<html><head></head><body>Long before many of us adapted to binge-watching TV, art fairs became the new normal for bingeing on art in one often dizzying and overwhelming weekend. Love them or hate them, Chicago is host to a range of art fairs during the year, and each fair is an invaluable asset to the cultural community it serves and the creatives it brings together for a few short (or long!) days. From neighborhood celebrations to international expositions, each offers something unique for those who come to see and buy art as well as for artists and professionals who come to network and exchange ideas.&nbsp;Following is a list of fairs taking place throughout the area in 2019.&nbsp;Wear comfortable shoes, if you want to – and please try to pause and look at the art for a moment before snapping that Insta-worthy pic. Talk to the dealers or artists hanging around their booth - they're each experts ready to talk and connect.&nbsp;Fairs below listed in order of when they take place during the year. This list will be updated periodically.&nbsp;– CGN Staff&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417884/tohrfagzihjvwuj9pb3g.gif"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/chicago-antiques-art-design-show">CHICAGO ANTIQUES + ART + DESIGN SHOW</a>May 16–19, 2019 • The Merchandise Mart – River North100 premier international exhibitors presenting fine antique furniture, decorative and fine arts displayed in gallery settings.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417885/t2djegjj2zye5aasgwnu.gif"></figure><a href="http://chicago.theotherartfair.com">THE OTHER ART FAIR</a>May 16–19, 2019 • Mana Contemporary – PilsenPresented by Saatchi Art, TOAF showcases work by 130 independent and emerging artists in a unique and immersive environment. Returning to Chicago for the second year.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417886/qsf1b1rrgdehe6sciatz.gif"></figure><a href="57thstreetartfair.org">57TH STREET ART FAIR</a>June 1 and 2, 2019 • Hyde ParkOne of the oldest fairs in the country, this outdoor celebration is adjacent to the University of Chicago&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417887/pyxmk7yotgoomjy2yuno.gif"></figure><a href="oldtowntriangle.com">OLD TOWN ART FAIR</a>June 8 and 9, 2019 • Old Town Triangle DistrictTaking place along the tree-lined streets of Old Town this fair, founded in 1950, features 250 nationally acclaimed artists and welcomes 30,000 art lovers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417888/hxus6vfft9itoazeywj6.gif"></figure><a href="deerpathartleague.org">ART FAIR ON THE SQUARE</a>September 1 and 2, 2019 • Lake Forest, ILThe 65th Annual Art Fair on the Square is a juried art show, located in historic Lake Forest Market Square&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417890/czko8ulmikxeuznpxjb1.gif"></figure><a href="expochicago.com">EXPO CHICAGO</a>September 19–22, 2019 • Navy PierThe eighth edition of the International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art features international exhibitors alongside one of the highest quality platforms for global contemporary art and culture. Many special programs and alignments are planned throughout the year as well as in September.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417891/cv2mvakmzl4fhbgdmkd3.gif"></figure><a href="http://www.chicagoartistscoalition.org/annual-2018">THE ANNUAL&nbsp;</a>September 2019 • Chicago Artists Coalition – Kinzie CorridorThe ANNUAL is a&nbsp;yearly sales exhibition celebrating cutting-edge Chicago-based artists. Arranged by a guest curator, The ANNUAL creates an accessible forum for collectors to discover affordable new work and engage directly with its creators.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417892/of6kz0tdhgeb28nhnbqf.gif"></figure><a href="americancraftexpo.org">AMERICAN CRAFT EXPO</a>September 21–23, 2018 • Chicago Botanic Garden – Glencoe, IL&nbsp;One of the country’s premier fine craft shows, presented by The Auxiliary of NorthShore University HealthSystem (Northshore), featuring approximately 140 artists&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417893/ghw7awditwggdgcjnpo6.gif"></figure><a href="sofaexpo.com">SOFA CHICAGO</a>Oct 31–Nov 3, 2019 • Navy PierThe Sculpture Objects Functional Art and&nbsp;Design Fair began in 1994 and focuses on artworks&nbsp;that cross the boundaries of fine art, decorative art and design.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417894/hwkleb1kdpnjsx3sb5vv.gif"></figure><a href="amdurproductions.com">AMDUR PRODUCTIONS ART FESTS</a>Multiple dates and locations in the region: Gold Coast Art Fair; Botanic Garden Art Fest; Millennium Art Festival; Southport Art Festival; and others.&nbsp;</body></html>

All the World's a Fair: 2019 Art Fair Lineup

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418009/gkj3qim8lppidhepkyvi.gif"></figure>&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEAI’ve known artist Tony Fitzpatrick for about 10 years, and I usually see him in person to catch up over lunch somewhere or while taking a break at his studio on Western Ave.Recently my husband and I watched Tony on screen, where he portrays a formidable, brooding character, Jack Birdbath, who opens a surprising first scene of season 2 of Patriot, a quirky crime series on Amazon Prime. I know it is Tony in the scene before I even see him, because I can hear his low, tough guy voice struggling to explain a request to a French bank teller. In English he emphasizes that he needs a bunch of dimes. For what exactly, we find out soon enough.When I next saw Tony off screen, he explained to me that in his real (past) life, he had some first hand experience using dimes to defend himself, back when he had first had a gallery 30 years ago, called World Tattoo, in a dodgy area around 13th and Wabash in Chicago.After more than 30 years of making art, acting, and weathering a number of personal and professional challenges, at 60 years old Fitzpatrick says he is now blessed with a second act, and in part he has the City of Paris to thank for the gift of a new view and for the freedom to let things go.His current exhibition, The Absinthe Birds, on view at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/the-dime">The Dime</a>, an artist incubator space Fitzpatrick founded, features vivid collages of birds threaded with poetry and inspired by the sights, history, and influences of Paris. The pulsating and hallucinogenic green from the show's title also is reminiscent of Chicago's own river at a certain time of year. While Fitzpatrick's roots are always in Chicago, his mind and soul took flight in his temporary Parisian home for a few months.&nbsp;Following is an edited transcript of our conversation from late 2018.&nbsp;Ginny Van Alyea: Were the dimes [in Patriot] your idea, or was that just the script?Tony Fitzpatrick: Well, I was carrying hard objects around in a tube sock just to walk home, back when I had World Tattoo at 13th and Wabash. GV: What was World Tattoo? TF: It was a gallery –&nbsp;6,000 square feet. And back in 1988/89, that was a pretty shit crack neighborhood. More than once would cars damn near run me over. So with the [tube] sock, I would take their fucking tail light out. Then they'd get out of the car, and I would be holding the sock and say, 'Come on.' They don't like to drive around.GV: 30 years later it’s pretty good material on TV. TF: I mean, I'm 60 years-old now, and I have a second act. [Patriot] has put me through almost five months in Paris. I got to take a good long look at one of the cradles of Surrealism and drink all of that in –&nbsp;take into my bones what the essence of that city was.GV: What has the influence of that stay been on your art?TF: This next body of work, The Absinthe Birds, is about love, and beauty, and sex, as well as fraudulence and failure, and the pursuit of the invisible. GV: The series that you're working on for 2019 – are those the works on the wall in your studio? TF: Those are for my book that will be out in May.The show [here at the Dime] opened on December 7 and features 20 of the 24 pieces that will be in the book. The poems are written in English, but what we're doing is working with somebody from Orleans, France to make sure that they flow in French. &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418010/xfa2ar7w57n3oms9zsns.jpg"><figcaption>Works in progress for Fitzpatrick's exhibitions as well as a forthcoming book.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;GV: I was just going to ask if you happened to be fluent in French. TF: I’m not. One of the hardest parts is making sure that everything reads right for sentences in French. When this show goes to Paris, I want the people of Paris to know, ‘I made this show for you. I love your city. It breathed new life in me as an artist.’GV: Your time in Paris affected you personally.TF: It got me away from Donald Trump's America for four silent months. I was able to shut out the noise, and that's been a big challenge for me – shutting out the grind and the filth of the absolute corrupt soul of what he has inculcated in this country. What he has awoken.GV: It's happening here, whether you’re at home or abroad. What was different about being in Paris? TF: I think I was able to take a very long view of how the way we live affects the rest of the world, and how frightening it is for other countries to see that this is a monkey driving a spaceship. This is a shaved ape. It's like they went to the zoo, found an albino gorilla, and they shaved it. Judging by what he says, they did not shave the smartest gorilla.GV: Were you in the left bank or right bank in Paris? TF: I was in the [The Place de la]&nbsp;République, right by Marianne, in the gut at the center of Paris. It's like being a poker player. You get to see the whole board –&nbsp;everybody you're playing with. I was amazed at the absolute participatory activism there was in Paris.GV: How did you find time in Paris to do your art at the same time you were filming for four months? TF: I did the ink work on a lot of [my collages]. Each one starts with a drawing. &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418011/cpvzokzbtcn6ynpa2xuk.jpg"><figcaption>Tony Fitzpatrick, Sacre Coeur Pigeon, 2018</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;GV: Were you creating pieces there?TF: I had to do a lot of them in my room. I put more fucking ink stains on that carpet over there.But you know what? They love me. So I would say to the guy from housekeeping, ‘I fucked up. I dropped a spot of ink again. Here is a little etching. I'm so sorry.’&nbsp;The hotel framed up my etchings and put them in the lobby.GV: What was your day to day when you were there? TF: Work. We would go to set –&nbsp;it was all over Paris.We spent a couple of days shooting in Luxembourg Gardens, which I absolutely fell in love with. It's kind of a birder's paradise. A couple of times they had to come and get me. I’d wander off and be on a fucking nature walk. I saw kingfishers. I saw herons. I saw lapwings, which I've never seen. They're not over in America much. Plovers. Just incredible. GV: So it was a real refresh for you personally to go and be immersed in something else for so long. TF: When we came home, we'd also moved to a new house in East Humboldt Park. In fact, when we got to the airport, we had to call [my wife] Michelle and figure out where the hell we lived.&nbsp; So, yeah it was a refresh. It was nice.GV: What has changed for your artistic practice?TF: It also gave me some real perspective about going forward with my visual art career. I don't have to do anything I don't want to do anymore.I knew the night The Secret Birds opened at the De Paul Art Museum [in 2016] something would change. I looked around and my mom was so glad she was there. I thought to myself, ‘This is the last time this is ever going to happen. My mom got to see a big museum show. After this, I don't ever have to do this again.’Then I thought that way about doing gallery exhibitions too.What I'm really interested in now is making the work that I absolutely have to make and want to make. I don't give a fiddler's fuck if anybody buys it or not. I couldn't care less. But thankfully they do [buy it].GV: You’ve been doing more here at The Dime. TF: What we're building here, this room, it's kind of magical. It's not fancy. We have clamp lights. There's really no money to make this thing fancy, but people can come in here and they can look at art.Artists can sell art and they don't give up a dime, you know? This is an incubator. What we're building here isn't an art gallery. We're building a community. I keep telling all the other artists who show here, ‘The best asset that you have in the world is each other. Join together and support each other; act like a community and ignore the bullshit.’GV: Now there’s Jack Birdbath's scene with the dimes in Patriot, and here we are sitting in Chicago in The Dime. I've never asked where the name for this space came from. TF: It's an old circus trick. A Dime Museum –&nbsp;which was the original name, we thought –&nbsp;was where you paid at the circus to see the lady with the beard, or the seal boy, &nbsp;or the [vaudeville]. The freaks. GV: This is the freak show? TF: Not exactly. This was never supposed to be an open gallery. This was ... GV: Not really planned. TF: No. Not really. But we've given lots of artists their first show. It’s what I want to do.GV: You've tried to let go of a lot of things you used to worry about having to do. TF: You bet. Whenever I get an email or a query from an institution in an email, I don't even read that email. I just delete it. People who want to know where to find me? I don't give a shit. GV: It's interesting. You've had a long – TF: Career of being an asshole? Yeah!&nbsp; GV: I was going to say acting career. You've been on screen and on stage quite a bit. With two seasons of Patriot done, are you going to try to keep balancing film and art? &nbsp; TF: Patriot didn't stop me from making art. I just figured, ‘Okay, this is what’s going on now.’ My assistant Yulia&nbsp;[Kuznetsova] was here [at the studio] while I was away. When I came home, I had a bunch of works on paper started, and a lot of them became the Absinthe Birds. I just kept moving, you know? In large part we can also do that because my work's portable. GV: I'm still picturing ink on the carpet and how you and Max hauled up all of your crap up the Metro stairs. Did you just bring cases of paper, and materials, and ink? TF: I just did a lot of drawing – the paper and stuff I found there. Also, I found out half of the members of our [film] crew were artists. They pointed me around to stuff. There are good art supply stores of course. Plus I did some garbage digging. I’m sure they said, ‘Who's that large man digging through the French garbage? Why, that's Tony.’ GV: Did you get a sense of what the art scene is like in Paris? TF: Pretty cool. Street art is huge. I met a bunch of those people. We will get some of them here next year. Our show [at The Dime] on the 9th of February is an amazing husband and wife team: a Brazilian guy, Caetano Azevedo, who has lived in Paris for the last 30 years, and his wife Liza Moura, who's a French photographer. Together they have been following the refugee encampments in Paris.GV: Back to Patriot, I want to know more about the evolution of Jack Birdbath. You came up with the idea for the dimes in season two. Did you have more to do with his dialogue and character?&nbsp;TF: I think Steven Conrad obviously wrote the character with me in mind. We shot the pilot in 2015. When we went to series, when I saw the writing on the scripts for season one, I went, ‘Oh shit. They're not going to let me do this. They're going to give this to named actor.’ I knew it was a really good part. Those guys hung in there and dug in for me and said, ‘You are who we want to do it.’Everyone in the cast –&nbsp;Gil Bellows, Terry O'Quinn, Debra Winger, Mike Dorman, Michael Chernus – they're all so goddamn good. I mean I've always been a lousy employee. But I skip to work every day for Patriot. I couldn't wait to get there. I couldn't wait to be part of that mix.It was joyful, you know?Well, it's Paris. There isn't a goddamn thing wrong with Paris. I really fucking loved Paris.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="media"><oembed url="https://youtu.be/kD24ytD3O0Q"></oembed></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

Tony Fitzpatrick on Paris and the Absinthe Birds

Tony Fitzpatrick's Second Act

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418074/kd53hcxhqq2xoebptrc6.png"></figure>Here are the five finalist designs competing for O’Hare Airport’s massive $8.5B expansionOn Thursday, the city released minute-long videos previewing each design. Residents can get a closer look at the concepts by checking out physical models of each proposal on display at the <a href="https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/11/7/18072234/ohare-expansion-lead-architect-finalists">Chicago Architecture Center</a> for free now through January 31. Bid materials will also be posted inside O’Hare’s Terminal 2.By Jay Koziarz, Curbed Chicago<a href="https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/1/17/18185431/ohare-design-competition-global-terminal">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418075/v91jwzoizmy92x0b4ndt.png"></figure>Will a nine-story surrealist mural draw shoppers to Mag Mile?Passers-by on Michigan Avenue can now see a nine-story mural designed by Spanish artist Ignasi Monreal, who's also responsible for massive "art walls" commissioned by Gucci in New York, London, Milan, Hong Kong and Paris.By Brigid Sweeney, Crain's Chicago Business<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/will-nine-story-surrealist-mural-draw-shoppers-mag-mile">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418076/lse69oycylv4xoqqqelo.png"></figure>Big Fairs Dominate the Art World. Small Galleries Are Seeking Another Way.Contemporary art dealers, like pretty much everyone else involved in bricks and mortar retail, are struggling to attract customers through their doors. A collaborative event is one way of coaxing them back. It might not be the art world’s equivalent of Black Friday, but the Condo group exhibition, whose fourth London edition opened on Saturday, has given smaller dealerships a chance to see new faces in their galleries.By Scott Reyburn, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/arts/design/condo-london.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418077/knyclprzfarydqtwowx0.png"></figure>Legal fight over building the Obama Center in Jackson Park heats&nbsp;upThe battle over locating the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park heated up on Tuesday as opponents argued in federal court briefs that City Hall rigged the deal for what would be the first-ever complex of its kind allowed in a public park in Chicago.By Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun Times<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/legal-fight-over-building-obama-center-jackson-park-heats-up/">Read More</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: January 22, 2019

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418026/oudvmbyigyd4are9ufeo.gif"><figcaption>Visitors to Hilton | Asmus in River North</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Art walks have long been popular, since they are an inviting and manageable way to visit galleries and art spaces, usually in a single evening.&nbsp;In 2019 there are lots of local openings and open studio nights happening throughout the city and into the suburbs and beyond.&nbsp;Check out our list below and enjoy a night (or Saturday morning) out with art.&nbsp;Events are listed in order of when they occur (First Friday, 2nd Friday, 3rd Friday, Saturdays, Monthly, Quarterly and so on) and in Chicago, Suburbs and beyond.&nbsp;– CGN Staff&nbsp;CHICAGO&nbsp;• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?district=river-north&amp;filter=openings">River North First Fridays / Openings</a>5–8pm • FreeNew shows generally open Jan 11, Mar 1, May 3, July 12, Sept 6, Nov 1Near Franklin/Superior&nbsp;• <a href="Wickerparkbucktown.com">Flat Iron First Fridays</a>6–10pm • Free1579 N. Milwaukee &nbsp;• <a href="Chicagoartsdistrict.org">Chicago Arts District 2nd Fridays</a>6–10pm • FreeS. Halsted + 18th St. (Pilsen East)&nbsp;• <a href="Fineartsbuildingstudios.com">Fine Arts Building Open Studios</a>2nd Fridays, 5–9pm • Free410 S. Michigan&nbsp;• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/free-cgn-saturday-gallery-tours">River North Saturday Gallery Tours</a>11am–12:30pmDepart from Fabcakes (714 N. Wells)Tours run weekly except major holidays.312-649-0064&nbsp; &nbsp;• <a href="Bridgeportart.com">Bridgeport Art Center 3rd Fridays Open Studios</a>7–10pm Free1200 W. 35th St. &nbsp;• <a href="Bronzevillenights.com">Bronzeville Arts District Trolley Tour</a>3rd FridaysJune–September &nbsp;• <a href="Zhoubartcenter.com">Zhou B Art Center 3rd Fridays, Bridgeport Art Walk</a>7-10pm • Free1029 W. 35th St. • <a href="www.westtownartwalk.com">West Town Art Walk</a>September 27 and 28, 2019 &nbsp;• FreeF 5–8pm + after parties; Sa 12pm-6pmChicago Ave. b/t Milwaukee and Hoyne&nbsp;• <a href="Rivernorthdesigndistrict.com">River North Design District Walk</a>Friday, September 6Multiple receptions take place in select showrooms and galleries outside of the Merchandise Mart &nbsp;SUBURBS&nbsp;• <a href="http://oakparkartsdistrict.com/event-directory-2/">Oak Park Arts District</a> (OPAD)3rd Fridays6–10pm FreeOn Harrison St. &nbsp;• <a href="evanstonmade.org">Evanston Made</a>Visit <a href="evanstonmade.org">evanstonmade.org</a> for a list of event dates in 2019 featuring open studios, art walks and more in Evanston on Chicago’s North Shore. &nbsp;MILWAUKEE&nbsp;• <a href="Historicthirdward.org">Gallery Night and Day</a>Milwaukee, WI – Historic Third WardJan 18 and 19; April 26 and 27; July 19 and 20; Oct 18 and 19F 5–9 and Saturday 10–4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

2019 Art Walks

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417849/oxndky8k8ysxc18xxnwy.gif"></figure>Hometown: Chicago &nbsp;Previous occupation:&nbsp;Grammar School &amp; Art Teacher &nbsp;FavoritesRestaurant: Fred’s CafeArt supply store:&nbsp;Blick &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sweater or Hoodie? HoodieCoffee or tea? Coffee&nbsp;Tell us a little about your training?BA (1968) from SAIC, painting and MFA from Northern (1978), photography. Both were worth doing.&nbsp; SAIC for the experiences and art introductions and the MFA was required for job applications.SAIC introduced me to the art world.&nbsp;There were many opportunities for experimentation in the classroom with equipment and teachers with knowledge on what was happening in the contemporary art scene at that time. The students were interesting to meet up with and from many different interesting backgrounds open to sharing ideas and techniques freely.Most of my present friends I met while I was a student: Barbara Grad, Miclelle Stone, Katheryn Kucera, Margaret Lanterman, Kieth Morrison, Johnny Shek, Mary Baber, Christine O’Connor, James Mesple, Eleanor Ferris, Ken Bowman, Linda Kramer.I joined Artemisia and that helped me to further my art education and broaden my views.I grew up in a hard working European family.&nbsp; Although my parents were unable to receive an education, they always valued learning. I was exposed to literature, music including the symphony and opera groups in Chicago.I was sent to Northwestern at 16 years old to be a math major.&nbsp; After two years I decided I did not want to continue studying. I left home at 18 and went to New Orleans. I loved the blues. Later on I enrolled at Chicago teachers college, knowing that I needed to earn a living and would not overstay for I always kept my commitments. I came back to Chicago at the beginning of classes for the summer session.&nbsp;What art has been particularly meaningful in your life?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Charcoal, oil paint, oil sticks, photography and photo transfer.<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417850/owogmqbordsafg9mqack.jpg"><figcaption>Portugal - Small Village, 18" x 20", oil on canvas</figcaption></figure>What was the first work of art to make a lasting impression on you?&nbsp;The Scream - although this may not have been the first work of art in my life, it did strike an early interest.&nbsp;Describe your studio.I need to start with cleared space or I feel like there are too many thoughts and ideas going through my head.&nbsp; I use my paints sparingly, trying not to waste. I need my radio or books on tape connections.&nbsp;How do you know when a piece is finished?&nbsp;When it looks visually complete to me and conveys the idea that I want it to relay.&nbsp;Any tricks for getting past a creative block?&nbsp;I try doing a still life or scene from my photos that I find interesting.&nbsp; Visit some art galleries or museums in town or connect with fellow artists and talk.&nbsp;You have three minutes in an art store to take whatever you want, what do you grab?&nbsp;A new set of GOOD paints and brushes (but there also would have been different choices at different times in my life).&nbsp;What&nbsp;should we expect to see from you next? &nbsp;Influences of street art in society and its connections to the areas found in and created.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.jacquelinemoses.com/">http://www.jacquelinemoses.com/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417851/oq9azncfl7rhz1gr1wex.png"><figcaption>Movements in the 21st Century, 36" x 48", oil on canvas</figcaption></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417852/l7nc6dtpxxym7lilibjj.jpg"><figcaption>Portugal Wildfires #2, 32" x 48", oil on canvas</figcaption></figure></body></html>

Artist Insights: Jacqueline Moses

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418003/pcbqijckqslqwjyibd99.jpg"></figure><h1>Hindman LLC Acquires Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Cowan's Auctions</h1>The new venture brings together two of America's defining auction firms, uniting a nationwide network of specialists and resources. Born to serve and grow the industry landscape through digital transformation and customer service, Hindman LLC reflects the shared vision of Leslie Hindman and Wes Cowan, the respective founders of each firm.Via PR Newswire<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hindman-llc-acquires-leslie-hindman-auctioneers-and-cowans-auctions-300775073.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418004/qwuvldpelws77e6kkio6.jpg"></figure><h2>Here Are the Biggest, Splashiest, and Most Anticipated Art Biennials Around the World in 2019</h2>If you want to see the biggest art events around the globe this year, you better save up your frequent flyer miles. This year’s leading biennials, triennials, and other art festivals extend across four continents.By Caroline Goldstein, artnet news<a href="https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/biennials-and-beyond-2019-1430257">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418005/ehxsbpq18l7o4bimnew9.jpg"></figure><h2>James Turrell's Roden Crater project gets $40m funding boost—with a little help from Kanye West</h2>Hope springs eternal that Roden Crater, the extinct volcano in Arizona that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jspq9twrRo">James Turrell has turned into an evolving masterwork of light</a> and Land Art since the 1970s, will one day be completed. Today (14 January) there were signs that fundraising could be turning a corner.By Nancy Kenney, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/roden-crater-gets-a-boost-from-a-new-partnership-and-usd10m-from-kanye-west">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: January 15, 2019

Below is CGN's summary of end of &nbsp;2018&nbsp;/ early 2019 art&nbsp;community news and updates.&nbsp;To send us your news&nbsp;<a href="mailto:info@chicagogallerynews.com?subject=For%20CGN%20News%20Updates">email us</a>.&nbsp;<h3>&nbsp;</h3>&nbsp;<h2>• Anniversaries</h2>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/carl-hammer-gallery">• Carl Hammer Gallery</a> turns 40 in 2019! Special exhibition plans for the fall will be forthcoming.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/thomas-masters-gallery">• Thomas Masters Gallery</a> marked 25 years this past fall. The gallery has been located in Old Town since its founding.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/filter-photo">• Filter Photo</a> celebrates its 10th anniversary, and the 11th Filter Photo Festival, in fall 2019.<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/water-street-studios">• Water Street Studios</a> in Batavia marks 10 years as well in 2019. They will host a 10 Year Anniversary Celebration on Friday, September 13, 2019.&nbsp;<h2>• Gallery Updates</h2>&nbsp;• <a href="http://www.printworkschicago.com">Printworks Gallery</a> in River North closed its doors at the end of 2018 after more than 35 years on Superior Street. Co-founder Bob Hiebert wrote a letter to friends that said, "As some of you may have already heard, that for personal and family reasons, Printworks Gallery will close at the end of 2018. It’s been a great run, but all good things do come to an end. A big thanks to everyone for your support, encouragement and friendship." Hiebert founded the much loved space with Sidney Block, who died at 91 in late 2015.• <a href="http://galeriewaterton.com">Galerie Waterton</a>, a neighbor of Printworks at 311 W Superior, closed its doors in October. Owner Francois Grossas said he plans to make a change to his gallery operation in 2019 and that he will announce new plans hopefully this year.&nbsp;• After more than three decades in Chicago, Martha Schneider of <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/schneider-gallery">Schneider Gallery</a> will continue her legacy in 2019 as a private dealer focusing on photography. The gallery has been located in River North for more than 30 years, presenting more than 150 exhibitions. Martha will continue to work with artists on special projects and is now also available for private client consultations. The River North space at 770 N LaSalle opens a final exhibition on January 11 featuring photography by Whit Forrester. A closing sale and reception takes place Friday, March 8, 5–7:30pm• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/weinberg-newton-gallery">Weinberg/Newton</a> will be moving locations in June 2019. The final exhibition in the current River North space runs from January 18 to April 13. The first exhibition in the new, still to-be-announced space will open in September 2019.• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/catherine-edelman-gallery">Catherine Edelman Gallery</a> announced in 2018 its plans to move to a new space in West Town, and now the official opening date will take place this spring. Two final exhibitions in the River North space open Friday, January 11; one features CEG artists and one showcases work by photographer Michael Kenna.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/pagoda-red--2">• Pagoda Red </a>closed up its Winnetka and Fulton Market locations last year and moved to their 15,000 sq. ft. Chicago bow-truss warehouse near the north branch of the Chicago River. The new rough luxe gallery and studio offers a more up-close experience with all the objects owner Betsy Nathan has collected over 20+ years. With the consolidation comes a greater online reach, as they build beyond &nbsp;brick and mortar. Clients may enjoy the newest arrivals online at <a href="https://pagodared.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=01c85860fc1deefa98b04e635&amp;id=5ea7404f6c&amp;e=3e481c464e">pagodared.com </a>and read the stories of favorite&nbsp;artists &amp; designers on their <a href="https://pagodared.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=01c85860fc1deefa98b04e635&amp;id=2ba6216520&amp;e=3e481c464e">blog.</a>• <a href="http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com">Corbett vs Dempsey</a> has just moved from N. Ashland Ave. to the Kinzie Corridor at 2156 West Fulton St.•<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/the-golden-triangle"> The Golden Triangle </a>has opened a sister store, Golden Triangle Hang Dong (Thailand).&nbsp;The store officially launches in January of 2019 and will showcase a global collection of antiques, vintage furniture and contemporary art. GTHD is located 10 minutes south of Chiang Mai International Airport in the famous art and handicrafts district of Hang Dong.<h2>&nbsp;</h2><h2>• CGN Welcomes</h2>&nbsp;We are thrilled to have 19 new spaces in our 2019 CGN Arts Guide (shipping from the printer now!)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/the-art-center-highland-park--3">The Art Center Highland Park</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/arts-of-life">Arts of Life</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/chicago-truborn">Chicago Truborn</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/the-compassion-factory-art-gallery-studio">The Compassion Factory</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/melanee-cooper-gallery">Melanee Cooper Gallery</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/eat-paint-studio">Eat Paint Studio</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/goldfinch">Goldfinch</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/hilton-asmus-contemporary">Hilton | Asmus Contemporary</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/les-enluminures">Les Enluminures</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/alan-koppel-gallery">Alan Koppel Gallery</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/monique-meloche-gallery">Monique Meloche Gallery</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/oliva-gallery">Oliva Gallery</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/one-after-909">One After 909</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/sarah-raskey-fine-art">Sarah Raskey Fine Art</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/spudnik-press-cooperative">Spudnik Press Cooperative</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/studio-oh">Gallery Studio Oh!</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/tarble-arts-center">Tarble Arts Center</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/wantoot">Wantoot Gallery</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/water-street-studios">Water Street Studios</a><h2>&nbsp;</h2><h2>• Awards and Grants</h2>&nbsp;• Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC) announced in October 2018 the <a href="http://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-njtllkl-dlvzir-y/">SPARK Microgrant</a>: a new, unrestricted award opportunity for emerging Chicago-based visual artists who identify as ALAANA (Asian, Latinx, Arab, African diaspora or Native), an artist with a disability, or as a self-taught or informally trained artist who is striving to make their art practice a primary vocation. This program reaffirms CAC’s commitment to emerging artists of Chicago and demonstrates the organization’s desire to directly address the historical barriers that have prevented the arts in this city from reflecting the demographic of diverse makers that call it home.• The Smart Museum at the Univ. of Chicago and Gallery 400 at UIC &nbsp;both won <a href="http://www.joycefdn.org/news/2019-joyce-awards-winners">$50,000 Joyce Awards</a> The annual grants from Chicago’s Joyce Foundation create new works reflecting and engaging multi-cultural communities. Smart Museum will commissions artist Emmanuel Pratt and Perry Ave. Commons youth to build an exhibit at an abandoned house there. Gallery 400 collaborates with playwright Adela Goldbardto stage The Last Judgment and a pyrotechnic performance in the Little Village neighborhood<h2>&nbsp;</h2><h2>• Other News</h2>&nbsp;• SOFA Chicago announced that Donna Davies is stepping down as Group Show Director. The SOFA group shared "We are excited for her to start this next chapter in her career; however, her professionalism, knowledge and graciousness will be missed. We are extremely thankful for the years of leadership Donna has contributed to our art fairs and wish her the best in her new endeavor."&nbsp;• EXPO CHICAGO announced Stephanie Cristello as Artistic Director,&nbsp;Kathleen Rapp as Managing Director – VIP Relations, and&nbsp;Jeff Rhodes as Managing Director – Operations &amp; Exhibitor Relations. EXPO also named Naima J. Keith, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at The California African American Museum (CAAM) and Co-Artistic Director of Prospect.5 as the Curator for EXPO CHICAGO’s 2019 EXPOSURE section. The EXPOSURE section, installed on the main floor of the exposition, features solo and two-artist presentations from galleries eight years and younger.• Hindman LLC announced this month that it has acquired auction houses Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Cowan's Auctions. The new venture brings together two of American &nbsp;auction firms, uniting a nationwide network of specialists and resources. Leslie Hindman founded Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in 1982 in Chicago. Wes Cowan founded Cowan's Auctions in 1995 in Cincinnati. Both will remain intimately involved in developing the strategy and vision of Hindman LLC where Leslie Hindman will serve on the Board as Co-Chair and Wes Cowan as Vice Chair. Hindman LLC will create one of the largest auction firms in America with its combined expertise and footprint. It will be led by CEO Thomas Galbraith, who will work closely with senior leadership at both companies to oversee the collaboration.&nbsp;

In the News: Updates from the CGN Art Community Vol. 4

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417831/bfjdgi8ljow8iignw0lr.png"></figure>&nbsp;My son turned three not long before this publication, also now in its third year, went to print. On a daily basis the unpredictabilty of motherhood, along with running a magazine, keeps me on my toes. I’m always feeling short on time and more than a little overwhelmed. But in both cases year three seems to be pretty great. With each year there are big challenges to meet as well as small accomplishments to savor. The balancing act is worth it – for the obvious joys where my son is concerned, but for CGN I also take a parental pride in being able to develop a valuable resource that encourages people to make art a part of their life and also supports the many creatives throughout our community.This is the third edition of our annual CGN Arts Guide, and as with everything, we strive to make each version better than the one before. In 2019 we welcome 19 galleries and art spaces to these pages – a sign that we are actually sharing more art with our readers than before, even in the middle of a tumultous art climate. We work together to support small and midsize galleries, arts nonprofits and museums, independent artists and many others. So far the hopeful bright spots dispel any shadows of uncertainty. Another thing we know for sure in our third year of publishing this Guide is that, despite the inevitable challenges that keep coming, in order to keep your head above water you must keep moving. Have you ever heard of a three year old who gives up? Three year olds do not sit still. Even as the world frustrates, it beckons.This year’s guide is 164 pages (bigger than the previous two years!) and we have made our maps more comprehensive. We also updated our design to match our new website (see below). Even though we never forget where we started, with so much to discover in our world, it’s great being three. And since my daughter turned five this fall, I know that each year can indeed get better – and maybe even a little easier. &nbsp;&nbsp;– Ginny Van Alyea, CGN Publisher&nbsp;2019 CGN Arts Guide cover artwork: Judy Ledgerwood, Trouble, 2010. Oil and raw pigment on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Rhona Hoffman Gallery</body></html>

Publisher's Letter – 2019: 3rd Time's the Charm

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417829/rxtsij1henqzfkifsir2.jpg"></figure>By CGN StaffFollowing a busy end-of-year crammed with deadlines and to-dos, we are pleased to be getting back to sharing news and features with CGN readers as we await the arrival of our 2019 CGN Arts Guide in the coming days.&nbsp;First up is the return of the Artist Insights series, in which we ask various artists &nbsp;a set of questions about their practice as well as local favorites. We recently spoke with James Mesplé, a charming figure in the Chicago art community, who has been a regular visitor to the CGN office for years, always taking time to stop in and share his own book, film and art show recommendations with us.&nbsp;Mesplé’s vibrant work features signature imagery that links to the past through figures from history and literature. &nbsp;Mesplé studied painting at the University of Missouri, and after graduation he moved to Chicago in 1968 and eventually graduated with honors from Northeastern Illinois University in 1970. He has taught art at various Chicago institutions over the years, including Francis W. Parker School, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.&nbsp;Mesplé lives and works in Chicago. His most recent show from November 2018, Arcadia, was the final exhibition to take place at Printworks Gallery. He also shows his art at Jackson Junge Gallery in Wicker Park.&nbsp;&nbsp;Tell us a little about your hometown? &nbsp;I come from the Missouri Ozarks, from a small town called Nevada near Neosho and Joplin Missouri.&nbsp;It's in the southwest part of the state where Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas meet.&nbsp;Previous occupations?&nbsp;&nbsp;My first job was a summer job with the Chicago Tribune, which was followed by ten years of teaching art at the Francis Parker School in Lincoln Park. And then at the Studios of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I also conducted various workshops in watercolor and egg tempera at the Oxbow Artists’ Retreat in Michigan, as well as at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University.&nbsp;&nbsp;Favorite spot to spend time in the city.&nbsp;&nbsp;A toss-up between the Art Institute of Chicago and the Field Museum&nbsp;Preferred art store.&nbsp;&nbsp;Artist and Craftsman Supply on South Wabash and Blick Art Materials on North Avenue. (I need both, since Pearl Art &amp; Craft Supplies left River North years ago.)&nbsp;Favorite Music?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I play woodwinds, so I often take a break from painting and pick up my flute to play Vivaldi, or if I want a longer break, I soak a reed and play Mozart or Beethoven on bassoon, etc.&nbsp; But while I’m working on a painting, I listen to classical music.&nbsp;In the summer, l like the free concerts at Millennium Park with the symphony or I go listen to the free string quartet at the Cultural Center.&nbsp;&nbsp;Coffee or tea?&nbsp;&nbsp;Coffee during the day, but at night, herbal tea – especially if I have detailed work to do and need control; chamomile tea is calming and makes the hand steady.&nbsp;&nbsp;Tell us a little about your training?I studied both music and art at the University of Missouri for two years (bassoon and painting).&nbsp; I transferred to Northeastern Illinois (Chicago) and finished my undergraduate degree there. I began teaching art at Francis Parker and attended SAIC at the same time, receiving a continuing education certificate while making my own art on weekends and having exhibitions of my art in theater lobbies, or wherever I could show it.&nbsp;What art has been particularly meaningful in your life?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have done printmaking, ceramic sculpture, and even jewelry making, but my first love has always been painting.&nbsp;Trips to Europe to see the world’s great collections of paintings were something I worked hard to make happen over and over.&nbsp; It was really a continuing part of my education. A painter must see paintings to learn from them. Trips to Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and Great Britain are a must for a painter – or get to the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery in Washington if you can’t go to Europe.&nbsp;&nbsp;What was the first work of art to make a lasting impression on you?&nbsp;I attended Benton Grade School in Nevada, MO.&nbsp; In the front hall of the school was a large color reproduction of Thomas Hart Benton’s painting in the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. I passed it every day from first through sixth grade.&nbsp; My high school art class went on an all-day trip to see the Truman Library, and this is when I learned that the 36-inch color reproduction in Benton Grade School was nothing like the massive wall mural Benton had painted in the library. This was a revelation.&nbsp;Years later, at the University of Missouri, I got to meet Thomas Hart Benton and was exposed for the first time to the technique 'mixed' (which combines egg tempera and oil).&nbsp;Whenever I visit my sister, who lives in Independence, I try to visit his mural. Even after seeing many of the major art museums in Europe, the mural still fascinates me.&nbsp;Describe your studio.There are several easels, because I work on several paintings at the same time. I have a north light, a table to mix or grind pigments, a life-sized copy of Venus de Milo for inspiration, and a cabinet for my paints.&nbsp;&nbsp;How do you know when a piece is finished?&nbsp;I know it’s finished when it says to me “I’m alive.”&nbsp; If a work doesn’t sell right away, I often keep refining it, sometimes for years.&nbsp; I have also experienced seeing my sold works in someone’s home years later and I would have changed some small thing – unfortunately then it is no longer possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any tricks for getting past a creative block?&nbsp;I’ve never had a creative block.&nbsp; If I did, I would immediately consult my sketch books, which have hundreds and hundreds of sketches with my “ideas” that I will never have enough time to develop into a painting.&nbsp; To do them all would take a dozen lifetimes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You have three minutes in an art store to take whatever you want, what do you grab?&nbsp;I would take a tube of genuine vermilion paint or a fine sable brush (which wouldn’t work well for me, because art stores keep both items locked up!)&nbsp;&nbsp;What&nbsp;should we expect to see from you next? &nbsp;After finishing Arcadia at Printworks Gallery, which was an exhibition of small works on paper, I am looking forward to working on a new series of large paintings on canvas and panel.&nbsp;They will continue my interest in Contemporary Classics and the world of mythology.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417829/i4pmfo7gsi0bumo4nbez.jpg"><figcaption>James Mesple, Pan's Garden: The Five Senses, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in, 2017</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417830/hwwahu0670rnwlikaj31.jpg"><figcaption>Mesple's recent exhibition, Arcadia, at Printworks Gallery in River North, November 2018</figcaption></figure></body></html>

Artist Insights: James Mesple

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417825/htxsfgknhkwc4oxho1ph.jpg"><figcaption>Photo Credit: Museum of Contemporary Art Facebook</figcaption></figure><h2>&nbsp;</h2><h2>2019 Museum Free Days: The Complete List</h2>&nbsp;While Chicago begins to settle into a solid layer of frost for the winter, the museums are just getting warmed up. Big names and lesser-known galleries alike are opening their doors to the public for a much-needed change of pace. <a href="https://urbanmatter.com/chicago/museum-free-days/">Here’s the complete list of&nbsp;free museum days this winter.</a>By Arniecea Johnson, Urban Matter<a href="https://urbanmatter.com/chicago/museum-free-days/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417826/beeu27po63umuadrqbur.jpg"><figcaption>Installation view of “Martine Syms: Incense Sweaters &amp; Ice” at the Graham Foundation in Chicago, 2018. COURTESY THE ARTIST, BRIDGET DONAHUE, NEW YORK AND SADIE COLES HQ, LONDON/PHOTO: NATHAN KEAY</figcaption></figure><h2>&nbsp;</h2><h2>Order of Appearance: In Chicago Show, Martine Syms Examines How Blackness Is Performed, Absorbed, and Circulated</h2>&nbsp;Martine Syms, the Los Angeles–based artist and self-proclaimed “conceptual entrepreneur,” has mounted a solo show at the Graham Foundation in Chicago that solidifies her place at the forefront of critical explorations of Black femininity and the presence of Blackness in visual culture.By Amarie Gipson, ARTNEWS<a href="http://www.artnews.com/2019/01/08/order-appearance-chicago-show-martine-syms-examines-blackness-performed-absorbed-circulated/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417827/phwzkzvdb0kediteubv2.jpg"><figcaption>A macaron-making class at the Alliance Française de Chicago. (Bill Hogan / McClatchy-Tribune)</figcaption></figure><h2>&nbsp;</h2><h2>These 11 cultural centers in Chicago make learning fun</h2>&nbsp;If you’re looking for a fresh way to immerse yourself in the city’s diverse cultural landscape, hit up one of many centers showcasing the multitude of cultures from all over the world that make Chicago, Chicago. These organizations offer cooking workshops, language classes, performances, film screenings, art exhibits and more, allowing you to experience a new culture without having to shell out thousands of dollars for a plane ticket.Read on for 11 cultural centers that make learning fun — whether it’s your own heritage or not.By Aine Dougherty, RedEye via Chicago Tribune<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/culture/ct-redeye-chicago-international-cultural-centers-20181127-story.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417828/vg0q8msboudnu5x3hfib.jpg"><figcaption>Thomas Miller (1912–1920). 7-Up Cans, c. 1972. Private collection. James Prinz Photography, Chicago.</figcaption></figure><h2>&nbsp;</h2><h2>A Century of Black Designers Receive Belated Recognition in Chicago</h2>&nbsp;In Chicago, an exhibition is putting a new spotlight on black designers who have contributed to the city's artistic legacy for over a century. As part of Art Design Chicago—a yearlong arts initiative in the Windy City funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Richard H. Driehaus foundation—Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) has spent years amassing research on the city’s legacy of black designers.By Carly Olson, Architectural Digest<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/african-american-designers-in-chicago-art-design">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: January 8, 2019

<html><head></head><body>By GINNY VAN ALYEAWe have just sent our fabulous 2019 CGN Arts Guide to the printer, and we have been thinking about the year ahead nonstop for weeks now. It's hard to believe that a new year is around the corner already, but as we plan for the wide-open calendar that is the month of January, we are really looking forward to a few key exhibitions and events happening in the coming months.&nbsp;A few highlights are included for you here.&nbsp;Happy planning, and happy new year!&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417815/jd6osqnkwsmfnaui9xc5.jpg"><figcaption>Courtesy Snarkitecture</figcaption></figure>The Beach at Navy PierCreated by New York–based designers, Snarkitecture, The Beach Chicago is an EXPO CHICAGO 2019 program, presented by Navy Pier. Snarkitecture’s work focuses on the reinterpretation of everyday materials within a conceptual approach to create unexpected engagements with our surroundings — centered on the importance of experience, this premise extends to The Beach, an all-white ocean of over one million recyclable, antimicrobial plastic balls in a large, open room along with deck chairs, lifeguard chairs, umbrellas and signage that mimic a day at the beach. This immersive art installation along is surely a creative way to escape the bitter cold Chicago weather this winter.&nbsp;January 19–February 3, 2019&nbsp;Navy Pier, Aon Grand Ballroom&nbsp;Also: January 17 – Snarkitecture free panel discussion before the opening at the <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/panel-discussion-with-snarkitecture">Graham Foundation</a> to discuss The Beach<a href="navypier.org">navypier.org</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417817/r7lyzdv0kia2o4oilznl.gif"><figcaption>Dawoud Bey. Untitled #1 (Picket Fence and Farmhouse), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black, 2017. Rennie Collection, Vancouver. © Dawoud Bey. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, BlackAfter Dawoud Bey turned 60, already renowned as a portraitist, he turned his camera on architecture and landscapes; accustomed to urban scenes, he decided to photograph thickets, a picket fence, and Lake Erie. Through these choices Bey wanted to make a greater shift: from pictures of the here and now to the vast, historical subject of the Underground Railroad.&nbsp;Jan 11–Apr 14, 2019 &nbsp;&nbsp;Art Institute of Chicago<a href="artic.edu">artic.edu</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417818/stqnetlyvahz3btlcud6.gif"><figcaption>Laurie Simmons, Walking House, 1989. Pigment print; 84 × 48 in. Photo courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, © Laurie Simmons.</figcaption></figure>Laurie Simmons: Big Camera / Little CameraThe Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s major retrospective of works by Laurie Simmons celebrates an artist recognized as a pioneer of new directions in photography. Known for using dolls and props as proxies for people and places, Simmons has long explored archetypal gender roles.Feb 23–May 5, 2019Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)<a href="mcachicago.org">mcachicago.org</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417818/yvv3swss33v7u6irtwgi.gif"><figcaption>A work by Theaster Gates from 2016's solo show, Heavy Sketches, with Richard Gray Gallery</figcaption></figure>Theaster Gates at Gray WarehouseWe don't have the details yet, but we are excited! Stay tuned.&nbsp;Spring 2019Gray Warehouse<a href="richardgraygallery.com">richardgraygallery.com</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417819/m0zmj7vuxi0sbw3ypxpt.gif"><figcaption>A 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial installation at the Chicago Cultural Center. Photo by: Steve Hall</figcaption></figure>Chicago Architecture Biennial ReturnsThe Chicago Architecture Biennial returns for a 3rd edition in 2019. CAB’s second iteration, in 2017, was the largest architecture and design exhibition in North America, featuring over 140 practitioners from more than 20 countries, and it drew more than 554,000 visitors city–wide.The Biennial will once again coincide with EXPO Chicago, making Chicago the place to be in September.September 19, 2019–January 5, 2020Multiple locations.<a href="chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org">chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417821/cjiegne7y67ezn3b3b3d.gif"><figcaption>Kiki Smith, Seer (Alice II)&nbsp; 2005, Courtesythe artist and Pace Gallery, New York. Part of Sculpture Milwaukee 2018.</figcaption></figure>Sculpture Milwaukee&nbsp;Sculpture Milwaukee has become an annual beacon that attracts spectators and art lovers to the city center for several months each year, taking a world-class art gallery experience and turning it inside out. 2018’s edition showcased 21 works created by 22 artists from around the world.The 2019 version returns this summer throughout downtown Milwaukee. Many works are also for sale, if you have a big enough back yard...Multiple locations.Summer 2019<a href="sculpturemilwaukee.com">sculpturemilwaukee.com</a></body></html>

2019: Not-to-Miss Culture List

<html><head></head><body>By SARAH ADLERWhen I hear the term “art world,” I imagine several people – unusually tall and good-looking – gathered together sipping champagne while discussing some sparkling Warhol. Or I hear the incessant clicking of impossibly tall stilettos, going one-two-three-pause-for-reflection-one-two-three across a stone-cold floor in a space adorned by “masterpieces.” Neither of these scenarios is particularly inviting. Furthermore, they are not what I actually have found art, and its related spaces, to have the potential to be: radical, engaging, and provocative. Despite loving art my entire life, I too grow hesitant upon hearing someone invoke the words “art world.”There are numerous spaces around the city that are dedicated to offering beautiful, even transcendental art experiences. In order to encourage anyone who is a bit hesitant about where to start, I have compiled a list of events that may serve as a healthy first course. This is not to say that any of these events don’t appeal to those who frequent these spaces more regularly, but rather that these events present excellent appetizers for anyone who's not yet sure if they want to stay for dinner and dessert.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417790/dvh2dcblf2lmoenxszws.gif"></figure>1. Holiday Photo Book Bazaar, Columbia College of Chicago, December 6, 5-7 PMPhotography was once deemed a “lower” art form than the great likes of painting and sculpture. However, the past century has given way to the likes of both brilliant photographers and massively influential Instagram stars alike. Since photography has become such a mainstay in our everyday technology, it could serve as an easy entranceway into the art world. Yes, the images are probably a bit more edgy than what is on your feed, but several of the artists featured in the bazaar, including Cecil McDonald Jr. and Melissa Ann Pinney, often utilize everyday subject matter. Having their book on your coffee table might be a good tasting before going to a gallery or show.<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/holiday-photo-book-bazaar-3ffaad0b-2f21-468e-ae4c-24517ba728e3">Details</a>600 S. Michigan Avenue&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417791/kn2kfnfiqmag2es0ffa3.gif"><figcaption>Color Memory and Time, Nicole Mauser and Colleen Keihm</figcaption></figure>2. Colleen Keihm and Nicole Mauser: Break Here at Filter Photo, December 7, 2018 - January 5, 2019Both Keihm and Mauser make works that are, undeniably, aesthetically appealing. Working in collaboration for this exhibition, Keihm and Mauser created work that is bold, vibrant, and filled with fun geometric shapes. The cover photo for the event in itself is enchanting: an abstract black-and-white construction stands out against a spectrum of neon color. If you find yourself still interested after a visual perusal, a quick dive into their theoretical practice will uncover some pretty relatable truths about our present moment, particularly the speed at which our technological advances are reshaping our reality.<a href="http://filterphoto.org/portfolio/colleen-keihm-nicole-mauser-break-here/">Details</a>1821 W. Hubbard St. Suite #207&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417793/rp15lwpeamiybwnwyofq.gif"><figcaption>Whitney Bradshaw, Cecily, 2018, &nbsp;courtesy of the artist&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>3. &nbsp;Whitney Bradshaw: Outcry, DePaul Art Museum, through December 16Nothing is as relatable in our current political climate as someone tilting back their head and just letting out their emotions in one great, loud, outcry. This exhibition consists of portraits of women, of all races and ethnicities, screaming at the issues they face everyday. The artist, Whitney Bradshaw, has been bringing together groups of women who don’t know each other since the Women’s March in 2018. There, the women engage in conversations surrounding all kinds of topics, such as racism, sexism, and sexual assault. The resulting images are not posed, but rather the true expressions of these women as they discuss the issues that many of us are also working through everyday.<a href="https://resources.depaul.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/Pages/whitney-bradshaw-outcry.aspx">Details</a>935 W. Fullerton Avenue&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417794/mrzt3qiokrtifxr2oeh3.gif"></figure>4. Revolution Craft Show, December 16, 12 PM- 6 PMThere are so many opportunities, especially in a city like Chicago, to support local artists in small, meaningful ways. This craft show gives you access to over forty local artists working in a variety of mediums: from pins to prints to soap. While it isn’t fine art per say, you will be able to stock up on high quality work - all the while sipping on some beer and meeting those same artists whose work you are supporting. Who needs champagne anyways?<a href="https://www.revolutioncraftshowchicago.com">Details</a>3340 North Kedzie Avenue&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417795/b08jd50aqepp9goilhyt.gif"></figure>5. James Webb: Prayer, Art Institute of Chicago, through December 31As the streets of Chicago become inundated with dirt-colored snow and the temperature drops to unbearably small degrees, it can be nice to just take off your shoes, take some deep breaths, and listen. This could happen in your house, maybe, or it could happen at the stately Art Institute of Chicago. Although most of the floors are dedicated to some of the greatest masters in the world – think all the names that you probably associate with art – an exhibition called Prayer invites its listeners to remove their shoes, walk along soft carpet, and listen to a symphony of different voices – all from Chicago – recite prayers in their respective religions and beliefs. It is a truly lovely way to enjoy the Holiday season.<a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9015/james-webb-prayer">Details</a>111 S. Michigan Avenue&nbsp;Sarah Adler is a freelance writer. She recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and serves as both the gallery assistant at Monique Meloche Gallery, as well as an intern in the interpretation department at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.</body></html>

New to the 'Art World'? Here Are Starting Points to Experience

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417811/wcitasrr6riy9wrynit9.png"></figure><h2>Google is building digital art galleries you can step into</h2>Google wants to help you take a closer look at the art world. The company’s Arts &amp; Culture app has long been one of the company’s cooler niche apps and one that I often feel guilty about overlooking every time I rediscover it. Today, the company has added another experience into the mix focused on collecting the known works of Dutch master artist Johannes Vermeer and curating them in a single place.By Lucas Matney, Tech Crunch<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/03/google-is-building-digital-art-galleries-you-can-step-into/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417812/z9vz1mbba5snx8yyxqds.png"></figure><h2>Meet The Chicago Woman Taking Balloon Art To Incredible New Heights</h2>When people ask Elaine Frei what she does for a living, the 39-year-old tends to answer, sheepishly, “I have this balloon business.” Which is technically true — Frei is the founder/owner of <a href="https://www.luftballoonstore.com/">Luft Balloons</a>, based in Logan Square — but her response is also a bit like Coco Chanel saying, “I sell clothes.” What Frei actually does is take the humble balloon and elevate it into a medium for sophisticated works of art.By Patti Wetli, Block Club Chicago<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2018/11/30/meet-the-chicago-woman-taking-balloon-art-to-incredible-new-heights/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417813/u4wjxraa3xeoywxlxqco.jpg"></figure><h2>Chicago’s Framing Master Celebrates 40 Years</h2>When Jay Goltz decided to start a picture framing business right out of college, his family and friends thought he was wasting his degree. “In 1978, if you called someone an entrepreneur, it was an insult, like a hustler,” Goltz says. In hindsight, he thinks the disdain prepared him for the challenges that lay ahead.Forty years later, Artists Frame Service is the largest framing store in the country and one of a few keeping the art of framing alive. Clybourn Avenue, where Artists Frame Service is headquartered, has even been named Honorary Jay Goltz Way by the city of Chicago.By Amber Gibson, Architectural Digest<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/artists-frame-services-jay-goltz-chicago-40-years">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417814/rdmttlw4zhsltxadnbzz.jpg"></figure><h2>How Far Would You Go to Get the Perfect Artwork? We Asked Young Art Collectors How They Landed Their Most Elusive Trophies</h2>As any art collector will tell you, once you catch the collecting bug, it doesn’t leave you. But a new generation of collectors is taking a variety of novel approaches to track down the works they want, often going to wildly impractical or time-consuming lengths to land elusive trophies.By Henri Neuendorf, artnet news<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/young-collectors-1385380">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: December 4, 2018

Recently the West Town-based Conservation Center shared a story with its clients and CGN about some recent restoration efforts, one of which involved an unusual and much-loved family "friend" who needed a bit of spit and polish, so to speak, to join shine in the modern age.&nbsp;Following is the post from the <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/the-conservation-center--2">Conservation Center.</a>&nbsp;By THE CONSERVATION CENTEROver these last few months, we’ve spent a lot of quality time in our Conservation Lab with a new friend and have made a lot of great memories. We are talking, of course, about our friend Carlos, a suit of armor and mannequin that we had the joy of conserving.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bedabba88251bb3c92debf4/1542302654224/32021996838_75f3d91b9d_z.jpg?format=500w" alt=" Before Treatment "><figcaption>Before Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bedabc4898583b5bbd590da/1542302670949/32021995588_6471cc3afa_z.jpg?format=500w" alt=" Verso Before Treatment "><figcaption>Verso Before Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5c000f48b8a0450af5364e19/1543507786546/?format=500w" alt=" After Treatment "><figcaption>After Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5c00105121c67ca694cbb194/1543508053090/45379584584_f024914a99_z.jpg?format=500w" alt=" After Treatment "><figcaption>After Treatment</figcaption></figure>Carlos is a Spanish-made suit of armor that has been an heirloom in the same family since 1967. Our client remembers, “My parents brought him back from their trip to Toledo, but hadn’t told us anything. I just came home from school one day and he was there!”Over the years, Carlos became part of the family. The kids dressed him up in different wigs and beads for the holidays, including a flute of champagne to celebrate the New Year. “Carlos was certainly always a conversation starter,” our client told us, laughing. “Not everyone has a suit of armor in their house!”<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5c000ef30ebbe8ea333184ae/1543507711284/45191818825_a80ba10a48_z.jpg?format=500w" alt=" After Treatment "><figcaption>After Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The family knew it was time for Carlos to get some work done when he started leaning from various location changes. Before moving him to his next destination- the family beach house- they decided to send Carlos to us.Carlos came to The Center in generally good condition, though his armor exhibited minor surface oxidation and subtle corrosion throughout, especially on the backs of the plates which exhibited moderate corrosion. The armor was also covered in a light layer of surface particulates, typical of his age.<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bedac55f950b790807312f4/1543507932618/45168943224_bc94a1a721_z.jpg?format=500w" alt=" Before Treatment "><figcaption>Before Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5c000f8a4d7a9ce14fa147f6/1543507949686/?format=500w" alt=" After Treatment "><figcaption>After Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bedad0d6d2a730d95170f4e/1543508128793/45893035791_a52ba9d044_z.jpg?format=500w" alt=" Verso Before Treatment "><figcaption>Verso Before Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5c000de4562fa7bb7de1e006/1543507430741/?format=500w" alt=" After Treatment "><figcaption>After Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5c000f5a40ec9a39d62992f4/1543507981537/45191836235_f36c26951d_z.jpg?format=500w" alt=" After Treatment "><figcaption>After Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Carlos’ armor came with a few leather pieces, which mainly served the purpose of joining different parts of the armor together, such as the escarcela to the peto, or the thigh and the breastplate, respectively. These leather pieces were extremely dry and cracked. The leather joining the hombrera and the espaldar, or shoulder and back plate, were rotted, not functioning properly, and were possibly not even original to the armor. The leather straps on the legs, however, appeared to be in good condition.<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bedaca7898583b5bbd59d1f/1543508893496/44980021805_fd8dd9eec1_z.jpg?format=300w" alt=" Before Treatment "><figcaption>Before Treatment</figcaption></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bedac9721c67c5e47fbd16f/1543508976757/44076589670_64ab7b34dc_z.jpg?format=300w" alt=" Before Treatment "><figcaption>Before Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5c000eb4b8a0450af53645b8/1543509066269/45191808365_76b81bec1f_z.jpg?format=300w" alt=" After Treatment "><figcaption>After Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The sword that came to The Center with Carlos was covered in shellac from a previous restoration campaign that was failing and causing discoloration. His skirt, made of red velvet, was in a soiled condition. The color of the velvet was also considerably faded, particularly on the back side.<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec952e032be40cb0ddd51b/1542231348373/45157231164_c197f83d0b_z.jpg?format=500w" alt=" During Treatment "><figcaption>During Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec9553352f530eec8d9361/1542231404696/30942240987_a39bbf4369_z.jpg?format=500w" alt=" During Treatment "><figcaption>During Treatment</figcaption></figure>Carlos engaged in a photo shoot when he arrived to document his appearance before and after treatment. Next, the armor was carefully removed from the wooden mannequin and surface cleaned using the appropriate conservation methods and materials. All of the pieces were coated with wax to protect the metal and preserve the patina, including Carlos’ sword, which was surface cleaned after the shellac was removed.<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec95ed03ce64f3bcd64ea6/1542231536280/44064708700_4ae50b88c8_z.jpg?format=500w" alt="44064708700_4ae50b88c8_z.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec95cd4d7a9cfc93ac4d00/1542231511619/?format=500w"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec95fff950b725c708375b/1542231554886/44064716560_890df01f86_z.jpg?format=500w" alt="44064716560_890df01f86_z.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec96104ae237283252bc2e/1542231576694/44968148705_a4ed5e0d11_z.jpg?format=500w" alt="44968148705_a4ed5e0d11_z.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec96482b6a28c72ef458e8/1542231630375/?format=500w"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec95bc6d2a736b0f038ae9/1542231487799/32010059308_39120e11c9_z.jpg?format=500w" alt="32010059308_39120e11c9_z.jpg"></figure>The leather pieces of the armor were replaced as needed on the torso and shoulders, and the lower leather pieces were conditioned to preserve their longevity. The red velvet skirt was also surface cleaned using the appropriate conservation methods and materials.<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bedadb71ae6cfd30330fa6b/1542303163825/44980026295_7966c2e622_z.jpg?format=750w" alt=" Before Treatment "><figcaption>Before Treatment</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5c000d6970a6ad71683cd301/1543507308856/46103571141_73040ab5a8_z.jpg?format=750w" alt=" After Treatment "><figcaption>After Treatment</figcaption></figure>Andrew Rigsby, The Center’s Assistant Conservator of Furniture, worked on the suit of armor and spent the most time with Carlos.“We don’t see many sets of armor anymore, so it has been a lot of fun treating Carlos,” Andrew said. “The steel is of good quality and cleaned up really well with a weak tannic acid solution. Carlos is definitely ready to hang around a bit longer!”&nbsp;After Treatment<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5c000e9f575d1f70b7c498d6/1543507623359/?format=500w" alt=" After Treatment Detail "><figcaption>After Treatment Detail</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5c000ed90e2e722b5d7f8bd1/1543507683191/45191813615_b7c1e7a544_z.jpg?format=750w" alt=" After Treatment "><figcaption>After Treatment</figcaption></figure>After a lot of fun with Carlos here at The Center, it will be hard to say goodbye. But soon he will be off on a new adventure in his family’s beach house, where he will bring more joy and memories for years to come.Check out Carlos’ Social Media Takeover!<figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bf2cda640ec9acef3fd71ae/1542639031869/?format=500w"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bedad7270a6adb0fa4735fc/1542303094089/44969181895_e97d127766_z.jpg?format=500w" alt="44969181895_e97d127766_z.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bedfcca032be4e68dc31cfe/1542323421484/?format=500w"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec96ca70a6ad427ecfb342/1542232077050/IMG_9535.JPG?format=500w" alt="IMG_9535.JPG"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec974f4d7a9cfc93ac7317/1542232088182/5.jpg?format=500w" alt="5.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec96db4ae237283252cecb/1542232102009/?format=500w"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec96f9562fa7a7dbf6361b/1542232113208/?format=500w"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5506f408e4b0619cc3aeac05/t/5bec9717b8a045ec7306a6e5/1542232123024/IMG-9456.JPG?format=500w" alt="IMG-9456.JPG"></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="http://www.theconservationcenter.com/s/arrow-top.svg"></figure>

Shining the Knight: A Conservation Case Study

<html><head></head><body>By GINNY VAN ALYEAWhy are there so many emails and so many earnest requests to give today on #GivingTuesday? After being inundated with notices for Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, it's easy to delete all the messages and requests, but so many vital area nonprofits are making the push for your support today because your donations truly help them do so much for their communities throughout the year. This kind of spending really counts.&nbsp;Here is our list of a few area arts groups that could use your financial support today (and beyond!) Most of them are able to take donations via Facebook too (since Facebook and PayPal are matching donations for a total of up to $7 million today).The best way to give lasting support to these groups is by staying interested in and engaged with their programming all year long.Happy giving!&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417796/njmt1lpkmdpr9egq025u.jpg"></figure>Elmhurst Art Museum – "Art is for Everyone"Help make art more accessible through EAM's "Art is for Everyone" program and sponsor the EAM's tours for underserved schools.$50 provides art supplies for a group of 10 low-income children $100 supports a visit for 3 students and the opportunity to return with annual memberships for their families $250 funds bus transportation for a school group from the greater Chicagoland area $500 sponsors a full docent-led tour and hands-on activities for an underserved school group<a href="https://www.facebook.com/donate/282512845802890/10156885520633841/">Elmhurst Art Museum</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417797/oywd9ijtmhl9qsawfwwz.jpg"></figure>Smart Museum of Art &nbsp;– Family DaysEach Family Day begins with an intimate family-centric tour led by our engaging docents. These tours highlight key issues and ideas related to the art on view. The inspiration found in the galleries spills out into our lobby after the tour, where families draw, build, sew, paint, or carve a project that reinforces what they’ve learned in the gallery. Donors provide the funds to pay our docents, guest artists, and performers. Their support buys the materials and supplies for hands-on art-making. Your help ensures that Family Day at the Smart remains free and open to all.<a href="https://giving.uchicago.edu/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app268b?1837.donation=form1&amp;df_id=1837&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;NONCE_TOKEN=B6645D15ECFF37693486136A173D900A&amp;mc_cid=e23dcc561c&amp;mc_eid=a6ad3ea4a5">Smart Museum of Art</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417798/g7pfmbgxwjtmt6a8bdau.jpg"></figure>Hyde Park Art Center – Artist InvestmentThe Hyde Park Art Center invests in artists at all levels in Chicago. Your gift will enable creativity for all -- from toddlers learning art for the first time, to teens finding their creative voices, to emerging and mid-career artists pushing their careers to the next level. Any amount makes a difference."I 100% attribute the complete transformation of my practice to my experience at the Art Center." – Amanda Williams, Artist&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/donate/">Hyde Park Art Center</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417799/ajkf4ckddfsr5bhcltdj.jpg"></figure>Chicago Artists Coalition - Chicago Artists Resource (CAR)Each month, over 50,000 people utilize Chicago Artists Resource (CAR) to advance their practice and support Chicago’s creative community. Please join CAC in our work of assisting ambitious and innovative thinkers who are critical to the vitality of Chicago. Your support is what has helped Chicago Artists Resource grow and continue serving the arts community in Chicago.<a href="https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/ChicagoArtists/donation-1.html">Chicago Artists Resource</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417799/vjlr59oe8zgscbioadpw.jpg"><figcaption>Ms. Jackson-Ivy, Henderson Elementary School, 2018. Photo by Suzette Bross for CPS Lives Principal Project.</figcaption></figure>CPS Lives – Artists in Chicago Public SchoolsCPS Lives is an arts organization that pairs Chicago artists, designers, creatives, thinkers, makers, and educators with a Chicago Public School during the academic year to collaborate on a project, sharing the unique and individual story of each Chicago Public School.&nbsp; Each story will be celebrated and exhibited through local Chicago Public Library branches, as well as existing on the <a href="https://cpslives.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3f6a10c14ffc74d748c865296&amp;id=fde75f7988&amp;e=4fef97222b">CPS Lives</a> website as an accessible digital archive of history for students, families, community members, educators, administrators, policymakers, &amp; the general public.&nbsp;CPS Lives recently gained nonprofit status, and they also have a donor who very&nbsp;generously&nbsp;offered to match donations up to $10,000&nbsp;given during the holiday season.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/donate/360180911406111/360180918072777/">CPS Lives Facebook page</a>Read CGN's story about CPS Lives <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2018/7/cpslives-puts-artists-in-chicago-public-schools?utm_source=Art+Headlines%3A+July+17%2C+2018&amp;utm_campaign=July+17%2C+2018&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;fbclid=IwAR1pLFbxQZETJm7jZgvWpNfQSnJDu3NNYi-KWey-G_rwARTrYSwad8GCIFQ">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417800/ytg70yoeokkdyb6moulk.gif"></figure>Spudnik Press – Keep the Presses RollingToday, we kick off our End of Year Campaign to raise $5000 for Spudnik Press programming and equipment. Every dollar you&nbsp;donate&nbsp;to Spudnik Press is critical&nbsp;and will fund programs for emerging artists, youth education, and the equipment and professional resources our community relies on. Your support&nbsp;allows us to be a lifeline for so many Chicago artists.Giving to Spudnik means a win for everyone. Today only: Donate $10+ on #GivingTuesday and get&nbsp;entered in a drawing for Dinner &amp; Drinks&nbsp;for 4 at Enoteca Roma in Wicker Park.&nbsp;“Not only did I learn how to use letterpress technology. I felt empowered.” – Spudnik Press Student<a href="https://www.spudnikpress.org/support/donate/?fbclid=IwAR2tg_wdkKAMDcFsJ8piTo6ZJmB4Yy7YfApKzGYIE7O715kA2I6MSxVX1jY">Spudnik Press Cooperative</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

A summary of several Chicago area arts groups to support on #GivingTuesday

Support Chicago Arts Groups on #GivingTuesday

<html><head></head><body>By GINNY VAN ALYEA &nbsp;With the holiday season in full swing, we came up with an artistic round-up of under-the-radar things to experience as well as share with loved ones in the next few weeks. Beyond just taking selfies with the Art Institute's wreathed lions (though we love them), or, more likely, frantically attempting to cross off your growing list of to-dos, there is a lot of art to see (and of course buy!) which adds creativity and a unique spirit to your holidays.&nbsp;Seeking out and appreciating art, and the artists who make it, can give you a special chance to enjoy culture and art this time of year. In this age of shop-from-your-couch from the world's mega companies, buying tickets to area museums and visiting local galleries and studios is an important way to support our vital, creative neighbors who do something independent every day of the year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417729/xlgbeolz1aeiynudrxav.png"><figcaption>Art and Faith of the Creche at LUMA</figcaption></figure>Seasonal Art for the HolidaysThis winter, the Loyola University Museum of Art will showcase two exhibitions that are festive reasons to visit this small museum in the heart of downtown.&nbsp;Art and Faith of the Crèche: The Collection of James and Emilia Govan is a perennial favorite. Each year LUMA shares how artists across the globe depict the nativity with clothes, architecture, and figures from their native lands.Chicago artist David Lee Csicsko will be featured in The Art of the Season: David Lee Csicsko. In addition to showcasing 20 new color prints, a selection of Csicsko’s black and white series&nbsp;Saints in the Garden&nbsp;(1990- 1997) will be on view.On Friday, November 30 there is a free, public reception for both shows, 5:30-7:30pm. On Tuesday, December 4 Csicsko will give a talk from 6-7pm at the museum where he will discuss the inspiration, motivation, and process for creating his prints. On December 8, you can work with the artist to make your own greeting cards to send to friends and family (1–3pm at LUMA)<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/loyola-university-museum-of-art-luma--2">Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)</a>820 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417730/nrjoigmww3klxt7t7o8j.jpg"><figcaption>Mrs. James Ward Thorne.&nbsp;E-14: English Drawing Room of the Victorian Period, 1840–70&nbsp;(detail), about 1937. Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne.</figcaption></figure>Stunning Details in MiniatureThere is no shortage of festivity at the Art Institute of Chicago, but make sure to visit the Thorne Rooms this season, as they are once again getting their seasonal trimmings. Among the most elaborate is the English Drawing Room of the Victorian Period, the only room with a Christmas tree. Now a ubiquitous feature of the season, the Christmas tree, or&nbsp;tannenbaum, was only brought to England from Germany in 1840 with the marriage of Prince Albert to Queen Victoria. The Thorne Room tree and accoutrements are based on a famous engraving of the royal couple and their children surrounding a trimmed and toy-bedecked tree, an image that would forever popularize this holiday fixture.&nbsp;Other ornamented rooms include:&nbsp;<ul><li>The Virginia Entrance Hall with mistletoe, wreath, and garland</li><li>The French Provincial Bedroom with shoes, or sabots, lined up before the fireplace, a crèche, and puzzle</li><li>The modern-era California Hallway with an Otto Natzler mid-century menorah and box with a dreidel</li><li>The English Great Hall of the Tudor period with a wassailing bowl, yule log, and an essential part of the costuming for that period’s singing and dancing revelers—a mummer’s mask</li></ul><a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9128/holiday-thorne-rooms">The Art Institute of Chicago</a>111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60603&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417731/zzc4wqxfqxhfuz2jeyte.jpg"><figcaption>Mies van der Rohe's McCormick House</figcaption></figure>Mies for the HolidaysThe Elmhurst Art Museum's exhibit, McCormick House 1952-59, showcases the recent restoration of Mies van der Rohe’s McCormick House at the museum. Captivating visitors are a series of rooms with classic 1950s furniture inspired by historical photographs of the residence of Robert Hall McCormick III and Isabella Gardner (1952-59), as a means of honoring the original architect and his clients.&nbsp;The exhibition's architects have added more warmth to the historic home through seasonal holiday decor with a minimal, Mid-century focus. &nbsp;A family Holiday Party takes place December 8 from 1-4pm for this month's family day. Enjoy hot cocoa, cookies and hands-on art activities along with a surprise visit from Santa at 2 pm.<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/elmhurst-art-museum">Elmhurst Art Museum</a>150 Cottage Hill Rd., Elmhurst, IL 60126&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417732/sdvfnyshnlfteb9lglgo.jpg"><figcaption>Cornelia Arts Building features more than 40 resident artists.</figcaption></figure>Meet Your (Gift) MakerThe Cornelia Arts Building hosts open studios throughout the year, but their December event (on November 30 from 6-10pm) is a great chance to meet over 40 resident artists in their studios, view hallway guest artist exhibitions, enjoy local food trucks, and of course consider purchasing a work of art directly from the maker. If you need a new year's resolution, make a commitment to bring a friend along to an open studio or gallery night in 2019.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cornelia-arts-building-december-open-studios">Cornelia Arts Building</a>1800 W. Cornelia, Chicago, IL 60657 &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417732/wjngtabzppmoawekxfdg.jpg"><figcaption>WMG artists Sandra Bridges, Pamela Callahan and Fran Bull</figcaption></figure>The Smaller the BetterWoman Made Gallery marked its 26th Anniversary this year, and in celebration they are hosting a Small Works Exhibition, with an open house taking place Saturday, December 8, from 12-4pm. WMG's goal is to cultivate, promote, and support the work of female-identified artists by providing exhibition opportunities, professional development, and public programs that invite discussion about what feminism means today. A visit to their relatively new Pilsen space offers a chance to connect with member artists and also purchase their work.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/small-works-members-show-2018">Woman Made Gallery</a>2150 S Canalport #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417733/kmag4euaskhoiddfrucl.gif"><figcaption>Balloon Dog Salt and Pepper Shakers ($24.95); Andy Warhol sock set ($56.00); Art in Chicago ($65.00)</figcaption></figure>If It's Art Can We Just Buy More?We love shopping at the Museum of Contemporary Art Store all year long, but we feel like we can spend more freely when we're buying things for someone else. I know I don't need a Jeff Koons-inspired set of salt and pepper shakers, or a box of Andy Warhol socks, but someone else does and I bet they will be surprised when they receive them! And of course if you're a member you get a discount.&nbsp;Also, 2018 has been a remarkable year for art in Chicago, largely in part because of Art Design Chicago, the expansive cultural collaboration that took place at hundreds of spaces and institutions throughout the area all year. The book about ADC is for sale at the MCA. Picture your gift recipient reading it in their Andy Warhol (or Keith Haring!) socks... &nbsp;While sprinkling salt and pepper on something.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mcachicagostore.org">Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) Store</a>220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417734/xtktcnl5wuge4mfy3a1k.jpg"><figcaption>CPC's 29th annual small print exhibition and holiday sale&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>Go Crazy for PrintsThe Chicago Printmakers Collaborative's 29th Annual International Small Print Exhibition and Holiday Sale is always popular because it's just such a fun and lively event and a chance to see artists actually at work on the presses. It's also a very well-timed occasion to buy art for everyone you know. Kicking off this weekend on December 1 and 2, more than 80 artists will have work for sale covering the walls until it's sold. &nbsp;Enjoy some hot spiced cider, artist-made snacks and start collecting affordable prints from the walls while artists attempt to keep up with the mass buying frenzy. Also featuring an artist-made selection of gifts including hand-printed textiles, greeting cards, books, broadsides, pendants and t-shirts.<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/29th-annual-international-small-print-exhibition-and-holiday-sale">Chicago Printmakers Collaborative</a>4912 N. Western, Chicago, IL 60625&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417735/s6zn7lanyc0pjqub6umi.jpg"><figcaption>Holidays from another era are recalled at the Driehaus Museum</figcaption></figure>Give An Art History Time CapsuleA membership to a museum is always a fantastic idea, and this season The Driehaus Museum is enticing gift-givers and new members to share one of Chicago's most unique museums as a gift all year long, since they are offering a 20% discount (with code HOLIDAY). The museum offers an immersive historical and architectural experience to everyone who visits, since the building itself is a restored Gilded Age home that features a permanent collection of period objects and design. In 2019 the museum will be offering a new focus on contemporary art that will tie to the museum's place in history.&nbsp;Several festive events for the season are taking place at the museum through mid-December, such as tours of the museum and neighboring historical sites as well as a tea at the Drake Hotel. Santa will make an appearance some time as well. And of course the gift shop offers unique ideas too.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/richard-h-driehaus-museum">The Driehaus Museum</a>Nickerson Mansion, 40 E. Erie, Chicago, IL 60611&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417736/xjmdmktovjnwdve45sug.jpg"><figcaption>MoCP's Book Bazaar</figcaption></figure>If You Don't Give Art, Give a BookWhen I particularly covet an artist's work but there is no way in the universe I could ever afford to own a piece, the next best thing is first to meet the artist and then to own a beautiful book about the artist's work. On Thursday, December 6, from 5–7&nbsp;pm the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) will host a special celebration of photography books. Photographers of note, including Barbara Diener, Jess T. Dugan, Dave Jordano, Laura Letinsky, Cecil McDonald, Jr., Melissa Pinney, and Michael Schmelling, will be at the MoCP to discuss and sign their newly released books.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/holiday-photo-book-bazaar-3ffaad0b-2f21-468e-ae4c-24517ba728e3">MoCP</a>Columbia College Chicago 600 S. Michigan, Chicago, IL 60605&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417737/i4lrzsnz5sflbrpsdg6y.jpg"><figcaption>Gene Skala, Shadows and Tall Trees</figcaption></figure>Everything I Need to Know, I Learned in KindergartenIf you can't buy it, make it! On Saturday, December 8 (You're not frantic yet! You can still be organized!) Hofheimer Gallery in Ravenswood is hosting a Holiday Gouache Workshop. The gallery is offering the public the chance to make a holiday picture using gouache. No previous experience required. Learn basic techniques from exhibiting artists. Paint, materials, and refreshments provided. The event is free and all are welcome.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/holiday-gouache-workshop">Hofheimer Gallery</a>4823 N. Damen, Chicago, IL 60625&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417738/c1tmyfi6wrduovb2iihi.jpg"></figure>Inspire Someone to Become an Art CollectorChicago Artists Coalition's Chartwell Collectors Circle, Chartwell Insurance Services and Chubb Personal Insurance, is a dynamic group of both emerging and established collectors who share a strong interest in art and supporting Chicago’s role as an arts capital. As a special CAC membership level, Collectors Circle offers an exclusive calendar of events that broadens members’ knowledge about contemporary arts and culture. The group is regularly invited to exclusive members-only events throughout the year, primarily private collection tours and artist studio tours. Members also receive invitations to VIP events at the Chicago Artists Coalition, including the Benefit Auction Preview at Christie's (held in the spring) and THE ANNUAL Preview Reception (in the fall), amongst other programs. They also receive special access passes to EXPO Chicago, and other Chicago art events throughout the year. $175 per year for individual or $250 per year for household.&nbsp;<a href="http://chicagoartistscoalition.org/programs/chartwell-collectors-circle-0?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=CAC%20December%202018%20Newsletter&amp;utm_content=CAC%20December%202018%20Newsletter+CID_98e053997d760d8c34849a92b926c439&amp;utm_source=campaign%20monitor&amp;utm_term=Read%20more%20about%20Collectors%20Circle%20Membership">CAC Chartwell Collectors Circle</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417739/vuh5i8hg1ik1wwwnp0hl.gif"></figure>The Gift of InformationTime to toot our own horn! Share a <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/print-subscriptions">print subscription</a> to CGN for 3 issues for $20 a year.&nbsp;If you sign up by December 10 and <a href="info@chicagogallerynews.com">get in touch</a> with us, we will mail a 2018 CGN Arts Guide or our fall magazine with a gift certificate to announce your 2019 gift subscription. The new edition will arrive in January.&nbsp;CGN has been spreading the spirt of art since the winter of 1982/83, and what began as a four page pamphlet to promote 16 galleries is now a 160 page annual arts guide, a summer as well as fall magazine featuring art news and interviews, and a comprehensive website telling you everything you need to know about art everyday in Chicago and the near-Midwest.&nbsp;Chicago Gallery News (CGN)Tel 312 649 0064&nbsp;We add new events and exhibitions to the <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events">CGN Calendar</a> every day, so check it out to discover more holiday art events as well as plan for a new year of art in 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Art to See and Give for the Holidays

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417694/zsckmgrsu0qjjci63v6b.jpg"></figure>Public art grant goes to US city affected by school shootingA $1m grant has been awarded to the Florida city of Coral Springs for public art projects promoting “collective healing and reflection” after last February’s deadly high school shooting in neighbouring Parkland, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced on 20 November.The money, disbursed as part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2018 Public Art Challenge, will go toward workshops and artists’ talks at the Coral Springs Museum of Art as well as five temporary art installations to be placed throughout the two cities.By Nancy Kenney, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/public-art-grant-goes-to-us-cities-affected-by-school-shooting">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417695/qexk5qxbfni1x92uv1kg.jpg"></figure>An Art-Covered Stretch of the Berlin Wall Gains Protection From Encroaching Real Estate DevelopersIt’s probably the brightest wall in Berlin, but it marks a dark past. An art-covered stretch of the Berlin Wall has just gained protected status after real estate developers threatened to close in on the historic monument.Popular with tourists, the colorful three-quarters of a mile section of the wall&nbsp;that divided the German capital from 1961 to 1989 is known as the East Side Gallery.&nbsp;This month, the Berlin Wall Foundation, which runs other memorials to the wall throughout the city, took control of the site, bringing a halt to further real estate development around it.By Kate Brown, Artnet<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/berlin-wall-foundation-east-side-gallery-1401991">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417696/i4enlcgyr6f04whw6ser.jpg"></figure>The Four Social Classes of the Art WorldChristopher Hitchens used to tell a joke that had an Oxford don asking an American student what he’s studying. “My thesis is on the survival of the class system in the United States.” “Oh, really? That’s interesting—one didn’t think there was a class system in the United States.” “Nobody does. That’s how it survives.”The subtlety of class in America has always made it a touchy subject. The topic spurs anxiety, mingling delicate issues of wealth and taste. Because America lacks inherited titles, ranks, and peerages, we instead tend to manufacture class hierarchies within our various subcultures. One subculture where the class hierarchy is on subtle display is in our status-conscious art world…at the ubiquitous art party.By Evan Beard, Artsy<a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-four-social-classes-art">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417696/ihgcmhe9gukbpykzjw0u.jpg"></figure>Excited for Amazon’s Arrival in Long Island City? The Results for New York’s Art Community Won’t Be PrettyIt <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-chooses-new-york-city-and-northern-virginia-for-additional-headquarters-1542075336?mod=e2tw">appears to be official</a>: Amazon will split its second headquarters between Crystal City, Virginia, and Long Island City, New York. The news, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/technology/amazon-second-headquarters-split.html">rumored since last week</a>, has dropped like a concussion grenade.Anyone who sells high-end decor is probably excited by all these moneyed new condo owners. Though they might read <a href="https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/how-artists-can-fight-back-against-cities-that-are-taking-advantage-of-them/Content?oid=20655350">a Jen Graves piece from the Stranger</a>, which had one Seattle art and real estate maven theorizing, “the common Amazonian wants a flat-screen TV”—not art.Alongside all this salivating, though,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/09/tech/amazon-hq2-progressive-backlash/index.html">a chorus</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/opinion/amazon-new-york-business.html">of dismay</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-hq2-long-island-city-queens-opinion-2018-11"> and alarm</a> <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/9/18067908/amazon-hq-2-new-york-virginia-dc-lic-crystal-city">has already</a> been heard.By Ben Davis Artnet<a href="https://news.artnet.com/opinion/amazon-long-island-city-art-1393072">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417697/jdyu5nqksbwkzhtlcxip.jpg"></figure>Chicago’s Framing Master Celebrates 40 YearsWhen Jay Goltz decided to start a picture framing business right out of college, his family and friends thought he was wasting his degree. “In 1978, if you called someone an entrepreneur, it was an insult, like a hustler,” Goltz says. In hindsight, he thinks the disdain prepared him for the challenges that lay ahead.Forty years later, Artists Frame Service is the largest framing store in the country and one of a few keeping the art of framing alive. Clybourn Avenue, where Artists Frame Service is headquartered, has even been named Honorary Jay Goltz Way by the city of Chicago.By Amber Gibson, Architectural Digest<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/artists-frame-services-jay-goltz-chicago-40-years">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417698/nmuek59bwscrba4b9yqv.jpg"><figcaption>Gladys Nilsson</figcaption></figure>Elmhurst College symposium explores Chicago Imagist artistsBold, graphic, irreverent and inspired by pop culture, the work of Chicago Imagist artists includes highly original, personal expressions of the human form. On Dec. 16, Elmhurst College will host The Figure, Humor and the Chicago Imagists, a full-day symposium that explores works by Chicago Imagist artists and highlights the college's extraordinary collection of Imagist art.By Desiree Chen, Daily Herald<a href="https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20181120/elmhurst-college-symposium-explores-chicago-imagist-artists">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417699/mhxe8ciujoztkdojjo2g.jpg"></figure>Art authentication is not an exact scienceThe process of art attribution has recently come under attack from all sides. Forgery scandals seem to be rampant... This past January, a Modigliani exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa was forced to close early when it was revealed that nearly all the works were fakes. At the same time, fear of litigation has caused foundations representing Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Keith Haring, Lee Krasner, Roy Lichtenstein, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol to dissolve their authentication boards. Just when we need them most, art experts find themselves increasingly on the defensive.By Jane Kallir, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/art-authentication-is-not-an-exact-science">Read More</a></body></html>

News From Around the Art World: November 26, 2018

<html><head></head><body><h2>David Hockney Is Now the World’s Most Expensive Living Artist</h2>David Hockney became the most expensive living artist Thursday night when Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) (1972) sold at Christie’s for $80 million at the hammer, or $90.3 million with fees. The work sold for exactly its on-request low estimate after nine minutes of bidding.By Nate Freeman, Artsy Editorial<a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-david-hockney-worlds-expensive-living-artist">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417707/fhpsxgmazwvnclojwkuf.jpg"></figure><h2>At Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, new show looks at artists who moved&nbsp;West</h2>Art history is often presented as a tidy continuum — one movement flowing neatly into the next. But the reality is often much more knotty, as artists switch locales, follow teachers and chase whims. “West By Midwest,” running this weekend through Jan. 27 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, offers a case study in this “complex, even messier alternative,” according to co-organizer Charlotte Ickes.By Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun Times<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/west-by-midwest-artists-museum-contemporary-art-chicago-ed-ruscha-sterling-ruby-mike-kelley-exhibitions-visual-arts/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417708/oqazqrsq6geh1mzbwgq6.jpg"></figure><h2>A Picasso Stolen in a Major Heist Six Years Ago Was Found Buried in a Romanian Forest. But It Was All Part of a Prank</h2>A painting by Pablo Picasso stolen in a dramatic heist six years ago has been found buried in a Rotterdam forest. Or, at least, it seemed that way at first. But what appeared to be a cinematic recovery has now been revealed to be a hoax. Two Belgian film directors planted a forged version of the painting—recovered 10 days ago by an expert on the theft—as an elaborate prank.By Kate Brown, artnet news<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/picasso-prank-netherlands-1398631">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417709/vdzp4xjwi2odsixyfvyf.jpg"></figure><h2>Exhibitors see steady sales at the second edition of Puerto Rico's MECA art fair</h2>With hurricane recovery well underway despite many delays, twenty-nine exhibitors—down from just over 30 in 2017—presented at this year's edition of the fair. These included returning New York-based galleries White Columns, 47 Canal and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, as well as newcomers yours mine &amp; ours and Bridget Donahue; Embajada from Puerto Rico; and Casa Quien from the Dominican Republic. “It’s important to support Puerto Rico and there are a lot of artist-run spaces and interesting artists here trying to make change after Maria,” says Patton Hindle, co-founder of yours mine &amp; ours.By Ann Binlot, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/exhibitors-see-steady-sales-puerto-rico-second-edition-of-meca">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: November 20, 2018

<html><head></head><body>By FRANCK MERCURIOThe Chicago Cultural Center’s trio of galleries—known as the Chicago Rooms—presents a special challenge for any curator or artist. Works of art can easily&nbsp; “get lost” in these super-tall spaces with their classical proportions and stunning views of Millennium Park. But three artists—Jeff Carter, Faheem Majeed, and Susan Giles—successfully answered the call by curators Greg Lunceford and Lisa McKean to create “an exhibition whose demands exceed the sizeable ones made by the architectural space.” In this adventure Carter, Majeed, and Giles have created works that not only stand on their own inside these three galleries, but also explore different formal and social aspects of the built environment.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417740/swtqprfratd7wkhtcuzj.gif"><figcaption>Susan Giles</figcaption></figure><h3>Susan Giles</h3>This reviewer first became acquainted with the work of Susan Giles when she was creating small-scale sculptures inspired by architectural icons, including the Arc de Triomphe, Tower Bridge, St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Blue Mosque, among others. She crafted these works from an unlikely duo of materials: paper and concrete. The contrast between the lightweight architectural models (paper) and the weighted, gray bases on which they sat (concrete) captured the “groundedness” of architecture while simultaneously expressing its vulnerability.Giles’ most recent works continue to be inspired by the built environment, but her forms are less literally architectural. The artist has been observing and videotaping people as they describe the spaces around them—as much with their hands as with their words. She then makes 3D constructions based on her subjects’ fluid arm and hand gestures.The most monumental of these gestural works is currently installed inside one of the Chicago Cultural Center’s Chicago Rooms. Titled In the Center There Were Librarians, this intricately layered cardboard construction hovers above the spot where a large, round, reference desk once stood when the Cultural Center served as the city’s main public library.Giles interviewed retired librarian Carolyn Mulac who remembered the original set-up. “[Carolyn] was telling me about this desk,” recalled Giles “and she said ‘It went around like this [using hand gestures] and in the center there were librarians.’”Giles chose cardboard to make the sculpture, a lightweight material that she and her assistants suspended from the gallery’s ceiling using fishing line. The effect is of a massive sculptural gesture floating in space.“I 3D scanned [the original model], and I wanted to blow it up,” said Giles, “so you can not only walk up to it, but also enter it.”Visitors to the exhibition enthusiastically enter and occupy the work, marveling at the intricacies of the sculpture’s construction. SurroundingIn the Center There Were Librarians, the curators include eight small-scale gestural sculptures by Giles, each 3D printed in plastic, presenting a compelling contrast between temporary gestures and permanent materials.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417741/yhjdu5nsszpk6effqige.gif"><figcaption>Faheem Majeed</figcaption></figure><h3>Faheem Majeed</h3>Faheem Majeed’s installation also plays on architectural themes with two large-scale pieces: Board-upand Lean-to.Both were created using small pieces of found-wood that Majeed and his assistants hand crafted and brightly dyed using Kool-Aid. “All the wood was actually salvaged from my own neighborhood and from previous projects,” explained Majeed. “And the funny thing is, I have an infinite amount of it. So I never run out! [laughs]”Lean-toreferences the immediate need of shelter and takes up a large area of the gallery. Similar to Giles’ In the Center There Were Librarians,visitors can walk underneath and occupy this large-scale sculpture, which references the simplest of structures: a lean-to. Considering the context of the piece—a building that once housed the city’s main library—it brings to mind (to this reviewer) the homeless citizens of Chicago who often use public libraries as their daytime homes.Yet despite Lean-to’s monumental presence—and meaning—it is Board-upthat steals the show. Covering one of the gallery’s large, arched windows, the sculpture’s thousands of multi-colored pieces reference a stained glass window—and at the same time, a boarded up abandoned building. The artist’s inspiration came from looking at board-ups on the Southside, which he considers metaphors for both neighborhoods and people.In making this piece, Majeed relied on a range of sources and inspirations, from Abstract Expressionists—such as Joan Mitchell and Jasper Johns—to the artists of the AfriCOBRA collective (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) founded in Chicago in 1968.“I’m thinking about AfriCOBRA. I’m having conversations with painting. And I started to think about those moments when color theory penetrated my practice,” said Majeed.Looking at the works of Mitchell and Johns and some of the original AfricCOBRA artists—such as Wadsworth Jarrell and Nelson Stevens—you can see the influence of their vibrant, energetic paintings on Majeed’s art. Yet, Majeed has taken those influences and expanded upon them, making works that are grounded in Modernist color theory, but reflective of the present moment’s concerns. The end result: an art that is relevant and highly engaging to today’s audiences.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417742/njvbgyfxmf5leff3pmct.gif"><figcaption>Jeff Carter</figcaption></figure><h3>Jeff Carter</h3>At first glance, Jeff Carter’s sculptural installations don’t read as political commentary. But his stated influences include the political barricades built by pro-democracy protestors in China.“I thought about protest barriers: wherever they’re built, they’re very localized,” explained Carter. “[The barriers are constructed with] whatever’s at hand and whatever building methods and materials can be accessed quickly; and so, they’re like a snapshot of the immediate surroundings.”The ironic thing is that Carter uses Ikea products as his raw materials to make these “barricades”—materials that can be found just about anywhere, in every household and every city where an Ikea store is located.“Ikea is the same everywhere,” says Carter, “So these sculptures are an attempt to formalize the protest barriers. They’re meant to look haphazard and rather aggressive—and take up a lot more space than they should—but they’re also really precise. There’s a layer of precision hidden inside of the chaos.”<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417743/svv5sfij0lpicns77krm.gif"><figcaption>Jeff Carter</figcaption></figure>There is something strangely familiar about Carter’s constructions. The elements of each piece evoke furniture design, yet there is no functionality in any of the works. Each piece has an absurdist quality to it. Indeed, a piece like “Occupier”—a bright orange, desk-like form punctured with umbrellas and decorated with flashing lights and siren sounds—evokes Surrealist works of the early 20th-Century.“As a sculptor, it’s kind of fun and challenging to use [Ikea products] as a raw material,” said Carter. “It’s a highly refined product, so I’m negotiating with the material a lot because of what it wants to do and what I want it to do. Often times I change my ideas and adapt things to make the best use of its characteristics.”What Carter wanted to do in Tuned Mass was create works that block the pathways of visitors as they walk through the gallery, taking up the curators’ challenge to fill the space while simultaneously exploring architectural themes. Indeed, one of Carter’s stronger pieces, “Occupier 3” not only runs through the gallery, but actually runs up one of the gallery’s walls.“The curator wanted all the artists in the show to activate the space as much as possible,” explained Carter. “These [works] are all about occupation or occupying space.”You can see Carter’s “occupying works” as well as those of Majeed and Giles at the <a href="https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_culturalcenter.html">Chicago Cultural Center</a> through January 6, 2019, in the Center’s Chicago Rooms located on the second floor.&nbsp;</body></html>

Franck Mercurio visits the Chicago Cultural Center to see "Tuned Mass"

Tuned Mass

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417754/szqqftskebemzgdic4rd.jpg"></figure><h2>Contemporary art’s value may be on the rise, but it comes at a greater cost</h2>Chicago’s aborted effort to sell Kerry James Marshall’s public work teaches us something about the transactional nature of today’s cultureBy Michelle Grabner, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/art-s-value-may-be-on-the-rise-but-it-comes-at-a-greater-cost">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417755/eiwh0n0bapn2uoobtzyl.png"></figure><h2>Kerry James Marshall named most influential contemporary artist</h2>Kerry James Marshall, the American figurative painter who set a record at auction this year for the most expensive work by a living black artist, has been judged the world’s most influential artist in an annual contemporary power list.Via The Guardian<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/nov/09/kerry-james-marshall-named-most-influential-contemporary-artist?fbclid=IwAR36J7_yqwoZ8JyIYqYU4DnfPNkVak2y8lIHxxcbwBPI6u5CPbntuiAdAWs">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417756/xqvwrnajmh7khooietrk.png"></figure><h2>Reimagining Norman Rockwell’s America</h2>In 2012, Hank Willis Thomas saw a poster of Norman Rockwell’s painting of a family seated around a holiday table, the matriarch presenting a turkey to her guests. For Mr. Thomas, a 42-year-old black artist raised in Manhattan, the pale complexions in Mr. Rockwell’s 1943 masterpiece did little to represent his experience of a diverse America. So he decided to create a tableau of his own.By Lauren M. Holson, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/arts/norman-rockwell-freedom.html?fbclid=IwAR3xuTMmqZDJ-zBhcn558yjIT3E3jl1dbMvk-6gJSOqpBaJTKCQ72MQsMwM">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417757/qnh72azhjw1wahqfqg6h.png"></figure><h2>What’s the Secret to Making It as an Artist? A New Study Says the First Few Years Are Key</h2>What does it take to make it as a professional artist today? The most critical thing is to show at the right places early on,&nbsp;according to a new study published in the journal Science.Data scientists looked at the careers of&nbsp;a half-million artists between 1980 and 2016 and found that early endorsement by prestigious art institutions was the best predictor of long-term success.&nbsp;The data, collected by the firm Magnus, included exhibitions at 16,002 galleries and 7,568 museums, as well as sales at 1,239 auction houses.By Sarah Cascone, Artnet News<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/secret-to-making-it-artist-first-years-are-key-1392148?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US+9:50+a.m.+newsletter+for+11/12/18&amp;utm_term=New+US+Newsletter+List&amp;fbclid=IwAR3VJr7iWycOsQC82AOSHyeCgFWOwmFHLEkqkp57Ioi-qJz1kRoofb8NdKI">Read More</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From Around the Art World: November 12, 2018

This Monday evening&nbsp;3Arts,&nbsp;the Chicago-based nonprofit grantmaking organization,&nbsp;awarded 20 Chicago artists with unrestricted grants at the&nbsp;11th&nbsp;annual 3Arts Awards Celebration, which took place&nbsp;at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The celebration honored the ten annual 3Arts Awards recipients along with ten recipients of&nbsp;Make a Wave—a unique&nbsp;artist-to-artist giving initiative.3Arts is a nonprofit organization that advocates for Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and artists with disabilities who work in the performing, teaching, and visual arts. By providing cash awards, project funding, residency fellowships, professional development, and promotion, 3Arts helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers.10 artists were awarded&nbsp;$25,000 cash grants, and&nbsp;$1,000 awards were given to 10 other artists as part of a peer-to-peer giving program (called&nbsp;Make A Wave)3Arts has distributed more than $3 million in total funding to more than 600 Chicago artists over the past eleven years and awarded $260,000 on Monday night&nbsp;alone.“Championing Chicago artists is a privilege like no other. We are thrilled to present our awardees with opportunities that they profoundly deserve,” said&nbsp;Esther Grisham Grimm, Executive Director of 3Arts. “Last year’s launch of&nbsp;Make a Wave&nbsp;made it abundantly clear that there is nothing quite as exciting as witnessing artists offering support to other artists by paying it forward and encouraging them to dream big.”With Make a Wave past 3Arts Awards recipients select another ten Chicago artists to receive surprise $1,000 awards, in effect sending a wave of support through the creative community in Chicago.&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2018 Recipients of $25,000 3Arts Awards are:&nbsp;Dancers and dance educators&nbsp;T. Ayo Alston&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anna Martine Whitehead; musicians&nbsp;Brittany “BrittanE” Edwards&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ben LaMar Gay; teaching artists&nbsp;Leida “Lady Sol” Garcia&nbsp;and&nbsp;Elgin Bokari T. Smith; playwright and actor Sandra Delgado&nbsp;and costume designer&nbsp;Christine Pascual; and visual artists&nbsp;Dianna Frid&nbsp;and&nbsp;Hương Ngô.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3209/original/headshot-huong-ngo.gif" alt=""><figcaption>Artist Hương Ngô</figcaption></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3208/original/dianna-frid-headshot.gif" alt=""><figcaption>Artist Diana Frid</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The 2018 Recipients of $1,000 Make A Wave:The recipients of&nbsp;Make a Wave&nbsp;include&nbsp;music artists: Nura Aly, Jo de Presser (aka Marlon Billups), Joelle Lamarre, Jenna M. Lyle, Carolyn O’Brien;&nbsp;theater artists:&nbsp;Krystel V. McNeil, Ana Santos;&nbsp;visual artists:&nbsp;Silvia Inés Gonzalez, Krystal Grover-Webb, and Gonzalo Escobar Mora.&nbsp;For more information about 3Arts&nbsp;visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.3arts.org/">www.3arts.org</a>

A Wave of Prosperity: 3Arts Awards Artists with Financial Support

Kerry James Marshall says he is done making public art workOne of&nbsp;Kerry James Marshall’s first reactions to news that Chicago intended to sell a public library mural he painted was to swear off making any more public art. “It just seemed like a way of exploiting the work of artists in the city for short-term gain in a really shortsighted kind of way,” he said of the plan to auction off “Knowledge and Wonder,” which Marshall painted for the Legler Branch public library on the West Side, in order to reap an expected multimillion dollar windfall that would pay for upgrading the Legler. “And so I made a decision at that time I would never do another public work.”By Steve Johnson, Via Chicago Tribune<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-kerry-james-marshall-quitting-public-art-after-controversy-1107-story.html">Read More</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3206/original/https-252f-252fblogs-images-forbes-com-252fyjeanmundelsalle-252ffiles-252f2018-252f10-252fdsc8013-1200x800.gif" alt=""></figure>&nbsp;Chicago-Based Artist And Interior Designer Linc Thelen Transformed A Church Into A Modern ResidenceDirecting the renovations including the initial demolition phase, 47-year-old Chicago-based architect, interior designer and artist&nbsp;Linc Thelen&nbsp;worked with local Chicago firm Scrafano Architects for the architectural drawings. Having graduated with a BFA from Northern Illinois University and studied art in Italy and France, Thelen has been painting for over two decades and transposes artistic principles of composition, texture, form and light to three-dimensional spaces. In the interior design business for the past 17 years, he describes how his fine art background influences his design work to give him a unique vision..By&nbsp;Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2018/11/01/chicago-based-artist-and-interior-designer-linc-thelen-transformed-a-church-into-a-modern-residence/#7f2ba28a5fe8">Read More</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3205/original/screen-shot-2018-11-06-at-1-57-33-pm.gif" alt=""></figure>Nick Cave Uses His Capital to Help Aspiring CreatorsBased for more than 20 years on Chicago’s South Loop, this 59-year-old artist has recently consolidated his studio, the couple’s home and Mr. Faust’s design studio in this 20,000-square-foot former mason’s workshop in South Old Irving Park, a largely working-class neighborhood across town. Named Facility, the space has been conceived as an incubator for collaboration — to inspire “a young artist’s aspirations or put designers and chefs and dancers in one room and see what using the building as a facility makes,” Mr. Faust, 51, said during a tour of their just-renovated ground-floor studio and upstairs residential loft. A cavernous space downstairs could also easily host a fashion show, musical or dance performance.By&nbsp;Hilarie M. Sheets, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/arts/design/nick-cave-chicago.html">Read More</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3207/original/warhol-main.gif" alt=""></figure>Andy Warhol sales are in a rut. Can a show bring mojo back?The tome announces the upcoming retrospective of one of the most iconic American artists: Andy Warhol. His first U.S. survey in almost 30 years opens next month at the Whitney Museum of American Art with major supporters including hedge fund manager Ken Griffin and Bank of America Corp. Top museums and private collections around the world have loaned paintings, drawings, sculpture and films.Via Crain's Chicago Business<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/arts-entertainment/andy-warhol-sales-are-rut-can-show-bring-mojo-back">Read More</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;

News From Around the Art World: November 6, 2018

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417714/om9gtzpwhesaxscxaz6x.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEAJust a few weeks ago the international art world scratched it head when the news was shared that the City of Chicago&nbsp;decided to sell a monumental&nbsp;public work by artist Kerry James Marshall, which the city commissioned&nbsp;for the Legler Branch Library in West Garfield Park in 1995 for $10,000. The initial estimates were that the work&nbsp;could sell at auction for&nbsp;$10–15 million and the&nbsp;painting&nbsp;was to&nbsp;be auctioned off by Christie's. Mayor&nbsp;Rahm Emmanuel&nbsp;said the money from the sale would be used to improve and update the west side&nbsp;library as well as to invest in up and coming artists who may some day gain international renown like Marshall has.But the public outcry was loud and clear. Following a record-setting&nbsp;sale by the City,&nbsp;earlier this year, of another work&nbsp;by Marshall (Past Times&nbsp;sold for $21.1 million at Sotheby’s to Sean Combs (AKA P-Diddy)),&nbsp;the optics of quickly selling another unique cultural asset for vague budgetary purposes were less than positive. Chicago prizes its public art collection and has built a stellar reputation as one of the best spots in the world to view and appreciate&nbsp;public art created by a range of artists, from emerging to blue chip. To think that the most financially valuable works could be carved up and sold to the highest bidder was deeply upsetting, especially to the artist who created this most recent work destinted for the auction block.&nbsp;Marshall was quoted as saying,&nbsp;“I am certain they could get more money if they sold the Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza.”Now, just over a week before the work was to be sold,&nbsp;Mayor Rahm Emanuel has changed his mind, managing to keep in tact his otherwise positive reputation as a civic leader and man who is supportive of arts and culture in the city. The Mayor&nbsp;made the decision to pull Marshall's Knowledge and Wonder&nbsp;from the Nov. 15 auction at Christie’s in New York City.In Monday's Chicago Tribune Mayor Emanuel&nbsp;admitted,&nbsp;“I was swimming and thought, ‘This is not what I wanted, given the city’s contributions to public art, and Kerry’s a friend and also a great ambassador for Chicago,’” Emanuel said Sunday afternoon. “I reached out to him and said, ‘Look, I don’t want this. If you’re not happy, I don’t want to go forward.’”The sale was intended to raise money for the library it was commissioned for, but instead the work will be reinstalled in the Legler as soon as possible, and now&nbsp;the mayor said it will also have&nbsp;additional security to protect it. A revised plan to support the library is being evaluated.Chicago's perpetual struggle of being the second (or third) city when compared to its coastal peers means&nbsp;we are always trying to make the case to students, individuals, families and businesses&nbsp;(hi Amazon!)&nbsp;that being and staying here is worth it in so many ways. In this case, score one for keeping a big piece of Chicago right where it belongs.&nbsp;Read the Chicago Tribune story <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-city-halts-auction-kerry-james-marshall-painting-1105-story.html?fbclid=IwAR1OEac0Loy3NIv78d7Dv1M7KiI4gvBOsvGX6gRXo20x0WaJYVGMsTj4ktg">here</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;Top image:&nbsp;Kerry James Marshall,&nbsp;Knowledge &amp; Wonder&nbsp;(1995)&nbsp;(via&nbsp;Christie’s)&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Mayor Reverses Decision to Auction Kerry James Marshall Public Art

By GINNY VAN ALYEA&nbsp;Friday, November 2, 2018 will be a big opening night around the city, as many galleries open major shows that will be their final exhibitions of the year.&nbsp;The busy night also coincides with the 25th edition of SOFA, which takes place on Navy Pier all weekend. Following the end of the fair's show on Friday, art lovers are encouraged to go out into the city's dozens of art spaces to see what is new in area galleries.Per history, it's a big opening night in&nbsp;River North, and more openings are also happening in other city arts districts like West Town&nbsp;neighborhoods. On Saturday, more openings take place in West Town and Ukrainian Village, while several also are planned in Evanston.&nbsp;Our short list of highlights is listed below, and our full calendar may be <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar">viewed&nbsp;here</a>.Note that there are several tours, artist talks and auctions also happening through the weekend, so plan ahead and enjoy these early days of November!&nbsp;Don't forget that CGN has a booth at SOFA too, so stop by and say hi!&nbsp;See you in the galleries!&nbsp;<h3>&nbsp;</h3><h2>FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2</h2>Michael Rakowitz: The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist (Room Z, Northwest Palace of Nimrud)November 2–December at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/michael-rakowitz-the-invisible-enemy-should-not-exist-room-z-northwest-palace-of-nimrud">Rhona Hoffman Gallery</a>Based in Chicago, Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz makes work that explores recent contested social, political, and cultural histories. Drawing on personal experiences and research on these subjects, as well as history and popular culture, Rakowitz creates illustrated objects, installations, and performances that invite viewers to contemplate their complicit relationship to the political world around them, recognizing that hospitality and hostility are interlinked.For this exhibition, the&nbsp;gallery’s architecture has been transformed into the layout of&nbsp;Room Zin King Ashurnasirpal II’s 9th century BC palace&nbsp;(near present-day Mosul in northern Iraq), which stood uncovered as a powerful testament to the Assyrian Golden Age from its 1854 excavation by British archaeologists until its tragic destruction in 2015. Working with a team of assistants, Michael Rakowitz has reconstructed the monumental limestone reliefs that once lined the palace walls with depictions of&nbsp;apkallu&nbsp;or winged guardians with human heads, who hold offerings of pollen and young date fronds, beneath cuneiform extolling the King’s greatness.&nbsp;Room Z&nbsp;appears as it stood at the time of its untimely demise with only seven of thirteen panels present.<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3192/original/mr.gif" alt=""></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3> &nbsp;Michael Koerner: My DNANovember 2–December 22&nbsp;at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/michael-koerner-my-dna">Catherine Edelman&nbsp;Gallery</a>On August 9, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the town of Nagasaki, a short distance from the home of artist Michael Koerner's mother. The chemical fallout from the bomb instantly killed tens of thousands of people, and left many more reeling from its effects for the rest of their lives. Koerner's family is just one example of the devastation that chemical warfare had during WWII. Koerner&nbsp;(b. Okinawa, Japan, 1963) is the oldest of five brothers. Due to&nbsp;genetic deformities resulting from cancer, he is the only remaining living sibling. His brothers' fates (and potentially his own one day) can be linked to their mother, who was eleven years old on&nbsp;that ill-fated August day and lived in Sasebo, Japan, 45&nbsp;miles away&nbsp;from the blast. With a family history of various cancers, it is no wonder Koerner became an organic chemist, currently teaching at the University of Illinois at&nbsp;Urbana-Champaign.Koerner's 6 x 8" tintypes seduce the viewer with glistening deep blacks, metallic silvers, and odd green, yellow and blue hues, to talk about disease. By blowing through a straw, or dripping chemicals from an eyedropper onto tin plates, Koerner manipulates collodian to create sunbursts, explosions, amorphous shapes, and double helixes, all of which reference his family history.<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3193/original/coronae-9870-2017.gif" alt=""></figure> &nbsp;David Lozano,&nbsp;Madera Picado,Blake Aaseby,&nbsp;Gather RoundJohn Fraser,&nbsp;Found in the MakingNovember 2–December 28&nbsp;at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/david-lozano-blake-aaseby-and-john-fraser">Zolla/Lieberman&nbsp;Gallery</a>The work of three artists will be on view at Zolla/Lieberman in River North, and each artist is focused on materials.&nbsp;Papel Picado is a Mexican Folk Art of cutting decorative paper into cut designs that are then displayed as brightly colored banners. Inspired by this historic practice, David Lozano fashions his Madera (wood) Picado series.Within layers of condensed mapping, Blake Aaseby balances a push and pull of painted planes, documented line-work, and recalled shapes in order to form convoluted re-tellings of past events. His work aims at creating maps to a landscape he finds is both fading and forming, one that rests between the past and present.&nbsp;John Fraser's&nbsp;acrylic/wax on carved wood constructions make for playful material illusions that draw the viewer close, out of a desire to know how something was done, and then make the viewer also step back to behold a new artistic object created from a natural resource.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3194/original/johnfraserpromo-orig.gif" alt=""></figure> &nbsp;Shade Garden: Jessica LabatteNovember 2–December 22 at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/shade-garden-jessica-labatte">Western Exhibitions</a>Shade Garden, Jessica Labatte’s second solo exhibition at Western Exhibitions, continues the artist’s explorations of paradoxes and illusions within photographic images.&nbsp;&nbsp;The works in&nbsp;Shade Garden&nbsp;champion beauty in the everyday as a radical political gesture in our contemporary moment. The images explore photographic notions of the visible and invisible, the present and withdrawn.&nbsp;Shade Garden&nbsp;will include two interrelated series of color photographs.The first series is a group of floral still lives. Small and medium sized prints will be installed in a salon fashion in the gallery alongside three monumentally scaled prints. The second series of photographs capture the experience of being in the garden, as color and dappled light are constantly in flux. In these seemingly abstract works, color, light, and shadow explore an imagined virtual space beyond traditional notions of photographic representation.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3195/original/labatte-bleeding-heart-small.jpg" alt=""></figure> &nbsp;Keysook Geum: Moving in ColorsOpening November 2 at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/keysook-geum-moving-in-colors">Andrew Bae Gallery</a>Dr. Keysook Geum, known for her delicate and wearable creations,&nbsp;is an author and professor at Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea&nbsp;in the Textile and Fashion Design Department. She had the honor of designing the dresses and uniforms for the&nbsp;Pyeongchang Winter Olympic&nbsp;Games&nbsp;in 2018. Multiple new works will be on view at the gallery and the artist will be present at the opening on November 2.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3200/original/geum.gif" alt=""></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3>KA-BAM! HOLY MOLY! 70's and 80's Chicago Art from the Lonn Frye CollectionNovember 2–December 29 at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/ka-bam-holy-moly-70-s-and-80-s-chicago-art-from-the-lonn-frye-collection">Carl Hammer Gallery</a>A unique look at a host of Imagist works from a private collection will be on view at Carl Hammer in River North, and the opening takes place in conjunction with many other area galleries on November 2.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3196/original/brown-breadbasket-dustbowl.gif" alt=""></figure> &nbsp;On Guard, a group exhibition curated by Kasia KayNovember 2–December 2 at Matthew Rachman Gallery, curated by <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/on-guard-a-group-exhibition-curated-by-kasia-kay">Kasia Kay Art Projects</a>Kasia Kay had a gallery for several years in the Fulton Market district, and today she deals privately and curates pop-up exhibitions. On Guard, a group exhibition will open and be on view at Matthew Rachman Gallery in West Town. On Guard&nbsp;is meant to be a reminder of the courage within all of us and to empower viewers to fight for their rights on both personal and collective levels. The exhibition brings together a group of contemporary artists exploring the sport of boxing in relation to the nature of life that always keeps us on our feet and on guard. While&nbsp;On Guard&nbsp;centers on female-identifying artists, the multifaceted components of their identities and practice are to be present in the exhibition as well. With a multisensory experience that features multidisciplinary works, the show examines not only courage and fears, strength and vulnerability, but also notions of gender equality, safety and violence, as well as the sport’s poetic contradictions, all through traditional and non-traditional depictions of boxing-related imagery.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3197/original/2x1a8390-katya-and-michel-for-emails-.gif" alt=""></figure> &nbsp;<h2>Two ticketed special opening events take place also on Friday evening:&nbsp;</h2>Mansion - A SOFA SoireeNovember 2, 7–9pm&nbsp;at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/mansion-a-sofa-soiree">The Golden Triangle</a> with the River North Design District&nbsp;The&nbsp;Golden Triangle and The River North Design District (RNDD) have partnered&nbsp;with&nbsp;SOFA CHICAGO&nbsp;on Friday, November 2&nbsp;to&nbsp;host&nbsp;The Official SOFA After-Party&nbsp;for the&nbsp;art&nbsp;fair, celebrating its 25th&nbsp;anniversary this year. The private event features 20&nbsp;works from artist Adam Siegel who will debut his new show&nbsp;Archetype: Excavation and Expectation at The Golden Triangle.Guests will enjoy an evening in a private mansion full of art and ancient antiquities and experience global design in an intimate, glamorous, and comfortable setting.&nbsp;The evening is being bill as a secret night of culture, with&nbsp;dance, cool music, performance art, fashion, innovative food and artisanal beverages. Tickets are $35.<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3198/original/asgtnov.gif" alt=""></figure> &nbsp;Annual Fall Show of New Work in LakeviewNovember 2–30 at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/annual-fall-show-of-new-work">Art De Triumph &amp; Artful Framer Studios</a>Artist Nancie King Mertz hosts a fall party at&nbsp;ArtDeTriumph &amp; Artful Framer Studios&nbsp;on Friday,&nbsp;Nov. 2nd, 5-8pm.Featuring&nbsp;Mertz's&nbsp;new paintings of 2018, complimentary wine and delicious appetizers from Gundis Kurdish Kitchen will be offered. If you book a spot for $25 per person, you will have&nbsp;$25 to spend on cards, coasters, gifts, prints, framing or originals.<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3202/original/mertzfall.gif" alt=""></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h2>SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3</h2>Samira Yamin:&nbsp;Passing Obliquely From One Medium Into AnotherNovember 3–January&nbsp;18 at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/samira-yamin-passing-obliquely-from-one-medium-into-another">PATRON</a>PATRON's&nbsp;first solo exhibition with Los Angeles based artist Samira Yamin&nbsp;opens on November 3rd. In a 2012&nbsp;interview with In the Make&nbsp;Yamin explained "On a very basic level, I’m drawn to images of the Middle East because I know they in some way represent me to myself, or at least they’re representations against which I’ve constructed my identity." Yamin's&nbsp;parents left Iran in 1982, not long after the Iranian Revolution, and just as the Iran-Iraq war was beginning. She also said, "I think of my work as an interrogation of photojournalism, so yes, absolutely. I want my work to create, or reveal, or emphasize tension at various points in the life of the image."<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3204/original/patrongallery-3778-1540877959.gif" alt=""></figure> &nbsp;Greg Gossel: Labor of LoveNovember 3–24 at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/calendar/greg-gossel-labor-of-love">Vertical Gallery&nbsp;</a>Gossel has a background in design, and his work is an expressive interplay of many diverse words, images, and gestures. Gossel’s multi-layered work illustrates a visual history of change and process that simultaneously features and condemns popular culture. His work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad, including Japan, London, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, and Chicago. His commercial clients include American Express, Levi’s, Burton Snowboards, Stussy, VICE Magazine, and Interscope Records.<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/3201/original/greg-gossel-hello-and-goodbye-8-44x33-vertical-gallery-1024x1024.gif" alt=""></figure> &nbsp;Top of page image: Michael Koerner,&nbsp;Finger Prints #6191, 2018, from the&nbsp;Finger Prints&nbsp;series,&nbsp;6 x 8" collodion on tin, Unique

A summary of openings taking place in Chicago in early November 2018