Art & Museums, Museum, Painting & sculpture

Still Lifes Reflect on Deep Dark Emotions at Swedish American Museum

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The Swedish American Museum presents an impressive exhibition, First Look: Still Life by Karin Broos, that displays 20 photorealistic works by Karin Broos who is considered one of the most […]

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Art & Museums, Front page

From An Artist: 8 Affordable Ways to Bring Art Into Your Home

When we think of art collecting, we often think of wealthy art collectors. Yes, art is inherently expensive, and rightfully so—it’s the fruit of intellectual and creative labors, manifestations of […]

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Art & Museums, Beyond, Event, Games & Tech, Museums

MCA’s I Was Raised on the Internet Is an Eclectic, Dark and Deep Look at the Internet Age

Before the internet. Believe it or not, there are married people carting around children in minivans that never experienced a time without it. They wouldn’t, in fact,  even know what it was like […]

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Art & Museums, Installation

Review: Ai Weiwei’s Trace: a Sobering Look at the Price Paid by Dissidents

The first thing that struck me walking into the building that houses Trace, a four-story art installation created by Chinese artist and activist Ai WeiWei, was the stark stone staircase […]

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Art & Museums, Photography

Disruptive Photos at the MCA in Picture Fiction

Seeming eons ago, before the heyday of the selfie, photos captured moments in squares, often outside of and pointed away from the creator. Chicago-trained and -based photographer Kenneth Josephson and […]

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Art & Museums, Painting & sculpture

A Vibrant View of Nature in Urban Settings

As city dwellers, we are more apt to become aware of the beauty of nature once we leave the city limits and spend time in a country setting. But in […]

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Art & Museums, Installation

Global Citizen of Conscience: Ai Weiwei At the Auditorium Theatre

In 2011, multi-disciplinary artist Ai Weiwei was detained by the Chinese government, held captive for 81 days in an unknown place without any explanation, threatened with 11 years of imprisonment, […]

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Art & Museums, Front page, Painting & sculpture

Retrospective at UIMA Demonstrates Visual Prowess of Artist Martin Hurtig

Martn Hurtig

Putting together a retrospective of an artist’s work is always a challenging task, particularly when an artist such as Martin Hurtig (b. 1929) has enjoyed a long career that has […]

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Art & Museums, Front page

Get Your Pencils Ready, Chicago, for the 2018 Urban Sketch Seminar

The Urban Sketchers are back for the 2018 Chicago Sketch Seminar! The city-wide event will offer a variety of workshops by Chicago art instructors, each revolving around capturing the city via […]

Stephanie Lenchard Warren /
Art & Museums, Beyond, Dance, Museum, Museums, Music, Review, Stages, Theater

Oprah and Oppression in MCA’s Poor People’s TV Room

Oprah is a leitmotif in the multimedia movement narrative Poor People’s TV Room, at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art from April 12-15. United States Artist Fellow Okwui Okpokwasili and director-designer Peter […]

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Art & Museums, Installation, Museum, Music, Painting & sculpture, Reviews

Get It On, Bang Some Gongs with Mind Over Mirror’s Bellowing Sun

Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art co-commissioned Bellowing Sun, the sixth album from Jaime Fennelly’s Mind Over Mirrors, once a solo project and now a quartet including Jim Becker, violinist from […]

Karin McKie /
Architecture, Art & Museums, Design, Installation, Museum

Energy Efficient Architecture in Chicago and the World Shared in Peter Land Retrospective

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British-born architect Peter Land has taught at Harvard and here in Chicago for over four decades at the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, which recently hosted […]

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