SOFA Chicago, The annual Sculpture Objects and Functional Art + Design expo at Navy Pier, hosts an array of works from artists and galleries around the world. The works include paintings, sculptures, […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been confined to the imagination of science fiction or to the nightmares of popular culture. The concept of a fully formed AI, often incorrectly conflated with robotics, […]
Over the past year, Museum of Contemporary Art has been making their after-hours series MCA Prime Time one of their best offerings. Occurring three times a year, the event has different cultural […]
Erick Lyle’s Streetopia hits shelves this month. The book is a collection of works from 24 San Francisco artists and writers associated with the “New Mission School” street art movement. The book […]
Hi, Flamingo. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me today. Happy to be here. Tell me a little bit about “here.” How is it you came to be in Chicago? Well, I’ve […]
The air buzzes over the grand floors of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall where mini galleries are set like city blocks as guests navigate the aisles. There are colors everywhere: nestled in distinct […]
Stepping into the Modern Chair gallery at the Art Institute of Chicago, one is greeted by a small audience of seats. Among them sits a curvy wooden lounge chair from 1946; Gerrit […]
By Vanessa Gravenor Bailey Romaine is a sculptor who has been based in Chicago for the last years. She completed her BFA at SAIC and her MFA at UIC in 2016. On […]
Chicago icon and national treasure Studs Terkel made a career out of chronicling the stories of others. A new art exhibit, opening September 14th at the Harold Washington Library, is very much […]
It doesn’t take much digging to uncover one of the less acknowledged etymological roots of domesticity. The Latin domos points back, as so much of our contemporary culture ultimately does, to the […]
Guest writer Hiba Ali is a writer and digital media artist who holds two undergraduate degrees from the School of the Art Institute Chicago with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film, Video, […]
“At some point, we realize the horrible power we have over other living things. I think we reach a certain state of grace when we tire of extinguishing life, no matter how […]
