<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418876/hcgrn0mrfqkbjpefc2et.jpg"></figure>Chicago Loop Alliance teases 2021 plans for downtown: mural walks, pop-ups, open streets on State&nbsp;<a href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUXhkX0UhPogPnfTGmCBMoMg-3DhJZy_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1XeiuuTDCWCbvFFcP-2BZ-2Ft6yZw0AYl95zT-2FawsXUF9bauiyJaIwQEPKT5KsxsRa76apy-2FMrOWnmtAYMvp9zzbJ0JD13hiHMKIzOGBcWlIBsz-2F9mXvts5k4ykU-2B1yGIsYqLzeM-2B9jy-2FDJtZwE2J-2FM1a7vxnU810CEtE2dlOe7XHWDmYPv-2BM7ND5XYtjQZSUKrtLCEBxQHZL1Nk0-2FRj-2Fe3jNCKkmGFUhQI67vJACdRxNSLtuebEt2akFo-2BVLcuFh2qdfBp7qTUMlF3YX0NWgsmyTTNPgigv316gOOzvjZiJ1FWp2bA-3D">Chicago Loop Alliance</a> and the <a href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUXhkX0UhPogPnfTGmCBMoMiPwphVy7EprdUlhr1z0fI-2BZ-2Fl3eUrT03zmwrqRm15HeQ-3D-3Dh3Qi_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1XeiuuTDCWCbvFFcP-2BZ-2Ft6yZw0AYl95zT-2FawsXUF9bauiyJaIwQEPKT5KsxsRa76apy-2FMrOWnmtAYMvp9zzbJ0JD13hiHMKIzOGBcWlIBsz-2F9mXvts5k4ykU-2B1yGIsYqLzeM-2B9jy-2FDJtZwE2J-2FM1a7vxnTPAuhjf7ESA6vIWLlv3X9NVVGSMtCl7Hc9fdS77OCcxU4jpGcwNZX6opJZpxlH5ARCua7WY1l9F3YWq9gY8LcecwlwEKBZjHRtal-2B2WGriNMMNoDEiuyfGzWi0CzyR-2FAMNCLVs9VpvPldz2luRJqsM-3D">Chicago Loop Alliance Foundation</a> hosted their 16th&nbsp;Annual Meeting on March 23.&nbsp;During the virtual meeting attendees got a first look at the organization’s potential 2021 plans and programs, including an ambitious open streets project that would see parts of State Street in the Loop closed to vehicle traffic for up to 12 Sundays this summer.&nbsp;“Last year was incredibly challenging for the Loop community, which relies so heavily on the 370,000 workers and millions of visitors it normally sees,” said Chicago Loop Alliance President and CEO Michael Edwards. “This month, we noticed a 35 percent increase in pedestrian activity on State Street, which has really improved the atmosphere and energy downtown—we’re all starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. As vaccine distribution continues to ramp up, and as the weather warms, we see many opportunities to attract people back to the Loop in 2021."&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418877/ghflls1lsrnxwyzrxks8.jpg"><figcaption>Diane Arbus, Triplets in Their Bedroom, NJ, 1963, gelatin silver print, 15 x 15 inches</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/alan-koppel-gallery-north">Alan Koppel Gallery opens satellite gallery in Glencoe</a>Alan Koppel Gallery announced this week that they have opened a satellite location: Alan Koppel Gallery – North in Glencoe, IL. Located at 342 Park Avenue in downtown Glencoe, this new auxiliary gallery will bring modern and contemporary masterworks to the collectors and art lovers of Chicago's North Shore. The gallery's main location is still on N. Dearborn St. in Chicago.The inaugural exhibition in the space is "Diane Arbus: A Secret about a Secret" with seven iconic artworks by one of America's preeminent photographers, along with works by contemporary artists influenced by Arbus. The show runs through May 8.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418877/f9le66lmlctybbky0un5.jpg"><figcaption>Lanna Thai Coffee Table, Teak Wood, 50"W x 38"D x 17"H, $4,200 Now: $1,260</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.goldentriangle.biz/just-in/thai-lanna-coffee-table-19t08099a.html">Golden Triangle Moving Sale Ends March 27</a>The Golden Triangle is moving from their Clark Street warehouse to the west side. To clear out a lot of their (often large) furniture and objects, their entire collection is being offered at 70% off, online or in person. All Sales Are Final &nbsp;No Holds, Returns, Refunds or Exchanges. Sale Ends March 27th, 2021&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418878/mezwcoycxqo2fgnplvjl.jpg"></figure>Weinberg/Newton Gallery Names Artist Collective as Inaugural Artists in Residence<a href="http://www.weinbergnewtongallery.com">Weinberg/Newton Gallery </a>named Chicago-based organization A Long Walk Home as inaugural recipients of the Art &amp; Advocacy Residency. Conceived as an expansion of the gallery’s mission to raise awareness for social justice issues in collaboration with artists, the Art &amp; Advocacy Residency offers awarded artists the use of the 2,200 square foot gallery space over the course of 12 weeks, in addition to a stipend. Participating A Long Walk Home artists Scheherazade Tillet, Robert Narciso and Leah Gipson will collaborate to realize The Visibility Project: Black Girlhood Altar, an installation comprised of four community altars to be placed throughout Chicago this May and June as temporary monuments to missing and murdered Black girls.The Visibility Project: Black Girlhood Altar will engage Black girls and young women in Chicago as citizen-artists who will research, assemble and activate the altars, using the project to advocate for change within their communities. Each public altar will serve as a sacred space and gathering site for grief, healing, safety and comfort through multi-disciplinary art practices. The ALWH Collective is interested in finding ways for communities to come together to grieve, celebrate life, and make sustainable changes in their own communities. Over the course of the residency, ALWH and Weinberg/Newton Gallery will present programming that offers the public insight into the creation of The Visibility Project: Black Girlhood Altar.&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/2021/3/24/22346728/aldermans-bid-restrict-house-museums-iwithdrawn-should-stay-that-way?utm_campaign=chicago.suntimes&amp;utm_content=entry&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;__twitter_impression=true&amp;fbclid=IwAR2qOgrrj8TB0Obn365Ysn40mO8McwcufwPWZYEfb5kRlUcOPjqyLjhofEc">An alderman’s bid to restrict house museums is withdrawn — and should stay that way</a>There are tons of problems the city’s lawmakers need to address — crime, the stratospheric costs of municipal pensions, historic racial and social inequalities — but passing a law to restrict the creation of neighborhood house museums, of all things, certainly isn’t one of them.Yet that’s the quixotic battle Ald. Sophia King (4th) has chosen to fight recently, that is until the arts and culture community mounted up against her proposed ordinance, forcing her to withdraw the measure Tuesday from the City Council Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: March 25

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417672/zzmyrlkh46g7doa9vamw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lecture-in-photography-candice-breitz">Lecture in Photography: Candice Breitz</a>Wednesday, March 24, noon – 1&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)Candice Breitz’s recent work reflects on a media- saturated global culture and probes widespread indifference to the plight of those facing real&nbsp;world adversity. Breitz will discuss her work including Labour (2017, ongoing), currently on&nbsp;view in Reproductive, which explores links between capitalism, labor, male dictatorships and the regulation of women’s bodies.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417673/oga9n4bny5est0nia0co.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/conversations-from-the-frontlines-transitioning-to-a-regenerative-economy">Conversations from the Frontlines: Transitioning to a Regenerative Economy</a>Thursday, March 25, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmWeinberg/Newton GalleryClimate solutions must address the legacy of pollution and promote racial and economic justice. In Michigan City, Just Transition NWI and the LaPorte County Chapter of the NAACP are fighting dirty, uneconomic coal plants and advancing a vision of a more sustainable economy that promotes the health of the community. This roundtable discussion will feature two leaders in the ongoing efforts including their advocacy, supported by Earthjustice, for the closure and cleanup of five coal ash ponds at the Michigan City Generating Station.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417674/iuasp8cqriakoppyp2am.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/music-talk-justin-vivian-bond-with-jim-hodges">Music Talk: Justin Vivian Bond with Jim Hodges</a>Saturday, March 27, 4 – 5:30&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;Join in as acclaimed singer-songwriter, author, painter, performance artist, and actor Justin Vivian Bond chats, riffs, and improvises with installation artist Jim Hodges in Hodges’s studio in Queens, with Bond’s band in the background.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417675/dvxtzgtpky8cvzrl40qq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/miranda-july-in-conversation-with-jennifer-reeder">Miranda July in Conversation with Jennifer Reeder</a>Tuesday, March 30, 6:30 – 7:30&nbsp;pmSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Visiting Artists ProgramMiranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer whose work explores human connection, inclusivity, desire, fear, and fantasy. Across media, July's daring, urgent, and idiosyncratic voice finds unexpectedly accessible forms that reflect the poignancy and strangeness of the human plight.July will discuss her practice with filmmaker Jennifer Reeder (MFA 1996). Reeder constructs personal fiction films about relationships, trauma, and coping. Her innovative, award-winning narratives borrow from a range of forms including after-school specials, amateur music videos, and magical realism.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Talks This Week: March 23 - 30

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418876/pmw3rghlsiutaa4kuntm.png"><figcaption>Drawing by Chris Ware &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.saic.edu/magazine/spring21/drawing-inspiration-how-chris-ware-sees-chicago">SAIC's New Magazine is Out and Features Alumnus Chris Ware</a>A year ago, Chicago's creative and cultural hubs shut down—but the city and its people persisted.&nbsp;In this issue of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago magazine, SAIC spotlights how Chicago's makers are inspired more than ever by the beauty and resilience of the place they call home.Over the last 30 years, Chicago’s Loop has experienced a renaissance, anchored by glittering theater marquees and bustling restaurants and shops. But that wasn’t always the case. When artist and writer Chris Ware (SAIC 1991–93, HON 2019) first moved to Chicago in the ’90s, he would bike through the empty Loop at night. “It felt post-apocalyptic, abandoned, filthy, segregated, and miserable yet concomitantly weirdly lawless and unaccountably occasionally inspiring,” Ware said. “I recall the predominant colors being brown and gray. Lots of trash.” – Brontë Mansfield (SAIC MA 2017)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/beginning-her-career-yayoi-kusama-donated-11-works-her-doctor-now-they-may-sell-14-million-180977271/?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=socialmedia&amp;fbclid=IwAR3zJ5arsy3_NgZ0GRazcnzUG4MQB5q590RknJXiG7OxikKscywJFGsLXlU">Trove of Early Yayoi Kusama Works to Go on Public View for the First Time</a>When the esteemed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama was a struggling creative in 1960s Manhattan, she needed a doctor but couldn’t afford one. Faced with few options, she visited physician Teruo Hirose (one of only two Japanese-speaking doctors on the island at the time), who often provided inexpensive or pro bono medical care to fellow Japanese immigrants.&nbsp;Hirose agreed to treat her, and in return, she gave him a number of artworks as a token of gratitude. The pair remained friends until Hirose’s death in November 2019 at age 93.This May, reports Angelica Villa for ARTnews, 11 of these gifted artworks are set to hit the auction block. Combined, Bonhams expects the three paintings and eight works on paper to sell for between $8.8 million and $14 million.Via ARTnews&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/3/20/22338709/chicago-history-museum-new-ceo-donald-lassere-plans-attendance-teens-diversity-exhibits">New CEO of Chicago History Museum has a plan to build and diversify attendance</a>Chicago’s oldest museum also has one of the lowest profiles, playing second fiddle to the Art Institute, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium.But that could change, if Donald Lassere, newly hired president and CEO of the Chicago History Museum, has his way.Lassere is returning to his hometown of Chicago with a plan to make the History Museum more interactive and exciting and to build and diversify museum attendance that is now “more than 80%” white in a majority-minority city.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/22

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418876/gsch5ue2m3dsahaxykzz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/photos-at-zoom-discussion-session-walker-evans">Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Walker Evans</a>Friday, March 19, 12 – 1&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)Presented virtually on Zoom | Register&nbsp;<a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=24aa1158cc&amp;e=62775191de">here</a>Join the MoCP for a casual drop-in session where we will closely read and discuss one photograph together in the museum's collection.&nbsp;This week we will look at Walker Evans'&nbsp;Kitchen Wall in Bud Field's Home, Hale County, Alabama, 1936.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418877/oulc4wx1pky5bqhccltq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/open-dialogue-adrienne-maree-brown-on-how-we-talk-with-each-other">Open Dialogue: adrienne maree brown on How We Talk with Each Other</a>Friday, March 19, 1 – 2:15&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)The Dialogue Series is a museum-wide commitment to sustained inquiry about museum practice, access, and inclusion. Each annual series includes eminent speakers presenting innovative work happening across disciplines, panel discussions, and opportunities for open dialogue with audiences.<a href="https://mcachicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c24ba7c5a91cefd699dc985e1&amp;id=bcab35ec75&amp;e=7d7a84135f">RSVP</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418877/vmbjeourts4irgddmxni.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/take-care-be-well">Take Care, Be Well</a>Saturday, March 20, 11 am - 8:30 pmSmart Museum of ArtMarking the end of the Smart Museum’s exhibition Take Care, and situated one year after Chicago’s stay-at-home order, this day-long series of live-streamed experiences and recorded content reveals the myriad ways we may turn toward each other for mutual support, sustenance, and compassion.<a href="https://uchicago.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba2086a45b4ee8391b89447b&amp;id=40b7a6a57d&amp;e=00938adab1">Learn more and save the date »</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418878/rtk3rehamfwu0fezrt6q.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/artist-talk-claire-elliott-vanessa-shinmoto-and-alexandra-stevenson">Artist Talk: Claire Elliott, Vanessa Shinmoto, and Alexandra Stevenson</a>Saturday, March 20, 3 – 4&nbsp;pmEat Paint StudioEat Paint Studio is pleased to announce our first exhibition of 2021. “Inscapes” features work by three artists, Claire Elliott, Vanessa Shinmoto, and Alexandra Stevenson, whose paintings navigate landscapes from the inside out. Each of the artists represented in this group exhibition find connections to nature as a spiritual and regenerative force while improvising on the duality of their inner and outer experiences.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inscapes-a-conversation-with-the-artists-registration-146490925301">Please register here</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Talks This Weekend: March 19-20

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418876/v9r0wogqhezj3sg2vcco.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/figure-it-out-eccentric-visions-in-figurative-art">Figure It Out: Eccentric Visions in Figurative Art</a>Opening: Friday, March 19, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;Figure It Out: Eccentric Visions in Figurative Art brings together five artists from the Midwest who make distinctly idiosyncratic figurative work. Each of them presents a unique vision that feels both alien and familiar; one that is grounded in personal emotions but is also infused with popular culture, humor and shared experiences. They offer personal mythologies and introspective processes that are made accessible through a language of cartoon imagery, patterns and bright colors.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418876/hyeyrxyr805cmgdo9yeb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/preview-10">Preview 10</a>Opening: Friday, March 19, 3 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)&nbsp;Preview 10 presents various creative viewpoints from recent works that are gestures in new directions for the artists, in preparation for their solo exhibitions in 2021 and 2022. The exhibition is conversational, provisional, and open-ended in allowing the art to define itself and to evoke feelings of persistence and renewal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418877/ka9qgmqq1ilixb1mt50o.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jurors-exhibition">Jurors Exhibition</a>Exhibition begins March 19&nbsp;Bridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418878/akj5tw2awhqnrcet3psa.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/inspired-inspire-artworks-from-michigan-city-area-schools-art-educators">Inspired / Inspire: Artworks from Michigan City Area Schools’ Art Educators</a>Exhibition begins March 19&nbsp;Lubeznik Center for the Arts&nbsp;Highlighting eleven visual arts educators from Michigan City’s elementary, middle and high schools, Inspired / Inspire celebrates these extraordinary teachers, who, despite a most challenging academic year, continue to inspire and be inspired every day. Not only do they educate their students through a world of possibilities, but they also maintain individual creative studio practices.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418879/hsrcd72ozywdf2nmoj8k.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/1st-annual-exhibition-photographic-processes-more">1st Annual Exhibition: Photographic Processes &amp; More</a>Opening: Saturday, March 20, 6 – 10&nbsp;pmDragonfly Gallery&nbsp;1st Annual Exhibition: Photographic Processes &amp; More will feature work by Aaron Wilder, Alkebuluan Merriweather, Barbara Nati, Camille Silverman, Darren Oberto, Deven Mauri, Erin Patton-McFarren, Francisco Malave, Jim Brady, JoAnn Terry, Julie O’Connor, Nemanja Zdravkovic and Ozzie Stern. The exhibition highlights traditional photographic works such as landscape photography &amp; still-life and also explores work that pushes the boundaries of real versus digital.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 19-20

<html><head></head><body>A brief summary of what's news and what's happening in our art community, from exhibition notes and auctions, to real estate ogling. We hope you'll enjoy!– CGN Staff&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418870/ik17cqyih0hyyrpd0gqt.png"></figure>Artist Faheem Majeed Joins UIC as Full Time ProfessorWe heard that artist Faheem Majeed will be joining UIC's School of Art &amp; Art History faculty as a full-time tenured track assistant professor. Majeed shared via Facebook, "As an alum, adjunct professor, and former associate director of this program I can't say enough about how much respect and love I have for the faculty, staff and students of the University."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418871/jazkmqbzns77bfunzkbb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfy5KlkKtDkhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbsc3yfUsXfhGfAA5Qg7QlA">Sips with a Specialist at Hindman</a>Last week we came across Hindman's "Sips with a Specialist," a 5 minute YouTube lesson on a specific work of art. You can watch it here and keep an eye out for future episodes – a nice way to wind down your week and learn something! This most recent episode is with the Director and Senior Specialist of Hindman's European Furniture &amp; Decorative Arts, Corbin Horn, as he discusses Larkin Goldsmith Mead's 'Bust of a Man with an Aquiline Nose, Possibly Menander.' Additional episodes are available on the auction house's YouTube channel.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418872/mprxqsy7s7ykrvcpkbrh.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/3kWuBO5">Diasporal Rhythms Hosts Virtual Collecting Panel</a>Next Saturday, March 20, DR will host their next virtual Art Smart, “The Pandemic Effect: What Are Artists Creating? What Are Collectors Purchasing?”RSVP for 3/20 at 1 CT <a href="https://bit.ly/3kWuBO5">here</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418875/luglulcq0hw3lmwsyet5.png"></figure><a href="http://www.oldtownartfair.org">Old Town Art Fair Announces It's Coming Back in June 2021</a>June 12 will be the opening of the 2021 Old Town Art Fair. 2020 is behind us - plan to visit in June (a bit distanced) together again! There will be 250 nationally acclaimed artists, an estimated 30,000 art lovers, a Garden Walk, Live Music, Food Court and Children’s Corner.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 3/15/21

<html><head></head><body>Following is a summary of &nbsp;current art news from our local art community and around the world, as shared by fellow arts writers and publications. Please click to reach the original source. We will continue to share relevant links each week as the news fills up our reading list. – CGN Staff&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418870/jftt7lrcqc5twjspij6q.jpg"><figcaption>Founder Jonathan Kinkley, left, and co-curator Tim Lapetino stand in the "Nom Nom: 40 Years of Pac-Man Design and History" exhibition at Chicago Gamespace on Feb. 28, 2021. The collection, at 2418 W. Bloomingdale Ave., is only open eight hours a week and on Saturdays and Sundays. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-chicago-gamespace-video-game-art-20210310-tewzcgfjjza7rdjcbvscq3r6sy-story.html?fbclid=IwAR22HmuWqqbH6Jy2qjeYeklAZHywO1V54rV-j-TulDmqVGMCRkhIkODX6tc">Is Pac-Man art? Is Pong part of history? If they are, Chicago Gamespace wants to be their museum</a>On weekend nights, off Western Avenue in Logan Square, on a street so thin it appears squeezed alongside the elevated 606 trail, a curious thing happens: The cubed glass installed in the ground-floor windows of the Bloomingdale Arts Building blinks to life, pixelate then chomp, gathering into a weekly tribute to Pac-Man. Jonathan Kinkley (who was at some point part of VGA Gallery, MoCP and the Art Institute), who worked with a designer in San Francisco to coordinate the animation, imagines the windows eventually becoming a playable video game, controlled by anyone who happens to walk past.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/beeple-jpg-file-sells-for-69-million-setting-crypto-art-record/83cbe617-f2f1-474c-ab8f-457020bf67c7?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=wbez">Beeple JPG File Sells For $69 Million, Setting Crypto Art Record</a>A JPG file made by a digital artist known as <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beeple_crap/">Beeple</a> sold Thursday for almost $70 million by Christie’s auction house. That price set a new record for the increasingly popular market for digital-only art — and makes Beeple’s piece the third most-expensive work sold by a living artist at auction, according to a statement by Christie’s.The artwork, a digital collage called “Everydays — The First Five Thousand Days,” is <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/974089381/whats-an-nft-and-why-are-people-paying-millions-to-buy-them">what’s known as an NFT</a>, or nonfungible token. NFTs signal ownership and authenticity of digital works of art by recording the sale through blockchain technology.Via WBEZ&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/monumental-error-in-the-making-11614982634?st=9cquw9td07vkh0j&amp;reflink=article_gmail_share">Monumental Error in the Making</a>In 1891, sculptor Daniel Chester French won the most coveted (and lucrative) assignment of his burgeoning career: a monumental statue to symbolize the nation’s democratic ideal and serve as the centerpiece of the forthcoming World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. With “The Republic” French produced a colossus that, at least for a year, ranked as one of the most conspicuous and admired sculptures in the nation.Though the original is long gone, a smaller but still-formidable replica stands today on a traffic island in Chicago’s Jackson Park, destined to re-emerge from obscurity when the new Obama Presidential Center is built nearby—that is, unless this version vanishes, too.&nbsp;Via the Wall Street Journal&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/the-chicago-monuments-project-grapples-with-the-hard-history-of-some-city-statues/d3e0cf05-7b5d-4678-aa89-876c7ffc8822?fbclid=IwAR31UEaVHtU5i7aZT8ckjGG_czbYQ97gKKI4pkY5mmBYXrIgG8GlbsiE86w">The Chicago Monuments Project Grapples With The Hard History Of Some City Statues</a>Last summer, protestors who tried to topple a Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park clashed with police. Activists reject the label of Columbus as a “discoverer” of America and point to his violent treatment of Indigenous people. Meanwhile, for some Italian Americans, Columbus is a beacon. Mayor Lori Lightfoot had some Columbus statues moved, but now the city begins its own racial reckoning with public art it owns.Via WBEZ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 3/11/21

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418870/oljl20uyxosilg261jsh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/swim">SWIM</a>Opening: Friday, March 12, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva GalleryThe work of Margie and&nbsp;David&nbsp;Criner.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418870/udfofcvbohmeaxs9ugy2.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/david-richards-gargoyles-and-escutcheons">David Richards: Gargoyles and Escutcheons</a>March 12 – May 9Epiphany Center for the ArtsIn his solo exhibition Gargoyles and Escutcheons, Chicago artist David Richards offers an installation of uncanny wall sculptures that defy easy categorization and casual acquaintance. Mysterious yet familiar, these works exist in a slippery space between abstraction and representation. Both biological and synthetic, his playful reliefs bring to mind plant forms, faces or machines that have been disassembled or seem to be missing a piece.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418871/d7sdqzidy63q00q0ihnl.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/christina-quarles">Christina Quarles</a>March 13 – August 29Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents a solo exhibition by the celebrated Los Angeles-based artist Christina Quarles. Quarles' colorful figurative paintings are filled with a sensual labyrinth of bending and twisting limbs and faces merging with ambiguous objects and abstract patterns.Quarles is leading a growing movement among contemporary artists who are returning to figuration in order to address issues of identity and representation in society today. Her singular approach to figuration, however, renders dancerly, translucent bodies in fabulist environments.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418872/ujkaacawaquljafmetim.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/oakoak-some-parts-of-parts">OAKOAK: some parts of parts</a>March 13 – April 11Vertical GalleryBorn and based in France, OakOak is a world-renowned street artist who specializes in creative, place-based interventions. Playing upon existing elements of the environment, OakOak wields his wit and humor to enliven public spaces and draw our attention to oft-overlooked details of our urban habitats. Accessible and endearing, his street work draws on comic books, video games, tv shows, and other beloved staples of pop culture.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418873/x5klj85cizcnlof6wl6z.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jesse-howard-a-village-refuses-to-be-silent">Jesse Howard: A Village Refuses To Be Silent</a>Opening: Saturday, March 13, 2 – 5&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine ArtJesse Howard is a Chicago native who has observed the rhythms and nuances of African American cultural life in Chicago over many decades. His artworks are portraits and figurative typologies meant to document and celebrate the rich variety of individual and collective expressions, showing the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly. At the core of this work is a deeply felt, powerful pronouncement of the human spirit.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 12 – 13

Following is a summary of &nbsp;current art news from our local art community and around the world, as shared by fellow arts writers and publications. Please click to reach the original source. We will continue to share relevant links each week as the news fills up our reading list. – CGN Staff <a href="https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/4-harley-clarke-renovation-proposals-come-city-council?fbclid=IwAR2ntc0e02lRocxcT2ClbVBlb4oWd1lSZKgy11kIJM2r6JBigN4ild1_3ew">Audrey Niffenegger Plan for Artists Book House Gets a Green Light in Evanston&nbsp;</a>The Evanston City Council authorized lease negotiations with a tenant for the long-vacant landmark Harley Clarke Mansion and Coach house, a city-owned lakefront property that faced potential demolition in 2018.The 1927-built Harley Clarke Mansion and Coach House building has been owned by the city since it was <a href="https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/harley-clarke-demolition-donation-deal-comes-council">purchased</a> from a fraternity in 1960 and has been vacant since the Evanston Arts Center departed in 2015.&nbsp;The top-scoring plan was submitted by the Artists Book House group, founded by author Audrey Niffenegger. The proposal envisions using the Harley Clarke house as an instructional space, gallery, library, bookshop and cafe devoted to the art of books and showcasing local authors and artists. There will be a papermaking studio and heavy machinery for printing, with bookbinding in the home's former master bedroom area. A restored library will be open to the public on a limited basis.Niffenegger, an Evanston native and author of the bestselling "The Time Traveler's Wife," founded the Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia College Chicago in 1994. That center, which offered master's degree programs and residencies, closed in 2019. The Artists Book House proposal seeks to offer non-credit community education and internship opportunities.Via Patch&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ryan-ori/ct-biz-invest-south-west-three-proposals-chosen-ryan-ori-20210308-j44hewmcvvhbtcsbv4xsdq4eym-story.html">A blues museum, eco-food hub and apartments are part of $67 million in projects picked to kick off Chicago’s Invest South/West initiative</a>A proposal was just unveiled to renovate a 20,000-square-foot former bank building with commercial uses including a blues museum, bank branch, cafe and business incubator. On adjacent land, the firms propose a multistory apartment building with affordable units, a green roof, public plaza and outdoor art.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.archpaper.com/2021/03/an-visits-studio-gang-adaptive-reuse/?utm_source=AIA+Chicago+General+List&amp;utm_campaign=403ea0ed9f-ENEWS+may+4+2020_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_3db2e92e9c-403ea0ed9f-93201369&amp;mc_cid=403ea0ed9f&amp;mc_eid=f9d818a52c">AN visits Studio Gang, whose adaptive reuse projects are reinvigorating the past</a>In a recent interview with AN, Jeanne Gang, founding partner and principal of Chicago-based architecture and urban design office <a href="https://www.archpaper.com/tag/studio-gang/">Studio Gang</a>, described <a href="https://www.archpaper.com/tag/adaptive-reuse/">adaptive reuse</a> design as a delicate process of responding to the creations of the past. When approaching adaptive reuse projects, architects have to ask, “What’s already there? What do we give back in return?” While architects can’t control every result of the design process, they have a responsibility to cultivate the best possible outcome of interactions between created space and the natural environment.Via AN&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/international-womens-day-2021-1949310?utm_content=from_www.artnet.com&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%2010:23%20a.m.%20newsletter%20for%203/8/21&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BMORNING%5D">26 Art-World Women Celebrate the Women Who Inspire Them</a>It is not always easy being a woman in this world, and being a woman in the art world can be doubly challenging. Gallery rosters and museum collections around the world have been skewed against women for centuries, and many of today’s top institutions still have yet to appoint a female director. Even so, there is a vast community of women in the art world, dedicated to supporting and uplifting each other.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/louvre-ramps-up-brand-partnerships">Louvre launches flurry of brand partnerships and ‘e-boutique’ in bid to make up Covid deficit</a>After a year when the Musée du Louvre—the world’s most popular art museum—welcomed a fraction of its ten million visitors, it has launched a flurry of brand partnerships and e-commerce initiatives to appeal to customers beyond its masterpiece-laden walls.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/us/jennifer-mack-watkins-children-of-the-sun.html">Celebrating Black Children in America</a>“The Brownies’ Book: A Monthly Magazine for the Children of the Sun” was a short-lived but influential publication edited by W.E.B. Du Bois a century ago. Widely regarded as a pioneer in children’s literature, it celebrated African-Americans with positive images, stories and poetry at a time when caricature toys were the norm.Over the past century, the magazine, which ran from January 1920 to December 1921, has inspired scores of artists, including Jennifer Mack-Watkins, whose upcoming solo <a href="https://www.brattleboromuseum.org/2020/12/07/jennifer-mack-watkins-children-of-the-sun/">exhibition</a> at the Brattleboro Museum &amp; Art Center in Vermont draws from the publication’s illustrative imagery.Via The New York Times&nbsp;&nbsp;Thumbnail image credit: Appearing via Chicago Tribune: Heartland Alliance and Oak Park Regional Housing plan a $37.5 million redevelopment of the former Laramie Bank building and adjacent land in Austin. The proposal includes a blues museum, bank branch, cafe, business incubator and apartments. Rendering provided by City of Chicago. (Handout / HANDOUT)&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/9/21

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418862/sngfmpfscopcrnkxdgrn.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Following is a summary of &nbsp;current art news from our local art community, as shared by fellow arts writers and publications. Please click to reach the original source. We will continue to share relevant links each week as the news fills up our reading list. – Ginny Van Alyea, CGN Publisher&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newcity.com/2021/03/03/today-in-the-culture-march-3-2021/?mc_cid=c5f18342cf&amp;mc_eid=780c419ac6">Chicago Artist Roland Ginzel has died (a couple months shy of his 100th birthday).&nbsp;</a>Ginzel graduated from The Art Institute of Chicago and married fellow artist Ellen Lanyon in 1948.Via Newcity&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://ec2-204-236-225-241.compute-1.amazonaws.com/curiouscity/womens-statues/">She Should Be Here</a>Statues of historic men can be found throughout Chicago’s parks and plazas. But one Curious Citizen thinks there aren’t enough tributes to women. WBEZ asked listeners to nominate influential women they think should be memorialized in marble.Via WBEZ&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/03/03/in-bronzeville-a-push-to-preserve-historic-lu-palmer-mansion-and-chicagos-black-media-legacy/?fbclid=IwAR1FWjIHHx08fUO_gBqYvuM9Y-17eCWTtExSrvcXyUtROyDMnPz7mEtN2As">In Bronzeville, A Push To Preserve Historic Lu Palmer Mansion — And Chicago’s Black Media Legacy</a>A Bronzeville-based archive of Black media is preparing to buy a long-vacant home on King Drive once owned by community organizers Lutrelle “Lu” Palmer and Jorja English Palmer.The Obsidian Collection, founded in 2017, digitally archives photographs, video and documents to make Black history publicly accessible.Via BlockClub Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/museum-of-contemporary-art-mcaccountable-equity/Content?oid=86890631&amp;fbclid=IwAR2CDXUZ7RhPrQbY5yQOiVC3fsMTQFzZDwgMwqM67FFp4M3WWpuz_PQecek#.YD_p2ci2CLg.facebook">‘The Long Dream’ and a labor nightmare&nbsp;</a>Kerry Cardoza writes about The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s latest exhibit and what's been taking place behind the scenes between artists, former museum employees and current leadership since summer 2020.&nbsp;Via Chicago Reader&nbsp;&nbsp;Top thumbnail image: Angela Ford, executive director of The Obsidian Collection, poses for a picture Tuesday morning in front of the Lu and Jorja Palmer Mansion, 3654 S. King Drive. Right: An archival photo of an Operation PUSH event in 1972. Reposted from Block Club Chicago's March 3, 2021 post.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: March 4

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/l20orihscwfxdha1kkof.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/reciprocity">Reciprocity</a>Begins March 4&nbsp;Woman Made GalleryThis exhibition includes 21 woman-identified and non-binary artist pairs anchored in photography and image-based practices and considers the reciprocal relationship between each pair. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/ipm8je20j104paqpaexx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-focus-the-chicago-freedom-movement-and-the-fight-for-fair-housing">In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement and The Fight for Fair Housing</a>Begins March 4&nbsp;Elmhurst Art MuseumAs the U.S. faces a historic moment of social justice reawakening, the Elmhurst Art Museum announces a new exhibition that reflects on historical and contemporary responses to fair housing in the Chicagoland area&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418864/hb5oaswjq50hbppufotf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/inscapes-paintings-by-claire-elliott-vanessa-shinmoto-and-alexandra-stevenson">INSCAPES: Paintings by Claire Elliott, Vanessa Shinmoto, and Alexandra Stevenson</a>Begins March 5Eat Paint StudioEat Paint Studio is pleased to announce our first exhibition of 2021. “Inscapes” features work by three artists, Claire Elliott, Vanessa Shinmoto, and Alexandra Stevenson, whose paintings navigate landscapes from the inside out.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/iwsqk6pwnjvye7w7hcvd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lens-2021">Lens 2021</a>Begins March 5&nbsp;Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/p6jwrgchj7sdeezcbunt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cadaver-one">Cadaver One</a>Begins March 6&nbsp;Vertical GalleryVertical Gallery is very proud to present ‘Cadaver One,’ the debut solo exhibition from Chicago-based painter and glassmaker Alex K. Krueger, a.k.a. CROP. ‘Cadaver One,’ which runs from March 6 - 27 at our 1016 N. Western Ave. location, assembles 41 new pieces extending CROP’s abstract, deeply intuitive technique to mediums including canvas, paper, three-dimensional glass sculpture and found foam board.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418866/yos399rx2hxxlzmfxi3m.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/plucked-gleaned">Plucked &amp; Gleaned</a>Begins March 6&nbsp;ARC GalleryPlucked and Gleaned is a group exhibition of fine art prints. The work on display touches on themes of identity, Midwest culture, place, and personal ecosystems. All of the works in the exhibition are by print artists living and making art in Northern Illinois and the Chicagoland area.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418867/cyfykhs6x0xk03mh8zrx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/maia-cruz-palileo-the-answer-is-the-waves-of-the-sea">Maia Cruz Palileo: The Answer is the Waves of the Sea</a>Begins March 6Monique Meloche Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418868/prijwfda5l6sk6ozkdrd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/paint-posture-power">Paint, Posture, Power</a>Begins March 6Gallery Studio Oh!Paint, Posture, Power is a 4-person exhibition featuring abstract, circular paintings by David Pazdernik, figural ceramics depicting the feminine form by Nancy Pirri, and abstract photography capturing the ethereal quality of light and wind by Shirley Nannini and Candace Wark of Wind Flow Photography.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418869/ldiw9n4cheamxvej5bmz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tattoo-tattoo">Tattoo Tattoo</a>Opening March 6, 1-4pmHofheimer Gallery&nbsp;The paintings and sculptures are the work of revered tattoo artists who practice across the United States and internationally.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting March 4 - 6

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418862/vupnsmceroooqcybheju.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/george-widener-selections-from-the-collection-of-victor-f-keen">George Widener Selections from the Collection of Victor F. Keen</a>Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider ArtBegins February 26Intuit is pleased to present this artist-focused exhibition featuring selections of his drawings and notebooks from Intuit’s collection and his large-scale multimedia works from the collection of Victor F. Keen, a prominent collector of Widener’s work. In Focus exhibits a breadth of George Widener’s oeuvre with works dating from 1999 to 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/fod6qjpracefewcv5n2k.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/saranoa-mark-36-15-43-n-29-59-14-e">SaraNoa Mark: 36° 15’ 43” N 29° 59’ 14” E</a>GoldfinchBegins February 27SaraNoa Mark’s practice investigates traces left by time, as they exist in landscapes and in collective memory. Using lasting materials like carved clay and discarded stones, the artist explores notions of permanence and erasure, questioning why certain pieces of history remain visible, while others fall away and are lost.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418864/isgm59jbswx5leqxfutb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alexander-hernandez-stayin-positive">Alexander Hernandez: Stayin' Positive</a>FLXST ContemporaryBegins February 27Stayin’ Positive started as a series of textile portraits investigating the identities of Latinx and other people of color living with HIV. The artist ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ used fabrics, patterns, motifs, colors, and imagery showcasing each person's cultural and social background to demonstrate how they navigate their POZ identities as a means of survival throughout their various communities.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/zmwruvn0bquzzetlv36u.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/katy-cowan-winds-glow-unceasing">Katy Cowan: winds glow unceasing</a>DOCUMENTBegins February 27Cowan dissects pattern and fractal repetition in order to play with viewer’s expectations. Her looping aesthetic is the antithesis of clinical. Her skillful use of figure/ground relationships revel in mutability like a hall of mirrors serves up confusion as entertainment. In Cowan’s work, tumult and composure are polar ends of the same rope. In one piece, the rope stretches horizontally in a straight line before puddling in a tangle of strands at either end. The respective puddles appear more dissimilar than alike. Still they reinforce the mirror analogy, staring at one another like siblings, buzzing with color-coded oscillations between object and idea. To be clear, the rope, strands, and puddles are all cast aluminum.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/lkryjwrn9tutdlx1ptnd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/geoffrey-todd-smith-aaf54446-e5b0-46f1-b87e-d73535b539d7">Geoffrey Todd Smith: Sordid Orchestra</a>Western ExhibitionsBegins February 27For Geoffrey Todd Smith, abstraction is an unreliable narrator. Like carnival music playing in a horror movie, his abstract drawings and paintings don’t accurately convey the mood of the moment. Rather than holding up the proverbial mirror to society, Smith’s images are more like funhouse mirrors, further distorting and guiding the viewer away from reality. Every decision in the development of his compositions is fraught with the worry that he’s not saying enough, quickly giving way to the alternative, that he may have revealed too much–therein lies the tension. These Rorschach-like blobs bubble up to induce a sense of familiarity, only to be met with uncertainty.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418867/tl4xw7rvouiogrozvuec.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/michael-k-paxton">Interpolations: New, Large-Scale Work by Michael K. Paxton</a>Evanston Art CenterBegins February 27&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting February 26 - 27

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418396/hem96cqrl3tyhtzbtf4i.jpg"><figcaption>Kim Laurel, one-of-a-kind monotype card w/ envelope</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;From Deborah Maris Lader, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative<blockquote>Love is in the air!!! Ok, ok, we know it's as cold as a refrigerated vaccine and we're so bundled up and masked that we wouldn't even recognize our own offspring if we slid into them on a patch of ice, but we're TRYING to remain positive. Or actually NEGATIVE. Or at least positively negative....you know what we mean. The holiday of love is just about upon us, and rather than stock up on Hallmark and Walmart, why not opt for a handmade Valentine or a gorgeous print or some art wrapped chocolate? We've got you covered! You can <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001t_pCZvyCJBeRtTfi48Dr5tgXweDZtTV8Pb64T8lXyEZglSAw7Hn8RdpADAnO41Q9JQJH2wqG2KrS9mRKyU6T5gFUegpjddwr9047byXxKrlxryz9BUDcmGqgI2DGrvRLgREBdTM5uFahl7dcMguBLDllVDj9FyJUpnrN75ROFB4=&amp;c=Hwgtjw_CgbLi80gDsU36jTlcAr2fO4tN4SPU2VsAuRrO5bWSYHYkEw==&amp;ch=sMd1Pib0fe5YOMFlcsdfgBeWPTCCn2DKff9kbHRzWuWN-ecFoc2xwQ==">make an appointment</a> to swing by today, Friday or Saturday, or shoot us an <a href="mailto:info@chicagoprintmakers.com">email</a> or even give us a call at 773-293-2070. We REALLY wanna help you impress the people you love.</blockquote><a href="https://chicago-printmakers-collaborative.myshopify.com/collections/prints">Shop CPC's Online Store</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href="https://chicagoprintmakers.com/print-making-classes-chicago/">Shop Classes</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://chicagoprintmakers.com/appointments/"> In-Person Shopping</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418397/zrrkla3bqdlh4uujugrc.png"></figure>&nbsp;Keep checking in as we add new items to our Valentine's Day themed Shop!<a href="https://evanstonmade.org/product-category/valentines-day/?mc_cid=5f6bc033fd&amp;mc_eid=ef9bf6a59f">Online Shop</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418398/qu5eka3qeeiqhhhterhl.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Here are some of our favorite pieces, in stock and ready for immediate shipment.<a href="https://www.wantoot.com/collections/ready-to-gift-jewelry">Ready to Gift Jewelry</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418367/vka9dnopowhjjhlz8aid.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/be-a-part-of-particles">Be a part of pARTicles</a>Fermilab Art GalleryBegins February 10Community Project for the Fermilab Virtual Family Open House Feb. 10-14, 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418368/pbe4qurvyhlchnhq3nan.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pintoras-mexicanas-10th-anniversary">Pintoras Mexicanas 10th Anniversary</a>Dragonfly GalleryBegins February 13Join us for our 10th Anniversary of Pintoras Mexicanas Group Exhibition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418369/oavhc0kmypo596dldtjl.png"></figure><a href=" https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/against-impossibility">Against Impossibility</a>FLXST ContemporaryBegins February 13Against Impossibility brings together these five emerging contemporary artists who work across the mediums of sculpture, fibers and textiles, mixed-media, and painting and who, despite their precarious positions as MFA students in their final year of studies, continue to produce work influenced by the tumult happening around them.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting February 10-13

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417871/lrb6cqitali63odkthrl.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;By Ginny Van AlyeaCapping off nearly a year where all art spaces and institutions have been closed to the public at some point, a new arts venue has opened in Chicago. As in, a new space is opening for the first time, in person. To people. If you'd asked me almost a year ago about new spaces ever opening, I am not sure I would have predicted this.Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago, housed within the city's recently renovated, landmark Germania Club Building at the intersection of Clark and North Ave., spans three-stories and will be dedicated to immersive art presentations, a welcome effort after a year spent mostly online and definitely not immersed in much.&nbsp;The space's first presentation, Immersive Van Gogh, launches February 11 and is inspired by the Dutch painter, one of the world's most famous artists. During Van Gogh's short life he painted more than 2,000 artworks ranging from ordinary household items and self-portraits to surreal landscapes, with reproductions gracing millions of college dorm room walls decades later. Immersive Van Gogh offers original artworks in an innovative form and it opens in Chicago at a time when there is likely to be a significant, pent up demand from the general public for this kind of in-person experience. Since tickets went on sale, the Chicago show was tracked as the bestselling show in the world on TicketMaster. It's worth noting that not so long ago, in 2016, the Art Institute of Chicago used Van Gogh's painting of his own bedroom in Arles, France as inspiration for another kind of <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/1865/van-gogh-s-bedrooms">immersive exhibit</a> – Airbnb even recreated the bedroom and <a href="https://time.com/4215482/vincent-van-gogh-bedroom-airbnb/">rented it out</a>.&nbsp;Van Gogh was a post-Impressionist painter whose work — notable for its beauty, emotion and color — highly influenced expressionism in 20th-century art. He struggled with mental illness and remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life. He was tragically admitted to a psychiatric hospital after offering his severed ear to a woman at a local brothel. For hope, he turned to painting and nature, until one day when he went out to paint in the morning with a loaded pistol in his hand and reportedly shot himself in the chest. In his 37 years alive, Van Gogh only sold one painting, The Red Vineyards, to his brother Theo.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417871/eiukd9eh6ihppcmjetnt.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;*Van Gogh's art is arguably a cultural gateway for many people who first admire his accessible, yet sometimes mysterious, images in high school and college art classes. To bring Van Gogh's familiar art to life in new ways, an Italian creative team who pioneered digital experiences in Paris has created a custom design to fit the Neo-Classical architecture of Immersive Van Gogh.Immersive Van Gogh, comes to Chicago following its debut in Toronto. It has been described as a digital art exhibition that invites audiences to “step inside” van Gogh's iconic works, evoking his highly emotional and chaotic inner consciousness through art, light, music, movement and imagination, merging the boundaries between entertainment and culture with the hope of exposing the public to art in an entirely new way. Utilizing the Germania Club building's Victorian Era architectural details, 35-foot-tall walls and multiple levels (including balconies), the venue will present vibrant immersive art exhibitions that surround the viewer on all sides long after the Van Gogh run is finished.&nbsp;With more than 50 projectors illuminating over 14,000 square-feet, visitors to Immersive Van Gogh will be encircled from head-to-toe in Van Gogh’s brushstrokes and colors, including animated details from works such as Self Portrait with Felt Hat (1888), The Bedroom in Arles (1889), Irises (1889) and The Starry Night (1889).“Immersive Van Gogh is a new way of encountering art, as it quite literally surrounds viewers on all sides with the brilliant work of one of the greatest painters of all time,” said Immersive Art Space Co-Producer Corey Ross. “Both connoisseurs and new admirers of Van Gogh’s work are guaranteed a breathtaking perspective on the influential artist’s oeuvre.”The exhibition was designed by creative director and Italian film producer Massimiliano Siccardi, with original music by Italian multimedia composer Luca Longobardi, who provided a score that combines experimental electronic music with pure, ethereal piano. Vittorio Guidotti is the Art Director. Siccardi and Longobardi are both pioneers of immersive digital art experiences in Paris, where they were part of the team that created the world-renowned Van Gogh, Starry Night exhibition, among others.&nbsp;Siccardi has a decades-long history of experimenting with “digitally immersive” art, beginning with exhibitions at the Cathédrale d’Images in Baux-de-Provence, France. A former quarry, the Cathédrale d’Images was used as a venue for art exhibitions as early as the 1970s, when artist and journalist Albert Plécy created illuminated “frescoes” by projecting from dozens of carousel projectors onto the white limestone walls of the disused quarry. The projections covered the contours of the walls and the ceilings of the quarry, and were also accompanied by a soundtrack and actors. Siccardi cites Plécy’s work as a starting point, from which he was inspired to create dozens of immersive exhibitions in the space and then later in other venues around the world. Vincent van Gogh in particular is a subject of fascination and obsession for Siccardi, and Immersive Van Gogh is an exploration of the master artist’s human experience up until the moment of death.“In my view, we create a work based on a great artist’s work. For this reason, I believe that our transposition allows a wider audience to get closer to art, and I sincerely hope to intrigue people to the point that they want to go and enjoy art in museums, to view the original paintings in their truest form and might. Therefore, we do not replace the author's work but we give a possible reading of it; we respectfully tell an emotionally engaging part of it, and we are always aware that we are freely reinterpreting it.”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417872/gknqcbchmu53cejudikf.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;When I asked about how the exhibition came together, Maestro Immersive Arts co-founder and Lighthouse Immersive partner Maria Shclover explained, "This particular way of projecting is a sort of slicing of images – through visual strokes, animation and media – level by level to construct the picture and allow you to go into the mind of Van Gogh. It is inspired by Van Gogh but made possible by these contemporary artists. They put it together."&nbsp;Over the course of an hour Shclover says visitors will go on a journey. "It's accompanied by music, and there is a story line, but you can start at any point."&nbsp;To make the experience safe for today's viewing, the walk-through experience has been designed with health and safety as a priority. Capacity will be limited in accordance with the City of Chicago’s safety protocols.&nbsp;Additional safety precautions include touchless ticket-taking, temperature checks upon arrival, hand sanitizer stations, social distancing markers throughout the venue, and digitally projected social distancing circles on the gallery floors to ensure appropriate spacing. All guests must wear a face covering at all times during their visit to Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago.&nbsp;&nbsp;For more information about Immersive Van Gogh and to buy tickets, visit <a href="http://vangoghchicago.com">vangoghchicago.com</a>. Ticket prices start at $39.99 for adults ($24.99 for children 16 or younger) with untimed and flexible ticket options available.&nbsp;The exhibition runs from Feb. 11 through Sept. 6, 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

A New Art Space Creates a Contemporary Story Line for Van Gogh's Familiar Art 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417686/nv3bmtqvv3hmbz6wkjnw.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/collective-communities-virtual">Collective Communities: Actions on Environmental Crises</a>Weinberg/Newton GalleryBegins February 3Through artwork and programming, Collective Communitiespresents the work of artist collaboratives, collectives, and cooperatives that are concerned primarily with ecologies in crisis. Presented virtually at <a href="http://www.weinbergnewtongallery.com">weinbergnewtongallery.com</a>, as well through installations viewable from the gallery’s storefront windows at 688 N. Milwaukee Ave, Collective Communities will feature new work by Deep Time Chicago artist collective, Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative and Karrabing Film Collective.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417687/dhv1civscd7i1wajdzmm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bob-tanner-further-conversations">Bob Tanner | Further Conversations</a>Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.Begins February 5"Further Conversations" is a direct extension, at least in form, of Bob Tanner's series titled, "What Was Left Behind." The objects in this series are, again, those used in everyday life that can be thought of as both intimate and comforting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417688/kktxdctnpiikcwdcx906.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sandra-ullmann-and-bob-tanner">Sandra Ullmann | Representation/Abstraction: Bangladesh in Light and Shadow</a>Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.Begins February 5The black &amp; white photos in Sandra Ullmann’s series were made in Bangladesh while traveling with a small group of photographers. Ullmann's images speak to her fascination with strong light and shadows and forms emerging and disappearing. Staring into the darkness of streets and market stalls, she would wait for a face to emerge and be held by the light.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417689/fyxlfyd5re5wgeil3i0v.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/aviva-kramer-1000-mirrors">Aviva Kramer: 1000 Mirrors</a>ARC GalleryBegins February 6Gravity and veils of paint the reveal of laws of the universe. Painting the invisible (or maybe it is humming of the breath we breath)…..emerging, receding…..lost in nature’s landscape, creation, destruction…..This is where I begin.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417689/cdmptoxi5615ltivyvhy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/haig-aivazian-all-of-the-lights">Haig Aivazian: All of the Lights</a>The Renaissance SocietyBegins February 6All of the Lights&nbsp;tracks the public administration of light and darkness, creating an associative genealogy that moves from gas lanterns to LED bulbs, from sidewalks to stadiums, and from cities like Chicago to&nbsp;the artist’s&nbsp;native Beirut.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417690/iadw7gdtou7vcwi1aktf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tim-lowly-without-moving-tondos">Tim Lowly: Without Moving, Tondos</a>Hofheimer GalleryBegins February 5Since she was born in 1985, Tim Lowly's daughter Temma has figured increasingly prominently in his art. Over time he's&nbsp;come to think of the work related to her as being an ongoing, multifaceted, yet singular project.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting February 3 - 6

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/pfux2mgqkfwcflqgdraf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/casting-call-women-in-bronze-from-art-nouveau-to-art-deco">Casting Call: Women in Bronze from Art Nouveau to Art Deco</a>On View NowMadron Gallery - Lincoln ParkOn view from January 25 through March 26, 2021, these bronze statues were created by American artists who brought the influences of European, particularly French sculpture and design to America. Throughout history, bronze as an art form has fallen in and out of fashion. Political and industrial developments of the 19th and 20th centuries eventually lead to the popularity of bronze statuettes as domestic ornaments in parlors all across America.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/vmhonv7j1lxqlpigyxoo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/stephen-dinsmore-selected-paintings">Stephen Dinsmore: Selected Paintings</a>Begins January 28Anne Loucks Gallery - GlencoeThe show&nbsp;includes 35 selected oil paintings by the artist spanning the last decade.&nbsp; Dinsmore's subjects include landscape, still life and figurative work, all depicted with his expressive language of color and loose, gestural style.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418854/j1bbtw2nkt1pfvdai5wb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tom-billings-and-sam-rosby">Tom Billings and Sam Rosby</a>Begins January 29&nbsp;Firecat Projects - Bucktown&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418855/ks7aqrvrzjytv3cxrhfu.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/repository-and-repertoire">Repository and Repertoire</a>Opening: Friday, January 29, 3 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC) - West SideChicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present Repository and Repertoire, a duo exhibition featuring new works by HATCH Residents Jazmine Harris and José Santiago Pérez. The exhibition will have an opening day on Friday, January 29, 2021, by appointment only, from 3-8pm. Please reserve your time <a href="https://calendly.com/chicagoartistscoalition">here.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418856/ko2oweje1lc4u0yxerrk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/una-noche-maravillosa-a-monarch-butterfly-makes-an-entrance-at-a-nightclub">una noche maravillosa–a monarch butterfly makes an entrance at a nightclub...</a>Opening: Friday, January 29, 3 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC) - West SideChicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present una noche maravillosa–a monarch butterfly makes an entrance at a nightclub... a solo exhibition of new works by the BOLT artist-in-residence, Alejandro Jiménez-Flores.&nbsp;The exhibition will have an opening day on Friday, January 29, by appointment only, from 3-8pm. Please reserve your time <a href="https://calendly.com/chicagoartistscoalition">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418856/zvx1sbahw511fm6mwolo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kac-members-show-0c384ef7-b43b-4b8e-9470-9805987ec7f2">KAC Members’ Show</a>Begins January 30&nbsp;Krasl Art Center - St. Joseph, MichiganFollowing KAC’s most recent exhibition: Artists as Influencers: Pathways in Glass, theKAC Members’ Showcontinues to consider pathways between artists, media, and meaning with the theme: Inspired by…. An integral part of the artistic process, inspiration is the spark that shapes new creative endeavors.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 28 - 30

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/f3pllltxpbecgmt4egsq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/4th-midwest-open">4th Midwest Open</a>Opening: Friday, January 22, 6 – 7:30&nbsp;pmWoman Made Gallery - PilsenWoman Made Gallery is pleased to present its&nbsp;“4th Midwest Open,” juried by Brenda Oelbaum who included the work in a variety of media by 44 women-identified artists from the 12 Midwest states.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418852/iaojxmxabxk84x1cmfra.tiff"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/young-il-ahn-adb6148e-b4c8-48c9-ab83-129c66115633">Young-Il Ahn</a>Begins January 22Kavi Gupta Gallery - West LoopIn light of the increased attention Ahn has received in recent years for his iconic Water series, this exhibition aims to expand the scholarship and recognition of two important, highly personal facets of his practice. The exhibition will explore Ahn's Self-Reflection series, primarily executed between 2000 and 2004.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/i7x3gelxh09qwehyiyou.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ink">#ink</a>Opening: January 23 &amp; 24, noon – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Project Space - West Side&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418854/h0o5kurioxa7vagxw9mr.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/from-the-center">From The Center</a>On View thru March 27th&nbsp; -- Honorable mention, as we missed this in last week's highlightsSouth Side Community Art Center - BronzevilleFaheem Majeed’s first solo exhibition at South Side Community Art Center, “From The Center”, is a retrospective of works created by Majeed over the past twenty years. As a former Executive Director and Curator (2005-2011) of the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC), Majeed’s works are especially attuned to the history and legacy of the 80 year old arts institution.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 22-23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/jdy9synsevdm63vnqrza.jpg"></figure>Artist Nick Cave’s Controversial Upstate New York Artwork Has Found a New Home at the Brooklyn MuseumThe public&nbsp;artwork has been attacked by the mayor of a small town where it was installed.By Taylor Dafoe, Artnet<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nick-cave-truth-be-told-brooklyn-museum-1937313?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=EUR%20US%20Jan%2018%20AM&amp;utm_term=Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BALL%5D%20%5BMORNING%5D">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/ax6on5qzt2k1jtokjovd.jpg"></figure>Stolen Salvator Mundi Painting Of Leonardo School Discovered In NaplesItalian police are investigating a possible commissioned art theft after they recovered a priceless painting of the Leonardo da Vinci school, which had been stolen from the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples. The "Salvator Mundi" painting, dating back to the <a href="https://www.museosandomenicomaggiore.it/salvator-mundi-scuola-leonardesca-museo-san-domenico-maggiore/">beginning of the 16th century</a>, was found hidden in a room of an apartment in via Strada Provinciale delle Brecce in Naples.&nbsp;By Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2021/01/19/stolen-salvator-mundi-painting-of-leonardo-school-discovered-in-naples/?sh=726b37115d26">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/wp4yek0cwzplozwbo2dk.jpg"><figcaption>A visitor inside the "Rain Room" installation at the Modern Museum of Art in New York, July 15, 2013. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)</figcaption></figure>Can immersive art remain afloat when money is the object?Even as the pandemic takes its toll on tourism, immersive museums and experiential art centers are expanding to new cities and wooing investors willing to gamble on the future of the emerging industry.By Zachary Small, The New York Times for Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-nyt-future-of-immersive-art-20210118-uxhg6vobwrctdf6oh3q2w6e6ne-story.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418854/jgixiq51jmcelm120qhv.jpg"></figure>15 Virtual Chicago Museum Experiences for KidsWe're missing our favorite local museums, galleries and other culture institutions in the Chicago area. While these local attractions are temporarily closed due to COVID-19, you can still connect with your favorite Chicago museums. Read on to find virtual tours and hands-on activities to try at home.Via Chicago Parent Staff<a href="https://www.chicagoparent.com/learn/museums/virtual-chicago-museum-experiences/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From the Art World: January 19, 2021

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418846/kqsh8uolsudbgfyqqjgh.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/michael-joo-sensory-meridian-elizabeth-st-location">Michael Joo: Sensory Meridian (Elizabeth St. Location)</a>Begins January 14Kavi Gupta Gallery - West LoopA multi-media exhibition of works by Michael Joo. Three new sculptures of disincarnate body parts, alchemized from scans of historical works in the Smithsonian Archives, explore issues of representation, transmission, and transformation.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418847/v0awe47m9ai8wqdaynyq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hockney-in-normandy-virtual">Hockney in Normandy</a>Begins January 14Gray Gallery – Online Gray presents an online exhibition of new prints by David Hockney, created at his studio in Normandy. Rendering views of the studio's interior as well as scenes from the surrounding countryside, Hockney's recent iPad paintings and suite of landscape prints highlight&nbsp;Hockney’s singular sense of line and form and his longstanding commitment to exploring perspective as mediated by technology. &nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418847/f7rexjwsi4xcvkv70awk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/virginio-ferrari-cosmos">Virginio Ferrari: Cosmos</a>Begins January 15Bridgeport Art Center - Bridgeport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418848/xfxc2jspm12p4hnbuhjt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bold-move-therese-mulgrew-and-robert-porazinski">Bold Move: Thérèse Mulgrew and Robert Porazinski</a>Begins January 15Gallery Studio Oh! - RavenswoodA two-person exhibition featuring portraiture and still life paintings by Thérèse Mulgrew and abstract, geometric oil paintings and sculptures by Robert Porazinski.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418849/o8rgldvhwle9blsl54tn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/blackmanwhitebaby">BlackManWhiteBaby: MockingBird.</a>Begins January 15Bert Green Fine Art - Michigan AvenueUsing the self portrait to focus attention on the black body as a locus for the recognition of the lack of justice in American life and history. The presence of the white baby doll and the use of gender fluidity introduces a flexible, performative power to the work, allowing the artist to wield a powerful critique of cultural touchstones, which he then proceeds to demolish.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418850/tyjfiziv1mvvld9amo5m.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/vista-2021-contemporary-landscape">Vista 2021: Contemporary Landscape</a>Begins January 15Addington Gallery - River North&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418850/jaqfaivcql5g4rzloeez.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/evanston-vicinity-biennial-d4026947-e342-4418-a8c4-b2c8aacf0fd4">Evanston + Vicinity Biennial</a>Begins January 16Evanston Art Center - Evanston&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 14–16

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417555/hqisazietniy8o4lryol.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/elizabeth-atterbury-letters-and-souvenirs">Elizabeth Atterbury: Letters and Souvenirs</a>Begins January 8DOCUMENT - West TownAtterbury’s studio practice is fluid, fluctuating between picture making and object making. Fascinated with the autonomy of the artifact – objects disassociated from their original function and context – Atterbury’s practice considers the distinction or lack thereof between artifact, prop, model and sculpture. &nbsp;Drawn to materials such as paper and sand, Atterbury constructs ephemeral tableaux specifically for the purpose of transfiguring and recording them.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417556/kkqlvjicuu3krry820wn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-view-2021">IN VIEW 2021</a>Begins January 8The Art Center Highland Park - Highland ParkThis year is anything but normal but TAC is proud to focus on our annual member/faculty exhibition, allowing us to highlight the creative energy that is at the heart of our community. With 50 artists represented, the wide range of mediums, techniques, subject matter and styles reflect the professionalism, talent and skill so prevalent at TACHP.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417557/zhf8dn6yvmfcrttvg5uu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/western-exhibitions-drawing-biennial">Western Exhibitions Drawing Biennial</a>Begins January 8Western Exhibitions - West TownThe approaches on view will capture the current state of contemporary drawing practices while placing a focus on the gallery artists’ core concerns of personal narratives and cosmologies, identity and gender, sexuality, pattern and exuberance, all with a keen attention to materiality.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417557/bsgr89uqqrgbhfkuw764.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ben-murray-if-i-needed-you">Ben Murray: If I needed you</a>Begins January 9Monique Meloche Gallery - West TownDrawing its name from the celebrated Townes Van Zandt song, If I needed you recalls Murray’s complicated relationship with the notion of home, surveying both the solace and suffering that can be experienced when strongly tethered to family histories and responsibilities. Layered marks embedded on both sides of raw unstretched muslin utilize a range of opacities, transparencies, and refractive hues, as if to composite a myriad of enigmatic moments through deposits of paint.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417559/cjilxdbwo1mao0bretn7.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/solitude">Solitude</a>Begins January 9ARC Gallery - West TownAs we move forward into the fall and winter months, and COVID continues to impede our movements and interactions, how do we, as individuals, or as members of a larger, even worldwide community, process these survival confinements? Artists use their mediums to express the inner joy, conflict, frustration, sadness or peace we find ourselves confronting. This show represents the creative endeavors of this process under the current circumstances —&nbsp; keeping artists alone but pulling together into a community.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417560/uvjbtlvslscfsjx9wxd5.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/susan-beiner-hive-expanded">Susan Beiner: HIVE Expanded</a>Begins January 9Evanston Art Center - Evanston&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting January 8 - 9

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418846/ti5mybcyqpee2ouhptmf.jpg"><figcaption>Alfredo Martinez, “Boxing with Batman,” (2016) acrylic paint, yarn, fabric. Photo courtesy of the artist.</figcaption></figure>DePaul Art Museum continues Latinx initiative with galleries-wide exhibitionThis intergenerational show fills all the museum’s galleries and features more than 75 paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and installations by 38 artists of Latin-American descent living and working in the United States, primarily in the Chicago area.By Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun Times<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/4/22213576/depaul-art-museum-latinx-art-initiative-exhibition-latinx-american">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418846/wxgwg56tyc1oibkskpld.jpg"><figcaption>The historic apartment building at the south end of the Pullman Artspace Lofts complex has been restored and houses artist units. (Carol Flynn / Daily Southtown)</figcaption></figure>Pullman project combines historic preservation, promotion of the arts in one projectBy Carol Flynn, Chicago TribuneAn artist’s studio is a sacred space. To one, it’s “a place of creative incubation.” Another described his as “a space for the spirit to breathe.” Terms like “sanctuary” and “refuge” are often used. A studio is not only a workspace, but a source of inspiration.<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-pullman-artspace-lofts-st-0105-20210104-pv7ehg2rjbbtpo2th7474mf7o4-story.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418847/pwgjkfaj0a9vdkpihlvf.jpg"><figcaption>Grantees, clockwise, from top left: Ahya Simone, Bakpak Durden, Gisela McDaniel, Sydney James, Tiff Massey, Ijania Cortez, Laura Gibson, Cyrah, Kesswa, Tony-Rave</figcaption></figure>Paying it forward: McArthur Binion is using his later-in-life success to help younger artistsThe artist’s foundation is supporting the community in Detroit through micro-grants and residenciesBy Hilarie M. Sheets, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/paying-it-forward-mcarthur-binion-is-using-his-later-in-life-success-to-help-younger-artists">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418848/jlm1or1ojctgdac3czmt.jpg"><figcaption>Bisa Butler. ‘Anaya with Oranges’ (2017). PHOTO: BISA BUTLER. PHOTO BY MARGARET FOX</figcaption></figure>New Art for a New YearFive artists featured in upcoming exhibitions share what they are looking forward to seeing and doing in 2021.By Susan Delson, The Wall Street Journal<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-art-for-a-new-year-11609509601">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From the Art World: January 5, 2021

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418835/yxied7ncgaecdnzeanzy.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;2020 saw swaths of carefully planned exhibitions cancelled. Several of those shows have been moved to 2021 and will take place alongside other dynamic shows opening around the city and surrounding area.Full calendars for the year ahead for all area galleries and institutions are not yet available, but we expect the exhibitions highlighted here to open on schedule and in person –or virtually if needed. Please check with each institution and space prior to visiting.&nbsp;Visit <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=upcoming">chicagogallerynews.com</a> for highlights and previews throughout the year.&nbsp;– GV&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418836/jdkhlgpathhweouwtebm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hurvin-anderson-anywhere-but-nowhere">Hurvin Anderson: Anywhere but Nowhere</a>The lush, overdetermined spaces in Hurvin Anderson’s new paintings reference touristic sites of simultaneous development and dereliction in Jamaica, his ancestral home. For the exhibition at The Arts Club of Chicago, Anderson pairs this new work with earlier paintings from his acclaimed Barbershop series, for which he won a nomination for the Turner Prize in 2017.&nbsp;April 9–August 7, 2021<a href="artsclubchicago.org">The Arts Club of Chicago</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418837/revywseolbdveinkdvir.jpg"><figcaption>Christina Quarles, Can Yew Feel? Tha Days Are Gettin’ Shorter, 2018. Acrylic on canvas. 60×48×1” © Christina Quarles, Courtesy of the artist, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and Pilar Corrias Gallery, London &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/christina-quarles">Christina Quarles</a>Christina Quarles’s ambiguous and evocative scenes feature figures whose limbs, torsos, and faces collide and merge with familiar domestic objects made strange through her color choices and experimental painterly gestures.&nbsp;The MCA brings together a selection of her work made over the last three years, as well as a new, large-scale installation.April 17–August 29, 2021<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago-mca">Museum of Contemporary Art</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418838/llnlhdzecjj1yunltujl.jpg"><figcaption>Barack Obama, 2018, Kehinde Wiley. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.&nbsp; &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-obama-portraits">The Obama Portraits&nbsp;</a>This summer the Art Institute of Chicago welcomes two acclaimed portraits, on loan from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, to its galleries: Kehinde Wiley’s painting of President Barack Obama and Amy Sherald’s portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama. The museum was the site of the couple’s first date.June 18–August 15, 2021<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/art-institute-of-chicago">The Art Institute of Chicago</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418839/gmbfqkaouvvzjy2kafqm.jpg"><figcaption>Tony Fitzpatrick, The Scavenger Searching for Jesus of Chicago, 2020, color etching. Courtesy of the artist. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jesus-of-western-avenue">Tony Fitzpatrick: Jesus of Western Avenue</a>Jesus of Western Avenue will feature more than 30 recent works by world-renowned multimedia artist and celebrated Chicago resident Tony Fitzpatrick. The artist says this will be his final museum show.&nbsp;Oct. 2, 2021–January 31, 2022<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/cleve-carney-art-gallery-mcaninch-arts-center">Cleve Carney Museum of Art</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;More Highlights Happening Now and This Spring In Galleries&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418840/nwbos805wghd66cij2at.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

2021 Culture List

<html><head></head><body>A new year is nearly upon us, and a slate of fresh exhibitions will open in the first days of January 2021. Area galleries are all still observing safety measures in consideration of COVID-19, but many are taking viewing appointments and will also be hosting all-day open houses in lieu of once-traditional evening opening receptions.&nbsp;A few highlights are shared here. We are updating our calendar of events daily, so please check back often.&nbsp;– GV&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418835/vbepa4h3yfei37k6yszn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ben-murray-if-i-needed-you">Ben Murray: If I needed you</a>Jan 9 – Feb 13, 2021<a href="/organizations/monique-meloche-gallery">Monique Meloche Gallery</a>Operating between painting’s long history of image-making and the immediate vanishing of images in film, If I needed you is in direct conversation with works created by pioneers of Avant Garde cinematography, such as Rose Lowder, Hollis Frampton, Joseph Cornell, and Steve McQueen.While inspired by the oeuvres of other artists, this new body of work reflects a deconstructed vantage point of Murray’s life at the time of applying paint to canvas. Drawing its name from the celebrated Townes Van Zandt song, If I needed you recalls Murray’s complicated relationship with the notion of home, surveying both the solace and suffering that can be experienced when strongly tethered to family histories and responsibilities.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418836/xszymc1yvuwwr0upliuk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/virginio-ferrari-cosmos">Virginio Ferrari: Cosmos</a>Jan 15 – Mar 5, 2021<a href="/organizations/bridgeport-art-center">Bridgeport Art Center</a>The 83 year-old Virginio Ferrari opens a show of new work at the Bridgeport Art Center.&nbsp;His latest artist statement reads, "In an urban environment with its social problems, the individual can decide either to become involved or to remain indifferent, but he must make that choice again each day since the problem remains. They are part of society and have made the city; art, architecture and city planning are extremely important, and they take shape from this urban reality. I have been completely absorbed by this social reality, its negative/positive dynamics, its empty and full spaces. Today, in this period of mass production of images, of mass production in general, it is perhaps time to consider how fast things disappear and to become more aware of making art to live with”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418837/wiahbpoh9zlmega0exh5.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/narrative-art-exhibition-suite">Narrative Art Exhibition Suite</a>Jan 12 – Feb 26, 2021<a href="/organizations/northern-illinois-university-niu-art-museum">Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum</a>NIU re-opens with a multi-part exhibition focused on visual artwork employing the familiar narrative motifs found in oral traditions, fairy tales, fables, myths and legends to grapple with the harsh truths of contemporary reality.• Mirth and Mayhem: Landis Blair Selections of Drawings and Books&nbsp;• From the Mind of Ellen Roth Deutsch&nbsp;• Storied References&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418838/ojzigfzrefy5avtktp5a.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/reproductive-health-fertility-agency">Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency</a>Jan 19 – May 23, 2021<a href="/organizations/museum-of-contemporary-photography-mocp--2">Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)</a>The exhibition explores the psychological, physical, and emotional realities women encounter in the years leading up to, during, and after fertility. The exhibition features eight artists who consider a range of topics including birth, miscarriage, pleasure, the lack of access to abortion, trauma, and the loss of fertility, with works ranging from photography to video installations.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418839/jdxg3gt0hgo4n9zweyyz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/western-exhibitions-drawing-biennial">Western Exhibitions Drawing Biennial</a>Jan 8 – Feb 20, 2021<a href="/organizations/western-exhibitions">Western Exhibitions</a>Western Exhibitions is thrilled to announce the inaugural “Western Exhibitions Drawing Biennial,” a salon-style, ceiling-to-floor celebration of works on paper by gallery and affiliated artists celebrating our commitment to drawing and works on paper. The approaches on view will capture the current state of contemporary drawing practices while placing a focus on the gallery artists’ core concerns of personal narratives and cosmologies, identity and gender, sexuality, pattern and exuberance, all with a keen attention to materiality.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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