<html><head></head><body>By CGN STAFFSeptember seems far away and also around the corner. Maybe it's just that this September will mean the return of a busy fall art season after a year off in 2020.&nbsp;As we plan the fall issue of CGN (printing in August and better than ever!) we are taking note of some exhibitions planned for September and beyond. These are just a handful of the things we know to be happening, and shows will run the gamut from fun-to-see and be a part of to exhibitions that will speak to current events and challenge us to think deeper than numbing news headlines.&nbsp;Below are just a few dates to note and shows to anticipate from September into early October.All of this is not to say you should rush through summer! Enjoy all that there is to see and do, or not do, right now, before things get busy once again in the coming weeks.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418092/jm1tehpxdpk7dyrlbfoa.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/6th-annual-river-north-design-district-fall-gallery-walk">September 10 – First Round of Gallery Openings and The River North Design District Gallery Walk</a>The River North Design District has joined with the River North galleries to host the 6th Annual River North Design District Fall Gallery Walk on Friday, September 10. This year showrooms will feature a variety of fine artists and designer vignettes along with special events throughout River North.Each participating showroom and art gallery will be exhibiting artwork created by influential artists working today. This year Chicago’s top designers will be selecting their favorite art and creating inspirational vignettes in each of the participating showrooms. Ticketed VIP kickoff as well as after party plans will take place at showrooms in the district.&nbsp;A special open house takes place 11-4 on Saturday, Sept 11. The exhibitions are on view through Oct 11.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418092/ipvw4qpvb9piv6o7hxrg.png"></figure><a href="https://neonandlightmuseum.com">Ken Saunders Is Opening a Limited Run Neon Museum&nbsp;</a>The new Neon and Light Museum pop-up invites guests to stand in, under and around some 70 professional neon and light-based sculptures in a dazzling and dramatic immersive exhibition opening in River North at 325 West Huron Street for a limited eight-week run starting Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021.The Neon and Light Museum is an expansion of the successful <a href="https://kensaundersgallery.com/on-neon">On Neon</a> show presented in Chicago last year by <a href="https://kensaundersgallery.com/">Ken Saunders Gallery.</a>“Neon defined a retro era when the automobile was broadening Americans’ horizons and the highways and boulevards of America’s cities were filled with bright and often flashing illuminated messages: snappy, happy, hopeful, warm and fuzzy come-ons to a better future,” explains Saunders.&nbsp;“Today artists are bending glass into weird and wild shapes. This immersive exhibition features breathtaking sculptures and interactive light shows both kitschy and nostalgic, ironic and literal. Quite simply: It’s lit!”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418093/wcnusdjxmhss6rgsut6j.jpg"><figcaption>Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Death by Gun), 1990</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/american-epidemic-guns-in-the-united-states">American Epidemic: Guns in the United States, at MoCP</a>Sep 10, 2021 – Feb 20, 2022In&nbsp;American Epidemic: Guns in the United States, nine artists&nbsp;examine the role guns play in structural violence, poverty, systemic racism, and an increasingly militarized police force. Using the photographic medium, these artists provide a nuanced exploration of the way in which guns are yielded in this country, including the politicization of trauma, public mourning (and the rote political refrain of “thoughts and prayers” in response to gun violence), and a host of other issues laid bare by this uniquely American plight.Featuring work by Carolyn Drake, Nancy Floyd, Stephen Foster, Andres Gonzalez, Félix González-Torres, Zora J Murff,&nbsp;Renée Stout,&nbsp;and Hank Willis Thomas and Kambui Olujimi,&nbsp;American Epidemic&nbsp;not only explores the complex array of issues that arise with the increased presence of guns in American society, but advocates for an intersectional understanding of how gender, race, capitalism, and militarism affect the larger conversation around gun control in this country. &nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418094/fcpgdizfcujbpbfy3wgf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/thinking-of-you-i-mean-me-i-mean-you">Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You, the Art Institute of Chicago</a>Sep 19, 2021 – Jan 24, 2022Combining images with provocative text, Kruger uses direct address—along with humor, vigilance, and empathy—to expose and undermine the power dynamics of identity, desire, and consumerism. As shrinking attention spans collide with the voyeurism and narcissism that define contemporary life, her immersive installations and widely circulated pictures and words invite us to reconsider how we relate to one anotherTHINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU. encompasses the full breadth of her career—from early and rarely seen “pasteups” (works that use an analog technique for physically arranging a page’s contents with manual “cut and paste”) to digital productions of the last two decades. The presentation includes works on vinyl, site-specific installations, animations, and multichannel video installations.The exhibition is not, however, a retrospective. Challenging notions of career building and a strict chronology, Kruger has reenvisioned the retrospective itself by rethinking, remaking, and replaying her work over the decades for the constantly moving present.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418095/q7v1xoun6btsnjzkepr1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jacob-hashimoto-11df96fa-ba58-4b51-9445-6e9d90e55885">Jacob Hashimoto at Rhona Hoffman</a>Sep 17 – Oct 22, 2021Using sculpture, painting, and installation, SAIC graduate Jacob Hashimoto creates complex worlds from a range of modular components: bamboo-and-paper kites, model boats, even astroturf-covered blocks. His accretive, layered compositions reference video games, virtual environments, and cosmology, while also remaining deeply rooted in art-historical traditions notably, landscape-based abstraction, modernism, and handcraft.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418096/ah5fpdavcscvgjansp1w.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jesus-of-western-avenue">Tony Fitzpatrick: Jesus of Western Avenue</a>Jesus of Western Avenue at the newly re-opened Cleve Carney Museum of Art will feature dozens of recent works by world-renowned multimedia artist and celebrated Chicago resident Tony Fitzpatrick.&nbsp;Delayed for a year by the pandemic, the exhibition will run Oct. 2, 2021 to January 31, 2022 and will be free and open to the public.Coinciding with the release of Fitzpatrick’s book,&nbsp;Jesus of Western Avenue,&nbsp;the exhibition will feature prints, drawings and collages.&nbsp;These graphically rich and inventive works deliver messages and stories that reflect on the artist’s&nbsp;connection to Chicago, his social and political concerns and our shared changing reality.&nbsp;With work in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, Fitzpatrick has also created album art for music icons including Lou Reed, Steve Earle and The Neville Brothers. Fitzpatrick is best known for his multimedia collages, printmaking, paintings and drawings.&nbsp;Fitzpatrick has said that the exhibition will be his last museum show.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Early Warning: Fall Highlights Come Into Focus

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417874/yujmv2gw1ahmeq1lwlme.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-mark-kelly-retires-dcase-chicago-20210713-iyytrgtpd5cvplr6gd7a3krggy-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2POg94s-Ga_YxIlOjgORJg84SPANHVdVyl4t5C-ESNWZryqiyhtGso1uU">Mark Kelly, Chicago’s commissioner of cultural affairs and special events, will retire at end of summer</a>Mark Kelly, the City of Chicago’s widely admired commissioner of cultural affairs and special events, said Tuesday that he plans to retire from the position by the fall.Kelly, 70, who runs the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), was appointed to the position by former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2016 and retained by the new administration of Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Previously, he had been vice president for student success at Columbia College of Chicago, his employer for some 30 years.Via Chicago Tribune*<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2017/8/commissioner-mark-kelly-chicago-s-out-of-the-box-culture-wizard-on-public-art">CGN interviewed Kelly </a>when he first became the Commissioner in 2017&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417875/gqlsvsomdcfcjlzkhmga.png"></figure><a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/residency-2/residencyapplication/">Hyde Park Art Center Announces Registration Deadlines for 2022 Residencies</a>Applications for 2022 residencies for Chicago artists are now open! Deadline: August 23, 2021 at 10pm CSTA residency at Hyde Park Art Center connects artists with their own practice in the context of our vibrant, multifaceted community. Each year, our program invites international, national, and Chicago artists and curators to complement their mode of production with attention towards reflection, reconnection, and research. We want to spark new ideas and considerations of local and global art practices, this is why we are thrilled to announce our application for our Radicle Studio Residency, a year-long residency for Chicago artists as well as our Flex Residency, a seasonal residency for Chicago artists.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417876/mmsbq4kvhjy1dpsos45u.png"><figcaption>2021 Coney Family Awardees Left to right: Unyimeabasi Udoh and Lola Ayisha Ogbara</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/residency-2/residencyapplication/">Chicago Artists Coalition Announces Coney Family Awardees for 2021</a>The Chicago Artists Coalition announced this week the Coney Family Fund Awardees for 2021. Awardees&nbsp;Unyimeabasi Udoh and Lola Ayisha Ogbara will&nbsp;each receive $5,000 in unrestricted funds during the 2021-2022 grant cycle. The funds are intended to support&nbsp;outstanding Chicago visual artists who identify as Black or African-American.This year's Coney Family Fund awardees were first celebrated during CAC's virtual benefit WORK IN PROGRESS on June 9, 2021.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417877/rtqksefyoxvqbe7nr02m.jpg"></figure><a href="Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, has announced the election of Cari B. Sacks as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees of the MCA. The election was official on June 29, 2021, and Sacks succeeds the former Board Chair Michael O’Grady. ">The MCA Names a New Board Chair</a>“We are delighted to welcome Cari Sacks as our new Chair of the Board of Trustees,” says Madeleine Grynsztejn. “Her longstanding support of the MCA demonstrates her passion and commitment to our staff, our vision, and our values. She brings a wide range of experience, capability, and leadership to the MCA and we look forward to the ways her wisdom and dedication to contemporary art and education will contribute to the MCA’s vision for the future.”Cari is an active philanthropist involved in supporting numerous civic and cultural organizations. At the MCA, she has served on the Board of Trustees since 2004 and is Vice Chair of the Executive Committee. Her extraordinary work as co-chair of the MCA’s 2019 Benefit Art Auction helped raise a record-breaking $6 million for the museum and she has supported the museum’s work with the Chicago Public Schools through her own philanthropy.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 7/14

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418207/jfoi8bh8cclh2bgyym9b.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ilie-vaduva-ecc5b071-91b6-4fb2-91f8-4790274c600b">Ilie Văduvă at 3rd Fridays | Open Studios</a>Friday, July 16, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418207/iwprqnflbqxwppxah38k.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/artist-reception-for-swell-a-group-exhibition-on-scaffolding">Artist Reception for SWELL: A Group Exhibition on Scaffolding</a>Opening: Friday, July 16, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmSouth Shore Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418208/ce0kqubjcazucztwveq1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/vanitas-contemporary-florals-551ba66f-46ce-41fd-ae8e-b95515a73ac4">Vanitas: Contemporary Florals</a>Opening: Friday, July 16, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418209/cncjflb45vag24b1mdc5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/relevant-daphne-walsh">RELEVANT: Daphne Walsh</a>Opening: Friday, July 16, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start July 16

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418097/vownjdlxek1peopbj7bk.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/driehaus-museum-in-chicago-brings-a-historic-auditorium-back-into-the-public-fold">Driehaus Museum in Chicago reactivates an ornate historic auditorium for the arts</a>The John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium was built in 1926 for the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in Chicago. Designed by the firm Marshall and Fox, it borrowed heavily from the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Consolation in Paris. The auditorium was attached to the 1883 Nickerson Mansion, also owned by the college from 1919 until 2003, when the late philanthropist Richard H. Driehaus purchased the grand home—known as the “Marble Palace” in its day for its lavish interior.After a five-year restoration process, Driehaus opened the mansion as a museum largely dedicated to the art and design of the Gilded Age, while the auditorium stayed in the possession of the college. “The idea was always there to join these two back together with a common purpose,” says Anna Musci, who was recently named the museum’s executive director, and this week the museum announced it had purchased the auditorium with plans to hold public lectures and other arts events there.Via The Art NewspaperImage: Inside the Murphy Auditorium Photo: Allen Bourgeois&nbsp;<a href="https://www.milwaukeemag.com/the-milwaukee-art-museum-is-back-full-reopening-set-for-july-15/">The Milwaukee Art Museum Is Back! Full Reopening Set for July 15</a>After more than a year closed and a soft reopening, the Milwaukee Art Museum will finally reopen in full on July 15.&nbsp;“This is a fantastic opportunity for the community to reconnect with many of their favorite works of art that they haven’t seen in over a year,” said Robert Stein, Deputy Director and Chief Experience Officer, in a press release.The July 15 reopening will line up with a couple of new exhibits at MAM. The first is a three-part exhibition called “American Memory: Commemoration, Nostalgia, and Revision,” which explores elective editing of historical narratives in America’s past through drawings, prints, and paintings from the Museum’s collection. Another new exhibit will be “First Impressions:&nbsp;Early Printed Books in Europe,” which features 25 objects that were created during the first century after the adoption of the printing press.&nbsp;Via Milwaukee Magazine&nbsp;<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00119WqIEPrgbHZqhH4SZpKT9Fm0xK1ttGJ_oLMMSgRycbu9owOPcc0KfbZrEtYA1ElttMa88HHWuXKKA_PJFqL16APD49CVQggk1Vt-vpK40o-SMnSud-GmwsCe0do8IyKMppIQIxUhDM4FMFQeZMZgR5UZB-PzmYD&amp;c=TSfiNXNp-SqIYNafi1x8aEqdUksuzjfP2Y5Bd_tgB2dnVjXHMTjTUw==&amp;ch=GJbregmSO0paWdRZswIm5d-Ps-Ivte1ELsI76Q-9XaXsgK7WsU3v8w==">Intuit staff, board and friends mourn loss of founder Susann Craig (1936-2021)</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418098/ljkue5buodgvd3xnnvo5.jpg"><figcaption>Susann Craig</figcaption></figure>Susann Eickmeyer Craig, visionary Chicago art collector and a founder of Intuit, passed away peacefully on June 28, 2021, at Providence St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.&nbsp;In 1991, Craig joined a handful of Chicago art enthusiasts who came together to found Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. She served on the board of directors for 29 years before being elevated to life trustee status in 2020. Craig received the museum's highest award, the Visionary Award, in 2018. Before her death, she was delighted to learn that a gallery at the museum will be named in her honor.Via Intuit PR&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cashing-in-on-the-nft-craze/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab4g#x">Cashing in on the NFT craze</a>Why are digital files of artwork, videos and tweets selling for insane amounts of money? CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent David Pogue explains in a video the origin and volatility of the market for NFTs (non-fungible tokens), and why content creators and speculators are generating a digital gold rush.Via CBS&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 7/12

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417510/deleorjugabmjsgm2knq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.architecture.org/exhibits/exhibit/helmut-jahn-life-architecture/">Chicago Architecture Center to Open Exhibition Celebrating the Late Helmut Jahn</a>HELMUT JAHN: LIFE + ARCHITECTURE will be a career retrospective of the late architect. Organized after his death in May, it celebrates Helmut Jahn’s design legacy and opens in the Chicago Architecture Center's Skyscraper Gallery on July 23.The exhibit includes several scale models of Jahn’s most notable designs including the the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago, an example of innovative post-modern design, currently to be sold by the State of Illinois without protection for its historic design.&nbsp;To support a debate on the future of The Thompson Center, the CAC and the Chicago Architectural Club created the James R. Thompson Center Design Competition that challenges architects to envision a new future for Jahn’s post-modern masterpiece.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/400579934617692">Chicago Art Department Leads Return to Second Friday in Pilsen East July 9</a>CAD is returning to its regular 2nd Friday programming thanks to generous support from friends at @marzbrewing and @revbrewchicago. Their 2nd Friday resumes tomorrow, July 9, and features the work of The Chicago Act (Artists Creating Transformation) Collective. The Collective builds political artistic collaboration and dialogue across multiple communities by generating work that both reflects and responds to current local needs identified by those most directly impacted. “Love in the Time of…” is an ongoing ellipse of their commitment to create from the various dimensions of love as they envision and move toward liberation. The exhibition is curated by CAD Resident Artist Silvia Gonzalez.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://hindmanauctions.com">Hindman Auctions Appoints Ashley Galloway as VP of Marketing&nbsp;</a>Hindman Auctions announced the appointment of Ashley Galloway as Vice President of Marketing. Ms. Galloway brings extensive experience in the art, corporate, and nonprofit worlds, having collaborated with top fashion and media brands, world-renowned art museums and fairs, production companies, and other high-profile institutions. Ms. Galloway joins the Marketing Department after leading her own company where she provided strategic marketing, branding, engagement, and business development solutions to a variety of cultural clients, such as Dirk Denison Architects, WNDR Museum, and The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for Architecture. Prior to leading the company, Ms. Galloway served as Special Events and Engagement Manager at the Chicago Architecture Biennial where she managed brand growth and development. Ms. Galloway also previously worked as Lead Market Manager for Perrier with Mirrorball in Chicago where she oversaw strategic planning and brand management for the Chicago market, as well as driving partnerships and executing marketing campaigns aligned with brand vision, target clientele, and community engagement.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.weinbergnewtongallery.com/exhibitions-28-experimental-makers-workshop/">Weinberg/Newton Presents an Experimental Workshop in Its Store Windows This Summer&nbsp;</a>Chicago-based movement artist&nbsp;and cultural advocate&nbsp;Joseph Lefthand&nbsp;is activating Weinberg/Newton's Milwaukee Avenue space this summer with an Experimental Makers Workshop.&nbsp;Lefthand and his collaborators, artists Isaac Couchand Sarah Whyte, are exploring&nbsp;the relationship between personhood and institutional violence, utilizing elements of performance and design to conceive wearable art that re-imagines the human form as transitory, lucid, ethereal, and disruptive.&nbsp;The &nbsp;work produced during the workshop will be exhibited in the storefront windows August 16 – 28. More details about the workshop and participating artists are&nbsp;<a href="https://weinbergnewtongallery.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d5172bf37bbf601de9678f4&amp;id=5b3825cc18&amp;e=15280a40b5">here</a>.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 7/8

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418399/yaf3x0qlasqy0eiurw7c.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/photos-at-zoom-discussion-session-terry-evans">Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Terry Evans</a>Friday, July 9, 12 – 1&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418400/imltcrthg4komhead59p.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/american-roulette-closing-reception-and-artist-walkthrough">American Roulette: Closing Reception and Artist Walkthrough</a>Friday, July 9, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418401/erhz2y3zwrsebxn80tl8.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/case-talks-presents-john-fanestil-debi-cornwall">Case Talks Presents: John Fanestil / Debi Cornwall</a>Saturday, July 10, 10 – 11&nbsp;amCASE Art Fund&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418402/qsvkfd0ilktlxpkaoow5.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/samuel-levi-jones-and-kellie-romany-in-conversation">Samuel Levi Jones and Kellie Romany in Conversation</a>Saturday, July 10, 12 – 1&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Talks This Week: July 9 - 10

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418929/pkvjhi8ez4dma05ptezm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/still-open-ink-paintings-by-emily-rapport">Still Open: Ink Paintings by Emily Rapport</a>Opening: Saturday, July 10, 1 – 6&nbsp;pmEat Paint Studio&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418930/csnub8vi6pgtzsjsojad.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/wadsworth-jarrell-and-gerald-williams-works-on-paper">Wadsworth Jarrell and Gerald Williams: Works on Paper</a>Opening: Saturday, July 10, 7 – 9&nbsp;pmKavi Gupta Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418931/jllnmrzchwou6rqns28q.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/prints-published-during-the-pandemic">Prints Published During the Pandemic</a>Opening: Saturday, July 10, 1 – 4&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418931/j8uhq0ffit9lymochs1j.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/group-exhibition-c4bd60cf-8ca4-47a5-ab55-11904411d340">Group Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, July 10, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmDragonfly Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418932/tetgdgeq87dppiu1wbvo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/stories-about-monuments-and-landscapes">Stories About Monuments and Landscapes</a>Exhibition Starts July 10FLXST Contemporary&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418933/ygakf0jrbxeg8rrm0tqn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sarah-vaughn">Sarah Vaughn</a>Exhibition Starts July 10Ken Saunders Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start July 10

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418929/mywoqapqwhfpl13culla.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/relentless">Relentless</a>Opening: Friday, July 9, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmHofheimer Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418930/o28jkt7vb5api4qgugba.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/notice-wet-paint">Notice! Wet Paint.</a>Exhibition Starts July 9Gallery Victor Armendariz&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418931/nvizqgect5ittfy8utpm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/summer-group-show-9e490278-6214-4879-9279-819ed8ad8aee">Summer Group Show</a>Opening: Friday, July 9, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVale Craft Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418931/zayb2v3nazutwxv0hqkk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/all-alive-the-big-top-comes-to-river-north">ALL&nbsp;ALIVE! The Big Top Comes To River North</a>Exhibition Starts July 9Carl Hammer Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418932/d379rt89c9cp7pncntra.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/vanitas-contemporary-florals">Vanitas: Contemporary Florals</a>Exhibition Starts July 9Lily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418933/xilw6ksjqumw0peaulwp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/curatorial-fellowship-exhibition">Examining the State of Our Environment: 20/21 Curatorial Fellowship Exhibition</a>Exhibition Starts July 9Evanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418934/bg4enik0vgbsmg3dazk9.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-substance-of-beauty-new-work-by-amy-donaldson">The Substance of Beauty: New Work by Amy Donaldson</a>Opening: Friday, July 9, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmgallery 1871 (formerly Chicago Art Source Gallery)&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418934/zo4fm17i1bj4cpr2q59f.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/joan-holleb-solo-exhibition">Joan Holleb: Woodlands and Cowscapes</a>Opening: Friday, July 9, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start July 9

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418929/sqo3dthtg9s816z8iun2.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;By CGN StaffThe River North Gallery District spaces are banding together again to host their traditional mid-summer gallery walk on Friday, July 9 from 5-8pm. Afterward, walk attendees are invited to enjoy cocktails and al fresco dining at River North's modern Greek restaurant <a href="https://avli.us/">Avli</a> at the corner of Wells and Huron. &nbsp;A July gallery walk has been around in the district for many years. After a 2020 hiatus due to the pandemic, galleries are eager to invite collectors and visitors to the city &nbsp;on self-guided tour of eight spaces, from Huron, Superior, and Wells Streets, while meeting artists, curators, and gallery staff.&nbsp;Last year was challenging for most galleries. Many had to get creative with their exhibition plans while boosting their online offerings in order to continue to reach collectors they might normally engage with in person during openings and art fairs. The full return of in person art experiences is very welcome after so many months apart.&nbsp;The Mid-Summer River North Gallery Walk is free and open to the public. Maps are available at Addington Gallery (704 N Wells St.)There is also a <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/6/river-north-s-popular-saturday-morning-gallery-tours-are-back-with-updates">free Saturday morning gallery tour</a> taking place the following day, July 10, at 11am.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Participating galleries:<a href="https://zollaliebermangallery.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b2b04f842b0918c879d49d6fd&amp;id=714dd787a0&amp;e=6447216ad9">Addington Gallery</a><a href="https://zollaliebermangallery.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b2b04f842b0918c879d49d6fd&amp;id=fb24c5ce7c&amp;e=6447216ad9">Carl Hammer Gallery</a><a href="https://zollaliebermangallery.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b2b04f842b0918c879d49d6fd&amp;id=673bc3304b&amp;e=6447216ad9">Gallery Victor Armendariz</a><a href="http://jeanalbanogallery.com">Jean Albano</a><a href="https://zollaliebermangallery.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b2b04f842b0918c879d49d6fd&amp;id=8a8561d80b&amp;e=6447216ad9">Hilton | Asmus Contemporary</a><a href="https://zollaliebermangallery.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b2b04f842b0918c879d49d6fd&amp;id=ea408a7455&amp;e=6447216ad9">Vale Craft Gallery</a><a href="https://zollaliebermangallery.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b2b04f842b0918c879d49d6fd&amp;id=4037903f01&amp;e=6447216ad9">Zg Gallery</a><a href="https://zollaliebermangallery.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b2b04f842b0918c879d49d6fd&amp;id=00f6886f66&amp;e=6447216ad9">Zolla/Lieberman Gallery</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

2021 Mid-Summer River North Gallery Walk Planned for July 9

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417602/nva7dtwlxz0xxjhrjlrx.jpg"><figcaption>Installation view, "Jill Magid Tender Balance" at the Renaissance Society. Photo: Useful Art Services.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.artnet.com/opinion/pandemic-aesthetic-contemporary-art-1983834?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%2010%3A21%20a.m.%20newsletter%20for%207%2F1%2F21&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BMORNING%5D">Welcome to Pandemic Aesthetics: How the Health Crisis Is Reshaping Contemporary Art—and Changing the Way We Look at It, Too</a>The first two exhibitions I visited in person after 409 days of seeing art only through my computer screen were Jill Magid’s “Tender: Balance” and William Pope.L’s “My Kingdom for a Title,” both in Chicago. Apart from being a fan of the artists and curious to see their new work, I chose these shows for pragmatic reasons: Their venues were located near one another and both were scheduled to close soon.&nbsp;What I did not expect was how these installations would speak to one another, and to me, about the pandemic.&nbsp;Via Lori Waxman, Artnet News&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417603/ord3dh1k21nqvzk0dhmi.jpg"><figcaption>An abstract sculpture in honor of activist and journalist Ida B. Wells, created by sculptor Richard Hunt, is seen at sunset on S. Langley Ave. in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on June 30, 2021. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/people/ct-dedication-ceremony-ida-b-wells-monument-20210629-nfsjdanscbavbjnbb2ejp4flry-story.html?utm_source=Newsletter_Daily-Rundown-Non-Member&amp;utm_medium=WBEZEmail&amp;utm_campaign=Daily_Newsletter_Daily-Rundown_+20210630&amp;utm_content=6/30/2021&amp;DE=WBEZEmail">First monument in Chicago to honor a Black woman will be unveiled and dedicated to Ida B. Wells in Bronzeville on Wednesday</a>After a seven-year crowdfunding quest and three years of building, the first monument in Chicago to honor a Black woman will be unveiled and dedicated this week in Bronzeville, where civil rights icon Ida B. Wells lived for much of her life.On Wednesday, the Ida B. Wells Commemorative Art Committee, a subcommittee of the Oakwood Shores Working Group, will host a dedication ceremony for the Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument, on the site of the former Ida B. Wells public housing development.Via Maya Mokh, Chicago Tribune&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417604/kvlispmohjvodp2kfpq9.png"><figcaption>Gainesville artist Tom Miller in front of his 2016 artwork, Nothing.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/florida-man-lawsuit-invisible-sculpture-1984780?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=6%2F30%20US%20Afternoon&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D">A Florida Man Is Threatening to Sue an Artist Whose Invisible Sculpture Sold for $18,000, Saying He Came Up With the Idea First</a>Earlier this month, an Italian artist named Salvatore Garau went viral when his “immaterial sculpture”—that is, a <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italian-artist-auctioned-off-invisible-sculpture-18300-literally-made-nothing-1976181?artnet-logout-redirect=1">work of art made of literally nothing</a>—sold for €15,000 ($18,300) at auction.Articles about the sale was shared widely, often accompanied by captions of the “I could have done that” variety. Users posted pictures of blank spaces—their own invisible sculptures which could surely be had for a fraction of Garau’s price. Many bemoaned the fact that they didn’t think of it first.&nbsp;Via Taylor Dafoe, Artnet&nbsp; &nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 7/2

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417513/efdnfhnuufqv8ndsspca.jpg"><figcaption>Emery Blagdon created The Healing Machine to channel the curative properties of minerals and magnetic fields Photo: Rich Maciejewski. Courtesy of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/preserving-america-s-home-grown-art-environments?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=22d8f0fa85-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_06_24_08_39&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c459f924d0-22d8f0fa85-61117077">Art Preserve: first museum devoted to America’s homegrown ‘art environments’ opens in Wisconsin</a>After a ten-month delay resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is opening the Art Preserve, the world’s first museum dedicated to long-neglected art environments, on 26 June. The 56,000 sq. ft facility will exhibit and store more than 25,000 objects from the Kohler Arts Center’s art environment collection as well as serving as a hub for research on, and displays of, artists’ genre-defying creations.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/gainsborough-showstopper-the-blue-boy-comes-home-to-the-uk-after-100-years?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=7756d79366-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_06_28_10_30&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c459f924d0-7756d79366-61117077">Gainsborough showstopper The Blue Boy comes home to the UK after 100 years</a>A painting by Thomas Gainsborough described as a masterpiece of British art is returning to the UK. The Blue Boy (1770) will go on show at the National Gallery in London from 25 January next year (until 3 May 2022), 100 years to the day since it was last seen in Britain following a public uproar. The work is on loan for the first time from the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, where it has been on display since 1928.Via the Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/aamd-salary-survey-2021-1984578">Considering a Career in Museums? Here’s How Much Money You Can Expect to Make in Dozens of Different Roles</a>After a turbulent year marked by the pandemic and social-justice uprisings, how have salaries in the museum industry changed? According to the just-released salary report from the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aamd.org/">Association of Art Museum Directors</a>&nbsp;(AAMD), the answer is: not much.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/gallery-as-service-1234597283/">Hybrid Auctions Are Now the Norm. Will Galleries Follow&nbsp;Suit?</a>One of the surprises following last year’s global lockdown was how well the art market seemed to function in a state of semi-suspended animation. There’s a variety of explanations for the industry’s unexpected ability to survive. There are macroeconomic factors involving stimulus packages and governments further easing already lax monetary policies. There are also technological ones based upon the existence of platforms for displaying art. (Many of these platforms already existed, but few of them were used frequently.) There are even psycho-social factors involving the need for cultural and intellectual engagement that requires minimal interpersonal contact.Via Artnews&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 6/30

<html><head></head><body>By CGN StaffThree whole days off? With a long weekend coming up, how will you spend those bonus hours in the heart of summer?&nbsp;If you're flustered and trying to figure out how to best spend your time, we recommend you take a look at the <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?category=exhibitions&amp;filter=all">exhibitions currently on view in the CGN Calendar</a>. With a return to openings, finally, there is a tendency to forget shows once they open, but many exhibitions are on view for several weeks, giving you many changes to visit in person and spend time engaging with art off-line.&nbsp;Below is a small selection of <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?category=exhibitions&amp;filter=all">exhibitions currently on view</a>.&nbsp;Enjoy the art, and the long weekend!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418929/fgmsanldr092dysauheu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dorothy-graden-liminal-spaces">Dorothy Graden: Liminal Spaces</a>Exhibition Runs Thru July 11Evanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418930/erl9bfvetlqrtqq009z8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-color-of-normal">The Color of Normal</a>Exhibition Runs Thru July 11Juliet Art House&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418931/ry5ghqsfawxiwols91om.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/international-association-of-pastel-societies-iaps-2021-juried-gallery-exhibition">International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) 2021 Juried Gallery Exhibition</a>Exhibition Runs Thru July 18Zhou B Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418931/s8dpss9nx4nsvmfnpxyu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bill-mauldin-limited-edition-prints">Bill Mauldin, Limited Edition Prints</a>Exhibition Runs Thru July 31Jean Albano Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Exhibitions On View Now Through Mid July

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418923/kkefd4ynjsv7sj51icgm.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEAThe River North Gallery Tours first started 20 years ago. Yes, 20. In 2001 the Chicago Art Dealers Association thought the regular neighborhood tours would be a great way to make area galleries accessible to the public. The idea was to tour four local spaces that were all in walking distance of one another. By bringing a tour group into a gallery and making interactions between dealers and the uninitiated but curious art visitors more friendly, art buying would be encouraged and developed in the process. CGN interviewed <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2013/1/collector-profile-anne-and-mark-siebert">some collectors back in 2013</a> who got started by attending the tours in the early years.&nbsp;The tours have long been popular. In recent years, the number of galleries in River North has decreased, but the neighborhood has still been ideal for tours. It's close to Michigan Ave., as well as main CTA bus and El stops, and the galleries there are still close to one another and offer a range of art, from outsider to encaustic to craft. Some participating galleries today include Carl Hammer, Zg, Vale Craft, Victor Armendariz, and others.&nbsp;"These gallery tours provide a real personal touch, and we love participating in them," says Carl Hammer. "It's a great way to hear one-on-one stories from the dealers and curators, and it's really one of the coolest art-viewing opportunities out there. It's a hidden gem. It's free, and it's priceless!"&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418924/g130zcr8ohx9po1uidde.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Tours stopped altogether for most of 2020, but gallery owner Dan Addington took up the charge of organizing and leading them again when it was safe to resume in-person events. Now he has a plan to refresh and revive the tours in time for summer.&nbsp;"Leading these tours has been so much fun, and they are a unique way to experience artists, galleries, and exhibitions in a personal and comfortable way. We've met so many art enthusiasts who have become returning participants on the tours, and we look forward to providing this opportunity in the future! What a great way to spend a Saturday morning," says Addington.&nbsp;Tours are taking place <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/free-cgn-saturday-gallery-tours">once a month on Saturdays</a>, leaving from Addington Gallery, 704 N Wells St, at 11am, and visit at least three other galleries. While they won't take place weekly, they'll be more anticipated than ever, even in the winter months.&nbsp;The next tour takes place on Saturday, July 10. Addington asks that visitors please Rsvp by text or phone to 312.664.3406 by 9am the date of the tour&nbsp;in order to give him a heads up for how many people to expect.&nbsp;According to the owners of Zg Gallery, "These tours have been an exciting way to communicate the importance of River North in the history of the Chicago gallery scene, and they allow people to discover art on a personal level while providing a great venue to ask questions in a comfortable context. People remember this tour experience even years later, and they often return with their friends."&nbsp;If you're interested in scheduling a larger group or private tour, please contact the CGN office: 312 649 0064 or <a href="mailto:info@chicagogallerynews.com?cc=ginny@chicagogallerynews.com&amp;subject=Private%20Gallery%20Tour">email CGN</a> More information, including upcoming dates in 2021, may be <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/free-cgn-saturday-gallery-tours">found here.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

River North's Popular Saturday Morning Gallery Tours Are Back, With Updates

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418929/sozr37eqnduhit6ssput.png"></figure><a href="https://banksyexhibit.com/chicago/?utm_source=sendgrid.com&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=website">The Art of Banksy Will Take Place at Epiphany Art Center</a>The Art of Banksy, the largest touring exhibition of authentic Banksy artworks in the world, announced the Chicago exhibition will be held at the 42,000 sf Epiphany Center for the Arts in the West Loop. The core of the exhibition will be presented in the campus’ Epiphany Hall – formerly known as The Church of the Epiphany – a landmark building constructed in 1885 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The exhibition is being touted as featuring $35 million worth of (privately held) Banksy art.&nbsp; “Epiphany Center for the Arts’ historic atmosphere offers an ideal setting in which to present The Art of Banksy. Epiphany is poised to become one of the largest cultural destinations in Chicago, and we hope that many will experience this unique space for the first time when coming to see our one-of-a-kind exhibition,” said Corey Ross, President &amp; CEO, Starvox Exhibits, which is presenting the exhibit alongside [ collectiv presents ].Via PR<figure class="image"><img></figure><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swislow/lakefront-anonymous-chicagos-unknown-outdoor-art-gallery">Aron Packer Is Publishing a Book</a>We heard from Aron via email: "I have exciting news about a photography/folk art/public art project that I started documenting many years ago. I shelved it for years and then my good friend Bill Swislow took the baton and ran with it. Bill has written and produced a wonderful book, LAKEFRONT ANONYMOUS, which features many of my photos as well as Bill's. The book includes an article I wrote in the 90's reproduced from <a href="https://aronpackerprojects.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7ebf6056e18897faf852257a&amp;id=a32f853404&amp;e=118087ef3a">RAWVISION</a> magazine, along with new thoughts on this project 30 years later.&nbsp; Bill and I have started a <a href="https://aronpackerprojects.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7ebf6056e18897faf852257a&amp;id=57baf5ee5b&amp;e=118087ef3a">Kickstarter campaign</a> to help produce this book. Please check out the link to LAKEFRONT ANONYMOUS, which explains the project, and why you will surely want to help support this endeavor."&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img></figure><a href="https://intersectchicago.com">Intersect Chicago 2021 (Formerly SOFA Chicago) Coming to Navy Pier in November&nbsp;</a>Intersect Chicago 2021, the art and design fair formerly known as SOFA – Sculpture Objects Functional Art will take place in person November 4–7 to present an exploration of materiality and meaning in design, objects, furniture, and art with a focus on local, regional, and global creation. Intersect’s November 2021 edition will feature a diverse roster of galleries and cultural partners with dedicated programming, curated focus sections, and special events.Exhibitors, talks and additional programming will be announced at a later date.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 6/29

<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-thompson-center-state-vote-ryan-ori-20210622-pzjb2xozw5bizosn6ku4dyfzjy-story.html">State agencies expected to oppose adding Helmut Jahn’s Thompson Center to National Register of Historic Places</a>Preservationists fear two Illinois agencies will oppose having the James R. Thompson Center added to the National Register of Historic Places, which the groups see as a key to saving the Helmut Jahn-designed building in the Loop.The state agencies are expected to move to block the designation Friday in a meeting of the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council, preservation groups said, citing a publicly posted document in which the agencies say they agree that the Thompson Center should not be considered historically significant enough to be preserved.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/artist-beeple-sold-his-nft-for-69-million-cryptocurrency-christies-digital-art-11624536293?mod=hp_featst_pos5">Artist Beeple Sold His NFT for $69 Million—But Has a Tough Time Breaking Into the Art World</a>Digital designer and artist Mike Winkelmann, who goes by Beeple, sparked a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfts-explained-whats-driving-prices-for-lebron-james-and-kings-of-leon-digital-collectibles-11615205133?mod=article_inline">global frenzy for non-fungible tokens</a>, or NFTs, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/beeple-nft-fetches-record-breaking-69-million-in-christies-sale-11615477732">after Christie’s sold his digital collage for $69 million in March</a>—but since then he’s maintained a relatively low profile, stoking curiosity about his next big move.Now, Mr. Winkelmann is opening up, revealing that he’s had a rocky entrée into the art establishment even though he currently ranks as the world’s third most-expensive living artist after Jeff Koons and David Hockney.Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/phillips-new-york-sale-driven-by-emerging-artists-01624541383?mod=hp_minor_pos26&amp;adobe_mc=MCMID%3D53461186548703087300401360111402314735%7CMCORGID%3DCB68E4BA55144CAA0A4C98A5%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1624557292">Phillips’ New York Sale Driven by Emerging Artists</a>Phillips 20th-century and contemporary art sale Wednesday evening in New York&nbsp;continued the auction house’s streak of 100% sold sales driven by a slew of hot contemporary artists.&nbsp;The total reached US$118.2 million after several long rounds of bidding with buyers from across the world throughout the two-and-a-half hour sale.&nbsp;The stars of the evening were emerging artists, including Avery Singer, Matthew Wong, Emily Mae Smith, Titus Kaphar, Amy Sherald, Amoako Boafo, and Mickalene Thomas, among others.&nbsp;Via Barrons&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/immersive-van-gogh-experiences-1983011">Two Immersive Van Gogh Experiences Offer the Post-Pandemic Escapism Visitors Crave. They Have Weirdly Little to Do With Van Gogh</a>How did Van Gogh become the hottest artist of the post-quarantine, return-to-physical-spaces moment?I speak, of course, not of the real artist named Vincent Van Gogh, with his old-timey tale of suffering and transcendence. I speak of the undead mash-up of Van Gogh’s paintings with projection mapping, animation, and music, now doing beaucoup business in <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/immersive-van-gogh-guide-1974038">dozens of cities</a> across the globe in one of the largest coordinated art phenomena of all time.Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;Thumbnail image: Exterior view of the Thompson Center in Chicago's Loop, Nov. 19, 2020. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 6/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418923/gejffizxdyxatgbuvb51.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nancy-rosen-monalisa-rosen-cut-paste-paint">Nancy Rosen &amp; Monalisa Rosen: Cut, Paste, Paint</a>Opening: Saturday, June 26, 1 – 4&nbsp;pmGallery Studio Oh!The artist behind Netflix's Original Series Grace &amp; Frankie, Nancy Rosen, joins us again for another showing of her newest works alongside her daughter-in-law, Monalisa Rosen.Nancy Rosen works on a variety of surfaces. She creates her images with the application of oil bars, china markers, graphite and oil paint, using live models. With her complex backgrounds she accentuates the quiet inner beauty of her figure and draws life itself into her subject.Monalisa Rosen creates mixed media collages in the form of silhouetted portraits with the use of fabrics, paper, oil pastels and paint. They are mainly made with leftover scrap fabrics discarded after making masks.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418924/k95atyk904bbqyooyjj6.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/karen-reimer-sea-change">Karen Reimer: Sea Change</a>Exhibition Begins June 26Monique Meloche GalleryThe overall effect of Reimer's conceptual technique creates an optical meditation on the larger collapse of cultural foundations and our capacity to coexist within the earth’s ecosystems.&nbsp;Each complex embroidery utilizes found textiles, a physical manifestation of an ethical salvaging of materials; the materials have been dyed and re-dyed, reconfigured, and re-sewn, they represent the many iterations of life and the infinite potential for plurality of existence.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418925/u29zpuyegsmkggqskdef.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/antonius-bui-the-detour-is-to-be-where-we-are">Antonius Bui: The Detour Is To Be Where We Are</a>Exhibition Begins June 26Monique Meloche Gallerymoniquemeloche gallery is pleased to present&nbsp;The Detour Is To Be Where We Are, an exhibition of intricate paper cutting works by Antonius Bui. This is Bui’s first solo show with the gallery.Antonius Bui (b. 1992, Bronx, NY) is a queer, gender-nonbinary, Vietnamese American artist. Their intensive paper-cutting process is exceptionally meditative; each sheet of paper represents an archive of memories and oral histories, mirroring the intergenerational trauma that so many refugee communities are faced with.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418926/ckbklkhhwwud3ajzt7ia.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ricardo-manuel-diaz-and-margarita-fainshtein">Ricardo Manuel Díaz and Margarita Fainshtein</a>Opening: June 26 &amp; 27, 12 – 4&nbsp;pmUkrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is honored to present paintings by Chicago based artist Ricardo Manuel Díaz and printed works by Nova Scotian artist Margarita Fainshtein in The Horizon is a Circle, a two person exhibition that contemplates displacement, a sense of place, and what home means across geographic borders and cultures.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418926/ct71yfrdbvakcwkxxmm3.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-happening">The Happening</a>Exhibition Begins June 26FLXST ContemporaryIn our every day, small gestures of life occur in time invoking the future while repeating moments of the past. Inspired by the “happenings” first coined and performed by Allan Kaprow and artists in the US and abroad during the late 1950s and 1960s, “The Happening” at FLXST Contemporary creates both space and time that enables viewers to visualize synchrony of actions, intentions, and movements among artists exhibited together working across a variety of mediums however disparate their backgrounds, ideas, or social leanings might be. Collectively, the artists presented in “The Happening” explore forward-thinking practices and techniques often taken for granted, underappreciated, or misunderstood in their presentations and performances.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start June 26

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418924/rzmlar4mowkwhaliis2t.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nicholas-krushenick-1968-1978-a-decade-of-prints">Nicholas Krushenick 1968–1978: A Decade of Prints</a>Exhibition Begins June 25PICKLEMANKrushenick’s seven prints displayed at PICKLEMAN are like passing clouds; they resemble whatever you want them to. One of them looks like a zipper. Another’s a folded folio. Next to that is the sawtooth blade. Or at least that’s what I think. See them, and you can decide for yourself.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418925/on5xy93ogcgkuagqk0rj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/monica-j-brown">Monica J. Brown | Roots, Branches: Ancestor(s) Stones</a>Opening: Friday, June 25, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC GalleryAncestor(s) Stones are intuition mining tools. They represent ancient wisdom, antiquity. They are the knowing inherent in having bourn witness to the ages. They align with the string of memory that lives in DNA, passed down through generations. They represent grounding, leverage, or steps to take. The stones have taken many shapes…&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418925/fog7o7x4b3y9liqgzllr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/residual-marks">Residual Marks</a>Opening: Friday, June 25, 3 – 8&nbsp;pmHatch ProjectsChicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-muyjyuy-ftuikdrju-j/">Residual Marks</a>, a dual exhibition curated by HATCH 2019-2020 residents&nbsp;<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-muyjyuy-ftuikdrju-t/">Fabiola Tosi</a> and <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-muyjyuy-ftuikdrju-i/">Stephanie Koch</a>.The exhibitions are presented under a shared conceptual framework of absence and emergence. What remains and what endures?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418926/wmeepgew8wvwkth0xnir.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/longing-compass">Longing Compass</a>Opening: Friday, June 25, 3 – 8&nbsp;pmBOLT Residency at Chicago Artists CoalitionChicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-muyjyuy-ftuikdrju-b/">Longing Compass</a>, a solo exhibition of new works by the BOLT artist-in-residence, <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-muyjyuy-ftuikdrju-n/">Karen Dana Cohen</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418927/ogimi6yhu3yzttvb2qyu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/our-planet-ourselves">Our Planet: Ourselves</a>Opening: Friday, June 25, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;Spring is here! And the beauty of our natural world is ever more apparent. Green shoots are poking through the crust, and once again the earth is warming in the sun. However “the warming earth” carries a more somber message as well – a reminder of the fruits of our greed, the fragility of our planet, the reality of our losses. And, as we face the urgency to respond, we raise our artistic voices – to celebrate, to mourn, to activate, and to contemplate how we live together in relationship to this one planet we must all share and nurture.&nbsp;“Our Planet: Ourselves,” gives expression to these messages. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start June 25

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417981/fexibzkql4mnxdnmcfsf.jpg"><figcaption>Ebony G. Patterson, ...a possum rises...a black bear falls...a pattoo takes watch...as children whisper through the leaves, 2019, at the Whitney Museum</figcaption></figure>The Whitney Acquires an Installation by Ebony G. PattersonMonique Meloche Gallery announced that the Whitney Museum of American Art acquired&nbsp;Ebony G. Patterson’s.&nbsp;…a possum rises…a black bear falls...a pattoo takes watch…as children whisper through the leaves (2019). This work is now on view in the exhibition&nbsp;<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WIAC3Xlg3qwjLjyJAYvoHu1AtjevMUqz44BlEi8OpfaYSUcn2m6WQXEP3ElQZpbeYcwu-nDE485Kd7aCP6rg9H4QKbfBu0XBZFG1oP_VBWj_QVi9BAAzrsLCBIhHFBomBvWwtg04fxRFVZO4eDmbLE4ehuOV6xpd29PuLYAHxmWHQjwZwh2ZHw==&amp;c=HaMc7aubC6QbXwicCXU5QTjAk7Ql78_oo6rHfzE0KueZDsOswiHwyg==&amp;ch=5OYzsK_LRW4v5iRRlpqGyom0pcz04CnPbm2QOaukya8kzQ3xEalcng==">Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019</a> at the Whitney until&nbsp;February 2022.The Brooklyn Museum has acquired&nbsp;Patterson's&nbsp;...three kings weep…, 2018, now on view in the exhibition The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time at the BMA until March 20, 2022Read CGN's 2020 cover interview with Patterson <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/5/ebony-g-patterson-the-interactivity-of-visual-appeal">here.</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417982/aysyt436o6btfs7pvae8.jpg"><figcaption>Hank Willis Thomas</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://monumentaltour.org">Hank Willis Thomas and Arthur Jafa Part of South Side Traveling Sculpture Show</a>Kindred Arts and Wide Awakes Chicago are presenting artists Hank Willis Thomas and Arthur Jafa in a group showing of sculptures on Chicago's South Side as a part of Monumental Tour, a traveling outdoor art exhibit empowering social change through the arts. The works will be on display June 18 – August 30, 2021, at two locations in Chicago. Thomas’ All Power to All People will be located in Englewood Square, 5801 S. Halsted St., and Jafa’s Big Wheel will be located at Blanc Gallery, 4445 S Martin Luther King Dr. The installations were made possible with support from Wide Awakes Chicago alongside a coalition of organizations including Grow Greater Englewood and Blanc Gallery.&nbsp;The exhibition can be viewed <a href="https://monumentaltour.org">virtually</a> or in person&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417983/s035f7qnfk7adgfrc3df.jpg"><figcaption>Black Girl Takeover, Douglass Park, Chicago, 2018, Courtesy of A Long Walk Home's Girl/Friends. Photo by Paul Farber</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/chicago/">An Art Program Returns to a Chicago Hotel</a>21c Museum Hotel Chicago, recently reopened, has a new installation of posters designed by Anaya Patrice Frazier, Danielle Nolen and Aliyah Young, 2019 fellows of non-profit art organization A Long Walk Home’s (ALWH) Girl/Friends Leadership Institute, and San Francisco-based artist and designer Cheyenne Concepcion. Visible through the street-facing windows of the hotel through July 31, the installation is part of&nbsp;Shaping the Past, a multifaceted event and program series presented by Goethe-Institut North America.In partnership with Monument Lab,&nbsp;Shaping the Past&nbsp;addresses pressing issues around what, whom, and how to remember in public spaces. Contributing artists have designed posters that overview their projects which expand the vision of what public monuments can look like.&nbsp;On Thurs., June 24 at 6 p.m., 21c Museum Hotel Chicago will present a conversation between Chicago-based director, curator and artist Vincent Uribe of artist-run exhibition space LVL3 and artist, arts facilitator, and poet Hope Wang. To register for the event <a href="https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/chicago/event/curator-conversations-june-24/">click here</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 6/21

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418923/tve24w1f2zoqfx7rqhws.jpg"><figcaption>The CGN Super Heroes</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEAMy 5 year old son loves Spider-Man. Some days he is dressed head-to-toe in Spider-Man clothes. He likes the Spider-Man socks a little better than his Iron Man ones. He can strike up a friendship at the playground with any other kid wearing a Spider-Man t-shirt.&nbsp;So he's really the reason we bought tickets for the Museum of Science and Industry's Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes. When I went to buy tickets in March, planning for a spring break stay-cation and a return to Chicago museums, I found out, like so many others, that tickets were sold out for weeks. So we waited to go in May.&nbsp;What started out as a "cultural" diversion for our kids turned out to be a deeper education about the artistic storytelling mastery of Marvel for adults, or at least this one. I cannot claim to have ever been interested in super heroes or comics before I had kids, but much like how I gained my broad knowledge of construction vehicles, super heroes have come to our home through my son.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418924/klnqal0tvobicasfqwam.jpg"><figcaption>Human Torch #16, Cover, art by Alex Schomburg, 1944, pencil and ink on Bristol board</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The exhibit is so big that is spans two galleries at the museum. Some of this is no doubt due to social distancing, but it is also because there is so much to display as well as to explain in detail.&nbsp;Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes celebrates Marvel history with more than 300 artifacts, including original comic book pages (marked as such by a jagged comic book word bubble heralding 'Original Art'), sculptures, interactive displays, and costumes and props from Marvel’s blockbuster films. Visitors are invited to discover the origins of iconic characters such as Spider-Man, Black Panther, Hulk, and Captain Marvel and see how they have evolved alongside society, as well as world history, over the past 80 years, making these characters a pop culture mainstay.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418925/ganzn5xnlknkqx6q52gu.jpg"><figcaption>Marvel Comics (1939) #1, Published: August 31, 1939. Writer: Al Anders, Bill Everett, Paul Gustavson, Ben Thompson. Penciler: Bill Everett, Paul Gustavson, Ben Thompson, Carl Burgos. Courtesy Marvel Comics.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The very first Marvel comic, issue no. 1, was published in 1939. Displayed near the entrance of the first gallery, it's a valuable treasure that sets the tone for the significance of this exhibition. A nearby text explains that in the beginning, in 1938, the modern Super Hero "ignited a national craze." Visitors must spend time up close with rare artifacts like this one, as well as rare original covers and artwork making their exhibition premieres at MSI. Accompanying each piece is a contextual explanation that covers its place in time as well as the events that were taking place in the US and beyond - such as the inaugural issue's featured battle between Human Torch and The Sub-Mariner. An explanation goes on to note that the rivalry between the two heroes recedes during WWII, as they become allies against real world forces of evil like the Nazis. The notion is clear that were it not for America's role in the war, "It's unlikely that the Super Hero boom would have taken off as it did." Conversely, once the war was over, interest in super heroes waned when a unified nationalism was not as prominent throughout the country.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418926/utxtz5obnhuzus2ydu1l.jpg"><figcaption>Self-portrait with Marvel Super Heroes, Jack Kirby (pencils) and Mike Royer (inks), 1969</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;I came away with an understanding that so much of the vision for Marvel and its well-known characters was borne from two very talented artists, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who were immigrants to the United States and who joined the new company in 1939 and 1941, respectively. They spun stories that have stood the test of time, embodied by characters who have also evolved from moral standard bearers and war effort boosters to those who reflect our diverse population today. Super heroes are not intended to stand high above every day people – they can be allies of hope, bravery and the confidence to be different. The heroes tend towards urban characters who offer save harbor for those who have ever felt left out or at a disadvantage. The villains represent the more evil forces in the world as well as the vulnerability and doom of being on the bad side.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418926/rypqeyd0v6yzfpfo3xul.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Complementing the historic components of the exhibition are the things that make this fun for the youngest Marvel fans (like mine) as well as very Instagrammable for older kids and adults. Even though my son and his 7 year old sister are too young for the Marvel Studios films, they had a lot of fun posing with life-size Marvel characters including Black Panther, Ms. Marvel, and yes Spider-Man. The thoughtfully designed and set-worn Marvel Studios film costumes are works of art in their own rite.&nbsp;Trippier portions of the exhibition include set pieces like Tony Stark’s lab, the mirror dimension of Doctor Strange, and a tiny exhibit contained in sort of mirrored box with (spoiler) projected images of a flying Ant-Man and Wasp Girl. You have to watch closely, seeking out the art as well as some of the magic of super heroes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/marvel-universe-of-super-heroes/">Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes</a> runs through October 24. And yes, tickets are still selling out weeks in advance, so don't delay.&nbsp;&nbsp;P.S. Shortly after seeing the MSI Marvel exhibition I discovered a 2009 limited edition issue of <a href="https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/24039/pride_prejudice_2009_1">Pride and Prejudice</a> by Marvel at a thrift store! Had I only known, I may have gotten into comics back in high school!&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418928/wbtsmn24g76lla7wphsj.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

MSI's Marvel Exhibition Tells an Artistic Origin Story

<html><head></head><body>Chicago exploded with activity last week when the city reached phase 5. It's been a long year, and now that many restrictions are falling away, there are suddenly not enough hours in the day to do everything and see everyone. Traffic is telling that tale minute-by-minute in the city.&nbsp;If you're longing to and able to get away, there are several art exhibitions taking place outside of the City (in Illinois as well as Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin) that may inspire you to escape for a day or weekend trip this summer.&nbsp;Have a look at the following highlights, and enjoy the return of your freedom this summer (and perhaps a respite from Chicago traffic).– The CGN team&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418923/bicqsxdwqm8pwjaexlps.jpg"></figure><a href="https://krasl.org">Michigan's Krasl Art Center: Art Fair on the Bluff and BLOW-UP</a>The 2021 Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff is back and in person this summer, celebrating artists and the community Saturday, July 10, and Sunday, July 11. Experience the talent of 155 artists from across the United States while enjoying the view and breezes of Lake Michigan and the charm and hospitality of St. Joseph, Michigan. <a href="https://krasl.org/art-fair/event-information/">Tickets start at $5.</a>While you're there, check out <a href="https://krasl.org/art/exhibitions/">BLOW UP II: Inflatable Contemporary Art</a>, an exhibition exploring the medium of inflatable art with imagery that is figurative, conceptual, and abstract. These large-scale inflatable sculptures, conceived by nine artists and art collectives from around the world, connote fun and whimsy, are familiar yet strange, and challenge the definition of art. Here, in an unusual feat, artists use air as an active tool in their work to subvert our perspective and surprise us. Including work by Chromaforms, Sharon Engelstein, FriendsWithYou, Josh Harker, Susan Lee-Chun, Matt Ritchie, Lizabeth Rossof, Jen Stark, and Max Streicher – many of whom have never worked in the inflatable medium previously.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418924/tuhek7gkeaz76fum9lyk.jpg"><figcaption>Roger Brown&nbsp;(American, 1941–1997),&nbsp;Chicago Hit&nbsp;By&nbsp;the Bomb, 1985, oil on canvas, 55&nbsp;×&nbsp;74&nbsp;×&nbsp;3 in. (framed).&nbsp;Indianapolis Museum of Art at&nbsp;Newfields, Promised Gift of Michael J. Robertson and Christopher A.&nbsp;Slapak, TR12054/12&nbsp;© The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Brown family. Courtesy of Kavi Gupta and Venus Over Manhattan.&nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://discovernewfields.org/calendar/private-eye-imagist-impulse-chicago-art">Private Eye: The Imagist Impulse in Chicago Art, at Newfields in Indianapolis</a>An expansive exhibition in Indianapolis features <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2017/4/the-personal-art-of-collecting">a collection profiled in the summer 2017 issue</a> of CGN. In the mid-1960s, a cadre of adventurous young artists began exhibiting at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago.&nbsp; With myriad influences from Surrealism and non-Western art to comic books and popular culture, their audacious, highly idiosyncratic, and personal approach set them apart from contemporaries working on either the East or West Coast.&nbsp; By the mid-1970s, this loose-knit assembly was commonly referred to as the Imagists.&nbsp;Now, more than 50 years after their first appearance, the Chicago Imagists are regarded as among the most important postwar American artists.&nbsp;Private Eye: The Imagist Impulse in Chicago Art&nbsp;is focused on works by artists who comprise the original Imagist exhibition groups along with independent artists who shared their iconoclastic sensibility.&nbsp; Also featured will be works by Chicago-based artists from the preceding generation, known as the Monster Roster, and a complementary selection of younger, Imagist-influenced artists.The exhibition, on view through December 5, is drawn entirely from the collection of Drs. Michael Robertson and Christopher Slapak, one of the most comprehensive private collections of Chicago Imagist art, which has been promised to the IMA with some pieces already donated to the Museum.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418925/sa7su9hoyx9sm1xevr16.jpg"></figure><a href="https://rockfordartmuseum.org/exhibition/now">Rockford Art Museum: Technicolor Constellations: Tales from the Permanent Collection</a>Now through September 26 you can over 50 selections from the Rockford Art Museum's Modern and Contemporary Collection that tell the fascinating stories of how RAM built a public art collection.&nbsp;Technicolor Constellations&nbsp;invites visitors to connect with the captivating stories behind each artist and their work and find the links that brought the work to the museum. From private donors, foundations, artists, and acquisitions, this exhibition explores the importance of artwork donations, collectors and what it takes to get into a museum's permanent collection.Technicolor Constellations&nbsp;brings together work by 38 artists and includes painting, prints, sculpture, and video. Featured artists include Herman Aguirre, Alice Aycock, Jeff Koons, Kerry James Marshall, Tony Oursler, Diane Simpson, and Ken Warneke.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418926/uttmryxuakrfinog56vw.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Beasley, Chair of the Ministers of Defense,&nbsp;2016 Polyurethane resin, wood, acoustic foam, jeans, trousers, du-rags, altered&nbsp;t- shirts, altered hoodies, guinea fowl feathers, wrought iron&nbsp;window gate, vintage  Beni Ourain Moroccan rug, kaftans,&nbsp;housedresses, Maasai war shields, Zulu war shields, and&nbsp;vintage peacock rattan chair On loan from The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection and The Rennie Collection</figcaption></figure><a href="https://sniteartmuseum.nd.edu/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/kevin-beasley-chair-of-the-ministers-of-defense/">Kevin Beasley at the Snite Museum at Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)</a>The Snite Museum just welcomed visitors back in person on June 1. An installation to visit at the museum in person is Kevin Beasley's Chair of the Ministers of Defense. This immersive installation explores ideas of power and race in America through  theatrics reminiscent of the Roman Baroque. Here, renowned conceptual artist  Beasley calls into focus Black liberation movements and ongoing  imbalances of power experienced by Black Americans and marginalized men  and women of color. The work maintains a formality often employed in religious  imagery and in art intended to convey the divine right of leaders. An empty, rattan “peacock” chair is at center; above is a house window clad in  protective iron bars, evoking a stained-glass window. Flanking are archetypical  Maasai and Zulu warrior shields, icons of African might. Surrounding are vaguely  figurative, resin-infused sculptures made from t-shirts, housedresses, and du- rags—all items associated with contemporary urban culture. On view through December 23. Other exhibitions as well as the museum's sculpture garden are also accessible in person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418927/xho5xwlrktfg5hy9wbci.png"></figure><a href="https://kam.illinois.edu/exhibition/question-emphasis-louise-fishman-drawing">A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing at University of Illinois</a>A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing is the first career spanning exhibition and publication of Fishman’s works on paper from 1964 to the present. Running Aug 26, 2021 – Feb 26, 2022 at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois in Champaign, the project includes more than 100 works from the artist’s archive that have rarely been exhibited alongside significant institutional and private loans. Citing John Cage’s response in 1965 to the question, “what is drawing?” A Question of Emphasis encompasses collage, oil and wax, thread, acrylic text, ink, charcoal, printmaking, oil stick, watercolor, and tempera in Japanese-bound Leporello (accordion) books. This full range of mediums foregrounds Fishman’s robust and dedicated practice of works on paper, which have never been studies for her large canvases. Instead, Fishman has used drawing to think through physicality, materials, and intimacy on a different register: generally small- and medium- scale, often sculptural and tactile, and aligned to her particular historical contexts and her communities.&nbsp;Top image: Krasl Art Center's summer installation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Notable Exhibitions Happening Outside Chicago This Summer

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418923/tkcroagwdnw0piogmttp.jpg"><figcaption>Interpol says its ID-Art app has access to a database of 52,000 stolen artefacts © ID-Art/INTERPOL &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/interpol-launches-app-to-identify-stolen-art?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=be025f2896-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_06_14_03_56&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c459f924d0-be025f2896-61117077">Interpol launches app to identify stolen art—and it has already been used to discover loot</a>Interpol has launched a new, free-to-download app to help law enforcers identify stolen art. It has already scored successes during pilot tests by police in Spain and Italy.The new app, called ID-Art, allows users to check art against 52,000 works registered as stolen on Interpol’s database. It is also envisaged as a tool for collectors and museums, allowing them to create inventories of their collections. These records can be submitted to Interpol in case of theft and will greatly increase their chances of recovering stolen works.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-mexican-museum-art-mackenzie-scott-20210616-dr7w2eaggvh2hjmq4qr3syiq6m-story.html">Chicago’s National Museum of Mexican Art gets $8 million from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott</a>The National Museum of Mexican Art announced late Tuesday that it had received a donation of $8 million, the largest single gift in the Pilsen museum’s 39-year history.The unrestricted money came from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and her husband Dan Jewett as part of their well-publicized donations of $2.74 billion, given to hundreds of organizations their charity team identified as equity-oriented, nonprofit projects working in areas that have been neglected.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/14/t-magazine/how-to-buy-art.html?referringSource=articleShare">How to Buy a Work of Art, According to the New York Times T Magazine</a>The sheer volume of art being sold across the world each year is far greater than at any point in human history. There was a 22 percent drop in global sales of art and antiques in 2020 — to all of $50.1 billion. Those figures, the most credible data on this topic that exist — and this alone will say a lot about the art world for the uninitiated — come from an annual report by the economist Clare McAndrew funded and released by Art Basel, a contemporary art fair, and its corporate partner UBS, the Swiss multinational financial services company and one of the largest private banks in the world, which by comparison reported $32.39 billion in revenue in 2020... For one last comparison: $50 billion is also the cost proposed by the International Monetary Fund to cover its global plan to combat Covid-19.But the fact is that buying art is not so obvious. Having an expendable income at all in the year 2021 is a difficult proposition for the vast majority of people. But if you are someone who has been lucky enough to maintain steady employment during the pandemic... and you have some extra money lying around and have spent the last year looking at the blank walls of your home with encroaching angst — simply having that money doesn’t automatically translate into owning a work of art. Where do you begin? What should you look at?Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/estate-of-pop-artist-robert-indiana-reaches-agreement-1979915">Robert Indiana’s Estate Has Reached an Agreement With His Longtime Financial Backer After a Bitter Three-Year Legal Fight</a>A bitter, years-long legal dispute over the legacy of famous Pop artist Robert Indiana has come to an end. The artist’s estate, the Star of Hope Foundation, which the artist established before his death, and the Morgan Art Foundation, which holds the copyright to some of Indiana’s most famous works, have agreed to drop their overlapping claims and counterclaims.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 6/16

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418923/vwqnhvu24b3wpl1nrqfu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-obama-portraits">The Obama Portraits</a>Exhibition Begins June 18Art Institute of ChicagoOn loan from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the Obama portraits come to Chicago for the first stop of a five-city tour. As the family’s longtime home, Chicago has a unique connection to the Obamas, as does the Art Institute. The First Lady recalls visiting frequently with her family when she was growing up on the South Side, and the museum was also the site of the couple’s first date.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418924/qk9wusrx2loqzneegqlq.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chicago-where-comics-came-to-life-1880-1960">CHICAGO: Where Comics Came to Life (1880-1960)</a>Exhibition Begins June 19Chicago Cultural CenterThe exhibition focuses on the origins of the comics in popular publishing, the immeasurable importance of African-American cartoonists and publishing, the first woman cartoonists and editors, the first daily comic strip, and finally the art and comics of undeservedly forgotten Frank King, who with “Gasoline Alley” captured not only the rhythms and tone of everyday existence in his characters that aged not only at the same daily rate as its newspaper readers, but were also fictionalized versions of real people.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418925/ca5h9uat1wqcyf9yniiw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ali6-trust-solo-show">Ali6 "Trust" solo show</a>Exhibition Begins June 19Vertical Gallery Project Space and Studios&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418926/lzjzc754dtojvrcy3jej.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chicago-comics-1960s-to-now">Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now</a>Exhibition Begins June 19Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)The exhibition traces the evolution of comics in Chicago, as cartoonists ventured beyond the pages of newspapers and into experimental territory including long-form storytelling, countercultural critique, and political activism. Chicago Comics examines styles, schools of thought, and modes of publication across six decades of cartooning, including works from artists who are changing the medium today. The exhibition seeks to bring to the fore artists of color who were previously under-recognized throughout their careers. In this pursuit, the exhibition features archival material previously not seen in museums and offers a revised history of the art form. Represented throughout this timeline are special sections that highlight key artists including <a href="https://mcachicago.org/About/Who-We-Are/Artists/Kerry-James-Marshall">Kerry James Marshall</a>, Lynda Barry, and Chris Ware.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418927/ufrt0zmq2vu9hpqiolje.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/confluence-painting-and-sculpture-by-jennifer-vess">Confluence: Painting and Sculpture by Jennifer Vess</a>Opening: Saturday, June 19, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWantoot Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start June 18 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418918/ckcennblcwd4ijhlh3v4.png"></figure><a href="http://chicagoarchitecturalclub.org/2021-CHICAGO-PRIZE-JAMES-R-THOMPSON-CENTER">2021 Chicago Prize Competition Calls For New Visions for the State of Illinois / Thompson Center</a>Designed by the late architect Helmut Jahn, the State of Illinois Center, also known as James R. Thompson Center, is facing the threat of complete demolition. Located in Chicago's “Loop” it is a major transportation node, commercial center and workspace. The building has been criticized for being ugly, oversized, inefficient, and poorly maintained. However, the Thompson Center has been pivotal to urban transit and a highly democratic contemporary civic center. At the time of its construction in 1985, Jahn’s State of Illinois Center was a stark contrast to Chicago’s historic and modernist architecture, yet today it is an architectural icon in its own right. For the fourth year in a row, the Thompson Center has been listed in the Landmarks Illinois’ annual Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois and it was included in Preservation Chicago’s Chicago 7 Most Endangered list in 2018, 2019, and 2020. The Chicago Architectural Club and the Chicago Architecture Center ask the 2021 Chicago Prize participants to envision a new life for the building through restorative architecture.The competition brief can be found at the following <a href="https://issuu.com/chicagoarchitecturalclub/docs/chicago_prize_2021_-_thompson_center_-_announcemen">LINK</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-obama-portraits-art-institute-chicago-20210611-5enwhd7f6fehxdbwavzg76slmq-story.html">‘Obama Portraits’ is opening at the Art Institute of Chicago: Expect long waits, and 44 other things to know</a>Since their 2018 unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, the official state portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have been a pilgrimage for many, a curiosity for others, an argument for contemporary art, a clarion call for Black artists and a startling left-turn after decades of calcified propriety. To James Rondeau, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Obama portraits are, also, home. Their story, he said, by nature of their local subjects, makes this “a Chicago story, and knowing the Obamas’ history with the city, and their history with the museum, any possibility to show the Obama portraits felt incredibly important.”So, after years of negotiations, starting June 18, “The Obama Portraits” will be shown at the Art Institute for the next two months — the first exhibition of the portraits outside of Washington, and the opening stop of a five-city nationwide tour.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp; &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418918/hmhpa1k4m5asxlobhhht.jpg"><figcaption>Via Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.zillow.com/myzillow/favorites?">Former Dorchester Church for Sale as Condos</a>&nbsp;This 1904 church, built by famed architect Solon Spencer Beman, at 4840 S Dorchester Ave in Hyde Park/Kenwood is eye-catching and trendy. It's for sale for $999,999 (down from $1,250,000)Via Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2021/06/14/chicago-based-scientist-who-helped-find-art-world-frauds">The Chicago-Based Scientist Who Helped Find Art-World Frauds</a>The recently released Netflix documentary series&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH18cKTmwZ8">“This Is a Robbery”</a>&nbsp;explores the twisted story surrounding the theft of 13 pieces of art from Boston’s <a href="https://www.gardnermuseum.org/">Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum</a> in 1990.One of the potential paths to recovering the $500 million in stolen artwork involves scientific analysis of paint chips, with microscopic detective work done by a Chicago-based innovator in the field.Via WTTW&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 6/15

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418918/ts1tf2otz0dmbwx2xtmh.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-sindhu-project-enigma-of-roots-7f959b32-41ef-4f65-8077-bc9b9a87c283">The Sindhu Project: Enigma of Roots</a>Exhibition Begins June 17South Asia InstituteThe Sindhu Project embodies responses of artists Mahwish Chishty and Gunjan Kumar to explorations of archaeological sites and artifacts in the expansive Sindhu (Indus) watershed, a geographical region stretching across northwest India and much of Pakistan. Through parallel journeys involving familial roots and enigmas of inhabited places across time, Chishty and Kumar bring contemporary art-making into dialogue with excavated forms that contribute to imagining this ancient riverine landscape.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418919/ekhyjk8ctoavxvczkf6f.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/atmospheric-landscape-paintings-brian-sindler">Atmospheric: Landscape Paintings: Brian Sindler</a>Exhibition Begins June 18Richard Norton GallerySindler is best known for his Plein-Air, Tonalist landscape paintings. He is influenced by the American Tonalist movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. He has won numerous awards in Plein-Air painting competitions. Sindler enjoys painting in the Midwest, California, Arizona, Colorado and Virginia. He exhibits regularly at the Salmagundi Club in New York and at the Plein Air Festival in Door County, Wisconsin.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418919/wlv1iy5uoig69ccjxnlf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/international-association-of-pastel-societies-iaps-2021-juried-gallery-exhibition">International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) 2021 Juried Gallery Exhibition</a>Opening: Friday, June 18, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmZhou B Art CenterIAPS is a non-profit organization representing pastel societies worldwide, united in the common goal of the promotion and support of the fine art of pastel. As the international organization representing these societies as their members, IAPS represents thousands of artists worldwide. The 2021 Juried Gallery Exhibition features the best pastel artists working today in this medium. This exhibition received over 1000 entries to the exhibition from countries including China, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, France, Taiwan, Canada and the United States with 175 paintings selected.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418920/spzjnijagvcpxkljuqbs.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/solo-exhibition-beth-adler">Shape Shift: Works on Paper by Beth Herman Adler</a>Opening: Friday, June 18, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva GalleryCurated by Kate Roth, “Shape Shift” highlights the shifts that Chicago-based artist Beth Herman Adler has experienced over the last four years, both in life and in her in her art. The show moves from works created during a difficult personal time through brightly colored, design-friendly monoprints inspired by mid-century modern motifs; it visits her Covid Houses and culminates in her very recent Luna series. All of the work employs Ms. Adler’s printmaking skills and often incorporates, drawing, painting, folded sculpture, collaging, and stitching.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418921/nurdc1gqknji5qls4pmi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/matt-schommer-tim-anderson">Northwoods</a>Opening: Friday, June 18, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat ProjectsFeaturing the work of:&nbsp;Dennis Schommer, Tim Anderson &amp; Matthew Schommer**please call or e-mail to reserve a time before attending this event**&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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