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Join us Tuesday, November 3rd at 1pm in the Belushi Auditorium for a special lecture by visiting artist CELESTE RAPONE!&nbsp; Imbued with autobiographical details, art historical references, and the artifacts of daily life, the paintings of Celeste Rapone (b. 1985; New Jersey) embody the anxiety, longing, and nostalgia inherent to the millennial condition. In uncannily flattened interiors, surrounded by the detritus of living, Rapone’s figures contort impossibly within their spaces; their limbs push against the frame, threatening to burst through the picture plane as Rapone tests the boundaries between figuration and abstraction. Rapone’s formalist concerns (surface, pattern, and color) are evident in the insistent flatness of her images, as spaces collapse and figures are pushed to the foreground, threatening to spill out toward the viewer. Frequently in the midst of action, Rapone’s figures offer suggestions of narrative while emphasizing the very act of being observed. Rapone’s work is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL and Josh Lilley Gallery, London. Her work has also been included in recent institutional exhibitions Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; M Woods, Beijing, China; the START Museum, Shanghai, China; the Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China. Rapone was a 2018 recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.&nbsp; Rapone is represented by Corbett vs. Demsey, Josh Lilley Gallery, and Marianne Boesky Gallery; she lives and works in Chicago, IL.&nbsp; This lecture is free and open to the public. <a href="https://q8w2.engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=6ae3bc27008334412c2ba0da&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theccma.org%2Fspeaker-schedule-and-viewing-room%3Fss_source%3Dsscampaigns%26ss_campaign_id%3D6ae3af2869a23542df49f9f5%26ss_email_id%3D6ae3bc27008334412c2ba0da%26ss_campaign_name%3DVisiting%2BArtist%2BLecture%252C%2BNov.%2B3%26ss_campaign_sent_date%3D2026-10-29T21%253A35%253A57Z&amp;w=610a97870a7b92681378bfb2&amp;c=b_6ae3af2869a23542df49f9f5&amp;l=en-US&amp;s=GyOgicceLCHymP9tl-a3RT7LAMw%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;Visiting Artist Series&nbsp;</a>

Artist Talk with Celeste Rapone

Co-curator Corinne Granof leads an in-gallery conversation about the event "All the Noise and the Hurry" on Thursday, November 5, at 3:30 PM.

Curator's Talk: All the Noise and the Hurry

Adrienne Brown, Professor in the Departments of English and Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago, presents her current research on reimagining urban emptiness.

Vacant Stares: Adrienne Brown on Rethinking Urban Emptiness

Neurologist, Professor, and Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics Anjan Chatterjee and glass artist Judith Schaechter discuss how the brain perceives, creates, and responds to art.

Anjan Chatterjee & Judith Schaechter on Neuroaesthetics

The conversation will be moderated by Chicago artist and curator Catherine Schwalbe, whose practice spans sculpture, installation, mixed media, found objects, site specific work, and social practice. Schwalbe maintains Haptic Studio and Residency, shares a clay studio at Ripple Studios, and teaches at Lillstreet Art Center.The program offers an opportunity to hear directly from participating artists about their work, their relationship to clay, and the regional context surrounding contemporary ceramic practice. Featured Artists:Aaron BeckerGabriel Chalfin-Piney-GonzálezMirentxu GanzarainSuzanne LongHenry Tyson Location:Oliva Gallery3816 W. Armitage Ave.Chicago, IL 60647 Image: Suzanne Long,&nbsp;Lamb of God take away the sins of the world

Material Bodies: Conversations, Clay and the Midwest Landscape

Dipesh Chakrabarty, Christine Laquet, Jennifer Pitts, &amp; Zachary Cahill on the Climate Crisis. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, December 1st, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Zachary Cahill, Director of Programs and Fellowships at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, will moderate a discussion with the 2026-2027 Gray Fellows.

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