<html><head></head><body><a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/nicole-berry-armory-show-2023-plans-2354456">Armory Show Director Nicole Berry on Hiring Women Curators to ‘Challenge the Canon,’ and What’s in Store for the Fair Now That It’s Owned by Frieze</a>The unexpected news that the international art fair conglomerate Frieze would acquire the Armory Show and Expo Chicago in July set the art world wondering what changes might be afoot for the upcoming New York fair, which has been an art world mainstay since its founding in 1994.“It will be business as usual,” fair director Nicole Berry told Artnet News, noting that when the sale went through, “everything was already well in place” for the fair’s 2023 edition, which opens this week at the Javits Center on Manhattan’s West Side.Via Artnet&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419263/syplxqw0qxxumln7y46r.jpg"><figcaption>Credit: The Obama FoundationObama Presidential Center construction</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/obama-presidential-center-chicago-south-side-tour">Inside and around the Obama Presidential Center as it rises in Jackson Park</a>It’s still far too early to tell whether it indeed will be a transformative project, one that will raise Chicago’s profile and change the direction of a big chunk of the South Side for better — or, according to a few critics, for worse.But after years of planning and raising well over $1 billion, the Obama Presidential Center finally has emerged from the ground as a physical presence in Jackson Park, just across the street from Hyde Park Academy High School and a quick walk from the University of Chicago campus.Via Crain's&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-cataloging-debacle-2356464">A Weak Cataloguing System Made It Easy to Steal From the British Museum. Institutions Around the Globe Are Reckoning With the Same Vulnerabilitie</a>sGreece’s culture minister Lina Mendoni wrote a blistering commentary in response to the ongoing scandal at the British Museum, where it has come to light that more than 1,500 items from the collection were stolen by a staff member.“The thefts by the responsible curator, but also the proud silence of the leaders who neither take care of their collections nor implement the appropriate security measures, proves that the ‘hospitality’ provided to the Parthenon marbles at the British Museum has always been flawed, incomplete, and problematic,” she stated in opinion piece for <a href="https://www.tanea.gr/print/2023/08/29/opinions/praksi-dikaiosynis-cri-epanenosi-ton-glypton-crtou-parthenona-stin-athina/">Ta Nea</a>.Via Artnet&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 9/10/23

<html><head></head><body><h3>September 9</h3>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419272/u3ahidebn8ylhipnuwak.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/danny-j-martinez-aka-van-dam-one-leopard-brains-solo-show">Danny J Martinez (aka Van Dam One) "Leopard Brains" Solo Show</a>Vertical GalleryOpening: Saturday, Sep 9, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmSep 9 – 30 • West Town‘Leopard Brains,’&nbsp;features more than two dozen new paintings and sketches, all exquisitely rendered in Martinez’s colorful pop-surrealist style.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419273/vxvytljbvywcvagypjkg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cameron-spratley-violets-and-daisies">Cameron Spratley: Violets and Daisies</a>M. LeBlancSep 9 – Oct 29 • Logan SquareM. LeBlanc is proud to present its second solo exhibition with Richmond-born, Chicago-based Cameron Spratley, Titled ‘Violets and Daisies’, the exhibition brings together a body of work Spratley has been developing over the past two years.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419274/adurq9fuefjwwtgqbmmz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/deborah-maris-lader-the-air-water-show">Deborah Maris Lader –&nbsp;The Air &amp; Water Show</a>Bert Green Fine ArtOpening: Saturday, Sep 9, 3 – 5&nbsp;pmThru Sep 30 • Michigan Ave. / The LoopDeborah Maris Lader is the founder and director of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative. She makes prints, drawings, and mixed media artworks, primarily driven by representational styles but with an eye for experimentation. Thematically, her diverse output emphasizes the fragility of life, while celebrating it at the same time. This show is a selection of many years of her printmaking, some of which utilizes non-traditional materials and methods.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419275/hohwnys9ivsh9mafiufp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ghosts-of-displacement">Ghosts of Displacement</a>Opening: Saturday, Sep 9, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmSep 9 – Oct 1 • EvanstonPerspective Photo GalleryThis poignant series delves into the artist's family history, where the echoes of displacement and survival resonate deeply.&nbsp;&nbsp;Through her exploration of photographs, papers, and cherished objects carried by her family across an ocean, Frangos enters a profound connection with the ghosts of the displaced. In each composition, she seeks communion with these spectral figures, honoring their legacy while sharing a post-war migrant experience that resonates with countless others. The series&nbsp;serves as a reminder of the profound impact our family histories have on shaping who we are today.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419276/j269rsomdbsg4qni7ojm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gallery-closing-event">Closing Celebration for Weinberg/Newton Gallery</a>Weinberg/Newton GallerySaturday, Sep 9, 6 – 9&nbsp;pm • River WestJoin the gallery for a celebratory closing party to commemorate the hard work and creativity of the Weinberg/Newton Gallery team and the numerous exhibiting artists, who worked hard to engage the Chicago community through a wide range of social justice issues through art. Food and refreshments will be served. <a href="https://weinbergnewtongallery.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13d5172bf37bbf601de9678f4&amp;id=e450e3b5d8&amp;e=dd04d0a94f">RSVP here</a> &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419277/odvrtp1kpsfmb2snhgih.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kaveri-raina-songs-of-silence-yet-bluebirds-hum">Kaveri Raina : Songs of silence, yet bluebirds hum</a>PATRONOpening: Saturday, Sep 9, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmSep 9 – Nov 4 • West TownKaveri Raina’s multilayered paintings emerge from the artist's unique approach to narrative construction; a performed collection of gestures and events that evoke a chorus of abstraction coiled through the threads of visual storytelling. While referencing various sources of imagery from the personal to the art historical, her visual language of recurring, abstract forms are culled from a net of art history, cinema, and fantasy. Painted entirely on heavy, pigmented burlap, Raina transforms the agrarian material into a diaphanous screen across and through which she pours and contours acrylic paint that is then further obfuscated through layers of loose graphite, oil paint, and pastel. Visible on both sides of the porous, rough fabric, the compositions appear as fleeting, momentary constellations of information.&nbsp;<h3>September 10</h3>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419278/rscfra1mh8tcg8jrtdvc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/scott-wolniak">Scott Wolniak: Crosscurrents</a>GoldfinchOpening: Sunday, Sep 10, 2 – 5&nbsp;pmSep 10 – Oct 21 • East Garfield ParkWolniak's newest&nbsp;paintings can be seen as outward projections of interior spaces,&nbsp;manifesting the artist’s interest in the ways that abstraction can convey a sense of rhythm, transformation, groundlessness, and internal movement. These lively, densely-layered works oscillate between their indexical, physical surfaces and illusory fields of depth, cultivating a non-objective visual language that embodies the energy of natural phenomena, without explicitly depicting it.<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=upcoming">VIEW CGN'S FULL CALENDAR HERE&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;#</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open Sept 9 & 10

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419272/jkzuenshxfarddgbnzah.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/maria-tomasula">Maria Tomasula</a>Zolla / Lieberman GallerySep 8 – Oct 14 • River NorthOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmAs long ago as the 1990s Maria Tomasula's paintings incorporated motifs still present in her work including spaces closed off by hanging draperies or textured walls, and cultural artifacts often depicted in midair. What has evolved in her output is the deliberation she brings to rendering her apparitional arrays. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419273/mwluun3j17sicfjghwxn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/seeing-race-before-race">Seeing Race Before Race</a>Newberry LibrarySep 8 – Dec 30 • Gold CoastRace is a powerful and challenging concept. When, where, and why did conceptions of race come into being? How might learning about its history help us better understand the complex role that race plays in our lives today?&nbsp;&nbsp;Centuries before the term race came into popular use, people around the world used distinctions like language, dress, class, geography, and religion—in addition to traits like skin color or facial features—to categorize each other. Seeing Race Before Race explores these early expressions of race in medieval and early modern Europe between 1100 and 1800.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419273/mecn0ykc3rblbqrspcoa.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-outsider-in-celebration-of">THE OUTSIDER/ In Celebration Of</a>Carl Hammer GalleryOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSep 8 – Dec 16 • River NorthA group show of work by historically significant artists within the “Outsider” and self-taught genres, including internationally renowned artists Henry Darger, Bill Traylor, Joseph Yoakum,&nbsp;Lee Godie and others.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419274/qarzzjzcp6yjv8frrgpc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/robin-denevan-portals-and-passages-new-encaustic-paintings">Robin Denevan: Portals and Passages, New Encaustic paintings</a>Addington GalleryOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSep 8 – Nov 1 • River NorthThroughout his career, Robin has been inspired by his travels to a few of the world's great rivers. Many of his paintings are based on drawings he did of the Yangtze River in an area that has since been dammed and flooded. It was a unique opportunity to see such a magnificent and haunting landscape. He did these studies during the dry season when sandbars and islands cut the river into many paths.Eschewing the use of a camera as a tool of reference, Denevan relies solely on the charcoal and sketchbooks he brings with him as he and a guide explore these mighty rivers together in small boats and canoes.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419275/wffe0zjyqsbkbtdiidhr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bruno-surdo-new-paintings">Bruno Surdo, New Paintings</a>Gallery VictorOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSep 8 – 30 • River NorthSurdo strives to communicate a message to the viewer – to engage the person in a conversation between what he puts forth and what he or she can then interpret. The interchange of response and curiosity are goals the artist set when composing his ideas. Surdo believes art is a continual form of expression and he feels committed to search for a language that brings his thoughts and feelings to the surface.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419276/ckny93awtcxms4k0np8b.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/adonis">Adonis: This is How Love Arrives</a>Opening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSep 8 – Dec 30 • River NorthHilton ContemporaryThis is How Love Arrives is the debut solo exhibition of original works on paper by 93-year-old Syrian Nobel Prize-nominated poet, critic, essayist, and translator, Adonis. Born in Syria in 1930, ADONIS (nee Ali Ahmad Said Esber) is considered “the greatest living poet of the Arab world.” A secularist, he was imprisoned as a young man in Syria for his political views. In 1956, he fled to exile in Lebanon, where he led a modernist movement that revolutionized Arabic poetry. He moved to Paris in 1985 where he has lived for nearly 40 years. In 1997, the French government awarded him the Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, one of the highest honors by the French Ministry of Culture, and in 2012 named him Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor) for not only his poetry, but for his contributions as a thought leader.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419277/jsj70r4teid9ruhlwo4s.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/paul-brourman-chicago-looks-good-on-you">You Wear It Well: Paintings by Paul Brourman</a>Opening: Friday, Sep 8, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmSep 8 – Oct 14 • River NorthJean Albano GalleryWorking mainly in the medium of oils, Paul Brourman’ssubjects include portraiture, landscapes, western subjects related to Montana’s rich history. His works are a product of classical training in contemporary realism with hints of impressionistic brushwork. The works in this show also have a distinctly Chicago theme.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=upcoming">VIEW CGN'S FULL CALENDAR HERE&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;#</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open Sept 8: Part II 

<html><head></head><body>Publisher's Note:&nbsp;The start of the fall art season is arguably the biggest of the year. Nearly every gallery and museum opens a major exhibition and there is an energy that is unmistakable. We encourage you to try to see what interests you, visit old favorites and discover and explore new ones too. There is simply no way to see every new show on opening night, so don't limit yourself to which spaces have receptions and free wine. Visit when it's quieter on a Saturday morning or leave work early during the week and go with a friend. Galleries are also more than happy to set up private appointments and tours as well.&nbsp;For these early September exhibition previews we are indicating opening dates as well as neighborhood so that you can plan as best as possible.&nbsp;Happy gallery hopping and enjoy the fall!&nbsp;– CGN&nbsp;<h3>September 7</h3><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419263/gi8c3nedvcnyjo9hinj0.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/love-still-not-the-lesser-d319b8f0-5cc0-4537-b973-2fb4204326ad">LOVE: Still Not the Lesser</a>Museum of Contemporary PhotographySept 7–Dec 22 • &nbsp;South LoopOpening Sept 7, 5–8pmLOVE: Still Not the Lesser brings together 12 international artists uniting across communities to share the ways they’ve encountered and understand love. Together, these artists explore dynamics within sensual eroticism, romantic partnership, family structures, social utopia, and life and death. The exhibition presents a world where love as a universal value of respect and care for all humans has been fully achieved.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419264/kaxtlxk8mdjhmyv9qtec.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/life-cycles">Life Cycles: Learning Studio</a>DePaul University Art Museum (DPAM)Sept 7, 2023 – Feb 11, 2024 • Lincoln Park“Life Cycles” will include artworks from the DPAM's permanent collection in conversation with contemporary Chicago artists who are not yet represented in the collection. With more than 50 artists, “Life Cycles” will feature paintings, sculptures, video, photography, drawings, installation and other multi-media work. Museum staff collaborated with DePaul University undergraduates to select artworks from the collection, write educational texts, and plan public programs.&nbsp;<h3>September 8</h3>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419265/nsfkij1eoviwuxqqp2fy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chris-cosnowski">Chris Cosnowski: Morality Play</a>ENGAGE ProjectsSep 8 – Oct 14 • West TownOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmCosnowski takes his hard-edged hyperrealism to another level using allegory, historical reference, and mass-produced objects to question today’s guidelines for moral development. Pairing real objects together to recreate symbols of nationalist ideologies, religious influences, and social constructs, Cosnowski dismantles propaganda simply by asking questions with paint. The title Morality Play references Cosnowski’s light-hearted representations of cultural objects that elucidate just how fragile, yet persistently ubiquitous these ideas can be.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419266/fwonm4jbfuxj50gga7do.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lauren-wy-the-runner">Lauren Wy: The Runner</a>Western ExhibitionsSep 8 – Oct 28 • West TownOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Runner, a new animated film and project series by Lauren Wy, foregrounds her second solo show at Western Exhibitions. Taking a cue from late 60’s and early 70’s films, especially Le Weekend by Jean-Luc Godard, the animation and its attendant sculptural edition distill the spirit of fantasy escapism, of running away into a dream.Wy’s animated film is a surrealist collage experiment utilizing analog processes with digital tools and altered frame rates to create a time-based pseudo-narrative drawing that embraces a raw provisionality. The short film is presented alongside a series of large-scale drawings and paintings on thin, mechanically flat synthetic surfaces.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419267/atdijkptj7hwkxlgmuzx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bassim-al-shaker-four-minutes">Bassim Al Shaker: Four Minutes</a>Rhona Hoffman GallerySep 8 – Oct 21 • West TownOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmBassim Al Shaker is an Iraqi&nbsp;artist&nbsp;based in the United States. Bassim was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq, during a period of political conflict and humanitarian torment. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Baghdad College of Fine Arts, with a focus on drawing and painting. His style is the culmination of a background in academic drawing and painting techniques and exploration in contemporary&nbsp;art.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419268/wjyhazj80qvemh5k8nb3.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-the-mist-of-a-great-fall-the-niagara-paintings">In The Mist of a Great Fall: The Niagara Paintings</a>Oliva GallerySep 8 – Oct 7 • Logan SquareOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmIn this, his third solo-exhibition, Curtis Anthony Bozif broadens the scope of his recent work, informed by environments of the Great Lakes, to include the falls at Niagara. This new series of large-scale abstractions, rooted in observation and in place, assay tone and the prismatic color spectrum.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419268/euh41mcl7jim2bfzcvxd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/stephen-burks">Stephen Burks: Spirit Houses</a>Volume GalleryOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSep 8 – Oct 28 • West TownA series of modern altars, Spirit Houses builds upon Burks’ radical design speculation in the form of six unique typologies contemplating spirituality in our contemporary lives. The accompanying essay “On Cosmologies: Stephen Burks Approaches the Sacred” by Najha Zigbi Johnson, offers deeper reflection into the religio-spiritual origins of Burks’ newest body of work.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419269/nmvxu86vji4wefoali1l.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jimmy-desana-suburban">Jimmy DeSana: Suburban</a>DOCUMENTOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSep 8 – Oct 28 • West TownDeSana's series Suburban not only challenges the divide between artistic and commercial photography that was still prevalent in the 1970s, but also a range of other commonly held binaries such as male and female, gay and straight, domination and submission, suburban culture and private self-exploration, standardized domesticity and the subjectivity of sexual pleasure, among others. Yet, by staging puzzling domestic scenarios with nude figures under colorful tungsten lights, DeSana did not intend to step into the territory of erotic photography. Instead, he used the body to resignify daily objects and spaces, ultimately shedding light on the strangeness of suburban lives dominated by consumerism.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419270/iwfmh6qejmfpqjwxxxay.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lee-stanton-out-of-the-blue">Lee Stanton: Out of the Blue</a>ARC GalleryOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmThru Sept 23 • West TownAccording to Buddha, “When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”White on blue. A line.&nbsp;An identifiable path created by a point moving in space. Look up! Lines,&nbsp;a trail of condensed water from an aircraft at high altitude, a white streak&nbsp;across&nbsp;the sky. Intangible,&nbsp;the&nbsp;sky&nbsp;has no surface; it&nbsp;cannot be turned into a thing or given a quantity. It may represent infinity, eternity, immortality, transcendence, or simply inspiration.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419271/qkbxf4bfnip2vq2c4srn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/reception-tom-robinson-loralyn-kumlin">Tom Robinson &amp; Loralyn Kumlin</a>SoNa Chicago Art GalleryOpening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSep 8 – Oct 14 • Wicker Park / BucktownIn the early months of isolation during the pandemic, artists Tom Robinson and Loralyn Kumlin began renovating a huge vintage dollhouse that they found discarded in a Chicago alley. They collected and furnished the rooms with miniature furniture and accessories and then made miniature copies of their full-scale artwork to adorn the walls of the dollhouse. Wonderful work emerged from that effort as they moved on to create their own structures, paintings, and miniatures. Their new work and the dollhouse are featured in the exhibition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=upcoming">VIEW CGN'S FULL CALENDAR HERE&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;#</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open Sept 7 & 8: Part I

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/the-randolph-street-market-celebrating-20-years/9390?fbclid=IwAR3e_7vL_z8z1XkfCI56VytYKV_0J9JlBG6LRAqxMWF3KyhxpKno2C3CW9E">The Randolph Street Market: Celebrating 20 Years</a>Asked to describe her creation, Chicago entrepreneur Sally Schwartz put it this way: the Randolph Street Market is “a unique fancy antiques and vintage market with emphasis on vintage fashion, decorative arts, and arts of all kinds,” she said. But there’s more, and this is key. “It is a city market, for a demographic that is urban, richer, and younger.”Via Maine Antiques Digest&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/01/the-week-in-art-british-museum-in-crisisan-in-depth-look">The Week in Art: The British Museum in crisis—an in-depth look</a>In the first episode of this new season of The Week in Art, we talk to Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper’s London correspondent, about the <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/keywords/british-museum-thefts">thefts scandal at the British Museum</a> and its implications for the museum in the future.Via the Art Newspaper&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419263/s7mdpfqqhvxehf8q61r8.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Chihuly at the Boathouse, his Seattle studio. Photo ©Chihuly Studio. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dale-chihuly-the-boathouse-studio-2356390">Step Inside Artist Dale Chihuly’s Stunning Seattle Studio, Filled With an Epic Antiques Collection and His Otherworldly Glass Forms</a>You may think you know all there is to know about <a href="https://www.artnet.com/artists/dale-chihuly/">Dale Chihuly</a>, master of glass, whose delicate handblown creations take the medium to the realm of fine art.But stepping inside the Boathouse, the former Seattle boatbuilding workshop on Lake Union that has served as the headquarters of his artistic production since 1989, reveals a museum-like space that celebrates not only Chihuly’s curvaceous, colorful glass forms, but the artist’s many decades of collecting both art and antiques.Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 9/5/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419263/ivl8nor2z0xo3lhqx7qq.jpg"><figcaption>Barbara Rossi, 1973. Photo: Mary Baber/Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.artforum.com/news/barbara-rossi-1940-2023-90936">Barbara Rossi (1940–2023)</a>Barbara Rossi, a former Catholic nun whose passion for painting led her to join the amorphous, irreverent group of artists who rose to prominence in the late 1960s and ’70s as the Chicago Imagists, has died at eighty-three.Via Art Forum&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/27/23805042/folk-art-chicago">Folk art across Chicago offers glimpse into pure creativity</a>If you ask someone where to go to see art in Chicago, they will likely direct you to the Art Institute, or perhaps to the Daley Plaza Picasso and its nearby cousin, Alexander Calder’s Flamingo in Federal Plaza.But to the junkyard at 30th Street and Kedzie? Probably not, even though this extravaganza of hand-painted advertising is one of the city’s most glorious examples of public art. To the thousands of stone carvings that line the Lake Michigan shore? Only a bit less unlikely, despite being the city’s most massive repository of outdoor sculpture.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;<a href="https://hyperallergic.com/841064/the-trump-mug-shot-memes-are-here/">The Trump Mug Shot Memes Are Here</a>The world was waiting with bated breath for the release of Donald Trump’s mug shot after he was arrested at Fulton County Jail for felony charges over alleged attempts to overthrow the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia. The long-anticipated photo graced the internet Thursday night, August 24, setting both conservative and liberal spheres ablaze with immediate merchandising opportunities, strong emotions, and confirmation of the general un-seriousness of American politics by the way of memes — so let us ring in this historic moment with a curation of the finest.Via Hyperallergic&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 8/29/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419263/ueuwvmgcijmuw4l363q4.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ground-truthing-a-solo-show-by-doug-dewitt">Doug DeWitt: Ground Truthing - Promises, Laments and Tipping Points</a>Exhibition begins August 31Kavanagh Gallery at Fine Line Creative Arts Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419264/jdawefi9a16fuamcgnnx.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/storywork-the-prints-of-marie-watt">Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt</a>Exhibition begins August 31Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419265/jr44vupk23ujwhiv8xqu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/impressions">Impressions: Sammir Sammoun &amp; John C. Traynor</a>Opening: Friday, September 1, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419266/kivfjuqhdv4s2pckitp3.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dan-friedman-stay-radical">Dan Friedman: Stay Radical</a>Exhibition begins September 2The Art Institute of Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419267/y5iycatru1cr9bln2wn3.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/6th-midwest-open">6th Midwest Open</a>Opening: Saturday, September 2, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWoman Made Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions August 31 – September 2

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419252/cvm2ix6ulbmjaztlbolp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/comics-auction-preview">Comics Auction Preview</a>Opening: Thursday, August 24, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmHeritage Auctions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419253/xt3w37umeqpp0uzox1fx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-first-show">The First Show</a>Opening: Friday, August 25, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmSTASIAS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419254/gse7wymzdq6ep5a9ckna.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/guest-artist-roger-shule-acrylic-painter">Guest Artist: Roger Shule, Acrylic Painter</a>Saturday, August 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419255/qjcnian7xjajyrkqtyzr.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/2023-evanston-vicinity-biennial-exhibition">2023 Evanston + vicinity biennial exhibition</a>Opening: Sunday, August 27, 1 – 4&nbsp;pmEvanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions August 24 - 27

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419253/zjhzfmoqog9ezlduf9e4.jpg"><figcaption>Pablo Picasso, Bacchanal with Kid Goat and Onlooker, 1959, linocut proof © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Picasso: Fifty Years LaterThis exhibition explores the Modern master’s work, lasting influence, and legacy. Timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death in 1973, the three-part exhibition features works by Picasso and his contemporaries such as Alexander Archipenko, Wifredo Lam, Fernand Léger, and Joan Miró; a gallery dedicated to the demanding process of Picasso’s printmaking; and a presentation of contemporary figurative artists today.&nbsp;<a href="https://elmhurstartmuseum.org/exhibitions/picasso">Elmhurst Art Museum</a>&nbsp; • Sept 9, 2023–Jan 7, 2024 &nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419254/oy6dcnwycph9vs225euf.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Seeing Race Before RaceWhen, where, and why did conceptions of race come into being? Centuries before the term race came into popular use, people around the world used distinctions like language, dress, class, geography, and religion—in addition to traits like skin color or facial features—to categorize each other. Seeing Race Before Race explores these early expressions of race in medieval and early modern Europe between 1100 and 1800. &nbsp;<a href="https://www.newberry.org">The Newberry Library</a>&nbsp; • Sept 8–Dec 30, 2023&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419255/alanpem3cro7ll7tdofg.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Sanford Biggers: Back to the StarsSanford Biggers’s art explores overlooked cultural and political narratives from American history. Using antique quilts that echo rumors of their use as Underground Railroad signposts, in Biggers’ hands they become a means of engaging legends while fostering new narratives.<a href="https://www.moniquemeloche.com/artists/44-sanford-biggers/biography/">moniquemeloche</a> • Sept 14–Oct 28 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419256/a5zd2eb538bvp1uahbyt.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Gilliam, Butterfly Days, 1986. Printed acetate and painted wood on printed, handmade couched paper with string embedded, 43 x 53 1/2”. Gift of Sue Steinmann and Bill Weege, Collection of MMoCA. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;RECOLLECT: Sam Gilliam&nbsp;This exhibtion reflects on the innovative production of an internationally recognized artist as well as his impact on the development of Madison’s creative culture, since Gilliam traveled between his home in Washington, D.C. and Madison every summer for over 40 years.<a href="https://www.mmoca.org/events/recollect-sam-gilliam/">Madison Museum of Contemporary Art</a>&nbsp; • thru March 4, 2024&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419258/mnltu3igpliezepir4fa.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Josiah McElheny: From Red Black to Black,&nbsp;from Blue Black to BlackMcElheny presents a suite of new sculptural and wall-hanging works inspired by the concept of transduction, incorporating sound into both their form and the viewer experience. Musician David Grubbs was commissioned to create music for the artworks.<a href="https://www.corbettvsdempsey.com">Corbett vs Dempsey</a> &nbsp;• &nbsp;Sept 21–Nov 4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419259/hr4jiu2xzhbh73mrm0xn.jpg"><figcaption>Mous Lamrabat, Luv Riders, 2021</figcaption></figure>LOVE: Still Not the LesserLOVE: Still Not the Lesser brings together 12 international artists uniting across communities to share the ways they’ve encountered and understand love. Together, these artists explore dynamics within sensual eroticism, romantic partnership, family structures, social utopia, and life and death, presenting a world where love as a universal value of respect and care for all humans has been fully achieved. Opening reception Sept 7.<a href="https://www.mocp.org/exhibition/love-still-not-the-lesser/">Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)</a> &nbsp;• Thru Dec 22, 2023&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419259/zqfgfb3tvsllkozdaijh.jpg"></figure>Alex Katz: AutumnAlex Katz: Autumn is the artist’s tenth solo exhibition at GRAY and the first exhibition of large-scale landscapes since 2018. The exhibition follows his lauded career retrospective, Gathering, which opened at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in the fall of 2022. As Guggenheim curator Katherine Brinson described: “[One] might be surprised by the unbound rapture of the landscape paintings that have consumed much of the artist’s still-considerable energy in recent years. But [these works] are in fact the culmination of a lifelong artistic project that aspires to compress everything into ‘a single burst of energy… to paint it wide open.’”<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alex-katz-autumn">GRAY</a> • Sept 8 – Oct 28&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419260/uml08jmne16onq19bpcp.jpg"><figcaption>Rebecca Morris, Untitled (#04-18), 2018. Oil on canvas; 128 x 103 in. (325.1 x 261.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist; Bortolami, New York; Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago; Galerie Barbara Weiss | Trautwein &amp; Herleth, Berlin; and Regen Projects, Los Angeles. Photo: John Berens.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Rebecca Morris: 2001–2022Rebecca Morris: 2001–2022 presents a 21-year survey of painter Rebecca Morris (b. 1969, Honolulu, HI; lives in Los Angeles, CA), an artist best known for her large-scale paintings and inventive approach to composition, color, and gesture. One of the most formidable painters working today, Morris’s practice demonstrates a rigorous commitment to experimentation and abstraction. This exhibition, which originated at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, marks the artist’s first major museum survey since 2005.<a href="https://visit.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/rebecca-morris-2001-2022/">Museum of Contemporary Art</a>&nbsp; • Sept 30–April 7, 2024 &nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419261/n7ykzqprxtflomgyvonw.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary ArtThis exhibition addresses the complex relationship between the technologies we use and the identities we inhabit. While the internet allows us to express ourselves and connect with each other, there is also a darker side to digital technologies. The 17 artists in this exhibition explore our newly digitized identities by creatively adapting both familiar and emerging technologies.<a href="https://wrightwood659.org">Wrightwood 659</a> • Oct 13–Dec 16, 2023&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419262/qkifyvelzszgzke1orct.jpg"><figcaption>Detail of Candace Hunter’s study for her solo exhibition The Alien-Nation and Sovereign States of Octavia E. Butler at Hyde Park Art Center</figcaption></figure>Candace HunterChicago-based artist Candace Hunter’s largest solo exhibition to date, The Alien-Nations and Sovereign States of Octavia E Butler, explores ideas from Parable of the Sower and Xenogenesis Trilogy (Lilith’s Brood) by speculative fiction author Octavia E Butler (1947–2006). Hunter will present a series of collage-based works, installations, video, and sound works that illustrate the meticulously sculpted worlds Butler imagined in her novels, examining their significance for Black bodies and future societies.<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibition-archive/candace-hunter-the-alien-nation-and-sovereign-states-of-octavia-e-butler/">Hyde Park Art Center</a>&nbsp; • Nov 11–Mar 3, 2024&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

This Season’s Highlights: Fall 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419252/jrbod39kvgxd9mhdus3r.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/love-still-not-the-lesser">LOVE: Still Not the Lesser</a>Exhibition begins August 17Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419253/glnzkia8lee7alslzad4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/out-of-the-woods">Out of The Woods</a>Exhibition begins August 19Chicago Truborn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419254/zpafk8yxgqpccc4v1qzy.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/entre-horizontes-art-and-activism-between-chicago-and-puerto-rico">Entre Horizontes: Art and Activism Between Chicago and Puerto Rico</a>Exhibition begins August 19Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419255/zxumxns0gfmsmlfhgxj9.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tom-torluemke-gravity">Tom Torluemke: Gravity</a>Opening: Saturday, August 19, noon – 4&nbsp;pmUkrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419256/jglj9p04i76uyoe70jfd.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/drawn-over-reclaiming-our-histories">Drawn Over: Reclaiming Our Histories</a>Exhibition begins August 21Stanley Museum of Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419257/btydbkquqva0c6odcyhp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/2023-fall-student-exhibition">2023 Fall Student Exhibition</a>Exhibition begins August 21Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions August 17 - 21

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419252/nsq4a4utuigjpexza1z3.jpg"><figcaption>Above:&nbsp;Theatre for One. Courtesy of Arts Brookfield, 2015.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CAB 5 will kick off on September 21st with installations and programs held at sites across the city, leading up to a citywide opening celebration onNovember 1st as exhibitions are unveiled at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Graham Foundation.&nbsp;Via PR&nbsp; — The <a href="https://culturalcounsel.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=80758300da37073503a548031&amp;id=e2456afebd&amp;e=c2d53c91f4">Chicago Architecture Biennial</a> announced a phased opening plan and newly extended dates for its fifth edition, CAB 5: This is a Rehearsal, along with details on more than 100 cultural partners that will present programming in coordination with this year's citywide exhibition. Reflecting the 2023 Biennial’s theme of architecture as a time-based, iterative practice, CAB 5 will open in two phases. Beginning September 21st—building upon the decentralized model of the previous Biennial—CAB 5 will launch installations at locations across the city with sites activated throughout the fall with public programming from community and cultural partners. To further amplify public engagement and participation, CAB will hold a citywide opening celebration on November 1st, activating all of the Biennial’s City Sites concurrent with the opening of extensive CAB exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Graham Foundation. The Cultural Center exhibition will remain on view through February 11, 2024. More details about the full Biennial program and schedule of events will be announced in September.Dispersed across locations throughout the city of Chicago, This is a Rehearsal’s horizontal approach demonstrates a commitment to engaging multiple publics and practices while inviting visitors to understand architecture through the city. Under the Artistic Direction of the Chicago-based artist collective, <a href="https://culturalcounsel.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=80758300da37073503a548031&amp;id=0809d5bbf4&amp;e=c2d53c91f4">Floating Museum</a>, CAB 5 will feature the work of more than 80 local and international participants at locations ranging from outdoor community sites to exhibitions spaces that span across the Loop, Lakeview, Gold Coast, Devon Avenue, Bronzeville, Englewood, South Chicago, Hyde Park, Grand Crossing, and North Lawndale. Through the lens of rehearsal, Floating Museum invites new possibilities through myriad partnerships to generate new dialogues about creative invention. Each program encourages the public to participate in &nbsp;a process of learning and discovery to collectively explore questions such as ways for how the city can be an active participant in conversations about healthy food production, water reclamation, and material production, as well as critical discussions about power and the construction of history in relation to land rights, access, and use.“The Chicago Architecture Biennial has many audiences, all of which enhance our city. In addition to being a vital part of Chicago’s arts and cultural environment, the Biennial is an important element of attracting tourists, drawing visitors from across the country and throughout the world. Closer to home, the Biennial’s partnerships with community arts organizations enrich our neighborhoods. Together they focus on architecture and design to address the issues which confront urban areas everywhere. I look forward to the product of these mutual efforts,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson.“Floating Museum is interested in what the complex apparatus of a biennial can do, as a feedback loop to rehearse how the city thinks of itself, as a way to invest in long-term relationships, in addition to the topics it can address,” shared Floating Museum in a joint statement. “With CAB 5—as we center relationships between architectural process, community, and cities as sites of perpetual transformation—it’s only fitting that the Biennial embrace a novel exhibition format that highlights local partners and communities across Chicago, and invite the public to navigate a tapestry of geographically organized experiences that showcase Chicago's creative spirit and potential. Now both decentralized and transitory, we hope the Biennial will live and breathe with the city, and evolve as we continue to collectively rehearse architecture in pursuit of new solutions, systems of care, and improvements to urban life.”“The Biennial’s partnerships with both world-renowned and community-based arts and cultural venues across Chicago add a diversity of ideas to an exposition intended to foster an international dialogue on architecture in the city known for groundbreaking, innovative design,” added CAB Chairman Jack Guthman. “We greatly value these alliances—and the generous support from the city and state and the foundations, corporations and individual donors whose contributions sustain the CAB exhibition and programs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419253/uitquywvbjrbbgwff3lq.jpg"><figcaption>Above: Feda Wardak, Between the Ground and the Tree Top, 2020.&nbsp;Courtesy:&nbsp;the artist.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Programs Organized with 2023 Cultural Partners &amp; City Sites Include:Through the curatorial framework, the Floating Museum has invited institutions as participants to the exhibition. Local organizations include Grow Greater Englewood, Urban Growers Collective, Project Onward, SpaceShift, and the Southside Community Art Center. CAB 5 will also present work developed by New York-based organizations such as Storefront for Art and Architecture, The Highline, and the Buell Center at Columbia University. The participant projects will bring direct interventions into the urban landscape, coordinated in partnership with local community organizations through exhibitions, installations, programs, and performance, all with the intent to rehearse the ways in which the architectural process can positively impact local communities.Partnerships with city sites such as Urban Growers Collective (UGC) will explore topics including urban agriculture and land renewal. In a collaboration between UGC and New York-based studio&nbsp;New York-based architect David Benjamin and Columbia GSAPP’s Footprint Project, CAB 5 will reveal a new outdoor art studio and culinary space to establish an arts residency program that is informed by nature, vision, and communal sharing of diverse narratives. This new space will support emergent collaborations on the seven-acre South Chicago Farmadjacent to Clara Shafer Park. Further expanding on the regenerative and liberatory capacity of rebuilding urban land, the Boston-based landscape design firm Stoss Landscape Urbanism will explore the capacity for urban-ecological transformation through two public forestry initiatives that showcase the benefits of nurturing woodland nurseries and embracing decay's rejuvenating effects. Stoss will cultivate a circular, new-growth forest installation called The Woodland Circle. To accompany the reimagined public green space, in an under-utilized alleyway adjacent to the Field, Stoss will present Tree Cycles—an installation of public seating that utilizes trees at all stages of their life cycles.SpaceShift, a creative hub for experimentation, will present Shamiana, an immersive multi-sensory public art installation and community gathering space in Chicago’s South Asian neighborhood on Devon Avenue—an area that concurrently serves as a portal for immigrants and refugees to Chicago. With support from Good City Group, the structure will create space for a place for gathering and growth, continuing SpaceShift’s placemaking in the neighborhood.In partnership with the Poetry Foundation, Theatre for One—a mobile, state-of-the-art performance space for one actor and one audience member, created by Christine Jones and designed by LOT-EK—will feature local Chicago poets and actors performing new poems commissioned by Theatre For One, as well as a new sound installation created by Andrew Schneider activating poetry and connectivity across the city at select sites. Similarly, GELITIN, will activate a major new sculpture that will make a series of brief guest appearances at select Biennial sites. The sculpture will be included in an exhibition at the Neubauer Collegium that will open on September 23 and remain on view through January 12, 2024.This year CAB will feature programs and exhibitions from long-time partners such as the Chicago Architecture Center, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Chicago Humanities Festival, Hyde Park Art Center,&nbsp;Volume Gallery, the National Public Housing Museum and Villa Albertine. Returning CAB partner 6018NORTH will present Water, an exhibition that positions the Chicago River as a point of entry for exploring how the city and its people can be stewards of water and of the greater environment. Organized in collaboration with artist and architect Jennifer Buyck, curator Tricia Van Eck, and French-American residency program Villa Albertine, the exhibition and accompanying public programs aim to reveal how water can be re-examined, better understood, and re-imagined, so that we can become better stewards of water and all that it connects.CAB and Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) will continue to expand the partnership as the Biennial’s official Presenting Partner at the Chicago Cultural Center through collaborations around exhibitions and programs and a residency at the Chicago Cultural Center Learning Lab with Mobile Makers. New forms of partnerships are being developed by a suite of other city governmental branches: the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD), and the Chicago Department of Buildings (DOB). Through these partnerships, CAB is rehearsing ways to produce cultural experiences that intersect with city initiatives.&nbsp;2023 Biennial Partners:150 Media Stream&nbsp; 6018North Alliance Française de Chicago ALLL x Leapfrog Project Anna &amp; Frederick Douglass Pavilion ArchAgenda archKIDecture The Arts Club of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago Art on the Mart Association for Community Design Association of Architecture Organizations Black Arts Consortium at Northwestern University Buddy Canopy Center for Native Futures Chicago Architectural Club Chicago Architecture Center Chicago Collections Consortium Chicago Department of Buildings Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Chicago Department of Housing Chicago Department of Planning and Development Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation &nbsp; Bureau of Forestry Chicago Department of Transportation Chicago Humanities Festival Chicago International Film Festival Chicago Loop Alliance Chicago Park District Chicago Women in Architecture Cultural Services French Embassy, Chicago DePaul Museum of Art Design Museum of Chicago Design Trust Chicago DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center Edith Farnsworth House European Cultural Centre Experimental Sound Studio EXPO CHICAGO Galaudet Gallery Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago Glessner House Goethe-Institut Chicago GOOD CITY GROUP Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Grow Greater Englewood Human Scale Hyde Park Arts Center Illinois Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (I-NOMA)&nbsp; Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture Independent Curators International (ICI)Istituto Italiano di Cultura a Chicago Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Joffrey Ballet Lampo Latent Lawndale Pop-Up Spot Marwen MAS Context meme01 Memorial Nature Fund Metrotopia Metaverse Mobile Makers Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography National Museum of Mexican Art National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture National Organization of Minority Architects National Public Housing Museum Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society <a href="http://next.cc/">NEXT.cc</a> STEAM by DESIGN Open Architecture Collaborative - Chicago&nbsp; OPEN Center for the Arts PLAMEN Art Foundation Poetry Foundation Project HOOD Richard H. Driehaus Museum Riverside Arts Center Royal Society of Arts School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Homan Square School of the Art Institute of Chicago Departments. of Sculpture and Visual and Critical Studies Society for Contemporary Art Society of Architectural Historians SOM South Side Community Art Center SpaceShift Steel Studio&nbsp; Studio Gang Terrain Biennial 2023 Territory NFP The Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts at The University of Chicago The Renaissance Society&nbsp; Theater on the Lake Toronto Biennial of Art University of Illinois Chicago School of Architecture University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture Urban Growers Collective Villa Albertine Volume Gallery Wayfinding Woman's Athletic Club of Chicago Wrightwood 659&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419254/mp16jwd04jr2sanv5um9.jpg"><figcaption>Above:&nbsp;Andrea Carlson, You Are on Potawatomi Land (2021-present). Banners on the Chicago Riverwalk. Courtesy:&nbsp;DCASE/the artist.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces Its Fifth Edition

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419252/edoyypgykram0yqtcql6.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tom-robinson-loralyn-kumlin">Tom Robinson &amp; Loralyn Kumlin</a>Opening: Friday, August 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSoNa Chicago Art Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419253/dwzriwaew1ehrlc7am1p.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/generations-c2d6d2f6-e5dd-47d6-b2db-43c6f92c99d7">Generations</a>Opening: Saturday, August 12, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmOS Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419255/iakomd21bo9n2nfhpsnc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/august-gallery-stroll-artist-meet-and-greet">August Gallery Stroll, Artist Meet and Greet</a>Saturday, August 12J. Petter Galleries&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419256/lrctfxk5tgw9ra1uxml9.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/carlos-cortez-100-anos">Carlos Cortéz 100&nbsp;AÑOS</a>Opening: Sunday, August 13, 2 – 4&nbsp;pmNational Museum of Mexican Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions August 11 - 13

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419242/uownnklpwuzpz136v97w.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/zodiac-gala-nathan-von-braun-solo-exhibition">Zodiac Gala: Nathan Von Braun: Solo Exhibition</a>Opening: Friday, August 4, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmJames May Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419242/r4uqipcwxryx2cf0xkkt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/thresholds">Thresholds</a>Opening: Friday, August 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419243/nimhsztqzcpwexti2o7n.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/galina-shevchenko-we-will-survive-as-hybrids">Galina Shevchenko: We will survive as Hybrids</a>Opening: Friday, August 4, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419244/zshdyljzeyet0eyb6xij.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/conflicts-of-freedom">Conflicts of Freedom</a>Opening: Friday, August 4, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmPovos Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419246/byr5zs1f7dqpyz0rt0va.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tobin-fraley-iris-lutz">Tobin Fraley &amp; Iris Lutz</a>Opening: Saturday, August 5, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419247/aj3raf6dlym1scbjm4o0.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/wag-your-tail-charity-group-show-benefiting-one-tail-at-a-time">"Wag Your Tail" Charity Group Show&nbsp;benefiting One Tail at a Time</a>Opening: Saturday, August 5, noon – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions August 4 & 5

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/07/25/snoopy-in-a-blender-sculpture-moving-from-thompson-center-to-art-institute/?utm_source=Pico&amp;utm_campaign=4499908f99-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_26_01_06+Morning+List+1_COP&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-cbdb1cc15c-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&amp;mc_cid=4499908f99&amp;mc_eid=9fac193df8">‘Snoopy In A Blender’ Sculpture Moving From Thompson Center To Art Institute</a>A famous French sculpture outside the Thompson Center is moving to a new home. But don’t worry, it’s not going far.“Monument with Standing Beast,” also known as “Snoopy in a Blender,” is headed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave. The sculpture is being moved as the Thompson Center is restructured for new Google offices, said Megan Michienzi, executive director of public affairs for the Art Institute.Unveiled at the Thompson Center in 1984, the sculpture created by artist Jean Dubuffet encompasses four elements that <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_s_publicartjeandubuffetsmonumentwithstandingbeast.html">“suggest a standing animal, a tree, portal and an architectural form.”</a>Via Block Club&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419242/y6xx28b0njuiemxngpov.jpg"><figcaption>Installation view at Mickey. Courtesy of the gallery.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bc6380af8135a37727a1c35/t/64bb03d9b5f8dc6b635c75a7/1689977817920/MICKEY_listofworks.pdf">MICKEY is Celebrating 5 Years</a>In an email the gallery shared, "MICKEY is a&nbsp;celebratory exhibition&nbsp;in a traditional model that we have not yet done in 5 years of programming, a summer group exhibition with no specific thematic or curatorial basis besides being associated with the gallery.&nbsp;Surveying from the entirety of the program and adding a couple new artists the exhibition features works by&nbsp;Marcel Alcalá, Rachel Bos, Michael Garland Clifford, Bailey Connolly,&nbsp;Michelle Grabner, Paul Heyer, Leonardo Kaplan, Michael Madrigali, Vanessa Maltese,&nbsp;Isabelle Frances McGuire, Zach Meisner, Ryan Nault, Emma Pryde, Emma Robbins, Nick Schutzenhofer, Chloe Seibert, Joe Speier, Amy Stober, Neal Vandenbergh, and Kevin Weil."&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://mailchi.mp/expochicago/2024-program-curators?e=c5b146cc27">EXPO CHICAGO Announces Program Curators for 2024 Edition</a><a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=d2c4785b32&amp;e=c5b146cc27">EXPO CHICAGO</a>&nbsp;has&nbsp;announced its program curators for the 11th edition,&nbsp;April 11–14, 2024,&nbsp;returning to Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. EXPO CHICAGO’s program dedicated to large-scale sculpture, video, film, and site-specific works throughout Festival Hall, <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=68da2ffedf&amp;e=c5b146cc27">IN/SITU</a>, will be curated by Amara Antilla, Senior Curator at Large at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati.&nbsp;Activating interstitial areas throughout the historic Navy Pier and beyond, Antilla’s selected artists will expand upon IN/SITU’s legacy of fostering ambitious projects that typically aren't possible within the context of a fair.&nbsp;Rosario Güiraldes, Curator of Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, will curate the 2024&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=3fdddf31a5&amp;e=c5b146cc27">EXPOSURE</a> section, which highlights solo and two-artist presentations from galleries 10 years and younger. This year’s presentation will focus on heralding emerging artists and exhibition programs, overseen by Güiraldes with counsel from the Selection Committee and exposition’s President and Director Tony Karman. The program curators work in tandem with Kate Sierzputowski, formerly EXPO CHICAGO’s Director of Programming and recently appointed Artistic Director, to realize the respective programs.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 7/26/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419242/illtvofyeswcqpyb53yk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/earrings-galore">Earrings Galore</a>Opening: Thursday, July 27, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmPistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419243/xhvfujkekvgsavsbdc2m.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chantala-kommanivanh">Chantala Kommanivanh: Here After</a>Opening: Friday, July 28, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmElephant Room Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419243/fledzdulblogs5cjt8kh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hans-jorg-mayer-that-summer-feelin-is-gonna-haunt-me-the-rest-of-my-life">Hans-Jörg Mayer: That Summer Feelin' Is Gonna Haunt Me The Rest Of My Life</a>Opening: Friday, July 28, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmM. LeBlanc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419244/yakwtnwn6drev12uqzjz.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dmitry-samanov-4fcff07d-5eaf-43cd-9be6-51ab2d84a086">Dmitry Samarov</a>Opening: Friday, July 28, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419245/kij6ljvabfhhflsa3ttg.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/veronica-clements-pinky-promise">Veronica Clements: Pinky Promise</a>July 29Evanston Art Center&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions July 27 - 29

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2023/7/24/23803412/richard-barancik-monuments-men-architect-changed-chicago-skyline">The Last of WWII's Monuments Men Has Died. Richard M. Barancik Was From Chicago.&nbsp;</a>Chicagoan Richard M. Barancik, who was the last surviving member of “the Monuments Men,” a group that recovered millions of pieces of art that had been looted by the Nazis, has died.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419242/gb643hqjwecq0ahuy3pj.jpg"><figcaption>The Canterbury Auction Galleries &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/vase-yasuyuki-auction-intl-scli/index.html">Tiny vase bought at thrift shop could sell for $11,800</a>A hand-sized vase bought from a UK thrift store for just £2.50 ($3.30) is expected to sell for up to £9,000 ($11,800) at auction.The 10-centimeter (four-inch) masterpiece was spotted by a couple in the southeastern English county of Surrey, on the edge of London, according to Canterbury Auction Galleries in a press release.“My partner Ahmet and I wandered into the charity shop to have a look around – I always head for the books and he heads off to look for art and vintage stuff,” said seller Karen, who only provided her first name, in the release. “He’s not an expert but he does have great taste and an instinct for the ‘real thing.’”Via CNN&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-say-biden-ai-deal-does-nothing-protect-them-2341413">The White House Struck a Deal With A.I. Companies to Manage the Technology’s Risks. Artists Say It ‘Does Nothing’ to Protect Them</a>Last week, the White House announced that it had struck a deal with several artificial intelligence companies to “manage the risks” posed by the technology. Artists, however, say the deal “does nothing” to protect creatives.The administration of President Joe Biden on Friday secured “voluntary commitments” from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and ChatGPT creator OpenAI to “help move toward safe, secure, and transparent development of A.I. technology.”The deal calls on the companies to agree to ensure products are safe before launching them and will not pose biosecurity or cybersecurity risks. The companies agreed to address “societal risks” including bias and discrimination. It further calls on the companies to build trust with the public by using watermarking and other labels to identify audio and visuals that have been generated using A.I. technology.But the deal made no reference to the challenges artists fear in the age of A.I. such as job loss and theft of intellectual property.Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 7/25/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419242/yotysbdwgagfsacesumh.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/guest-curator-adia-sykes">Something from Something</a>Opening: Friday, July 21, 5:30 – 7:30&nbsp;pmENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419243/eimk4u1iuuy2ii9nb5q1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mke-gallery-night-day">MKE Gallery Night &amp; Day</a>Opening: Friday, July 21, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmJames May Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419243/wdfpcsdtsb0s8rtelj25.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/monica-j-brown-into-the-field-of-awareness-dances-time">Monica J. Brown: Into the Field of Awareness Dances Time</a>Opening: Friday, July 21, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419244/xhedywq7jowfwxz60las.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/william-estrada-multiples-and-multitudes">William Estrada: Multiples and Multitudes</a>July 22Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419245/cgd71iu8v9nyhxkuhivn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/absurdity-in-dada-we-trust-juried-by-kelly-hensen-and-beate-minkovski">Absurdity: In Dada We Trust</a>Opening: Saturday, July 22, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWoman Made Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419246/il39pqklw1sf9a0sqvd0.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/guest-artist-trace-chiodo-the-striking-faces-of-golf">Guest Artist: Trace Chiodo | The Striking Faces of Golf</a>Opening: Saturday, July 22, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions July 21 & 22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419242/vnm5osnvbap6ghibldmt.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/anxious-pink">Anxious Pink</a>Opening: Thursday, July 13, 5:30 – 7&nbsp;pmJohn David Mooney Foundation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419243/uhm4ll7kd8bjvc37vy8p.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/past-present-works-by-eric-holubow-and-chris-kleihege">Past/Present: Works by Eric Holubow and Chris Kleihege</a>Opening: Thursday, July 13, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmgallery 1871 (Chicago Art Source Gallery)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419244/kjqcn9sa8il3l1sdaleo.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/objects-in-mirror-are-closer-than-they-appear-circle-contemporary-north-shore">Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear (Circle Contemporary North Shore)</a>Opening: Thursday, July 13, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmCircle Contemporary (Arts of Life)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419246/choyearxii7v4v77gtuw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/joan-holleb-heading-home">Joan Holleb: Heading Home</a>Opening: Friday, July 14, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419247/k9akqw8isknfu8z1netc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/group-exhibition-featuring-meredith-kopelman-lynn-neuman-james-ostrander-ruth-poor">Group Exhibition: Under the Sun</a>Opening: Friday, July 14, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419248/dt4c2aohs3aijshnutfn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/spring-summer-group-show">Summer Group Show</a>Opening: Friday, July 14, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCarl Hammer Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419249/cwa6vwtkxftxsahe0rrg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/banksyland-meets-markus-klinko-banksy-beyonce-and-beyond">Banksyland Meets Markus Klinko: Banksy, Beyoncé and Beyond</a>Opening: Friday, July 14, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmHilton | Asmus Contemporary - Bridgeport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419250/vtnupf0bnjiu7nqtmimy.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sandra-yagi-yokai">Sandra Yagi: Yokai</a>Opening: Saturday, July 15, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419251/wuxwxjfgjgeoixwnaxh7.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/terra-recognita-a-ceramic-story-group-exhibition">Terra Recognita: A Ceramic Story – Group Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, July 15, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmMariane Ibrahim Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions July 13 - 15

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419235/feskdgfbve3fbqkikxrb.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;By CGN StaffThe River North Gallery District spaces are banding together again to host their traditional mid-summer gallery walk on Friday, July 14 from 5-8pm. Afterward, walk attendees are invited to enjoy cocktails and al fresco dining at River North's many restaurants.&nbsp;A July gallery walk has been around in the district for many years. This time of year galleries are eager to invite collectors and visitors to the city &nbsp;on self-guided tour of &nbsp;spaces located on Huron, Superior, and Wells Streets, while meeting artists, curators, and gallery staff.&nbsp;The Mid-Summer River North Gallery Walk is free and open to the public. Maps are available at Addington Gallery (704 N Wells St.)Some galleries are opening new exhibitions while others are hosting receptions for ongoing summer shows.&nbsp;There is also a <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/free-cgn-saturday-gallery-tours">free Saturday morning gallery tour</a> taking place the following day, July 15, at 11am.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Participating galleries:<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/joan-holleb-heading-home">Addington Gallery</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/spring-summer-group-show">Carl Hammer Gallery</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/gallery-victor-armendariz">Gallery Victor Armendariz</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/jean-albano-gallery">Jean Albano</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/hilton-asmus-contemporary">Hilton | Asmus Contemporary</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/rosenthal-fine-art-inc">Rosenthal Fine Art</a><a href="http://www.zggallery.com">Zg Gallery</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/group-exhibition-featuring-meredith-kopelman-lynn-neuman-james-ostrander-ruth-poor">Zolla/Lieberman Gallery</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

River North's Mid-Summer Gallery Walk Happens Friday, July 14, 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419235/gwuswvfufomf2vrbjljy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bless-you">Bless You!</a>Opening: Friday, July 7, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Art Center Highland Park&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419236/nuybmaajdswrqplv0ay7.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/culture-flow-the-ocean-between-vi-an-international-art-symposium">Culture Flow – The OCEAN BETWEEN VI, an International art symposium</a>Opening: Friday, July 7, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419237/befe2zhgxttmv7baywam.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bop-adventures-in-collage">Bop! Adventures in Collage</a>Opening: Friday, July 7, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmT.F. Projects and The Dime&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419238/nzyknrh8kb6qlrs4zu6k.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/2choey-sorry-i-can-t-talk-right-now-solo-show">2CHOEY: Sorry I can't talk right now</a>Opening: Saturday, July 8, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419239/c0cyqmpspi9cuttk0mzd.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/closing-artist-talk-dario-robleto-on-the-heart-s-knowledge">Closing Artist&nbsp;Talk: Dario Robleto on “The Heart’s Knowledge"</a>Saturday, July 8, 12:30 – 1:30&nbsp;pmBlock Museum of Art&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419240/xbqdoj4pg0fclbvqenla.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/opening-reception-at-the-gallery">2023 Vicinity: Opening Reception</a>Opening: Saturday, July 8, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions July 7 & 8

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419235/ftywskkggg0xpwmjtbt7.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gordon-parks-the-early-years-1942-1963">Gordon Parks The Early Years: 1942 - 1963</a>Opening: Friday, June 30, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmRhona Hoffman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419236/l53nar9ai7iqdzq6ag1f.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/actual-fractals-act-i">Actual Fractals, Act I</a>June 30Sculpture Milwaukee&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419237/kyg5ntber0o82yohlwan.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/recent-acquisitions">Recent Acquisitions</a>Opening: Friday, June 30, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmIntuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419238/lgh5x2jtw6oneftittsg.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ellsworth-kelly-portrait-drawings">Ellsworth Kelly: Portrait Drawings</a>July 1The Art Institute of Chicago&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions June 30 & July 1

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419224/auj8xobphiwteswdvioz.jpg"><figcaption>Detail view of Edra Soto's Destination/El Destino: A Decade of GRAFT at the Hyde Park Art Center (photo Eugene Tang) &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/825763/a-piece-of-puerto-rico-in-chicago-edra-soto/">A Piece of Puerto Rico in Chicago</a>Edra Soto’s sculptures are lovely places to be inside: dappled light shines through walls made of ornate blocks or windows covered in decorative screens, casting shapely shadows that mingle with the free-flowing breeze. There might be a bench to sit on, a table to play dominoes at, or an architectural essay to read. If you’re really lucky, a slice of pineapple upside-down cake or some spam-velveeta-pimiento sandwiches will be on offer.The mid-century Puerto Rican vibe of all that food and space is no accident. Soto, who has lived in Chicago since the late ’90s, was born in 1971 in San Juan and has for the past two decades been creating installations and events that draw on the culture of the place where she grew up and where her family still lives.By Lori Waxman via Hyperallergic&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-brauer-museum-suit-st-0621-20230620-3rrl2pxg3felxgywvtf6ew33zu-story.html?lctg=B477742924DED4EE756994B069&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.chicagotribune.com%2fsuburbs%2fpost-tribune%2fct-ptb-brauer-museum-suit-st-0621-20230620-3rrl2pxg3felxgywvtf6ew33zu-story.html&amp;utm_campaign=Daywatch&amp;utm_content=curated">Indiana AG files for dismissal of lawsuit against Valpo U over artwork sale</a>Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is backing up Valparaiso University’s contention that a lawsuit to stop the sale of three of the Brauer Museum’s most valuable pieces of artwork to fund dorm renovations for first-year students should be dismissed because the plaintiffs who filed the suit don’t have standing to do so.In a Tuesday filing, Rokita reiterates the university’s claim that Richard Brauer, the museum’s founding director and for whom the museum is named, and Philipp Brockington, a retired law professor from the university and one of the museum’s benefactors, cannot file <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-brauer-injunction-st-0422-20230421-3u43scmlhzgk7ky2fichrlgcei-story.html">the suit</a> because they are not directly connected to the charitable trust, the Percy Sloan Fund, that provided the museum the artwork with the stipulation that proceeds from any sale of the works be reinvested in the museum and its collection.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anna-delvey-show-podcast-2323541">Anna Delvey’s New Hustle Is a Podcast of Frothy Conversations With Artists, Writers, and Fellow Fraudsters—and It Could Be Illegal</a>It’s said crime doesn’t pay, but Anna Delvey is giving it a really good go. She’s sold her story to Netflix, <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anna-delvey-secret-miami-party-zoom-2222142">flogged her jail drawings</a>, minted NFTs that offer holders <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anna-delvey-reinventing-anna-nft-2132210">exclusive access</a>, and has now launched a podcast: The Anna Delvey Show with episodes recorded inside <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wet-paint-in-the-wild-anna-delvey-2238809">her East Village apartment</a> where she remains under house arrest.The show’s premise is shameless and bold, which is to be expected from someone who swindled socialites, glitzy hotels, and banks out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. “Now, you get to meet the real me,” she proclaims at the start of each <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3C2I9csduPqKpUxIiWtwCu">episode</a>. “I dive into the concept of rules and the people who make and break them,” she continues to an accompanying jingle seemingly appropriated from a low-rent infomercial.Via Artnet&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 6/21/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419224/urmhupbdy7eh48a9zaps.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hector-guimard-art-nouveau-to-modernism">Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to Modernism</a>Exhibition begins June 22Richard H. Driehaus Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419225/ybm57kmws5qlpdfkllhz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/omar-velazquez-thomas-h-kapsalis">Omar Velázquez: The Flood</a>and <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/thomas-h-kapsalis-nine-decades">Thomas H. Kapsalis Nine Decades</a>Opening: Friday, June 23, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419226/mno3fws4wrp5p1ehu6y9.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/thomas-h-kapsalis-oblique-perspective">Thomas H. Kapsalis: Oblique&nbsp;Perspective</a>Opening: Friday, June 23, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDavid Salkin&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419227/y61wpb3lnfypxo2nkuuu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/michelle-shipka-layers-of-life">Michelle Shipka: Layers of Life</a>Opening: Friday, June 23, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419227/bouoiipiml7aivf4f5na.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/absurdity-in-dadaism-we-trust">ABSURDITY: IN DADA WE TRUST</a>Opening: Friday, June 23, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Art Center Highland Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419228/i857vcde3sau7absoddo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/leasho-johnson-somewhere-between-the-eyes-and-the-heart">Leasho Johnson: Somewhere between the eyes and the heart</a>Opening: Friday, June 23, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419229/z3asviyor4z1lxp8j0cf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-partnership-with-firebird-community-arts-and-gun-violence-prevention-pac">In partnership with Firebird Community Arts and Gun Violence Prevention PAC</a>Opening: Friday, June 23, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWeinberg/Newton Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions June 22 - 25 (Part I)

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419224/alt1qveriucyc70jnzoq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jack-craig-protist">Jack Craig: Protist</a>Opening: Friday, June 23, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVolume Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419225/hiswqkxzismfblyfulur.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/all-decked-out-skate-deck-show">All Decked Out: Skate Deck Show</a>Opening: Saturday, June 24, 5 – 11&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419226/don6lsc0wji9fnbr7jvr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/hilton-asmus-contemporary">The Many Loves of Ana Castillo</a>Opening: Saturday, June 24, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmHilton | Asmus Contemporary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419227/b4yqcnc29osj2hyz1dbh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/blue-moon-gallery">Mimi Peterson | Assemblages on Canvas</a>Opening: Saturday, June 24, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419228/rit9s7w02vuakhxqg5ro.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/evanston-art-center--3">Anne Hayden Stevens: The Philosopher Walks</a>Opening: Sunday, June 25, 1 – 4&nbsp;pmEvanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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