See Amanda Williams’s Momentous Solo Art Exhibit
photograph: Alexus McLane If you were looking at your Instagram feed on June 2, you likely saw a procession of black squares in place of pictures. The “blackout” was a...
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Learn About One of South Africa’s Greatest Photographers
Photograph: COURTESY OF STEVENSON, CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG Jo Ractliffe, 59, began her career documenting the traumatized landscape of apartheid — homes destroyed, stray dogs roaming through debris. Jo Ractliffe:...
What Came After the Hairy Who? An Exhibition Answers
The Elmhurst Art Museum examines post-Imagist art in Chicago, seeing through the vision of a beloved curator and critic who died last year.
Liz Phair's Time in Chicago Wasn’t All Horror Stories
The singer-songwriter discusses her new memoir in advance of an appearance at Chicago Ideas Week.
See Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford’s Eight-Foot-Tall Hercules
The Hyde Park–based artist's solo show runs April 14 to June 22 at the Arts Club of Chicago.
How Photographer Laura Aguilar Uplifted Queer, Chicano Identities
The National Museum of Mexican Art is hosting a monumental survey of her work.
The Black Panthers’s Local Legacy — in Art
Over 50 artists, mostly from the Midwest, feature in this new exhibition at Stony Island Arts Bank.
Jessica Hopper Recalls When Rent Was $250 in Wicker Park
The music critic's new memoir Night Moves documents her years as a developing writer in mid-aughts Chicago.
Jessica Campbell Turns High-Tech Moments into Carpet Paintings
The Humboldt Park artist’s new solo show opens this week.