selectSessions/2908707/filter/session=49677836">for sale online</a> for $140, contains 4 weekly projects for ages 7-16 to experience the fun of an art class at home. Projects are taught by TACHP instructor, Ana Spencer, through prerecorded videos and can be completed with the supplies in your box (along with a few supplemental items from home). Techniques dabble in dye, clay, watercolor and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418832/mjxxhppwlepl9h1vxroz.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418833/yumtenchs5ugnq6rplc8.png"></figure><a href="https://ravenswoodchicago.org">Emily Rapport and Ravenswood Artist Puzzle Series</a>Artist Emily Rapport of <a href="https://eatpaintstudio.com">Eat Paint Studio</a> has art featured in this puzzle series. You can pre-order your puzzles now. The Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce has partnered with 3 local artists to create an eye-catching set of neighborhood-inspired puzzles. An extremely limited run is available for <a href="https://ravenswoodchicago.org">pre-order</a>, just in time for the holidays!Rapport's art is also <a href="https://eatpaintstudio.com/shop/">for sale on her website</a>, which features watercolors and oil paintings of many local scenes at affordable prices. Free shipping is available now.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418834/ihex5r0jcwhsijxndabp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.firecatprojects.org">Vito DeSalvo at Firecat&nbsp;</a>Limited edition Cards for sale are 5" x 5" and include matching envelopes. Set of ten for $20&nbsp; Record albums 12" x 10"&nbsp;and include a vinyl record for $300. (includes shipping)You can purchase these limited artworks at <a href="https://www.firecatprojects.org">Firecat Projects.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Buy Art From Artists Giving Back This Season

<html><head></head><body>By CGN Staff,&nbsp;Area museums may be closed, due to Governor Pritzker's latest semi-shut down, but their gift shops are open online and offer a means of showing your support to our precious cultural institutions that have faced significant fiscal challenges in 2020. They also happen to offer a lot of really cool, unique gifts for people of all ages on your list this year.&nbsp;Below are some items we found and wanted to share.&nbsp;Of course you may also choose to gift memberships to your friends and family, or you may make a donation at any level to these museums – a generous gift to the institution itself!&nbsp;Happy shopping!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418829/wpzrvnmfprzcwjbdtewc.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mcachicagostore.org/shop">Museum of Contemporary Art</a>The museum's store is always a secret source for artsy gifts. Three stylish and entertaining items featuring women artists of yesterday and today: <a href="https://www.mcachicagostore.org/shop/mickalene-thomas-a-little-taste-outside-of-love-scarf-59838">A Mickalene Thomas Scarf</a>, <a href="https://www.mcachicagostore.org/shop/memory-card-game-x-louise-bourgeois-59841">Louise Bourgeois Memory Game</a>, and <a href="https://www.mcachicagostore.org/shop/judy-chicago-coasters-set-of-4-59072">Judy Chicago Coasters</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418830/ckerk3yk9zopvoeyxajs.png"></figure><a href="https://store.fieldmuseum.org">Field Museum&nbsp;</a>The art of natural history is for sale and giftable. There is a wide range of items, from apparel and accessories, like this <a href="https://store.fieldmuseum.org/collections/jewelry/products/butterscotch_amber_stretch_bracelet">amber stretch bracelet</a>, to <a href="https://store.fieldmuseum.org/collections/gifts-for-kids/products/the_field_mouse_and_the_dinosaur_named_sue">educational items</a> based on some famous figures in the Field's collection (dinosaurs anyone?) and even clever <a href="https://store.fieldmuseum.org/collections/home-office/products/moth_rocks_glass">drink ware</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418831/jtkugguznjyosv0dvvlu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://imss.ecwid.com/Gift-Shop-c15857083">The International Museum of Surgical Science&nbsp;</a>This gem of a museum has a unique collection, and its store offers educational as well as humorous gifts that will not be regifted. Many are just what we need in these times... Check out the <a href="https://imss.ecwid.com/Plagues-Of-The-21st-Century-Gift-Box-p243353665">Plagues Of The 21st Century Gift Box</a>, <a href="https://imss.ecwid.com/Snowflake-Science-Card-p235600093">Snowflake Science Card</a>, and assortment of <a href="https://imss.ecwid.com/Pill-Boxes-c46834301">pill boxes</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418832/zok8h9y36yimn0u4azkx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://shop.driehausmuseum.org">Driehaus Museum</a>This historic home turned museum has a period-appropriate gift shop, filled with items to honor the past, from <a href="https://shop.driehausmuseum.org/collections/kitchen_bar/products/absinthe-glass">absinthe glasses</a>, to books on <a href="https://shop.driehausmuseum.org/collections/books-1/products/laffichomania-the-passion-for-french-posters">vintage posters</a> that are in the museum's collection, as well as <a href="https://shop.driehausmuseum.org/collections/gifts-apparel/products/10-in-1-camphor-wood-combination-set">versatile game sets</a> to keep you busy and offline this winter.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418832/kn5ukmeuphiyxpy3th8x.png"></figure><a href="https://national-museum-of-mexican-art.square.site/#xEWjlo">The National Museum of Mexican Art</a>The museum offers a range of original art, holiday items, as well as plenty of items featuring Frida Kahlo and other famous artists from Mexico. Here we found a <a href="https://national-museum-of-mexican-art.square.site/product/journey-in-color-mexican-folk-art-coloring-book/84?cs=true">Mexican folk art coloring book</a>, a <a href="https://national-museum-of-mexican-art.square.site/product/papel-amate-design-cross/73?cs=true">Papel Amate design cross</a>, and a set of <a href="https://national-museum-of-mexican-art.square.site/product/pinata-ornaments/39?cs=true">piñata ornaments</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Chicago Museum Gifts for the Holidays

<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><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>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/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/q4pkilugpkglduyibelz.jpg"></figure>Via PRCHICAGO (November 12, 2020)— <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">Hyde Park Art Center</a>, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, presents its annual Gala, held for the first time virtually, on Saturday, November 21, 2020, 3 - 4 p.m. and 6:30 - 9 p.m. with the Centerpiece program from 7 - 8 p.m, and afternoon and evening programming geared towards art lovers of all ages. With a reputation as one of the city’s most fun art parties, the Art Center’s Gala will be livestreamed this year free of charge on <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/gala/">hydeparkart.org/gala</a> to raise vital funds to deepen the impact of the Art Center’s programs for Chicago art and artists. The Gala Centerpiece program will feature conversations with internationally acclaimed artists Jeff Koons and Amanda Williams, led by members of the Art Center’s own Youth Board of Artists.Gala public programming starts at 3 p.m. with a unique hour-long Kids Gala featuring art-making and a puppet dance party for artmakers grades K-6, followed by a lively cocktail hour with DJ Sadie Woods for viewers to get settled and explore silent auction items from 6:30 - 7 p.m. Following the Centerpiece Gala program (7 - 8 p.m.), Interactive Artist Interventions take place via Zoom breakout rooms from 8 - 9 p.m. &nbsp;Throughout, an online auction will be held with items displayed on the Gala webpage and a live paddle raise during the Gala main program.Audiences of all ages are invited to enjoy the Gala programs free of charge, and welcome to contribute what they can. Guests can RSVP and make donations at <a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/gala">www.hydeparkart.org/gala</a>. With no mandatory dress codes, Gala guests are encouraged to dress as they please in festive outfits—a Gala gown, quirkiest pajamas, or anything in between.Interactive Artist Interventions have been one of the highlights of past Hyde Park Art Center Galas, where in previous years artists activated the entire Art Center space to engage Gala attendees in interactive ways including getting inked by a tattoo artist and eating cake off a wall. This year, the Interventions include an ‘existential aerobics class’, a coloring session, an augmented reality digital art piece for guests to experience at home, and more. The Interventions will take place via Zoom breakrooms with activations by the following artists: <a href="http://www.danielleandress.com/about">Danielle Andress</a>, <a href="http://jasondunda.com/">Jason Dunda</a>, <a href="https://amaykataria.com/#/">Amay Kataria</a>, <a href="http://www.adelheidmers.org/aweb/bio.htm">Adelheid Mers</a>, <a href="https://www.philipmulliken.com/about">Philip Mulliken</a>, <a href="https://www.kristinnason.com">Kristin Nason</a>, and <a href="https://www.juliannwang.com/about">Juliann Wang</a>.The Gala is co-chaired by Kate Groninger &amp; Molly Meyer, Linda &amp; Carleton Nolan, and Pooja Pittie &amp; Zulfiqar Ramzan. The Hyde Park Art Center Interactive Virtual Gala 2020 is presented by Lead Sponsor Omni Ecosystems.Sponsorships are available between $500 - $40,000 with private Zoom party rooms for “tables” of 10, wine or cocktail delivery, unique artist-made gifts, and/or other hospitality offerings depending on the sponsorship level. To discuss customized sponsorship packages for both individuals and businesses, or for more information about the Host Committee or sponsorship, please contact Maria Nelson at <a href="mailto:mnelson@hydeparkart.org">mnelson@hydeparkart.org</a> or 773-324-5520 x1014.&nbsp;About the Hyde Park Art CenterHyde Park Art Center, at 5020 South Cornell Avenue on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social change, and connect with new networks. Since its inception in 1939, Hyde Park Art Center has grown from a small collective of quirky artists to establishing a strong legacy of innovative development and emerging as a unique Chicago arts institution with social impact. The Art Center functions as an amplifier for today and tomorrow’s creative voices, providing the space to cultivate and create new work and connections.&nbsp;For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">https://www.hydeparkart.org/</a>&nbsp;Image credit: Jeff Koons, © Jeff Koons, photo by Chris Fanning. Amanda Williams, photo by Tony Smith. Hyde Park Art Center previous gala, photo by Adrian S. Burrows Sr.&nbsp;</body></html>

Hyde Park Art Center's  Virtual Gala to Bring Star Power of Jeff Koons and Amanda Williams

<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>

News From Around the Art World: November 10, 2020

ALEXANDER CALDER SELLS AT HINDMAN AUCTIONS FOR ALMOST $1.9MHindman’s Post War and Contemporary Art Auction Broke Firm’s Record for Top Lot Sold at AuctionCHICAGO – Alexander Calder’s standing mobile, Triple Cross, 1947, more than tripled its pre-sale estimate on Thursday, October 1 in Hindman’s Post War and Contemporary Art sale in Chicago.&nbsp; The work was one of two offered at auction by one of the most the revolutionary artists of the 20th century in Thursday’s sale.&nbsp; Triple Cross, 1947, held a pre-sale estimate of $600,000-$800,000, and set a record for the highest sale price in the Chicago auction house’s 38-year history.“Triple Cross is an early example of Calder’s work and has excellent provenance, which certainly contributed to the strong price the work commanded today,” said Joe Stanfield, Director of Fine Art for Hindman.&nbsp; “This record price for Hindman exemplifies the strength of the market despite this tumultuous time and we were thrilled to see this work sell so well this week in Chicago.”<figure class="image"><img src="https://hindman-press.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/Calder-1-Crop-1920x891.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://hindman-press.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/Calder-1-Crop-1920x891.jpg 1920w, https://hindman-press.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/Calder-1-Crop-800x371.jpg 800w, https://hindman-press.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/Calder-1-Crop-768x357.jpg 768w" sizes="100vw"></figure>Calder’s instantly recognizable kinetic sculptures revolutionized three-dimensional art in the early 20th century. In 1926, the young artist began a seven-year sojourn in Paris, where he absorbed European Modernism and was particularly influenced by the biomorphic forms, flat planes, and primary colors used by Piet Mondrian and Joan Miró. Calder used these motifs to invent his own artistic language, constructing sculptures brimming with dynamism and vibrancy.Triple Cross exudes a whimsy that belies its sophisticated construction. One of Calder’s standing mobiles, it reflects the artist’s training as a mechanical engineer, as well as his use of humble materials such as sheet metal and wire struts. A long thin rod balances on top of the swooping foundation and forms the basis of a chain-linked system of smaller rods. Biomorphic, metal shapes are attached to the terminal points of the rods and carefully counterbalance each other. The black base, all angles and curves, is a solid contrapuntal to the colorful, quivering construction that rests on top. It is also worth noting that this sculpture does not bear the artist’s trademark CA monogram having been created during a younger, more idealistic period when Calder felt the work itself to be signature enough.The sculpture received immense presale interest with numerous international bidders on the phone vying for the lot on auction day.<figure class="image"><img src="https://hindman-press.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/Calder-2-Crop.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://hindman-press.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/Calder-2-Crop.jpg 1724w, https://hindman-press.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/Calder-2-Crop-800x392.jpg 800w, https://hindman-press.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/Calder-2-Crop-768x376.jpg 768w" sizes="100vw"></figure>&nbsp;The Calder was a part of the estate of Joan Conway Crancer, the only daughter of legendary St. Louis artist Fred Conway. Crancer and her husband were avid supporters of the art community in St. Louis and were incredible collectors.&nbsp; Another Calder, Petit poteau jaune (Little Yellow Post), 1963 (Lot 62) from the Crancer Estate was also sold in the October 1 auction.&nbsp; This work was offered with a pre-sale estimate of $200,000-300,000 and sold for $432,500.&nbsp;

Alexander Calder Sells at Hindman for Nearly $2M

<html><head></head><body>By GINNY VAN ALYEA&nbsp;This coming weekend a signifiant number of new exhibitions will be opening around the city. Many galleries are opening major shows that will be their final exhibitions of the year.&nbsp;Friday and Saturday evenings also coincide with the virtual opening of <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/intersect-chicago-virtual-fair-formerly-sofa">Intersect Chicago</a> (formerly SOFA) which is taking place online instead of on Navy Pier, Nov 6–12, with a virtual preview party on Thursday, November 5.&nbsp;Our overview of highlights from this coming weekend is below. There are honestly are too many to include here, so we stopped at 10 – something we haven't had to do in a long time (like the old days!) &nbsp;Our full calendar may be <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=openings">viewed&nbsp;here</a>.&nbsp;After a long week/election season/year, open your eyes and your mind to some new art, and go out and support these creatives who have been hard at work behind the scenes to bring you art that is enlightening as well as beautiful.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418820/tznddoq5vi4ffdbq4zrr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/amanda-williams-what-black-is-this-you-say">Amanda Williams: What black is this you say?</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/amanda-williams-what-black-is-this-you-say">Rhona Hoffman Gallery</a>Nov 6–Dec 19In What black is this you say?,&nbsp;over 40 new watercolor, oil and mixed media paintings interrogate the complexities, variations and degrees of difference in black as color and identity. What black is this you say? is a multi-platform color project conceived June 2, 2020, otherwise known as Blackout Tuesday. Williams posted a different “black” to her personal Instagram each day, using the ubiquity of the platform to imagine black as nuanced and highly variable, and reject black as monolithic.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418821/j7bcorbwcfysxxxnfnk4.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/royal-spector-kajahl">Royal Specter: Kajahl</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/royal-spector-kajahl">Monique Meloche</a>Nov 7–Dec 19Kajahl's oil paintings merge icons from parallel histories along with his own constructed mythology prodding the viewer to re-examine mainstream historical paradigms. Re-appropriating African garments, ancient Roman military attire, and science fiction iconography, Kajahl references traditional Western portraiture, contemporary technology, and questions both the legitimacy of past records and the direction of future cultures.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418822/aqsa7smxg5dlkypqwfut.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/janice-biala-intimacy-exile-works-from-the-estate">Biala: Intimacy &amp; Exile Paintings 1952–1962</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/janice-biala-intimacy-exile-works-from-the-estate">McCormick Gallery</a>Nov 7–Jan 9An important figure of historic scale, the painter known simply as Biala had a career that stretched over eight decades and was heralded from Paris to New York. On view are paintings defined by a decade where the artist expanded upon her established style inspired by School of Paris painters like Bonnard, Matisse and Braque, and broadened by the community of loft-living artists in downtown New York that included Willem de Kooning. Critic Michael Brenson aptly described her as “a blend of intimacy and exile.” &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418823/ve4vx4pj8d1z1bughith.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-long-dream">The Long Dream</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-long-dream">Museum of Contemporary Art</a>Nov 7–Jan 17This&nbsp;November, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents The Long Dream, a major exhibition inspired by the current moment that gives shape to issues heightened by the pandemic and social unrest. The exhibition features&nbsp;over 70&nbsp;Chicago artists collaboratively selected by the museum’s diverse team of curators and programmers with different backgrounds and specialties, ranging from the visual arts to performance and public practice.&nbsp;Named after a novel by renowned author Richard Wright,&nbsp;The Long Dream&nbsp;is part&nbsp;reflection on the state of the world after the arrival of COVID-19, and part celebration of Chicago artists and creatives. Blending work by emerging voices with established artists in Chicago,&nbsp;The Long Dream presents many never-before-seen works, along with&nbsp;labels written in collaboration with youth groups and civic practitioners, honoring a multiplicity of perspectives from the community. The final section of&nbsp;The Long Dream&nbsp;is a live arts event that takes place online on the exhibition’s closing weekend.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418824/bh8puach28dafcgmkmwh.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-imaginative-world-of-heorhii-narbut-and-the-making-of-a-brand-virtual">The Imaginative World of Heorhii Narbut and The Making of A Brand</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-imaginative-world-of-heorhii-narbut-and-the-making-of-a-brand-virtual">Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)</a>Nov 7–Dec 15In addition to the work of Narbut, known for designing key elements of Ukraine’s national identity (including currency and postage stamps), the exhibit will feature works by Narbut’s followers from the 1920s and 1930s, Ukrainian artists Oleh Tistol, Mykola Matsenko and other contemporary voices. The virtual exhibition is free and open to the public. For more information visit <a href="http://uima-chicago.org/">uima-chicago.org</a>. This exhibition is made possible by a grant from the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418824/cmjzx4ececwqx918gip7.gif"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bea-nettles-harvest-of-memory">Bea Nettles: Harvest of Memory</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bea-nettles-harvest-of-memory">Krannert Art Museum</a>Nov 5–Mar 6Long before such words were an active part of the contemporary art lexicon, Bea Nettles was a multi-media artist who pushed the boundaries of what was considered photography. Using alternative photographic processes like liquid light, cyanotype, Kwik Print, dye transfer as well as traditional “women’s” mediums like sewing and crocheting, Nettles integrated these into her layered and textured works, which included self-portraiture, investigations of her body and its relationship to nature and the landscape; the experience of mothering and loss and aging.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418825/uqave5hhfg9mqmziivt8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/place-in-the-sun">Place in the Sun</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/place-in-the-sun">Catherine Edelman Gallery</a>Nov 6–Dec 31There will be an opening reception on Friday, November 6, from 12:00 – 7:00 p.m.Since the inception of the camera, photographers have been drawn to the majestic landscapes throughout the Southwest, attempting to capture the land’s unimaginable splendor. scott b. davis (b. 1971, Silver Spring, MD) is one of these artists drawn to such settings, bearing witness to nature’s beauty and its nuances. His ongoing search for remote places is what sets his work apart.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418826/lqwcz8flv4jgloihtm8f.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/erin-washington">Erin Washington: Bodies feel dangerous right now</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/erin-washington">Western Exhibitions</a>Nov 6–Dec 19Using fugitive and symbolic materials like ashes, blackberries, bones, chalk, moss, and space blankets, Erin Washington sources imagery from the Sciences, Mythology, and Art History that represents ruptures and failures in the search for meaning and truth. Colors fade or pigments are burned: the objects emulate the cycles they describe. Washington’s actions and products are in a state of flux, highlighting the disharmony between meaning, beauty, and a fundamentally messy universe.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418827/nmy1ql4uvplycv0lta10.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/anders-gjennestad-solo-exhibition">Anders Gjennestad: Allies</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/anders-gjennestad-solo-exhibition">Vertical Gallery</a>Nov 7–18“Allies” assembles 16 new pieces and a full edition of 16 smaller paintings spotlighting Gjennestad’s signature hand-cut, multi-layered stencils, leveraging elevated angles and dramatic, elongated shadows to create stunningly photorealistic, intricately detailed images that evoke&nbsp;an alternate universe where gravity has ceased to exist and time is frozen — a fleeting glimpse into a realm of other possibilities (or, if you prefer, the possibilities of the other, whether metaphysical or supernatural).&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418828/kntrvf2t5kskc72bcc4e.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/background-noise-with-birds-and-beasts">Background Noise with Birds and Beasts</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/background-noise-with-birds-and-beasts">Hofheimer Gallery</a>Nov 7–Dec 19Background Noise with Birds and Beasts features original artwork by Teresa James and Eleanor Spiess-Ferris.Teresa James has long explored spiritual and religious themes. In her art, she lifts the veil that obscures our double existence in the temporal and metaphysical worlds. Everyday people and animals are revealed as agents in the eternal battle of good and evil, their heroic spirits armored or winged. These are portraits of faith.Eleanor Spiess-Ferris is an American symbolist painter cited as a significant surrealist, narrative figurative and feminist artist. Her numerous visual works display powerful influences of the Spanish and Native American cultures of Northern New Mexico, where she grew up.&nbsp;She populates her visual landscapes with human forms – often women paired with birds, plants, and natural phenomena.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Preview of Exhibitions Opening First Week of November 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418266/c72ii1yvvhqtnajfcjhd.jpg"><figcaption>Bonnie Lautenberg's Lady Liberty: A Beacon of Hope and Freedom, 2020 Archival pigment print, edition of 250 is for sale for $250, of which $100 will be donated to: &nbsp;Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, &nbsp;Feeding America, or the charity of your choice. Email <a href="mailto:jeanalbanogallery@gmail.com">jeanalbanogallery@gmail.com </a>or call 312-440-0770.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;By CGN Staff&nbsp;There's an election happening Tuesday. Did you know? Even if you've already voted, Tuesday promises to be a highly charged day. One way to gain some alternative insights, while you avoid doom scrolling, is to turn to art and the messages from creatives.&nbsp;Many area galleries and arts organizations planned exhibitions focused on voting and democracy well in advance of this week, but due to the nature of 2020, they're each viewable from home or as you drive-by. Check out a few timely and thought provoking highlights below.&nbsp;Stay safe, and don't forget to vote! – GV&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418267/vakbwvkksonzyd3wh7vh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/what-does-democracy-look-like">What Does Democracy Look Like?</a>Leading up to the 2020 presidential election, the  MoCP  has invited seven faculty members from various departments at Columbia College Chicago to mine the  MoCP’s  permanent collection of nearly 16,000 objects. Each curator&nbsp;has&nbsp;interpreted&nbsp;the museum’s collection to consider what democracy means to them, and how photographic images record and shape our understanding of current and historical events.&nbsp;Thru Dec 23 at Museum of Contemporary Photography&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418268/p5h48y0kmbboa41z9yzn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/artists-for-social-justice">Artists for Social Justice</a>In response to the current political crises in America, a cadre of diverse and talented artists launched a year-long cross-country show into the heartland of America, united by the belief that art is and should be a catalyst for change.&nbsp;Waylaid by the pandemic, the exhibit has launched virtually with planned exhibits in 2021Thru Nov 21 at ARC Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418269/o9ygfcgbcmdfequ63xrz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/if-we-do-not-now-dare-everything">Anthem</a>On view in the gallery’s storefront windows along Milwaukee Ave. the exhibition is presented in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and will examine voting rights in the United States of America through the works of contemporary artists Bethany Collins, Jaclyn Conley, Eve L. Ewing, Mike Gibisser, Naima Green, Ellen Rothenberg and Sanaz Sohrabi.Planned to coincide with the 2020 election cycle and the November presidential election, Anthem aims to look past partisan divisiveness and focus on the issue of voting as a fundamental right.Thru Dec. 19 at Weinberg/Newton&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418269/ljfj1joloj6d4a2ega0v.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/where-s-the-revolution">Where's the Revolution</a>Where’s the Revolution, is an exhibition featuring political art commentaries curated by Marci Rubin. The role of a political artist is to express different points of view regarding global politics and social justice standards. Throughout history, artists’ works have documented and reflected the signs of the times. Examples of original political artworks in the exhibition include: commentaries on the political global climate in our past, present or future; peaceful protest banners &amp; demonstration art; portraits of activists &amp; key figures involved in government &amp; social change; propaganda &amp; satire cartoons; dedications &amp; depictions of social movements.&nbsp;Thru Nov 6 at Bridgeport Art Center&nbsp;</body></html>

Art + Politics: Local Exhibitions For Our Time

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418162/poqbfaryywn81fjrb4ij.jpg"><figcaption>Zack Wirsum, Up All Night, These Days, Orange is the Only Sunshine We See, 2019.&nbsp;<a href="http://jeanalbanogallery.com"> Jean Albano Gallery.</a></figcaption></figure>&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEAHalloween this year is a different bag of tricks than usual, but whether you're home bound or getting festive from a distance, this weekend still offers some spooky art and ghoulish inspiration. With a full moon on Halloween on Saturday and Day of the Dead and All Saints Day on Sunday, the spirits are out!&nbsp;If you're looking for Instagramable costume ideas, check out our <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2019/10/boo-have-an-artful-halloween">summary from 2019</a> (remember three versions of Bob Ross?) Below is our wrap up of festive exhibitions and art events taking place around Chicago this holiday!&nbsp;Trick or treat!&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418163/nqevczy1oumszh2dvwvl.jpg"></figure>Halloween History and Socially Distanced Trick or TreatingThe Driehaus Museum has written about the history of Halloween on its blog. It's a good refresher about the pagan and Celtic origins of the holiday before it became about candy and suggestive costumes. Although people around the world view Halloween as a thoroughly American holiday, it has a far more complicated story than that. In fact, Halloween is a mash-up of ancient Celtic paganism, early Roman Catholicism, nineteenth-century American immigration, modern suburbanism and commercialism, and much, much more.It all started about two thousand years ago, when the ancient Celts made sacrifices around sacred bonfires in celebration of the harvest’s end. Think of this as the moment the earth makes its transition from abundant autumnal life to silent wintry death, and—perhaps—a moment when the boundaries between the worlds of the living and dead are blurred. <a href="http://driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/halloween-from-ancient-britain-to-gilded-age-america">Read more here.</a>If you plan on trick-or-treating in the neighborhood, the Driehaus Museum will be giving away candy on Halloween from 3 - 7 p.m. No tickets required.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418164/rqmtlwgilhgxjd5ogmu6.jpg"><figcaption>Courtney Timmermans, Skulls, 2013, air rifle BBs, cast resin, mixed media, 6 x 6 x 8 in. each&nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="http://jeanalbanogallery.com">Jean Albano Gallery</a>The gallery seems to have an abundance of art that suits this weekend's holiday, or they just have a creative eye for spooky association. They recently shared several works available at their River North gallery that are especially suitable this time of year, from Karl Wirsum and his son Zack Wirsum to Bonnie Lautenberg, Courtney Timmermans and Lee Grantham.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418164/divuerkpnsnmc1bchw3h.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dia-de-los-muertos">Dragonfly Gallery</a>Over the course of two days the gallery will celebrate life and death by showing love and respect for those who have died. Through art inspired Dia de los Muertos, ofrendas (altars),&nbsp; arts and crafts, we remember our loved one and celebrate life.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418165/k6txbuzagaqqxsdhxkfj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://theartcenterhp.org/exhibitionsh">The Art Center Highland Park</a>Plans for Dia de los Muertos are taking place in the suburbs as well. The exhibition, on view through November 14, includes prints from two portfolios published by Arceo Press: “Posada, 100 Year Legacy” and “Dia de Los Muertos, Common Ground.”&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418166/jwamind8grl8cm41lcrf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/center-sunday">Hyde Park Art Center Virtual Sunday</a>HPAC's latest Center Sunday, an all-ages program filled with art-making activities, workshops, and artist talks, held on the first Sunday of each month, will feature three, hour-long segments led by artists Delilah D. Salgado, Lillianna Chavarria, Kristin Cass and Cindy Lys. The event is free and open to the public virtually via Zoom. This Sunday at 1pm, join Hyde Park Art Center Resident Artist Delilah D. Salgado of Mujeres Mutantes and guest artist and activist Lillianna Chavarria to create a Dia De Los Muertos/Day of the Dead ofrenda (Spanish for ‘offering,’ a home altar or ritual display honoring an individual who has died) “Dedicated to Chicago” that will be showcased during this Zoom session. They will discuss Dia de Los Muertos and the meaning behind their altar currently on display at the Center’s current Artists Run Chicago 2.0 exhibition, and demonstrate how to create tissue paper cempasuchil (Mexican marigold flowers, referred to as the “flower of the dead” in Mexican culture and said to guide the spirits back to the altars of family members).&nbsp;“We honor our ancestors and tell the stories of those who came before us and those who we have been fortunate enough to know,” said Salgado.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Halloween + Day of the Dead Highlights in the Galleries

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418006/wwnyrw5alg8easgovsmv.jpg"></figure>Chicago students help Jenny Holzer get out the voteYoung citizens, many of them voting in their first presidential election, provide phrases to be shown on LED billboard trucks across the cityBy Ruth Lopez, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/chicago-students-help-jenny-holzer-get-out-the-vote">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418007/owjjxgfebwztnispegy3.png"></figure>Curator's Perspective: Chicago... And Other Such Stories&nbsp;On October 5, the curatorial team of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Yesomi Umolu, Sepake Angiama, and Paulo Tavares, joined us for a discussion on the exhibition. They presented on their curatorial approach based on a reading of the city and its built environment that drew from a history of colonial expansion, extraction economies, migration, and ecological concerns.Via Independent Curators International<a href="https://curatorsintl.org/media-room/chicagoand-other-such-stories">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418008/yzp70b4rqmpirswss7iv.jpg"></figure>COVID-19 Looms Over Day Of The Dead Exhibit At Chicago’s National Museum of Mexican ArtMore than a million people have died during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Chicago artists are honoring the local, U.S. and worldwide victims in this year’s Day of the Dead exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art in the Pilsen neighborhood.It’s the 34th year of the exhibit, and it’s different this time due to COVID-19. The museum is closed to the public, but it’s offering <a href="https://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/exhibits/s%C3%B3lo-un-poco-aqu%C3%AD-day-dead">an online tour</a> of works that include traditional Mexican altar centerpieces from the permanent collection, as well as contemporary prints, paintings and sculptures from Latinx, Chicago-based artists.By Minju Park, WBEZ Radio<a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/covid-19-looms-over-day-of-the-dead-exhibit-at-chicagos-national-museum-of-mexican-art/a71c0993-6126-4ef3-a5a2-60a7efabf8cf">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418008/xhkrxgomv8u5o8dvmck4.jpg"></figure>Impersonal Intimacy: The Art Institute of Chicago’s COVID-19 EvolutionThe Art Institute of Chicago, commonly lauded as downtown Chicago’s — and the <a href="https://time.com/3393565/best-museums-trip-advisor/">world’s</a> — best museum, faced the same challenge as all of its counterparts following the pandemic: how to best maintain intimate access to artistic masterworks in a cold, pixelated cyberspace. In response, they demonstrated a singular capacity to capitalize on a bad situation.By Isabella B. Cho, The Harvard Crimson<a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/10/25/nice-job-art-institute-of-chicago/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: October 27, 2020

<html><head></head><body>By GINNY VAN ALYEA&nbsp;It's snowing outside. While there may be some festive walks in the snow in your future, you're more likely to be spending time indoors for the time being. We have learned of some new art that offers a reason to visit with a friend outdoors. So go ahead and plan a walk to see two new art installations on view in River North and in Edgewater. Some art is up temporarily while other projects will stay up long term.&nbsp;&nbsp;River North/Gold Coast<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418327/jl2ex1ew3mj1olc25yje.png"><figcaption>Artists from Arts of Life at work</figcaption></figure>In River North the group behind the <a href="Livethebushtemple.com">Bush Temple from FLATS</a> has recently installed colorful commissioned works from 23 artists from Arts of Life and Johalla Projects in the street-facing windows of the building. These artworks were created over the course of three months in Arts of Life's studios. Art of Life, which is marking 20 years as the first program in Chicago to provide meaningful vocational opportunities in the arts for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Their studio serves as an alternative day program and creative epicenter.&nbsp;The Bush Temple is located on the border of River North and The Gold Coast. Comprised of two residences, a historic French Chateauesque building on Chicago Avenue and a newly constructed 15-story tower on Clark Street. The Bush Temple pulls its name from the original building’s history as the headquarters of the Bush &amp; Gerts Piano Company, of which there is a restored piano on display in the communal lobby.&nbsp;Johalla Projects, which has produced a large variety of exhibitions over the last decade including large-scale art installations and staged murals, partnered with Arts of Life on this project. <a href="Livethebushtemple.com">The Bush Temple</a> is located at 810 N Clark (108 W Chicago Ave.)&nbsp; &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418328/afcpuhmu4dbsbwbceitb.png"></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-scaled.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-381x381.jpg 381w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-146x146.jpg 146w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-50x50.jpg 50w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-600x600.jpg 600w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-375x375.jpg 375w, https://www.edgewater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/diamond-380x380.jpg 380w" sizes="100vw" width="200"></figure>&nbsp;EdgewaterOn the north side, the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce (ECC) presents <a href="https://urbanartrestart.org/edgewater-artwalk/">Reflections: An Edgewater Art Experience</a> through October 31. The experience is comprised of a series of outdoor art installations with more than 20 works that can be seen on Broadway, Bryn Mawr, Clark, Granville and Thorndale. A detailed map for self-guided tours is available <a href="https://urbanartrestart.org/edgewater-artwalk/artwork/">HERE</a>. QR codes can be found near each art installation, which when scanned, will link viewers to information about the art, artists, and participating locations. There are no admission fees to Reflections, but online <a href="https://urbanartrestart.org/edgewater-artwalk/donate/">donation options are available</a>.Reflections features local street artists, professional muralists, mosaic world masters, fine artists and others displayed on storefronts, theatres, businesses and walls throughout Edgewater. To create this immersive Edgewater art experience, ECC has partnered with existing art initiatives supported by the Lytle House, Urban Art Restart, Paint the City, the Chicago Mosaic School, and the 48th Ward.“Without the ability to produce events for the neighborhood as in past years, we wanted to create a program that brought people outdoors to explore Edgewater in a new way,” says Christina Pfitzinger, Executive Director of the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce. “The power of art is that it brings together the unique voices of the community as evident in these pieces which range from solemn to celebratory. We hope that participants will discover places they may have overlooked and take a moment to reflect.”This program highlights small businesses, theatres, available properties and the Edgewater neighborhood at a time when travel around the city is limited. Reflections allows residents the opportunity to explore the art already present in the neighborhood, seek out new places and spaces, and connect to communities as reflected through art.To learn more about the mix of temporary and permanent exhibitions on view in Edgewater, <a href="https://www.edgewater.org/programs/public-art/">click here.</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

Looking for A Distanced Way to See New Art? Two Public Installations Unveiled

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418156/wl6tbn6ziq3hld8hyw2q.jpg"><figcaption>Courtesy Chicago Architecture Biennial / Nathan Keay, 2020</figcaption></figure>Via PRThe Chicago Architecture Biennial announced its fourth edition, entitled The Available City, today. The Biennial will be developed in collaboration with Artistic Director David Brown, a designer, researcher, and educator based at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Through a reinvented and responsive new format, the 2021 edition will invite an international community together to participate in conversations about the impact collective space can have in cities today.&nbsp;Programming will kick off next week and continue throughout the run of the edition, which officially opens in the fall of 2021. The Available City will engage a global platform of both local and international projects and practices that reflect new concepts for shared space and collective agency in the city. To kick off CAB's fall program, they invite you to join 2019 MacArthur Fellow, 2019 CAB Contributor, and landscape and public artist Walter Hood in conversation with Artistic Director David Brown on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. See below for more information and to register. As in past Biennials, the fourth edition will also feature a broad spectrum of local and global partners creating programs and content aligned with The Available City. Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) will once again serve as the Biennial’s official Presenting Partner. CAB is also pleased to announce a major collaboration with the Danish Arts Foundation to create a newly commissioned work in 2021 that responds directly to the themes explored through The Available City. Amidst these challenging times, CAB says they are dedicated to reflecting and responding to changes in the way we gather, engage, and learn: activating spaces throughout the city, expanding access to architecture and design, and engaging new voices.&nbsp;The fourth edition will open in September of 2021 with free programming in neighborhoods across Chicago and online.&nbsp; For more information about the 2021 edition please click <a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6&amp;id=d7ac37e99c&amp;e=3dc58ca038">here</a> &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418157/ykbqd67j9ifxlwrxvk3a.jpg"><figcaption>Left: Courtesy Hood Design Studio; Right: Courtesy Chicago Architecture Biennial / Nathan Keay, 2020</figcaption></figure> &nbsp;Upcoming Programs The Available City Program Launch: Walter Hood in Conversation with David Brown&nbsp;Tuesday, October 27 <a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6&amp;id=07a5db4e3d&amp;e=3dc58ca038">W</a><a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6&amp;id=a1f41a8f9b&amp;e=3dc58ca038">ALTER HOOD IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVID BROWN</a> 5:00 – 6:00pm (CST) Zoom webinar Join the Chicago Architecture Biennial for a program featuring 2019 MacArthur Fellow, 2019 CAB Contributor, and landscape and public artist Walter Hood in conversation with CAB 2021 Artistic Director David Brown. Brown and Hood will discuss their respective practices and address questions about urbanism and the future of cities on the occasion of the announcement of the fourth edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2021. The event is free and open to all. Register <a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6&amp;id=4654449730&amp;e=3dc58ca038">here</a>. &nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Fourth Edition of Chicago Architecture Biennial Reinvents Format As It Kicks Off For 2021 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418234/rvbyjlnh4kptdvnbpiec.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;By CGN Staff via PR&nbsp;On Monday night 3Arts, a nonprofit organization that advocates for Chicago's women artists, artists of color, and artists with disabilities who work in the performing, teaching, and visual arts, held their annual awards ceremony, this year virtually. Staff was busy in advance of the event sprading the word that they hoped to make it a 500-person strong event. Monday's livestream ended up drawing more than 1,700 people, far more than would have ever fit in a single room were the event held in person as usual.&nbsp;The event helped raise $30,000, which will be distributed evenly among 3Arts, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, and the Jazz Institute of Chicago.The nonprofit also shared the news of a new award: 3Arts Next Level/Spare Room Awards. Thanks to the generosity and vision of an Anonymous Donor from the Chicago Community Foundation, 3Arts is inaugurating a new program: an unrestricted cash grant of $50,000 for three women visual artists who are past 3Arts awardees.A unique concept in the grantmaking field in which a second award at a higher level is distributed to a past recipient, the Next Level Awards reflect 3Arts' belief that once is not enough and that artists thrive with continued investment at critical junctures.The three inaugural recipients are: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ObUFBvLNA9TTMLIbwE1mAZDpxX_hH7TMIDox2IVCGQjiCeSGDuhtite3hNNZLBpbH_utj0jt81PXkcj2DjYbCry9PtHNv24ECOfZFvZAlhzwpJCXoV91iIVXuh26lnZlLrhOYWFnYjzBl_-hmYhvL0ASJUtqe-ZNh7pVuSI74j4=&amp;c=bVWjg2ZkSDdONnwIYXa6dGW_eo7VjU5iFyR9u_kyORnOm3UJzyJ5lA==&amp;ch=B_4KFQ84TzEIajdIpPDLqhsT7a5S8VcTv3w7mZ8PVNIyjpIOfmTcWw==">Hương Ngô</a>, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ObUFBvLNA9TTMLIbwE1mAZDpxX_hH7TMIDox2IVCGQjiCeSGDuhtiuV6oOPzSwsaluwQFOyHk7MD2umRL3piIwmGGm3jO199uMMn5k1csBL979kMvw4aQWctrVX2gK_q1D3InTzkQ7NcLD0ep1BL74riZKdGXoLlUBVvMcDTcVk=&amp;c=bVWjg2ZkSDdONnwIYXa6dGW_eo7VjU5iFyR9u_kyORnOm3UJzyJ5lA==&amp;ch=B_4KFQ84TzEIajdIpPDLqhsT7a5S8VcTv3w7mZ8PVNIyjpIOfmTcWw==">Amanda Williams</a>, and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ObUFBvLNA9TTMLIbwE1mAZDpxX_hH7TMIDox2IVCGQjiCeSGDuhtijk7JbT9X9NeP7mfeDtbEuW63QX40OQ1gDhTDfEoYVQaZxuvivdIUA3LahhJXx7qNSBw3SA4BkZfSFJRn324z-f8KsFZ3NKYBf9BsotX_UsHa3DVgBTdrHg=&amp;c=bVWjg2ZkSDdONnwIYXa6dGW_eo7VjU5iFyR9u_kyORnOm3UJzyJ5lA==&amp;ch=B_4KFQ84TzEIajdIpPDLqhsT7a5S8VcTv3w7mZ8PVNIyjpIOfmTcWw==">Folayemi Wilson</a>.<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ObUFBvLNA9TTMLIbwE1mAZDpxX_hH7TMIDox2IVCGQjiCeSGDuhtiivo3NOEzpY2OnOgmtk2bJmbbZJ36C3fWzV_vF5TgNitGKOwpDszOTMYG7_6eBsKbrDcpYnfYLu8C-V9IAhJJDQAC0Gb5raRhugGka7Mz8NzGa9GE2ySn8g2iKAlzacocMVgs2wUwWvaLyqaQdDJpQQ=&amp;c=bVWjg2ZkSDdONnwIYXa6dGW_eo7VjU5iFyR9u_kyORnOm3UJzyJ5lA==&amp;ch=B_4KFQ84TzEIajdIpPDLqhsT7a5S8VcTv3w7mZ8PVNIyjpIOfmTcWw==">The full press release is here.</a>&nbsp;More $$$. More help for artists.3Arts also revealed that, as it has been six years since we they last increased the amount of the annual 3Arts Awards, 2020 seemed like the perfect time to double down on support for Chicago artists. They announced that beginning this year, the ten annual 3Arts Awards will be unrestricted cash grants of $30,000.&nbsp;Announcing: 3ER (3Arts Emergency Response)3ER is both an immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on artists and an effort to establish an ongoing fund for artists in any time of personal crisis. Beginning this fall, 3Arts will invite nearly 350 artists from their network to apply for $500 grants to alleviate pressing financial needs as a result of lost income.&nbsp;This program is intended to provide swift, short-term relief when artists’ basic livelihoods are precarious and to utilize a distribution process that puts as little administrative burden on artists as possible.3Arts shared that individual donors and other supporters have already helped them launch the fund with an initial 3ER grant cycle of $50,000.&nbsp;The Livestream Lives OnIf you missed the show or just want to relive the magic, here are archived video links and more:<ul><li><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ObUFBvLNA9TTMLIbwE1mAZDpxX_hH7TMIDox2IVCGQjiCeSGDuhtiivo3NOEzpY2dy0uzPkc181PzZp0RRVBTDeseNyQCia8AchCaGgKyZ2qjYGN6b-kkCcwTE896XWfTyy8xLowgaiacxUzNzZKqA==&amp;c=bVWjg2ZkSDdONnwIYXa6dGW_eo7VjU5iFyR9u_kyORnOm3UJzyJ5lA==&amp;ch=B_4KFQ84TzEIajdIpPDLqhsT7a5S8VcTv3w7mZ8PVNIyjpIOfmTcWw==">2020 3Arts Awards Celebration (full program)</a></li><li><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ObUFBvLNA9TTMLIbwE1mAZDpxX_hH7TMIDox2IVCGQjiCeSGDuhtiivo3NOEzpY2kBJOovHvO7b9Is8WCBv8EUvDm0R_q_Mtdi6_rvfEeJzzc1MTDCOwqlyoNZvuNCom0m6HRQvcDpQcS-MG0aQLDoWUrQb-vNbMOfMzCHG4P-Q=&amp;c=bVWjg2ZkSDdONnwIYXa6dGW_eo7VjU5iFyR9u_kyORnOm3UJzyJ5lA==&amp;ch=B_4KFQ84TzEIajdIpPDLqhsT7a5S8VcTv3w7mZ8PVNIyjpIOfmTcWw==">2020 3Arts Awardee profiles</a></li><li><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ObUFBvLNA9TTMLIbwE1mAZDpxX_hH7TMIDox2IVCGQjiCeSGDuhtiivo3NOEzpY2-UJumuDbKeTYUV6ERLuFaMh7Lhc7dTsQVQY-WXErLQ-72PRo9dkqNPab2IkAeKNAcDmVowhSwrY6mq4Eht6eOw==&amp;c=bVWjg2ZkSDdONnwIYXa6dGW_eo7VjU5iFyR9u_kyORnOm3UJzyJ5lA==&amp;ch=B_4KFQ84TzEIajdIpPDLqhsT7a5S8VcTv3w7mZ8PVNIyjpIOfmTcWw==">"Exquisite Arts" performances created by 13 past 3Arts awardees</a></li><li><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ObUFBvLNA9TTMLIbwE1mAZDpxX_hH7TMIDox2IVCGQjiCeSGDuhtiivo3NOEzpY2ysHSq1q-1y8k7bMZlqSjiYdJelJflu7K9cY3G7PIKGajypG-m_rdLsbdIuBzkCA_tbKq0ZNEmvxdU0S_fVcM5w==&amp;c=bVWjg2ZkSDdONnwIYXa6dGW_eo7VjU5iFyR9u_kyORnOm3UJzyJ5lA==&amp;ch=B_4KFQ84TzEIajdIpPDLqhsT7a5S8VcTv3w7mZ8PVNIyjpIOfmTcWw==">Sam Trump's music video for "New World</a>"</li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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