One good turn deserves another, they always say, and with any luck, one good idea can turn into another too. In the relative normalcy of January 2020, change was already in the […]
The last time we saw the gang from VGA Gallery, things were a lot different. It was January 2020 and we were crowding the VGA Gallery’s small space on Bloomingdale Ave excited […]
If you wanted a way to support some great local causes and support local new media artists, the VGA Gallery has collaborated with 19 creators to release the Chicago New Media […]
Contributing author: Antal Bokor With everyone forced to stay home for threat of disease, lots of conventions are either completely canceled, or attempting to find a digital solution. LudoNarraCon already has it […]
How do you tell someone what it feels like when your child dies of cancer? How do you express the pain of knowing they’re fading away? What about the importance of a […]
Good art is about connection. Art is personal, to both its creator and observer. When we look at a painting hanging in a gallery, we see what it plainly is and the […]
Year after year, Chicago adds to its arts and culture accolades with inventive new exhibits and exciting new artist exhibitions. And it’s not just the Museum Campus weighing in heavy on our […]
As you walk the halls of the Museum of Dubious Splendors, you’ll find yourself immersed in an impossibly lush world of color, awash in gorgeous sunlight. You’ll hear serene instrumentals in the […]
Bit Bash is back. After eschewing their main event for a series of pop-ups last year, Bit Bash has brought back their titular summer festival with an impressive showing of video and […]
In the US, we can be myopic about our place in the world sometimes. Much of the media we consume can seem to revolve around us and what’s happening here, or could […]
If love or sex comes up in a video game, it’s often the muscle-bound male protagonist bedding buxom women. Some games even have an accompanying minigame to put you in control of […]
Video games are art. I think I can say that authoritatively since great organizations like the Video Game Art Gallery go to lengths to approach these works in a scholarly way. This […]
