<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><blockquote>The start of fall means new exhibitions and fresh endeavors, and it’s the Art world figures working hard behind the scenes who give us so much to look forward to. we spoke to five art community leaders about what they’re excited about now and looking forward to next.</blockquote>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419263/lbr9u8769ash3fibgkvw.jpg"></figure>Erin Harkey –Chicago Deptartment of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)&nbsp;“At the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, also known as ‘DCASE,’ we serve as a collaborative presenter, arts funder and advocate for creative workers throughout Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods. Chicago is one of the greatest cities in the world for arts and culture—and our working artists generate billions in economic revenue for the city. There is so much to look forward to this fall—from the return of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the launch of a new theater season and the citywide World Music Festival Chicago, to name a few.&nbsp;Taste of Chicago in Grant Park celebrates the diversity and culinary talent of our city this September. The landmark Chicago Cultural Center is a must-see, always brimming with free visual art exhibitions, performances, films and more programs by DCASE and our partners. Then my favorite start to the holiday season is the City’s annual Tree Lighting in Millennium Park followed by skating at the McCormick Tribune ice rink.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419264/jtjxepq3lhkdcffv9sj8.jpg"></figure>Patrick Hull –&nbsp;Vertical Gallery“My interests continue to expand, both as a collector and as a gallery owner. I’m loving the surrealist resurgence, especially work in the pop-surrealism category, and adding new pieces to my personal collection. Several upcoming Vertical Gallery shows are focused on pop surrealism: in September, we have “Leopard Brains,” the first solo show from Danny J. Martinez (a.k.a. Van Dam One), an emerging artist at the vanguard of the pop surrealism movement, followed by two group shows: “New in Town” is curated by Blake Jones, and “Ode To” is curated by Joseph Renda Jr. We’re also returning to SCOPE Miami Beach Art Fair in December to present a solo show featuring another pop surrealist, the French artist Flog.Vertical recently celebrated its ten-year anniversary and moved to a new location within West Town (just a half-mile from our previous location), and we want to thank everyone for their continued support. We’re keeping our format of monthly exhibitions and introducing new artists to the Chicago market, and in 2024 we’ll branch out via exhibits in other U.S. cities and by increasing our participation in international art fairs.”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419264/vxxnsfbrospqxajhxzhk.jpg"></figure>Roberta Kramer –&nbsp;Heritage Auctions“This season Heritage Auctions brings fresh energy, creative curation, and new partnerships into the gallery. Our auction previews in River North are becoming more dynamic with cross-category curation, and we’re making natural and thoughtful connections by showing stunning photographs with iconic prints &amp; multiples. Unexpected combinations, such as sneakers paired with modern &amp; contemporary art, are playful and equally on point. Shaking things up in the gallery invigorates our team and introduces Heritage Auctions guests to categories they may have otherwise passed over.&nbsp;Beyond an opportunity to see rare and precious items up close before bidding, we take pride in creating a welcoming setting where friendly experts are available to build relationships. With this in mind, Heritage is deepening our Chicago connection by supporting the River North Design District, participating in Design Chicago, and expanding our reach at EXPO CHICAGO.&nbsp;&nbsp;Heritage Auctions Chicago continues growing, with specialists available to support the Midwest in more than 50 collecting categories. It’s a pleasure to evolve with our community and enjoy these enduring relationships.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419266/f6vidpxck0vhwnsjq2bf.jpg"></figure>Floating Museum –CAB5: This is a Rehearsal“Floating Museum’s creative leads – Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Faheem Majeed, Andrew Schachman, and avery r. young – have brought their vision for multidisciplinary, community-driven, and site-responsive projects to the Chicago Architecture Biennial for this year’s CAB5: This is a Rehearsal. At the helm of CAB5, Floating Museum has invited 90 contributors from across the globe to experiment, coact, and collectively reimagine what a resilient, equitable, and thriving city might look like in an era of superimposed crises. With horizontality as foundational to Floating Museum’s conception of “rehearsal,” the team is excited to ideate and fabricate in community with artists, architects, builders, designers, educators, municipal departments, non-profit organizations, activists, innovators, and attendees, all as equal contributors to this year’s Biennial. Though CAB5: This is a Rehearsal will close in early 2024, Floating Museum hopes the myriad connections fostered through the event will act as new beginnings for further experimentation towards the compassionate urban futures we so critically need.”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419267/mtuei6zlqjra9oigsejf.jpg"></figure>Kavi Gupta –Kavi Gupta Gallery“The Kavi Gupta team is celebrating a landmark year of growth. Our publishing arm and bookstore, Kavi Gupta Editions, designed and published a dozen new artist books, spotlighting Tomokazu Matsuyama, Arghavan Khosravi, Alfred Conteh, and Michi Meko, among others, including a major hardcover catalogue published with EXPO CHICAGO documenting Skin + Masks, our philanthropic collab with rapper and activist Vic Mensa. We helped produce Beyond the Horizon, a hardcover book documenting two Jeffrey Gibson exhibitions: Beyond the Horizon at Kavi Gupta and Sweet Bitter Love at the Newberry Library. We also helped realize multiple new public sculptures, including Dancer, a large-scale work by Matsuyama in New York’s Flatiron Plaza.&nbsp;We’re celebrating our first solo show with Seneca artist Marie Watt, open through Sept. 30. It debuts a long wished-for project we helped produce: ambitious new hanging sculptures Watt made from traditional Indigenous jingle cones, which relate to healing. We brought in multiple internationally recognized Indigenous dancers to activate the works. We’re excited for our fall exhibition with Chicago artist Nikko Washington. And we’re gratified Jeffrey Gibson will represent the US in the Venice Biennale. We’ve fostered Jeffrey’s practice for five years, producing his most important and ambitious performances and projects. All this growth signals that our mission to support marginalized voices by encouraging and amplifying their ideas is impacting the culture.”&nbsp;</body></html>

Fall 2023 – Anticipating a Season of Art: Five to Talk to

Via PR1 SEPTEMBER 2023Wright is honored to announce <a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=80cb983bd1&amp;e=7eb8b4f0ec">EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT: The Collection of Jason Pickleman</a>, a September 14th auction celebrating the work and vision of beloved Chicago artist, designer, collector, and gallerist Jason Pickleman. Once described as "a dancefloor mainstay of Chicago," Pickleman is recognized for his artistic vision, playful demeanor, and remarkable generosity, and this auction is a rare opportunity for art enthusiasts to immerse themselves in his creative world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/images/6277f59b-71e5-ab6f-61fc-40b3e5390a0b.jpg" alt=""></figure>&nbsp;Amassing art since he was a teenager, Pickleman attended Boston University where he studied English literature—and met Leslie Bodenstein, who would become his partner in life and at JNL Graphic Design. The pair founded the studio in 1992, working from a decommissioned post office in Chicago's River North area and merging their art and design sensibilities with tremendous success. "To live in Chicago is to encounter Jason Pickleman’s work," according to the Chicago Tribune, and local clients have included Millennium Park, Avec, Blackbird, Time Out Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, Poetry Foundation, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, EXPO Chicago, and the Field Museum. Beyond the Windy City limits, JNL has worked with clients including the Prada Foundation and Skinny Pop Popcorn, for whom they designed Warhol-inspired packaging.&nbsp;The space between commercial and contemporary art has been of the utmost importance to Pickleman, who has defined himself by his ability to move effortlessly through these worlds as both an artist and collector. Pickleman was among the creators featured in the 2007 exhibition Young Chicago at the Art Institute of Chicago, and his art now resides in the institution's permanent collection. His works have been shown at the Chicago Cultural Center, the Chicago Design Museum, Ken Saunders Gallery, and the Neon and Light Museum, among others. In 2021, he created a monumental sculpture for Sculpture Milwaukee and this celebrated work, <a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=5700255f77&amp;e=7eb8b4f0ec">Hand Heart</a> (est. $30,000-50,000), leads EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT.&nbsp;As testament to his unorthodox and open-hearted ethos as a collector, Pickleman opened his collection gallery Lawrence &amp; Clark in 2015, named for the Chicago intersection where it stood. Here, Pickleman curated and installed works from his own collection, throwing open the doors to the public to be seen again (and again) by anybody who wanted to drop in. "Much of the work in EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT would have been on exhibit at Lawrence &amp; Clark," Pickleman says. "When a collector buys a work of art, it usually gets sequestered away, and publicly seen again only very rarely. The gallery was a way of giving my collection a second public life."&nbsp;Pickleman has long been an ardent supporter of rising talent in his chosen city, tirelessly making his own circuit between galleries, thesis exhibitions, and less formalized art spaces. Of his personal taste, Pickleman noted, "I’m most interested in ambiguity and pieces that seem strange or awkward; living with them fuels my creativity." The works featured in this auction reflect Pickleman's eclectic tastes, ranging, for example, from a Gaetano Pesce <a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=b5d9df2168&amp;e=7eb8b4f0ec">Amazonia vase</a> (est. $1,000-1,500) to Jenny Holzer's <a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=2411707b80&amp;e=7eb8b4f0ec">Inflammatory Essays</a> (est. $1,500-2,000) to infamous self-taught Chicago artist Wesley Willis's <a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=710070fd51&amp;e=7eb8b4f0ec">World Trade Center&nbsp;</a>drawing (est. $1,000-1,500).&nbsp;"I never thought much about the distinction between being an artist, designer, and an art collector," Pickleman says. "Each role informed and reinforced the others." With trust in his own taste and an infinite commitment to showing up for Chicago's art communities, Pickleman has built a unique collection that reflects his endless curiosity and creativity. "Jason has been a friend and colleague for many decades," says Richard Wright. "He and Leslie designed my very first advertisement back in 1992. It is an honor to work with them both for this special auction."&nbsp;&nbsp;The full selection of works featured in <a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=45dacbea27&amp;e=7eb8b4f0ec">EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT: The Collection of Jason Pickleman</a> will be on view at Wright in Chicago from September 9th to 14th with gallery hours of 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, and 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. The auction will begin at 11 am central on Thursday, September 14th, and accommodates advanced bids, telephone bidding, and live online bidding. For further information, please reach out to <a href="mailto:press@wright20.com?subject=Press%20Inquiry%3A%20The%20Collection%20of%20Jason%20Pickleman">press@wright20.com</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=78b448ffa0&amp;e=7eb8b4f0ec">VIEW AUCTION</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/images/b14af85c-7162-773c-4121-23585d6abbf3.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>Jason Pickleman, &nbsp;<a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=5700255f77&amp;e=7eb8b4f0ec">Hand Heart</a></figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/_compresseds/dd4238ff-8c6e-3a6b-d5dd-54f230b84348.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>113&nbsp; JASON PICKLEMAN A Parallel American 1; A Parallel American 2 (two works)</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/images/55670be8-b839-aff7-9653-ba705831da12.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>307&nbsp; JASON PICKLEMAN Hourglass (from the Icons series) (two works)</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/_compresseds/864405a0-5f6d-ce06-cac9-afed1d20849b.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>134&nbsp; JASON PICKLEMAN Arrows (six works)</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/_compresseds/9de33a5e-821d-b077-6272-3dd5cc2400f7.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>215&nbsp; JASON PICKLEMAN Metal Typeball</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/images/f3c0b67c-8250-e697-d16f-a78fc53dd3c1.jpg" alt=""></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/images/3aca564d-ce75-132b-bc02-91dc9c2f7393.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>304&nbsp; GAETANO PESCE Amazonia vase and Gaetano Pesce: Le Temps des Questions (book)</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/_compresseds/93b8d441-98f4-eff8-84b0-5f6b7e06a5ed.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>292&nbsp; BEN FOCH Newport Beach #10</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/_compresseds/0eea8bab-0b15-25b1-aaeb-bf2e034298f7.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>135&nbsp; JUDY LEDGERWOOD Untitled #22</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db/_compresseds/ed2f32b5-9251-3bb3-bde6-db9833b1f1da.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>184&nbsp; CHRISTOPHER PRINZ Wrinkled Bench (Raw Yellow Iridescent)</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Wright to Celebrate Chicago Legend Jason Pickleman with 'EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT'

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419263/khnhjoclleh7svhbxaar.jpg"><figcaption>Only in the Dark, 2023. Created by Dr Yiyun Kang. Courtesy of ART on THE MART.&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>Via PRCHICAGO, IL – ART on THE MART, an innovative digital art project that transforms a Chicago architectural landmark into a larger-than-life canvas, celebrates its 5th anniversary this fall with work by two veterans in the field of digital and video art. The 2023 fall programming will feature a new commission by the acclaimed Dr. Yiyun Kang, esteemed in the field of projection mapping and immersive art, and the return of the popular projection by the renowned Charles Atlas. Dr. Kang and Atlas’s projections will be on view nightly at 7:30pm CT from September 14 to November 15, 2023. &nbsp;“I am thrilled to welcome Dr. Kang to Chicago and ART on THE MART. As such a groundbreaking artist in the realm of projection mapping and immersive art, it’s exciting to see her vision be realized on THE MART,” said Cynthia Noble, Executive Director of ART on THE MART. “In celebration of our 5thanniversary, it’s also hugely exciting to welcome back Charles Atlas, whose career is deservedly booming right now. We look forward to having him in Chicago again.”&nbsp;Responding to humanity’s environmental crisis and the unfathomable power and intelligence of AI technologies, Dr. Kang’s site-specific commission Only in the Dark will unfold over three immersive scenes that mix digital animations with AI-generated imageries to explore how we can think collectively about a more inclusive future. The work begins with a scene depicting the shifting structure of THE MART, alluding to a new beginning. The second scene uses biophilic designs to illustrate the coexistence of nature and humans. Ending with a hopeful future, the final vignette depicts a human dancing in water surrounded by a beautiful halo created from the light bouncing off the water’s surface.&nbsp;‘Only in the Dark’ is presented in partnership with Superblue, where Dr. Kang is the latest addition to the gallery’s artist roster. &nbsp;&nbsp;In creating ‘Only in the Dark,’ Dr. Kang was inspired by THE MART and its history and position as a leader in sustainable practices. Owned and operated by Vornado Realty Trust, THE MART is an architectural icon and an internationally recognized leader in culture, design and technology. Known colloquially as a “city within a city,” THE MART opened as the largest building in the world in 1930 and has continuously evolved to incorporate the latest in environmental practices. In 1996, THE MART became one of the first major properties in downtown Chicago to adopt the district cooling system to reduce the discharge of CFCs. THE MART was awarded its LEED certification in 2007 and its Fitwel certification in 2018, earning the title of largest Fitwel-certified building in the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419264/mqifpcyprquvx9x5d2hf.jpg"><figcaption>The Geometry of Thought, 2019. Created by Charles Atlas. Courtesy of ART on THE MART</figcaption></figure>“To escape our current darkness, this work suggests using non-binary thinking,” Dr. Kang said. “Building upon THE MART’s history of contributing to environmental solutions, I hope ‘Only in the Dark’ will help us to consider new ways of thinking to address some of the most pressing issues facing us today.” &nbsp;Reflecting on its five years of empowering artists to create innovative new work, ART on THE MART’s fall 2023 season will revisit Charles Atlas’s celebrated projection, The Geometry of Thought, which first debuted in fall 2019. The site-specific work features a&nbsp;characteristic combination of abstract shapes and numerals unfolding over eight chapters. The chapters will begin with a splash of color starting at the base of THE MART’s façade and rising to the top of the turrets, animating and exploring the iconic structure and architecture. Atlas has been a pioneering figure in film and video for over four decades. He has extended the limits of his medium, forging new territory in a far-reaching range of genres, stylistic approaches and techniques. In December 2023, the Art Institute of Chicago will also have&nbsp;The Years&nbsp;(2018),&nbsp;a recently acquired work by Atlas, on view in their&nbsp;galleries. ART on THE MART will then bring the projection back for a 1-3 day pop up timed to the opening. &nbsp;“I am thrilled to return to the beloved city of Chicago with ‘The Geometry of Thought’ animating THE MART’s façade,” said Atlas. “It is a truly unique platform for an artist to create work for and it’s been exciting to watch the program develop over the last five years.”&nbsp;ART on THE MART can best be experienced from the jetty section of the Chicago Riverwalk on Wacker Drive between Wells Street and Franklin Street, where accompanying audio can also be heard. ART on THE MART is presented in collaboration with the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and is complimentary to all viewers.&nbsp;For more information on the 2023 season, please visit <a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=ejmDrstLsKgZJLOItgn3EXl1sVb7zKa2ug7uWS6TcLYUC59lBNDyr0JoXCfUi7D9e7hAvHv4Eo6sjL0BD8lqz1LcG9Gv5-2BH9ShU-2F9qH66Ek6k3lSzWBjSIuZpcS2s-2BQsgfHL0lIpmNqj2yabHLop4g-3D-3DimPc_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP-2BvAdgfICCFFHxnTjvEhUHLATit0Q8QLp1LC-2BEz94L006GhxlNRp8PQ8ByadGauC7daKnEKiKKxEIs4yCfldzUjvpEstC6T-2FTmal-2FjTKU2OHQFAtRRgMYLzyb3gK458yEK0guY1CnhrnChl1V0lXk-2FTna5hq0caUpQWLHv8bUlwJLMkRJmWDY3BogsnjttV6AWvQ3QTjap8JLjMAUuuBQ-2BrEAISQm2MCJC9DU5p-2BCOuBO250cFlh-2B0eYrZRoQnJTtXiTZJYS8-2Br5klFX5HUd8HlS76hLfCRqZA88lmqli3upJBSGwfN4jYMK6a-2FT2F-2BngjYbzTaKdeEjEJp9lc1UgcvoOtJYlmC1c5P4vpVecslFFzPizWuq5dNMKSNGoTV2z5iKXRUvC5UDAe3YpclH7F0C1-2BWh3Lme-2Bnjm9e98Fta9oupLlFOPSqXQOvyxRvmPl8KdqgxMdts3TgcqKiCah7Sn0prNyurpgh-2BizOaA3lUzH9qJN-2B-2FvuKfRvYfCq-2BjNvTMtb1EkGjFglHB1P5W9ZIpiiqwYi1l02c1dOjptjfeIbMJ1e9btCTUvPbRUfsdGv3eHy0j9e8PfgjXispusXHI8Z4-2F-2FThmwVY0i1MjHVhsaBxCndnbITTWX24bvyReH0cb59Cr5gEGzXlf03Mwhn5GDOs7qHTIzw2R2a-2FzVWQ498x959EI-2BtSr-2BsKZ0WLYr6Ew-2BIeQqvVEbhLiGKNcjpLUaBL6Ftvg-2FrJNQTCcmJJPCOmCXwGEkdAIVJue8rl0cbvpRLE-2FcIPvyrADhYtWUbgpa8qm5mb9eM0uCikRo3UVU4HFzKgrpuOyiexiLJB4C8g7OaXR9JtETGbHg5nZBo2FxrtaMOS1zxNDV3-2BTT4P3vbm3NCBKUn42ic6yDfK6rSm2na3sCS6pgR14MQG8RMCWlin-2B03okFJoxsxbTiOTklg-3D-3D">artonthemart.com</a> or follow #ARTonTHEMART.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

ART on THE MART's 5th Anniversary Season Features 2 Site-Specific Commissions

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419263/vpvpgogj4qe0jcegtldy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.facebook.com/andrewrafaczgallery">Andrew Rafacz Gallery Closes Temporarily Due to Truck Through Window</a>Shared via Facebook this week:&nbsp;"Five planets were retrograde: Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. The cosmic turbulence of late summer was too much to contain the apocalyptic power of Roxanne Jackson’s ceramic sculptures.On Sunday morning, August 27th at 2:44 am in Chicago, a black pick-up truck made a shocking sharp left turn into the gallery’s front window, smashing ceramic vessels, cakes and cockatoos to smithereens. The driver was soon a shadowy figure, fleeing the accident and disappearing into the humid night, leaving behind an uncanny crime scene of ceramic shards and rubble.An active investigation is ongoing. As a result, we are sad to report that our current exhibitions are now closed, and we are temporarily suspending our programming as we rebuild and regroup. We are determined, however, to prevail from this strange and unsettling setback. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or inquiries during this time."&nbsp;<a href="https://www.saic.edu/news/saic-students-win-aia-chicagos-award-architecture?fbclid=IwAR2ZBOFvqQxzvYQTBSF9XQnMWCKGWDSzhjk3jFizu92imExGa8MZNT7DDqU">SAIC Students Win AIA Chicago’s Award in Architecture</a>SAIC architecture graduate students Rui Wang and Ziqi Huang were awarded the American Institute of Architect Chicago Foundation’s Student Awards in Architecture. The AIA Chicago Foundation supports Chicago’s architectural community through scholarships, awards, and grants. Every year they hold a juried competition of student projects from universities in the Chicagoland area to recognize the innovative young talent working in this city.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419264/ahnijgzbo7uw2ug1suq0.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.facebook.com">Woman Made Gallery Starts Online Teaching Social</a>WMG shared "We're starting a new series on our socials where we teach you about different women artists, art HERstory, and fun art techniques. If you have any ideas for future posts, shoot us a DM! Anyways, swipe to learn more about the pioneer of abstract art, Hilma Af Klint.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/teachingtuesday?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZU4xc_6ysjjrN30jb2lcpQV2mdCxZKbg4YWluDzpc9HrCNuuRWiYDpq2AOGAT75Gi-rlCcTWCv41Sf4sa3p4-93rBB8rmxK8XMLLOkvEfZmRUuUj9QsioIQu74AFXRsN2tzMl3nKN-rasEW_CsVfp5HnEkXbrGKJKXvbRBHJQ9ADgI5x9G9y4INoEAgDPfklXI&amp;__tn__=*NK-R">#TeachingTuesday</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 8/30/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419242/vy3eebrebwj9kumgjbrn.jpg"><figcaption>RNDD Members in front of an Art Walk vignette.</figcaption></figure>By CGN STAFF &nbsp;Fine art and residential design are symbiotic. An industry group that has managed to conjure the magic of design and art for a decade is the River North Design District. With more than 90 members, and even a podcast, RNDD has been serving the designer community as well as partnering with area galleries and artists since its founding in 2013.&nbsp;RNDD member Doug Van Tress says, “Golden Triangle was on board from the beginning. RNDD is the only group that brings every one together – the big showrooms, the small shops, the designers, the contractors and artisans. Now we share, learn and show. And we have really great parties. We have a good time together, and the world of beauty is fun and interesting.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419242/ifhvdimllbo5alzsr4wt.jpg"><figcaption>A Golden Triangle vignette.&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The collective interest of the art and design world is a tide that lifts all boats. Oscar Tatosian, President Oscar Isberian Rugs Inc., is another member and advocate of Chicago’s place atop the global creative landscape. “RNDD brings together creative, passionate and enterprising people,” he says, “beautifying homes and offices while reenforcing Chicago as a World-Class leader of design. I’m proud and optimistic for our City.”The most visible, and anticipated, embodiment of RNDD’s commitment to design and art is the annual River North Fall Gallery Walk. This year the walk, presented by Daniel Kinkade Fine Art, takes place on September 8 in 19 locations throughout River North, and features 26 artists and 17 designer vignettes.&nbsp;The walk is free and open to the public, except for the after party (hosted by LG Group). Showrooms have extended hours on September 8. Vignettes are on display until October 10. Details, maps and tickets at <a href="https://rivernorthdesigndistrict.com">rivernorthdesigndistrict.com</a>Guests looking to make a weekend out of it can also take advantage of a special discounted rate at the nearby <a href="https://rivernorthdesigndistrict.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e0870a7816f3dc842c7b94542&amp;id=7c7f6b1dcb&amp;e=25d5172d25">21c Museum Hotel</a> too!&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419243/vjuyewgo6ez7fvdwx77g.jpg"><figcaption>RNDD member duxiana’s The Sculptor’s Residence apartment exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden featuring sculptures and ceramics by nicholas shurey and sofia tufvasson.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

At The Intersection of Art and Design: RNDD at 10

<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>Note: This is the fall 2023 CGN Cover Feature from our Sept–Dec magazine. To subscribe to the print version <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/print-subscriptions">please click here.</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419263/mei8pgfz9l8pjomj1qlm.jpg"><figcaption>In-Reflection, Luftwerk 2023 &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>By ALISON REILLYIn advance of their exhibition Light Over Light opening at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/volume-gallery">Volume Gallery</a> in West Town this November, I spoke with Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, who make up the artistic duo, Luftwerk. The two generously shared insights about their history as artistic partners, their process for designing large-scale interventions at architectural icons like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and Farnsworth House, and how they have moved from using electric to ambient light in their installations.&nbsp;&nbsp;CGN: How did you become collaborators and what, as artists, attracted you to each other?&nbsp;Petra Bachmaier: We met many, many years ago at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.&nbsp;Sean Gallero: Nearly 25 years ago. It was 1999.&nbsp;PB: We were both in the performance art department, so the idea of experiencing art as life was really prominent. We started to collaborate almost immediately.&nbsp;SG: We were drawn towards the installation component of performance art, creating environments for people to experience. Whether moving images through Super 8 or a still image through side projectors, we created these environments.&nbsp;PB: Transformative environments—taking over familiar spaces and transforming them temporarily—became our mode of operation. We removed ourselves as a live element within these scenarios and created spatial takeovers. Because we are in Chicago, we were inspired by architecture and worked closely with two Frank Lloyd Wright buildings for installation-based work. We also ventured into a dialogue on the architecture of Mies van der Rohe. Doing these temporary interventions with architectural landmarks informed how we think of shaping spaces, shaping sculpture. It informed what we do in our studio practice.&nbsp;SG: Our work evolved from performance to performance installation. We’ve done a lot of video in the past, so these engagements with architecture always had this element of projected light, whether it’s video lighting or slides. We always transformed the environment through either a moving image or static image. And then the building became the canvas, transforming that whole philosophy of the architecture into a bridge between the historical context, whether it’s Frank Lloyd Wright or Mies van der Rohe, to more contemporary media, projection, moving image. Now we’ve taken all that and started creating our own environments through color and lighting. We’re constantly shifting. The show at Volume is capturing light and color but also projecting it and not using any sort of direct lighting, using ambient light and sculpture to capture the essence of what these buildings feel like.&nbsp;PB: While we’ve been working on all of these architectural projects, we got interested in the Light and Space movement. We felt very much akin to it. For us a video projector became a light source. From this idea of illumination, we focused on using light as both a pure tool and material.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419264/sl0lrbl7u0rucggcdhhu.jpg"><figcaption>Circular model study for light and color, Luftwerk 2023</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CGN: What were your own individual artistic practices like before you met during graduate school?&nbsp;&nbsp;PB: I enjoyed the idea of Dada and Fluxus. I grew up in Germany, and I was intrigued by non-traditional art practice and very interested in sculpting with materials and light in installation-based forms. I studied predominantly in Hamburg, which is a conceptual art school where there were Fluxus-based instructors. When I got to SAIC I began to ask, “How do you reduce material use? How do you work with material in a minimal way?”SG: We’re always learning new things within our practice. We’re not afraid to jump into the void to be more creative. I come from more of a fine arts background, painting and drawing, but at SAIC I also jumped around, starting in Visual Communication, then working my way to the digital realm, then printmaking, and finally in performance art. It was very exciting in the ‘90s and early 2000s, when performance art was hot in Chicago. We did ad hoc guerrilla performances everywhere. That’s how we crossed paths—I came from a visual standpoint and Petra from the more experimental. Even in the studio, those two converge and we bring our own skill set to a project or piece of artwork. We each have our pluses and minuses, but we always reach a harmonious conclusion after some debate and some tension. Especially with color, there is a very democratic way of choosing color in our studio. We have our favorites and dislikes.&nbsp;CGN: What has been one of your most rewarding experiences working with an institution? And most challenging?&nbsp;PB: The Chicago Cultural Center has been a home base for us for over a decade. It’s a Chicago-based curatorial program and that has helped our practice really grow.SG: One of our highlights was Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. That was our second step into Wright, and experiencing Fallingwater is breathtaking. How do you create an intervention within architecture that’s already a masterpiece? We had the wonderful challenge of celebrating the form, function and natural landscape of Frank Lloyd Wright. For six nights we had the house to ourselves to be explore be intimate with and create our art.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419265/dnrw7uwlctcdvmybtz6x.jpg"><figcaption>Cone model studies for light and color, Luftwerk 2023</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CGN: For a big, ambitious project like that, how do you get started and work through that? &nbsp;PB: Usually it starts with a site visit. The curator hands over site plans, and we dive into the story. We want to inform ourselves where are we sited, the context of the place, and ask, “How does the work we do find a dialogue within that framework?” Working with institutions, it’s a collaborative exchange. “What does the institution stand for? What are they preserving? And how does our work live in dialogue to that mission or vision for a place?” It’s often about how do we draw new ways of looking at these places that actually hold valuable cultural assets. Everybody knows Farnsworth House, for exampe, but when you try to see it in a very different way you can read a totally different context. So we create a new way of experiencing something that we think we might know because it’s been written about for 50 years.&nbsp;SG: There’s a lot of research involved, whether it’s scholarly research or even just asking the groundskeeper, “What do you notice? What do you see? What’s this detail? What’s the overall experience of a place?” We look at details, then the whole philosophy, and we ask what was there before. These environments hold so much information and knowledge that we could be inspired by a river or by a set of trees.&nbsp;CGN: Could you talk about your study of the passage of light, your effort to capture light throughout a day? How did you become interested in that and how is it present now in your work?&nbsp;PB: Oh, it’s very present in our work.&nbsp;SG: For the longest time we worked in artificial light—projected, electronic, digital light. We did an exhibition at the Garfield Park Conservatory at their greenhouse. We wanted to create an installation that was experienced throughout the day.PB: And activated by the sun. Learning how sunlight travels, observing it far more closely became an interesting phenomenon to be more aware of. It happens every day, but how do we play with it? How do we shape with that phenomena and also the qualities of light and color, the intensity of different colors in the sky. All of that informs of how we work with color and light.&nbsp;SG: One piece at Garfield Park Conservatory dealt with plants and how they absorb light in the color spectrum. We used the green and red ends of the color spectrum. One signifies movement and growth. We had a canopy of blue and red acrylic gels. The sun would move throughout the day and the pattern would be reflected on the floor. And so we physically saw how the sun affects color and movement. That informed how we could create work that uses ambient light, natural light, as well.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419266/dslzuakt4hyylgttygrf.jpg"><figcaption>Curved surface model study for light and color, Luftwerk 2023</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CGN: An installation you did at Cheekwood Estate and Garden in Nashville included colored light and canvases together in the room. To me it brought together different artistic practices and art histories. How did you start using canvases in your installations?&nbsp;&nbsp;PB: For our previous exhibition at Volume in 2020, we experimented by using color as a canvas for the light. How does light impact the way you perceive color? As Josef Albers explains, if you illuminate the color red, it’s more red than if it’s not illuminated. And so the exhibition in 2020 was based on this idea of color as a canvas.SG: We’re distilling our process here. We’ve come from the digital realm, where even sometimes the canvas is digital, but now we’re looking at how do we achieve the purity of color through paint and pigment? How do we apply gradients to canvas or apply solid material that’s textural onto canvas? We’ve done the process of creating pigment through powder and then using hide glue and all these emulsifiers to create the paint. We experimented with airbrushing and how we get gradients of color that are affected through light. Now we love color, we love light. How can we use the pure sense and source of lighting to create our own canvas of color? We’re stocking up on paint and pigment to create that experience.&nbsp;PB: It does feel a little bit like color field painting, but it’s actually about the interaction of color with light. What we set up in the studio is very much the interaction of how those two create an interesting tension or visual field that can shift your perception. The canvases that you’re referring to, they’re titled Meadow, have a gradient from yellow to green based on the idea of bringing the outside in. It was informed by the green and the garden, the light. It was a very simple color field, a smooth gradient. Once we illuminated the light from the yellow, the dark of the green, they have an ebb and flow where they shift. All of a sudden the whole canvas is dark and then it kind of emerges into light again. It’s very perceptive. You need patience with these works. They ask you to take time and look.&nbsp;SG: We need patience because we’re actually cultivating the color. We’re collecting grass, botanic material. We dry them out, crush them, pulverize them, bring them to a powder, and then we create paint or ink from that and apply it to the canvas. There’s another level of the art making process where paint sometimes comes out of a jar, but we also create the paint, create the texture, and create the canvas through this organic material.&nbsp;CGN: You’ve talked and written about the taxonomy of colors and your own studies of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours. How did you start looking into that? And why has that continued to capture your attention?&nbsp;&nbsp;PB: We stumbled upon it, though we have always been interested and informed by color theory. Most artists cannot avoid it.SG: To Albers it was color with emotion and intellect. But with Werner it was about creating a system of finding colors in nature and determining how we put it into a nomenclature, a code, a dialogue that connects it to the natural environment. It was very interesting to see this pre-Pantone system based on nature that you could find–plant material, mineral and animal —feathers, petals and rocks.PB: Then you dive into the artistry of painters who created their own paint from these materials. They still carry the name, for example, burnt sienna. We’re building a relationship with the actual material. We’ve become enamored with this nomenclature and going back into history when color was not numbered and was not a marketing language, but actually developed by someone who created a system for us to understand the visual world around us. People were more connected to, “Oh, it’s sky blue!” It sounds different than cyan.&nbsp;CGN: Tell me about your show at Volume Gallery in November and how you’re thinking about it now.&nbsp;PB: This is our third exhibition with them. For the first two, in 2018 and 2020, the exploration was all about the phenomena of color and interaction with electric light.SG: But this show coming up is about the pure property of color and how it interacts with ambient light. We’re still designing the room. We’re looking at more minimal sculptures but with these subtle hints of color that reflect onto the wall, onto the environment. It’s about getting accustomed to a space and getting your eyes readied and then looking for those subtleties or vibrant reflections. It’s about sculptural material that reflects color.&nbsp;PB: The color itself bounces or reflects its light quality. It’s like sculpting as if we would sculpt light, but it’s actually for the color. It’s a departure for us to think that nothing within the main gallery will be plugged in. It will be all sculptural and wall-based. It’s kind of like chasing an aura for color.&nbsp;&nbsp;#<a href="http://wvvolumes.com/upcoming/">Light Over Light: Petra Bachmaier &amp; Sean Gallero of Luftwerk Studio</a>At Volume Gallery, Nov 3 – Dec 16, 2023&nbsp;To subscribe to the CGN Fall issue in print <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/print-subscriptions">click here.</a><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419267/wz0w5nfmf8lip5dusuah.png"></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

Light Over Light: Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero of LUFTWERK

<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/qe5snd2rkhkatkdtd2ob.png"><figcaption>The fall 2023 Issue of CGN, featuring Luftwerk on the cover</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/print-subscriptions">Subscribe to the print edition of the fall 2023 magazine&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEAThe beginning of September in the art world is akin to New Year’s Eve. This time of year I feel a little wistful to see the days get shorter as the light fades on summer, but I am excited to see the sparks of a new season. The end of August is, hopefully, a time to take a few days off before school and work ramp up again. Galleries typically close for vacation and then spend Labor Day installating the fall shows. When September dawns, the gallery-going public is reenergized and ready to attend a whirl of cultural and social events after a summer reset. Make sure to see all that is ahead on CGN's packed <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=upcoming">calendar of events</a>.While I am always sad to see summer come and go too soon, this issue reflects what CGN is looking forward to in the remaining months of 2023.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2023/8/light-over-light-petra-bachmaier-and-sean-gallero-of-luftwerk">Our cover feature</a> is an interview with artists Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, the duo behind Luftwerk, about their upcoming exhibtion, Light Over Light, coming to Volume Gallery in November.&nbsp;After years of working with electric light, Luftwerk has shifted to embracing and sculpting ambient illumination. Their exhibition will open just as the fall days grow darker as we head into winter.&nbsp;Collector Zach Smith had a light-bulb moment with a remarkable painting at the Art Institute several years ago, and he’s been pursuing art for his collection ever since. Bianca Bova’s interview with Smith shares a lot of advice for other young and future collectors.&nbsp;A recent multi-site installation of works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres was intended to provide enlightening encounters with the public. Jason Pickleman shines light on what can happen when art is exhibited outside of museum or gallery walls, as Gonzalez-Torres’s subtle, grayed images provide a contemplative refuge admist blaring sounds and screeching lights of CTA platforms.&nbsp;Ruth Duckworth: Life as Unity, an exhibition coming to the Smart Museum this fall, looks at the work of a woman who considered herself a survivor above all else. Duckworth overcame many challenges throughout her life that are unimaginable for most people. For her there was always light at the end of the tunnel. Her work means that light will never be entinguished.Art in these pages–and well beyond–is shining brightly. We are so fortunate to bask in its glow. I hope that you find time to enjoy fall in the art world as well as precious time with friends and family. May everyone get a little more light under the sun before it fades into 2024.–GV&nbsp;Note: Our feature articles and interviews from the Fall 2023 issue of CGN will be posted on chicagogallerynews.com in the coming weeks.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/print-subscriptions">To subscribe to the print edition please sign-up here for $25/year.</a> You will also receive the 2024 CGN Arts Guide and the Spring 2024 magazine out in April.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Publisher's Letter: Fall 2023

<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/stsyr0ic9kd1plkdm92z.png"></figure>&nbsp;Via PRJoin <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=14764925c6&amp;e=290863dfe3">EXPO CHICAGO</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=d57aadc504&amp;e=290863dfe3">Gertie</a>&nbsp;in celebrating the inaugural <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=f588205981&amp;e=290863dfe3">Chicago Exhibition Weekend</a> (CXW) this <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=3737952cf8&amp;e=290863dfe3">September 29–October 1</a>. The weekend will bring together over 50 galleries, institutions, and artist-run spaces to present exhibitions that encourage everyone from seasoned collectors to those new to engaging with Chicago’s visual arts scene to explore unique programs, extended hours, and more. The weekend emphasizes Chicago’s multitude of non-conventional exhibition spaces as well as the geographic range spanning neighborhoods from Streeterville to West Town, Englewood, and Irving Park to encourage participants to explore the full breadth of the city’s creativity.&nbsp;CXW will also welcome the city’s next generation of talented business, civic, and philanthropic leaders to engage with gallerists, artists, and curators through community dinners, programming, and a closing celebration that aims to cultivate the relationships needed for the city’s arts scene to continue to thrive.&nbsp;Over 50 galleries, institutions, and artist-run spaces are aligning to present a weekend of exhibition openings, activations, and events this fall, showcasing art throughout Chicago’s many neighborhoods for the inaugural Chicago Exhibition Weekend. The landmark weekend (September 29 to October 1, 2023) is co-presented by EXPO CHICAGO, the International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, and Chicago-based cultural agency Gertie.&nbsp;“EXPO CHICAGO is not just one week of the year, our program is year-round. This weekend of activations is a brand new part of that, exemplifying our mission to spark meaningful opportunities for lasting connections with art and showcase Chicago as a national and global center for the arts and culture,” said Tony Karman, President and Director of EXPO CHICAGO. “One of the most important ways to create meaningful impact for our city is to convene and celebrate the artists, galleries, and cultural leaders living and working in Chicago today."&nbsp;“In Chicago we have a super vital and exciting ecosystem of art galleries, organizations, and institutions that sustain and foster both emerging and established artists,” said Abby Pucker, Founder of Gertie and sister nonprofit Art in Common. “Through Chicago Exhibition Weekend, we are welcoming the city’s next generation of talented business, civic, and philanthropic leaders to engage with gallerists, artists, and curators across the city to build generative relationships that allow the visual arts scene to continue to thrive.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419253/jnan8dpxksbnqg1biwgg.jpg"><figcaption>Museum of Contemporary Art, Gary Simmons, Photos by Ricardo Adame</figcaption></figure>Chicago Exhibition Weekend events include:● Friday, September 29: An opening night dinner will launch the weekend from 7 – 10pm CT at 1229 W. Concord Pl. Open to the public via ticket, this event will bring together people from across the arts, business, and civic sectors. Tickets are available here. &gt;&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=d4a238a1b9&amp;e=290863dfe3">Purchase Tickets</a>● Saturday, September 30: Citywide exhibition openings, a full map of participating galleries, institutions, and artist-run spaces are available here. Participants can register here to pick up a free map of Chicago Exhibition Weekend, and receive stamps at each location they visit. Participants with more than two stamps will gain entry to the weekend’s closing dance party at a secret location (to be unveiled on the day). &gt;&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=2dd60b4abb&amp;e=290863dfe3">Claim Your Map</a>● Sunday, October 1: Citywide exhibition openings continue, concluded by a closing dance party, accessible to all who receive stamps at two or more Chicago Exhibition Weekend participating locations. &gt;&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=70d9522ff6&amp;e=290863dfe3">Learn More</a>&nbsp;The list of participating galleries, institutions, and artist-run spaces across the city includes:&nbsp;062 x TUSK, 3205 W Armitage Ave&nbsp;21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E Ontario St&nbsp;Ackerman Clarke, 2544 W Fullerton Ave&nbsp;Addington Gallery, 704 N Wells St&nbsp;AMFM, 2233 S. Throop St&nbsp;Andrew Rafacz, 1749 W Chicago Ave&nbsp;Anthony Gallery, 1360 W Lake St&nbsp;Apparatus Projects, 1500 S Western Ave&nbsp;Arte Haus, 3759 W Diversey Ave&nbsp;The Arts Club of Chicago, 201 E Ontario St&nbsp;Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave&nbsp;Arts of Life Circle Contemporary, 2010 W Carroll Ave&nbsp;Bert Green Fine Art, 8 S Michigan Ave&nbsp;Blanc Gallery, 4445 S Martin Luther King Dr&nbsp;Buddy, 78 E Washington St&nbsp;Chicago Architecture Biennial, 78 E Washington St&nbsp;Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219-21 S Morgan St&nbsp;Comfort Station, 2579 N Milwaukee Ave&nbsp;Corbett vs Dempsey, 2156 W Fulton St&nbsp;Court Theatre, 5535 S Ellis Ave&nbsp;DePaul Art Museum, 935 Fullerton Ave&nbsp;Devening Projects, 3039 W Carroll Ave&nbsp;Document, 1709 W Chicago Ave&nbsp;DuSable Museum, 740 E 56th Pl&nbsp;ENGAGE, 864 N Ashland Ave&nbsp;Englewood Arts Collective (Greater Englewood area)&nbsp;GOLA, 3147 S Morgan St&nbsp;Gallery VICTOR, 300 W Superior St&nbsp;Goldfinch, 319 N Albany Ave&nbsp;Goodweather, 1524 S Western Ave&nbsp;Gruen Galleries, 226 W Superior St&nbsp;Ingress Gallery at Soho House, 113-125 N Green Street&nbsp;Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S Cornell Ave&nbsp;Jean Albano Gallery, 215 W Superior St&nbsp;Johalla Projects, 1821 W Hubbard St&nbsp;Julius Caesar, 3311 W Carroll Ave&nbsp;Kavi Gupta, 835 W Washington BlvdLVL3, 1542 N Milwaukee AveM. LeBlanc, 3514 W Fullerton AveMariane Ibrahim, 437 N Paulina StMickey, 1635 W Grand AveMonique Meloche Gallery, 451 N Paulina StMuseum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E Chicago Ave&nbsp;Prairie, 2055 W Cermak Rd&nbsp;Rhona Hoffman Gallery, 1711 W Chicago Ave&nbsp;GRAY, 2044 W Carroll AveRosenthal Fine Art, 210 W Superior St&nbsp;Rupture, 3147 S Morgan St&nbsp;RUSCHMAN and RUSCHWOMAN, 4148 N Elston Ave and 2100 S Marshall Blvd&nbsp;Carrie Secrist Gallery, 1732 W Hubbard St #1ASoccer Club Club, 2923 N Cicero AveSouth Side Community Art Center, 3831 S Michigan Ave&nbsp;Stoodio, 600 W Van Buren StTala, 1644 W Chicago AveVery Serious Gallery, 673 N Milwaukee Ave&nbsp;Volume, 1709 W Chicago AveW.Gallery, 600 W Van Buren StWestern Exhibitions, 1709 W Chicago Ave&nbsp;The Smart Museum, 5550 S Greenwood Ave&nbsp;Weatherproof, 3336 W Lawrence Ave Ste 303&nbsp;Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, 325 W Huron St&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419254/kxafediyb7qe8fmfqhjc.jpg"><figcaption>No Martins Talk about Carolina, 2023 Acrylic on canvas Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim</figcaption></figure>About EXPO CHICAGO&nbsp;EXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary &amp; Modern Art features leading international galleries alongside a leading platform for contemporary art and cultural programming. Hosted within historic Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, EXPO CHICAGO presents a diverse and inventive program, including /Dialogues (presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) and Exchange by Northern Trust: An Interactive Conversation Around the Art of Collecting, unrivaled talks programs for both public and VIP audiences; IN/SITU, dynamic on-site installations highlighting large-scale sculpture, film, and site-specific work; and major public art initiatives, including IN/SITU Outside, public art installed throughout Chicago Park District locations, and OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project, a curated selection of international artists throughout the city’s digital billboard network. The EXPO CHICAGO program also features an unprecedented commitment to host curatorial initiatives during the exposition, including the Curatorial Forum in partnership with Independent Curators International (ICI); the Curatorial Exchange, which partners with foreign agencies and consulates to expand the exposition’s global reach; and the Director’s Summit, which convenes emerging museum leaders in a series of conversations addressing the future of museum leadership and institutional reinvention. Under the leadership of President and Director Tony Karman, EXPO CHICAGO draws upon the city’s rich history as a vibrant international cultural destination, while highlighting the region’s contemporary arts community and inspiring its collector base. For more information on EXPO CHICAGO, visit expochicago.com.&nbsp;&nbsp;About Gertie&nbsp;Made by and for Chicago's vibrant arts and culture community, Gertie is a cultural agency aimed to help people discover, experience and connect with Chicago's art community. Gertie’s mission is to build bridges between the creative and business communities to help Chicago’s creative economy thrive.&nbsp;&nbsp;About Chicago Exhibition Weekend&nbsp;The inaugural Chicago Exhibition Weekend (CXW) will celebrate visual arts organizations across the city September 29–October 1. The weekend will bring together over 50 galleries, institutions, and artist-run spaces to present exhibitions that encourage everyone from seasoned collectors to those new to engaging with Chicago’s visual arts scene to explore unique programs, extended hours and more. CXW will also welcome the city’s next generation of talented business, civic, and philanthropic leaders to engage with gallerists, artists, and curators through community dinners, programming, and a closing celebration that aims to cultivate the relationships needed for the city’s arts scene to continue to thrive.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO CHICAGO Announces Chicago Exhibition Weekend 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 image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419252/kuy7pd7rdfiirpvbq9oq.jpg"><figcaption>Lisa Key</figcaption></figure>Via PR<a href="https://driehausmuseum.org">The Driehaus Museum</a> is pleased to announce that Lisa M. Key has been appointed the Museum’s Executive Director, effective immediately. Key joined the Museum earlier this year as Interim Executive Director. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Key’s appointment comes after a national search led by Koya Partners and the Driehaus Museum Search Committee led by Zach Lazar, Chair of the Museum’s Board of Trustees. &nbsp; “Lisa is the right person at the right time for the Driehaus Museum. She is a creative, visionary leader with a breadth of museum expertise. &nbsp;As Interim Executive Director, Lisa already has made so many significant contributions to the Museum,” said Lazar. “She has worked closely with the Board and the staff to direct the next few years of the Museum’s growth including facilitating the necessary steps to get the Murphy Auditorium renovation work underway and reinvigorating the Museum’s philanthropic and earned giving. Under her leadership, she has built a huge amount of trust with our staff and I know I speak for them when I say how excited we are to have Lisa at the helm to lead this jewel-box of an institution into its future.” &nbsp; As Executive Director, Key will provide leadership oversight of strategy, programs, fundraising, advocacy efforts, finances, and operations. &nbsp;Most importantly, she will continue to guide implementation of the museum’s future goals which calls for the Museum to move into a new chapter through physical expansion and increased programming. The Driehaus Museum endeavors to become a self-sustaining organization to further enshrine its reputation as a center for artistic excellence that seeks to make decorative and fine art more accessible, to draw connections between the past and present to illuminate our cultural heritage, and to preserve the legacy of Richard H. Driehaus, its founder. &nbsp; “The Driehaus Museum is at a unique inflection point in its 15-year history and I am excited to lead this organization at this pivotal time.” says Key. “In 2024, we will reopen the John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium as part of the Driehaus Museum campus, expanding our ability to reach out to all Chicagoans as a new cultural center that focuses on art, architecture and design.” &nbsp; “Richard Driehaus was a visionary and the Museum is a key part of his enduring legacy,” Key continued. “I am deeply committed to being a steward of that legacy as I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of museums. And there’s no place quite like the Driehaus Museum to contribute to local, national, and global dialogues about the relevance of the art and design of the past to the conversations of the present and future. The Museum remains committed to not only our historic past but to presenting contemporary artists whose work reflects the concepts, ideas and even the materiality of our historic buildings.” &nbsp; Ms. Key came to the Driehaus Museum with extensive museum management experience in strategic planning, philanthropy, and governance, having served as Interim Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago before being named Deputy Director there. During her tenure at the MCA, she focused on stabilizing the museum’s budget and increasing stakeholder engagement. &nbsp;&nbsp;While at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she was the Vice-President of Institutional Advancement, she led the campaign to create and fund the Modern Wing. She is co-chair of Board of Enrich Chicago and has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She holds an MA in Arts Administration from Indiana University and a BA in Art History and Communications from Valparaiso University.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Driehaus Museum Appoints Lisa Key as New Executive Director

<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/bob8jqnjvyfapwaolltl.png"><figcaption>Brookes Ebetsch. Photo credit:&nbsp;<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-agwkt-dlvzir-y/">Chuy Benitez</a></figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-e-agwkt-dlvzir-t/">CAC Hires New Executive Director</a>Following an extensive search headed by Chicago Artists Coalition’s Board of Directors, the board is pleased to announce Brookes Ebetsch as the new Executive Director of Chicago Artists Coalition.Ebetsch’s background as an executive director in the non-profit arts sector, as well as her interest in fostering mutually beneficial relationships with artists and patrons alike, will aid in advancing CAC’s mission to support the arts community in Chicago.“We are thrilled to have Brookes Ebetsch join the Chicago Artists Coalition team,” says Gibran Villalobos, Chicago Artists Coalition Board Chair and Interim Executive Director. “The board aimed to bring on a team player that was energetic and focused to match the challenges faced by cultural organizations today. Brookes arrives on the eve of our 50th anniversary and is poised to chart our upcoming course.”<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-e-agwkt-dlvzir-t/">Read more...&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/08/10/billiken-massive-projection-showcasing-black-joy-in-chicago-at-art-on-the-mart-this-week/">‘Billiken,’ Massive Projection Showcasing Black Joy In Chicago, At Art On The Mart This Week</a>A popular Bud-Billiken-themed projection is being brought back just in time for this weekend’s 94th annual Bud Billiken Parade.“Billiken” is being showcased at Art on the Mart from Wednesday to Saturday, leading up to the Bud Billiken parade on Saturday.The&nbsp;Bud Billiken Day Parade, the largest&nbsp;Black parade in the country, has been a Chicago fixture since 1929. It’s held annually on the second Saturday in August. The parade is named after a fictional character in the Chicago Defender newspaper, and was created to celebrate Black life in the city.The projection debuted in 2022 and portrays the history of the parade, while also incorporating dance as a way to empower Chicago youth through art. Billiken features historic Chicago dance groups, including Geek Squad, the Jesse White Tumblers, K-Phi-9 and more.Via Block Club Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeffrey-gibson-sues-kavi-gupta-2347273">Acclaimed Artist Jeffrey Gibson Is Suing Chicago Dealer Kavi Gupta for Allegedly Withholding More Than $600,000 in Pay</a>Choctaw and Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson, who was <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeffrey-gibson-to-represent-us-venice-biennale-solo-2342628">recently selected to represent the United States</a> at the 2024 Venice Biennale, is suing Chicago’s Kavi Gupta Gallery for allegedly withholding more than $600,000 in sales proceeds. &nbsp;In a complaint filed at New York’s Northern District Court in May, Gibson said that he began consigning pieces through Gupta’s gallery in late 2017. He claims the two parties settled on a typical 50-50 profit split, with the understanding that Kavi Gupta would deduct the cost of framing “off the top” of the purchase price before equally allocating the balance of sales.Kavi Gupta, the gallery’s founder and namesake, addressed Gibson’s claims in an affidavit filed on August 4. In the document, he corroborates the 50-50 deal between the gallery and the artist,&nbsp;albeit with one critical distinction: that all production expenses, not just framing costs, were to be taken off the top of sales before the proceeds were shared. &nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 8/10/23

<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

<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/01/lighthouse-immersive-van-gogh-company-bankruptcy?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=b609e8457c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_02_11_23&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-b609e8457c-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D">Company behind 'immersive' Van Gogh exhibitions files for bankruptcy</a>Lighthouse Immersive, a Toronto-based company best known for its travelling Vincent van Gogh exhibition—in which large-scale reproductions of the Dutch artists' works are projected over gallery walls and floors—filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in Delaware last week, according to court documents obtained by <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/company-behind-immersive-van-gogh-exhibit-files-for-bankruptcy?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=business&amp;cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;sref=P6xXtEaF">Bloomberg News</a>.The company, which purports to have sold 7 million tickets to exhibitions in 18 cities across North America, has also designed displays featuring art by Claude Monet, Gustav Klimt and Frida Kahlo, as well as Disney animations. The filing protects the company’s US assets while insolvency proceedings continue in Canada.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/07/31/how-south-side-kids-are-using-art-to-fight-for-climate-justice/?utm_source=Pico&amp;utm_campaign=fb0be20cb5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_31_01_06+Morning+List+1_COP&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-cbdb1cc15c-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&amp;mc_cid=fb0be20cb5&amp;mc_eid=9fac193df8">How South Side Kids Are Using Art To Fight For Climate Justice</a>As the climate crisis sweeps the earth with wildfires, rising temperatures and hazy skies, a local art program is taking inspiration from an Afrofuturist author’s works to guide the next generation of environmental leaders.&nbsp;Hours after an erratic storm thundered through Chicago, swarms of 6-year-olds made Hamilton Park, 513 W. 72nd St., their playground on a recent afternoon.Clay formations molded with sticks of cinnamon, grass, leaves and berries dried on the ground near their feet as they played games and colored a park flag in vibrant colors.&nbsp;The chaos — and the fun — is a typical day for children at the Young Cultural Stewards and ArtSeed program, a Park District initiative for youth ages 5-15 that blends nature and the arts to teach local children about climate and racial justice.Via Block Club Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/we-buy-gold-curator-joeonna-bellorado-samuels-video-interview-1234676044/">Influential Roving Project We Buy Gold Opens Edition Juxtaposing Kerry James Marshall and David Hammons With New Art&nbsp;Stars</a>Late in June, art dealer Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels opened the latest iteration of her roving art space, We Buy Gold, with an excellent show featuring both emerging artists like Nandi Loaf and legends like Kerry James Marshall and David Hammons.Titled “SEVEN,” the latest version of We Buy Gold takes the form of two-venue show spread across two galleries in New York’s Chelsea district: Nicola Vassell Gallery and Jack Shainman Gallery, where Bellorado-Samuels serves as director.We Buy Gold is a roving project space launched in 2017 that has presented exhibitions, commissioned projects, and held public events that broadly dissect and deconstruct systems of power through art. This latest iteration explores the ways that artists “disrupt the politics of space, time, and language to constitute another world,” according to a description for the show.Via ARTnews&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 8/2/23

<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>

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