Review: The Business of Beauty at the Art Institute Displays William Morris’ Genius in Home Textiles and Design
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” English textile…
GALLERY: Lightscape at the Chicago Botanic Garden Sparkles in 2021
If you haven’t spent a lot of time hanging around any botanic gardens, conservatories or arboretums in the area, you…
Review: Newberry Exhibit Introduces Five Female Pioneers of the Chicago Avant-Garde
Five Chicago women—all artistic, ambitious pioneers—form a circle of 20th century innovation and boundary-pushing experimentation in Chicago during the 1930s,…
Review: The Art of Banksy Exhibit Shows the Artist as Anti-Capitalist Punster and King of the Mashup
“Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was,” says anonymous graffiti artist Banksy. We think. That…
Phenomenon: Pac-Man Exhibit at Chicago Gamespace Brings Pac-Man’s Legacy and History to Life
When I went to check out Nom Nom: 40 Years of Pac-Man Design and History at Chicago Gamespace, there was…
Report: The Work of Chicago Artist Theaster Gates on Exhibit in New York Gallery
Chicago artist and urbanist Theaster Gates has a new solo exhibit at Gagosian Gallery in New York. The show titled…
Interview: Emergent Gamespace: Jonathan Kinkley Brings New Vision of Game History and Art with Chicago Gamespace
One good turn deserves another, they always say, and with any luck, one good idea can turn into another too.…
Interview: VGA Gallery’s Brice Puls and Eleanor Schichtel on Going Virtual, Future Plans and VGA Zine
The last time we saw the gang from VGA Gallery, things were a lot different. It was January 2020 and…
Review: VGA Gallery’s System Link: Video Game as Memoir Strikes a Poignant Chord
How do you tell someone what it feels like when your child dies of cancer? How do you express the…
Weaving Beyond the Bauhaus at the Art Institute of Chicago
Now on view at the Art Institute through February 17 is a significant exhibition outlining the pivotal role the Bauhaus…
Our Top Picks for Art & Museums 2019
Year after year, Chicago adds to its arts and culture accolades with inventive new exhibits and exciting new artist exhibitions.…
Chicago Botanic Garden Dazzles with New Holiday Show, Lightscape–Act Now if You Want to Get a Glimpse!
Tradition is typically king at the holidays, with meals, movies and destinations remaining the same year after year and creating…
