<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035555/yw3qwlmd64jviskhrrds.jpg"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/diana-guerrero-maci-paintings-for-birds" target="_blank">Diana Guerrero-Maciá: PAINTINGS FOR BIRDS</a></h5>Opening: Friday, January 17, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PMSecrist | Beach <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035556/tzviejdeqmyqts3ehawc.jpg"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kayla-risko-interiors" target="_blank">Kayla Risko: Interiors</a></h5>Opening: Friday, January 17, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM65GRAND <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035556/wyy79l2wsrfzfkjexbzh.jpg"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/luis-gonzlez-palma-un-recuerdo-un-sueo-a-memory-a-dream" target="_blank">Luis González Palma: Un Recuerdo, Un Sueño | A Memory, A Dream</a></h5>Opening: Friday, January 17, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PMOld Friends Gallery <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035557/vnxygfx7p2wmypizwwgh.jpg"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tom-eslinger-left-to-my-own-devices" target="_blank">Tom Eslinger: LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES</a></h5>Opening: Friday, January 17, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PMEpiphany Center for the Arts <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035558/jiaseczlujcipjabgz5d.jpg"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dangerously-whimsical-a-solo-exhibition-by-kate-harrold" target="_blank">Dangerously Whimsical A Solo Exhibition by Kate Harrold</a></h5>Opening: Friday, January 17, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PMJackson Junge Gallery <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035558/ojbtgg5cva6ieuzpt31j.png"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/fields-of-vision-the-landscapes-of-diane-washa-and-peter-batchelder" target="_blank">Fields of Vision: The Landscapes of Diane Washa and Peter Batchelder</a></h5>Exhibition begins January 15Lily Pad | West (Milwaukee, WI)

New Exhibitions Opening January 15 - 18 (Part I)

<h4><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/los-angeles-fires-art-world-true-colors" target="_blank">How the Los Angeles Fires Have Affected the Art World</a></h4> Though the fires are still burning, we’re starting to get an understanding of just how devastating the damage is for Los Angeles. In the arts-and-culture community, dozens of people, if not hundreds, have lost their homes, and in some cases decades’ worth of artwork—artists lost their studios and personal holdings, while collectors lost their entire troves. Via Vanity Fair <h4><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greater-los-angeles-wildfires-insurance-art-loss-1234729986/" target="_blank">‘One of the Most Impactful Art Losses Ever’: Insurers Start to Assess LA Wildfire Damage</a></h4> As fires raged across&nbsp;Los Angeles&nbsp;this week, due to the ongoing Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires, numerous artists, collectors, and arts professionals have reported losing their homes and art collections&nbsp;in the affected areas. While it is still too early to truly assess the damage, art insurers and conservators told&nbsp;ARTnews&nbsp;that they expect it to be extensive. “This is going to be substantial and possibly one of the most impactful art losses ever in America,” Simon de Burgh Codrington, fine arts insurance specialist and managing director at Risk Strategies, told&nbsp;ARTnews&nbsp;in a phone interview. The devastating losses, de Burgh Codrington added, are expected “to be much more impactful than Sandy was to the art world.” Via ARTnews <h4> </h4><h4><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mary-miss-greenwood-installation-des-moines-settlement-2597948" target="_blank">Mary Miss Installation at Des Moines Art Center Set for Removal Following Legal Battle</a></h4> The Des Moines Art Center in Iowa has reached a settlement with Mary Miss more than nine months after the groundbreaking land artist&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mary-miss-sues-des-moines-art-center-greenwood-pond-2464425" target="_blank">filed a lawsuit</a>&nbsp;to stop the institution from demolishing an installation the museum said has become too costly to repair. In a surprise move, the DMAC and Miss agreed in court to release the details of settlement agreement, which are often kept secret. A copy of the settlement agreement provided by the Cultural Landscape Foundation, which had been aiding the artist in her efforts, shows Miss will be compensated $900,000 to drop her claims against the museum. Via Artnet <h4> </h4><h4><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/arts/design/la-fires-art-collector-warhol-haring.html" target="_blank">Art Collector Says He Lost Warhols and Harings to L.A. Fire</a></h4> As the flames grew closer and closer to his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles and his teenage daughter pleaded with him over the phone to evacuate, Ron Rivlin decided to flee, taking three Andy Warhols with him, all that he could carry.“I grabbed those, and as I was leaving, I saw the fire ahead of me on the hill,” Rivlin said. Via NYT Image: Ron Rivlin, an art collector, lost almost everything in his house in the Pacific Palisades fire. Credit: Tag Christof for The New York Times

What We're Reading: 1/14/25

<h3><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1744159009/r7igp8lvrwdznnkvtx1r.jpg"></h3><h3> </h3><h3><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kavi-gupta-chicago-dealer-suits-mismanagement-claims-2588230" target="_blank">The Rise and Fall of Kavi Gupta: Chicago Dealer Faces Lawsuits, Claims of Mismanagement</a></h3> Gupta’s business has been struggling. His staff has shrunk, as has his artist roster, and people close to the gallery say there are serious financial issues, with both employees and artists going unpaid for various stretches. He is dealing with two lawsuits—one against his gallery and one against him that has not been previously reported. His gallery’s main location is now open only by appointment, after “a ‘Tsunami’ of weather-related disasters,” including water damage that affected electrical lines and tornado damage to the roof, according to a since-deleted December 10 Instagram post. One recent exhibition stayed up for five months, far from the standard four- or five-week turnaround for a gallery show. Via Artnet Image: Kavi Gupta in his booth at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida, in 2014. Photo: Getty Images. <h3><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/los-angeles-fires-rage-artists-art-workers-fundraising-grants-1234729742/" target="_blank">As Los Angeles Fires Rage On, Artists Raise Money to Fund Rebuilding Efforts</a></h3> In Los Angeles this week,&nbsp;<a style="color: var(--color-brand-primary,#ec1c24);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/los-angeles-fires-burn-bunny-museum-will-rogers-ranch-1234729539/" target="_blank">museums burned to the ground</a>,&nbsp;<a style="color: var(--color-brand-primary,#ec1c24);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/greater-los-angeles-wildfires-artists-museums-galleries-affected-1234729479/" target="_blank">many artists’ homes were lost</a>, and a number of artworks were endangered. And with four fires currently blazing, members of the city’s art scene have banded together to raise money for artists and art workers impacted by all the destruction. Via ARTnews <h3><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://hyperallergic.com/982441/there-are-no-art-hierarchies-in-the-kaws-collection-drawing-center/" target="_blank">There Are No Art Hierarchies in the KAWS Collection</a></h3> If there is one exhibition in New York City that I would recommend everyone see before it closes, it is&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://drawingcenter.org/exhibitions/kaws-collection" target="_blank">The Way I See It: Selections from the KAWS Collection</a>&nbsp;at the Drawing Center. KAWS (born Brian Donnelly) is ubiquitous — my barbershop sells figurines of his demented Mickey Mouse with X’d out eyes, as do shops around the world. He is the only artist whose works can be bought by teenagers, multimillionaires, and people getting their hair cut. For those in the art world who don’t look at auction sales,&nbsp;The KAWS ALBUM&nbsp;(2005) — a mash-up of characters from&nbsp;The Simpsons&nbsp;and the album artwork for&nbsp;Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band&nbsp;by The Beatles — sold in Hong Kong for $14.8 million.&nbsp; By John Yau for Hyperallergic

news about art dealer kavi gupta, KAWS, LA fires and artists

What We're Reading: 1/10/25

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035733/bfeov5ojiwydsvkoz9ka.png"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/howard-kottler-this-is-not-a-plate" target="_blank">Howard Kottler: This is Not a Plate</a></h5>Opening: Friday, January 10, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PMVolume Gallery <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035733/sonybaxxq1hsza4hmstn.jpg"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ramble-tamble" target="_blank">Ramble Tamble</a></h5>Opening: Friday, January 10, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PMENGAGE Projects <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035734/qnvmwwkuru5ke1l04jtr.jpg"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/flipside-from-the-back-beyond" target="_blank">Flipside: From the Back + Beyond</a></h5>Opening: Saturday, January 11, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PMPerspective Photo Gallery <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035735/gcds6dqp61aknxninfvr.png"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/miao-wang-the-other" target="_blank">MIAO WANG: the other</a></h5>Opening: Saturday, January 11, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PMPATRON&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748035736/oyws8wpwyyuleojabotn.jpg"> <h5><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/elemental-exhibition" target="_blank">Elemental Exhibition</a></h5>Opening: Saturday, Jan 11, 2025 5:00 PM – 9:00 PMThe Grove Gallery

New Exhibitions Opening January 10th & 11th

<h4><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1737145212/acqvxmptvk3on92qsswp.jpg"></h4>A work similar to&nbsp;The Air up There&nbsp;titled&nbsp;Spinner Forest&nbsp;was on view at MCA Chicago's "Nick Cave: Forothermore."&nbsp;PHOTO: NATHAN KEAY, © MCA CHICAGO. <h4><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nick-cave-kansas-city-international-airport-art-grounded-over-safety-concerns-1234729292/" target="_blank">Nick Cave’s $1 M. Airport Art Grounded Over Safety Concerns After Part Falls to the Floor</a></h4> A kinetic sculpture by&nbsp;<a style="color: var(--color-brand-primary,#ec1c24);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/t/nick-cave/" target="_blank">Nick Cave</a>&nbsp;formerly installed at the Kansas City International Airport’s new terminal may be permanently grounded after its spinner broke off and fell to the floor in October. A subsequent engineering report found that thought the $1 million artwork did not injure anyone during the incident, the spinners’ connectors cannot support the work’s weight and movement over time, posing a risk of future failures. City officials later removed the sculpture, which features 2,800 spinners suspended from the check-in hall ceiling,&nbsp;<a style="color: var(--color-brand-primary,#ec1c24);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-most-popular-artworks-kci-191719833.html" target="_blank">the&nbsp;Kansas City Star</a>, reports. Via ARTnews <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1737145213/a4z1rr5tq0f7uhipcasz.jpg">Installation view of Portrait Society Gallery's booth at Untitled Art Fair (2024) (all images Debra Brehmer/Hyperallergic) <h4><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://hyperallergic.com/978630/my-small-gallery-lost-money-at-an-art-fair-it-hurt/" target="_blank">My Small Gallery Lost Money at an Art Fair. It Hurt.</a></h4> On the plane back from Miami, I add up expenses versus income from this year’s Untitled Art Fair. It is our third year here, and our first bust. As a&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.portraitsocietygallery.com/" target="_blank">small Midwestern gallery</a>, two major art fairs a year — Untitled in Miami and the Outsider Art Fair in New York — can generate a quarter of our annual income. Even more importantly, they help us develop a national collector base for regional artists. There is no other way to survive.&nbsp; Via Hyperallergic <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1737145214/qazosmcf89eoslpnfvx5.jpg">Frida Kahlo in 1939Nickolas Muray Photo Archives <h4><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/03/frida-kahlo-works-enter-the-public-domain-look-out-for-the-fridge-magnets" target="_blank">As Frida Kahlo works enter the public domain, look out for the fridge magnets</a></h4> Each year on 1 January thousands of US copyrights expire, allowing creative works to be shared in the the public domain (copyrights on works—published books, films, songs and art—typically last for 95 years). There are differing copyright laws globally but in the US, UK, and some European countries, works of single authorship generally retain copyright protections for the life of the author plus 70 years. So authors and creators who died in 1954 are now due to seep into the public consciousness like never before. Via The Art Newspaper

This week's art stories: Nick Cave, Small galleries at art fairs, Frida Kahlo public domain

What We're Reading: 1/6/25

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036920/qpu5eioz3ntva8h7xery.jpg"> 2024 was a year full of art and notable events in Chicago and beyond. CGN covered much of what happened locally and also explored art further afield. It was a year of transition, with art world leaders announcing milestones as well as transitions. We even lost some dear friends, whose impact will last for years to come.&nbsp; We interviewed artists, collectors and gallery figures, and we shared hundreds of exhibitions, openings and events all year long. All of this makes up 12 months to remember, while we prepare for a year that is hopefully inspiring, fulfilling and creative. Following are some of our top interviews and articles from a full year. Thank you to our readers, partners and supporters who help us continue to grow and share CGN each year. In 2025 we celebrate 43 years of promoting the visual arts. To purchase a copy or subscribe to the 2025 edition of the CGN Arts Guide, <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://chicagogallerynews.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">click here</a>.&nbsp; Happy new year, and see you in the galleries!&nbsp; – Ginny Van Alyea, CGN Publisher <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036921/gg4mksk30qzuw26klqfc.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/jason-pickleman-1965-2024" target="_blank">Jason Pickleman (1965–2024)</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036922/px19agzrgleoa6hks9l9.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/trailblazing-art-dealer-ann-nathan-has-died-at-98" target="_blank">Trailblazing Art Dealer Ann Nathan Has Died at 98</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036923/ot0ce7kzgdyhauulvtgk.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/artist-joe-siegenthaler-1959-2024" target="_blank">Artist Joe Seigenthaler: 1959–2024</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036923/eyvafspiaeafynhfs4cl.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/plastics-and-flowers-the-art-of-salvador-andrade-arevalo" target="_blank">Plastics and Flowers: the Art of Salvador Andrade Arévalo</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036924/shaeqbhlt1pcwqabbv2m.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/caroline-kent-confidence-on-canvas" target="_blank">Caroline Kent: Confidence On Canvas</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036924/qbwa7wf53rnc8csuaqzn.jpg"> •<a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://chicagogallerynews.retool.com/apps/f298ed7c-8d6d-11ef-9ced-6b2d0df71502/Refactor/Articles" target="_blank"> A Living Collection: Sundeep Mullangi and Trissa Babrowski Support Their City Through Art</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036925/is6o05o09cu6ru19mgrf.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/nurturing-a-garden-of-art-michelle-edwards-tends-to-her-collection" target="_blank">Nurturing a Garden of Art: Michelle Edwards Tends to Her Collection</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036926/vcotsmly68mojbnbufku.png"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/announcing-a-program-change-at-rhona-hoffman-gallery" target="_blank">Announcing a Program Change at Rhona Hoffman Gallery</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036927/rum3rvukqkxrbf9zl56a.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/three-chicago-galleries-navigate-their-twenties" target="_blank">Three Chicago Galleries Navigate Their Twenties</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036927/di9uvhxiq8lsycm8lcgn.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/a-young-gallerist-imagines-the-future-povos-s-lucca-colombelli" target="_blank">A Young Gallerist Imagines the Future: Povos's Lucca Colombelli</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036928/ykelykgmptfwkzm2n4yb.jpg">• <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/carl-hammer-45-years-of-steady-change" target="_blank">Carl Hammer: 45 Years of Steady Change</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036929/tlxzxvbtkov13li9go7t.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/moving-out-and-on-an-interview-with-tom-mccormick" target="_blank">Moving Out and On: An Interview with Tom McCormick</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036930/vatxc785lcpg50g5vzpb.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/20-years-of-drawing-the-world-to-chicago-millennium-park" target="_blank">20 Years of Drawing the World to Chicago Millennium Park</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036930/xjmclxnh1xuxbmjmopgg.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/gertie-makes-no-little-plans-chicago-exhibition-weekend-2024" target="_blank">Gertie Makes No Little Plans: Chicago Exhibition Weekend 2024, and Beyond</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036931/uu0ziie4qbg8ks5f0xhs.jpg"> • <a style="color: rgb(9, 78, 192);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/the-healing-power-of-art-art-s-impact-on-healthcare" target="_blank">The Healing Power of Art: Art’s Impact on Healthcare</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles" target="_blank">To read all of CGN's news and interviews click here.&nbsp;</a> # <h5 class="ql-align-center"> </h5>

2024: CGN's Year in Review

By CGN Staff Events and exhibitions happening in galleries and museums are added to <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=upcoming" target="_blank">chicagogallerynews.com</a> throughout the year. Highlights for 2025 include everything from museum blockbusters to under-the-radar shows and international art fairs – something everywhere for everyone. There are also shows yet to be announced in the galleries listed in CGN. To stay up to date with galleries and museums in 2025 <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://chicagogallerynews.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">subscribe to CGN or purchase a copy</a> of the print edition of our annual Arts Guide. <h6> </h6><h6><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036893/yvtnradhjklxlbj53fiv.jpg"></h6>Wafaa Bilal (b. 1966, Najaf, Iraq),&nbsp;Domestic Tension, 2007. © Wafaa Bilal. Courtesy of the artist.<h6> </h6><h6> </h6><h6>Wafaa Bilal:&nbsp;Indulge Me</h6> Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me is the first major&nbsp;survey of internationally renowned artist&nbsp;Wafaa Bilal. Working in performance, sculpture, and with online and interactive technologies, Bilal’s interdisciplinary practice investigates the dynamic between international and interpersonal politics while highlighting the tension between his home in the United States, which he has deemed the “comfort zone,” and the “conflict zone” of Iraq. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)Feb 1–Oct 19, 2025 • <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://visit.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/wafaa-bilal-indulge-me/" target="_blank">mcachicago.org</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036893/ubhhblicfudmp0ifheym.jpg">Lucia Koch, 3X3 Pots, 2024. IN/SITU installation view: In the Country of Last Things at EXPO CHICAGO 2024. Courtesy the artist and Nara Roseler, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, New York. Photo: Evan Jenkins. <h6> </h6><h6>EXPO&nbsp;CHICAGO</h6> Under the&nbsp;vaulted architecture of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, the exposition will bring together global galleries and unrivaled programming, alongside unforgettable events throughout the city during EXPO ART WEEK. The 12th anniversary of EXPO CHICAGO returns in April. Navy Pier&nbsp;April 24–27, 2025 • <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.expochicago.com/" target="_blank">expochicago.com</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036894/wnes2at7fjlbqvs61pek.jpg"> <h6> </h6><h6>Hokusai and ukiyo-e: The Floating World</h6> This exhibition showcases 50 artworks by the masters of Japan’s Edo period (1603-1868). Works by acclaimed artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige are a window into the life during this time when the city of Edo (present-day Tokyo) thrived as the center of Japan’s economy and culture. Cleve Carney Museum of Art&nbsp;Summer 2025 • <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theccma.org/upcoming" target="_blank">theccma.org</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036895/sftbkd9rp9ypvaexw3t5.jpg">Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877, The Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. Worcester Collection <h6>Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World</h6> At a time when modernity was synonymous with fashionable young women and new forms of entertainment, Caillebotte focused instead on a more intimate and individualized sphere: his family and friends, fellow sportsmen and neighbors. This exhibition, which opened at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris in October 2024, includes more than 120 works—paintings, works on paper, photographs, and other ephemera from throughout Caillebotte’s career. Art Institute of ChicagoJune 29–Oct 5, 2025<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/10068/gustave-caillebotte-painting-his-world" target="_blank">artic.edu</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036895/cwt2386y91kzt0qpouej.jpg"> <h6> </h6><h6>The Door County Contemporary Art Fair</h6> A new art fair in the region will take place in June in Door County, Wisconsin. DCC will include several Chicago galleries, Wisconsin artists, as well as their Midwestern peers. The three-day program will introduce art to art enthusiasts in an event yet unseen in Wisconsin. Born from the desire to address a lack of contemporary art in an otherwise culturally enriched and dynamic destination, it will also feature a wealth of site-specific art works and projects, plenty of Wisconsin-centric food and drink, and curated events and art-related projects. Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek, WisconsinJune 6–9, 2025 • <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.doorcountycontemporary.com/" target="_blank">doorcountycontemporary.com</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036896/t8dadxrnlh7zdxz7ant6.jpg"> <h6> </h6><h6>Mapping Outside the Lines</h6> For centuries, mapmakers have experimented with the placement, density, and purpose of lines like these to make maps seem simple and objective. Just follow this line and you’ll have everything you need—or so the map leads you to believe. These lines are never as straightforward as they seem. This exhibition follows lines on maps to their extremes. By exploring how maps use lines to make the world legible, the exhibition will bring you through examples of mapmakers and artists who have created, bent, and broken these linear rules. Sept 11, 2025–Jan 3, 2026Newberry Library • <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newberry.org/calendar/mapping-outside-the-lines" target="_blank">newberry.org</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036897/cqr9cvuog5i2vbktsfku.jpg">100 Links: Architecture and Land, in and out of the Americas, 2023, The Buell Center and AD—WO, Columbia University. Photo by Cory Dewald <h6> </h6><h6>Chicago Architectural Biennial:&nbsp;CAB 6</h6> The Chicago Architecture Biennial’s public programs explore issues at the heart of urban experience and architectural practice. These events invite dialogue about how we engage the world we live in. More than 100 organizations across Chicago partner with the Biennial, serving as host venues and producing independent exhibitions and programs throughout the neighborhoods.&nbsp;This year’s biennial is CAB 6: Shift: Architecture in Times of Radical Change&nbsp; Taking place city-wide and at the&nbsp;Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington Blvd.)&nbsp; Sept 12, 2025–Feb 28, 2026 •&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/" target="_blank">chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748036898/kflpzsaiyzvihiemwtgr.jpg"> <h6>Intuit is reopening</h6> Intuit, the organization founded in 1991 to promote Outsider art, has been undergoing an extensive renovation for the past couple years. This spring they will reopen and also debut a new name, the Intuit Art Museum. In the meantime they are still hosting programs online. 756 N. Milwaukee Ave.&nbsp;Chicago, IL 60642<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.art.org/" target="_blank">www.art.org</a>

A preview of notable art events and exhibitions in Chicago and the Midwest in 2025

CGN's 2025 Culture List

To receive the 2025 Arts Guide in the mail, <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://chicagogallerynews.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">click here</a>. It also makes a great gift all year long! <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748038019/fpfxzqxdxzlty12p7myp.jpg">Image: CGN Publisher Ginny B. Van Alyea with her family at the Detroit Institute of Arts, posing in a reflection of a work by Tiff Massey. Photo by Albert Van Alyea. My children are finding out that traveling with mom involves seeking out art – often it’s work-related, but it’s also because seeing art in other places is eye opening. Despite some protests on our most recent trip, the kids are coming around to the idea that there is a reason why most tourists like to visit museums (and galleries). Personally, I am interested in exploring what distinguishes art communities around the country, and of course comparing them to home. Art-wise, Chicago has everything going on here. It really does. The city counts dozens of world class institutions, and there is a long history of a multi-generational collector base that built these institutions. We also have scores of smaller, independent spaces supporting artists in the early stages. Some of the world’s most famous artists today are either from Chicago or started and built their careers here. Multiple schools and programs in the area are hard at work nurturing the next generation. The City dedicates resources to an evolving collection of public art (a proven tourism success). And still, it’s like when your mother tells you you’re the best. Sometimes, it means more when someone else tells you the same thing.&nbsp; Every few years the topic of Chicago’s national art reputation bubbles up. Someone talks about that other city where things happen–when anyone there takes note or writes about Chicago, somehow it means more. It’s like really being seen. But first Chicago needs to see itself. There is so much here, and we need not be overlooked.&nbsp; * I started working at CGN in 2002. I have spent this last year approaching an unusual milestone. As of 2024 I’ve spent half of my life–all of my adult years–working on this publication. It’s an interesting thing traveling to other parts of the country and visiting arts communities, only to come home to be enamored with the legacy Chicago has built over the decades. As we head into 2025, I hope each of you will champion art close to home. It’s a new year, and there is new art. I encourage you to seek out undiscovered spaces and reconnect with the ones you already know. And be sure to take friends with you and introduce them to CGN and this exciting, dynamic world right here in Chicago. For my family despite a little resistance, art is opening our eyes, and there is still much more to see.&nbsp; &nbsp;– Ginny Van Alyea <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748038019/k72zmrekvfyz3aau2iaa.jpg"> 2025 Cover artwork:&nbsp;Jonathan&nbsp;Higgins, “Untitled (dark blue)”, 2019. Metalpoint drawing in silver and copper on dark blue acrylic ground on panel.&nbsp;30 x 30 x 2.75 inches. Courtesy Jonathan&nbsp;tcHiggins and <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mannekenpress.com" target="_blank">Manneken Press.</a>

Publisher's Letter: 2025

<h3><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1736438790/jpmyqdd5d3iaqsasg0gx.jpg"></h3>Image: Naomi Beckwith at the Guggenheim. © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2021. Photo: Jens Schott Knudsen. <h3><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/naomi-beckwith-documenta-16-2589767" target="_blank">Naomi Beckwith Will Lead the Next Edition of Documenta</a></h3> The shareholders of Germany’s esteemed quinquennial exhibition Documenta have named Naomi Beckwith as artistic director of the next Documenta, number 16, which takes place in Kassel, Germany, in 2027. The deputy director and chief curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Beckwith has previously held curatorial posts at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.&nbsp; Via Artnet <h3><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/12/17/robert-smithson-spiral-jetty-national-register-historic-places-land-art" target="_blank">Robert Smithson’s famed Land art piece Spiral Jetty added to US National Register of Historic Places</a></h3> Robert Smithson’s&nbsp;Spiral Jetty&nbsp;(1970), arguably the most famous work of Land art in the world, has been added to the US’s National Register of Historic Places. The recognition means that&nbsp;Spiral Jetty&nbsp;is liable to come to the attention of a broader public than the art devotees who already make the trek to the northern shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake to glimpse the work. Being on the National Register of Historic Places, which is administered by the National Park Service, also means an emphasis on preservation, which is crucial given the work’s&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/02/great-salt-lake-shrinking-greenhouse-gas-emissions" target="_blank">sensitive ecological setting</a>. Via The Art Newspaper <h3><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/cast-of-new-film-the-gallerist-confirmed-1234727991/" target="_blank">Cast of New Film ‘The Gallerist’ Confirmed As Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and More</a></h3> Written by Yan (Birds of Prey) and James Pedersen (High Heat), the film follows a desperate gallerist who conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.&nbsp; Via ARTnews

What We're Reading: 12/18/24

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1736438850/tqv3qkpzxkmkaxbcyohe.jpg"> <a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-artists-december-2024-2580715" target="_blank">Which Artists Dominate U.S. Museums Right Now? We Crunch the Numbers</a>I looked at more than 200 museums, and counted which artists were on view any time during December (that includes a show like the Baltimore Museum’s “Illustrating Agency,” which closed December 1). The resulting list includes a little more than 3,400 artist names. Of these, only about 300 appear more than once—a tiny fraction. And of these, a very few repeat multiple times, giving a sense of which voices are most resonating with curators and institutions.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/arts/design/met-museum-frida-escobedo-architecture-tang-wing-art.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gU4.D4rR.Jzcq2EbgzmXu&amp;smid=url-share" target="_blank">Met Museum Unveils Design for New Modern Wing</a>The metaphor of weaving has informed Frida Escobedo’s design for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s long-awaited new wing for Modern and contemporary art, which was unveiled on Tuesday.It is present in the architectural screen of limestone lattice that wraps the new wing’s exterior on the museum’s southwest corner, creating a diaphanous surface that will change as the sun moves through it during the day. It is present in the placement of windows, offering glimpses of the city and the park. And it is present in the way that the new wing will connect to the adjacent galleries, emphasizing the connectivity between different regions, disciplines and civilizations.Via NYTimes&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/12/03/south-florida-which-has-been-dubbed-wall-street-south-luresbut-does-not-mintcollectors?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=04f3551815-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_05_02_11_46_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-5856d4a6ca-61117077" target="_blank">South Florida, which has been dubbed ‘Wall Street South’, lures—but does not mint—collectors</a>A paradox has emerged in South Florida’s art economy in the years following the Covid-19 lockdowns. On the one hand, the region’s upper income brackets have swelled from a massive influx of finance firms and their staff—so much so that Miami and West Palm Beach have worked to rebrand themselves as “Wall Street South”. On the other hand, after a two-year growth spurt, the pinnacle of South Florida’s art-market infrastructure has receded noticeably since 2023, even as economic indicators suggest the area has never offered a broader, richer base of potential buyers.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 12/10/24

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1736438872/kjvzbg4nllddcrlzueon.jpg"> Via PR The Hyde Park Art Center last week announced the 2024&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://oq8cplyab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZA4zm-2EplBBIGpY9eECpIorEEkJMtCCq6YSFXLYmGtlonD9Ht9RxFuDJGPNXWMaI5MaNHWKvfp-c8lahpr1LrHkg_Ab8ywktt4xwmzNDievudAVBa2q0GU_aEZ_C6qI0I4UNmNyQ3d6baxlnBifhGPFoQzo6CnICxm_hKNtYBHp-4oNL2lgpIDQaQGwnd-3aCljKAuxN5_JcVjSgzwBpeuwCQUwWQkFMFFyJiGakCFe3h0fYK_4dw==&amp;c=5I4Gt_LMR3J07cZz5cVxx1FprQSARcI2w4OFvJ_jSV9JShNmjqqUZg==&amp;ch=OhDqr2djJYY_H7aVshqwoAI7Reh-mEqx5oSo0pNsOBISqWQw66whZA==" target="_blank">Artists Run Chicago Fund</a>&nbsp;grantees, these 15 independent artist-run platforms received $8,000 in unrestricted funds. This year’s recipients include:&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://oq8cplyab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZA4zm-2EplBBIGpY9eECpIorEEkJMtCCq6YSFXLYmGtlonD9Ht9RxNRudkOcPq_Eho5QL2CWCzNSYypHKV_p3sOTJlrsQD4l8vIpOTb2GzAzwmzIlj1b6MltN5GbXUQoc8h4T4VQ_7MRUuc3QHqD7N_kzkGtwxPth26O_PGjB8s=&amp;c=5I4Gt_LMR3J07cZz5cVxx1FprQSARcI2w4OFvJ_jSV9JShNmjqqUZg==&amp;ch=OhDqr2djJYY_H7aVshqwoAI7Reh-mEqx5oSo0pNsOBISqWQw66whZA==" target="_blank">Art Center of Englewood</a>,&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://oq8cplyab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZA4zm-2EplBBIGpY9eECpIorEEkJMtCCq6YSFXLYmGtlonD9Ht9RxNRudkOcPq_E6qpn_nSfmgYvMmrZBwIfU8cpNdPQFBR8ASGOtyp5XI2V32TN0y-yPshIfItIrHhJkL0k38jCsAS37t5_ZUZ9ZZZnWhlIq9wiM_I-sjzdTcZbxwDQSNvJmw==&amp;c=5I4Gt_LMR3J07cZz5cVxx1FprQSARcI2w4OFvJ_jSV9JShNmjqqUZg==&amp;ch=OhDqr2djJYY_H7aVshqwoAI7Reh-mEqx5oSo0pNsOBISqWQw66whZA==" target="_blank">Blue Station</a>,&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" 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href="https://oq8cplyab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZA4zm-2EplBBIGpY9eECpIorEEkJMtCCq6YSFXLYmGtlonD9Ht9RxNRudkOcPq_EFmNKSitWa8Eibxew5iNTvCTEyXeSQWeLEeN-lNWGh2of7Sfqi06Neh_ahurePhLMEh2-iuEC__vcMBjFr8u0ZF4FrRRAcgss&amp;c=5I4Gt_LMR3J07cZz5cVxx1FprQSARcI2w4OFvJ_jSV9JShNmjqqUZg==&amp;ch=OhDqr2djJYY_H7aVshqwoAI7Reh-mEqx5oSo0pNsOBISqWQw66whZA==" target="_blank">Weatherproof</a>. To date, the&nbsp;Artists Run Chicago Fund&nbsp;has distributed one million dollars to over 100 independent artists-run platforms.&nbsp; The 2024 Artists Run Chicago Fund is generously supported by the Good Chaos Foundation, the Local South Foundation, and The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation. <a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://oq8cplyab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZA4zm-2EplBBIGpY9eECpIorEEkJMtCCq6YSFXLYmGtlonD9Ht9RxFuDJGPNXWMaI5MaNHWKvfp-c8lahpr1LrHkg_Ab8ywktt4xwmzNDievudAVBa2q0GU_aEZ_C6qI0I4UNmNyQ3d6baxlnBifhGPFoQzo6CnICxm_hKNtYBHp-4oNL2lgpIDQaQGwnd-3aCljKAuxN5_JcVjSgzwBpeuwCQUwWQkFMFFyJiGakCFe3h0fYK_4dw==&amp;c=5I4Gt_LMR3J07cZz5cVxx1FprQSARcI2w4OFvJ_jSV9JShNmjqqUZg==&amp;ch=OhDqr2djJYY_H7aVshqwoAI7Reh-mEqx5oSo0pNsOBISqWQw66whZA==" target="_blank">LEARN MORE</a>

Hyde Park Art Center Announces 2024 Artists Run Chicago Grantees

Via PR CHICAGO—&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mcachicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c24ba7c5a91cefd699dc985e1&amp;id=87ac4da968&amp;e=95b957c616" target="_blank">The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mcachicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c24ba7c5a91cefd699dc985e1&amp;id=2384fa8901&amp;e=95b957c616" target="_blank">Marisol</a>&nbsp;are excited to announce upcoming collaborations for the winter season. These include a continuation of the Chef Collaboration Series, originated by Chef Jason Hammel, and a new lager launched in partnership with Marz Brewery. The new dish for the Chef Collaboration Series, which focuses on spotlighting local culinary talent, will be a Duck Confit Salad by Chef Ryan Brosseau of French-Canadian restaurant Dear Margeret. The salad features a diverse array of ingredients including white beans, roasted pumpkin, demi-glace, pickled onion, arugula, Banyuls vinaigrette, fines herbes, and cured duck yolk. This salad will be available starting on December 3, 2024 for both lunch and dinner. Starting in December, Marisol will also serve a limited-edition black lager, titled The End, in collaboration with&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mcachicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c24ba7c5a91cefd699dc985e1&amp;id=9f00b0c888&amp;e=95b957c616" target="_blank">McKinley Park’s Marz Brewery</a>. This collaboration is in the spirit of&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mcachicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c24ba7c5a91cefd699dc985e1&amp;id=b5ab6f984c&amp;e=95b957c616" target="_blank">The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020</a>, MCA’s recently-opened exhibition that runs through March 16, 2025. With hints of chocolate and coffee, The End is the perfect beer for cozy winter evenings. The dark lager has a low hop bitterness aroma with a 5.5% ABV. In January 2025, customers will be able to pair this beer with Marisol’s upcoming prix fixe menu in collaboration with Chicago Restaurant Week. Marisol also has spirit-free beverages for those participating in Dry January, including El Cielo, which has lavender, ginger, lime, and tonic, and The Kiss, featuring Seedlip Spice 94, rose mallow, and lemon. Lunch hours are 11 am to 2 pm and dinner hours are 5:30 pm to 9 pm, Tuesday to Friday; brunch hours are 10:30 am to 2 pm, Saturday and Sunday. Museum admission is not required to eat at Marisol and parking validation is available.

MCA Announces New Chef + Restaurant Collaboration for Winter 2024/25

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1736438908/jjfpylehecmqun7yh3eb.jpg"> <a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/35th-annual-international-small-print-show-and-holiday-sale-preview" target="_blank">35th Annual International Small Print Show and Holiday Sale Preview</a>Opening: Friday, December 6, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmOpening: Sunday, December 8, 11&nbsp;am – 7&nbsp;pmChicago Printmakers Collaborative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1736438909/ztnph77hz3kqhkqcctxr.png"> <a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/little-but-bold-csi-member-benefit-art-auction" target="_blank">Little but Bold! CSI Member Benefit Art Auction</a>Opening: Saturday, December 7, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Sculpture International (CSI)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1736438910/jspsyfj5hbvivcqmrcin.jpg"> <a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/holiday-art-sale-2b575172-9e4e-4cf9-9a15-e09a09bb5e6c" target="_blank">Holiday Art Sale</a>December 7 – 22Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC)&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1736438910/lobk8oy1zxdv1nltpodf.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/drie-cember-holiday-market" target="_blank">Drie-cember Holiday Market</a>December 7 – 8The Driehaus Museum&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1736438911/zczvlyz4ufrigaljljlk.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/underground-art-market-annual-winter-holiday-pop-up-market" target="_blank">Underground Art Market | Annual Winter Holiday Pop-Up Market</a>Saturday, December 7, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmUnderground Art Market&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1736438912/j2wwuep9e6y4ppizja5e.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/highland-park-vintage-shindig-63be393c-3e22-4d6a-9c6a-daff55bbbb1c" target="_blank">Highland Park Vintage Shindig</a>Sunday, December 8, 10&nbsp;am – 5&nbsp;pmRandolph Street Market&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Holiday Markets and Sales Taking Place this Weekend

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1737145134/a2pnxwlk7lb1bxjudxd9.png"> <a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/heather-guidero-s-trunk-show" target="_blank">Heather Guidero's Trunk Show</a>December 6 – 7Pistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry and Objects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1737145135/nzb0ulsruervdulcmuwn.png"> <a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/holly-holmes-reverberations" target="_blank">Holly Holmes: Reverberations</a>Opening: Friday, December 6, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1737145135/d834zvvztlw1ateeb2g7.jpg">&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ground-floor-9409a652-c117-48a5-9463-b14f1dbfcfa2" target="_blank">Ground Floor</a>Opens December 7Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC)&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1737145137/zsctakhdf0jkxni3pivi.png">&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/isabelle-frances-mcguire-year-zero" target="_blank">Isabelle Frances McGuire: Year Zero</a>Opening: Saturday, December 7, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmThe Renaissance Society&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1737145137/p5ynrzsbuaxycggqmi2r.jpg">&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/artist-led-exhibition-tour-rafael-blanco" target="_blank">Artist-led Exhibition Tour: Rafael Blanco</a>Saturday, December 7, 1 – 2&nbsp;pmElmhurst Art Museum&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1737145138/gfues7nbhhs0imuh3pl2.png">&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/talk-arthur-jafa-robert-hood" target="_blank">Talk | Arthur Jafa + Robert Hood</a>Saturday, December 7, 2 – 3&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Exhibitions Opening and Talks for December 6 -7

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255598/fozyylyzfd5lcqehq6jc.png">Art Institute of Chicago Receives Record $75 M. Gift Toward ExpansionThe&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/t/art-institute-of-chicago/" target="_blank">Art Institute of Chicago</a>&nbsp;(AIC) received a $75 million donation from&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/t/aaron-i-fleischman/" target="_blank">Aaron I. Fleischman</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/t/lin-lougheed/" target="_blank">Lin Lougheed</a>&nbsp;to support future expansion, the museum announced on Tuesday.The largest naming gift in the museum’s 145-year history, the funds will be used to realize building plans that expand access to the museum’s collection and enhance visitor experience. The Aaron I. Fleischman and Lin Lougheed building will house new galleries for the museum’s collection of late 19th-century, modern, and contemporary art.“We are beyond grateful to collaborate with Aaron and Lin to imagine the future of our campus,”said president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago James Rondeau in a statement. “Their exceptional generosity and vision will allow our aspirations to become a reality and I am grateful for their dedication to Chicago, and to serving our visitors for generations to come.”By Francesca Aton<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-institute-of-chicago-receives-75-million-gift-aaron-i-fleischman-lin-lougheed-1234717196/" target="_blank">Via Art News</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inside the Wintrust Mag Mile Lights Festival: Where holiday dreams came to lifeFor the 33rd annual Wintrust Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, people from across the country turned out in record numbers to see the magic along the Mag Mile. This iconic event, the largest evening parade in the U.S., delivered festive surprises that had onlookers cheering from start to finish.By Candace Jordan<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagostarmedia.com/candid_candace/inside-the-wintrust-mag-mile-lights-festival-where-holiday-dreams-came-to-life/article_59eb02a0-ab6c-11ef-9223-57f1bc3a6f2c.html" target="_blank">Via Chicago Star</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Celebrated Chicago artist Kevin A. Williams returns home for exhibit of his paintings in Hyde ParkAn accomplished artist makes a trip back home, reflecting on his roots, and sharing his story about his "Sweet Home Chicago" years. Kevin A. Williams, known by his artist moniker WAK, got his start in life and in art in the heart of the South Shore neighborhood. "It's been a beautiful journey. This was probably the best of times, when you don't know how it's going to turn out," he said.It was in South Shore that a teenage Williams was convinced that art could be his life's work. Williams, whose paintings now are celebrated around the world, and hanging in galleries, first found a paying audience on East 87th Street.<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/artist-kevin-a-williams-wak-exhibit-hyde-park-connect-gallery/" target="_blank">Via CBS News</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tearing down Elgin building designed by Marina City architect is a bitter pill to swallowThe Elgin Mental Health Center Medical and Surgical building, a modernist cylindrical tower designed by the late architectural pioneer Bertrand Goldberg, is being eyeballed for demolition.Built in 1967, the five-story building has been closed since July 2002. An Illinois Department of Human Services spokesperson said the building was shuttered due to the dangers of asbestos and “multiple” structural hazards.“At this time, the building is on a list for possible demolition,” the spokesperson said. “However, at this time IDHS does not have a timeline for when the potential demolition might occur.”By Lee Bey<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/11/13/tearing-down-elgin-building-designed-by-marina-city-architect-is-a-bitter-pill-to-swallow" target="_blank">Via Chicago Sun Times</a>

What We're Reading 11/26/24

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255540/awxp8thx07p7hngu3ax3.jpg">&nbsp;By ABBEY KOTDavid Salkin runs his namesake&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.davidsalkin.com/" target="_blank">creative design studio</a>&nbsp;and exhibition program in West Town, where he draws from his architectural training to create artistic, and often custom, domestic and commercial objects and materials with distinct urban patterns and themes.Recently, I sat down with Salkin to discuss his architectural background and the benefits of creative collaboration.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255541/eqba5umoyrw7uniagynu.jpg">Drawing studies. Photo by Nick Albertson&nbsp;CGN: Your background in architecture implies a tendency to work in a three dimensional format, however your mediums of choice tend to be flat, including digital sketches and wool rugs. What is your process when translating urban architectural inspiration into two dimensional mediums?&nbsp;David Salkin:&nbsp;As a child, I had a fascination for maps and architectural drawings because they gave me a way to "see" a place without physically being there. I grew up studying these flat representations, trying to imagine and "3Dify" them. Over time, I realized that two-dimensional space allows for other ways to understand rhythm and scale that aren’t as evident in the built environment. By thinking about architecture through the lens of surface design, I am looking to capture the patterns and spatial relationships that make cities what they are. It’s not about replicating the experience of three dimensions but about distilling it into a kind of visual code that reveals its underlying geometry — patterns, textures, and proportions — and bringing out the hidden rhythms of a place.&nbsp;I have come to think of my process as “breaking the grid.” It is the moment when I consciously step outside my comfort zone to reimagine and reconfigure the grid of a city to create new patterns that challenge the status quo. In practice, breaking the grid manifests in asymmetrical layouts, unexpected alignments, and dynamic compositions that draw the eye in new and intriguing ways. I experiment with overlapping elements, varied spacing, and irregular shapes, all while maintaining an underlying sense of cohesion and balance. My goal is to create designs that feel fresh and innovative yet still communicate effectively and resonate.&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255542/wgpd5mti40nyeiqudgze.jpg">&nbsp;CGN: Architecture and installation pieces are site-specific, offering a sense of exclusivity. How does this affect your creative practice when utilizing the physical gallery space?&nbsp;DS: It’s exactly that. The studio is the connection between the bespoke object and creative process. My space is open and intentionally inclusive—anyone can walk in and engage with me and the work. I chose my studio space intentionally – to be an active participant in a community of other creative people and programs at the 1709 gallery building. The physical space of my studio lets me experiment and play, grounding my work in the immediate surroundings. And because of my desire to be accessible and open, I like to believe I’m demonstrating a kind of generosity, where I share my interests with others, inviting them to interact with works that range from tactile pieces to conceptual installations.&nbsp;&nbsp;CGN: Your style leans towards modern and postmodernist art with a focus on flatness and geometry. What do you say to those who view modern architecture as the “death of detail”?&nbsp;DS: I think modern architecture and design are misunderstood if they're seen as lacking detail. Modernism, to me, is all about nuance and restraint. The detail is there; it just demands a different kind of attention. Look at the way patterns align or see the texture in a surface — these are intentional choices that speak volumes. Modernism, to me, is optimistic and outward-looking, relying on intentional subtleties that invite you to look closer. Every detail in a modern piece holds meaning without shouting, and that, to me, is where the beauty lies. By contrast, I find that postmodernism veers into irony, as if it's given up on earnestness, detracting from the authenticity of design.&nbsp;In terms of my own work, I think the richness lies in the tension between minimalism and intricacy. Geometric shapes and clean lines invite you to notice subtleties that might be overlooked in more ornate forms. When I strip a design to its essence, I am bound to make every choice a crucial one. And in the process, the detail becomes the experience of form itself rather than a superfluous element.&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255542/ux3rpzoawskja2rsq6pg.jpg">&nbsp;CGN: What do you feel are the benefits of creative collaboration, especially in a practice like yours, which involves teamwork in many stages of the process?&nbsp;DS: Collaboration introduces fresh perspectives and expertise that I couldn’t achieve alone. I crave that shared energy, where ideas evolve through dialogue and hands-on exchange. Each person I work with —whether they’re an artisan, a fabricator, or another designer — adds layers to the work that make it richer and more intricate. For example, collaborating with master craftspeople gives me access to a level of material knowledge that’s invaluable. They help transform my designs into something beyond what I could create solo, embedding their own narratives and skills into each piece. As time goes on, I am more aware of the power of collaboration and look to find ways to make it a constant dynamic in my practice rather than episodic.&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255543/qv6ta7gwjig5fw2yycx2.jpg">&nbsp;CGN: Do you have any advice for young artists beginning their professional practices?&nbsp;DS: My advice is to embrace the process of learning and don’t shy away from experimentation. Study everything, including disciplines outside your own. Often, the most rewarding work comes from taking risks, trying new techniques, and challenging conventional thinking. Be present, be curious, and engage with the world around you. Don’t get caught up in trends or in trying to perform for others — authenticity matters more than you think. Don’t get trapped in the digital space; instead, step out and experience things firsthand. Take time to connect, ask questions, and don’t rush through your work. Because when you focus on building relationships and engaging with other artists, mentors, and collaborators, the real magic happens and you create conditions to grow, adapt, and stay inspired.#&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.davidsalkin.com/" target="_blank">David Salkin Creative Surface Design</a>1709 West Chicago Avenue, #2A, Chicago, Illinois, 60622

CGN Insights: David Salkin, David Salkin Creative Surface Design

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255447/hzax38fzspanoug4h9bd.jpg">3Arts team at the 2024 3Arts Awards Celebration from left to right: Mesha Arant, Cat Tager, Esther Grimm, Sidney Mori Garrett, and Taylor Roberts. Photo by Rankin Photography3Arts – Cat TagerThe&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.3arts.org/" target="_blank">3Arts</a>&nbsp;Board of Directors announces the appointment of Cat Tager to the role of Executive Director, effective on January 1, when she will succeed founding Executive Director Esther Grimm, who has led the organization for 23 years and will transition into the role of Executive Advisor through next March. A professional musician and experienced and passionate arts administrator, Cat served on the 3Arts board for ten years and subsequently joined the staff as Director of Development and Partnerships in 2022.&nbsp;3Arts also announced that Sidney Mori Garret has been promoted to the position of Director of Programs, beginning on January 1, after serving most recently as Interim Director of Programs.&nbsp;In early 2025, 3Arts will launch two job searches to fill the positions of Director of Development and Partnerships and Manager of Programs.To learn more about the leadership transition,&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://xbbqkwbab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00107VemiqlBWFuuOEF3U_Fh8Xt5ZVuawcXbB2zCWVqFhNr8KZWC1dAlfkFGHhAXTmjaSKXI6q_fOSbS5TAB0lmbxHufby3fs_ViLwZBu25lWdCgQnOVvQcj1hRCovfbb45pOV3zzP2Io7RhS_AkIHa1Y9-PXqPqF5RPQ9-_nJ0FNOM4I_zokY9KBFZ6Bc23kdp1IUrOzgpsfuWVnOogeRNPxWxcUoWbPY1tFPbQFjUg_K7X4zh6fHHVg==&amp;c=i2hOoK65-PAHSOs1TDhSmDR-3wc1ZxAsmG930Wxxl57K45uVom41Yw==&amp;ch=Qq5SDgPLpzbMEFBIR9eK-eFS1_A7vgHJIzZJnGvrTAd9dka0Owy7Bg==" target="_blank">read the full press release&nbsp;here.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255448/aqqpxneeiziln8j3lgvp.png">Mariela AcuñaHyde Park Art Center - Mariela Acuña<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/" target="_blank">Hyde Park Art Center</a>&nbsp;Co-Directors Jeannette Tremblay Chambers and Aaron Rodgers announced the pomotion of Mariela Acuña to Director of Exhibitions and Residency Programs. Acuña’s new role was announced at the Art Center’s 85th Anniversary Gala (November 15, 2024) during remarks to community members, artists, and supporters. Acuña will assume her new role on November 25th, 2024.Chambers and Rodgers stated, "We are thrilled that Mariela is taking up the mantle of Director of Exhibitions and Residency Programs at Hyde Park Art Center. Having witnessed Mariela's exceptional contributions not only to the Art Center thus far, but also to the breadth of Chicago’s artistic landscape, we are confident she will guide our programs to their next echelons of success, building on the 20-year legacy of Allison Peters Quinn before her."Acuña is an art administrator and curator from San José, Costa Rica. As Exhibitions and Residency Manager at Hyde Park Art Center, she has led the Jackman Goldwasser Residency which supports local, national, and international artists and curators, taking a care-based approach to honing artistic practices and strengthening networks within the creative community. Acuña will continue to oversee the Art Center’s residencies, plus its publishing platform Green Lantern Press, and the Artists Run Chicago Fund, an innovative regranting initiative which has distributed over one million dollars to nearly 100 artist-run platforms since 2020. In her new role, Acuña will also oversee a program of 12 exhibitions each year at the Art Center.Acuña says, "I am so excited and deeply honored to take on the role of Director of Exhibitions and Residency Programs at Hyde Park Art Center. For me, this is a dream job, building upon Allison’s visionary work and expanding the impact of our exhibitions and residency programs to transform the lives and careers of countless artists in Chicago. I look forward to continuing to deepen our capacity to support artists in ways that only Hyde Park Art Center can, alongside my dear colleagues who are brilliant, talented, and generous.”&nbsp;Spudnik Press - Meg Duguid<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.spudnikpress.org/" target="_blank">Spudnik Press</a>&nbsp;announced the appointment of Meg Duguid as the organization’s Interim Executive Director.&nbsp;Duguid’s appointment comes after a search led by the Board of Directors in collaboration with Spudnik Press staff members and other members of the Spudnik Press community.&nbsp;“We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Meg to our leadership team.” Says Board of Directors Chair, Patti Swanson. “Her visionary ideas, wealth of experience, and prior successful tenures at similar organizations provide the exact combination of skills we were looking for. We are excited to support her as she ushers Spudnik into a new era of growth and change.”&nbsp;As interim executive director, Duguid will lead the press after a long period of rebuilding and structural shifts. Upholding the organization’s commitment to accessibility, equity, and positive change, Duguid plans to grow the community’s membership as well as its outreach and partnerships across Chicago. She brings her leadership and development talents to facilitate the necessary growth of the organization to return to a place of stability. This position will provide the direction and structure to expand its reach and effectiveness to implement the press’s new mission and priorities.“I am ecstatic to be joining the team at Spudnik Press to help plan the future.” Duguid states&nbsp;“Print is such an amazing and accessible medium for conveying emotions, information, and imagery. Supporting artists and makers in their practices and businesses is central to Spudnik's ethos, and I am looking forward to providing platforms for artists to use their voices, imagine new worlds, and envision bold futures.”Duguid comes to Spudnik by way of Columbia College Chicago, where she worked for over a decade managing exhibitions and event spaces in a variety of roles. Duguid’s former colleagues described her as a phenomenal leader dedicated to making sure her community had ample opportunities to share their voice and be represented. Her creative fundraising talents and sharp budgetary skills helped build and fund numerous iconic projects along the Wabash Arts Corridor, developing one of the largest street art and public art collections of women artists and artists of color.&nbsp;

3Arts, Hyde Park Art Center and Spudnik Press Announce Leadership Changes

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255487/ilt8bz89ovdzscwfh5pb.png">By CGN Staff via PRCPS Lives is now&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artistsinpublicschools.org/" target="_blank">Artists in Public Schools</a>!Since 2017 the organization, founded by Suzette Bulley, has partnered with&nbsp;80+ Chicago artists,&nbsp;reached over&nbsp;51,000 students,&nbsp;and worked alongside&nbsp;86 schools&nbsp;in&nbsp;61 neighborhoods&nbsp;to create art that reflects the resilience, diversity, and creativity of Chicago’s communities.The nonprofit's new name directly reflects what they aim to do best:For Artists: Offering paid residencies that empower local creatives to share their vision, build meaningful connections, and grow their practice.For Students: Transforming the classroom experience by cultivating confidence, self-expression, and connection through art.For Schools: Celebrating the unique identity of each school while fostering pride and community through collaborative art-making.The group mission is driven by the belief that many Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students still lack access to the resources and opportunities they need to thrive. Artists in Public Schools bring's professional artists into the public schools through paid residencies, empowering the artists and students, alike, to co-create artwork that captures each school's unique history and present. Artists in Public Schools closes&nbsp;opportunity gaps in the nation’s fourth-largest school district, ensuring Chicago's young people have the chance to explore their potential and tell their story through art.As APS grows, they are advancing their mission to ensure the arts are not a privilege but a right and to help shape a future where every student, school, and artist has the chance to be seen, heard, and celebrated.<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cpslives.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3f6a10c14ffc74d748c865296&amp;id=f908c0b39a&amp;e=4fef97222b" target="_blank">Learn More</a><a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2024/5/recording-a-day-in-the-life-of-cps-artists-in-schools" target="_blank">Read CGN's spring 2024 interview with Founder Suzette Bross Bulley</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255488/vpgkz5kisfu41gdnajoj.png">

CPS Lives is now Artists in Public Schools

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255654/ltdc6jj3roxhuw1shit2.jpg">Looking at Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian,” a banana duct-taped to a wall, at Sotheby’s preview. Who’s laughing? It is estimated to sell for $1 million to $1.5 million.Credit...John Angelillo/UPI, via ShutterstockWill a ‘Trump Bump’ Help the Art Market’s Biggest Week?Will the art market go bananas again, like it did before the pandemic, now that Donald J. Trump has been elected to the White House on promises to cut taxes? Speculative investments like cryptocurrencies have risen in anticipation of a new Republican administration’s anti-regulatory agenda, and the auction world hopes that it can ride an economic boom to recovery after nearly two years of declining sales.The November auction season that starts this week in New York will test the willingness of the ultrarich to spend a pile on artworks.<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/arts/sothebys-auction-art-market-biggest-week.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE4.BM7k.SAJbL-RXHgg1&amp;smid=url-share" target="_blank">Via NYT</a>&nbsp;A Claude Monet ‘Water Lilies’ Scene Sold for $65.5 MillionSotheby’s sold a Claude Monet “Water Lilies” scene for $65.5 million on Monday, a solid start to a weeklong series of New York auctions being closely followed for fresh clues into the art market’s trajectory.&nbsp;Monet’s jewel-tone pond scene from 1914-17 was expected to sell for around $60 million, but the piece drew three dogged bidders, with an anonymous Asian telephone bidder winning the work.&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/fine-art/a-claude-monet-water-lilies-scene-sold-for-65-5-million-6af15ce4?st=ujjt4k&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink" target="_blank">Via WSJ</a>&nbsp;Union League's Monet going to auction — but for how much?The Union League Club of Chicago's ballyhooed Monet painting is scheduled to go to auction tomorrow night amid an uncertain post-election art market. Whether the hammer will come down is hardly guaranteed.The work, "Pommiers en Fleurs," or Apple Trees in Bloom, has been whipsawed by the club's need to raise cash to stay in business after 145 years. There was a sales agreement in 2020 for $7.2 million, but the club reneged, according to the prospective buyer who got nowhere in court trying to enforce the deal.<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/how-much-early-monet-worth-union-league-will-find-out?share-code=17320440111091665-19345fde7d9&amp;utm_id=gfta-ur-241119" target="_blank">Via Crain's Chicago</a>

What We're Reading: 11/19/24

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255349/dgsc614xxhfcaeby02sg.jpg">&nbsp;By CGN Staff via PRJust as we get ready for what finally feels like fall, the&nbsp;Driehaus Museum has announced that in the final festive weeks of the year&nbsp;it will&nbsp;put its own ‘gilded’ spin on the holiday season with “Drie-cember,” its second annual month-long celebration of holiday programs for the entire family to enjoy.&nbsp;This year, visitors can view&nbsp;Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright, the first exhibition to explore the iconic architect’s relationship to photography, and attend various holiday offerings ranging from a concert presented with the African American Museum for Performing Arts to Yuletide-themed ghost stories by the Ghostlight Ensemble. New this year is a festive Holiday Market inside the recently reopened Murphy Auditorium—a Chicago landmark—featuring artisanal wares from local vendors.Executive Director&nbsp;Lisa Key&nbsp;says, “The Museum truly sparkles during the holiday season, and we welcome families across Chicagoland to come in from the cold and enjoy our festive programs as they celebrate the holidays downtown this month. We are thrilled to partner again with the African American Museum of Performing Arts for a special performance of gospel music celebrating the holiday season, in addition to welcoming in a dazzling array of local artisans for our first annual Holiday Market.”&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255350/njyjc99qsy68id61rfhk.jpg">&nbsp;Programs in chronological order:A Nativity TributeWednesday, December 4, 2024, 6:30-9pmGeneral admission&nbsp;$50, Student $25“Go Tell It on the Mountain” with a tribute to the timeless Langston Hughes gospel song-play,&nbsp;Black Nativity,&nbsp;presented in partnership with the African American Museum of Performing Arts. This season, a group of heavenly artists and musicians will lead a joyful journey through the biblical story of Mary and Joseph.&nbsp;A Nativity Tribute&nbsp;adapted by TaRon Patton with Co-Directors TaRon Patton and Kelvin Roston, Jr.&nbsp;Tickets are available&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://46316.blackbaudhosting.com/46316/tickets?tab=3&amp;txobjid=d497364a-135d-4ac6-bcce-07d38308bdea" target="_blank">HERE</a>.About the African American Museum of Performing Arts<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.aampamuseum.org/" target="_blank">The African American Museum of Performing Arts</a>&nbsp;(AAMPA) was founded in 2019 by award-winning television and stage actor and director Harry J. Lennix and TaRon Patton. AAMPA's mission is to study, memorialize, and present works that celebrate the contributions of Black performance to arts and culture from the perspective of African American performing artists globally. AAMPA's ultimate objective is to become a nationally recognized center for African American history and tradition within the performing arts. AAMPA was founded in response to a lack of resources for African American artists of all disciplines to gather, to learn from their ancestors and each other, and to amplify their significant contributions to the performing arts in an environment that centers African American voices. AAMPA's partnership with the Driehaus Museum began in December 2023 when the organizations produced a Kwanzaa Celebration, followed by a one-woman show entitled&nbsp;Tammy McCann Presents: Mahalia Jackson at Carnegie Hall.&nbsp;Drie-cember Holiday MarketDecember 7, 8, 14, 15, 2024, 11am-5pmFreeThe Driehaus Museum welcomes visitors to the newly reopened and landmarked Murphy Auditorium for a Holiday Market featuring a festive variety of local vendors selling artisanal wares and gifts.&nbsp;Vintage Trunk ShowWednesday, December 11, 2024, 4-7pmFree with museum admissionThe Vintage Trunk Show will feature a curated selection of unique vendors selling vintage jewelry, clothing, and other treats and treasures from the Driehaus Museum Store.&nbsp;Holiday Spirits: A Collection of Victorian Yuletide Ghost StoriesThursday, December 12, 2024, 5:30-7:30pmGeneral admission: $20, Student $10The Ghostlight Ensemble activates three floors of the Nickerson Mansion with the Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories at Yuletide.&nbsp;Adapted by Ensemble member Maria Burnham,&nbsp;Holiday Spirits: A Collection of Victorian Yuletide Ghost Stories&nbsp;is a multi-story, site-specific adaptation of classic Victorian ghost stories. Tickets are available&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://46316.blackbaudhosting.com/46316/tickets?tab=3&amp;txobjid=50eef7e9-22b7-42b3-8e01-5dbecf09213c" target="_blank">HERE</a>.Stories adapted for this performance include:&nbsp;The Ghost of the Cross-Roads&nbsp;by Frederick Manley: During a cold, blustery Christmas night, jolly festivities are underway at the Sweeny’s home. Suddenly, an upper-class stranger stumbles, half frozen, into the house and tells a strange tale about a mysterious dark man, and a card game at the crossroads. This adaptation will also feature The Haunted Tree written by an anonymous author.19, Great Hanover Street&nbsp;by Lillie Harris: A young doctor finds the perfect house to let for his new practice and living quarters only to discover the reason why such perfections come so cheap.A Spirit Bride&nbsp;by Andrew Haggard: A séance to rid a house of ghosts brings an unusual woman into our narrator’s life.&nbsp;About the Performers<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ghostlightensemble.com/" target="_blank">Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre Company</a>&nbsp;is a Chicago-based 501c3 theatre company with a mission to ask questions that challenge the status quo through timeless stories, immersive environments and unconventional staging. Ghostlight Ensemble was founded in 2016 and has its own ensemble of artists, with a number of regular collaborators and partners throughout Chicago.&nbsp;Santa SaturdaySaturday, December 14, 2024, 9am-1pmGeneral Admission: $25, Children $13Santa makes his annual visit to the Driehaus Museum for “Drie-cember.” Visitors are invited to meet him in the Front Parlor, share their Christmas wish lists, and take selfies with jolly old St. Nick. This magical, family-friendly event will fill up fast. Tickets are available&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://46316.blackbaudhosting.com/46316/tickets?tab=3&amp;txobjid=a2ec3c95-9c05-4558-b033-4615a78731fa" target="_blank">HERE</a>.# # #Images: Holidays at the Driehaus Museum, Courtesy the Driehaus Museum&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255351/x6szgbck9lvjohzv8vhg.jpg">

Drie-Cember Ushers In the Holiday Season for Second Year

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255241/efgthpmcjg7b5k1hl3sw.jpg">DCASE Commissioner Clineé Hedspeth described her department’s proposed budget as a boost, which is needed to support artists and keep up with the rising costs of large-scale events.City of Chicago YouTube<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.wbez.org/arts-culture/2024/11/13/chicago-arts-funding-city-budget-dcase-culture-artist-grants?subscription=true&amp;utm_source=Newsletter_Daily-Rundown-Non-Member&amp;utm_medium=WBEZEmail&amp;utm_campaign=Daily_Newsletter_Daily-Rundown_Sponsored_20241114&amp;utm_content=11/14/2024&amp;DE=WBEZEmail" target="_blank">Will Chicago arts see a boost next year from City Hall? Numbers tell mixed story</a>Amid big questions about how to sustain creative industries in a post-COVID, inflationary economy, Chicago’s proposed cultural budget for 2025 is under close scrutiny by some arts advocates.Mayor Brandon Johnson’s&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/11/12/mayor-brandon-johnson-budget-cuts-negotiations-property-taxes-pension-payment" target="_blank">2025 budget</a>&nbsp;calls for about $73 million for the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) for next year. Last fall, City Council approved more than $84 million for the department. However, fewer grants than forecasted came in, according to the city’s budget department, so DCASE actually received about $66 million, according to this year’s budget documents.Via WBEZ&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255242/vx8illm3q8tzh4n3yrip.webp">Image by Clare Britt&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artic.edu/press/press-releases/372/art-institute-of-chicago-announces-eric-lefkofsky-as-new-chair-of-the-board-of-trustees" target="_blank">Art Institute of Chicago Announces Eric Lefkofsky as New Chair of the Board of Trustees</a>The Art Institute of Chicago announced on Nov 12 the election of Eric Lefkofsky as the organization’s new chair of the Board of Trustees. Lefkofsky will succeed Denise Gardner as the leader of the board, the governing body for both the Art Institute of Chicago museum and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).Via Arctic.edu&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://news.wttw.com/2024/11/04/chicago-living-color-photography-book-focuses-chicago-european-s-point-view" target="_blank">Chicago in Living Color: Photography Book Focuses on Chicago From a European’s Point-of-View</a>A native of Spain, Judit Prat Marti was a newcomer to Chicago in early 2020. She moved here to accept a fellowship in the University of Chicago’s Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.Three months later, the pandemic struck – and Prat Marti shifted her focus from the cosmos to the city.She took photography classes and explored Chicago with a camera. She built a body of work taking photos of overlooked nooks of the city, embracing the finer points of her temporary home.Now this scholar of cosmology is a photographer with a new book, published by Chicago’s Trope Publishing Company.Via WTTW

What We're Reading: 11/15/24

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255289/b6l0nhirrtpujxwmslqm.jpg">&nbsp;By ABBEY KOT&nbsp;Janine Mileaf has served as the executive director and chief curator at&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artsclubchicago.org/" target="_blank">The Arts Club of Chicago</a>&nbsp;since 2012. This week, we sat down with her to discuss her educational background and time at The Arts Club.&nbsp;&nbsp;Chicago Gallery News: As both director and curator at The Arts Club of Chicago, it’s almost hard to imagine the depth of your involvement in each exhibition. Are there any areas within your process that you look forward to, or that you find particularly challenging?Janine Mileaf:&nbsp;I find it extremely gratifying to work directly with artists to help them realize a particular project. It is especially exciting when an exhibition takes form specifically around the opportunity to show work in the context of The Arts Club of Chicago. Our long history often provokes new ideas for artists or new ways in which to situate their work. I love when that happens.&nbsp;CGN: As a student of art history, how do you feel your own research and understanding of the art world impacts what you are drawn to as a curator?&nbsp;JM:&nbsp;I come to curation from the point of view of a historian, but I find that this does not necessarily draw me to historical works (although sometimes it does). More frequently, I’m compelled by artists who themselves are engaged in historical or research-based thought. I try not to go after trends, but rather to work with artists whose ideas and objects will endure beyond the moment and who are making things that make me think or feel something new.CGN: In&nbsp;2010, you published&nbsp;Please Touch: Dada and Surrealist Objects After the Readymade.&nbsp;What ultimately moved you to write about the Dada movement, a period which can be difficult to digest in many ways?&nbsp;JM:&nbsp;That is exactly why I wanted to write about Dada! I chose to think about Marcel Duchamp’s readymades and their aftermath because at the time they were conceived, they were understood to be the farthest thing from a work of art–and yet, in the long-run, that very idea is hard to grasp because the object-as-art has become so commonplace. I wanted to look at that difficulty and the gesture of inserting something so problematic into the context of art and figure out what that tells us about the category “art” and its function.CGN: During your time working at The Arts Club of Chicago, has there been an exhibition that stands out to you as a critical learning moment?&nbsp;JM:&nbsp;Our most recent exhibition&nbsp;Haegue Yang: Flat Works&nbsp;has reminded me not to shy away from ambitious projects. Each time I start a conversation with an artist about what they want to make, it is a risk—something of a challenge—to see how the institution is equipped to meet their intentions and to find out what we can do to surpass any limitations. In this project we surveyed work that Yang has been making for 30 years, but that has never been considered as an entity; we fabricated an exquisite display to tell the history of Yang’s most recent series of paper cuttings known as Mesmerizing Mesh; and we published a book that will be distributed internationally by Skira and outlast the exhibition. In the end, The Arts Club provided a venue for the artist to showcase long-term thought processes that are at the core of her practice and to discover the unifying concept that has to do with abstraction.CGN: What advice would you give to those wishing to work on the business side of the art world?&nbsp;JM:&nbsp;I’m sure this sounds trite, but I would say to follow your passion, not the market. If you do that, you will develop a point of view and a distinct program that are authentic and lead to meaningful and genuine engagements.&nbsp;Image: Headshot by Frank Ishman&nbsp;

CGN Insights: Janine Mileaf, The Arts Club of Chicago

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255175/n9wmntemroghfkylgx9u.png"><a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/wearing-red-ignite-the-fire" target="_blank">Wearing Red: Ignite the Fire</a>Exhibition begins November 14Pistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry and Objects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255176/np9dcfbgjkso59qgjl5p.jpg"><a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jane-sloss" target="_blank">Jane Sloss: The&nbsp;Sound of the "L"</a>Opening: Friday, November 15, 2024 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255177/vhp8vgizrmzslwqq4arl.jpg"><a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/true-story-photography-journalism-and-media" target="_blank">True Story: Photography, Journalism, and Media</a>Exhibition begins November 15Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255178/girizsxnzpbvwirwb1vn.png"><a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/progressions" target="_blank">Progressions</a>Opening: Friday, November 15, 7 – 9&nbsp;pmGallery of Contemporary Mosaics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255179/ktffydhhqc81elcv55ty.jpg"><a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/eva-jospin-vanishing-points" target="_blank">Eva Jospin: Vanishing Points</a>Opening: Thursday, November 14, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmMariane Ibrahim&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255180/canzxbgv5xspuhadmdh7.jpg"><a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/thirst-trap" target="_blank">Thirst Trap</a>Opening: Friday, November 15, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255180/soydzyk0hr6wwcp11omz.jpg"><a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/richard-mosse-broken-spectre" target="_blank">Richard Mosse: Broken Spectre</a>Opening: Friday, November 15, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmMadison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255181/mo1myzwefdhbiqdwtzvc.png"><a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/community-members-show" target="_blank">Community Members’ Show</a>Exhibition begins November 16Krasl Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255182/jb86ez5z2l7gk3w0kov2.jpg"><a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/process-pro-forma" target="_blank">Process Pro Forma</a>Exhibition begins November 19John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC)

New Exhibitions November 14 - 19

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255085/t2g3hponuyeeqdupjzmn.jpg">-Via PR<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/rockford-art-museum" target="_blank">Rockford Art Museum</a>&nbsp;(RAM) announces the reopening of their galleries after a year-long HVAC construction project this Thursday, November 14th at 10 AM. The first-floor galleries (Funderburg and Kuller) will showcase over 100 pieces from the museum’s acclaimed Permanent Collection. Galleries will be open Thursday through Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM with free admission sponsored by Lon and Dick Behr, Dean Alan Olson Foundation, and, Rosecrance Behavioral Health. We are also excited to unveil a new children’s art space, “Young Masters”. This creative space, located just outside the museum galleries, will provide art supplies and guided activities for some of our youngest artists. Young Masters will be open whenever the galleries are open and will be free. This space was sponsored by Women’s Art Board of Rockford Art Museum with in-kind support from Xaja Designs. &nbsp;About Rockford Art Museum<a style="color: rgb(29, 65, 160);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/rockford-art-museum" target="_blank">Rockford Art Museum</a>, a Partner in Excellence of the Illinois Arts Council Agency since 2004, houses a diverse yet concise collection featuring acclaimed modern galleries, a museum store, offices, studios, and classrooms. With a steadfast focus on regional art, particularly Illinois artists, the museum aims to foster creativity and build community through the visual arts.It is the mission of Rockford Art Museum to foster creativity and build community through visual arts.