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On the Road: In Palm Springs, New Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza Honors the First Residents of the Area

One of the newest attractions in downtown Palm Springs, California, is arguably among its best. The long-awaited debut of the Agua Caliente Cultural Plaza offers something for residents and tourists […]

  • Anne Siegel
  • January 28, 2025
    • Art & Museums , Installation , Mixed media , Painting & sculpture

    Review: See a Double-Barreled Wonder in Wrightwood 659’s Current Exhibits

    Review by Mitchell Oldham. Social consciousnesss is at the core of Wrightwood 659’s approach to the art it chooses to display.  Since its debut in 2018, the private non-commercial gallery has […]

  • Mitchell Oldham
  • December 18, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Design , Fashion , Gallery , Installation , Mixed media , Museum

    Feature: Chicago History Museum Exhibits Highlight Costume Collection and ’60s/’70s Protest Art

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Karin McKie
  • November 7, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Design , Gallery , Installation , Mixed media , Museum

    Review: Feminism, Flowers and Finns Explored in Swedish American Museum’s Marimekko Design Exhibit

    I love textiles. I crave colorful, saturated high-count cotton-thread fabrics in my kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. As someone born post-midcentury, I’m also drawn to utilitarian midcentury design. Most fiber and […]

  • Karin McKie
  • October 11, 2024
    • Architecture , Art & Museums , Design , Installation , Mixed media , Museum

    Review: DePaul Art Museum Exhibit Celebrates the Work of Edgar Miller, Renaissance Man

    Edgar Miller has been called the forgotten man of Chicago art. But with the new exhibit Edgar Miller Anti-Modern, 1917–1967 at the DePaul Museum of Art in Lincoln Park, he […]

  • June Sawyers
  • September 24, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Gallery , Installation , Mixed media , Painting & sculpture

    Review: Arte Diseño Xicágo II at the National Museum of Mexican Art Displays the Work of 19th and 21st Century Artists

    Pilsen’s National Museum of Mexican Art presents Arte Diseño Xicágo II (Art Design Chicago), curated by Cesáreo Moreno. The exhibition shares works by Mexican artists who were featured at the […]

  • Karin McKie
  • August 2, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Feature , Gallery , Installation , Mixed media , Painting & sculpture

    Review: Center for Native Futures Gallery Showcases Two Indigenous Exhibitions

    The relatively new, compact, light and inviting Center for Native Futures gallery is currently featuring two art exhibits by Indigenous creators, where most pieces are for sale: Gagizhibaajiwan runs until […]

  • Karin McKie
  • August 1, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Gallery , Installation , Museum , Painting & sculpture , Photography

    Review: Not Just Pretty Flowers—Georgia O’Keeffe: My New Yorks at the Art Institute Through September 22

    Some think that painter Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was a sleepy Southwesterner who primarily depicted labial flora. But the Art Institute’s exhibit chronicles a more complete origin story with the energetic […]

  • Karin McKie
  • July 16, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Design , Gallery , Installation , Lit , Museum , Nonfiction

    Review: Putting on the Glitz—Driehaus Museum’s Jewelry Exhibit and Ellie Thompson’s Designing American Jewelry Book

    As we navigate the current Gilded Age, it’s helpful to reflect on the last one. The Driehaus Museum at 40 East Erie is showcasing 200 pieces of dazzling past and […]

  • Karin McKie
  • June 17, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Installation , Museum , Painting & sculpture

    Review: Christina Ramberg’s Female Torso Imagery at the Art Institute Reminds Us of the Glory Days of the Chicago Imagists

    Christina Ramberg, a Chicago artist who devoted many of her paintings to images of the female torso, cinched in and bulging out of feminine undergarments, is celebrated in a new Art […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 7, 2024
    • Architecture , Art & Museums , Installation , Mixed media , Museum

    Review: Surveillance, Privacy, Erasure—Wrightwood 659 Exhibit Explores the Impact of Technology in Art

    When the World Wide Web was new and shiny in the early ‘90s, futurists and other prognosticators had glowing predictions about the many ways it could change the world, including […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • October 27, 2023
    • Art & Museums , Design , Installation , Mixed media , Museum , Sculpture

    Review: Design Museum Explores the Climate Crisis in At the Precipice—It’s Beautiful and Tragic

    The beauty of art and the tragedy of the climate crisis live side by side in a stunning new exhibit at the Design Museum of Chicago. Some 30 pieces ranging […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 24, 2023
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