<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/4/5/23011633/chicago-designers-theaster-gates-prada-dorchester-design-lab-program-artists-of-color">Theaster Gates, Prada create incubator to support designers of color</a>The Design Lab, a collaboration between Theaster Gates’ Rebuild Foundation and Prada Group, aims to uplift and invest in designers of colors in fashion, architecture and the industrial arts.“We spent a lot of time watching how many of the fashion houses in the design world and the museum institutions have been acknowledging and celebrating the contributions of Black artists and designers and people of color, but it felt like much of that has been marketing strategy,” said Gates, co-chair of Prada Group’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/expo-art-fair-returns-to-navy-pier-after-two-years/fcca5fc6-6abc-4671-8d1e-1d699105cb9f">Meet the curator on a search for Chicago’s next art star</a>When Jamillah James was tapped for the high-profile job of helping relaunch the Institution of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in 2016, she arrived with a mission: to create space for emerging artists, especially Black and brown ones.Among the first places she searched was Chicago, where she had previously played the drums in an experimental band, dabbled in arts programming, and studied art history and theory at Columbia College.Via WBEZ&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/expo-chicago-2022-2093135?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%20News%20Morning%204%2F8%2F22&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BMORNING%5D">Expo Chicago Lights Up for the First Time in Years, Drawing Dealers From Near and Quite Far</a>It’s been a lifetime since Expo Chicago—or at least it feels that way—which makes it just amazing to see the city’s bold&nbsp;Navy Pier filled out with&nbsp;collectors, gallerists, curators, and the like for fair’s 2022 edition.“It’s a good excuse to bring people to town to show how strong our galleries, museums, and universities are,” Aron Gent, director of local gallery Document, said at the fair’s Thursday vernissage.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;Key image: Theaster Gates. Photo credit: John R. Boehm&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 4/8/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/shz9f2ejymrtrslt3aua.jpg"><figcaption>HPAC's Kate Lorenz</figcaption></figure>Hyde Park Art Center Director Kate Lorenz Stepping Down After 12 YearsIn an email sent Wednesday, Kate Lorenz shared, "I’m writing to share the news that after more than 12 years as Executive Director at Hyde Park Art Center, I've decided the time is right to step down from my role and pass the baton to new leadership. I couldn't be more proud of what our Hyde Park Art Center village has accomplished over the last dozen years, and I couldn't be more excited for what's ahead for all of you–our community of artists, students, neighbors, colleagues, partners, visitors, and creative leaders in our city.I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to our wise and dedicated board of directors, our resilient and talented staff, all of our supporters, and for each of you who have been a part of our work in ways near and far. It’s been an honor and privilege to be a part of this incomparable community as its Executive Director. &nbsp;I’ll be continuing to support the board and staff in ensuring a smooth transition until my last day on May 13th. To that end, the board will have more to share about the search for a new leader and interim plans in the coming weeks."&nbsp;<a href="https://www.maineantiquedigest.com/.../lincoln-by.../8740">Lincoln by Saint-Gaudens Brings $1.15 Million</a>"Abraham Lincoln: The Man (Standing Lincoln)" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) sold for $1,152,500 against the $700,000/900,000 estimate at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/skinnerauctions/?__cft__[0]=AZXC320cZaQX-k5aoio7EGUCQxzSToREN7FbMSZFoY1uKXiRU80ILZ1SI5rswWL3qMYcb4KpY8dLPRpj1cDZtOTDwJwMLr0vdjDPRwUpwk2c6ASJdaKMrMXz7oth9r97y9OGu8efFZVJwO6VeuV1Zvc5s8GpgJcCopF3_jk735-rksCMgydnaQS9g_GjKs0rn68&amp;__tn__=kK-R">Skinner Auctions</a>The casting, a 40" high bronze, one of approximately 17, was signed and inscribed “Copyright 1912 by A. H. Saint-Gaudens” to make it clear that it was a posthumous reduction by the artist’s widow, Augusta Fisher Homer Saint-Gaudens, herself an artist. She oversaw the castings, making certain they were exact renderings of her husband’s original, beginning in 1912 and ending before 1926.The bronze came from a Massachusetts educational institution and is headed to the Lunder Institute for American Art at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ColbyMuseum/?__cft__[0]=AZXC320cZaQX-k5aoio7EGUCQxzSToREN7FbMSZFoY1uKXiRU80ILZ1SI5rswWL3qMYcb4KpY8dLPRpj1cDZtOTDwJwMLr0vdjDPRwUpwk2c6ASJdaKMrMXz7oth9r97y9OGu8efFZVJwO6VeuV1Zvc5s8GpgJcCopF3_jk735-rksCMgydnaQS9g_GjKs0rn68&amp;__tn__=kK-R">Colby College Museum of Art</a>Saint-Gaudens’s original, a 12' tall Lincoln he began in 1885, is in Lincoln Park, Chicago.Via Maine Antiques Digest&nbsp;<a href="https://artonthemart.com/programming/">UNTITLED,&nbsp;Nick Cave, Comes to Art on theMART in May. Special Preview during EXPO</a>Acclaimed American artist Nick Cave’s video work, made specifically for Art on theMART, is a remix of Cave’s original film Drive-By (2011) with new footage. Bridging dance, performance, film and public art, Cave’s new projection features his iconic Soundsuits in motion. Brightly colored figures will dance across theMART’s iconic riverside façade, transporting the viewer to a kaleidoscopic other world on the river’s edge. Amidst the flurry of movement, a figure adorned with a stop-sign emerges, reminding viewers of the underlying sense of urgency despite the jubilant expression of freedom.Untitled will run on Art on theMART May 5 – September 7, 2022Cave’s projection will coincide with his first career-spanning retrospective, Forothermore, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, on view nightly from May 14 through October 22, 2022.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/thompson-center-sold-prime-group?utm_source=breaking-news&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20220331&amp;utm_content=article1-headline">Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center Sold for $70 million</a>The state of Illinois and Prime Group have signed a contract to sell—and preserve—the historic James R. Thompson Center at Clark and LaSalle for $70 million.Via Crain's&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 3/31/22

<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/supreme-court-warhol-foundation-lynn-goldsmith-prince-lawsuit-1234623054/">The Supreme Court Will Hear Lawsuit Over Whether Warhol Committed Copyright&nbsp;Infringement</a>The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would review a closely watched copyright infringement lawsuit that pits the Andy Warhol Foundation against the photographer Lynn Goldsmith. The Court’s decision could have major implications for “fair use” of copyrighted materials in art.Few cases related to contemporary art have ever been heard by the Supreme Court.In 1984, Warhol used a 1981 photograph that Goldsmith had taken of the pop star Prince as the basis for a series of paintings. Goldsmith’s picture of Prince was shot on assignment for Newsweek. On commission for Vanity Fair, Warhol used the photograph as a reference, allegedly without Goldsmith’s knowledge of the project. She claimed decades later that Warhol had committed copyright infringement by using it.Via ARTnews&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/03/29/artist-in-residence-will-make-legler-regional-library-a-hub-for-community-art-programs/?fbclid=IwAR1AdUOdS6gLwD1U8zEnO1_a_qu2PnyuqH_jABvKNf52kFNXPIErFLPTbr8">Artist-in-Residence Will Make Legler Regional Library A Hub For Community Art Programs</a>A slew of public art projects and cultural programs will soon come to the West Side courtesy of Legler Regional Library’s inaugural artist-in-residence, Alexandra Antoine.Antoine is the first artist-in-residence for Chicago Public Libraries. The residency will last two years and will use art to foster ways for neighbors to connect with the resources at the library.Via Block Club Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/03/29/jeff-koons-to-send-his-sculptures-to-the-moon-pace-verso-glimcher-space-lunar-art?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=67808c2182-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_28_01_02&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c459f924d0-67808c2182-61117077">One giant leap for Jeff Koons: artist to send his sculptures to the moon</a>Liftoff! Jeff Koons has announced that he will send a group of new sculptures to the moon later this year. Works by the world's most expensive living artist are set to reach the earth's only natural satellite in July and will remain there in perpetuity.They are being sent on board a lunar lander known as Nova C, developed by the private American company Intuitive Machines. The spacecraft, which will be launched at the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, will touch down on Oceanus Procellarum, a region of the near side of the moon (the hemisphere facing the Earth). It takes an average spacecraft around three days to travel the 240,000 miles between the Earth and the moon.Via The Art NewspaperImage: © Jeff Koons&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/gagosian-crypto-currency-2091384">After Long Negging NFTs, Larry Gagosian Will Now Accept Cyber Money for Art</a>Numerous blue-chip dealers raced to plant a flag in the booming cryptocurrency world over the past year. Larry Gagosian wasn’t one of them.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/29/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/cv1htxkgegoaztcztdrs.jpg"><figcaption>Zohra Opoku,&nbsp;To me belongs yesterday...,&nbsp;2020. Screenprint on linen, thread. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>EXPO Art week is going to be very busy, as we recently shared in yesterday's post about featured programming taking place throughout the city.&nbsp;A free, public, and gallery-specific happening is the return of<a href="https://www.expochicago.com/art-after-hours"> Art After Hours</a>, when dozens of area galleries open on Friday, April 8. Fair Attendees and anyone eager to visit as many galleries as you can handle in a single night are invited to go into the spaces where art happens all year round.&nbsp;Take advantage of the buzz and soak up the art. And maybe make your post gallery-hop dinner reservations now, if you haven't already.&nbsp;CGN will be updating our <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=openings">openings calendar</a> daily and it may include additional galleries not on the list below, so please bookmark it and check back often for the latest list of openings and events on April 8.&nbsp;– GV&nbsp;&nbsp;EXPO <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/art-after-hours">Art After Hours</a> Participants:&nbsp;*Galleries participating in EXPO CHICAGO.<h3>PARTICIPANTS:</h3><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/addington-gallery">Addington Gallery&nbsp;</a> Group Show<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/expo-chicago-art-after-hours">Jean Albano Gallery*</a> Group Show<a href="https://www.galleryvictor.com/artists#/mary-borgman">Gallery Victor Armendariz</a> Mary Borgman: New Work<a href="http://corbettvsdempsey.com/">Corbett vs. Dempsey*</a>&nbsp; Rebecca Morris&nbsp;<a href="http://www.davidsalkin.com/">David Salkin Creative</a> Dominic Palarchio:&nbsp;You had done nothing wrong<a href="http://documentspace.com/">DOCUMENT*</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; Stan VanDerBeek&nbsp;<a href="http://www.elephantroomgallery.com/">Elephant Room Gallery</a> Dear Mama<a href="https://www.filterphoto.org/">Filter Photo</a> Context 2022<a href="http://goldfinch-gallery.com/">Goldfinch</a> Azadeh Gholizadeh: Dawn to Dusk Elissa Osterland: Come Back As A Flower&nbsp;<a href="https://icebergchicago.com/">Iceberg Projects</a> Austin Osman Spare: Psychopathia Sexualis<a href="https://jargonprojects.com/floor">Jargon Projects</a> Nick Perr: Floor Paintings, Chair Paintings<a href="http://kavigupta.com/">Kavi Gupta*</a> Devan Shimoyama, Elizabeth St., Floor 1 Alisa Sikelianos-Carter, Elizabeth St., Floor 2&nbsp; Beverly Fishman, Washington Blvd., Floor 1&nbsp; Arghavan Khosravi, Washington Blvd., Floor 2<a href="https://kensaundersgallery.com/">Ken Saunders Gallery</a> Rick Beck: Monoliths<a href="http://mleblancchicago.com/">M. LeBlanc*</a> Arnold J. Kemp: Talking to the Sun&nbsp;<a href="http://www.manacontemporary.com/">Mana Contemporary</a>&nbsp; Michael Heizer: HOLLYWOOD 24<a href="http://marianeibrahim.com/">Mariane Ibrahim Gallery*</a> The Myths of Eternal Life, Part One<a href="http://www.moniquemeloche.com/">moniquemeloche*</a> Jake Troyli: Slow Clap<a href="http://lvl3official.com/">LVL3</a> Linen, Silk, and Pearls…:Emily Endo, Kay Hofmann, Justin Nalley, Ginevra Shay, Crys Tin<a href="http://parislondonhongkong.com/">Paris London Hong Kong</a> Cowboy X Lightbound X Cowboy<a href="http://www.produce-model.com/">Produce Model Gallery</a> deborah handler: Larger work, (“tea for two” Monk’s version)<a href="http://andrewrafacz.com/">ANDREW RAFACZ*</a> KRYSTLE LEMONIAS: Yu cyaan ketch Quaku, yu ketch im shut&nbsp; MELISSA LEANDRO: Paradiso<a href="http://www.ruschman.blue/">RUSCHMAN</a> Melanie Flood: Notions<a href="http://www.rosenthalfineart.com">Rosenthal Fine Art</a>Group Show: Selected Works<a href="http://wvvolumes.com/">Volume Gallery*</a> Françoise Grossen<a href="http://westernexhibitions.com/">Western Exhibitions&nbsp;</a>&nbsp; Lilli Carré Figures, Grounds<a href="http://womanmade.org/">Woman Made Gallery</a>&nbsp; The Deeply Rooted<a href="http://www.zggallery.com/gallery_information.htm">Zg Gallery</a> Zg Gallery Spring 2022 Amy Casey, Julie Farsted, Benjamin Cook, Jackie Tileston &amp; Kirsten Valentine&nbsp;</body></html>

Art After Hours During EXPO CHICAGO Features City-Wide Gallery Openings

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/ykvhhgioq3d2d35jlylv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/heather-mcadams-are-we-having-fun-yet">Heather McAdams: Are We Having Fun Yet</a>Opening: Friday, March 25, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/dmzgq426c8ftpibsfveg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/susanne-doremus">Susanne Doremus</a>Opening: Friday, March 25, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419038/rkmx0ytf2p9covgqcebg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/firelei-baez">Firelei Baez</a>Exhibition Begins March 26Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/bwd1spcl878s0qupjqdy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mary-king-curious-home-and-soap-is-a-noun">Mary King: Curious Home and Soap is a Noun</a>Opening: Saturday, March 26, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/kgcfjikfoqb4htbvzde1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/juan-fernandez-line-shape-form-repeat">Juan Fernandez: Line, Shape, Form, Repeat</a>Opening: Saturday, March 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419040/pr6tky5hcsiiaie5le7a.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/group-show-2e837d3a-45a3-430e-8172-5f389d019b65">Group Show</a>Opening: Saturday, March 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 25 - 26

<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/warhols-marilyn-monroe-portrait-goes-on-the-block-for-200-million-11647873442">Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe Portrait Goes on the Block for $200 Million</a>An iconic Andy Warhol silk-screen portrait of Hollywood starlet Marilyn Monroe is headed to Christie’s in New York later this spring for $200 million—a record asking price for any artwork at auction.The 3-foot square silk-screen from 1964 depicts a promotional photo from the actress’s film “Niagara.” The artist transformed the actress into a pop-art icon by giving her a bubblegum-pink face, ruby lips and blue eye shadow set against a sage-blue background. The work is part of a signature series of “Shot Marilyn” portraits made famous after a gun-toting visitor allegedly fired a shot into a stack of canvases in the artist’s studio in 1964.&nbsp;Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://reelchicago.com/article/calling-all-artists-cta-seeks-artists-to-create-new-original-public-artwork/">Calling all artists: CTA seeks artists to create new, original public artwork</a>Chicago looking for professional artists to create new, original public artwork for&nbsp;six&nbsp; locations as part of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.transitchicago.com/rpm/">RPM</a>&nbsp;Phase One project:<ul><li>Lawrence main stationhouse, 1120 W Lawrence</li><li>Argyle main stationhouse, 1118 W Argyle</li><li>Berwyn main stationhouse, 1119 W Berwyn</li><li>Bryn Mawr main stationhouse, 1116 W Bryn Mawr</li><li>Bryn Mawr Hollywood entrance, 1119 W Hollywood</li><li>Lawrence to Bryn Mawr viaduct walls</li></ul>Via Reel Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jr-ukraine-photo-time-magazine-2087543">French Artist JR Enlisted 100 Local Volunteers to Unfurl a Massive Photograph of a Five-Year-Old Refugee in Ukraine</a>The French artist <a href="http://www.artnet.com/artists/jr/">JR</a>&nbsp;traveled to Ukraine last week and enlisted local residents in a monumental public art action featuring a portrait of a five-year-old refugee named Valeriia.“This little girl is the future and, in this war, she reminds us what Ukrainians are fighting for,” JR wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CbNL3MYNjh0/">Instagram</a>&nbsp;as he unveiled the image, which is one of two covers for the upcoming issue of TIME magazine.Via Artnet&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/22/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/lurm7qvcqska08lrfudz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.architecture.org">Chicago Architecture Center Announces Departure of President/CEO Lynn Osmond For Choose Chicago</a>The Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) announced the departure of President &amp; CEO Lynn Osmond after 25 years of service, during which she transformed the organization into a global leader promoting Chicago’s unique role as an architectural innovator and a singular destination for design savvy visitors from around the world. On April 29, Osmond departs the CAC to take the helm as President of Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism agency.“It was a tough decision but I’m excited about this new chapter as I prepare to lead Choose Chicago. I am proud of my 25 years at the Chicago Architecture Center, everything we accomplished and all the work we did to promote our great city and our unmatched architecture. This puts me in a strong position to continue to show the world why Chicago is consistently a top destination for local, national and international visitors,” said Osmond.The CAC experienced tremendous growth under Osmond’s leadership as she built it into the largest organization of its kind in the world and cemented Chicago’s stature as the “City of Architecture”. Osmond was selected to lead the CAC (then Chicago Architecture Foundation) in 1996, when it was a $2.4-million-dollar organization with an audience of 150,000, and by 2019 created a $25 million organization with an audience of 700,000 patrons annually and one of the top cultural attractions in the city.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/jk2ykg6agqgknwjkp3wi.jpg"></figure>City of Chicago Announces Alexandra Antoine as CPL's First Artist-in-ResidenceMayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced, along with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Chicago Public Library (CPL), Alexandra Antoine as Legler Regional Library's new Artist-in-Residence — CPL’s first artist-in-residence, based in the recently renovated community anchor serving the entire West Side of Chicago."I am thrilled to join DCASE and CPL in announcing Alexandra Antoine as Legler Regional Library's new artist-in-residence," said Mayor Lightfoot. "The incredible work she will create and lead over the next two years will deeply enhance Legler’s impact on the West Side. Her contributions will also complement the City’s ongoing work to restore the social and economic vibrancy of West Garfield Park.”Alexandra’s work acknowledges the influences of her Haitian culture and interest in portraiture, food, farming, and physical labor in traditional artistic practices of the African diaspora. During a two-year residency, she will develop public art projects and art programs to promote greater connectivity between the Library, its services, and the needs of the local community.“I’m excited to begin my residency at Legler Regional Library and I’m looking forward to connecting with the Garfield Park community and beyond — and collaborating on wonderful art projects,” said Alexandra Antoine.Legler is also home to new artworks created by Chris Pappan — a Chicago-based artist of Kaw, Osage, and Cheyenne River Sioux heritage — and a renowned public art collection that includes a recently-conserved sculpture by Elizabeth Catlett (“Floating Family”) and the monumental painting by Kerry James Marshall (“Knowledge and Wonder”). Chicago Public Library has 81 locations, all of which offer public art and public programming and are now open seven days a week. Expanding Sunday hours ensures library services are more equitable and accessible for all Chicagoans. For details, visit <a href="http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=jd8-2BsLkKeKzJJH-2F5YciLh-2FkVbg3Gpo8uGFiWq12RSULQ9bcGpho3n42Xp0MmV21QGzV1opUiKOTvnau9eQU92g-3D-3D4fp0_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1XeiKasl3Q0KHAlfCn9N7XONZksYe5OIXa5kf5eLUqZODuRSP9aq4SJ-2B49W0jH0wJ361yejP2XnjAzglguANPmQokLLy5E21SwWJkGh1UYnysizUtpG93LIReJ6YsF9xyVNbmHwd6YG5d2rY9ose-2BaUDnIKrQ72Gjd8FxJI0MneO6usMQwwOPVYhwMtpUVT71tU-2F9nHiBc-2Fbf39kj0fTDBR4-2BPtLGl07HUdjgVsLmj9ln5INGbgXw1RePws-2FMJ-2BkZX5cbFV6WdljvpCCL7WStGRNbp87VobPOCYUGhsN1aVBviOiCHPlnEmhQEE-2Bp0K3vkDSK8Nn19jpwgVgbD7gJ6LtYw-3D-3D">ChiPubLib.org</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419038/nn4xncrfbcghndyspeuo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://mailchi.mp/elmhurstartmuseum/launch-of-our-museum-from-home-4837694?e=9f943455be">Elmhurst Art Museum Awarded Illinois Public Museum Grant</a>The Elmhurst Art Museum was awarded the maximum grant award of $750,000 from Gov. Pritzker’s Illinois Public Museum Capital Program, which represents half the funds needed to complete the museum’s upcoming HVAC and roofing renovations. &nbsp; The Elmhurst Art Museum was one of thirty-six Illinois museums to receive state capital investments to improve their facilities and develop new exhibits. The investments are made possible through the Illinois Public Museum Capital Grants Program, funded by the governor’s bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program, the first in nearly a decade. &nbsp; This significant grant comes on the occasion of the museum’s 25th anniversary to support an important next phase of the museum’s renovations, following McCormick House restorations and recent improvements to its galleries and Education Center.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/kodstkk5jnj1ccsndrmh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://gddf.org">Donnelley Foundation Expedites Additional $1.2 million in Grants to Small Arts Organizations in Chicago</a>One year after its April 2021 announcement of $3 million in expedited funding, and two years after its April 2020 announcement of nearly $3 million in expedited finding, the Chicago-based <a href="https://gddf.org/">Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation</a> (the Foundation) is proud to announce a third wave of support, expediting an additional $2.1 million that includes: $1.6 million in expedited payments to Chicago small arts organizations in the midst of their multi-year award; and $576,000 in general operating renewal grants.“Due to the uncertainty of the pandemic over the past two years, when to restart live productions continues to be a challenge for so many of our city’s small arts organizations,” said David Farren, Executive Director of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. “The Foundation continues to advocate for funding that helps sustain these beloved non-profit organizations and that alleviates some of the financial stress experienced by the sector. We take our commitment to these organizations very seriously.”The expedited funds will be released to all organizations on April 15, 2022.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 3/17/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/f1jt496fgz3ejxa3duvl.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/rebecca-morris-29-march-18-april-23-2022-opening-reception-march-18-5-7pm">Rebecca Morris: #29</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/izehfv8yklr2yny7qsrv.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/c-j-pyle-skin-tight-b985427c-f321-4a5c-9b7a-3194d15a5cc9">C.J. Pyle: Skin Tight</a>March 18Epiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419038/oo1gbbreyagiloc0tl8a.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/artist-reception-0f537848-7143-4779-9507-33bccdb2e707">Artist Reception</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 6 – 9&nbsp;pm33 Contemporary Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/akpk8pvig6f9ujirphbp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/human-nature-reception">Human/Nature: Reception</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmWeinberg/Newton Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419040/rftfasch2cec5s92op3f.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/3rd-friday-open-studios-fe9b6278-6558-4f16-802c-4bc26bea0336">3rd Friday Open Studios</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art CenterJoin us as we feature the 9th Annual Illinois&nbsp;High School Art Exhibitions&nbsp;in our 3rd and 4th floor galleries along with our&nbsp;BAC&nbsp;artists' open studios.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 18

<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-most-endangered-chicago-buildings-20220309-ml7yn5h64nffvks6wjxgopjbau-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daywatch&amp;utm_content=911646920233#nws=true">Chicago’s annual list of most endangered buildings is out</a>Preservation Chicago’s annual list of the seven most endangered buildings is so big that this year it includes eight historic sites.Topping the list, issued Wednesday, is an urgent late addition: two century-old Chicago skyscrapers that the federal government purchased 15 years ago and now wants to demolish.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.history.com/news/endurance-shackleton-shipwreck-discovery-photos">Photos of the Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance</a>For more than a century, the location of Endurance—the ship which carried Sir&nbsp;Ernest Shackleton and his crew on a doomed expedition to Antarcticabefore becoming trapped in the ice and ultimately sinking beneath it—had been a mystery.That changed on March 9, 2022, with the announcement&nbsp;that the expedition team Endurance22 had discovered the famous wreck some 10,000 feet deep on the bottom of the Weddell Sea.Via The History Channel&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/color-factory-chicago-artists-2082133">The Color Factory Is Opening a Permanent Space in Chicago. Here Are the Artists It’s Tapped for Its Latest Immersive Experience Hub</a>The interactive exhibition&nbsp;<a href="http://www.colorfactory.co/">Color Factory</a>, known for its photogenic displays and massive ball pits, is opening its third permanent location, inside Chicago’s Willis Tower.The 25,000-square-foot space—the Color Factory’s biggest to date—will feature artists from around the world, including&nbsp;Camille Walala,&nbsp;Yuri Suzuki, Tomislav “Quintessenz” Topic, Liz West, Anne Patterson, Christine Wong Yap, Harvey and John, and&nbsp;Michele Bernhardt, as well as four artists with ties to Chicago in&nbsp;Edra Soto,&nbsp;Akilah Townsend, Adrian Kay Wong, and&nbsp;Emilie Baltz.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/03/14/new-art-exhibition-skokie-showcases-work-first-responders">New Art Exhibition in Skokie Showcases Work of First Responders</a>There’s a famous quote from Fred Rogers – when he saw scary things on the news as a child, his mother told him: “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”An art exhibition Called “Courage …” adds a visual element to Mr. Rogers’ advice – and the artwork is made by the helpers.“I was looking for some type of creative display to commemorate the two-year shutdown. And rather than focus on the shutdown itself, I wanted to focus more on the individuals who responded and helped,” said Debra Hatchett of Anatomically Correct Arts.Via WTTW&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/14/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/inirrlyjeldstu3snmso.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/laura-catherwood-book-of-yielding-solo-show">Laura Catherwood "Book of Yielding" Solo Show</a>Opening: Saturday, March 12, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Project Space&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/tminrsqanpa3zrngxcrn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pistachios-artist-series-ii">Pistachios Artist Series II</a>Opening: Saturday, March 12, 3 – 5&nbsp;pmPistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/k0fo988hhgqwa417t834.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/figures-grounds">Figures, Grounds</a>March 12Western Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 12

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/s1glinwdgxsnrmbhw52y.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/melanie-pankau-when-the-center-stands-still">Melanie Pankau: When the Center Stands Still</a>Opening: Thursday, March 10, 4 – 6&nbsp;pmMcCormick Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/skkr7jxs7plr0hbwumla.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/remaking-the-exceptional-tea-torture-and-reparations-chicago-to-guantanamo">Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations | Chicago to Guantánamo</a>March 10DePaul University Art Museum (DPAM)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/mrbsdwpbzdxvuceb19es.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kryssi-staikidis-emergence">Kryssi Staikidis: Emergence</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/ptkodqjh4dyrshvm2gjx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/staff-picks">STAFF PICKS</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Printmakers Collaborative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/txlnuyksvad0einoqvvp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/56-milwaukee">56/Milwaukee</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 10 & 11

<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/art-world-ukraine-invasion">How the Art World Is Responding to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine</a>With the recent invasion of Ukraine, we’re reminded that more often than not, human lives aren’t the only casualties of war. Priceless works of art also tend to pay the price of fighting. Especially in a highly ideological war, art and culture are at the center of things and can’t always make it out. During the Second World War, art theft and looting unfolded on a massive scale that left pieces by the likes of Raphael,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/stolen-dollar66m-gustav-klimt-inside-a-gallery-wall">Gustav Klimt</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/vincent-van-goghs-newly-discovered-work-display">Vincent van Gogh</a>, scattered, without homes, throughout the world. And now, with the war over Ukraine in full swing, art once again finds itself in danger. This time, however, with the invasion of Ukraine, artists and curators are stepping up to protect precious works of art that have no business being collateral damage in the middle of so much violence.Via AD&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/name-three-women-artists-2082089?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%20PM%203/8&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D">An Art Historian Asked 2,000 Britons to Name Three Women Artists. Only 30 Percent of Them Could</a>How many women artists can you name? If you’re reading Artnet News, hopefully quite a few—but the results of a recent survey of 2,000 British adults suggests the general public remains woefully ill-informed about the subject.Only 30 percent of those queried could name three female artists, according to Katy Hessel, the art historian behind the popular Instagram account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thegreatwomenartists/">@thegreatwomenartists</a>.Via ArtnetImage credit: Nickolas Muray, Frida on a White Bench (1939). Photo courtesy of the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation, ©Nickolas Muray Photo Archives.&nbsp;<a href="https://hyperallergic.com/715642/calling-for-no-fly-zone-over-ukraine-artists-launch-hundreds-of-paper-planes-at-guggenheim-museum/">Calling For “No-Fly Zone” Over Ukraine, Artists Launch Hundreds of Paper Planes at Guggenheim Museum</a>In the late afternoon of Saturday, March 5, visitors to the Guggenheim Museum in New York unexpectedly witnessed hundreds of paper planes gliding down from the top of the museum’s rotunda. Those paper planes — 350 of them — were not part of the museum’s programming. Rather, they were flyers calling for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, launched surreptitiously by a group of&nbsp;15 artists and activists from Ukraine and elsewhere.The guerilla action took place at4:30pm, a typically busy time for the museum.Via Hyperallergic&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/arts/design/smithsonian-benin-bronzes.html">Smithsonian to Return Most of Its Benin Bronze Collection to Nigeria</a>The Smithsonian Institution, one of the world’s largest cultural organizations, said on Tuesday that it planned to return most of its collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, a sweeping move that would punctuate a monthslong institutional review of its collection practices and the ethics behind them.The Smithsonian has a collection of 39 Benin Bronzes, a name that is used to cover a variety of artifacts ranging from brass plaques, carved elephant tusks, ivory leopard statues and wooden heads. Many were stolen from what is now Nigeria during the British Army’s 1897 raid on the ancient Kingdom of Benin.Via NYT&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/8/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/rdmi0kcndq7wfjnsaagx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bridges-and-islands">Bridges and Islands</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Truborn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/bwr8t1jpf2qd4og5jw2k.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cole-pierce">Cole Pierce</a>Exhibition begins March 5Evanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/vgjzcvwnaqxyryrgxeec.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/francoise-grossen">Françoise Grossen</a>Exhibition begins March 5Volume Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/a84cn8nw2ikjnsn35azu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/2nd-annual-i-am-women-exhibition">2nd Annual I Am Women Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmDragonfly Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419034/eryo3aypp4hmxodnzutr.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chicago-culture-couple-the-hunt">Chicago Culture Couple: "The Hunt"</a>Exhibition begins March 5Vertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419035/lwelmk1edyjc6cyufjhr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/stan-vanderbeek">Stan VanDerBeek</a>Exhibition begins March 5DOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419035/jmcizrm0cl6ngp6s2zx8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bethany-collins-cadence">Bethany Collins –&nbsp;Cadence</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 3 - 5 (Part II)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/kieubhndtrjm2kdooocy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/beautiful-diaspora-you-are-not-the-lesser-part">Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part</a>Exhibition begins March 3Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lens-2022">LENS 2022</a>Opening: Saturday, March 5, 3 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/aedfpdltkdoxisvpxwyi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/clarissa-bonet-chasing-light">Clarissa Bonet: Chasing Light</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmCatherine Edelman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/oftvyi0zdx9fmjjxgqpi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/latinxamerican">LatinXAmerican</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmLubeznik Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/nuohjnrtxdhjjazioe0l.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/peter-batchelder-and-leya-evelyn-color-space">Peter Batchelder and Leya Evelyn: Color Space</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/li6x6ylrs7fnpfyy28b6.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/family-resemblance-the-evolution-of-chicago-style-graffiti">Family Resemblance: The Evolution Of Chicago Style Graffiti</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419034/fi4jf7of8vtlv3gfuma0.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-aquatic">Art Aquatic</a>Opening: Friday, March 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVale Craft Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419035/kqwqbw9h1dm3rwstngcf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/all-terrain-landscape-explorations">All Terrain: Landscape Explorations</a>Exhibition begins March 4Addington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 3 - 5 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/fiktkum6auhilqn31moa.jpg"><figcaption>Chicago abstract artist Cleveland Dean is having a one-person show of his unique artworks at The Art Center Highland Park Feb. 18-April 9. (Cleveland Dean)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/ct-hpn-ent-cleveland-dean-st-0217-20220207-wjlgwsctpnfgthpkqpg3og4hei-story.html">Artist Cleveland Dean uses fire in work at latest exhibit at The Art Center Highland Park</a>Chicago Artist Cleveland Dean admitted that he was a nerd as a child — and that he’s still a nerd. “I get absorbed with things,” he explained. “If I find I have an interest in something, I do everything I can to learn as much about it as I can.”That interest in absorbing knowledge about whatever interests him is apparent in Dean’s artwork, which will be on display from Feb. 18-April 9 at The Art Center Highland Park.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/arts-entertainment/chicago-hyde-park-art-center-raises-17-million?utm_source=today-s-crain-s&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20220228&amp;utm_content=article6-readmore">Big names fund Hyde Park Art Center's new direction</a>With $17 million raised from a Walmart heir's philanthropy and others, the Hyde Park Art Center implements a unique tuition structure.Via Crain's Chicago (access needed)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/how-will-russian-sanctions-impact-the-art-market-2079148">The Financial Community Is Shutting Its Doors to Russia. Will the Art Market Follow?</a>In the days since Russia invaded Ukraine last week, one art advisor has been busy fielding questions from worried clients, some of whom have works for sale in London this week, including at Phillips auction house. The company, owned by Russia’s luxury conglomerate Mercury Group, is planning to offer tens of millions of dollars worth of art during the mid-season auctions...The broader art market is finding itself in a similar bind. As the financial community shuts its doors to Russia, scores of Russian millionaires and billionaires may need to convert their trophy Warhols, Rothkos, and Picassos into cash—just as international sanctions have made them toxic to do business with.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/02/26/new-immersive-exhibit-showcases-works-frida-kahlo">New Immersive Exhibit Showcases Works of Frida Kahlo</a>Frida Kahlo returns to Chicago, this time in a new immersive experience.The exhibit showcases the work of the influential Mexican-born artist in 360-degrees.Ahead of the exhibit’s opening, we spoke with Kahlo’s grandniece and great grandniece. They say unlike other exhibitions, this experience depicts the Frida their family knew.You can see the full 40-minute production on Frida Kahlo at Lighthouse Immersive in Old Town.Via WTTW &nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/1/22

<a href="https://www.epl.org/buzzspector/?fbclid=IwAR0o3O2x5Z-Zk2VFhfYu7cBMzDbK4n8a9XQNS9JUpjE0feKLSsCxc1KaXzM">Buzz Spector exhibit showcases the foundational importance of reading…and the EPL’s books</a>Reading builds us up—nobody understands that better than Buzz Spector. Spector is a prominent figure in the world of modern conceptual art with a body of work spanning several decades and mediums, including drawings, prints, art criticism and (perhaps most notably) visual art and sculpture. But nearly every piece has one thing in common: they’re made from printed material.&nbsp;These works range in scale and style: structures built brick by brick from novels and encyclopedias, individual books strategically torn to reveal composite images along the edges of pages, collages using cut-outs of dust jackets. Spector has dreamed up endless possibilities for the humble page. That work is continuing this winter with a brand new exhibition. made possible with the contribution of a few thousand books from right here at the Evanston Public Library (EPL).“<a href="https://rockfordartmuseum.org/exhibitions/buzz-spector-reading-matter/">Buzz Spector: Reading Matter",</a> on view now at the Rockford Art Museum, includes Spector’s polaroid photographs, prints and drawings. Its centerpiece is one of Spector’s trademarks: a huge book sculpture made possible with the contribution of nearly 4 tons of (no longer serviceable) books selected from EPL’s collection.&nbsp;Via Evanston Public Library&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anna-leporskaya-vandalism-security-guard-explained-1234619113/">Security Guard Who Drew Eyes on Russian Painting Opens Up: ‘What Have I&nbsp;Done?’</a>A security guard who was arrested last December for<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/anna-leporskaya-vandalism-yeltsin-center-1234617104/"> drawing eyes on a paintin</a>g of faceless figures at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg spoke about the vandalism in an interview with Russian news site E1. Aleksandr Vasiliev, a decorated veteran of the Afghan and Chechen wars, told journalist Elena Pankratieva that he believed the 20th-century work by <a href="https://www.artnews.com/t/anna-leporskaya/">Anna Leporskaya</a> was a “children’s drawing” and claimed he was goaded by teenagers to deface it.“I’m a fool, what have I done,” the 63-year-old told Pankratieva.Via ARTnews&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/02/17/bring-art-go-home-with-art-logan-squares-big-art-swap-set-for-feb-26/">Bring Art, Go Home With Art’: Logan Square’s Big Art Swap Set For Feb. 26</a>Artists from across the city can participate in a large-scale art exchange in Logan Square this month. Volunteer-led arts organization <a href="https://anysquared.com/">AnySquared Projects</a> is behind the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1037461786985369/">art swap</a>, set for 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 at Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee Ave.Artists should bring a piece of original artwork to the event. All of the pieces will be raffled off, with the idea that each artist who brings artwork will come home with another artist’s work in exchange.Via Block Club Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 2/22/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/gpra3bjtgetkyvsdztvs.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/claimed">Claimed</a>Opening: Friday, February 25, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)Claimed is a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Selva Aparicio that leverages themes of death, memory, and mourning to breathe new life into the forgotten. It exposes the inherent failings of a system that disproportionately relegates impoverished, disabled, and non-white Americans to anonymous, inaccessible mass graves like New York City’s Hart Island each year. Devoid of all traces of traditional ritual and remembrance, the pine casket, synonymous with pauper’s graves and potter’s fields, forms the heart of Aparicio’s installation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419023/f2sia6yr2fw0zhx9tefj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/opening-reception-artist-in-residence-capstone-searching-for-an-exit">Searching For an Exit</a>Friday, February 25, 5:30 – 6:30&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical ScienceAnastasia Sitnikova (b. 1979, Russia) is a Chicago artist and art educator. Born at the very end of the Cold War era, Sitnikova experienced a period of turbulence between the USSR and new Russia, which shaped her interest in utopian and dystopian ideas. Her art is much driven by the curiosity about human nature and social relations as a representation of inner self and outer world, subconscious and conscious, correspondingly. Sitnikova creates large-scale installations to illustrate, activate and explore these ideas.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419024/sypfakemqz2nnwqrrqtn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/abstraction-as-metaphor-the-paintings-of-kathie-shaw-and-corey-postiglione">Abstraction as Metaphor: The Paintings of Kathie Shaw and Corey Postiglione</a>February 26Evanston Art CenterThe work of Corey Postiglione and Kathie Shaw is not only about itself and the sheer formal optical experience uncomplicated by any outside issues.&nbsp; The use of abstract imagery readily embraces issues such as themes of globalization, not only for the individual, but for the society at large.&nbsp; For these two artists the resultant dynamics of spiritual, societal, cultural, and environmental degradation is represented in the metaphoric language of abstract art.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419025/h7dx85cm5dqtw0tcnwuz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/calibration-matrix">CALIBRATION MATRIX</a>February 26ENGAGE ProjectsENGAGE Projects is pleased to present CALIBRATION MATRIX, a solo show featuring new sculptural works in glass by <a href="https://engage-projects.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ddb5d4cd58ce43d154a3afa3&amp;id=e5fcae300e&amp;e=8b95911d0d">Andrew Bearnot</a>. This exhibition draws on Bearnot’s background in materials science and glassworking, introducing a vocabulary of forms which extend the artist’s investigation of calibration as a formal, philosophical, and political subject. Constantly shifting when viewed from different perspectives, the glass objects point to Bearnot’s interest in queer phenomenology and metaphysics.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419026/hjyr8p5lktfa95jo4qwf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/meriem-bennani-life-on-the-caps">Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS</a>Opening: Saturday, February 26, 12 – 6&nbsp;pmThe Renaissance SocietyThe Renaissance Society presents the debut of a new film by New York-based artist <a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=20f1ce080b&amp;e=375d06b725">Meriem Bennani</a>(b. 1988, Rabat, Morocco).&nbsp;<a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=1bfe749fba&amp;e=375d06b725">Life on the CAPS</a> is the next chapter of a series of films set in the future that depict the inhabitants of CAPS, an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean where refugees and immigrants “illegally” traversing international borders are held by the US Troopers. Playful and poignant, this multi-dimensional narrative continues Bennani’s exploration of displacement, biotechnology, and privacy through world-building and formal experimentation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419027/luphsyhgtmgso1ether4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/uncommon-prints-x-common-matrices">Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices</a>Opening: Saturday, February 26, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWoman Made GalleryWoman Made Gallery is excited to announce Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices juried by Cathie Ruggie Saunders. Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices is a group exhibition featuring the artwork of 28 women and non-binary artists exploring the concept and techniques of a transfer in unexpected ways and across mediums.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419028/zciliz6ymz1aoyvbp3iz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/an-instrument-in-the-shape-of-a-woman-601e62f4-1e7f-4e5c-97a3-caf348e9b72a">An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman</a>February 26Chicago Cultural CenterAn exhibition by Leslie Baum, Diana Christiansen and Selina Trepp with Annie Morse suggests an alternate universe, at once familiar and surreal, seen through the prism of their invention. Echoes of landscape, still life and psychological portraiture reside in resolutely abstract works.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419029/rxeckfer1yiazhc96opp.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jake-troyli-slow-clap">Jake Troyli: Slow Clap</a>February 26Monique Meloche GalleryJake Troyli investigates the construction of otherness and the commodification of the Black/Brown body, confronting and exploring labor capitalism and sweat equity as a demonstration of value. He makes energetic paintings, often featuring a self-portrait or avatar of himself embedded in engaging scenes, with a markedly classicist approach.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419029/ychunvcvbsle2oyubosi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/blue-moon-collective-artist-exhibition">Blue Moon Collective Artist Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, February 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start February 25 & 26

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/kfd6awbztxzqaojz3hy7.png"></figure><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curator-talk-the-life-and-death-of-charles-williams-tickets-244655379827">Curator Talk: The Life and Death of Charles Williams</a>Wednesday, February 23, 6 – 7&nbsp;pmIntuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider ArtEngage in a conversation with Phillip March Jones, curator of The Life and Death of Charles Williams, about the exhibition.The Life and Death of Charles Williams is the first major solo show of Charles Williams' oeuvre. A compelling storyteller and prolific creator, Williams made fantastical assemblages, comics, drawings, paintings and sculptures, referencing pop culture and addressing social issues still relevant in today's discourse. Hear from the curator of the exhibition, Phillip March Jones, about the stories behind and within Williams' pieces and the long-lasting impact the artist continues to have on creatives today.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419023/mohmt626iwed5u1affvb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdOquqj0vHNUGvfUJ0XOXpCL5lIUbjjyR">Art after Dark: Iconic Blackness</a>Wednesday, February 23, 6 – 7:30&nbsp;pmSmart Museum of ArtIn honor of Black History Month, Art after Dark celebrates the incomparable Nina Simone through the eyes of <a href="https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/bob-thompson-this-house-is-mine/">artist Bob Thompson</a>, under the influence of AfriCOBRA.&nbsp;During this virtual gathering facilitated by Lead Museum Educator Nicole Bond, recreate Bob Thompson’s 1965 oil on canvas Homage to Nina Simone, using actual Kool-Aid colors, as an homage to the signature style of AfriCOBRA (the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists). Paint in the comfort of your own home or studio while relaxing to the sounds of Nina Simone music.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419024/w8iugwcbpmysc0u5thcj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=MTQ0MV8xNTQ0XzQ0NDIwXzcyNTc&amp;l=e78a5b6a-c483-ec11-a826-0050569d9d1d&amp;utm_source=wordfly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=RomanticismtoRuinWeek18&amp;utm_content=version_A">I Photograph to Imagine: Shahidul Alam in Conversation with Vijay Prishad (Virtual)</a>Thursday, February 24, 10 – 11&nbsp;amWrightwood 659I Photograph to Imagine&nbsp;brings together two esteemed polymaths in a virtual conversation that reconsiders the purpose of documentary photography and the power structures of its distribution, as well as the propensity of the image to communicate what the world is and, as important, what it could be. How can photography be used to expose hidden truths by bearing witness?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419024/lydf6ztatthvyrovsnqk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/guest-curator-artist-talk">Guest Curator/Artist talk</a>Friday, February 25, 1 – 2&nbsp;pmCircle Contemporary (Arts of Life)&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Talks This Week: February 23 - 25

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/vxindtxlzinhmk8nbwst.jpg"></figure><a href="https://hindmanauctions.com/services/appraisals-valuations">Hindman Launches Independent Appraisals Division</a>Hindman announces the launch of Hindman Appraisals LLC, an independent division, to further elevate its offerings to clients by providing independent, impartial and objective appraisal services. This launch follows a critical year in 2021, marked by a significant expansion of Hindman’s appraisal capabilities. Last year alone, Hindman appraised nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in fine and decorative arts, jewelry, collectibles, household contents and other tangible personal property, an 800% increase since 2020. The firm also added a secure appraisal management software program with smartphone apps to streamline cataloging and photographing collections during on-site inspections.&nbsp;Hindman’s Tim Luke will lead this new division as National Director of Appraisals &amp; Valuations.&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/2/15/22936157/greektown-santorini-pegasus-halsted-adams-jackson-restaurants-development-west-loop?utm_source=cred-wednesday-alert-report&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20220216&amp;utm_content=article5-readmore">Two Greektown favorites torn down, exposing old mural — and changing face of neighborhood</a>In 1990, Yiannis Melidis hired a Serbian painter to create a mural that would stretch along an inside wall of Pegasus, the Greek restaurant he was building.The artist came at night after construction workers left. Yiannis and his wife, Maria provided him with a picture book of the Greek islands for inspiration and obliged a request from the artist to provision him nightly with a six pack of Old Style and several polish sausages from vendors on nearby Maxwell Street.The mural became a well-known feature in a restaurant that became a mainstay of Greektown for nearly three decades. It closed in 2017 following a rent hike.This week, the building was reduced to rubble. The mural, which shares a wall with an adjoining building, was all that remained.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419018/mzhpcvijs1dt8kyw0liw.png"></figure><a href="https://www.evanstonartcenter.org/call-artists-0">Call for Artists and Call for Curators at Evanston Art Center</a>• The Evanston Art Center&nbsp;is currently seeking curatorial proposals for the 3rd annual 2022/23 Curatorial Fellowship! EAC on the North Shore believes that some communities are all too rarely represented in the curatorial world. To address this situation, the EAC developed a recurrent, project-based position for a curator to create an exhibition of their choosing. The EAC is specifically seeking a BIPOC curator with ties to communities in Evanston and the Chicago Metro-area. Deadline: March 6. <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001s3Rmw3CMo-mVnjk1lQP1iLop9V_rq1cdhb8gTm2H6ni1bUucXpn1eFevLwkb1XjKZxdRFIk6yYdVO3C93c25c1f-xRyNCTOvX38ux2qvcAfVcoXHj5n0SQNEM8O9ZkC7nq8dSqubNVB-XrG2If9WxZVgday2nYRPMPKCltpWeih2MSoqfMG_gw==&amp;c=5zcf6k60Cu1EsmfzqOseoi-fAVuoLaHIVRNS4QS45_Mzunxo7_796w==&amp;ch=bcokj_b0ALzoyx_9ZHgHOh5xGvUd8MdIdZZDJl2TXVPNI8-q3pOmiQ==">Apply Today!</a>• The Evanston Art Center is looking for artists to participate in their Spring Art Sale. The sale will span from April 30–May 1st, 10am–3pm. Artists are required to man their own tables and sales. We are accepting 20-30 artists on a first come first serve basis. &nbsp;The Booth fee is $100 for a whole table and $50 for half a table. Due at time of application to confirm your spot. Any interest and questions should be directed to Emma Rose Gudewicz at <a href="x-webdoc://D67AC49A-567A-47BB-A2F5-2F7B3086A7B4#">egudewicz@evanstonartcenter.org</a>. Application Deadline: April 8.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.international-galleries-alliance.org">DOCUMENT is now a member of the NFP International Galleries Alliance</a>DOCUMENT is now a member of the International Galleries Alliance, a new collaborative non-profit association for art galleries. &nbsp;International Galleries Alliance I.G.A. is envisioned to be a professional collaborative alliance between art galleries, building on the shared values, non-hierarchical partnerships, and non-centric programming that aims to represent the complexity of the contemporary art trade.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 2/17/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/dnclb64zp5epzee4oek3.jpg"><figcaption>A 1958 painting by Ms. Herrera titled “Green and Orange.”Credit...Collection of Masterworks.io</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/13/arts/design/carmen-herrera-dead.html?">Carmen Herrera, Cuban-Born Artist Who Won Fame at 89, Dies at 106</a>Carmen Herrera, a Cuban-born artist who painted abstract geometric shapes in Paris and New York all but unnoticed for most of her long life, then soared to international fame after her canvases began selling when she was 89, died on Saturday at the loft in Lower Manhattan that had been her home for 60 years. She was 106.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://hyperallergic.com/711089/biden-reverses-trump-era-arts-restrictions/">Biden Reverses Trump-Era Arts Restrictions</a>Twenty-one distinctly colored panels adorn the vast walls of Boston’s John Moakley Courthouse. Commissioned in 1998 by the General Services Administration (GSA) Art in Architecture program, Ellsworth Kelly’s “<a href="https://www.gsa.gov/fine-arts#/artwork/20694">The Boston Panels</a>” — which function as a guide through the courthouse’s dramatic architectural space — would not have been authorized under a Trump-era <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/08/2020-14872/building-and-rebuilding-monuments-to-american-heroes">executive order</a> that restricted the style of artworks displayed in federal buildings. Last week, the Biden administration <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/biden-reverses-trump-order-mandating-american-centric-art-in-federal-buildings-180979520/">revoked the order</a>, reversing Trump’s rule that the Art in Architecture program’s commissions must depict prominent American historical figures, events, and “ideals upon which our nation was founded.”Via Hyperallergic&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/museum-super-bowl-bet-2072408?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%20PM%202%2F14&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D">The Cincinnati Art Museum Will Lend L.A.’s Huntington Library a Robert Henri Painting After Losing a Friendly Wager on the Super Bowl</a>There was a lot on the line at last night’s Super Bowl LVI—and not just for the&nbsp;Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals.California’s&nbsp;Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens&nbsp;teamed up with the&nbsp;Cincinnati Art Museum&nbsp;for a friendly wager, betting each of their&nbsp;Robert Henri&nbsp;paintings to the other museum for a loan.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/02/10/treasures-ancient-egypt-return-spotlight-art-institute">Treasures of Ancient Egypt Return to Spotlight at The Art Institute of Chicago</a>Back in 1890, the Art Institute of Chicago began collecting Egyptian art. Much of it has been out of view for years, but the museum spruced up the collection and is about to unveil it in a new gallery.Via WTTW&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 2/15/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/mycnje3zpxh3tdxsdv9o.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cleveland-dean">Cleveland Dean</a>Exhibition begins February 18The Art Center Highland Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419018/umhc19lgvzscljcfzmcd.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-winter-palette">The Winter Palette</a>Opening: Thursday, February 17, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmKavanagh Gallery at Fine Line Creative Arts Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419019/pbklgfh3e9lv3ek6yiqh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/superdeath-pt-1-let-it-bleed">SuperDeath Pt. 1 (Let it Bleed)</a>Opening: Friday, February 18, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmElephant Room Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419020/yinp6kad1tubdeloap5d.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/francis-zaander">Field Guide to North American Happiness</a>Opening: Friday, February 18, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEat Paint Studio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419020/tovexmfbzudwhffmw0bs.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/francis-zaander">Anastasia Sitnikova: Searching for an Exit</a>Exhibition begins February 18International Museum of Surgical Science&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start February 17 & 18

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/p3ru3iixfhg2eaxj2adp.jpg"></figure>The Museum of Science and Industry's Art of the Brick Features Contemporary ArtistsIn <a href="https://msichicago.lt.emlnk1.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubXNpY2hpY2Fnby5vcmclMkZleHBsb3JlJTJGd2hhdHMtaGVyZSUyRmV4aGliaXRzJTJGMjAyMiUyRnRoZS1hcnQtb2YtdGhlLWJyaWNrJTJGJTNGdXRtX3NvdXJjZSUzREFjdGl2ZUNhbXBhaWduJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGVtYWlsJTI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQlM0RNb3JlJTJCdG8lMkJMT1ZFJTJCYXQlMkJNU0klMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0RFbWFpbC1HZW5lcmFsLUZlYi0xMC0yMDIy&amp;sig=FCWo5SnDiDQUFe3Uf3kzMq3xiZz7kvrgk19vFphhiFBL&amp;iat=1644530962&amp;a=%7C%7C223668553%7C%7C&amp;account=msichicago%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&amp;email=Xrpk13NeuI1ywB2USc6SO5jR7JInPRhP1sWFTHfpdCU%3D&amp;s=0fa412f837e409436353170437eb19d1&amp;i=2034A2250A2A22694">The Art of the Brick</a>, you can see some of the world’s most famous works of arts re-imagined by artist Nathan Sawaya as well as his original sculptures and multimedia collaboration with photographer Dean West. Plus, see recreations of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Pez Dispenser, Hebru Brantley’s Flyboy and Amy Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama made exclusively for this exhibition’s run at MSI.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spudnikpress.org">Spudnik's</a> Angee Lennard Is Moving on From Printmaking Studio She Founded&nbsp;Today in an email Lennard shared, "As many people may know, I had a long-planned sabbatical that was supposed to start in April 2020. However, the pandemic had different ideas. I stayed on and through my efforts we were able to secure needed funding to remain open and viable, and offer ongoing studio access to the artists who rely on our studio. Now that the emergency is over, I intend to take a creative retreat in order to explore what is next for me.As part of this transition, I support the open call for applications for a new Executive Director.&nbsp; I will be available during this search and for an expected transition period though Mid May. Between now and when a new Executive Director is fully onboarded, the Board of Directors will be determining the short and long-term strategy of the organization."&nbsp;Barry Bauman, Found of the Chicago Conservation Center, Has DiedCurrent Owner and CEO of the Conservation Center Heather Becker shared the news in a personal message today. Becker began working for Bauman when she was 22. Barry Bauman, the Founder of The Conservation Center, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022"I am forever grateful to Barry as I walk through The Center each day and observe the incredible things this company and our staff have accomplished. A ritual I learned from Barry is to make my daily rounds and witness the magic of what is slowly transpiring on every easel, under every microscope, and the precious work by the hands of all the talented staff, all under the roof of this wonderful company he started."<a href="https://mailchi.mp/theconservationcenter/oct-at-the-center-602496?e=e9b4b29b67">Read the full message here.</a>&nbsp;The Lubeznik Center For the Arts Has Issued a Call for ArtistsLubeznik Arts Festival is about to celebrate its 40th&nbsp;year and is one of the highlights of summer in Northwest Indiana. Just steps away from Lake Michigan, the festival takes place on Lubeznik Center for the Arts’ (LCA) grounds to connect festival-goers to the organization’s dynamic programming and exhibitions. LCA’s summer blockbuster,&nbsp;Diversity &amp; Inclusion: Celebrating 20 Years with the Monique Meloche Gallery,&nbsp;will also be on display inside LCA. The Festival takes place August 20-21, 2022 in Michigan City, IN.Application Deadline: March 28, 2022<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mE2bRRfyu-TFKX0JtNK-ffeqWMi5cR3HCtC8I2aWynxOJBkD21AVp7aJj9c3U3Nt-cujrhIBOSpqY6OBJtTVpY5ccEcS7so2jhVUn9GZUqz-B9-WoIKXlReT-lvvs-goKL6Xd60Hmpdkf-Gsr2Xw7XLrof8ShL06V8JM-9O12glA90EzanxD2KNM7lA_pjLr&amp;c=-eTUrcltTWacVJE5wpxkCjWwaptllE_wjxll3VU453hZDlj5XbAGTg==&amp;ch=cHyTc0TZ9zCq7QC9xjDMbTbmSQhlZHbQKVFpM2kxOy6_aFatyfcdYQ==">Apply Now!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 2/10/22

<a href="https://chicago-suntimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/entertainment-and-culture/2022/1/26/22894451/usa-fellowship-chicago-artists-grants-t-ayo-alston-assia-boundaoui">Six Chicago-area artists awarded $50,000 grants</a>Six Chicago-area creatives have each been awarded a $50,000 grant by the Chicago-based arts funding organization United States Artists (USA), it was announced Wednesday.Each winner can use the unrestricted award as they choose, whether to pay rent or kickstart a new project.Via Chicago Suntimes&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-art-race-colescott-chicago-cultural-center-20220126-gck2rn4e4zbltdd63dohiw7u7y-story.html">Review: ‘Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott’ is now at Chicago Cultural Center, a rogue artist perfect for these times</a>Is there an artist better suited than Robert Colescott to test the limits of our current moment, when calls for social justice have led to demands for cultural censorship and art institutions have become loathe to offend? The man who depicted a busty Aunt Jemima flipping pancakes for some white cowboy, a nearly naked beauty queen against a backdrop of her forced sexual escapades, and a spoof of Van Gogh’s “Potato Eaters” featuring grinning minstrel figures might be exactly what we need: an artist seemingly determined to upset just about everyone, coming from a place of unstinting and complex political awareness, and who painted any which way he needed to, art world trends be damned.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/04/women-to-dominate-the-venice-biennale-curator-cecilia-alemani-on-what-we-can-expect-this-year">Wonder women: curator Cecilia Alemani on what we can expect at the female-dominated Venice Biennale this year</a>A podcast from The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/guernica-tapestry-un-returned-2069976">The Abrupt Removal of the U.N.’s 25-Foot Tapestry of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Caused an Uproar. Now, the Mystery Has Been Solved</a>One year ago this month, a 25-foot-long tapestry of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica was unceremoniously removed from the United Nations, where it had lived for the better part of the last 38 years, symbolizing the intergovernmental organization’s anti-war efforts.The abrupt disappearance of the textile angered and confused many U.N. staffers last year, including secretary-general Antonio Guterres. “It’s horrible, horrible that it is gone,” he told <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guernica-picasso-anti-war-tapestry-removed-from-u-n-headquarters-after-decades-on-display/">CBS News</a> at the time. “We tried so hard to keep it here, we tried and tried, but we did not succeed.”&nbsp;But now, the artwork is back—and U.N. employees finally have some clarity about why the piece left in the first place.Via Artnet&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 2/10/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/hslzxj4xjurcdcdeagii.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ram-showcase-abstraction">RAM Showcase: Abstraction</a>Exhibition begins February 9Racine Art MuseumWhile the work of artists of color has been and will continue to be shown in a variety of contexts at both campuses, the Showcase series highlights conversations around equity, inclusion, and social justice. This means underscoring the presence of the work of artists of color, primarily from the collection as well as, at times, featuring artists addressing critical social and cultural issues across a broad spectrum.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/bytrhgbgsabkyu2ckkic.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ayanah-moor-i-wish-i-could-be-you-more-often">Ayanah Moor: I Wish I Could Be You More Often</a>Exhibition begins February 10&nbsp;The Cleve Carney Museum of ArtFor I Wish I Could Be You More Often, Moor will be exhibiting a collection of new paintings. Moor’s work will be hung against a backdrop of images, colors and patterns that reflect the overlapping histories and representations that inform her practice. The backdrop is composed of wall graphics, domestic objects and custom lighting elements.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419018/qhjcktqqvun2rqckmqfl.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/90th-visual-artist-members-exhibition-opening">90th Visual Artist Members Exhibition Opening</a>Opening: Thursday, February 10, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmArts Club of ChicagoThe Arts Club’s Artist Exhibition is a beloved tradition that brings great pride and prestige to the institution and its membership. Following an inaugural exhibition of paintings by John Singer Sargent, the second exhibition ever mounted at The Arts Club was of work by our members in the year of our founding, 1916. Although its structure has changed over the past 106 years, the goal of the Artist Exhibition remains the same: to celebrate and showcase the artistic efforts of our artist members across a range of media, styles, genres, and forms.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419019/qiubrcf8pu1yolumbbz9.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/reckless-law-shameless-order-an-intimate-experience-of-incarceration">Reckless Law, Shameless Order: An Intimate Experience of Incarceration</a>Opening: Friday, February 11, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmKrannert Art Museum, University of IllinoisThrough transnational dialogues facilitated by art and art-based workshops, formerly incarcerated artists engaged in intimate conversations and collaboratively collected created artifacts and objects desired during imprisonment or those that kept them connected to their outside life; created installations of banned smells, videos of pervasive surveillance, and they shared their experience of time and space with artworks that could be seen only in the mirror in another installation with embedded related soundscapes.&nbsp; This collection along with artists’ individual artworks are displayed in this exhibition.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419020/rrghhbnnyryqvtebi9ku.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/based-on-a-true-story">Based on a True Story</a>Exhibition begins February 12Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)Based on a True Story features works drawn from the MCA Collection that play with the overlap between reality and fiction. The artists in this exhibition use fiction in a variety of ways, from staging scenes, to manufacturing identities, to imaginging alternative realities, using deception to comment on real issues, contexts, histories, and identities. With works by Rashid Johnson, James Luna, Claes Oldenburg, Walid Raad, Michael Rakowitz, Wendy Red Star, Lorna Simpson, Salman Toor, among others, Based on a True Story invites viewers to question the truth of images and their influence on understandings of everyday life.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419021/gqa4locaghh6qzfvmzch.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/yvette-kaiser-smith-bobbi-meier-rebellious-fibers">Yvette Kaiser Smith &amp; Bobbi Meier: Rebellious Fibers</a>Opening: Saturday, February 12, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmOS ProjectsAt first glance, Rebellious Fibers reads as a lesson in dichotomy. Meier’s forms are organic, soft- edged, exuberant and boisterous. Kaiser Smith’s works are architectural, industrial, ordered and, in comparison, subdued. Sustained viewing, however, reveals similarities and kinship beyond the superficial.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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