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Outsider art from the inside at Intuit
From the deeply problematic "Orange is the New Black" to Ana DuVernay's "13th," conversations about incarceration and restorative justice are expanding in the cultural imagination (namely on Netflix). Intuit joins...
Halloween Parade to light up Columbus Drive
Three major cultural organizations have teamed up to produce Arts in the Dark, a vibrant Halloween parade that will haunt Columbus Drive on October 21st. LUMA8 (Light Up My Arts),...
Theaster Gates named 2018 Nasher Sculpture Prize Laureate
Theaster Gates, the creative force behind projects like the Stony Island Arts Bank, will be the 2018 Nasher Sculpture Prize laureate. Along with this title, Gates will receive a $100,000...
Kerry James Marshall to paint epic mural of Chicago women for the Cultural Center
If Oprah Winfrey, Sandra Cisneros, and Gwendolyn Brooks were all the same party at the exact same time, the room would explode from the sheer amount of power. Maybe this...
Senga Nengudi stretches the limits of womanhood
Artist Senga Nengudi might be known for her involvement in the radical black avant-garde of 1970s Los Angeles, but bringing her work back to Chicago — the city where she...
Salve for the predictable at Western Exhibitions
In 2012, Michael Green, a former curator for the Museum of Contemporary Art called Lilli Carre a bridge between fine arts and comics. "She harks back to the Chicago Imagists...
The power of sharing your abortion story
Picture it: Glenwood Community High School, rural Iowa, 2007. I was walking into the choir room for fourth period when a classmate zoomed up to my side. "Hey, thought you...
Expo Chicago is back, and, according to Tony Karman, more necessary than ever
Critics have a habit of referring to art fairs as "the place where the sausage gets made" — or, if you're a painter like John Currin, you might feel like...
10 must-see galleries at Expo Chicago
The chill in the air and panicked pitter-patter of art dealer shoes can mean only one thing: EXPO Chicago is here again. A total of 135 galleries from 58 cities...