<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/iyve8yhtee9pri0coawm.jpg" poster2.jpg="" copy.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/diane-thados">Diane Thodos:&nbsp;Eros/Thanatos: The Expressionist Prints of Diane Thodos</a>Opening: Friday, September 27, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/kwqichxmryl6hwqqqfmq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/john-akomfrah-four-nocturnes">John Akomfrah: Four Nocturnes</a>September 27Wrightwood 659&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/cf63bahqg4axbblkc7rm.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/spirit-spirits">Spirit Spirits</a>Opening: Friday, September 27, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCircle Contemporary (Arts of Life)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/enf88yim6mbevqxn2vjm.jpg" mckenna="" --="" blue="" mountain.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/beth-mckenna-woodblock-prints">Beth McKenna | Woodblock Prints&nbsp;</a>Opening: Saturday, September 28, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions September 27 & 28

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/jkgoujobggaqffzz8is3.jpg"><figcaption>A photo of the artist Rafael Blanco at work&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEARafael Blanco: Reflecting on a Decade of Public Art opened earlier this month at The Elmhurst Art Museum. The artist's solo exhibition is on view through January 5th. Blanco has cultivated a reputation for creating memorable works of public art over the past 10 years, and in recognition of the milestone many of his works have come indoors and are now on view all in one place.&nbsp;Blanco's work is deeply influenced by his own immigrant experience. The artist is originally from Spain. A video showing Blanco at work is a sort of love letter to the his adopted home. He speaks about feeling welcome in Chicago and the experience he had embracing a new country while maintaining his own identity and honoring his home country through his art – now as an artist, his goal is to unify people through his art. Known for works that are mostly on view outdoors, Blanco's exhibition at EAM is unusual for its scale and scope bringing public works into a gallery space – something Blanco said was really a unique opportunity. Elmhurst, he shared, really gave him complete freedom to exhibit his range of works collectively. At the preview he said, It's been an honor to do this exhibition.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/fyvd6eqijueggdjcq071.jpg"><figcaption>Rafael Blanco, I am not Zurbarán, Self Portrait, 2015, 33 × 48, Acrylic on Canvas</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The exhibition, which was inspired while John McKinnon was still Executive Director of EAM but which opened under interim Director Ann Quinn Kelly, introduces the viewer to Blanco’s artistic journey in a variety of ways: through photographs, videos of the artist's process, as well as large-scale new paintings and portraits. By bringing outdoor works into a gallery space, Blanco transforms EAM's galleries into a sort of urban landscape filled with color, texture, and the serendipity of discovering public art. Wandering through the galleries is not the same as happening upon a street-side mural, but the experience of having so many colorful and vibrant figurative works in one place intensifies the visual impression the viewer walks away with.&nbsp;Notably on display are many works that Blanco proposed to several organizations and institutions but which were ultimately rejected. Blanco uses this exhibition opportunity as a means of finally displaying works that might otherwise have never seen the light of day. And by moving the pieces from proposal sketches to full scale works he also worked to refine them. By exhibiting them viewers to the exhibition get to form their own opinion of whether these works are worthy of being shown.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/k73hise9vderlybashvf.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;When I met Blanco at the museum, after I toured the inside galleries, we walked outside the museum into the park and towards the main road that runs by EAM. Blanco showed me an external wall of the museum where an existing You Are Beautiful work by artist Matthew Hoffman had been fading after being on view for several years. Blanco explained that when he was working to put his show together, the You Are Beautiful &nbsp;was almost no longer visible. Blanco and EAM talked to Hoffman and Blanco presented a design that would go over the existing letters as a temporary installation while the exhibition is on view. Blanco told Hoffman, It is not beautiful anymore. He then asked, Is it OK if I make it beautiful again? Hoffman said of course.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/ermuisynh7tue2w9rlpk.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Blanco let me know he actually finished updating the work two days before the exhibition opened. His goal was to keep Hoffman's work while also bringing his style into it – to morph the sign into the colorful and vibrant style he says he is always looking for. By adding Spanish to the sign, this key collaborative work is in keeping with the bilingual pieces in the rest of the exhibition.&nbsp;Blanco shared that the experience of painting any mural is what he hopes to take with him once it's done. Once of the best memories, he says, from this exhibition was when a teenager was biking by the museum while Blanco was painting. Blanco shares, I was doing something with my brush, and I saw this girl stop and go back when she noticed the You Are Beautiful! He says he has grown with this work and he was so excited about seeing someone else's spontaneous excitement. Those are the moments he realizes, This is what I am trying to do – to get others just as excited. I love the act of painting more than the work itself. Being out in public is more fun that being in the studio.#Rafael Blanco: Reflecting on a Decade of Public ArtElmhurst Art MuseumThru Jan 5, 2025See more information on EAM's <a href="https://elmhurstartmuseum.org/">website</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/fdk0ldwc7bfbundtajaf.jpg"><figcaption>Rafael Blanco, Jump Study, 2014, 125.5 × 154, Acrylic on Canvas</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/wlamvhprjxcgk66ktrrc.jpg"><figcaption>Rafael Blanco, Flamenco, 2016, 75 × 139, &nbsp;Acrylic on Canvas</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092764/umfd4rqar4kg5vix5fya.jpg"><figcaption>Works by Blanco that were rejected in the proposal stage</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092765/xtdoocw195kp50zs8mmb.jpg"><figcaption>This collaboration with students from the area is an attempt to create a contemporary resemblance of the US flag. Young artists were invited to paint self-portraits in their own style while reflecting on what it means to be a student in America today.Viewing closely, one will identify the individuality and uniqueness of each student through their own perspective. While stepping back slowly, suddenly individualism becomes collectivism, group of people living together, in our society.This is the voice of the new generation.</figcaption></figure></body></html>

Rafael Blanco Brings Public Art Into the Galleries at Elmhurst Art Museum

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/wwkmlcriwp0xjwi2ek8f.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/neil-beloufa-humanities-f863abe7-a21e-4ae9-a5d9-6a1989796532">Neil Beloufa: Humanities</a>Opening: Saturday, Sep 14, 2024 4 – 7&nbsp;pmThe Renaissance Society&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/x40b4jpcaukxbxiswoyv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hubcap-diamond-star-halo-corbett-vs-dempsey-at-twenty">Hubcap Diamond Star Halo: Corbett vs. Dempsey at Twenty</a>Opening: Saturday, Sep 14, 2024 12 – 4&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/akmn2i8qfm0evvmjhfud.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alice-tippit-the-deep-element">Alice Tippit: The Deep Element</a>Opening: Saturday, Sep 14, 2024 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/zma4xzd4v7l1m4qvbhbr.jpg" spider="" and="" baba="" paska="" by="" allison="" ford.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/by-degrees-iii">By Degrees III</a>Opening: Saturday, Sep 14, 2024 6 – 9&nbsp;pmChicago Sculpture International (CSI)&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/vjswh8o4fq5khs9fx2c1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/thirteen-thirteen">THIRTEEN + THIRTEEN</a>Opening: Saturday, Sep 14, 2024 6 – 10&nbsp;pmAgitator Artist Collective&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/vhu7ogtj2kptxp5hp3ak.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/meghan-borah-ladylike">Meghan Borah: Ladylike</a>Opening: Sunday, Sep 15, 2024 2 – 5&nbsp;pmGoldfinch&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092764/fgc3e93kh56df0r59h2d.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/trotter-alexander">Black and White | Trotter Alexander and Michele Thrane</a>Opening: Sunday, Sep 15, 2024 1 – 4&nbsp;pmEvanston Art Center&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions September 14 and 15

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/xcmdvqwrce0yjbrcud7q.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/rob-fischer">Rob Fischer: A Bird Song</a>Opening: Friday, Sep 13, 2024 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmENGAGE Projects<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/f9ongglrk5dydnslkmtu.png" armendariz.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tony-armendariz-latin-expressions">Tony Armendariz: LATIN EXPRESSIONS</a>Opening: Friday, Sep 13, 2024 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/axgjyiclcjlnr7wh2csi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/david-antonio-cruz-come-close-like-before">David Antonio Cruz: come close, like before</a>Opening: Friday, Sep 13, 2024 4 – 7&nbsp;pmmoniquemeloche&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/b6vxvionhs5u7iicswoz.png" hartney-="" unplanned="" parenthood="" .png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/michelle-hartney-unplanned-parenthood">Michelle Hartney: Unplanned Parenthood</a>Opening: Friday, Sep 13, 2024 6 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions September 13

<html><head></head><body>*This preview appears in CGN's fall 2024 magazine. To subscribe to the print edition <a href="https://835ba3.myshopify.com">click here</a>.*&nbsp;This fall the auctions heat up alongside the season of new art in area galleries and museums. Some notable dates from area auction houses are listed here, but CGN’s calendar is updated daily.Of course you may bid early and online, but it’s worth treating yourself to the experience of bidding in person at least once in your life. You never know what you might bring home to enjoy for years to come. – GV________________________________&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/fe6aqkd3gu0znosyxwkr.jpg"><figcaption>There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Fisk Tire advertisement, 1919. Estimate | $800,000 - $1,200,000</figcaption></figure>American ArtHeritage Auctions ChicagoIncredible highlights from Heritage Auctions’ upcoming American Art auction visit the Chicago gallery this fall, featuring Maxfield Parrish’s 1919 painting, “There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.” Known for its vivid colors and enchanting interpretation of the nursery rhyme, the work exemplifies Parrish’s signature style. Don’t miss this early opportunity to view an exceptional curation of top lots from the remarkable November 15 auction, including work by Ernie Barnes, Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Joseph Stella, and more.Auction Preview: October 21–24 • Gallery Talk and Reception: October 24, 5 to 7 pm • Auction November 15222 W. Hubbard St. in River North&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ha.com">www.ha.com</a>________________________________&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/dwc3yhxmkrgvlvbeprvm.jpg"><figcaption>Bisa Butler (American, b. 1973), The Boss, c. 2004, quilted and appliquéd dyed cotton fabrics with collage stitched B. Butler (lower right), 52 1/2 x 37 inches. Provenance: The Artist. Acquired directly from the above by the present owner c. 2004. Est. $40,000.00 - $60,000.00 &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>Post War and Contemporary ArtFreeman’s | HindmanFreeman’s | Hindman’s Post War and Contemporary Art auction will feature a compelling variety of paintings, sculptures, works on paper, textiles and photography ranging from the mid-40s Midwestern mixed media Surrealism of Julia Thecla to the very of-the-now dreamy figuration of Contemporary Ghanaian painter Gideon Appah. Highlights in the sale with hometown appeal include a stunning and rarely-seen-at-auction Bisa Butler quilted fabric portrait, The Boss, c. 2004. Butler’s work takes cues from, and carries on, the important visual and social traditions of Chicago’s AfriCOBRA movement, and our very own Art Institute of Chicago proudly gave Butler her first museum show in 2020. Also of note and with local links, are uncommon and top-notch three-dimensional paintings from Chicago Imagists Roger Brown and Karl Wirsum. Brown’s 1973-1974 Bus Stop is a fully realized, scaled down Greyhound station, with all the silhouetted window activity and signature Brown grays one could want. The articulated, sort of seated, fanciful Wirsum figure Please Don’t Get Up (1980) once belonged to legendary Chicago gallerist Phyllis Kind. Finally no Freeman’s | Hindman sale would be complete without an enchanting Gertrude Abercrombie. Her 1956 masterwork The Magician depicts a raven-haired Abercrombie alter ego levitating above a deep green chaise lounge by a spellcasting black cat, likely also a stand-in for the artist. Still housed in the original frame, the painting was purchased directly from Abercrombie at the famed 57th Street Art Fair the same year it was painted. A father and his ten-year-old son purchased the painting then, and the son is now current seller.&nbsp;&nbsp;– Zachary Wirsum, Freeman’s | Hindman Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Post War &amp; Contemporary ArtFreeman’s | Hindman&nbsp;Auction September 25 • 1550 W. Carroll Ave. in West Town&nbsp;www.hindmanauctions.com________________________________&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/w57mco62qetf5fmpma5a.jpg"></figure>Jewelry: Antique to Art Deco<a href="https://www.toomeyco.com">Toomey &amp; Co. Auctioneers&nbsp;</a>September 18________________________________&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/wnwlcjngrcm0nrpzkanp.jpg"></figure>Prints and Multiples&nbsp;<a href="https://hindmanauctions.com">Freeman's | Hindman</a>September 26 ________________________________&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/gsxmr2sps1eotdmqsnmz.jpg"></figure>Cabinet of Morbid Curiosities: The Richard Harris Collection<a href="https://www.potterauctions.com">Potter &amp; Potter Auctions</a>October 2 ________________________________&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092764/bqtpxekspz2vfdirllyv.jpg"></figure>Design<a href="https://www.wright20.com">WRIGHT</a>October 24&nbsp;</body></html>

This Fall’s Art Auctions

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/in8nl9uhsgfux2sacxui.jpg" holder.="" 2023,="" 600dpi.jpeg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nicholas-sistler-torque">Nicholas Sistler: TORQUE</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmSoNA Chicago&nbsp; – West Town / Wicker Park&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/itmj4udeplhvtprnurpq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/adam-augustyn-solo-show">Adam Augustyn ‘Hero’s Journey’, Solo Show</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery – West Town&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/mqqye3abj0mzplmh27ar.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-in-chicago-1995-2025">Art in Chicago 1995-2025</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDavid Salkin Creative&nbsp; – West Town&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/ibifg77rnngoqtvldp4b.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tromarama-12baec39-15e2-4842-badd-bea97ef422ff">Tromarama: Auto Ally</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDOCUMENT – West Town&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/j6tgtxlhjdrs9fr7bgol.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/suzanne-harris-gordon-matta-clark-1971-1978">Suzanne Harris &amp; Gordon Matta-Clark 1971 - 1978</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmRhona Hoffman Gallery – West Town&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/eowcerl9klqkor6pgglb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ross-hansen-of-human-feelings">Ross Hansen: of human feelings</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVolume – West Town&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092764/vpfuwajiflrdwyhdnxzs.jpg" bellezzo.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/denise-bellezzo-new-work-altered-pages">Denise Bellezzo: NEW WORK: ALTERED PAGES</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery – West Town&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092764/ivnxtcyskzojbxrhpj7w.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cathrine-whited-great">Cathrine Whited: Great!</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions – West Town&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092765/chkfic1mjlwx6crlivkj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/youree-kim-alex-belardo-kostiw">There Between Light and Shadow: Youree Kim + Alex Belardo Kostiw</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition – West Town&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Fall Openings: Sept 6 Part I / West Town

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/f1snf6hpyt9wzuk4qhnb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chris-cj-pyle-about-face">Chris CJ Pyle:&nbsp;About&nbsp;Face</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm*Carl Hammer Gallery – River North*Note: the gallery is celebrating 45 years&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/i8ganexa9rmk76lms7sf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/paul-nicklen-reverence">Paul Nicklen: REVERENCE</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmHilton Contemporary – River North&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/xerkfmvpbhpqup6omwam.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jeff-hirst">Jeff Hirst</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery – River North&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/uudbktkup1wrqeez4ubz.jpg" copy.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/riva-lehrer">Riva Lehrer: The Monster Studio</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla/Lieberman Gallery – River North&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/lfdi6mi8nemte3hnhvt5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-exhibition-and-opening-reception-288bb52e-bcb8-4743-9d2e-a08fdb69b89f">Evoke / Provoke: Humanity in Art</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmGallery Victor – River North&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/cuqxtj6mlgmuzgb3otox.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-9th-annual-river-north-design-district-fall-gallery-walk">The 9th Annual River North Design District Fall Gallery Walk</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmRiver North&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Fall Openings: Sept 6 Part II / River North

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/tq8bvbw9fosuxumxeztx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/filtered-through-time">Filtered Through Time</a>Opening: Friday, Sept 6, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery – Logan Square&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/mw4xpyi30fj7th6uja31.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tamar-kander">Tamar Kander</a>Opening: Friday, Sept 6, 5 – 7 pmVivid Gallery – Winnetka, IL&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/xi7nncercuqi52qc9fnn.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-faraway-and-the-nearby-natural-world">Doug Haight: Wandering the Sahara</a>Opening: Saturday, Sept 7, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photography, Evanston, IL&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/gy2luiknxgozg1na2icg.jpg"></figure>Defying the Laws | Sarah SmelserOpening: Sunday, Sept 8, 1 – 4&nbsp;pmEvanston Art Center, Evanston, IL&nbsp;</body></html>

Fall Openings: Sept 6-8 Part III / Logan Sq and Suburbs

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/u5o4r7xvscvbapq0is2j.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/how-to-traverse-a-vessel-lauren-woods-nikita-vishnevskiy">How to Traverse a Vessel: Lauren Woods &amp; Nikita Vishnevskiy</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmJames May Gallery – Milwaukee, WI&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/d4gj0qaidzp37oodofjm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/line-to-form-richard-hunt-s-prints-and-sculptures">Line to Form: Richard Hunt’s Prints and Sculpture</a>September 5–January 5, 2025Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA)&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/zjme1ivulfkutb2ltbcj.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/up-north">Up North</a>Opening: Friday, September 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmKim Storage – Milwaukee, WI&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/gun7gyehfm1b9rmq2yno.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/mad-dash-50-years-of-arts-industry/">Mad Dash: 50 Years of Arts/Industry</a>Thru January 12, 2025John Michael Kohler Art Center – Sheboygan, WI&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/fcwmhvhfnct0nadbldcp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/zero-waste-objects">Zero Waste: Objects</a>Thru October 12Racine Art Museum – Racine, WI&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/vjlyntwz39victskiuq6.png" bielefeld.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lois-bielefeld">Lois Bielefeld: its own pristine devices</a>Thru October 12OS Projects – Racine, WI&nbsp;</body></html>

Fall Openings and Exhibitions: Wisconsin 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/relkssxy8n4uf12z5sqy.jpg"><figcaption>Fall gallery openings are the place to be. Flashback to 2021 when Whitney Bradshaw exhibited OUTCRY at McCormick Gallery's former West Loop space.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEAAugust at CGN is a nail-biter. My kids are still out of school and in summer vacation mode, but the CGN office has to work on-the-go with its team of two (plus some stellar helpers!) We do everything we can to get the big fall issue to the printer on time so that it's out before the fall openings. Days are spent writing articles and completing interviews. Sometimes we go out to someone's home to photograph a collection. Then we confirm reams of information about upcoming exhibitions and openings, sending reminders to send in missing information and ad materials, then we size and convert images for print. We proofread, fact check, make last minute changes, prepare shipping lists, and then we send the files to the printer and cross our fingers. While we wait for the magazines to arrive we go back to updating the CGN website with all the info coming up in a couple of weeks. I've been at CGN for 22 years as of this November. That's half my life! Still, it's always so exciting (3 x a year) to have the hard copies of CGN arrive and to see something we actually made. I really love print – CGN is a magazine about art, so I also really believe in print, but it's worth remembering that our digital inclinations and bad habits are new. Print is the OG, and it's still here, helping to make everyone excited about fall in the art world. At least at CGN, for 42 years we have been printing and promoting. When opening night is over the Instagram stories are gone, you can enjoy your morning coffee on Saturday while flipping through a copy of CGN. I hope you pick up one in a gallery this weekend or, even better, subscribe to get it all year.&nbsp;Following is an overview of all that is happening this fall and how you might take advantage of it on your own.*&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/jetabfstgqmeogjwr9fe.png"><figcaption>RNDD hosts its gallery walk Friday, September 6. Exhibitions and vignettes are on view for a few weeks.&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Friday, September 6 dozens of spaces throughout Chicago and farther afield will open their fall exhibitions. For many galleries these fall shows are the biggest of the year. The River North Design District is hosting its 9th annual RNDD Gallery Walk in River North and there are many other art events happening as well.&nbsp;In the spirit of 'back to school' in the art world, there is new art, new energy and returning crowds of collectors, artists and gallery hoppers. Then, the following weekend on September 13 and 14, more galleries will open their exhibitions – many in West Town. Randolph Street Market also takes place at the end of the month as well as other seasonal shopping opportunities. And in early October there is the second Chicago Exhibition Weekend, happening October 3–6 in dozens of galleries and institutions around the city.&nbsp;&nbsp;• Please sign up for CGN's twice-weekly <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/contact/newsletter">newsletter</a>. This is your best guide to what's happening in galleries and museums. It's free!&nbsp;• While I could give you a breakdown of the shows and events coming up, I encourage you to use <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events">CGN's calendar</a> to find what you would like to do and to do it on your own time. You can browse openings, talks, tours, fundraisers and more on our calendar. If Friday nights don't work for you, galleries are open on Saturdays, and visiting on a weekend morning is a great habit to start. Attend a talk or program – many galleries have artist talks during the course of an exhibition, and sometimes opening night is just too busy to hear from the artist while you're catching up with friends and running from space to space. Find a museum or art space you love and commit to attending an annual fundraiser.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/rphlcmhelntbdpnt923m.jpg"><figcaption>SCA's 2023 Annual Meeting beneath Margaret Honda's Double Feature with Short Subject at the Art Institute of Chicago</figcaption></figure>• Several <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/services/arts-groups-and-assoc">collector groups</a> in the area organize tours and exclusive programming for members, offering more intimate access to a range of spaces and programs all year long. Along the way you can meet artist, curators and other collectors. Many are museum-affiliated, like the Art Institute's Society for Contemporary Art, but not all. Most have a membership fee or donation level and offer tickets to special events and dinners.&nbsp;• Fall is also very busy in the auction world, and since we have several excellent Chicago-based houses right here you can preview lots in person. Check out this fall's <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?category=auctions-sales">auction lineup.</a>Enjoy this new season of art and I wish you good luck finding you own way to enjoy it all!&nbsp;&nbsp;Thumbnail: Just for fun – Tom McCormick with artist Whitney Bradshaw at her 2021 exhibition OUTCRY at the gallery.</body></html>

The 2024 Fall Art Season Kicks Off This Weekend: River North and Beyond

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/unbohyfvi2ax2kn1d8vp.jpg"><figcaption>Dawit L. Petros, Untitled (Itineraries of Dispersal, Burnham Park, Chicago, I), 2024. Archival monochrome print, 20” x 26”. Courtesy of the artist.</figcaption></figure>Dawit L. Petros: Prospetto a MareMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHYNestled in a green space between Soldier Field and Lake Michigan, the often-forgotten Balbo Monument was gifted to the city of Chicago by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to commemorate controversial air marshal Italo Balbo’s 1933 transatlantic flight from Italy to Chicago during the city’s World’s Fair. Prospetto a Mare is the latest chapter of Eritrea-born artist Dawit L. Petros’s long-term investigation of the impact of Italian colonialism and its subsequent imprint on the visual cultures, populations and built environments of Africa, Europe and North America.&nbsp;Aug 30–Dec 20 • 600 S. Michigan (60605)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mocp.org/exhibition/prospetto-a-mare/">mocp.org</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/zxhqmbvdbkfs0yua0wq5.jpg"></figure>Riva Lehrer –The Monster StudioZOLLA/LIEBERMAN GALLERYLehrer’s work is celebrated for its exploration into the marginalized and stigmatized body. Through drawing, painting, collage, and sculpture, she challenges viewers to reconsider their assumptions about beauty and difference. For the show’s run, Lehrer will be performing a public portrait studio and has invited a selection of distinguished collaborators who will be asked to describe—and collaboratively draw—an image depicting their inner “monsterselves,” resulting in portraits created through deep conversation.Sept 6–Oct 12 • 325 W. Huron (60654)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.zollaliebermangallery.com">zollalieberman.com</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/rfhm1wrgslm7jwfd3toi.jpg"></figure>Indigenous ChicagoNEWBERRY LIBRARYHome to the Potawatomi, Odawa, Ojibwe, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Myaamia, Wea, Sauk, Meskwaki, and Ho-Chunk peoples, the place we now call Chicago has long been a historic crossroads for many Indigenous people and remains home to an extensive urban Native community. Yet most Chicagoans are unaware of the city’s history as a home to diverse Indigenous peoples and the vibrant Indigenous communities present today. Part of a multifaceted initiative developed in partnership between the Newberry, advisors from the Chicago Native community, and representatives from tribal nations with historic connections to Chicago, this exhibition reflects the dynamic and complex aspects of Native life in Chicago from the seventeenth century to the present. The exhibition draws largely on the Newberry’s collection while also showcasing new work by contemporary Native artists, including Jason Wesaw (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi), Camille Billie (Oneida), and Jim Terry (Ho-Chunk).Sep 12–Jan 4, 202560 W. Walton (60610) • <a href="https://www.newberry.org/calendar/exhibitions">newberry.org</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/epyrwbtfv1jxl4zbjpiy.jpg"></figure>Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917–1967&nbsp;DEPAUL ART MUSEUMEdgar Miller (1899–1993) arrived in Chicago in 1917, and over the next 50 years worked as an architect, artist, craftsperson, curator, designer, and illustrator during a particularly rich period that saw the ascendancy of modernism across the visual culture of the city. Miller’s tremendous body of work spanned multiple mediums, materials, and disciplines and he was unconcerned with trends, labels, or what became the established tenets of modern art. He was committed to figurative storytelling and representing the natural world, creating work intended to be experienced across the built environment.Sept 12–Feb 23, 2025 • 935 W. Fullerton (60614)&nbsp;<a href="https://resources.depaul.edu/art-museum/Pages/default.aspx">depaul.edu</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/gyawoltdpw5ocl0q0frx.jpg"><figcaption>Haegue Yang, Splashing Volcano Ash Gaze – Mesmerizing Mesh, Hanji on alu-dibond, framed. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Studio Haegue Yang</figcaption></figure>Hague Yang: Flat WorksTHE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGOThis defining exhibition marking the artist’s first North American retrospective to survey the artist’s two-dimensional explorations over the last three decades. Through a select number of key works, the ambitious exhibition identifies underlying connections and motivations across the artist’s oeuvre, offering a scholarly perspective on this aspect of Yang’s career for the first time.&nbsp;Sept 18–Dec 20201 E. Ontario • <a href="https://www.artsclubchicago.org">artsclubchicago.org</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092764/teihm5uojqszjsnheekx.jpg"><figcaption>David Smith, The Forest, 1950. Painted steel on wood base, 37×39×4”. Photo: Larry Bercow Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas © 2024 The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;David Smith: The Nature of SculptureFREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS &amp; SCULPTURE PARK&nbsp;The art of David Smith is profuse and marvelously inventive. Working in multiple media, formats, and scales, he blurred boundaries between painting and sculpture and between traditional genres such as landscape and figuration. Smith’s bountiful oeuvre has secured him a firm place within art history and his adventurous approach to three-dimensional form has permanently expanded the vocabulary and range of sculptural practice.Sept 23–Mar 2, 2025 • 1000 E. Beltline Ave. NE., Grand Rapids MI (49525) • <a href="https://www.meijergardens.org">meijergardens.org</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092765/gkfoodcnxnsfzveslp1x.jpg"><figcaption>Joan Mitchell, Untitled, ca. 1961, Oil on canvas. Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Gift of Katharine Kuh, 1968.3 © Estate of Joan Mitchell.</figcaption></figure>The 50th: An Anniversary Exhibition&nbsp;THE SMART MUSEUM OF ARTThe 50th: An Anniversary Exhibition explores what makes and defines a university art museum. A pioneer in arts-based learning, the Smart and its mission have evolved since the Museum opened its doors in the fall of 1974.&nbsp;This exhibition traces the layered, sometimes hidden, histories that have made up the Smart Museum of Art. These histories range from fraught beginnings of building a teaching collection and important relationships with local artists, critics, and community leaders, to opportunities presented by unexpected gifts and partnerships. It reconsiders the impact of the Museum’s past exhibitions that have told different narratives, programs that have pushed boundaries, and acquisitions that have altered the course of the collection. Drawn from the collection, the exhibition presents over a hundred works from across the breadth and depth of the Museum’s holdings, including paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and archival materials.Sept 24–Mar 2, 2025The University of Chicago5550 S. Greenwood, Chicago, IL 60637&nbsp; • <a href="https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu">smartmuseum.uchicago.edu</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092766/grgozscptq5p4doqnbwv.jpg"><figcaption>Elsa Muñoz, Controlled Burn, 2023.</figcaption></figure>Positions: New LandscapesHYDE PARK ART CENTERThis a group exhibition features works by six Chicago-based contemporary artists who explore the radical potential of landscape to address timely conversations about land stewardship, environmental justice, immigration, and racial violence in US history. Approaching landscape from a diverse range of perspectives, artists Lydia Cheshewalla, Kelly Kristin Jones, Norman Long, zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal, Elsa Muñoz, and Leticia Pardo&nbsp; break boundaries of the traditional landscape genre to intervene in civic dialogues rooted in sites and their histories.&nbsp;Oct 26–Feb 23, 2025 • 5020 S. Cornell (60615)<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org">hydeparkart.org</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092766/h4yhmqag1p6num9kwhjy.jpg"></figure>The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020&nbsp;MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTThis international, intergenerational group exhibition examines the different methods artists have used to challenge or intervene in the practice of painting and the role of painters over the past 50 years. Countering the recycled discourse that “painting is dead,” the exhibition suggests that painting remains in a constant state of renewal and rebirth.Nov 9–Apr 13, 2025 • 220 E. Chicago Ave. (60611) • <a href="https://visit.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/the-living-end-painting-and-other-technologies-1970-2020/">mcachicago.org</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092767/ragcqrblmmnhbgbqn95a.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Staple + Stitch Art Book and Print Fair21C MUSEUM HOTEL CHICAGOA celebration and engagement with art, text, print, and paper hosted at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago. Fair exhibitors include arts publishers, small and independent presses, book artists, zine makers, and printmakers across the 2nd-floor spaces of the 21c Chicago. Tandem programming includes book signings, workshops, and demonstrations open to all ages. Look for local exhibitors like Process/Process, as well as others from around the country. The three-day fair is free and open to the public.November 15, 16 and 17 • 55 E. Ontario St. (60611)<a href="https://www.stapleandstitchfair.com">stapleandstitchfair.com</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

Fall's Art Highlights

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/cyw5owgo9ymmq8k9peff.jpg" father="" and="" daughter.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/wisconsin-photography-2024">Wisconsin Photography 2024</a>Opening: Tuesday, August 27, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmRacine Art Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/iwnkdzzrhgk1snkl68r3.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/spirituality-heritage-and-health">Portraiture Suite</a>Exhibition begins August 28Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/rtlz1wddr3lqznueorqj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/public-lecture-and-reception-stephen-burks-spirit-houses">Public Lecture and Reception | Stephen Burks: Spirit Houses</a>Wednesday, August 28, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmIllinois Institute of Technology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/jkquvo0weiqcntyxcxxz.png" wilson.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/millie-wilson-the-museum-of-lesbian-dreams">Millie Wilson: The Museum of Lesbian Dreams</a>Exhibition begins August 29Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/ucpnzpqhjsggifrdxg5i.png" l.="" petros.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/prospetto-a-mare">Dawit L. Petros: Prospetto a Mare</a>Exhibition begins August 30Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/w04o9vxopsy19a5mmysz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/leash-johnson-escaping-the-tyranny-of-meaning">Leasho Johnson: Escaping the Tyranny of Meaning</a>Opening: Thursday, August 29, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmMariane Ibrahim&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092764/wiwnykzdvdaowvhkhsc5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gwen-yen-chiu">Language as Form: Calligraphy &amp; Sculpture by Gwen Yen Chiu</a>Exhibition begins August 31Krasl Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092765/lqliqpu91fk9yym4fdfo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/defying-the-laws-sarah-smelser">Defying the Laws | Sarah Smelser</a>Exhibition begins August 31Evanston Art Center&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092766/fc0umiunnibxe6i1rdjh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/breaking-bread-therese-mulgrew-wendy-s-rolfe">Breaking Bread Thérèse Mulgrew – Wendy S. Rolfe</a>Exhibition begins August 30Povos West Town&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions August 27 - 31

<a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/arts/design/indianapolis-museum-le-monte-booker.html>Another New Leader for Indianapolis Museum Roiled by Racism Outcry</a>The Indianapolis Museum of Art is getting its third leader in four years as it continues to deal with the <a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/arts/design/indianapolis-museum-job-posting.html>fallout from a racially insensitive job posting</a> that led to its longtime leader’s departure in 2021.Newfields, whose campus includes the museum, announced on Monday that Le Monte G. Booker Sr., the chief financial officer of Chicago’s Field Museum, would serve as its next president and chief executive. Booker replaces Colette Pierce Burnette, the first Black woman in the role, who <a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/arts/design/newfields-indianapolis-colette-pierce-burnette.html>departed last November for unclear reasons</a> after just over a year on the job.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/18/arts/design/young-artists-auctions-collectors.html>Young Artists Rode a $712 Million Boom. Then Came the Bust.</a>How did the best years of Amani Lewis’s career turn into the worst time of the artist’s life?First came the meteoric rise. A haunting painting Lewis made in 2020 sold at auction <a href=https://www.phillips.com/detail/amani-lewis/NY010921/303>just a year later</a> for $107,100, more than double its estimate. Two other works had recently tripled expectations, and a collector offered $150,000 in cash for new pieces fresh from the studio. There were shows in Paris and Miami — Lewis had seemingly conquered the market at age 26, upgrading to a new art studio and a Tesla.But when the original painting re-emerged at auction in <a href=https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/first-open-post-war-contemporary-art/amani-lewis-b-1994-32/221874>June and its price</a> plunged to $10,080 — losing 90 percent of its value — the party was over. By then, Lewis had stopped renting a $7,000-a-month luxury apartment in Miami and temporarily moved in with their brother.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/ai-generated-images-paranoia-misinformation-art-historians-provenance-1234715037/>AI-Generated Images Are Spreading Paranoia and Misinformation. Can Art Historians&nbsp;Help?&nbsp;</a>If recent headlines are any indication, one of the most pressing issues right now is the threat posed by fake or manipulated images. The wide availability of generative AI, along with the increasingly user-friendly interface of image editing software like Photoshop, has enabled most people with a computer and internet access to produce images that are liable to deceive. The potential dangers range from art forgery to identity fraud to political disinformation. The message is clear: images can mislead, and the stakes are high. You should learn to detect the real from the fake.Via Art in America&nbsp;<a href=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venus-williams-carnegie-museum-podcast-2524537>Venus Williams on the Latest Stop in Her Art Journey: Hosting a Photography Podcast</a>Tennis star Venus Williams has teamed up with the <a href=https://carnegieart.org/>Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh</a> to <a href=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/carnegie-museums-podcast-venus-williams-2480349>host the institution’s new podcast</a>, “<a href=https://carnegieart.org/art/hillman-photography-initiative/cycle-4-widening-the-lens/widening-the-lens-podcast-series/>Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape</a>.”The six-episode series is a companion piece to the institution’s exhibition of the same name, which opened in May and is on view through January 2025. The show features 19 artists, including <a href=https://www.artnet.com/artists/tomas-saraceno/>Tomás Saraceno</a>, <a href=https://www.artnet.com/artists/justine-kurland/>Justine Kurland</a>, and <a href=https://www.artnet.com/artists/cyprien-gaillard/>Cyprien Gaillard</a>. It represents the fourth <a href=https://carnegieart.org/art/hillman-photography-initiative/cycle-4-widening-the-lens/>cycle</a> of the museum’s <a href=https://carnegieart.org/art/hillman-photography-initiative/>Hillman Photography Initiative</a>, launched in 2013 to bring new ideas about photography to museum audiences.Via ArtnetThumbnail image: Venus Williams recording the podcast Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape in May 2024 Photo by Stefano Ceccarelli, courtesy of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 8/27/24

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/u9hn9r86hnza1orhitfk.jpg" fountain.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ardor-ellie-vergura">Ardor: Ellie Vergura</a>Opening: Friday, August 23, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmJackson Junge Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/wdftfoelmqzqiscapn8l.png" beaucoup.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/merci-beaucoup">Merci Beaucoup | Isabelle Gougenheim solo show</a>Opening: Friday, August 23, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Truborn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/zwibxatmm3ueodixyomc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-spirit-of-nature">The Spirit of Nature</a>Opening: Saturday, August 24, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/m1cazhyn4m2vtpj456bt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/closing-reception-and-performances-and-now-stories-from-the-edge">Closing Reception and Performances | AND NOW: Stories from the Edge</a>Saturday, August 24, 6 – 10&nbsp;pmAgitator Artist Collective&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/oaucyicf7rho5f26v0zc.jpg" gallery="" news="" sobczyk="" 700x500="" copy.jpeg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/motherwell-melanesia-monsters">MOTHERWELL, MELANESIA &amp; MONSTERS</a>Exhibition begins August 26Wadsworth Family Gallery at Lewis University&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions August 23 - 26

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/qw6xqystkjvhcduqp9ng.jpg"><figcaption>A commission of Michael Jordan by Studio Rotblatt Amrany. The 15-foot sculpture, titled “The Spirit,” stands inside the United Center. (Courtesy of the United Center)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/19/sculptors-legends-meet-husband-wife-team-who-make-monuments-sports-heroes-chicago-around">Meet the Husband-Wife Team Who Make Monuments to Sports Heroes in Chicago, Around the World</a>A local husband-and-wife team leads a collective of artists who create monuments to sports stars and heroes of all kinds — from Ty Cobb to Johnny Cash.The couple makes them on property that was once part of Fort Sheridan, the historic U.S. Army training camp 28 miles north of Chicago’s Loop. One former camp building is now occupied by <a href="https://rotblattamrany.com/">Studio Rotblatt Amrany</a>.The studio was founded by Julie Rotblatt Amrany and Omri Amrany, sculptors who have worked together since the 1980s.Via WTTW&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/artist-mickalene-thomas-all-about-love/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h">Artist Mickalene Thomas and her dream of making a difference</a>When you walk into the world of Mickalene Thomas, prepare to be dazzled. The 53-year-old artist uses rhinestones, collage, silkscreen and video to create pieces that celebrate women – proud, confident and powerful.She may be best known for her reinterpretations of classics, like her Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, a take on the Pablo Picasso and Edouard Manet paintings of the same name. Our histories are always wrought with ideas of leaving truths out, leaving people out, said Thomas. And so, I started questioning that.Via CBS Sunday Morning&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anish-kapoors-massive-sculptures-take-over-the-u-k-s-largest-cathedral-2523438">Anish Kapoor’s Massive Sculptures Take Over the U.K.’s Largest Cathedral</a>Anish Kapoor is marking his first Liverpool presentation in over 40 years with a sprawling new show commemorating the 100th anniversary of Liverpool Cathedral. The free exhibition, titled “<a href="https://liverpoolcathedral.org.uk/anishkapoor/">Monadic Singularity</a>,” spans a range of Kapoor’s sculptures from the past 25 years throughout Liverpool Cathedral, among the few sites large enough host to spectacles like Kapoor’s massive, immersive sculpture Sectional Body Preparing for Monadic Singularity (2015). The centenary show marks this artwork’s U.K. debut, too.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/08/16/reed-hastings-utah-powder-mountain-ski-resort-outdoor-museum">Netflix’s co-founder will redevelop Utah resort into a ‘skiable outdoor art museum’</a>A popular resort in Utah will be transformed into a luxury “skiable outdoor art museum” after being acquired by Reed Hastings, the billionaire co-founder of Netflix, who will install works by James Turrell, Jenny Holzer and others throughout the mountaintop.With 8,484 skiable acres, Powder Mountain in Eden, Utah, is the largest ski resort in North America by total acreage. Starting in 2026, the 12,100-acre property will be home to a new art programme. Notable installations include a trailside light installation, Ganzfeld Apani (2011), which James Turrell originally created for the Venice Biennale. The resort said it will also install a major work by Nancy Holt from the 1980s onsite. Pieces commissioned specifically for Powder Mountain will include a series of text engravings on rocks by Jenny Holzer and an installation by Utah native Paul McCarthy rooted in American Western mythology.Via The Art Newspaper</body></html>

What We're Reading: 8/19/24

<a href=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/arts/design/chicago-art-trains-elections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ck4.upNC.niMHeBEK3UCh&amp;smid=url-share>New Public Art Rides the Rails in Chicago, Timed to the Convention</a>Public art by world-renowned creators is a seminal part of Chicago’s urban landscape. Anish Kapoor’s beloved 2006 silver sculpture in downtown Millennial Park, known as “The Bean”(officially “Cloud Gate”), is as much a symbol of the city as Chicago’s sports stars and its skyscrapers.Now, timed to the Democratic National Convention (Aug. 19-22), Chicago is debuting a new array of public art throughout the city, much of it by local talent, and all on democratic (with a lowercase “D”) themes.Via The New York Times&nbsp;<a href=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-minority-stake-abq-abu-dhabi-sovereign-wealth-fund-1234714040/>Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund to Acquire Minority Stake in Sotheby’s in $1 Billion Investment&nbsp;Deal</a>ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, investment, and holding company, has entered into “a definitive agreement” to acquire a minority interest in Sotheby’s. The deal, valued at around $1 billion, will see ADQ purchasing newly issued shares of Sotheby’s. Patrick Drahi, the current majority owner of the auction house, will invest additional capital. The exact breakdown of the investment was not disclosed.According to a press release, the capital infusion from the investment reflects Sotheby’s interest in the burgeoning economic diversification of the Abu Dhabi region. It’s likely that some of the funds will be earmarked for strengthening Sotheby’s finances and supporting the company’s ambitious and real estate expansion plans.Via ARTnews&nbsp;<a href=https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/bar-at-the-folies-bergere-manet-2520568>Was Manet’s Final Masterpiece Meant to Be a Riddle? Here Are 3 Facts About His Iconic Bar Scene</a>Edouard Manet’s last masterpiece, The Bar at Folies-Bergère, is also his most enigmatic. Painted in 1882, the year before he died, Manet was already in mounting physical decline and the artist knew his end was near. Which is to say, he painted The Bar with intentionality as a final testament. The same year it was created, The Bar was displayed at the Paris Salon. Manet’s history with the Salon was notoriously complex—he had often been rejected and, when his works were accepted, they were usually critically skewered (take for instance Olympia, from 1863, which people tried to attack). But the legacy of The Bar at Folies-Bergère has been enduring, if sphinx-like in its ambiguity. The art historian Griselda Pollock rightly deemed it “one of the canonical images for modernist art history.” But what does Manet’s final masterpiece mean?Via Artnet&nbsp;Image: Edouard Manet, A bar at the Folies-Bergere. The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust.) ©The Courtauld.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 8/12/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/avtc3xqvtnzvwy7td5gl.png" simmons.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/howard-simmons-stories-my-camera-tells-once-upon-a-chicago">Howard Simmons: Stories my Camera Tells: Once Upon a Chicago</a>Opening: Wednesday, August 7, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/rmtxwwuw6loatcz0kqn8.jpg" moon="" rising.jpeg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/exploration">Jim Brady: Exploration</a>Opening: Thursday, August 8, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmDragonfly Gallery &amp; Creative Spaces&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/uuccmhd7zf5wweprsecl.png" bielefeld.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lois-bielefeld">Lois Bielefeld: its own pristine devices</a>Opening: Saturday, August 10, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmOS Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/kqe8oenrezorioyatnp4.png" artus.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/marilyn-artus-her-flag">Marilyn Artus: Her Flag</a>Opening: Saturday, August 10, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions August 7 - 10

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/a9fvlyawpwinf4owwom4.jpg" copy.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://pagesix.com/2024/07/29/lifestyle/long-lost-andy-warhol-portrait-of-debbie-harry-up-for-sale/">Long-lost Andy Warhol portrait of Blondie singer Debbie Harry discovered in Delaware, going up for sale for potential millions</a>A long-lost Andy Warhol portrait of Blondie singer Debbie Harry from 1985 that has been hanging in rural Delaware, is going up for sale, we hear, for potential millions.The Harry portrait — and a signed disk of 10 Warhol images — was created on an early home computer when Warhol was an ambassador for a now-defunct tech outfit.Nearly 40 years ago, the famous artist signed on as a brand ambassador to early tech company Commodore and created a portrait of the “Heart of Glass” singer on an <a href="https://nypost.com/2014/04/26/computer-sleuths-stumble-upon-lost-art-of-andy-warhol/">Amiga 1000 home computer </a>as part of a promo at Lincoln Center.Via New York Post&nbsp;<a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/museums-including-shedd-aquarium-art-institute-field-museum-msi-offering-free-admission-days-august/15131191/">Chicago museums offering free admission days in August</a>The calendar has flipped to August and that means several Chicago museums are offering free admission this month for Illinois residents.That includes the Art Institute. Visitors can get in Thursday at no charge, from 5-8 p.m.And starting this week, the Shedd, Field Museum, and Adler Planetarium will all start rotating free dates into their calendars.Via ABC 7&nbsp;<a href="Art" galleries="" can="" be="" found="" on="" the="" streets="" of="" chicago="" this="" summer.="" all="" you="" have="" to="" do="" is="" look="" around,="" while="" waiting="" for="" bus.="" might="" say,="" people="" are="" moved="" by="" art.="" wait="" a="" cta="" bus="" and="" just="" meet="" hero.="">Chicago bus shelters showcase portraits of unsung neighborhood heroes</a>Art galleries can be found on the streets of <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/tag/us/il/cook-county/chicago">Chicago</a> this summer. All you have to do is look around, while waiting for the bus.You might say, people are moved by the art. Wait for a <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/tag/organization/cta">CTA</a> bus and you just might meet a hero.The Unsung Heroes of Uptown are featured on bus shelters around the city.Portraits, plus a QR code that connects the viewer to a detailed Chicago story.Conceptual artist Hana Bleue Chaussette met each person, heard their story, recorded, painted them and brought them to the streets.Via FOX 32&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 8/5/24

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255045/lkuhcu6n7lqkhcvuiwbb.jpg"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://desmoinesartcenter.org/art/exhibitions/hurricane-season/" target="_blank">1. Des Moines Art Center –&nbsp;Hurricane Season: Caribbean Art + Climate Change</a>Every year from June 1 through November 30, people across the Caribbean archipelago hold their breath. It’s hurricane season. Hurricanes and the devastation they bring have long been a part of life in the Caribbean, but with climate change, these storms are getting far more violent. They pick up steam faster than ever before, leaving little time to prepare. The aftermaths of storms are unbearable and shed light on the living legacy of colonialism and ongoing political corruption. Yet even as the effects of climate change wreak havoc on the region, life across the archipelago continues. People adapt. They weather the storm, even as they are weathered by it.“Hurricane Season” features 58 works in a range of media by six artists from across the Caribbean archipelago and its diaspora: Firelei Báez, Lionel Cruet, Teresita Fernández, Tamika Galanis, Deborah Jack, and Hew Locke.Thru Sept 22Des Moines, IA&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255046/nfwgrmwbqbahdeajfh5q.jpg">Cholos, White Fence, East Los Angeles, 1986. Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, b. 1942). Gelatin silver print; framed: 57.5 x 42.2 cm (22 5/8 x 16 5/8 in.); sheet: 35.2 x 27.7 cm (13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.); image: 32 x 21.9 cm (12 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Leslie and Judith Schreyer and Gabri Schreyer-Hoffman in honor of Virginia Heckert, 2017.41 © Graciela Iturbide&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/picturing-border" target="_blank">2. The Cleveland Museum of Art –&nbsp;Picturing the Border</a>Picturing the Border&nbsp;presents photographs of the US-Mexico borderlands from the 1970s to the present taken by both border residents and outsiders. They range in subject matter from intimate domestic portraits, narratives of migration, and proof of political demonstrations to images of border crossings and clashes between migrants and the US Border Patrol. The earliest images in this exhibition form an origin story for the topicality of the US-Mexico border at present, and demonstrate that the issues of the border have been a critical point of inquiry for artists since the 1970s.Thru January 5, 2025Cleveland, OH&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255047/fpaqnzvwvcs8whdhnaxg.jpg">&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://presidentlincoln.illinois.gov/visit/whats-inside/exhibits/museum/illinois-gallery/solidarity-now" target="_blank">3. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum –&nbsp;Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People's Campaign</a>Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People's Campaign&nbsp;explores one of the most important grassroots movements of the civil rights era: the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968. The exhibition investigates the factors that made this movement a success: the ideas, the emotions, the people, and the place—Resurrection City.&nbsp;Through a moving combination of photographs, objects, video, and oral histories, it explores the significance and impact of this campaign that drew thousands of people to develop a protest community on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to call the nation's attention to the crippling effects of poverty for millions of Americans.Thru August 18Springfield, IL&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255048/qgbom3lilpbkkf3kzyfm.jpg">&nbsp;4. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art –&nbsp;William Villalongo: Myths and MigrationsWilliam Villalongo: Myths and Migrations&nbsp;showcases 33 works created in the last two decades by the Brooklyn-based artist William Villalongo. Highly recognized for his paintings, collages, and signature velour paper cut-outs, Villalongo’s striking visual narratives invite the viewer to engage with the complexities and precarity of Black existence.Thru August 11Madison, WI&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1733255048/eftfit01t5rbznozulex.jpg">&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.thepaine.org/event/microsculpture-insect-portraits-levon-biss/" target="_blank">5. Paine Art Center and Gardens –&nbsp;Microsculpture: The Insect Portraits of Levon Biss</a>Examine extremely fine pigmented scales, velvet-like surface textures, saw-sharp mandibles, swirling patterns and some of the most vibrant, iridescent colors seen in nature with large-scale photographic prints by British photographer Levon Biss.Thru October 13Oshkosh, WI

5 Museum Shows To Visit This Summer in the Midwest - Part II

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/g32c46yf1sec4uptocc8.jpg" cano.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mandy-cano-villalobos-delectable-goods-profit-not">Mandy Cano Villalobos: Delectable Goods Profit Not</a>Opening: Friday, August 2, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/lwidgbcneapavncw0beh.jpg" work="" copy.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/curators-gone-rogue-susan-aurinko-susan-blackman">Women Work 2024</a>Opening: Friday, August 2, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/cykobwtnunjoy4kyk8sd.png" mcmahon.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/margot-mcmahon-cultural-communities-chicago-writers-and-beyond">Margot McMahon: Cultural Communities: Chicago Writers and Beyond</a>Opening: Friday, August 2, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/pxjjch7fm2uqppflbgy4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/august-group-exhibit">Sheila Arora: Limitless</a>Opening: Friday, August 2, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmVivid Art Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092762/c0lfergg72jh8igyyirr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ginny-krueger-sunburst-art-inspired-by-the-sun">Ginny Krueger: Sunburst: Art Inspired by the Sun</a>Opening: Friday, Aug 2, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/vmsoeklcgxgybw8wxdvi.png" sanders.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/invisibility-existing-on-the-periphery-a-virtual-exhibition">Invisibility: Existing on the Periphery | A Virtual Exhibition</a>Exhibition begins August 3Woman Made Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions August 2 & 3

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/qcjkygvwiaryk9e9bx7l.jpg"><figcaption>Reproductions of an artwork from the Louvre Museum installed in the Seine during the Olympic Games opening ceremoney in Paris, France, 2024. Photo: Naomi Baker / POOL / AFP via Getty Images.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-mona-lisa-2517224">The Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Was an Art-Filled Extravaganza</a>It was an unusually art-filled Olympics Opening Ceremony in Paris as the Parade of Nations traveled by boat down the River Seine. The Mona Lisa escaped from the Louvre to catch the occasion, braving the rain along with an expected 300,000 Parisians and visitors from around the world.Carrying the Olympic torch throughout the festivities was a mysterious masked figure first seen in a rowboat in the Parisian catacombs. His face obscured, he wore a costume that recalled famous French characters the Phantom of the Opera and Arsène Lupin.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimberlywhitler/2024/07/28/how-ai-is-impacting-the-art-and-business-of-storytelling/">How AI Is Impacting The Art And Business Of Storytelling</a>How can AI transform the art and science of storytelling? To better understand, I connected with Vimeo CMO, Lynn Girotto, who serves a community of +300 million directors, marketers, and content creators on Vimeo.Girotto believes that “AI makes art and business easier by giving people the confidence to share their ideas in an efficient and engaging manner. Whether it’s a director producing a grassroots film, a small business creating its first product walkthrough, or a CEO giving a company-wide address, everyone should feel empowered to visually express themselves.More videos are produced every day, while attention spans only get shorter.Via Forbes&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/travel/tuscany-pienza-benches.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-00.VzqH.UpKpSi6kFvFP&amp;smid=url-share">A New Path in Tuscany Offers Rest, Beauty and an Escape from the Crowds</a>In Tuscany, the Val d’Orcia, with its rolling fields and untouched landscape beneath the dormant volcano of Monte Amiata, seems created for photo ops. Within it, the town of Pienza is one of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture, designed by the famed Bernardo Gambarelli, better known as Bernardo Rossellino, in white travertine marble and surrounded by palazzi which he also built.This summer, a new path leads visitors from the town’s main piazza to the countryside, a journey of a little less than two miles. Along its length they’ll find 28 benches made of travertine marble created by well-known artists. Each bench is both a place to rest and take in the sweeping views of the Italian countryside, and a work of art shaped by the maker’s hand: One suggests a throne, another carries an image of a face, another has the tactile surface of a beach stone.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jack-shainman-gallery-sues-collector-jim-hedges-1234713058/">New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery Sues Art Collector, Claiming He Owes Nearly&nbsp;$300,000</a>New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery has sued collector James R. Hedges IV, alleging that he owes nearly $300,000 for the sales of 19 artworks that the gallery had consigned to him.The lawsuit, which was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York on Friday, claims that Hedges and his gallery, the Santa Monica–based Hedges Projects, were consigned these works via invoices dated between June 2022 and May 2024. Hedges and his gallery are accused of owing $298,772.72.Via Artnews</body></html>

What We're Reading: 7/29/24

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/dogv7lqcexf7zqrpaxkc.jpg" copy.jpg=""><figcaption>Dr. Douglas Arbittier with items from his large collection of medical antiques in Mendham, N.J., on May 16, 2024. When he found that many medical-themed woodblocks he bought were fake, he began an intense effort to catch the forger. (Bryan Anselm / The New York Times)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/the-art-forger-had-fooled-thousands-then-he-met-doug/">The art forger had fooled thousands. Then he met Doug</a>Earl Washington loves wood.He loves maple wood from Wisconsin and boxwood from Turkey. He loves running his hands on its surface, feeling its heft and texture. But most of all he loves carving it. Thoughts about carving, he says, consume his waking moments.Mastery was never enough for him, though. To profitably sell woodblocks — which can be an oddity in the art market — Washington decided he also needed myth. So he created elaborate origin stories for his pieces. Some, he claimed, had been made or acquired by his great-grandfather. Others he promoted as rare creations from the 16th and 17th centuries.Thousands of people bought them unquestioningly, but a few became suspicious and raised concerns online and to authorities. The FBI fielded some complaints, but was not aware, it said later, of the “depth and the breadth” of Washington’s scheme, so he continued to sell his creations, having mastered the craft of carving and the art of fooling others.Until one day in 2013, when he met Douglas Arbittier.Via Seattle Times&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/ivjdswrefiucyjc7ez5w.jpg"><figcaption>A 150-million-year-old, near-complete Stegosaurus fossil sold for a record $44.6 million at auction on Wednesday.Matthew Sherman &nbsp;</figcaption></figure> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/citadels-ken-griffin-buys-stegosaurus-45-million-record-auction-sale-rcna162509">Citadel's Ken Griffin buys a stegosaurus for $45 million in a record auction sale</a>Billionaire investor Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of hedge fund Citadel, purchased a late-Jurassic stegosaurus skeleton for $44.6 million at Sotheby’s Wednesday, marking the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction.The 150 million-year-old stegosaurus named “Apex” measures&nbsp;11 feet tall and nearly 27 feet long from nose to tail and it is a nearly complete skeleton with 254 fossil bone elements. Apex was only expected to sell for about $6 million.Via NBC News&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-photo-art-criticism-2513681">‘The Photo’ and Its Aftermath</a>Analyzing the instant myth-making around Evan Vucci's famous photo of Trump.You don’t need an art critic or a professional commentator to tell you why The Photo is “iconic,” to use the overused term. Trump looks defiant in the face of death. There’s an American flag in the background. It’s well composed.None of this is expert-level analysis. It’s&nbsp;what you already <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/world-moving-pictures-photographs-capture-indelible-moments-trump-111942383">knew</a>the first time you looked at it.Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 7/24/24

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/uuorjwe2pziwefmlaeta.png" lee="" csicsko.png=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/closing-reception-for-david-lee-csicsko-s-exhibit-mr-fancy-pants-a-celebration-of-lgbtq-icons">Closing Reception for David Lee Csicsko’s Exhibit MR. FANCY PANTS: A CELEBRATION OF LGBTQ+ ICONS</a>Friday, Jul 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092760/mn0h7zr1aufqawicag2z.jpg" &amp;="" me_2024="" .jpg=""></figure><a href="/organizations/the-gallery-a-c-architects">Robin Malpass: My Chicagos</a>Opening: Thursday, Jul 25, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmThe gallery a+c architects&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/vge2dumivo9tgiyb4lpy.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/field-day-at-navy-pier">Field Day at Navy Pier</a>Saturday, Jul 27, 10&nbsp;am – 3&nbsp;pmIntuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Pop up at Navy Pier&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092761/psu7mvuplr90q7x86gjz.jpg" flynn.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tim-flynn-colored-pencil-drawings-sculptures">Tim Flynn | Colored Pencil Drawings + Sculptures</a>Opening: Saturday, Jul 27, 6 – 9&nbsp;pm<a href="/organizations/blue-moon-gallery">Blue Moon Gallery</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092763/m5hnfabov4hcx7mdmwbh.jpg" art="" walk="" 7-27.jpg=""></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/weekend-art-walk-west-town-murals">Weekend Art Walk: West Town Murals</a>Saturday, Jul 27, 11&nbsp;am – 12:30&nbsp;pmJoin Lea Pinsky on a guided tour of murals along Chicago Avenue in West Town from Ashland Avenue to Damen Avenue<a href="/organizations/art-encounter-a452ddc8-ae2e-43d9-b388-5e0489a313fe">Art Encounter</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions and Events July 25–27 Part I

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1731092759/zhdrvebnxehsfihvr3v3.jpg" copy.jpg=""><figcaption>Painter Jake Troyli is one of several local artists launching new projects ahead of Democratic National Convention. Troyli, whose star is on the rise, will create a 30-foot tall mural in Garfield Park for SkyArt, an arts nonprofit that runs free programs for kids.Taylor Glascock for WBEZ</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.wbez.org/arts/2024/07/22/jake-troyli-artist-chicago-mural-dnc-democratic-national-convention-art">Artist Jake Troyli is putting a big stamp on Chicago ahead of the Democratic National Convention</a>It’s just past 3 p.m. on a scorching July afternoon, and Jake Troyli watches as a group of elementary school children file into a studio space in a South Chicago community center. Standing at a formidable 6 ’10”, Troyli towers no less than two feet over most in the room at the SkyArt Center, but the additional inches don’t seem to keep his jitters at bay.“I’m kind of nervous,” laughs Troyli. “I present to adults all the time, but it’s kind of intimidating to talk to kids.”Via WBEZ&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/travel/chicago-budget-travel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E0.UnKW.SwLUeCrL1N2z&amp;smid=url-share">A Cheapskate in Chicago - NYT Frugal Traveler</a>One June morning, I went to see what the tourists were up to in Chicago, where I live. My mission was to join them while adhering to a strict travel budget. So I started with a free <a href="https://www.chicagogreeter.com/visit">Chicago Greeter</a> tour of the downtown Loop, ground zero for visitors and home to popular attractions like <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park.html">Millennium Park</a> and the <a href="https://www.artic.edu/">Art Institute of Chicago</a>.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://hoodline.com/2024/07/new-takeaway-sculpture-by-artist-tom-friedman-joins-chicago-s-cta-public-art-collection-at-uic-halsted-station/">New Takeaway Sculpture by Artist Tom Friedman Joins Chicago's CTA Public Art Collection at UIC-Halsted Station</a>The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has unveiled its latest addition to the diverse array of public art found within its transportation corridors: a new sculpture titled Takeaway now graces the UIC-Halsted Blue Line station, delivering a whimsical nod to contemporary urban life by the figure of Hermes, the Greek messenger god, adeptly balancing a stack of take-out food containers on his head, the station located at the nexus of the bustling University of Illinois Chicago campus and the vibrant neighborhood of Greektown, which has long served as a confluence for travelers and local commuters alike.Via Hoodline&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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