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Free - RSVP encouraged Smart Salon: Contemporary Chinese Artists in Chicago at the Smart Museum of ArtTuesday, May 19, 20265:00 - 6:30 pm&nbsp;Ellen Larson, Associate Director of the Center for the Art of East Asia, moderates a conversation with artists&nbsp;magicfeifei,&nbsp;Miao Wang,&nbsp;Linye Jiang, and gallerist&nbsp;Qiuchen Wu. <a href="https://uchicago.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba2086a45b4ee8391b89447b&amp;id=ff6fcc928e&amp;e=a6ad3ea4a5" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(198, 82, 63);" target="_blank">Register Here</a>

Smart Salon: Contemporary Chinese Artists in Chicago

Panel Discussion<a href="https://www.camochicago.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chinese American Museum of Chicago</a>238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616May 21, 6 PMFree Join us at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago for Hallucinating Hieroglyphs: The Visual Languages of Martin Wong, an in-depth panel discussion moderated by Caroline K. Ng, Executive Director of CAMOC. Scholar and curator&nbsp;Vivian Li, poet and novelist&nbsp;Lisa Chen, and artist and curator&nbsp;Larry Lee&nbsp;will explore fascinating aspects of Wong's body of work, including his promiscuous relationship to language through hybridity and abstraction. Language was a central component of the Chinese American painter and poet Martin Wong's work, from his first self-published book in 1968 until his death from HIV/AIDS in 1999. Across his poetry scripts, American Sign Language scrolls, paintings, and graffiti collection, Wong used language shaped by his family, friends, and the city around him—mutating letters into characters and mudra-like gestures.&nbsp; This program is organized by Wrightwood 659 with the Chinese American Museum of Chicago.&nbsp; <a href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=MTQ0MV84MjYxXzEwNDZfNzM5Mw&amp;l=207f8378-2c4b-f111-a84c-0050569dd3d9&amp;utm_source=wordfly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=CAMOCPanel5%2F12&amp;utm_content=version_A" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">Register</a>

Hallucinating Hieroglyphs: The Visual Languages of Martin Wong

A Closer Look at&nbsp;Martin Wong: Chinatown USA Wrightwood 659659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614 May 22, 1 PM Free with Exhibition Ticket Looking for more? On Friday, May 22, the day after the panel, stop by Wrightwood 659 and delve deeper into the complex and thrilling world of Martin Wong. The three panel speakers, Vivian Li, Lisa&nbsp;Hsiao Chen, and Larry Lee&nbsp;will meet guests in the gallery for an in-depth analysis of key works exploring Wong's varied use of language. <a href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=MTQ0MV84MjYxXzEwNDZfNzM5Mw&amp;l=217f8378-2c4b-f111-a84c-0050569dd3d9&amp;utm_source=wordfly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=CAMOCPanel5%2F12&amp;utm_content=version_A" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">Tickets</a>

An Intimate In-Gallery Conversation Exploring the Visual Languages of Martin Wong

Join Oliva Gallery for the closing reception of Girl Talk, a solo exhibition by Chicago-based artist Lindsey Kircher, presenting recent figurative paintings that stage psychologically charged scenes through dense composition, saturated color, and symbolic imagery, where figures, animals, and objects converge in layered interiors that move between intimacy and performance; the reception takes place Saturday, May 30 from 1–3 PM and offers a final opportunity to experience the work and meet the artist.

Closing Reception: Girl Talk by Lindsey Kircher

Step into the sharp, subversive world of satire, past and present, in this lively panel inspired by the Driehaus Museum’s exhibition&nbsp;Ink &amp; Outrage: 18th-Century Satirical Prints in London &amp; Dublin. Using the exhibition as a springboard, writers and contributors from&nbsp;The Onion&nbsp;and&nbsp;The New Yorker&nbsp;will bring the conversation into the present day, exploring how satire is crafted, circulated, and received in today’s fast-moving media landscape.&nbsp; This discussion focuses on the enduring mechanics of satire, its targets, its techniques, and its cultural impact. Panelists will reflect on how their own practices echo (or diverge from) historical traditions, revealing how, in many ways, the more things change, the more they stay the same.&nbsp; Moderated by Colin Barr of the University of Notre Dame, whose scholarship bridges Irish and English history, the conversation offers audiences a unique opportunity to connect the incisive humor of the 18th century with the satirical voices shaping public discourse today. Whether you’re a longtime fan of contemporary satire or newly curious, this program invites you to see both past and present with fresh eyes.&nbsp; About the Panelists Colin Barr (Moderator)&nbsp;is professor of modern Irish history in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame and the Thomas Moore and Judy Livingston Director of the Keough School’s Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies. Barr was born in Canada and raised in the United States. He holds a B.A. from Stonehill College and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, and has held academic appointments in Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom. Barr’s work seeks to place the history of the island of Ireland and its peoples in the widest possible context, including that of the United Kingdom, the continent of Europe, the Roman Catholic Church and the global Irish Diaspora.&nbsp; Tom Bachtell&nbsp;is a freelance cartoonist and caricaturist and illustrator. His distinctive drawings appeared in The New Yorker’s Talk of the Town section for 25 years, and he contributes regularly to the New York Review of Books. His work also appears in Politico and i-D Magazine. Tom illustrated Bag Man (Crown 2020) by Rachel Maddow, and recently published his first children’s book, The WhyBecause Book - Das Warum-Weil Buch in Germany (Tanja Langer 2025).Mike Gillis&nbsp;is head writer for The Onion. He’s also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Tricycle, ClickHole, and the Supreme Court (in the form of a recent amicus brief in defense of parody and free speech).&nbsp; Rob Knoll&nbsp;is a staff writer at The Onion. He has also written for the website ClickHole.

Exploring Satire with The Onion and The New Yorker

Explore the role of satire as a visual record of social mores, tastes and opinions on fashionable dress with Alex Aubry, Director of SAIC’s Fashion Resource Center.

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