The Presidential Library Project: Black Presidential Imaginary, currently on view at Hyde Park Art Center, offers a conceptual framework through which to imagine The Obama Presidential Center, which will be built on […]
Ai Weiwei’s photo selfie, Illumination (2009), which signaled the start of the artist-activist’s notoriety, is a defining image in the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s new exhibition, #AiWeiWei, covering a whole wall in the main […]
Entering Yvette Mayorga’s exhibition, The Politics of Desire, at Chicago Artists Coalition is a deliberate, and thoughtful, experience of visual sensory overload. Comprised of densely-placed paintings and sculptures, the works feature domestic […]
In the canon of contemporary art, Hélio Oiticica (Brazilian, 1937–80) is considered an innovator who pushed the boundaries of what art can be. His retrospective at the Art Institute, Hélio Oiticica: To […]
One of the defining characteristics of contemporary art is the wide range of media used by its practitioners. In addition to paint, marble, and other more traditional materials, today’s artists use photography, […]
I love eating and am obsessed with looking at menus online. So when Chicago Restaurant Week approaches, I spend hours poring over menus and making reservations to try as many new foods […]
Comprising five paintings and a ceramic sculpture (all from 2016), Annette Hur’s Ee Bang In/Person from Outside at Chicago Artists Coalition is particularly relevant in our current environment. Hur was born in […]