<html><head></head><body>By CGN Staff via PREXPO CHICAGO is almost here, and in advance of the fair's opening on April 7, organizers have shared plans for the upcoming EXPO ART WEEK, April 4–10. Programming takes place throughout the city in many different partner arts organizations and institutions&nbsp;and features a robust calendar of art openings, exhibitions, performances, large-scale installations, and other special events taking place throughout Chicago.Following are some of the featured alignments for 2022. A full list of programs may be <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/expo-art-week">viewed online</a>.&nbsp;<h1>&nbsp;</h1><figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3776/standard/AFRICOBRA_PENINSULA.jpg?1647019149"><figcaption>Gerald Williams, Take It, 1971. Acrylic on Masonite.Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;THE PENINSULA CHICAGO X AFRICOBRA: I AM SOMEBODYApril 7&nbsp;– Mid- May, 2022 <a href="https://www.peninsula.com/en/chicago/art-in-resonance">The Peninsula Chicago</a>The Peninsula Chicago is proud to present an exhibition of works by AFRICOBRA founders Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Sherman Beck, Jeff Donaldson&nbsp;and Gerald Williams, along with additional early members of the pioneering collective. AFRICOBRA was an artist collective founded on the South Side of Chicago in 1968. Known for creating art to address social and cultural challenges affecting the Black community, AFRICOBRA is one of the most significant arts movements of the second half of the twentieth century. The exhibition will feature a selection of works from the AFRICOBRA group's groundbreaking early exhibitions of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as key insights into their aesthetic explorations before the group came together, and subsequent developments in the following decades. AFRICOBRA's incredible contributions to the history of art have been highlighted in such exhibitions as the 2019 Venice Biennale and the critically-acclaimed Soul of a Nation, which debuted at the Tate Modern in 2017, and traveled to five further museums. This exhibition is in partnership with Kavi Gupta, EXPO CHICAGO and The Peninsula Chicago.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/v3pubi54d61pw2wlxxy2.jpg"><figcaption>Zohra Opoku,&nbsp;To me belongs yesterday...,&nbsp;2020. Screenprint on linen, thread. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.expochicago.com/art-after-hours">ART AFTER HOURS</a>A citywide open gallery night inviting EXPO CHICAGO visitors and the Chicago community to experience the city’s vibrant art scene during extended hours from 6:00 – 9:00pm on Friday, April 8, 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3777/standard/Nick_Cave_still_drive_by.jpeg.jpg?1647019980" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3777/retina/Nick_Cave_still_drive_by.jpeg.jpg?1647019980 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Nick Cave, Drive-By, 2011, film still.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;NICK CAVE&nbsp;PREVIEW AT ART ON THEMARTApril 8, 2022&nbsp;| 8:00–10:00am <a href="https://artonthemart.com/">Art on theMART</a>Viewable along the Chicago Riverwalk, between Wells and Franklin StreetsIn partnership with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Art on theMART is presenting a brand-new projection by acclaimed American artist Nick Cave. A preview of this projection will be viewable as a pop-up installment at Art on theMART during EXPO CHICAGO on Friday, April 8 from 8:00 – 10:00pm. The projection of Cave’s video work, made specifically for Art on theMART, is a remix of Cave’s original film&nbsp;Drive-By&nbsp;(2011) with new footage as part of the Summer 2022 programming to be shown twice nightly from May 5 through September 7, 2022. Cave’s projection will coincide with his first career-spanning retrospective,&nbsp;Forothermore,&nbsp;at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3779/standard/SENJU.jpeg?1647020208" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3779/retina/SENJU.jpeg?1647020208 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Installation view of Senju’s Waterfall for Chicago at the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.</figcaption></figure>SENJU’S WATERFALL&nbsp;FOR CHICAGOOn view now through June 26 <a href="https://www.artic.edu/">The Art Institute of Chicago</a>Under a combination of white light and UV lighting, the works evocatively express the force and motion of falling water.&nbsp;These enchanting painted screens are the work and a gift of Senju (b. 1958), a contemporary proponent of Nihonga, traditional Japanese painting. Known for his signature&nbsp;Waterfall&nbsp;works, Senju created the panels on view at the Art Institute specifically for the museum’s Gallery 109, the space designed by architect Andō Tadao. Thinking of the exhibition as a collaboration between himself and the architect through time, Senju tailored the scale and lighting to best suit this distinctive space.<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3780/standard/Barely_Fair.jpg?1647021085" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3780/retina/Barely_Fair.jpg?1647021085 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Barely Fair, Odd Ark LA—Brian Randolph. Photo: Roland Miller</figcaption></figure>BARELY FAIRApril 8&nbsp;– 10, 2022 | 6:00 –&nbsp;10:00 pm Color Club | 4146 N Elston Ave.Barely Fair&nbsp;is a miniature art fair operated by the artist-run project space&nbsp;Julius Caesar. The invitational fair presents a tiny peek inside the programming of 30 contemporary art galleries, project spaces, and curatorial projects from around the world. Included spaces exhibit works in 1:12 scale booths built to mimic the design of a standard fair.&nbsp;Barely Fair opens with a vernissage&nbsp;on April 8 and runs through April 24. Located at the arts and events space Color Club, the fair will run with daily hours through the first weekend, and be open for weekly gallery hours and by appointment&nbsp;through April 24th.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3781/standard/Hank_Willis_Thomas_for_21_C_Alignment.jpg?1647021394" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3781/retina/Hank_Willis_Thomas_for_21_C_Alignment.jpg?1647021394 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Hank Willis Thomas, Faith, 2017. Fiberglass, chameleon auto paint finish © Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Courtesy of Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, 21c Museum Hotels.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;POP STARS! POPULAR CULTURE AND CONTEMPORARY ARTMarch 21, 2022 –&nbsp;March 1, 2023 21c Museum Hotel ChicagoThe multi-media exhibition illuminates the intersection of celebrity, commerce, technology and the media, including notable works by Nick Cave, Titus Kaphar, Hank Willis Thomas and Kehinde Wiley, among others. Spanning all 10,000+ square feet of the 21c Museum Hotel Chicago’s gallery space,&nbsp;Pop Stars!&nbsp;features over 90 works of art by 55 artists from around the world. The artists exhibited in&nbsp;Pop Stars!&nbsp;examine recent shifts in how culture is being created and consumed, demonstrating the dominance of the popular as today’s ubiquitous culture. Curated by Museum Director and Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites.&nbsp;A guided docent tour will be available on Friday, April 8 from 5:00 – 6:00pm.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3782/standard/Theodora_Allen.jpg?1647021687" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3782/retina/Theodora_Allen.jpg?1647021687 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Theodora Allen, Struck (2021).Courtesy of Kasmin (New York). Photo: Jenalee Harmon.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;THEODORA ALLEN: SATURNINEMarch 29&nbsp;–&nbsp;July 10, 2022 <a href="https://driehausmuseum.org/">The Richard H. Driehaus Museum</a>The Driehaus Museum presents&nbsp;Theodora Allen: Saturnine&nbsp;as part of their 2022 contemporary exhibition program&nbsp;A Tale of Today.&nbsp;Drawing upon the museum’s focus on ornamentation and exquisite craft, the exhibition—previously on view at the Kunsthal Aarhus (Denmark), curated by Stephanie Cristello—resonates with specific histories and motifs within the Nickerson Mansion and Driehaus collection, and installed within select period rooms of the Gilded Age mansion. A monograph published by Motto Books in Berlin accompanies the traveling exhibition.&nbsp;An opening reception will take place April 6, 7:00 – 9:00pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3842/standard/EP_CHRIS_LARSON_Thread_Room_.jpg?1647904802" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3842/retina/EP_CHRIS_LARSON_Thread_Room_.jpg?1647904802 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Chris Larson, Thread Room. Courtesy of the artist and ENGAGE Projects.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CHRIS LARSON: THE RESIDUE OF LABORApril 8–May 21, 2022 Opening reception April 8, 6:00–8:00pm |&nbsp;401 N Paulina St.ENGAGE Projects is pleased to announce The Residue of Labor, a site-specific exhibition by St. Paul-based multimedia artist Chris Larson. The exhibition will be presented across two locations: Larson will debut a primary, large-scale installation at an offsite warehouse in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood (401 N Paulina St), in addition to a small presentation of works at ENGAGE Projects (864 N Ashland Ave). At the offsite location — a 10,000 square-foot warehouse in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood — Larson’s large-scale, site specific installation will include 55 recent works ranging from sculpture, video, drawing, painting, and photography, as well as an immersive work titled Thread Room.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3793/standard/Screen_Shot_2022-03-11_at_2.58.43_PM.png?1647032373"><figcaption>Bob Faust, Logan Square/Englewood, 2021. 12-color, digitally printed canvas, flash paint, gold and silver leaf. Image courtesy ofThe Peninsula Chicago and the artist.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;BOB FAUST:&nbsp;WITH ALL, AND STILL…On view now through May&nbsp;2022 <a href="https://www.peninsula.com/en/newsroom/chicago/news/art-in-resonance-2021">The Peninsula Chicago</a>with all, and still…&nbsp;is a series of layered, billboard-scaled works created from photographic details captured by local Chicago artist Bob Faust from several of Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods. The vibrant, digital images are used as the main medium to create new artworks with unique reads from differing vantage points. The result is a colorful and immersive experience that feels as if the vernacular panels of distant canvas billboards have been transformed and transported to The Peninsula Chicago lobby, providing an urban and industrial counterpoint to the elegance of the surrounding hotel spaces.&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO Chicago Announces 2022 Art Week Programming

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/ykvhhgioq3d2d35jlylv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/heather-mcadams-are-we-having-fun-yet">Heather McAdams: Are We Having Fun Yet</a>Opening: Friday, March 25, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/dmzgq426c8ftpibsfveg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/susanne-doremus">Susanne Doremus</a>Opening: Friday, March 25, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419038/rkmx0ytf2p9covgqcebg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/firelei-baez">Firelei Baez</a>Exhibition Begins March 26Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/bwd1spcl878s0qupjqdy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mary-king-curious-home-and-soap-is-a-noun">Mary King: Curious Home and Soap is a Noun</a>Opening: Saturday, March 26, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/kgcfjikfoqb4htbvzde1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/juan-fernandez-line-shape-form-repeat">Juan Fernandez: Line, Shape, Form, Repeat</a>Opening: Saturday, March 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419040/pr6tky5hcsiiaie5le7a.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/group-show-2e837d3a-45a3-430e-8172-5f389d019b65">Group Show</a>Opening: Saturday, March 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 25 - 26

<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/warhols-marilyn-monroe-portrait-goes-on-the-block-for-200-million-11647873442">Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe Portrait Goes on the Block for $200 Million</a>An iconic Andy Warhol silk-screen portrait of Hollywood starlet Marilyn Monroe is headed to Christie’s in New York later this spring for $200 million—a record asking price for any artwork at auction.The 3-foot square silk-screen from 1964 depicts a promotional photo from the actress’s film “Niagara.” The artist transformed the actress into a pop-art icon by giving her a bubblegum-pink face, ruby lips and blue eye shadow set against a sage-blue background. The work is part of a signature series of “Shot Marilyn” portraits made famous after a gun-toting visitor allegedly fired a shot into a stack of canvases in the artist’s studio in 1964.&nbsp;Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://reelchicago.com/article/calling-all-artists-cta-seeks-artists-to-create-new-original-public-artwork/">Calling all artists: CTA seeks artists to create new, original public artwork</a>Chicago looking for professional artists to create new, original public artwork for&nbsp;six&nbsp; locations as part of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.transitchicago.com/rpm/">RPM</a>&nbsp;Phase One project:<ul><li>Lawrence main stationhouse, 1120 W Lawrence</li><li>Argyle main stationhouse, 1118 W Argyle</li><li>Berwyn main stationhouse, 1119 W Berwyn</li><li>Bryn Mawr main stationhouse, 1116 W Bryn Mawr</li><li>Bryn Mawr Hollywood entrance, 1119 W Hollywood</li><li>Lawrence to Bryn Mawr viaduct walls</li></ul>Via Reel Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jr-ukraine-photo-time-magazine-2087543">French Artist JR Enlisted 100 Local Volunteers to Unfurl a Massive Photograph of a Five-Year-Old Refugee in Ukraine</a>The French artist <a href="http://www.artnet.com/artists/jr/">JR</a>&nbsp;traveled to Ukraine last week and enlisted local residents in a monumental public art action featuring a portrait of a five-year-old refugee named Valeriia.“This little girl is the future and, in this war, she reminds us what Ukrainians are fighting for,” JR wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CbNL3MYNjh0/">Instagram</a>&nbsp;as he unveiled the image, which is one of two covers for the upcoming issue of TIME magazine.Via Artnet&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/22/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/xzofkop8c1khahfr830x.jpg"><figcaption>Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967, From a portfolio of ten screenprints on paper, 3/250,36” x 36” (91.4 x 91.4cm) each.© 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.© 2022 The Estate of Marilyn Monroe LLC.</figcaption></figure>GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — Following the success of the summer 2021 blockbuster exhibition,Frida Kahlo: Timeless, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA) and the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at the College of DuPage (COD) will present an exhibition of Andy Warhol in summer of 2023. The exhibition will feature 94 works from Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop / Works from the Bank of America Collection on loan through Bank of America’s Art in our Communities® program. The exhibition, scheduled for summer of 2023, will also include over 100 works from the College of DuPage Permanent Art Collection.“It is truly an honor to have the opportunity to present work by an artist who embodies so much of the American dream. He captured American culture, iconography and society in such a relatable way,” said MAC Director Diana Martinez. “We are working hard at the College of DuPage to transform our arts center into an unforgettable experience and create partnerships throughout the community to welcome Warhol fans near and far to DuPage County.”Notable works from the College of DuPage Permanent Art Collection include Warhol’s 1980 screen-printed portrait of Joseph Beuys as well as his iconic $ (1983). The exhibition will also present over 100 photographs by Warhol from the college’s permanent collection, comprised of both black-and-white gelatin silver prints and color Polaroid prints featuring unidentified figures and celebrities alike. These photographs offer a rare and intimate glimpse into Warhol’s New York of the 1970’s and 80’s.&nbsp;The exhibition will encompass both the CCMA and the MAC, unfolding across roughly 10,000 square-feet of exhibition space. Educational and interactive elements will include a historical timeline, video archive installation, interactive mural, children’s print factory area, Studio 54 experience and Central Park-inspired outdoor café, creating an immersive, multifaceted exhibition focused on the life and work of one of the most influential artists of the past century.“Andy Warhol’s work and celebrity redefined what it meant to be an artist and created a model that is still followed by artists today,” said CCMA Curator Justin Witte. “In many ways we are still living in Warhol’s world. I am extremely excited to be partnering with Bank of America on bringing this amazing exhibition to the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and McAninch Arts Center.”The works from Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop / Works from the Bank of America Collection will include portfolios and individual prints by Warhol, starting with iconic works from the mid-1960's to the series of monoprints Vesuvius (1985). These prints demonstrate many aspects of Warhol’s art, including his brilliance as a colorist, which can be seen in the early Flowers and Sunset series. In later series, Warhol experimented with the silkscreen printing process to create complex surface layers.“Bank of America believes that equitable access to the arts is essential to creating greater cultural understanding and building thriving communities,” said Rita Cook, president of Bank of America Chicago. “Through our Arts in our Communities® program, we’re able to share important pieces of artwork from our collection with museums and nonprofit galleries, broadening both the reach and impact of these cultural treasures. It’s a privilege to partner once again with the College of DuPage and to share this unique exhibit with Warhol fans and enthusiasts across Chicagoland.”Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987) was a central figure in the Pop Art movement that emerged in the U.S. in the early 1950s and is the most recognizable artist of the second half of the twentieth century. Warhol worked across media, including painting, sculpture, film and printmaking. Warhol’s printed multiples were central to his practice allowing him to explore the aesthetics and mechanics of mass-produced images and popular culture. Through these prints, Warhol exhibited his mastery at identifying the defining cultural images of his time. Examples include the Wicked Witch of the West,Superman, and Howdy Doody along with the Myths portfolio featuring his self-portrait.Warhol’s prints were not only concerned with pop-culture and celebrity, but also touched on other themes. Warhol’s Endangered Species series grew out of his concern for the environment. In 1979, with Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, Warhol departed from his repeated images format to create a series of iconic images based on a single theme.&nbsp;The exhibition and programming will be led by MAC Director Diana Martinez and CCMA Curator Justin Witte. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale on August 6, 2022. Additional details will be announced at a later date.&nbsp;</body></html>

Cleve Carney Museum of Art and McAninch Arts Center To Host Warhol Exhibition in 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/lurm7qvcqska08lrfudz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.architecture.org">Chicago Architecture Center Announces Departure of President/CEO Lynn Osmond For Choose Chicago</a>The Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) announced the departure of President &amp; CEO Lynn Osmond after 25 years of service, during which she transformed the organization into a global leader promoting Chicago’s unique role as an architectural innovator and a singular destination for design savvy visitors from around the world. On April 29, Osmond departs the CAC to take the helm as President of Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism agency.“It was a tough decision but I’m excited about this new chapter as I prepare to lead Choose Chicago. I am proud of my 25 years at the Chicago Architecture Center, everything we accomplished and all the work we did to promote our great city and our unmatched architecture. This puts me in a strong position to continue to show the world why Chicago is consistently a top destination for local, national and international visitors,” said Osmond.The CAC experienced tremendous growth under Osmond’s leadership as she built it into the largest organization of its kind in the world and cemented Chicago’s stature as the “City of Architecture”. Osmond was selected to lead the CAC (then Chicago Architecture Foundation) in 1996, when it was a $2.4-million-dollar organization with an audience of 150,000, and by 2019 created a $25 million organization with an audience of 700,000 patrons annually and one of the top cultural attractions in the city.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/jk2ykg6agqgknwjkp3wi.jpg"></figure>City of Chicago Announces Alexandra Antoine as CPL's First Artist-in-ResidenceMayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced, along with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Chicago Public Library (CPL), Alexandra Antoine as Legler Regional Library's new Artist-in-Residence — CPL’s first artist-in-residence, based in the recently renovated community anchor serving the entire West Side of Chicago."I am thrilled to join DCASE and CPL in announcing Alexandra Antoine as Legler Regional Library's new artist-in-residence," said Mayor Lightfoot. "The incredible work she will create and lead over the next two years will deeply enhance Legler’s impact on the West Side. Her contributions will also complement the City’s ongoing work to restore the social and economic vibrancy of West Garfield Park.”Alexandra’s work acknowledges the influences of her Haitian culture and interest in portraiture, food, farming, and physical labor in traditional artistic practices of the African diaspora. During a two-year residency, she will develop public art projects and art programs to promote greater connectivity between the Library, its services, and the needs of the local community.“I’m excited to begin my residency at Legler Regional Library and I’m looking forward to connecting with the Garfield Park community and beyond — and collaborating on wonderful art projects,” said Alexandra Antoine.Legler is also home to new artworks created by Chris Pappan — a Chicago-based artist of Kaw, Osage, and Cheyenne River Sioux heritage — and a renowned public art collection that includes a recently-conserved sculpture by Elizabeth Catlett (“Floating Family”) and the monumental painting by Kerry James Marshall (“Knowledge and Wonder”). Chicago Public Library has 81 locations, all of which offer public art and public programming and are now open seven days a week. Expanding Sunday hours ensures library services are more equitable and accessible for all Chicagoans. For details, visit <a href="http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=jd8-2BsLkKeKzJJH-2F5YciLh-2FkVbg3Gpo8uGFiWq12RSULQ9bcGpho3n42Xp0MmV21QGzV1opUiKOTvnau9eQU92g-3D-3D4fp0_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1XeiKasl3Q0KHAlfCn9N7XONZksYe5OIXa5kf5eLUqZODuRSP9aq4SJ-2B49W0jH0wJ361yejP2XnjAzglguANPmQokLLy5E21SwWJkGh1UYnysizUtpG93LIReJ6YsF9xyVNbmHwd6YG5d2rY9ose-2BaUDnIKrQ72Gjd8FxJI0MneO6usMQwwOPVYhwMtpUVT71tU-2F9nHiBc-2Fbf39kj0fTDBR4-2BPtLGl07HUdjgVsLmj9ln5INGbgXw1RePws-2FMJ-2BkZX5cbFV6WdljvpCCL7WStGRNbp87VobPOCYUGhsN1aVBviOiCHPlnEmhQEE-2Bp0K3vkDSK8Nn19jpwgVgbD7gJ6LtYw-3D-3D">ChiPubLib.org</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419038/nn4xncrfbcghndyspeuo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://mailchi.mp/elmhurstartmuseum/launch-of-our-museum-from-home-4837694?e=9f943455be">Elmhurst Art Museum Awarded Illinois Public Museum Grant</a>The Elmhurst Art Museum was awarded the maximum grant award of $750,000 from Gov. Pritzker’s Illinois Public Museum Capital Program, which represents half the funds needed to complete the museum’s upcoming HVAC and roofing renovations. &nbsp; The Elmhurst Art Museum was one of thirty-six Illinois museums to receive state capital investments to improve their facilities and develop new exhibits. The investments are made possible through the Illinois Public Museum Capital Grants Program, funded by the governor’s bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program, the first in nearly a decade. &nbsp; This significant grant comes on the occasion of the museum’s 25th anniversary to support an important next phase of the museum’s renovations, following McCormick House restorations and recent improvements to its galleries and Education Center.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/kodstkk5jnj1ccsndrmh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://gddf.org">Donnelley Foundation Expedites Additional $1.2 million in Grants to Small Arts Organizations in Chicago</a>One year after its April 2021 announcement of $3 million in expedited funding, and two years after its April 2020 announcement of nearly $3 million in expedited finding, the Chicago-based <a href="https://gddf.org/">Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation</a> (the Foundation) is proud to announce a third wave of support, expediting an additional $2.1 million that includes: $1.6 million in expedited payments to Chicago small arts organizations in the midst of their multi-year award; and $576,000 in general operating renewal grants.“Due to the uncertainty of the pandemic over the past two years, when to restart live productions continues to be a challenge for so many of our city’s small arts organizations,” said David Farren, Executive Director of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. “The Foundation continues to advocate for funding that helps sustain these beloved non-profit organizations and that alleviates some of the financial stress experienced by the sector. We take our commitment to these organizations very seriously.”The expedited funds will be released to all organizations on April 15, 2022.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 3/17/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/f1jt496fgz3ejxa3duvl.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/rebecca-morris-29-march-18-april-23-2022-opening-reception-march-18-5-7pm">Rebecca Morris: #29</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/izehfv8yklr2yny7qsrv.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/c-j-pyle-skin-tight-b985427c-f321-4a5c-9b7a-3194d15a5cc9">C.J. Pyle: Skin Tight</a>March 18Epiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419038/oo1gbbreyagiloc0tl8a.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/artist-reception-0f537848-7143-4779-9507-33bccdb2e707">Artist Reception</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 6 – 9&nbsp;pm33 Contemporary Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/akpk8pvig6f9ujirphbp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/human-nature-reception">Human/Nature: Reception</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmWeinberg/Newton Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419040/rftfasch2cec5s92op3f.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/3rd-friday-open-studios-fe9b6278-6558-4f16-802c-4bc26bea0336">3rd Friday Open Studios</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art CenterJoin us as we feature the 9th Annual Illinois&nbsp;High School Art Exhibitions&nbsp;in our 3rd and 4th floor galleries along with our&nbsp;BAC&nbsp;artists' open studios.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 18

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/ygplxyqezk8eal0jreem.jpg"><figcaption>Derrick Adams, Silver Lining, 2022. Edition of 100, 27 x 20 1/4 inches, Silkscreen, relief and collage. $4,000/ea</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CHICAGO—EXPO CHICAGO, the international exposition of contemporary and modern art, today announced an exclusive print edition by acclaimed artist Derrick Adams in celebration of the fair’s in-person return to Navy Pier, April 7-10. The print,Silver Lining (2022), is an edition of one hundred and is printed by Tandem Press, the internationally renowned publisher of fine art prints, in collaboration with Rhona Hoffman Gallery. The limited edition print is available for advance purchase at <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/print">expochicago.com/print</a> and on-site at EXPO CHICAGO.“In 2019, we renewed a tradition of the early Chicago fairs, by collaborating with internationally renowned artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust, and Landfall Press, to publish a limited edition print that commemorated the exposition and supported EXPO CHICAGO’s Curatorial Initiatives programming”, said Tony Karman, President | Director. “After two plus years, we are extremely proud to celebrate the return of our in-person 2022 exposition with this extraordinary new print and to have the distinct honor to work with the celebrated artist Derrick Adams and Tandem Press to continue this tradition.”For his 2017 inHarlem project in collaboration with The Studio Museum in Harlem, Adams carried out extensive research on Black design in fashion at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, culminating in a body of work entitled Mood Board. Silver Lining incorporates abstract collage, vintage clothing patterns, fabric and bold, colorful forms to communicate Adams' interest in formalism, deconstruction and fragmentation. Playing with perspective, viewers see the exposed lining and structure of the coat as seen from an imagined vantage point beneath the runway. The piece merges the visual vernacular of garment making with the frenetic energy of a runway show—an ode to legendary Black fashion.&nbsp;“In the past five years I've had the chance to work with incredible arts organizations in the city of Chicago, including Rhona Hoffman Gallery and Stony Island Arts Bank, that have had a lasting impact on my practice,” said Derrick Adams. “It is an honor to be selected to create this visual representation of the 2022 edition of EXPO CHICAGO, a crucial contributor to the City’s art ecosystem, and to work with Tandem Press once again.”“A collaborative artist by nature, Derrick Adams has been an absolute joy to work with. He is incredibly thoughtful in his approach to translating his ideas through the printmaking process,” said Paula Panczenko, Director of Tandem Press. “Silver Lining perfectly encapsulates Derrick’s many artistic influences—from music and performance to the legacy of Black fashion designers. We were thrilled to be asked to work on this new edition created by Derrick exclusively for EXPO CHICAGO, and look forward to its debut at the fair.”The print is available for $4,000 and will be sold in a limited edition of 100. Sales will support EXPO CHICAGO’s Curatorial Initiatives, which seek to promote the development of curators and foster international dialogue between artists and institutions in Chicago and the greater Midwest.&nbsp;About Derrick AdamsDerrick Adams (b. 1970) is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work spans painting, collage, sculpture, performance, video, and sound. Adams obtained his BFA from the Pratt Institute and MFA from Columbia University. He is also an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting &amp; Sculpture. Among other honors, the artist received a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency, a Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship and a Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize. With his oeuvre, Adams probes how identity and personal narrative intersect with American iconography, art history, urban culture, and the Black experience. The artist explores how individuals are shaped by their physical, societal, and historical environs. With sophisticated formal techniques, Adams investigates the fragmentation and manipulation of structure and surface—a method that links him to pioneers such as Henri Matisse, Hannah Höch, and Romare Bearden. His art resides in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Studio Museum in Harlem; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; and the Birmingham Museum of Art, among many others. He has recently established an artist program and residency in his hometown of Baltimore called The Last Resort.&nbsp;About Tandem PressTandem Press is a publisher of fine art prints that hosts internationally renowned artists in its studio space, assisting them as they create original fine art editions. Using an array of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques, Tandem Press stands at the forefront of research, experimentation, and new developments in the field of printmaking and has established itself as a leader among international fine art print publishers. Since its inception in 1987, Tandem Press has produced original fine art editions by numerous world-renowned artists including Derrick Adams, Richard Bosman, Lynda Benglis, Suzanne Caporael, Robert Cottingham, Lesley Dill, Jim Dine, Jeffrey Gibson, Sam Gilliam, Michelle Grabner, Al Held, Robert Kelly, David Lynch, Maser, Judy Pfaff, Alison Saar, Sean Scully, David Shapiro, Alan Shields, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Swoon, and Mickalene Thomas.As a gallery, Tandem Press represents, promotes, and sells the artworks created in the studio both locally through exhibitions in its gallery, and nationally through participation in several internationally renowned annual art fairs. The Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wisconsin is the official archive of Tandem Press and receives one print from every edition that is published. In addition to its professional and research operatives, Tandem Press is also an important educational entity affiliated alongside the Art Department within the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tandem Press also partners with other departments at the university and organizations throughout Wisconsin to offer tours, printmaking workshops, and other special events that serve artists, students, faculty, staff and the general public.&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO Chicago Announces Ltd Ed. Print By Derrick Adams from Tandem Press

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/s7irhnpuc2h3rickeqcr.jpg"><figcaption>The Other Art Fair</figcaption></figure>By CGN Staff<a href="https://www.theotherartfair.com/chicago/">The Other Art Fair</a> was one of the first and only in-person fairs to take place in Chicago in 2021 when it opened last <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/9/the-other-art-fair-returns-to-chicago-this-weekend">September</a>. With limits in place in consideration of COVID, the fair lacked some of its usual party vibrancy but they got the job done and welcomed artists and fair-goers for a weekend of in-person art viewing and buying. The fair is back again already, this time taking place April 21-24 on Fulton Market.&nbsp;Presented by Saatchi Art, The Other Art Fair is billed as the leading artist Fair to discover and buy art directly from the very best emerging artistic talent.&nbsp;Founded in London, UK in 2011, annual and biannual editions take place across the globe in Brooklyn, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, London, Melbourne, Sydney, and Toronto.This spring's Chicago fair promises to bring back the party it's known for, including Bombay G&amp;Ts for VIPs on opening night and DJ sets, immersive art installations, fully stocked bars, and lots of fresh affordable art.&nbsp;Browse original and limited edition artworks by 110 independent artists, with pieces priced from $100 and in a variety of different mediums – &nbsp;something for every budget and taste.&nbsp;&nbsp;Special programming specific to Chicago includes:&nbsp;• All Star Press back presenting three Chicago Based Guest Artists: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blake_jones/">BLAKE JONES, </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jcrivera/">JC RIVERA </a>and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ellooelloo/">ELLOO</a>• Chicago Charity partner <a href="https://artsoflife.org/">Arts of Life</a> who offer support and a creative outlet for artists with developmental disabilities.• <a href="http://www.amfm.life/">AMFM’s</a> founder Ciera McKissick on the Selection Committee for the 2022 New Futures – designed to launch the careers of talented emerging artists through prizing that includes free exhibition space and mentorship.Details, including hours, COVID protocols and tickets, <a href="https://www.theotherartfair.com/chicago/">here</a> &nbsp;</body></html>

The Other Art Fair Will Take Place This Spring on Fulton Market

<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-most-endangered-chicago-buildings-20220309-ml7yn5h64nffvks6wjxgopjbau-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daywatch&amp;utm_content=911646920233#nws=true">Chicago’s annual list of most endangered buildings is out</a>Preservation Chicago’s annual list of the seven most endangered buildings is so big that this year it includes eight historic sites.Topping the list, issued Wednesday, is an urgent late addition: two century-old Chicago skyscrapers that the federal government purchased 15 years ago and now wants to demolish.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.history.com/news/endurance-shackleton-shipwreck-discovery-photos">Photos of the Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance</a>For more than a century, the location of Endurance—the ship which carried Sir&nbsp;Ernest Shackleton and his crew on a doomed expedition to Antarcticabefore becoming trapped in the ice and ultimately sinking beneath it—had been a mystery.That changed on March 9, 2022, with the announcement&nbsp;that the expedition team Endurance22 had discovered the famous wreck some 10,000 feet deep on the bottom of the Weddell Sea.Via The History Channel&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/color-factory-chicago-artists-2082133">The Color Factory Is Opening a Permanent Space in Chicago. Here Are the Artists It’s Tapped for Its Latest Immersive Experience Hub</a>The interactive exhibition&nbsp;<a href="http://www.colorfactory.co/">Color Factory</a>, known for its photogenic displays and massive ball pits, is opening its third permanent location, inside Chicago’s Willis Tower.The 25,000-square-foot space—the Color Factory’s biggest to date—will feature artists from around the world, including&nbsp;Camille Walala,&nbsp;Yuri Suzuki, Tomislav “Quintessenz” Topic, Liz West, Anne Patterson, Christine Wong Yap, Harvey and John, and&nbsp;Michele Bernhardt, as well as four artists with ties to Chicago in&nbsp;Edra Soto,&nbsp;Akilah Townsend, Adrian Kay Wong, and&nbsp;Emilie Baltz.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/03/14/new-art-exhibition-skokie-showcases-work-first-responders">New Art Exhibition in Skokie Showcases Work of First Responders</a>There’s a famous quote from Fred Rogers – when he saw scary things on the news as a child, his mother told him: “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”An art exhibition Called “Courage …” adds a visual element to Mr. Rogers’ advice – and the artwork is made by the helpers.“I was looking for some type of creative display to commemorate the two-year shutdown. And rather than focus on the shutdown itself, I wanted to focus more on the individuals who responded and helped,” said Debra Hatchett of Anatomically Correct Arts.Via WTTW&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/14/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/inirrlyjeldstu3snmso.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/laura-catherwood-book-of-yielding-solo-show">Laura Catherwood "Book of Yielding" Solo Show</a>Opening: Saturday, March 12, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Project Space&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/tminrsqanpa3zrngxcrn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pistachios-artist-series-ii">Pistachios Artist Series II</a>Opening: Saturday, March 12, 3 – 5&nbsp;pmPistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/k0fo988hhgqwa417t834.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/figures-grounds">Figures, Grounds</a>March 12Western Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 12

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/s1glinwdgxsnrmbhw52y.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/melanie-pankau-when-the-center-stands-still">Melanie Pankau: When the Center Stands Still</a>Opening: Thursday, March 10, 4 – 6&nbsp;pmMcCormick Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/skkr7jxs7plr0hbwumla.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/remaking-the-exceptional-tea-torture-and-reparations-chicago-to-guantanamo">Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations | Chicago to Guantánamo</a>March 10DePaul University Art Museum (DPAM)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/mrbsdwpbzdxvuceb19es.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kryssi-staikidis-emergence">Kryssi Staikidis: Emergence</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/ptkodqjh4dyrshvm2gjx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/staff-picks">STAFF PICKS</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Printmakers Collaborative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/txlnuyksvad0einoqvvp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/56-milwaukee">56/Milwaukee</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 10 & 11

<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/art-world-ukraine-invasion">How the Art World Is Responding to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine</a>With the recent invasion of Ukraine, we’re reminded that more often than not, human lives aren’t the only casualties of war. Priceless works of art also tend to pay the price of fighting. Especially in a highly ideological war, art and culture are at the center of things and can’t always make it out. During the Second World War, art theft and looting unfolded on a massive scale that left pieces by the likes of Raphael,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/stolen-dollar66m-gustav-klimt-inside-a-gallery-wall">Gustav Klimt</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/vincent-van-goghs-newly-discovered-work-display">Vincent van Gogh</a>, scattered, without homes, throughout the world. And now, with the war over Ukraine in full swing, art once again finds itself in danger. This time, however, with the invasion of Ukraine, artists and curators are stepping up to protect precious works of art that have no business being collateral damage in the middle of so much violence.Via AD&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/name-three-women-artists-2082089?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%20PM%203/8&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D">An Art Historian Asked 2,000 Britons to Name Three Women Artists. Only 30 Percent of Them Could</a>How many women artists can you name? If you’re reading Artnet News, hopefully quite a few—but the results of a recent survey of 2,000 British adults suggests the general public remains woefully ill-informed about the subject.Only 30 percent of those queried could name three female artists, according to Katy Hessel, the art historian behind the popular Instagram account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thegreatwomenartists/">@thegreatwomenartists</a>.Via ArtnetImage credit: Nickolas Muray, Frida on a White Bench (1939). Photo courtesy of the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation, ©Nickolas Muray Photo Archives.&nbsp;<a href="https://hyperallergic.com/715642/calling-for-no-fly-zone-over-ukraine-artists-launch-hundreds-of-paper-planes-at-guggenheim-museum/">Calling For “No-Fly Zone” Over Ukraine, Artists Launch Hundreds of Paper Planes at Guggenheim Museum</a>In the late afternoon of Saturday, March 5, visitors to the Guggenheim Museum in New York unexpectedly witnessed hundreds of paper planes gliding down from the top of the museum’s rotunda. Those paper planes — 350 of them — were not part of the museum’s programming. Rather, they were flyers calling for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, launched surreptitiously by a group of&nbsp;15 artists and activists from Ukraine and elsewhere.The guerilla action took place at4:30pm, a typically busy time for the museum.Via Hyperallergic&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/arts/design/smithsonian-benin-bronzes.html">Smithsonian to Return Most of Its Benin Bronze Collection to Nigeria</a>The Smithsonian Institution, one of the world’s largest cultural organizations, said on Tuesday that it planned to return most of its collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, a sweeping move that would punctuate a monthslong institutional review of its collection practices and the ethics behind them.The Smithsonian has a collection of 39 Benin Bronzes, a name that is used to cover a variety of artifacts ranging from brass plaques, carved elephant tusks, ivory leopard statues and wooden heads. Many were stolen from what is now Nigeria during the British Army’s 1897 raid on the ancient Kingdom of Benin.Via NYT&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/8/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/wermutiskpjlrkfkbuvi.png"></figure>Full details on <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/programs">EXPOChicago.com</a>&nbsp;Via PRDebuting New Spring Dates, the Annual Exposition Announces Expansive Roster for Panel Programs, On-site Installations, and Keynote Speakers for Curatorial Initiatives and Directors Summit ProgramsEXPO CHICAGO, the international exposition of contemporary and modern art, today announced the full roster of participating artists and speakers for its core programs throughout its ninth annual edition, taking place April 7 – 10, 2022. Core programs include the /Dialogues on-site panel program of art world leaders in conversation, presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC); the Northern Trust Exchange Stage, providing interactive daily panel discussions; IN/SITU, large-scale sculpture, video, film and site-specific series of works installed within the expansive, vaulted architecture of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall; and an expanded OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project, which utilizes citywide digital billboards in the City’s Chicago Digital Network (CDN) to display a curated selection of contemporary artwork throughout the city.Participants in the core programs feature leaders from across the art world, including Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson (Chair, National Endowment of the Arts), Jamillah James (Manilow Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago), Koyo Kouoh (Executive Director and Chief Curator, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town), Sarah Meister (Executive Director, Aperture), Charles Moore (art historian, collector and author) and Hans Ulrich Obrist (Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries, London), while artists included in panels and on-site installations include AFRICOBRA members Gerald Williams (SAIC 1966-67) and Sherman Beck (Artist), as well as Dawoud Bey, Sanford Biggers, Liz Larner, Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Nancy Rubins, Devon Shimoyama, Gio Swaby and more.“This April will be the first time since 2019 that the fair will be able to bring its global community of artists, curators, designers and art world leaders together in person, and the incredible range and depth of the core programs reflect this built energy and enthusiasm,” said Kate Sierzputowski, Director of Programming. “From /Dialogues panels addressing the resilience of artists’ practices and institutional reflection, to IN/SITU’s first dedicated section to digital work, to the expansion of the digital billboardnetwork for the OVERRIDE program, you will see throughout the programming creatives grappling with the development of augmented connectivity that has emerged in force since we last gathered. I hope that this artist-centered programmatic approach sparks new creative energy amongst the participants as well as engages the broad range of communities joining the fair from Chicagoland and beyond.”&nbsp;/DialoguesPresented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), /Dialogues offers panel discussions, conversations, and provocative artistic discourse with leading artists, curators, designers, and arts professionals on the current issues that engage them. Highlights of this year’s edition of /Dialogues include a historic gathering of founding and key members of AFRICOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist; a panel addressing the rise of NFTs and their new place within the art world; a panel discussing visual practices in poetry with The Poetry Foundation; a fully bilingual conversation with 2022 EXPOSURE curator Humberto Moro and artists from his curated section of the fair; and talks with some of the world’s leading artists, including Derrick Adams, Dawoud Bey, Krista Franklin (SAIC Lecturer), Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Devon Shimoyama, Gio Swaby, and more. For more information and the full lineup for /Dialogues, click here.&nbsp;Exchange by Northern TrustLocated within the Northern Trust Anchor Lounge, Exchange by Northern Trust: An Interactive Conversation Around the Art of Collecting features exclusive panels on collecting and the art market that are open to VIP patrons.“We look forward to dynamic discussions about new opportunities in the art markets and collecting,” said Steven L. Fradkin, President, Wealth Management at Northern Trust. “We are proud to serve for the 8th consecutive year as presenting sponsor of EXPO CHICAGO in 2022.”Highlights of the 2022 program include a conversation between Schwanda Rountree, (Art Collector and Art Advisor), Vesela Sretenović (The Phillips Collection), and Henry Thaggart (Collector and Arts Patron), facilitated by artist Ada Pinkston on collecting with conscience and a panel featuringAmy Whitaker (NYU) on the future of collecting NFTs, both presented in partnership with Art World Learning; a conversation moderated by Victoria Burns (APAA) with leading voices that address women artists and the market; a conversation and book signing with Charles Moore on the occasion of the recent publication of his book The Brilliance of the Color Black; and a panel on the next era of arts funding featuring Christopher J. Alfieri (Prospect New Orleans; Christovich &amp; Kearney, LLP), Whitney Hardy (3RDSPACE, Hardy Beverages), and Abby Pucker (Gertie), moderated by Melissa Cowley Wolf (MCW Projects, Arts Funders Forum) in collaboration with Arts Funders Forum.&nbsp;Additional Programming As part of its inaugural Directors Summit, EXPO CHICAGO will present a keynote lecture by Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, the newly appointed Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Serving as a culmination of the Directors Summit program, the lecture will highlight Dr. Jackson’s 25-year body of work on understanding and elevating arts, culture and design as critical elements of healthy communities. Her work blends social science, arts and humanities-based approaches to comprehensive community development, systems change, program and policy evaluation and applied research.In addition, EXPO CHICAGO’s annual Curatorial Forum will feature a keynote by Koyo Kouoh, Chief Curator and Executive Director of Zeitz MOCAA, highlighting her previous work in founding RAW Material Company in Dakar in 2008 as an institution dedicated to art, knowledge and society. A center for critical education, an art exhibition space and home to a creative residency program, it supports the work of African and international artists and curators in all contemporary art media.&nbsp;IN/SITUInstalled throughout Festival Hall and the city of Chicago, IN/SITU features large-scale sculpture, video, film, and site-specific works. For the 2022 IN/SITU program, Marcella Beccaria, Chief Curator and Sandy Lee (Financial Analyst CAIA, CFP; Treasurer, Joan Mitchell Foundation) and Lesley Silverman (UTA), facilitated by Curator of Collections at Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Turin, Italy, curated Rare Earths, an exhibition of major works including new site-specific pieces by artists from leading international exhibitors participating in this year’s exposition. Coming from diverse geographic and cultural backgrounds, these artists present works in a variety of media—including sculpture, installation, performance, virtual reality and more. The selection of work for this year’s edition includes pieces by Raphaël Barontini, Guglielmo Castelli, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Liz Larner, Bertina Lopes, Cildo Meireles, John Preus, Nancy Rubins, Edra Soto, Stan VanDerBeek and Sarah Zapata. The 2022 edition of IN/SITU is the first to feature a section dedicated to digital works, featuring artists aaajiao and Keiken + George Jasper Stone in collaboration with Daata. The indoor IN/SITU programming is complemented by an outdoor installation located throughout Chicago parks as part of IN/SITU OUTSIDE, featuring two works by Nancy Rubins from her Diversifolia series. For more information on the 2022 IN/SITU program, click here.&nbsp;OVERRIDE | A Billboard ProjectIn keeping with Chicago’s legacy of championing public art, EXPO CHICAGO will present major initiatives created in collaboration with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), the Chicago Park District, and Navy Pier to highlight work by internationally recognized artists beyond Navy Pier.OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project is a citywide collaborative public art initiative between EXPO and DCASE in collaboration with the Chicago Digital Network to exhibit artwork on all CDN billboards and, for the first time, City Information Panels "CIPs" in the Central Business District from April 4-17. Participants include both emerging and established artists from Chicago and around the world. Placing artwork within this public context and the broader presentation of billboard advertising, OVERRIDE takes its name from industry terminology referring to the continuation of an outdoor advertising program beyond a contracted period. Fully integrated into the language of advertising and local familiar signage, each of the works included within the OVERRIDE program present the opportunity for artists to intercept and push the boundaries of how visual culture is disseminated in our increasingly image-based environment.Featured artists in the 2022 edition of OVERRIDE include Barnaby Barford, Sanford Biggers, Brandon Breaux, Jasmine Clarke, Laura Kina, Caroline Liu, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Leonard Suryajaya, Gerald Williams and Karl Wirsum. For a full list of locations and more information on the 2022 program, click here.For additional information and a full list of programming, exhibitors and more on the ninth edition of EXPO CHICAGO, please visit www.expochicago.com.&nbsp;About EXPO CHICAGOEXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary &amp; Modern Art features leading international galleries alongside a leading platform for contemporary art and cultural programming. Hosted within historic Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, EXPO CHICAGO presents a diverse and inventive program, including /Dialogues (presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) and Exchange by Northern Trust: An Interactive Conversation Around the Art of Collecting, unrivaled talks programs for both public and VIP audiences; IN/SITU, dynamic on-site installations highlighting large-scale sculpture, film, and site-specific work; and major public art initiatives, including IN/SITU Outside, public art installed throughout Chicago Park District locations, and OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project, a curated selection of international artists throughout the city’s digital billboard network. The EXPO CHICAGO program also features an unprecedented commitment to host curatorial initiatives during the exposition, including the Curatorial Forum in partnership with Independent Curators International (ICI), and the Curatorial Exchange, which partners with foreign agencies and consulates to expand the exposition’s global reach. EXPO CHICAGO is the publisher of THE SEEN, Chicago’s only international journal of contemporary and modern art criticism, distributed throughout the United States and Europe.EXPO CHICAGO is presented by Art Expositions, LLC. Under the leadership of President and Director Tony Karman, EXPO CHICAGO draws upon the city’s rich history as a vibrant international cultural destination, while highlighting the region’s contemporary arts community and inspiring its collector base. For more information on EXPO CHICAGO visit <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/programs">EXPOChicago.com</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO Chicago Announces Core Programming For Ninth Edition 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/j1jwdbwka66lyxrmg7kh.jpg"><figcaption>Immersive Shevchenko: Soul of Ukraine</figcaption></figure>By CGN Staff via PRPlans were announced not long ago for Immersive Frida, the follow up experience to Immersive Van Gogh. Now, a special date has been announced, in the midst of this latest exhibition, to share a timely, existing immersive exhibit celebrating the work of Ukrainian artist, poet, philosopher and public figure, Taras Shevchenko and benefitting the Red Cross and the National Bank of Ukraine Fund.The Immersive organizers shared, "The seventh day of war dawns on Ukraine as invading Russian forces continue to encounter fierce resistance. Amidst the bombardments and firefights, workers at the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko crate away valuable pieces of artwork in the exact same containers used to shield them from invading Nazi forces in 1941 to hide the valuable national artwork from the invading Russian Military forces as gunfire erupts just down the street. An artist, poet, writer and political activist of the mid 19thcentury, Shevchenko was known for expressing themes of Ukrainian oppression by the Russian government in his art."Emboldened to assist Ukraine with its ongoing crisis, Lighthouse Immersive, the producers of Immersive Van Gogh, is currently arranging to have an existing immersive exhibit celebrating the work of Ukrainian artist, poet, philosopher and public figure, Taras Shevchenko, brought to North America. IMMERSIVE SHEVCHENKO: SOUL OF UKRAINE will be available for viewing beginning March 15 in Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, with all proceeds from ticket sales going directly to Red Cross and the National Bank of Ukraine Fund. Ticket buyers may select which charity to allocate their contribution to.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/qojzrnsbmzp7yy1dqtud.jpg"><figcaption>Rendering of exhibit</figcaption></figure>In 2021, Ukraine-born Lighthouse Immersive Associate Producer Valeriy Kostyuk, working with a Ukraine-based team including Producer Natalia Delieva, Creative Director Tais Poda, Composer Timur Polyansky, and Curator-Consultant Dmytro Stus, developed and launched an immersive exhibit of Shevchenko’s work in Odesa. Kostyuk sought to apply the artistry and innovation that Lighthouse Immersive practiced with Vincent van Gogh to one of Ukraine’s most beloved cultural figures. He was able to work with the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv to obtain access to their collection of paintings, resulting in a one-of-a-kind sensory experience that <a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=OiNP8Syn9LlCN8uf9dD0j5nGstIfx4iGmM0GxnxTR2GIxnIBIey6XdiYfPZxPQ55CWBa10h-2BbqXa5i2W1yDGgHhdUztcF-2BsPp9by5V-2FNWGWmwuvux0sWdvPhQ4AfXYJvGSmQjYRwIZjdSq0sDQehO2dgnF-2F5DZI5moaNZgaFf1s-3DdzVk_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP-2BvAdgfICCFFHxnTjvEhUHLATit0Q8QLp1LC-2BEz94L007cIzaJ5X2O6z6fZNnnfytz4O2GEhL-2BoW19-2BOIjlTtwbGpi3oyzHiRn5ZMoVxQONGmSwh1KJ5ljtFUStr6P8sjCtXNF8SYt-2FxGjnh7DsheqRgUisCWVEwfwrz4cfm36shYJ0yYzdsYyv-2FqJPjj7CXNQLUxkAB8rg7A90quhZKGGOHMQ9ijqEcp84aDDsNSYrYvBiekgaqmwG-2FbGDrcwDvKA4l1o-2Fm8USV6C2Nd-2FWutH5b2Uhfne0N4qKgZgHbeQ7UIn7OvEiXWJqAyevvSf8dVWgQ6GNEJu2jLOnghAAup3gA1Jmg6tQKS4xlAzr7GXp-2BoW7-2BJv-2BbtayQaCGOyB2KpU2L4s6nMAku7JWepisBLq2NwtzUZAJuszsw9lCxwPyMeZJqBZxLmo-2BbO31HKUqhNwIKUAXHA9kpLXRlHKeOX41Njagd8gXNubw-2BhhMNbWgC0bk1yMGHJII4zGaHbmT1r8L0BRoJswtqljrCzgGt68n5PEvM1bCmUmMvsJOCEzT40IKeqByu2lpfB-2B2EZzrHWU-2FmZ2qfXfyrK5mf866NT2jGLvu7pdjJNJnjLMQIT2WX9FkFTm48GQdSR2aIsJNeiBM7QCvb39aGA9qUFYp-2BOXs4FWwto-2BD0K6dUBgr1gvBgjUaIMtpYqoEVb-2Bv3-2BUsHLOy3lPK3xtDuZiEsH04yQ-2FoJyXft3dUsBkjIf3cj2BrCcLxFY1QD8rq9uASoiXI3SnSsbKJJTxwkYx9yRw6SzHAmeDpZOCOlA6m87el6VHs7IsgSYt5h6zgyxK7IBfvix-2B2uwKbcxD1LGHIc0CuHCfCnkcO2AQd6aY7eeWx-2FEvy41y3H3miV7k5qk0npb3MPWyjeXj-2BBiK7-2BDza22UNbsBA8ASr9eugVx-2FT1fm9HwGV0aNNGFtGGGQKcDXU6kncukIaEOxNQ-2BY2vQXH9kML8T2gXNaWZtZz-2BcXKkNjChMAFxVJIF8Yn-2BsuEFj4-2BQqNGzQw-3D">President Zelensky himself visited</a> before the war began. Now, Lighthouse Immersive is working with the Ukrainian producers in Kyiv and Odesa to bring the exhibit to North America so they can share Ukrainian art and culture with audiences abroad while raising funds for a righteous cause.&nbsp;“I always wanted to find a way to use my experiences producing in North America to promote Ukrainian artists,” comments Kostyuk. “Ukrainian culture is as beautiful and moving and important as the culture of any other country in the world, and Shevchenko is, in many ways, a father of the independent Ukrainian nation. I have been moved and inspired beyond words by the endurance and resilience of the Ukrainian people in this moment and I am deeply thankful to the incredible team in Ukraine who partnered with me on this project, as well as to the producers at Lighthouse Immersive for standing with me in this moment.”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/ydfmjtvw60lr2b9dx1ac.jpg"><figcaption>President Zelensky at Immersive Shevchenko exhibit</figcaption></figure>"As the people of Ukraine, with freedom in their DNA, continue to stand strong against this grave threat together with the free world, it is important to remember everything we are fighting for is to protect our values," said Andrii Bukvych, Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Canada. "Ukraine is a culturally rich nation with a storied history, a part of European heritage, and it is encouraging to see the art of one of Ukraine's most prominent cultural icons being appreciated by audiences on the other side of the world. It is important for the global community to know what is at stake, and what is under attack."&nbsp;“Like millions around the world, we feel shocked and helpless in the face of what Ukraine is experiencing right now, and I happen to have a particular lens on this with core members of our team being from and with family in Ukraine,” says Lighthouse Immersive Producer Corey Ross. “On behalf of the entire company, I am grateful to have the opportunity to bring this show here and to be able to help in any way I can.”&nbsp;Taras Shevchenko (March 9, 1814 – March 10, 1861) is largely considered a cultural trailblazer of the independent Ukrainian nation. Born a serf, Shevchenko was freed in 1838 while a student at the St. Petersburg Academy of Art. A master of Ukrainian painting and graphic art, and a spiritual leader, Shevchenko was the founder of critical realism and the folk element in Ukrainian fine arts. Shevchenko’s creative output primarily reflected the socio-political reality of the Ukrainian people of that period and largely expressed themes of Ukrainian oppression by the Russian government and calls for Ukrainian liberation. &nbsp;Tickets for IMMERSIVE SHEVCHENKO: SOUL OF UKRAINE are on sale now at <a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=vJO7LlTnWvd32qDo8NqOvODG6Y7mHuj-2Bd1tRPAz3LILK3eiPhobuYbdz-2BtIR18jCjeCzWCtjo9HlfWk4AXmK-2FPMx6G1jZfoQJY2EH-2B5nD4SlYJzjftJBmBFkDf0dTcS8y9ujQVB6mR1270PHlVmGqGEjEvRLkL4Y-2FuoD12PiHLa4LTTLISo96XRJ9kvq-2Fl-2Fq6nYg_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP-2BvAdgfICCFFHxnTjvEhUHLATit0Q8QLp1LC-2BEz94L007cIzaJ5X2O6z6fZNnnfytz4O2GEhL-2BoW19-2BOIjlTtwbGpi3oyzHiRn5ZMoVxQONGmSwh1KJ5ljtFUStr6P8sjCtXNF8SYt-2FxGjnh7DsheqRgUisCWVEwfwrz4cfm36shYJ0yYzdsYyv-2FqJPjj7CXNQLUxkAB8rg7A90quhZKGGOHMQ9ijqEcp84aDDsNSYrYvBiekgaqmwG-2FbGDrcwDvKA4l1o-2Fm8USV6C2Nd-2FWutH5b2Uhfne0N4qKgZgHbeQ7UIn7OvEiXWJqAyevvSf8dVWgQ6GNEJu2jLOnghAAup3gA1Jmg6tQKS4xlAzr7GXp-2BoW7-2BJv-2BbtayQaCGOyB2KpU2L4s6nMAku7JWepisBLq2NwtzUZAJuszsw9lCxwPyMeZJqBZxLmo-2BbO31HKUqhNwIKUAXHA9kpLXRlHKeOX41Njagd8gXNubw-2BhhMNbWgC0bk1yMGHJII4zGaHbmT1r8L0BRoJswtqljrCzgGt68n5PEvM1bCmUmMvsJOCEzT40IKeqByu2lpfB-2B2EZzrHWU-2FmZ2qfXfyrK5mf866NT2jGLvu7pdjJNJnjLMQIT2WX9FkFTm48GQdSR2aIsJNeiBM7QCvb39aGA9qUFYp-2BOXs4FWwto-2BD0K6dUBgr1gvBgjUaIMtpYqoEVb-2Bv3-2BUsHLOy3lPK3xtDuZiEsH04yQ-2FoJyXft3dUsBkjIf3cj2BrCcLxFY1QD8rq9uASoiXI3SnSsbKJJTxwkYx9yRw6SzHAmeDpZOCOlA6m87el6VHs7IcIv7iwZWmxK860sB6hkG8FWzIYJzUXcb-2F-2BPy6Nh-2FdEOA1Hw67LsvNuX7FF6JbQ8vgQ0p-2BqBFKvZ6kmpY7wL2RsI4WSlhKs3zBXnXAyP4-2BobQiT5JbIFUaxls9gm48LweIkEqyXjDPPwVZxUGMQXBBR-2FGJaPBSwyqYXT-2FcCrG5cnTu-2Ba0InEzDGZspzxuLpr-2FriS5Nl3OenOwfBqhAvAfY-3D">l</a><a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=vJO7LlTnWvd32qDo8NqOvODG6Y7mHuj-2Bd1tRPAz3LILK3eiPhobuYbdz-2BtIR18jCjeCzWCtjo9HlfWk4AXmK-2FPMx6G1jZfoQJY2EH-2B5nD4SlYJzjftJBmBFkDf0dTcS8y9ujQVB6mR1270PHlVmGqGEjEvRLkL4Y-2FuoD12PiHLa4LTTLISo96XRJ9kvq-2Fl-2FqpJQh_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP-2BvAdgfICCFFHxnTjvEhUHLATit0Q8QLp1LC-2BEz94L007cIzaJ5X2O6z6fZNnnfytz4O2GEhL-2BoW19-2BOIjlTtwbGpi3oyzHiRn5ZMoVxQONGmSwh1KJ5ljtFUStr6P8sjCtXNF8SYt-2FxGjnh7DsheqRgUisCWVEwfwrz4cfm36shYJ0yYzdsYyv-2FqJPjj7CXNQLUxkAB8rg7A90quhZKGGOHMQ9ijqEcp84aDDsNSYrYvBiekgaqmwG-2FbGDrcwDvKA4l1o-2Fm8USV6C2Nd-2FWutH5b2Uhfne0N4qKgZgHbeQ7UIn7OvEiXWJqAyevvSf8dVWgQ6GNEJu2jLOnghAAup3gA1Jmg6tQKS4xlAzr7GXp-2BoW7-2BJv-2BbtayQaCGOyB2KpU2L4s6nMAku7JWepisBLq2NwtzUZAJuszsw9lCxwPyMeZJqBZxLmo-2BbO31HKUqhNwIKUAXHA9kpLXRlHKeOX41Njagd8gXNubw-2BhhMNbWgC0bk1yMGHJII4zGaHbmT1r8L0BRoJswtqljrCzgGt68n5PEvM1bCmUmMvsJOCEzT40IKeqByu2lpfB-2B2EZzrHWU-2FmZ2qfXfyrK5mf866NT2jGLvu7pdjJNJnjLMQIT2WX9FkFTm48GQdSR2aIsJNeiBM7QCvb39aGA9qUFYp-2BOXs4FWwto-2BD0K6dUBgr1gvBgjUaIMtpYqoEVb-2Bv3-2BUsHLOy3lPK3xtDuZiEsH04yQ-2FoJyXft3dUsBkjIf3cj2BrCcLxFY1QD8rq9uASoiXI3SnSsbKJJTxwkYx9yRw6SzHAmeDpZOCOlA6m87el6VHs7FQiQ9YpLwbEW0KMraIY9yHfsZTphghLOr78weWuOtFEpctqF8KFOFZH0L-2F-2Bd3Mi6BZSoy5UOgxMsW7Frv-2Ffz2LWv1e-2FXzgpKO4Ni82wKyFRynr38dBEBCwjPf58X8sQynhGh9RmBNrTAp-2FO5Q5kKj4eFW5xdoWhokLy62-2BKtea9Wn3p54AbdDIlzkgMluRvLZOXySJbj0xLC39P9sXTYyw-3D">ighthouseimmersive.com/immersive-shevchenko</a> for March 15 showings from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets to IMMERSIVE SHEVCHENKO: SOUL OF UKRAINE include the Immersive Frida Kahlo experience as well. &nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Immersive Shevchenko: Soul of Ukraine Coming to Chicago for Single Day Benefit

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/gbph6ze6747lotyubtay.jpg"></figure>Via PRHyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, has completed its <a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/art-makes">ART MAKES</a>: COMMUNITY + CHANGE capital campaign – the largest in its 83-year-history – raising $17 million and surpassing an ambitious original goal of $16 million. The announcement was made today by the Art Center Board of Directors, acknowledging great appreciation for generous recent $1 million+ gifts made by The Clinton Family Fund and Cari and Michael J. Sacks, in addition to original lead gifts from the Builders Initiative, Guida Family Foundation, and David C. and Sarajean&nbsp;Ruttenberg&nbsp;Arts Foundation. &nbsp;As previously announced, the Art Center Board initiated the ART MAKES capital campaign in 2018 to secure an open tuition education model, establish an endowment, and increase funding for arts-education access and artist investment.&nbsp; Having successfully completed this campaign, effective with the upcoming Spring 2022 class session, the Art Center will officially shift to a new Open Arts contribute-what-you-can model in its Oakman Clinton School and Studios, making it the nation’s first open-tuition visual art school for all ages. &nbsp;Via Open Arts, all of the Art Center's core curriculum classes will now be offered without a set tuition price and all participants will be asked to contribute how they can, at whatever level they are able, so as to provide students from all economic backgrounds the means to participate, create, and benefit from the dynamic learning environment and community at the Art Center.Registration for Spring 2022 classes will start March 8 via <a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/education">www.hydeparkart.org/education</a> for the term beginning March 28. An official public program celebrating the campaign completion and launch of Open Arts is scheduled for Saturday, April 23, as part of the Art Center’s popular Center Days quarterly free programming. More information on the April 23 event will be announced shortly.The ART MAKES campaign was co-chaired by Cynthia Heusing, Shirley &amp; Walter Massey, and Richard Wright. In addition to lead gifts, 25% of the total funds were committed by the Art Center’s Board of Directors, with further financial support received from local and national foundation and corporate grants, and gifts from dozens of donors from around Chicago and the Art Center’s own South Side neighborhood.“It’s been wonderful seeing the ART MAKES campaign gain terrific momentum with several large commitments being made in the second half of 2021 and early 2022.&nbsp; Hyde Park Art Center is playing a unique role supporting artists and access in its neighborhood, across the South Side, and across the city. Shirley and I have been proud to be a part of this groundbreaking work and gratified to see others&nbsp;join us in supporting this phenomenal institution,” said Walter Massey.Added Kate Lorenz, Hyde Park Art Center’s Executive Director, “With all the challenges that COVID forced on Chicago communities, we have created a financial model that welcomes all people, regardless of ability to pay, while upgrading top-quality arts programming for years to come.”As previously announced, the infusion of capital will allow Hyde Park Art Center to increase access to art for all and increase investment in artists:&nbsp;&nbsp;Increasing access to art for allHyde Park Art Center’s Oakman Clinton School &amp; Studios annually serve over 1,500 enrollments of all ages and skill levels with nearly 200 courses across the visual arts. Core curriculum classes comprise about two-thirds of all offerings and include staple Art Center programs at all learning levels and across all artistic&nbsp;media, from ceramics, painting and drawing toprintmaking and digital photography. &nbsp;In addition, monies raised through ART MAKES will be dedicated to investing in the Art Center’s ongoing Pathways K- 8 Programs delivering broader access to visual arts for some 700 K–8 students in in its neighboring communities—Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Washington Park, and Woodlawn – along with supporting more than 150 teen and young adult artists through its arts and professional training both for high school and post-high school (18-25- year-old) youth. Further engaging the community, the Art Center currently hosts a robust series of artist talks, exhibition openings, free artmaking workshops, and other creative events; increased funding for public programs will provide an even greater platform and space for artists, community members, and peer organizations to collaborate and contribute to civic dialogue and social awareness.&nbsp;Increasing investment in artistsEqually critical is a deeper investment in professional artists and so among the current Hyde Park Art Center initiatives that will benefit from increased funding are faculty/teaching artist development for its current 50 faculty members via additional resources and trainings for the development of studio work and pedagogical practice.&nbsp; Funding will also provide professional opportunities for artists growing their careers, both inside the building and beyond, through valuable mentorship and exhibition programs such as the Center and Bridge offerings. Further, the Art Center’s Jackman Goldwasser Residency currently provides local artists access to long-term, rent-free studio space, and international artists the opportunity to live and work in Chicago. Building on this, the residency program will expand its international presence by building on exchanges where Chicago artists travel abroad and connect to the global stage while international artists and curators visit Chicago to connect with our local artists. And finally, the Art Center will invest in new work, supporting artists and the creation of ambitious new work to ensure artists, particularly artists of color and women, can mount career-changing exhibitions.&nbsp;About Hyde Park Art CenterHyde Park Art Center, at 5020 South Cornell Avenue on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social change, and connect with new networks. Since its inception in 1939, Hyde Park Art Center has grown from a small collective of quirky artists to establishing a strong legacy of risk-taking and experimentation and emerging as a unique Chicago arts institution with social impact. The Art Center functions as an amplifier for today and tomorrow’s creative voices, providing the space to cultivate and create new work and connections. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">www.hydeparkart.org</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Hyde Park Art Center Becomes Nation's First Open-Tuition Art School

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/rdmi0kcndq7wfjnsaagx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bridges-and-islands">Bridges and Islands</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Truborn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/bwr8t1jpf2qd4og5jw2k.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cole-pierce">Cole Pierce</a>Exhibition begins March 5Evanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/vgjzcvwnaqxyryrgxeec.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/francoise-grossen">Françoise Grossen</a>Exhibition begins March 5Volume Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/a84cn8nw2ikjnsn35azu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/2nd-annual-i-am-women-exhibition">2nd Annual I Am Women Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmDragonfly Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419034/eryo3aypp4hmxodnzutr.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chicago-culture-couple-the-hunt">Chicago Culture Couple: "The Hunt"</a>Exhibition begins March 5Vertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419035/lwelmk1edyjc6cyufjhr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/stan-vanderbeek">Stan VanDerBeek</a>Exhibition begins March 5DOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419035/jmcizrm0cl6ngp6s2zx8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bethany-collins-cadence">Bethany Collins –&nbsp;Cadence</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 3 - 5 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/kieubhndtrjm2kdooocy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/beautiful-diaspora-you-are-not-the-lesser-part">Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part</a>Exhibition begins March 3Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lens-2022">LENS 2022</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 3 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/aedfpdltkdoxisvpxwyi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/clarissa-bonet-chasing-light">Clarissa Bonet: Chasing Light</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmCatherine Edelman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/oftvyi0zdx9fmjjxgqpi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/latinxamerican">LatinXAmerican</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmLubeznik Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/nuohjnrtxdhjjazioe0l.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/peter-batchelder-and-leya-evelyn-color-space">Peter Batchelder and Leya Evelyn: Color Space</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/li6x6ylrs7fnpfyy28b6.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/family-resemblance-the-evolution-of-chicago-style-graffiti">Family Resemblance: The Evolution Of Chicago Style Graffiti</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419034/fi4jf7of8vtlv3gfuma0.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-aquatic">Art Aquatic</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVale Craft Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419035/kqwqbw9h1dm3rwstngcf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/all-terrain-landscape-explorations">All Terrain: Landscape Explorations</a>Exhibition begins March 4Addington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 3 - 5 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/fiktkum6auhilqn31moa.jpg"><figcaption>Chicago abstract artist Cleveland Dean is having a one-person show of his unique artworks at The Art Center Highland Park Feb. 18-April 9. (Cleveland Dean)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/ct-hpn-ent-cleveland-dean-st-0217-20220207-wjlgwsctpnfgthpkqpg3og4hei-story.html">Artist Cleveland Dean uses fire in work at latest exhibit at The Art Center Highland Park</a>Chicago Artist Cleveland Dean admitted that he was a nerd as a child — and that he’s still a nerd. “I get absorbed with things,” he explained. “If I find I have an interest in something, I do everything I can to learn as much about it as I can.”That interest in absorbing knowledge about whatever interests him is apparent in Dean’s artwork, which will be on display from Feb. 18-April 9 at The Art Center Highland Park.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/arts-entertainment/chicago-hyde-park-art-center-raises-17-million?utm_source=today-s-crain-s&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20220228&amp;utm_content=article6-readmore">Big names fund Hyde Park Art Center's new direction</a>With $17 million raised from a Walmart heir's philanthropy and others, the Hyde Park Art Center implements a unique tuition structure.Via Crain's Chicago (access needed)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/how-will-russian-sanctions-impact-the-art-market-2079148">The Financial Community Is Shutting Its Doors to Russia. Will the Art Market Follow?</a>In the days since Russia invaded Ukraine last week, one art advisor has been busy fielding questions from worried clients, some of whom have works for sale in London this week, including at Phillips auction house. The company, owned by Russia’s luxury conglomerate Mercury Group, is planning to offer tens of millions of dollars worth of art during the mid-season auctions...The broader art market is finding itself in a similar bind. As the financial community shuts its doors to Russia, scores of Russian millionaires and billionaires may need to convert their trophy Warhols, Rothkos, and Picassos into cash—just as international sanctions have made them toxic to do business with.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/02/26/new-immersive-exhibit-showcases-works-frida-kahlo">New Immersive Exhibit Showcases Works of Frida Kahlo</a>Frida Kahlo returns to Chicago, this time in a new immersive experience.The exhibit showcases the work of the influential Mexican-born artist in 360-degrees.Ahead of the exhibit’s opening, we spoke with Kahlo’s grandniece and great grandniece. They say unlike other exhibitions, this experience depicts the Frida their family knew.You can see the full 40-minute production on Frida Kahlo at Lighthouse Immersive in Old Town.Via WTTW &nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/1/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/f1d0ei14un0v73juaz13.jpg"><figcaption>A view of the restored dome in the City of Chicago's Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Memorial Hall and Rotunda</figcaption></figure>By CGN StaffLater this month Mayor Lightfoot and the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) will mark the public reopening of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Memorial Hall and Rotunda at the Chicago Cultural Center following a year-long, and overdue, restoration.&nbsp;"Revitalizing the historic Chicago Cultural Center is vital to our tourism and recovery efforts, as well as our ability to bring our creative community back together," said Mayor Lightfoot.The G.A.R. rooms in the Cultural Center, completed in 1897, were designed by the Boston firm of Shepley Rutan and Coolidge as a site to honor the social, political, and moral well-being of Civil War veterans and their families. Their historic restoration shines a fresh light on the rooms’ purpose.&nbsp;The G.AR. dome–which measures 40-feet in diameter and is made up of 62,000 pieces of art glass–is even larger than the Cultural Center's other well-known dome in Preston Bradley Hall (restored in 2008.) In the 1940s, the dome was placed under a cement and copper cover (and lit with electric lights) to end damaging water intrusion. Now the stained glass is fully restored, lit with natural light and protected by a new state-of-the-art clear cover. The dome’s leaded glass underwent a monumental cleaning, repair and re-assembling process at Daprato Rigali Studios, located on the far Northwest Side of Chicago, revealing its overwhelming beauty. The restoration team discovered that the original Tiffany-designed finishes of the cast-iron dome frame were completely intact beneath layers of grime. In this room, you will also see the original paint colors revealed chip by chip, repaired plaster detailing, re-created moldings, and renovated embossed plaster carvings on the ceiling.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419023/i4k0wdihnibgeb2syz6v.jpg"><figcaption>The hall prior to restoration</figcaption></figure>In gold around the room is a chronological listing of major Civil War battles. The green marble is from Vermont. The newly restored cherry wood cases along the walls previously displayed Civil War artifacts, which are now preserved at the Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center. During the restoration, the ceiling, upper walls, and crown molding all were treated to intricate paint removal, damage repair and painstaking touch-up work. The carpets, newly created by computer to duplicate the patterns and colors of the irreparably damaged original mosaic and terrazzo floors, will now help control sound; not a functional concern in 1897. Cutting-edge technologies were used to recreate missing 1897 elements. To recreate the long-missing chandeliers, old photographs and architectural drawings were brought to life through computer imaging, and models of individual pieces were generated by 3D printing. They were then recast in the original bronze and feature replica hand-blown glass shades. The enormous windows have been restored to their original clear glass, allowing light flow into the room (with UV protection) and a stunning view into G.A.R. Hall from the street.The meticulous restoration of the art glass dome and decorative finishes in the G.A.R. rooms, a Civil War memorial, was made possible by a generous grant of services valued at $15,425,000 to the City of Chicago. This private support provided access to a highly specialized team that exposed the original 1890s surfaces of the rooms; conserved the glass dome, and recreated long-lost custom-designed lighting fixtures.“This was no ordinary preservation project. It’s been an undertaking beyond belief, assembling the top talents in historic restoration to revive one of the great lost treasures of decorative arts,” said Tim Samuelson, Cultural Historian Emeritus for the City of Chicago. “With its sparkling mosaics and art glass dome, the Chicago Cultural Center’s better-known Preston Bradley Hall has been a must-see attraction for decades, but it’s about to get some stiff competition from the G.A.R. rooms.”<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419024/lzmt0zb1aebskdxvhc3b.jpg"><figcaption>The dome prior to restoration</figcaption></figure>Following the restoration, the G.A.R. rooms will reflect their historic appearance as well as more ably facilitate a wider range of free and diverse cultural programming. This includes upgraded lighting, electrical and Wi-Fi — and opportunities for artists and organizations to activate the space through performances and exhibitions.“I am thrilled to see the magnificent restoration of the G.A.R. rooms come to fruition. The work will not only improve the building and physical structures; it will enhance the public programming at the Chicago Cultural Center,” said DCASE Commissioner Erin Harkey. “Our Reopening Weekend will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the restoration process, a conversation with art historians on what sacrifice and freedom continue to mean to us today — and dance performances (celebrating the 2022 #YearofChicagoDance) intentionally centering Black artists and perspectives in the historical context of slavery and the American Civil War.”The Chicago Cultural Center restoration, which began in February 2021 following an intensive yearlong study, was executed by Harboe Architects and a team of highly specialized preservation experts and artisans, in partnership with the Department of Assets, Information and Services (AIS) and in consultation with conservators and Tim Samuelson, Cultural Historian Emeritus for the City of Chicago. The Landmarks Commission reviewed and unanimously approved the project.For more information, visit <a href="http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=jd8-2BsLkKeKzJJH-2F5YciLh6tttf-2B1J48YQf9-2F23T8GrDLjarIxjBh5-2F2BPzPfSss1AjEL0JLAmnsNph9D54bf6FVhJaGSsRHmSfCEcdvnsasRejBnd6-2BM82dSKPGaKF0OCB4N_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1XeiKasl3Q0KHAlfCn9N7XONZksYe5OIXa5kf5eLUqZODuRSP9aq4SJ-2B49W0jH0wJ361FZmfd811YRJkeZRtXy94dOd-2FaYWghs-2FZtF7-2BODvvQUhQF0a-2Fc3oi7sJYPELV0a73-2FnqrbcT2Ws4Oc23HJ4-2BnK5kRGImKIeMbo9O4VgfXqCCtnvfKgXGe3JJGLO0nQDc1ny3YfJ8DAV-2Bachh6bOu2HtaN6YXxQrF63R5dlNCsciYI6FMTTBhjQDID49If7uy-2FnKjIejrsj5LSUZETq0QafMx2cHf-2FPgQryLPis63UfC9AlR7-2F3OotL-2FH8lNZi388oC13Iu5qW49H5F2CAVhk4QA-3D-3D">ChicagoCulturalCenter.org</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419025/iumsbrt6fzhxafvexilf.jpg"><figcaption>Restoration in progress</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Reopening Weekend Schedule of Events (subject to change):The reopening will also usher in a celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Chicago Cultural Center, which opened in 1897. Free public programming will take place during a special Reopening Weekend, March 26–27, featuring tours, talks, dance performances and more in addition to continuing exhibitions, Welcome Center and Learning Lab events and shopping at BUDDY.&nbsp;Saturday, March 26:<ul><li>11am, “MYTH BUSTIN’ — The REAL Story Behind the G.A.R. Rooms” with Cultural Historian Emeritus Tim Samuelson (G.A.R. Foyer)</li><li>12pm and 12:30pm, Guided Tours (G.A.R. Foyer)</li><li>1pm, Behind-the-Scenes Tour with Harboe Architects (G.A.R. Hall)</li><li>2pm, “What Sacrifice &amp; Freedom Mean Today” with professor Christopher Reed, professor Eileen McMahon and artist Leah Gipson; moderated by Chicago Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington (G.A.R. Hall)</li><li>3pm, Performance by Red Clay Dance (G.A.R. Hall and beyond)</li><li>Plus, View the G.A.R. documentary by Chanel 25 (G.A.R. Foyer), visit our hands-on art cart and exhibit displays (G.A.R. Hall) or take a self-guided tour. (Building is open 10am – 5pm.)</li></ul>Sunday, March 27:<ul><li>11am, “MYTH BUSTIN’ — The REAL Story Behind the G.A.R. Rooms” with Cultural Historian Emeritus Tim Samuelson (G.A.R. Foyer)</li><li>12pm and 12:30pm, Guided Tours (G.A.R. Foyer)</li><li>1pm, Behind-the-Scenes Tour with Harboe Architects (G.A.R. Hall)</li><li>Plus, View the G.A.R. documentary by Chanel 25 (G.A.R. Foyer), visit our hands-on art cart and exhibit displays (G.A.R. Hall) or take a self-guided tour. (Building is open 10am – 5pm.)</li></ul>In addition to in-person programming, a new TV documentary (“Restoration”) airing in May chronicles the work of Harboe Architects and a team of fine artists and preservation experts as they restore the historic Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall and Rotunda in the Chicago Cultural Center to their original 1897 grandeur and beauty. “Restoration” will air in May on Comcast, RCN, and WOW on Cable25. Check the Chicago Cultural Center website for dates and times.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419026/bmqykw3d2fof0laceyry.jpg"><figcaption>The Chicago Cultural Center&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

The City is Reopening a 125 Year-Old, Restored Civil War Memorial, the G.A.R. Rotunda

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/sei0w5tsxihzyunqijbs.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave</figcaption></figure>Via PRThe Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) today announced that tickets for Forothermore, the first career-spanning retrospective of internationally renowned, Chicago-based artist Nick Cave, will go on sale April 6. The most comprehensive survey of Cave’s work to date, the exhibition is curated by Naomi Beckwith, former Manilow Senior Curator, MCA Chicago and will be on view at the MCA from May 14 to October 2, 2022.“I’m thrilled to be sharing my career’s work in my chosen hometown. I don’t take the gravity of this moment for granted,” said Cave. “From the MCA to the DuSable and beyond, this community and city-wide project is the realization of a dream that could only happen in Chicago — this way, with this brilliant team and throughout this great city.”The celebration continues with the ArtEdge: Celebrating Nick Cave gala on May 21 in the Roundhouse at the DuSable Museum of African American History, featuring a presentation of The Color Is, a performative fashion experience, featuring an 80-look production by Nick Cave and Jack Cave. Produced by the MCA, The Color Is is an experience based on the concept of freedom from limits and described as a couture-created body of work that is an amalgamation of cultures, times and ideas, emancipating them from the limits of regular classifications. Gala tickets will be available alongside the exhibition on-sale, beginning April 6.In addition to the performance at ArtEdge: Celebrating Nick Cave, there will be two public performances of The Color Is at the DuSable on Sunday, May 22 at 5:00 p.m. and Monday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m.Running concurrently with Forothermore, Cave will also debut a new video work at <a href="https://artonthemart.com">Art on theMART</a>, the world’s largest permanent digital art projection, as part of its Summer 2022 programming. The projection of Cave’s video work, made specifically for&nbsp;Art on theMART, is a remix of&nbsp;Cave’s original film&nbsp;Drive-By&nbsp;(2011)&nbsp;with new&nbsp;footage, and can be seen from May 5 through September 7, 2022.Following its tenure at the MCA, a recast version of Forothermore will travel to the Guggenheim in New York City for an exhibition opening November 18, 2022, and is also curated by Naomi Beckwith, who currently serves as Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator, Guggenheim Museum.“Nick Cave’s utopian vision and gift for magical material transformation is only matched by his generosity as a mentor, educator and activist,” said Beckwith. “I am thrilled to see that the seeds that he planted in Chicago have flourished into a citywide celebration that not only honors his inspiring work but is a gift to his adopted hometown. Equally important is that audiences at the Guggenheim New York will also have the opportunity to experience a fulsome view of Nick’s artistic and life practice. Nick is an artist who allows all his audiences to celebrate, mourn, and learn with and from each other; a kind of social healing that is so necessary as the world contends with continued physical and political isolation.”For over three decades, Cave has centered his artistic practice on community building and addressing pressing societal issues related to race, gender, sexuality and class. First coming to prominence with his acclaimed Soundsuits series, Cave is celebrated for his projects that eloquently blend community building with vibrant works of art across disciplines, including immersive installations, textural sculptures, impeccably crafted fashions and dynamic videos and performances. In addition to being an artist, Cave is also a prominent activist and educator - qualities that make his work a true representation of the MCA’s mission says the museum’s Pritzker Director, Madeleine Grynsztejn."The MCA has committed itself to presenting local Chicago artists whose works elevate the global discourse surrounding contemporary art and social practice, including, among others,Kerry James Marshall, Virgil Abloh and now Nick Cave,” said Grynsztejn. “This recent history of curatorial programming is not only indicative of this institution’s ongoing efforts to surface the critical art histories being formed within Chicago but also serves as a testament to this city’s vibrant ecosystem of artists, galleries, universities, and museums that have supported such a thriving artist community."&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419023/nj4qihhxaal1pvnfk99l.jpg"><figcaption>Bunny Boy still</figcaption></figure>Reflecting the artist’s three-dimensional approach, the exhibition is designed as an immersive journey that begins with Spinner Forest and continues in the galleries with the artist’s cast bronze sculptures, tapestries made of sequined garments, color-saturated videos, and breath-taking installations such as the larger-than-life Beaded Cliff Wall that is comprised of millions of colorful pony beads threaded into shoelaces by hand. Displayed against a backdrop of floor-to-ceiling geometric vinyl wallpaper collaboratively designed with the artist’s partner Bob Faust, Forothermore traces artistic themes and Cave’s evolving interests over three decades, with works from as early as 1989.Forothermore features over a dozen works from Cave’s Soundsuit series in addition to the debut of his new series, Soundsuits 9:29. The head-to-toe garments are constructed with a mélange of materials, among them beads, pearls, wire, feather, sequins, synthetic hair, and twigs. Originally created by Cave in response to the Rodney King beating in 1992, Soundsuits 9:29 addresses today’s heightened social unrest and reckoning for racial justice in response to the death of George Floyd.Another highlight of the exhibition is Cave’s immersive 14-channel, room-sized video installation Hy-Dyve, that is presented in the adjacent fourth floor gallery and surrounds visitors with projections of flowing water, blinking eyes and mysterious creatures and patterns. Forothermore also includes Cave’s recent series of sculptures of carved and cast bronze hands, heads and limbs decorated with flowers, candles and found objects such as used shotgun shells.Nick Cave: Forothermore is presented in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art on the museum’s fourth floor.In addition to the MCA and Art on theMART, Cave’s work can be found in locations across the city of Chicago, including Free/Formal at the Garfield Green Line station, Rapt on the Mile at 679 N. Michigan Avenue, Wallworks at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago and Tondo at One Bennett Park.&nbsp;</body></html>

Nick Cave's MCA Retrospective Will Be Part of Citywide Celebration 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/h78hcfy1mhlb279bxqky.png"></figure><a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/02/20/west-loop-mural-honors-late-fashion-designer-virgil-abloh">West Loop Mural Honors Late Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh</a>Chicago’s first mural honoring the late fashion designer Virgil Abloh is now standing in the West Loop’s Time Out Market.&nbsp;The work was curated by Levar Hoard of B_Line Projects, a local organization that works to reserve murals throughout the West Loop, and created by Rahmaan Statik. The mural uses several different graffiti styles, and Hoard says it not only reflects elements that inspired Abloh, but what he did creatively for the city.Via WTTW&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/judge-postpones-decision-henry-darger-estate-2077430">A Judge Tells Relatives of Henry Darger That There Are ‘Lots of Holes’ in Their Claim to the Late Artist’s Estate</a>A court hearing to determine the rightful heirs to the estate of reclusive Chicago artist Henry Darger,&nbsp;who died in 1973, has been delayed until May while the judge reviews documents brought by distant heirs of the artist.Christen Sadowski, one of the heirs, is seeking to wrest control of the estate from Darger’s former Wicker Park landlords, who have been the longtime stewards of the artist’s work.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://ew.com/tv/the-andy-warhol-diaries-trailer-ai-narration/">Hear an Andy Warhol A.I. voice narrate the trailer for new Netflix docuseries</a>Andy Warhol always dreamed of becoming a machine. The Andy Warhol Diaries, the new Netflix documentary series about the influential artist, honors that desire by using cutting-edge A.I. technology to resurrect a fascimile of Warhol's voice for the narration. You can see that voice in action via the exclusive trailer below.Via Entertainment Weekly&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/24/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/du9nmee6zfvpygh2sqrc.png"></figure>HATCH is a juried program for emerging and mid-career Chicago visual artists and curators. It offers the opportunity to produce collaborative exhibitions and strives to support an ecology of curatorial and artistic practice. Please read COVID-19 Update below (last updated 10/13/2020).&nbsp;How the HATCH residency worksOnce selected, we divide HATCH Artist Residents into groups of 4 to work with one Curatorial Resident. Selected artists will participate in a duo and 4-person exhibition organized by their HATCH Curatorial Resident. Each Artist Resident receives professional development through dynamic exhibitions, one-on-one studio visits with their curator, public programs, and community building to develop a sustainable creative practice.Through this unique hands-on experience and professional development program, Artist and Curatorial Residents develop valuable insight and experience in contemporary exhibition-making.&nbsp;HATCH at-a-Glance<ul><li>12 Artist Residents</li><li>3 Curatorial Residents</li><li>Each artist participates in one 2-person exhibition and one group exhibition</li><li>Each curator organizes three exhibitions</li></ul>&nbsp;Curators<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-y/">Vasia Rigou</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-j/">Nicky Ni</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-t/">John H. Guevara</a> Artists<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-i/">Becca Thomas</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-d/">Breanna Robinson</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-h/">Chloe Munkenbeck</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-k/">Eseosa Edebiri</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-u/">James Hosking</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-o/">Jessica Ferrer</a><a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-b/">Josué Esaú</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-c/">Luis Rodríguez Rosario</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-q/">María Antonia Villaseñor-Marchal</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-a/">Mariel Harari</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-f/">SUNGJAE LEE</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-chthuc-dlvzir-z/">Yoonshin Park</a>CAC is pleased to announce HATCH 2022-23 Residents.&nbsp;HATCH is a juried program for emerging and mid-career Chicago visual artists and curators. It offers the opportunity to produce collaborative exhibitions and strives to support an ecology of curatorial and artistic practice.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Meet the HATCH 2022-23 Residents

<a href="https://www.epl.org/buzzspector/?fbclid=IwAR0o3O2x5Z-Zk2VFhfYu7cBMzDbK4n8a9XQNS9JUpjE0feKLSsCxc1KaXzM">Buzz Spector exhibit showcases the foundational importance of reading…and the EPL’s books</a>Reading builds us up—nobody understands that better than Buzz Spector. Spector is a prominent figure in the world of modern conceptual art with a body of work spanning several decades and mediums, including drawings, prints, art criticism and (perhaps most notably) visual art and sculpture. But nearly every piece has one thing in common: they’re made from printed material.&nbsp;These works range in scale and style: structures built brick by brick from novels and encyclopedias, individual books strategically torn to reveal composite images along the edges of pages, collages using cut-outs of dust jackets. Spector has dreamed up endless possibilities for the humble page. That work is continuing this winter with a brand new exhibition. made possible with the contribution of a few thousand books from right here at the Evanston Public Library (EPL).“<a href="https://rockfordartmuseum.org/exhibitions/buzz-spector-reading-matter/">Buzz Spector: Reading Matter",</a> on view now at the Rockford Art Museum, includes Spector’s polaroid photographs, prints and drawings. Its centerpiece is one of Spector’s trademarks: a huge book sculpture made possible with the contribution of nearly 4 tons of (no longer serviceable) books selected from EPL’s collection.&nbsp;Via Evanston Public Library&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anna-leporskaya-vandalism-security-guard-explained-1234619113/">Security Guard Who Drew Eyes on Russian Painting Opens Up: ‘What Have I&nbsp;Done?’</a>A security guard who was arrested last December for<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anna-leporskaya-vandalism-yeltsin-center-1234617104/"> drawing eyes on a paintin</a>g of faceless figures at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg spoke about the vandalism in an interview with Russian news site E1. Aleksandr Vasiliev, a decorated veteran of the Afghan and Chechen wars, told journalist Elena Pankratieva that he believed the 20th-century work by <a href="https://www.artnews.com/t/anna-leporskaya/">Anna Leporskaya</a> was a “children’s drawing” and claimed he was goaded by teenagers to deface it.“I’m a fool, what have I done,” the 63-year-old told Pankratieva.Via ARTnews&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/02/17/bring-art-go-home-with-art-logan-squares-big-art-swap-set-for-feb-26/">Bring Art, Go Home With Art’: Logan Square’s Big Art Swap Set For Feb. 26</a>Artists from across the city can participate in a large-scale art exchange in Logan Square this month. Volunteer-led arts organization <a href="https://anysquared.com/">AnySquared Projects</a> is behind the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1037461786985369/">art swap</a>, set for 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 at Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee Ave.Artists should bring a piece of original artwork to the event. All of the pieces will be raffled off, with the idea that each artist who brings artwork will come home with another artist’s work in exchange.Via Block Club Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 2/22/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/gpra3bjtgetkyvsdztvs.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/claimed">Claimed</a>Opening: Friday, February 25, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)Claimed is a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Selva Aparicio that leverages themes of death, memory, and mourning to breathe new life into the forgotten. It exposes the inherent failings of a system that disproportionately relegates impoverished, disabled, and non-white Americans to anonymous, inaccessible mass graves like New York City’s Hart Island each year. Devoid of all traces of traditional ritual and remembrance, the pine casket, synonymous with pauper’s graves and potter’s fields, forms the heart of Aparicio’s installation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419023/f2sia6yr2fw0zhx9tefj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/opening-reception-artist-in-residence-capstone-searching-for-an-exit">Searching For an Exit</a>Friday, February 25, 5:30 – 6:30&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical ScienceAnastasia Sitnikova (b. 1979, Russia) is a Chicago artist and art educator. Born at the very end of the Cold War era, Sitnikova experienced a period of turbulence between the USSR and new Russia, which shaped her interest in utopian and dystopian ideas. Her art is much driven by the curiosity about human nature and social relations as a representation of inner self and outer world, subconscious and conscious, correspondingly. Sitnikova creates large-scale installations to illustrate, activate and explore these ideas.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419024/sypfakemqz2nnwqrrqtn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/abstraction-as-metaphor-the-paintings-of-kathie-shaw-and-corey-postiglione">Abstraction as Metaphor: The Paintings of Kathie Shaw and Corey Postiglione</a>February 26Evanston Art CenterThe work of Corey Postiglione and Kathie Shaw is not only about itself and the sheer formal optical experience uncomplicated by any outside issues.&nbsp; The use of abstract imagery readily embraces issues such as themes of globalization, not only for the individual, but for the society at large.&nbsp; For these two artists the resultant dynamics of spiritual, societal, cultural, and environmental degradation is represented in the metaphoric language of abstract art.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419025/h7dx85cm5dqtw0tcnwuz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/calibration-matrix">CALIBRATION MATRIX</a>February 26ENGAGE ProjectsENGAGE Projects is pleased to present CALIBRATION MATRIX, a solo show featuring new sculptural works in glass by <a href="https://engage-projects.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ddb5d4cd58ce43d154a3afa3&amp;id=e5fcae300e&amp;e=8b95911d0d">Andrew Bearnot</a>. This exhibition draws on Bearnot’s background in materials science and glassworking, introducing a vocabulary of forms which extend the artist’s investigation of calibration as a formal, philosophical, and political subject. Constantly shifting when viewed from different perspectives, the glass objects point to Bearnot’s interest in queer phenomenology and metaphysics.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419026/hjyr8p5lktfa95jo4qwf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/meriem-bennani-life-on-the-caps">Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS</a>Opening: Saturday, February 26, 12 – 6&nbsp;pmThe Renaissance SocietyThe Renaissance Society presents the debut of a new film by New York-based artist <a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=20f1ce080b&amp;e=375d06b725">Meriem Bennani</a>(b. 1988, Rabat, Morocco).&nbsp;<a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=1bfe749fba&amp;e=375d06b725">Life on the CAPS</a> is the next chapter of a series of films set in the future that depict the inhabitants of CAPS, an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean where refugees and immigrants “illegally” traversing international borders are held by the US Troopers. Playful and poignant, this multi-dimensional narrative continues Bennani’s exploration of displacement, biotechnology, and privacy through world-building and formal experimentation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419027/luphsyhgtmgso1ether4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/uncommon-prints-x-common-matrices">Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices</a>Opening: Saturday, February 26, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWoman Made GalleryWoman Made Gallery is excited to announce Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices juried by Cathie Ruggie Saunders. Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices is a group exhibition featuring the artwork of 28 women and non-binary artists exploring the concept and techniques of a transfer in unexpected ways and across mediums.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419028/zciliz6ymz1aoyvbp3iz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/an-instrument-in-the-shape-of-a-woman-601e62f4-1e7f-4e5c-97a3-caf348e9b72a">An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman</a>February 26Chicago Cultural CenterAn exhibition by Leslie Baum, Diana Christiansen and Selina Trepp with Annie Morse suggests an alternate universe, at once familiar and surreal, seen through the prism of their invention. Echoes of landscape, still life and psychological portraiture reside in resolutely abstract works.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419029/rxeckfer1yiazhc96opp.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jake-troyli-slow-clap">Jake Troyli: Slow Clap</a>February 26Monique Meloche GalleryJake Troyli investigates the construction of otherness and the commodification of the Black/Brown body, confronting and exploring labor capitalism and sweat equity as a demonstration of value. He makes energetic paintings, often featuring a self-portrait or avatar of himself embedded in engaging scenes, with a markedly classicist approach.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419029/ychunvcvbsle2oyubosi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/blue-moon-collective-artist-exhibition">Blue Moon Collective Artist Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, February 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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