<a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago-art-from-the-caribbean-diaspora?utm_source=EXPO+Master+%7C+Main+List&amp;utm_campaign=1dec50fb51-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_ODLV&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_5e6f73ac04-1dec50fb51-58823777">At the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, a Moving Investigation of Art From the Caribbean Diaspora</a>How do we represent the Caribbean? According to&nbsp;Carla Acevedo-Yates, the Marilyn and Larry Fields curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, you can’t. This month, Acevedo-Yates—who is of Puerto Rican descent—welcomed guests to a highly anticipated first look at her new exhibition, “Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today.” Its curation follows the idea of weather, in all its iterations, as a driving mechanism for Caribbean storytelling.&nbsp;Via Vogue&nbsp;<a href="https://www.culturedmag.com">Theaster Gates Digs into Chance the Rapper's Newfound Revolution</a>Chance the Rapper has had an explosive jump from young Chicago poet to sound artist and cold-blooded MC philanthropist. His latest interdisciplinary endeavors—including “The Highs &amp; The Lows,” a music and visual arts hybrid that he premiered at Art Basel, “Child of God,” an exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and the Black Star Line Festival in Accra, Ghana in January 2023—cross the definitions and expectations of art and entertainment to connect, represent, and advance Blackness. Here, CULTURED's Winter 2022 coverstar speaks in conversation with artist and professor Theaster Gates, whose two concurrent New York exhibitions at the New Museum and Gagosian 976 Madison Avenue join his long CV of works that try to intellectualize, understand, and, in many ways, salvage the human experience.Via Cultured&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/police-london-gallery-banksy-former-agent-sculpture-2226405">Police Broke Into the Gallery of Banksy’s Former Agent, Mistaking a Sculpture for a Dead Woman</a>Police barged into a London gallery owned by Banksy’s former agent, mistakenly presuming a hyper-realistic sculpture was a person in a critical condition.The work, Kristina (2022) by American artist Mark Jenkins, depicts a casually-dressed woman collapsed over a table.Via ArtnetKey image: Kristina (2022) by Mark Jenkins, commissioned by Steve Lazarides. Courtesy of Laz Emporium.&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 12/9/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419140/wkmdg6jeqybezjjhbbro.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tarik-echols-open">Tarik Echols: Open</a>Exhibition begins December 9Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419142/jnttbpnucxeirxqwacix.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/anne-hughes-phenomena">Anne Hughes: Phenomena</a>Exhibition begins December 9Epiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419143/k1cabhf5tqtwzq6x7nvm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/visions-of-hope">Visions of Hope</a>Opening: Saturday, December 10, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmStola Contemporary Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419144/qasjudffkqz1z4bxboqn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/edra-soto-the-myth-of-closure-el-mito-del-cierre">Edra Soto: The Myth of Closure / El Mito del Cierre</a>Exhibition begins December 10The Cleve Carney Museum of Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419145/xbx2t1l9dvsazwjnizun.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-5th-annual-12-x-12-show">The 5th Annual 12 x 12 Show</a>Opening: Saturday, December 10, noon – 8&nbsp;pmElephant Room Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419146/tthtmgujqaenumxmeu0w.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/liz-flores-solo-show">Liz Flores: Ni de aquí, Ni de allá</a>Opening: Saturday, December 10, noon – 6&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions December 9 & 10

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419140/zhqz4tum00l4zv7bozbz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sunlight-of-the-seasons">Sunlight of the Seasons</a>Opening: Friday, December 2, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419141/l2dd9ln8pu1fz4bqfvmx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pamela-sloan-bats-to-butterflies">Pamela Sloan: Bats to Butterflies</a>Opening: Friday, December 2, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419142/i5lggaorwmi9sbaqb4rh.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tony-fitzpatrick-the-lunch-drawings">Tony Fitzpatrick: The Lunch Drawings</a>Opening: Friday, December 2, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmT.F. Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419143/frho7cxox6z2as84tfga.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/33rd-annual-international-small-print-exhibition-holiday-sale">33rd Annual International Small Print Exhibition &amp; Holiday Sale</a>Opening: December 3 &amp; 4, 11&nbsp;am – 7&nbsp;pmChicago Printmakers Collaborative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419144/ta1knwodx10iz89d5d5i.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/monica-kass-rogers-the-alley-project">Monica Kass Rogers: The Alley Project</a>Opening: Saturday, December 3, 6 – 7:30&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419145/jywfzremyqmugwtnhugh.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/max-guy-but-tell-me-is-it-a-civilized-country">Max Guy: But tell me, is it a civilized country?</a>Opening: Saturday, December 3, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmThe Renaissance Society&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419146/yfhqngzgz4yvow15hamh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/closing-party-for-in-the-house-part-ii">Closing Party for In the House Part II</a>Opening: Saturday, December 3, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmStola Contemporary Art&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Opening December 2 & 3

<a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/11/22/1138555823/national-mall-art-covid-health-care-workers">An art exhibit on the National Mall honors health care workers who died of COVID</a>Susannah Perlman remembers her mother Marla's smile, a big, beaming smile that covered "a couple of ZIP codes."Marla died from COVID-19 last year. She was retired and had served as director of volunteers at a hospital in Pennsylvania.As part of the Hero Art Project, emerging and established artists from around the world have now eternalized the smiles of more than 100 other U.S.-based first responders and health care workers killed by a pandemic they tried to stave off.Via NPR&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/arts/design/hospital-rooms-murals.html">Bringing World-Class Art, and Wonder, to Mental Health Patients</a>The artist Sutapa Biswas has works in the Tate collection and was the subject of two major retrospectives last year. But, she said recently, one of the highlights of her career was a piece that few people will ever see: an abstract mural of a night sky in a London psychiatric hospital.Commissioned by the British nonprofit Hospital Rooms and finished last month, the deep blue work depicts a cascade of falling stars and covers an atrium wall at Springfield University Hospital in South London. At moments when mental health patients could be feeling trapped, Biswas said in an interview, her mural might “give them a sense of wonderment, a bit of hope.”Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/10-memorable-artworks-from-the-past-20-years-art-basel-miami-beach-2213627">Tens of Thousands of Artworks Have Debuted at Art Basel Miami Beach Over the Past 20 Years. Here Are 10 of the Most Memorable</a>We said memorable—we didn’t say good.Via ArtnetThumbnail: Fairgoers take pictures of Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian, for sale from Perrotin at Art Basel Miami Beach. Photo by Sarah Cascone.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/art-vandalism-mona-lisa-van-gogh-famous-artworks-1234647552/">25 Famed Artworks That Have Been&nbsp;Vandalized</a>What makes a person want to vandalize a cherished artwork? The factors often vary greatly.Politics often play a role, as has been the case with the many recent protests led at museums by climate activists around the world. Personal interests often can become paramount as well, as they have with a variety of young provocateurs who have targeted others’ artworks, sometimes even as part of their own art practices.In each case, however, the base motive remains the same: to raise a ruckus by disturbing the look or reputation of art people know all too well.Via ARTNews&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 11/27/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419134/df30lxqmqjs1vcthkcta.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-riccardos-lively-arts-paintings-return-kogan-20221116-7p5e75m4tvecji3gavf6zyumsy-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daywatch&amp;utm_content=911668601846">The famous seven paintings that once thrilled patrons at Riccardo’s are reunited at Madron Gallery in Lincoln Park</a>&nbsp;Once upon a time, there were seven very large paintings that dominated the wall behind the palette-shaped bar at Riccardo’s Restaurant and Gallery, which was as lively an oasis as this city has ever known.The paintings were first unveiled in 1948, a stunning addition to the restaurant Ric Riccardo (born Richard Novaretti in Italy) opened in 1934 at the corner of Rush and Hubbard Streets. He had been a ship’s mate (and painter, dancer and musician) who married a woman named Mimi, performed with her at a Georgia nightclub, tried to sell his paintings, worked in magazine publishing and ran a restaurant/speakeasy on South Oakley Avenue.Via Chicago TribuneExhibition details available <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/palette-and-palate">here on CGN</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/arts/design/ron-perelman-fire-paintings.html">Did Five Paintings Lose Their ‘Oomph’? It’s a $410 Million Question.</a>When Steve Wynn, the casino magnate, put his elbow through a Picasso he owned, there was little doubt about the damage he had done to a painting he hoped to sell, in 2006, for more than $100 million.The silver-dollar-size hole in the canvas spoke for itself. His insurance company seems to have disputed only how much value the painting might have lost.But things are not so straightforward in another insurance case that also involves blue chip art and a boldface billionaire. Four years after a fire at Ronald O. Perelman’s East Hampton estate, holding companies to which he is connected are suing his insurers, contending that the blaze damaged five of his artworks worth $410 million.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-board-of-artprize-americas-most-popular-art-show-has-quietly-disbanded-leaving-its-future-uncertain-2210709?utm_content=from_www.artnet.com&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=EU%204:50%20p.m.%20afternoon%20newsletter%20for%2011/16/22&amp;utm_term=EUR%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D">The Future of ArtPrize, America’s Most Popular Art Extravaganza, Looks Bleak as Its Board Quietly Disbands</a>One of the country’s biggest contemporary art competitions is effectively shutting down—at least for now.Last month, the board of <a href="https://artprize.org/">ArtPrize</a>, a biennial event in Grand Rapids, Michigan that doled out as much as $450,000 in artist grants every edition, quietly announced that it is “[winding] down its operations” after a 13-year run. The 12th, and last, iteration of the competition concluded just last month.Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 11/16/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419134/sn4rliqlg2o6osmlc5vm.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/currentz">Currentz</a>Opening: Friday, November 18, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419135/pj9mqehj9mhofzhzyrmw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mark-ballog-making-space">Mark Ballog: Making Space</a>Opening: Friday, November 18, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419135/nvqirazpnr6y4snalip5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/contemplation">Contemplation</a>Opening: Friday, November 18, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419136/g9rmxezqbj6lxqtybnla.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/object-oriented">Object-Oriented</a>Opening: Friday, November 18, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Art Center Highland Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419137/wejhezx7vlhzqmthi4pv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/david-yarrow-storytelling">David Yarrow: Storytelling</a>Opening: Friday, November 18, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmHilton | Asmus Contemporary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419138/otfrfgskxnmclk9sgiau.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/third-fridays-in-bridgeport">Third Fridays in Bridgeport</a>Opening: Friday, November 18, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAlma Art &amp; Interiors&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419139/tdlsuimfnsyi5jblzy2q.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jeanne-garrett-mixed-media-photo-threads">Jeanne Garrett: Mixed Media: Photo Threads</a>Opening: Saturday, November 19, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions November 18 & 19

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419134/yqxtzgrskyiqgudcsn80.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/brian-divis">Brian Divis: In High Regard</a>Opening: Saturday, November 12, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmOS Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419135/hqqwjln7mswj8alsczob.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/james-little-black-stars-white-paintings">James Little: Black Stars &amp; White Paintings</a>Opening: Saturday, November 12, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmKavi Gupta - Elizabeth St.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419135/kljdzx3m3a5xwpywhrki.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kajahl-submersia">Kajahl: Submersia</a>Opening: Saturday, November 12, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmMonique Meloche Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419136/kbtzhdoeyehexw3pvloq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kadar-brock-ad4bfc74-40e8-4376-a96e-dff9515ec53c">Kadar Brock</a>Opening: Saturday, November 12, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419137/abcle19fjufnwaurzgzm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alex-chitty-figs-break-open-of-themselves">Alex Chitty: Figs break open of themselves</a>Opening: Saturday, November 12, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419138/iyqing2hsp6ucz2vpcj5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sweet-16-sixteen-years-of-geoffrey-todd-smith-at-western-exhibitions">Sweet 16: Sixteen Years of Geoffrey Todd Smith at Western Exhibitions</a>Opening: Saturday, November 12, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm(northern) Western Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions November 10 - 12 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419134/qm7ybsudwc9737nzjtgc.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/refracting-histories">Refracting Histories</a>Opening: Thursday, November 10, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419135/as4izqj2undc9t6m66dm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/marina-rheault-post-interior-wanderings">Marina Rheault Post: Interior Wanderings</a>Opening: Friday, November 11, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419136/y9igojfgkrwf5xdx35zg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/matt-bodett">Matt Bodett</a>Opening: Saturday, November 12, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419137/bi3g8tni6h7ryu8v9ztc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/patrick-fitzgerald">Patrick Fitzgerald</a>Saturday, November 12, 12 – 4&nbsp;pmPAGODA RED&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419138/rblsfvypwgu1igfdk4pf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/connie-noyes">Connie Noyes: we are built in water</a>Opening: Friday, November 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmEvanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions November 10 - 12 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419126/bqzrta79gnkgigbjoxyk.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/diana-guerrero-macia-oli-watt">Diana Guerrero-Maciá &amp; Oli Watt</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCarrie Secrist Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419127/fvozpkukjnmcoshuvlcg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/november-exhibition">Alma III (main gallery)</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmAlma Art &amp; Interiors&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419128/sfe7rikn99tclrzibw5m.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/diana-frid-time-is-textile">Dianna Frid: Time is Textile</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmAlan Koppel Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419128/ousgh4jmbrnahhxhahqt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/atomic-number-13-pt-2-group-show">'Atomic Number 13 part 2', curated by ArtBuilds</a>Opening: Saturday, November 5, 12 – 6&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419129/mhjrhgjqwdsj0fk4rlso.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/william-bridges-channeling-the-canal">William Bridges: Channeling the Canal</a>Opening: Saturday, November 5, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419130/biv7wcierqnjqeqijwap.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/minami-kobayashi-somewhere-not-here">Minami Kobayashi: Somewhere Not Here</a>Opening: Sunday, November 6, 3 – 6&nbsp;pmGoldfinch&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions November 3 - 6 (Part III)

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/11/03/wicker-parks-flat-iron-arts-building-sells-to-new-owners-for-first-time-in-3-decades/?utm_source=Pico&amp;utm_campaign=e84b0929fd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_05_26_01_35_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_b6b84a5cee-e84b0929fd-127143461&amp;mc_cid=e84b0929fd&amp;mc_eid=9fac193df8">Wicker Park’s Flat Iron Arts Building Sells To New Owners For First Time In 3 Decades</a>Longtime owners of the iconic Flat Iron Arts Building in the center of Wicker Park have sold the property to a pair of local real estate developers.The Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave., has for decades been home to artist studios, performance spaces, cultural organizations and many other local businesses with an artistic bent.The building is also home to several bars and other businesses on its ground floor along Milwaukee and North avenues.Since 1993, the Flat Iron has been owned and managed by <a href="https://www.fineartsbuilding.com/portfolio/">Berger Realty Group</a>, which also operates the Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Ave., and other properties in Chicago.Via Block ClubTop image: The Flat Iron building in Wicker Park on Nov. 2, 2022. Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419126/pfn5meddka2sxova99d3.jpg"><figcaption>Caroline Kent. Photo by Evan Jenkins</figcaption></figure>Congratulations to Caroline Kent,&nbsp;recipient of the Studio Museum in Harlem's Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize!The Wein Prize, one of the most significant awards given to individual artists in the United States today, was established in 2006 by jazz impresario, musician and philanthropist George Wein to honor his late wife, Joyce Alexander (1928–2005), a long-time Trustee of the Studio Museum and a woman whose life embodied a commitment to the power and possibilities of art and culture. Presented each year at the Studio Museum’s fall Gala, the award recognizes and honors the artistic achievements of an African-American artist who demonstrates great innovation, promise, and creativity. Envisioned as an extension of the Studio Museum’s mission to support experimentation and excellence in contemporary art, the Prize includes an unrestricted monetary award of $50,000.&nbsp;On October 24, 2022, The Studio Museum in Harlem was proud to announce artist Caroline Kent as a recipient of this prestigious award.Via PATRON Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419127/ikiofy4a7mamnwx8ignq.png"></figure>Chicago Artists Coalition Welcomes new curatorial residents for the HATCH residency program, 2023-24.Denny Mwaura is a curator and writer based in Chicago. He is the Assistant Director at Gallery 400, UIC. Mwaura was the 2021 recipient of the Schiff Foundation Fellowship for Critical Architectural Writing, an award granted by the Department of Architecture and Design at the Art Institute of Chicago. He received his MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Sophie&nbsp;Buchmueller is a Chicago-based arts worker with experience in curation, collections management, and museum education. Currently, she is the Registrar at Corbett vs. Dempsey. She is driven by the potential of contemporary art to serve as a framework for knowing and understanding the world—not just as a reflection of reality, but as a mode of active engagement with our often-precarious surroundings. She holds a BA in American Studies and French from Carleton College and MAs in Art History and Arts Administration &amp; Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Sofía Sanchez Bjorboa&nbsp;is an art historian and Chicago-based independent curator. Sofía has held exhibition-making roles in the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City, the Sullivan Galleries, and the Field Museum in Chicago. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Centro de Cultura Casa Lamm and a master’s degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Visual and Critical Studies.In 2021, she wrote a book, Anyone who has never been bored cannot be a storyteller, which will be published in May 2023.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Evanston Art Center Announces Its Winter Expo PlansThe Winter Arts &amp; Crafts Expo includes original, handmade works of jewelry, ceramics, fiber, metal, glass, painting, photography, mixed media, and more. All proceeds from the Expo will benefit the ongoing exhibition, education, and outreach programs at the Art Center. The Winter Expo is also the perfect opportunity for families to shop for everyone on their holiday gift list.&nbsp;The Winter Expo is free and open to the general public from November 19th – December 20th. In addition to the regularly scheduled Winter Expo dates, the EAC will also host a special shopping event with handcrafted items made by Art Center students! There are also items offered by Teen Board members. Plus several themed pop-up shops and workshops.&nbsp;Preview Party: November 18&nbsp;from 6-9pm. Tickets: $40 for early registration and $50 at the door. <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EgkTX3WzthaL-gzfrsKplKzdqZYIJKq2t77aQzhfufYwLXFdVC1KHzxF6vcu_W00873qV1xWqWqsKecfGyOFHzKw1wBsj3W292hefZpazU9ZGBxVQPvbkQm17JZSLZ8imrAZIU09CwbaLGUZiDD0xLGelAoAWn7JuPv95U6eGSoqGDuQVAzSzoNDYWDS5_aL-3nK_zyIw80=&amp;c=vkkvJfPsPO8nODgmRCjM4-c7UYfw43Cq4ufTufRf14VIziMbWlmhvw==&amp;ch=6n9Ef1prNtiy_1k2hXcS9RpjKkrKtahlqNJEtdeNfn5Re2BsaqQqHw==">Register today!</a>General Shopping: November 19 –&nbsp;December 20Silent Auction: November 18 –&nbsp;20&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 11/3/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419126/vlb9wpby4ckolaqcllsf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/heather-guidero-trunk-show-86383245-57d2-4a6f-80f1-7e35c184b79c">Heather Guidero Trunk Show</a>November 4Pistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419127/s6fowuicrqdph15garrf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mariko-makino">Mariko Makino</a>November 4Paris London Hong Kong (PLHK)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419128/moieue3ipdvrm4tmiks1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/david-kroll-e5145963-7ec4-49d1-9fc9-08618a949f91">David Kroll</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419129/chygdxk6azbtx05uysfl.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/joey-fauerso">Joey Fauerso: Now Paint Something Temporary (Gallery Two)</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419130/fgxziry9bgh04ypbmn7l.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jade-yumang">Jade Yumang: Open House Spatter (Gallery One)</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419130/ulxgslmr8nkivdxsaiys.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/thaddeus-wolfe">Thaddeus Wolfe: Entropic Blocks</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVolume Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419131/yenfsrwlidcirxmkmoxo.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/30th-anniversary-show">30th Anniversary Show</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVale Craft Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419132/xnmcjizf793hkwy47laf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/through-time-and-space">Through Time and Spirit with Colt Seager and Zach Weber (interior gallery)</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmAlma Art &amp; Interiors&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions November 3 - 6 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419126/xz1yecazpk1dptmcxf7r.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/space-chapter-two">Space: Chapter Two</a>Opening: Thursday, November 3, 7 – 9&nbsp;pmWadsworth Family Gallery at Lewis University&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419127/spvmu7jxp5lufviecz8u.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-works-by-john-sabraw">John Sabraw: Alluvial – New works</a>Opening: Thursday, November 3, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmMcCormick Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419128/m5pyo0icst4quge29gbc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jay-wolke-past-present-future">Jay Wolke: Past, Present, Future</a>November 4Epiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419129/jedngq7lshdrpwifktge.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gallery-selections-post-war-master-works">Gallery Selections: Post War Master Works</a>Begins November 4Rosenthal Fine Art, Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419130/equp5zg47qyrfhhji0ba.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-encaustic-paintings-by-kathleen-waterloo">New encaustic paintings by Kathleen Waterloo       </a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419130/qrkkfxsjsxjvqlopgdgu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/david-hockney-20-flowers-and-some-bigger-pictures">David Hockney: 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmGRAY West Town&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419131/lbnji0msixbq26rlzujk.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/t-l-solien-works-on-paper">T.L. Solien: Works on Paper</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmTandem Press&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419132/pdsjwp908nmw4k8yo5ae.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/shared-thoughts-and-conversations-about-choice">Shared Thoughts and Conversations About Choice</a>Opening: Friday, November 4, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmJean Albano Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions November 3 - 6 (Part I)

<a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2022/10/27/artprize-moves-to-new-format-partnership/69597727007/">ArtPrize bows out in favor of new format, partnership</a>About 13 years after its debut and more than $6 million in awards and grants, the renowned ArtPrize contest in west Michigan will bow out and a new format will take its place through a partnership, officials announced Thursday.The effort, slated to be called "ArtPrize 2.0," is expected to "build upon the legacy of the international art competition," representatives said in a statement.Downtown Grand Rapids Inc., the city of Grand Rapids and Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University are leading the initiative."While there are certainly mixed emotions, we know the time is right to conclude the original ArtPrize experiment and open up space for new energy and creativity," said Rick DeVos, ArtPrize founder and chairman. "We are thrilled that the partnership of DGRI, KCAD, and the City of Grand Rapids is stepping forward to continue to produce an incredible fall event."Via Detroit News&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-jerry-saltz-art-is-life-chicago-20221031-3tk6btvtrfcyzmcmapm7met3py-story.html">The Chicago origin — and breakdown — of Jerry Saltz, the everyman’s art critic</a>Decades before he became arguably the most important art critic in America, long ago when print was king and being the most important art critic in America meant having the gravitas to influence the direction of the art world itself, Jerry Saltz vowed to stand outside of the art world looking in. Being from Chicago helped. Having a minuscule studio near the Red Line in the Loop helped. Meeting <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-0119-freed-collection-chicago-outsider-art-sale-20180115-story.html">outsider Chicago artists</a> like Joseph Yoakum and Lee Godie, and having grown up without much art at all, helped. Becoming a self-taught artist, and showing more affinity early on for the ancient art in the Field Museum than the celebrated art movements splashed across the Art Institute, that helped, too. As Saltz would write many years later, he loved that the Field was full of art removed from the burdens and judgments of the art world.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/architecture-innovator-2022-jeanne-gang-studio-american-museum-natural-history-11666730917?st=gr6qkwgzdcv0ojh&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">The Architect Behind New York’s Most Exciting New Building</a>This past spring, architect Jeanne Gang stood on the western edge of the natural history museum’s campus and watched as concrete spewed into the air through mechanized nozzles, clotting like wet snow around skeletons of wire and steel rebar to form the substance of her firm Studio Gang’s latest building. More like a landscape carved by wind and water than any kind of human creation, the six-story structure at West 79th Street and Columbus Avenue flows out of an opening between a clutch of existing buildings and announces itself to the world through a 65-foot-tall portal of glass, beckoning to be explored.Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/andy-warhol-sothebys-car-crash-painting-sale-1234644632/">Monumental Warhol ‘Car Crash’ Painting to Sell at Sotheby’s for More Than $80&nbsp;M.</a>An Andy Warhol painting from his famed “Death and Disasters” series will be auctioned during Sotheby’s marquee New York sales, where it could become one of the most expensive works by the artist ever publicly sold.Estimated to fetch a price in excess of $80 million, White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times), from 1963, will be sold on November 16 during a contemporary art evening sale. It is headed to auction without a financial guarantee, which means that there is still the possibility that it may not find a buyer.Via ARTnews&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 10/31/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419126/gcnocuaglsbq9dygbv1v.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/touch-of-gold">Touch of Gold</a>Opening: Thursday, October 27, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmPistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419127/ozz3cptplijob442fpoe.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/adriana-miranda-perspectives-figuration-abstraction-in-contemporary-black-art">Adriana Miranda: DOMESHTICK</a>Opening: Friday, October 28, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419128/gllsrnqvuoeupow0cyts.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jesus-monsivais">Jesus Monsivais</a>Opening: Friday, October 28, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419129/wyvkzkkyypwkfprqsspn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mary-lou-zelazny-whistling-in-the-dark-new-paintings">Mary Lou Zelazny: Whistling In The Dark, new paintings</a>Opening: Friday, October 28, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmCarl Hammer Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419130/hvsgigbfn10la1yv0yc5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/edra-soto-la-distancia">Edra Soto: La Distancia</a>Opening: Saturday, October 29, 5:30 – 7:30&nbsp;pmENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions October 27 - 29

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419118/s59tvlsyrkl0kt8czncd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/william-blake-distant-drum-reception-and-gallery-talk">William Blake: Distant Drum | Reception and Gallery Talk</a>Reception: Thursday, October 20, 7 – 9&nbsp;pmWadsworth Family Gallery at Lewis University&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419119/rohmpsjsmqujcyh4ekqu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/parallels-and-symmetries-reception">Parallels and Symmetries: Reception</a>Opening: Friday, October 21, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419120/icl8yctzzrco09lggx1n.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cornelia-arts-building-october-open-studios-event">Cornelia Arts Building October Open Studios Event</a>October 21 &amp; 22Cornelia Arts Building&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419121/c9nkw2maus8yrzjydcqr.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/liminal-space">Liminal Space</a>Opening: Friday, October 21, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419122/bb6grsh3fxrhpuv3upk3.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mary-jones-whereabouts">Mary Jones: Whereabouts</a>Opening: Friday, October 21, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419123/bnrlo5grt79pmyobg7dq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/closing-reception-opulent-compositions">Closing Reception: Opulent Compositions</a>Opening: Saturday, October 22, 3 – 5&nbsp;pmPistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419124/kg6ao26iuwyshqwg3ag6.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-the-house-part-2">In the House (Part 2)</a>Opening: Saturday, October 22, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmStola Contemporary Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419125/g37b0q4chmjbpe7vwtjw.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sean-bishop-acrylic-ink-paintings">Sean Bishop: Acrylic &amp; Ink Paintings</a>Opening: Saturday, October 22, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419125/avd001anah2z4ce1uc9l.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/brujas-brew">Brujas Brew</a>Opening: Friday, October 21, 3 – 10&nbsp;pmGrace Jane&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions October 20 - 22

Hyde Park Art Center expands its Publications Program with integration of Green Lantern Press&nbsp;CHICAGO (October 17, 2022) Hyde Park Art Center is thrilled to announce that Green Lantern Press (GLP)–an artist-run publishing house dedicated to the support, production, and dissemination of contemporary art, poetry, and philosophy–will become the Art Center’s in-house publisher. The merger integrates GLP into the Art Center’s existing Publications Program, which crystallizes the Art Center’s role as a critical presenting institution for emerging and mid-career artists in Chicago through exhibition catalogs and documentation, while building on GLP’S legacy of fostering dynamic dialogues between artists and writers.Moving forward, all of the Art Center’s exhibition catalogs and publications will be published by GLP and disseminated through GLP’s national distribution network. Additional projects supporting emerging art writers and experimental projects will be curated by the Art Center and produced by GLP for local and national distribution. Past GLP publications will continue to be circulated by Hyde Park Art Center. GLP’s and a selection of the Art Center’s publications will be available for browsing and purchase on <a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/publications/">www.hydeparkart.org/publications</a>.&nbsp;Thumbnail: Photo credits: Green Lantern Press past publications. Photo by Tran Tran. The Mandorla Letters. Courtesy of Nicole Mitchell Gantt.&nbsp;One of a Kind Show Tickets On SaleNow in its 21st year in Chicago, the One of a Kind Holiday Show brings together 500 talented artists, makers and designers with thousands of happy shoppers who love art and original work. The show continues to be the best place in Chicago to find truly unique and meaningful gifts for the holidays.<a href="https://oneofakindshowchicago.com/holiday/attend/tickets">Tickets</a> available.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/people/ct-amanda-williams-emerald-south-tulip-redlining-project-tt-1017-20221017-tl4zfzxvb5ctzj2papxf3hot7a-story.html">MacArthur grant recipient Amanda Williams’ latest public work looks at the history of redlining through 100,000 red tulips.</a>By spring, the intersection of 53rd Street and Prairie Avenue will be awash in a sea of red tulips — 6 acres of them to be exact, planted Oct. 15 by artist Amanda Williams, 2022 MacArthur grant recipient, South Side residents, and the<a href="https://emeraldsouth.org/"> </a>Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative.The neighborhood beautification is part of Williams “Redefining Redlining” project that calls attention to the effects of redlining, the practice of systematizing discrimination based on where someone lives.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

CGN Art World Recap: 10/17/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419118/vpx2fipswww8k5gmrdhj.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/waterways-closing-reception">Waterways | Closing Reception</a>Reception: Friday, October 14, 4 – 9&nbsp;pmGrace Jane&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419119/dbx7tm519h9ykikzvenq.png"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/face-in-the-crowd">Face in the Crowd</a>Opening: Friday, October 14, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCircle Contemporary (Arts of Life)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419120/hia8qradyowyrauwsmin.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mitch-clark-riff-driven">Mitch Clark: Riff Driven</a>Opening: Friday, October 14, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419121/webbj1vgdmd3togoh4rq.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/keelan-mcmorrow-endless-struggle">Keelan McMorrow: Endless Struggle</a>Opening: Friday, October 14, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmElephant Room Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419121/xl9kszd3e9tecu9uw5ok.png"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/can-you-see-me">Can you see me?</a>Opening: Friday, October 14, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmWeinberg/Newton Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;Top image courtesy of Grace Jane Projects&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions October 14

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419118/bhktxgqxt3eoingf7sxy.png"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mikey-mosher-phantasmagoria">Mikey Mosher: Phantasmagoria</a>Opening: Friday, October 7, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419119/xwhd2itwlkxatgtyi4k4.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-rockford-midwestern-biennial-ba5f49f9-08d1-4a0f-97b2-3007aa873c56">The Rockford Midwestern Biennial</a>Exhibition Begins October 7Rockford Art Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419120/lwga8iivpyd5gt4cevor.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/passage-new-works-by-griffin-plumer">PASSAGE: New Works by Griffin Plumer</a>Opening: Friday, October 7, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmPovos Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419121/puo8geqs7eb6wy3h2noz.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/first-friday-artist-reception">First Friday&nbsp; - Artist Reception and Arturo Reyes October Exhibition</a>Opening: Friday, October 7, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmTriple R Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419121/hwkmhcq0huubkizq0wvl.png"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dianne-l-kittle-the-marvelous-transformation-of-the-ordinary">Dianne L. Kittle | The Marvelous: Transformation of the Ordinary</a>Opening: Saturday, October 8, 4 – 6&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419122/i9o1ldypa4zlzco13aah.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/owen-mchugh-and-abstraction-in-the-permanent-collection">Owen McHugh and Abstraction in the Permanent Collection</a>Opening: Saturday, October 8, noon – 4&nbsp;pmUkrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions October 7 & 8

<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-secret-very-expensive-world-of-hollywoods-star-art-collectors">Inside the Secret, Very Expensive World of Hollywood’s Star Art Collectors</a>In the 30-odd years Barbara Guggenheim has worked as Tom Cruise’s art adviser, a theme has been established: “He collects works that are very intense, that have a lot of movement and that are very positive, and I think that that’s who he is,” Guggenheim told The Daily Beast.No kidding—over a career spanning decades, Cruise has solidified his reputation as one of the hardest-working, hardest-driving actors in the blockbuster business; a relentless force of nature who propelled Top Gun: Maverick, the juggernaut sequel to the ’80s classic, to box office Valhalla this year and who also once jumped for joy on Oprah’s couch.Very little is known about Cruise’s art trove. Guggenheim, invoking her role as a fiduciary, declined to answer specific questions about the size and contents of the actor’s collection. Undeniably, though, for celebrities of Cruise’s caliber, even the reported existence of a robust yet mysterious art collection can communicate creative dexterity in a way few other material things can.Via The Daily Beast&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/26/the-case-of-the-disputed-lucian-freud">The Case of the Disputed Lucian Freud</a>“After I bought the painting, I went home and put it in the rest of my collection and I forgot about it,” Omar told me in French when we met, earlier this year, at an expensive hotel on the lakefront in Geneva. He wore a Harrods baseball cap and was carrying a plastic bag. For years, Freud’s searching, candid portraits went against the overwhelming appetite of the contemporary art market, which was for abstraction. Although he was a famous painter in England, in part because of his surname (Sigmund, his grandfather, went to London as a refugee in 1938), Freud was a respected rather than a fashionable artist in Europe. In 2002, Omar watched a program about his career on Swiss television, which prompted him to learn more about the painting. So he put it on eBay.Via The New Yorker&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-derrick-adams-is-known-for-depicting-black-people-at-leisure-now-he-wants-to-create-a-residency-dedicated-solely-to-rest-2185467">Artist Derrick Adams Is Known for Depicting Black People at Leisure. Now, He Wants to Create a Residency Dedicated Solely to Rest</a>Art is transformative. Just ask the Baltimore-born, Brooklyn-based artist Derrick Adams. His work has the power to captivate us and shift our perspective, offering the opportunity to dream anew.A participant of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency in 2019 and the recipient of the prestigious Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship in 2018, Adams is best known as a painter, printmaker, and multimedia artist. Perhaps less well documented is his robust community-based practice beyond the studio.&nbsp;Via ArtnetImage: Portrait of Derrick Adams by Christopher Garcia Valle.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/10/03/biden-re-establishes-presidents-committee-arts-and-humanities-trump-resignations">Biden re-establishes presidential arts committee whose members resigned en masse over Trump’s response to Charlottesville riots</a>A presidential committee on culture that was disbanded five years ago after all its members <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/08/18/presidents-committee-on-the-arts-and-the-humanities-members-resign-en-masse-in-protest">resigned</a> in protest of then-President Donald Trump’s response to a deadly rally of far-right extremists in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been re-established by President Joseph Biden. In an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/09/30/a-proclamation-on-national-arts-and-humanities-month-2022/">executive order</a> on 30 September that, among other things, proclaimed October to be National Arts and Humanities Month in the United States, Biden re-established the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 10/4/22

<a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/news/features/announcing_the_cab_5_artistic_team">Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces Floating Museum to Lead Artistic Team for CAB 5</a>The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is excited to announce&nbsp;that the Chicago-based collective Floating Museum will take the helm as the artistic team of CAB 5, the fifth edition of North America’s leading architecture and design exhibition, opening September of 2023. Co-directed by Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Faheem Majeed, Andrew Schachman, and avery r. young, Floating Museum is a collective of artists, designers, poets, and educators focused on building connections between art, community, architecture, and public institutions. Under Floating Museum’s artistic direction, the Biennial will continue to push its exhibition and program model to prioritize presenting innovative ideas that imagine and shape the future of architecture and design.Key image: Floating Museum on the Chicago Riverwalk&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/downtown-nascar-race-worries-chicago-museums?utm_source=breaking-news&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20220915&amp;utm_content=article1-image">Don't shake the art, please: NASCAR race worrying Chicago's museums</a>Concern is rising fast among Chicago’s big downtown museums about the impact of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s planned NASCAR race next Fourth of July weekend&nbsp;on their operations and safety.The city’s Sports Commission says in a statement that any concerns will be resolved in upcoming meetings. But it’s been weeks since the cultural institutions first met with the city and Chicago Park District to air the issue, and they’re still awaiting promised details about which streets will be closed for how long and whether there will be any risk to priceless but fragile objects in the Art Institute from vibrations and loud noises from racing stock cars.Via Crain's Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/calatrava-returns?utm_source=OnMilwaukee.com+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=78c097bbbc-EMAIL_DAILY_DIGEST&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_ecd5e3eef5-78c097bbbc-200932933">Calatrava returns to celebrate 20th birthday of his Milwaukee masterpiece</a>We call the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Quadracci Pavilion “The Calatrava” so much that it’s perhaps easy to forget that Santiago Calatrava is a living, breathing person.Twenty-one years after the opening the striking pavilion – the Spanish architect’s first building in the United States – Calatrava returned to Milwaukee on Wednesday for a 20th anniversary moment delayed by the pandemic.Via OnMilwaukee&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/frank-lloyd-wright-house-near-racine-sale">Frank Lloyd Wright house near Racine for sale for first time ever - Owner was also owner of Perimeter Gallery</a>A house that Frank Lloyd Wright designed in 1954 for a member of the family that owned Johnson Wax is for sale for the first time since it was built.The low-slung six-bedroom house, part of which is cantilevered over a bluff beside the Root River in Mt. Pleasant, Wis., came on the market Saturday at $725,000. By Sept. 13, the listing agent, Anthony Veranth of Re/Max Newport Elite, already had about a dozen showings scheduled.Via Crain's Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

CGN Art World Recap: 9/20/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419113/cjlmn67f6fcmkbftoznz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mary-rousseaux">Connie Noyes &amp; Mary Rousseaux</a>Opening: Thursday, September 15, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmgallery 1871 (Chicago Art Source Gallery)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419113/be91v59al0239gjmtmee.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-works-by-michael-hedges">New works by Michael Hedges</a>Opening: Thursday, September 15, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmMcCormick Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419114/jvaa1uxgl5lfwvqbs9ic.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/parallels-and-symmetries">Parallels and Symmetries</a>Opening: Friday, September 16, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419115/muoswhrvv9wwxvyvqpdz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-magnetic-north-east-paintings-drew-harris-solo-exhibition">The Magnetic North Paintings. Drew Harris Solo Exhibition</a>Opening: Friday, September 16, 7 – 10&nbsp;pm33 Contemporary Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419116/sjwqdiiu65j02mteq1mp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sam-stewart">Sam Stewart, Daisy Chain</a>Opening: Friday, September 16, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVolume Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419117/htipiddp9uyxjqcpuoc8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/landscape-of-entanglement-azadeh-hussaini">Landscape of Entanglement: Azadeh Hussaini</a>Opening: Friday, September 16, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions September 15 - 18 (Part 1)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419113/wmlyjwaji8w2vcizgxvq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jessica-labatte">Jessica Labatte: Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm</a>Opening: Friday, September 16, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419114/pibjmgspufo4wal9v8rd.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/zachary-a-design-end-of-summer-party-and-new-product-preview">Zachary A. Design end of summer party and new product preview</a>Opening: Friday, September 16, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmZachary A. Design&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419114/psyycxfvgs5dzuink1jn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/boris-osterov">Boris Osterov: Welcome To the Party</a>Opening: Saturday, September 17, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419115/su4p1wlmxknwsrqhuacg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/raeleen-kao-270cdfb7-31de-4774-a98d-4ab39621931e">Raeleen Kao: Vital Signs</a>Opening: Saturday, September 17, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419116/aoafjqpszdojmhwmnsvm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gordon-hall">Gordon Hall: Turn Back</a>Opening: Friday, Sep 16, 2022 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419117/eklwa4hg4m5duu3xowca.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/peter-lenzo-sculptures">Peter Lenzo: Sculptures</a>Opening: Sunday, Sep 18, 2022 2 – 3&nbsp;pmTerra Incognito Studios&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions September 15 - 18 (Part 2)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419107/jgmj7mo2hmiqxo9llzdn.jpg"><figcaption>Chris Levine,&nbsp;Lightness of Being (2004). Photo courtesy of Sotheby's London. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/three-things-about-chris-levines-famous-portrait-of-queen-elizabeth-ii-2119652?utm_content=from_artnetnewsbar&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Sunday%209%2F11%20AM&amp;utm_term=Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BALL%5D%20%5BMORNING%5D">Think You Know the Queen? These 3 Facts About Her Most Famous Portrait Will Make You Think Again</a>In terms of art history, Queen Elizabeth II is undoubtedly one of the most captured visages of our time. She has sat for more than 200 official portraits and been snapped in photographs by countless photographers. While images of the royal family are smattered across contemporary media, royal portraiture is, itself, an ancient art: Monarchs since the days of ancient Egypt have sent their likenesses to the farthest corners of their empires, and to foreign dignitaries as well, in highly choreographed propaganda campaigns. In England, courtiers often commissioned commemorative paintings to underscore their devotion to the ruler, particularly in the first Elizabethan era.&nbsp;Via Artnet, June 2022&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/queen-elizabeth-ii-paintings-photographs-portraits-11662760389">How Queen Elizabeth II Used Art to Shape Her Image</a>Queen Elizabeth II was one of the most visually scrutinized and recorded people in history, and she shrewdly used that to manage her image over her 70-year reign—even though a handful of artists sought to subvert it.&nbsp;When Britain’s longest-serving monarch died Thursday, she left behind a museum’s worth of photographs and painted portraits. London’s National Portrait Gallery catalogs at least 1,000 images of the queen in its collection, nearly all reflecting the way she wanted to be seen as a modern-day royal.Via Wall Street Journal&nbsp;<a href="https://hyperallergic.com/759540/bird-photographers-of-the-year-2022/">Bird Photographer of the Year Winners Capture Feathered Wonders</a>Despite much Internet speculation to the contrary, birds exist. If you can’t find proof of this by looking out your window, the results are in for the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year awards, and these bird images should set the controversy to rest. From purple-crested Turacos that appear to be kissing or maybe fighting (or both?) to peacefully sleeping penguins and curious owlets, this year’s honorees have captured moments in avian life that also speak to us, their human admirers.Via Hyperallergic&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading 9/13/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419107/lwv35c1oodzinuv4fpvc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/citing-black-geographies">Citing Black Geographies</a>Opening: Friday, September 9, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmGRAY West Town&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419108/epvtbmthxr4y1q2gvj9x.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/richard-anuskiewicz-the-final-works">Richard Anuszkiewicz: Interconnections - The Final Paintings - 1986-2020</a>Opening: Friday, September 9, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmRosenthal Fine Art, Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419109/fzgq5rmmnoxpo6h5fadj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/doug-delind-genesis">Doug DeLind: Genesis</a>Opening: Friday, September 9, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVale Craft Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419109/whkyic3rknmvxapz0o1o.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/small-neon">Small Neon</a>Opening: Friday, September 9, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmKen Saunders Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419110/fsfuwfkcjdzsajgwviby.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/neil-goodman-through-a-different-lens-new-sculptures">Neil Goodman: Through a Different Lens, new sculptures</a>Opening: Friday, September 9, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCarl Hammer Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419111/mk070snq4mkojev3yfuw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/zack-wirsum-going-hard-in-the-paint-water-based">Zack Wirsum: Going Hard in the Paint (Water Based)</a>Opening: Friday, September 9, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmJean Albano Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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