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Review: At the Driehaus Museum, Hector Guimard Exhibit Explores the Work of the Paris Architect Who Designed Those Beloved Métro Stations

Hector Guimard was a French architect and designer who believed in designing the entire environment for living, in what he called Le Style Guimard. His integrated design work in the era […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • June 27, 2023
    • Architecture , Art & Museums , Beyond , Museum , Travel feature

    Feature: Afrofuturism and Black Excellence at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture

    Chicago offers a variety of events to commemorate Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when America “officially freed” enslaved people. For an even deeper dive into the vast nation-building contributions of […]

  • Karin McKie
  • June 7, 2023
    • Art & Museums , Gallery , Mixed media , Museum , Painting & sculpture , Sculpture

    Review: The Sculptures of Dr. Charles Smith Address Racism from a Historical Perspective

    Dr. Charles Smith

    The current exhibition at the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) displays the artwork of Dr. Charles Smith (born 1940) who is a sculptor, a US Marine Corps Veteran of Vietnam, and […]

  • Thomas Wawzenek
  • February 5, 2023
    • Art & Museums , Mixed media , Museum , Painting & sculpture

    Review: Two Exhibitions at the DePaul Art Museum Explore Race, Gender and Class Issues

    Joiri Minaya, “Container #7,”

    A great way to spend a couple of hours this fall season is visiting the DePaul Art Museum where two new exhibitions are on display. On the main floor is […]

  • Thomas Wawzenek
  • September 21, 2022
    • Art & Museums , Design , Gallery , Installation , Museum

    Review: Hundreds of Clocks Show the Beauty and Absurdity of Time in New Design Museum Exhibit

    Wall clocks. Alarm clocks. Wristwatches. Decorative clocks and boring clocks. Glorious gaudy glass clocks. Cuckoo clocks and kooky clocks. Artist Barbara Koenen has gathered hundreds of clocks over the years, […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • August 13, 2022
    • Art & Museums , Museum , Photography

    Review: Photo Exhibit Captures the Magic of the Blues at the Swedish American Museum

    Bobby “Blue” Bland and B.B. King, 2010.

    The latest exhibition at the Swedish American Museum, Great Feelings and Meetings, pays tribute to American blues music by showcasing the work of photographer Hans Ekestang who has been documenting […]

  • Thomas Wawzenek
  • July 6, 2022
    • Art & Museums , Installation , Museum

    Review: Forothermore, a Breathtaking Exhibit of the Beauty and Grief of Nick Cave’s Art, Now at the MCA

    Nick Cave’s art is gloriously, spectacularly colorful and joyous. Your first view of the gallery array of Soundsuits is thrilling, even if you have met a Soundsuit before. This army […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 18, 2022
    • Art & Museums , Gallery , Museum , Painting & sculpture

    Review: Art That Empowers Social Change at DePaul Art Museum

    Amber Ginsburg and Aaron Hughes, Teacup Archive

    The latest exhibition at the DePaul Art Museum, Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations | Chicago to Guantánamo, explores the legal and moral implications of torture and incarceration. ​ […]

  • Thomas Wawzenek
  • April 24, 2022
    • Art & Museums , Fiction , Gallery , Lit , Museum , Museums , Painting & sculpture , Sculpture

    Review: Just Add Water, The Fountain, by David Scott Hay

    The Fountain By David Scott Hay Whiskey Tit Jasper P. Duckworth is a critic in an alternate universe Chicago for Chicago Shoulders, a New City-like (or, if you will, Third […]

  • Patrick T. Reardon
  • March 18, 2022
    • Art & Museums , Beyond , Event , Museum , Museums , Parks and zoos , Suburbs and exurbs

    GALLERY: Chicago Botanic Garden’s 2022 Orchid Show, Untamed Brings a Burst of Beautiful Color to Your February

      [smartslider3 slider=”25″] The sun might be shining and the weather getting warmer (some days, right after a bunch of snow) but it’s still solidly winter in Chicago. Whether you’re […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • February 25, 2022
    • Art & Museums , Museum , Painting & sculpture

    Review: Unseen Reality Through the Eyes of Post 9/11 Veterans at National Veterans Art Museum

    Jake Baker, “Two Thousand Ten,”

    The latest exhibition at the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM)  is Scene|Unseen, featuring the works of four post 9/11 veteran/artists—Jake Baker, Jenn Hassin, Brian Kennedy and Aaron Webb. This exhibition […]

  • Thomas Wawzenek
  • October 20, 2021
    • Art & Museums , Museum , Painting & sculpture

    Review: A Dynamic View of Social Justice Issues at the Swedish American Museum

    Anna U Davis, Shark-cuteri

    In the latest exhibition, Reality Check, at the Swedish American Museum, Anna U Davis explores the concept of diffusion of responsibility and how it relates directly to social justice issues […]

  • Thomas Wawzenek
  • September 4, 2021
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