<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419224/sa7ckwol2fm6upfa6twt.jpg"><figcaption>Evelyn Statsinger, Harvest Angel, 1976.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.richardgraygallery.com/artists/estate-of-evelyn-statsinger">The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquires two works by Evelyn Statsinger</a>GRAY shared this week that The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired Evelyn Statsinger’s iconic works, Land and Sea, 1951, and&nbsp;Harvest Angel, 1976 for the museum's&nbsp;permanent&nbsp;collection."Her work was in the early Monster Roster exhibitions that prepared the ground for the Chicago Imagists. Her achievement is a great addition to the history of modern American art." - Roberta Smith, NYTEvelyn Statsinger studied at the Art Students League in New York. In Chicago, she received her degree from the School of the Art Institute in 1949. At that time she was associated with Chicago’s “Monster Roster” painters because of the distorted figures present in her early work.&nbsp;Statsinger (1927-2016) depicted her experiences of the natural world through drawing, painting and sculpture. Her early drawings, characterized by their clean lines and all-over patterns, drew the interest of luminary artists and museum curators. In her mature work, she relinquished readily identifiable forms such as the figure in favor of fantasy forms abstracted from nature. Statsinger worked across a variety of media creating complex psychological and colorful compositions that balance abstraction, representation and fantasy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/ChicagoArtists/Artist-Recovery.html">Donate to Chicago Artists' Coalition Artist Recovery Campaign By June 7</a>Donate today to help CAC artists’ pandemic recoveryDid you turn to art—painting, music, cinema, etc.—for comfort during the pandemic? CAC has been a lifeline to artists when opportunities dried up at the very same time that we all needed art more than ever.Don’t turn away from CAC and Chicago artists now—your gift ensures CAC can continue to support artists as the arts continues its pandemic recovery!<a href="https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/ChicagoArtists/Artist-Recovery.html">GIVE TODAY</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/spring-vale-sale-3e61c359-76cb-4e8e-bfcf-3809a94cfc01">Vale Craft Selling Gallery Fixtures In Advance of Sale</a>After 30 years in business, Vale Craft Gallery is closing at the end of June and Peter Vale says he will be "retiring".&nbsp; His Vale Sale continues through June 17 with discounts up to 30% off of his eclectic collection of artwork.&nbsp;The gallery has also started selling pedestals at $20-$30 each and display cases at $40-$50 each for pick up during the week of June 20.&nbsp; Stop by to view the selection.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 6/5/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419213/wqaoj1oer0exy7cekrsa.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/laura-myntti-new-work">Laura Myntti: NEW WORK</a>June 2Epiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419214/nlkns4ux94mlwyzkqtqg.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/xie-hongdong">The Third Compass: Xie Hongdong</a>Opening: Friday, June 2, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419215/ytfh7lmqxhrm5qcewxys.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dog-show">Dog Show</a>Opening: Friday, June 2, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCircle Contemporary (Arts of Life)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419216/rx9ynhkqnuqts9sauxcs.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/first-friday-opening">First Friday Opening</a>Opening: Friday, June 2, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmSoNa Chicago Art Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419217/nb7gyzpfrpbsj5lyoazf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/double-feature-the-space-show-and-fuzzy-memories">Double Feature: “The Space Show” and “Fuzzy Memories”</a>Opening: Friday, June 2, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmPovos Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419218/bkiqsgbqfaarr2mcqyob.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lisa-barcy">Lisa Barcy</a>Opening: Friday, June 2, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmT.F. Projects and The Dime&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419219/vttkzcdwpgoh7asg7mvm.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/philip-bosmans-in-search-of-a-quiet-mind-solo-show">Philip Bosmans&nbsp;"In Search Of A Quiet Mind" Solo Show</a>Opening: Friday, June 2, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419221/xl4ga6jfhrbnzw39irnt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/marvelocity-the-art-of-alex-ross">Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross</a>June 3Elmhurst Art Museum&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419222/yhhwpqtorvec2xar66ur.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/yves-scherer">Yves Scherer: Provence</a>Opening: Saturday, June 3, 6 – 10&nbsp;pmM. LeBlanc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419222/kkuik7bzrvn5kzmqe1qd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dianna-frid-pre-knowing-un-knowing">Dianna Frid: pre-knowing/ un-knowing</a>Opening: Saturday, June 3, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419223/owowucv3ncrpdg50zhpp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lucas-simoes-luscofusco">Lucas Simões: Luscofusco</a>Opening: Saturday, June 3, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmPATRON&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Opening June 2 - 3

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/disgraced-florida-dealer-gets-prison-time-for-peddling-fake-basquiats-1234670060/">Disgraced Florida Dealer Gets Prison Time for Peddling Fake Basquiats,&nbsp;Warhols</a>Palm Beach art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison, followed by three years’ probation, for a money laundering scheme to sell counterfeit contemporary artworks, including pieces purportedly by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Banksy.&nbsp;Via Artnews&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/tadao-ando-architect-8f44631">Celebrities Like Beyoncé and Jay-Z Have a New Obsession: An 81-Year-Old Japanese Architect</a>Ando clients are more art patrons than homeowners, and the resulting home becomes “an art form that you inhabit,” said architect Leo Marmol, who has worked on two Ando projects.“It is about pushing design ideals to a level that is not normal,” he said. “The client has to be willing to embrace that, and look at the relationship with Mr. Ando as working with a true master.”Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/31/benin-bronzes-whose-restitution-is-this-anyway">Benin bronzes: whose restitution is this, anyway?</a>To date, accounts of cultural restitution have predominantly been a story about Western institutions, told from the West’s perspective. The protagonists are benevolent European and North American organisations, whose virtue is manifest in their return of colonial looted objects “for free”. The focus of Western media on this “decolonisation” has given rise to a growing set of photo opportunities, accompanied by lengthy interviews with Western curators, followed by a few words of gratitude from “representatives of Nigeria”.When the same media lens momentarily shifts to Nigeria, it does so only to find inadequacy. “Chaos” and “fiasco” are among the milder word choices. To these commentators, it seems fine for the West to take more than a hundred years to begin to act on restitution, but unforgivable that Nigeria does not resolve complex domestic and historical issues instantaneously.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419214/c4evgspdtjqq08af0dfu.webp"><figcaption>WTTW News arts correspondent Angel Idowu creates a rug at Freestyle Ceramics and Tufting. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.wttw.com/2023/05/24/bridgeport-tufting-studio-lets-crafters-make-one-kind-rugs">Bridgeport Tufting Studio Lets Crafters Make One-of-a-Kind Rugs</a>If you’ve ever wanted to make your own rug, we might have the place for you. A tufting class in Bridgeport aims to bring more fun to the South Side.“I’ve lived in Bridgeport for 20 years and love the neighborhood,” said Erni Pun of <a href="https://www.freestyleceramics.com/">Freestyle Ceramics and Tufting</a>, 2927 S. Archer Ave. “I really wanted to bring something fun to Bridgeport.”With a simple desire, Pun called her now partner, Susan Li, and Freestyle Ceramics and Tufting was born.Via WTTW Art&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 5/31/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419213/wiwbha1woxa1ng9pmxhm.png"></figure>June 1: Art Encounter KaleidoscopeOn June 1 Art Encounter celebrates 45 years of service as well as its mission: to educate, empower, and connect people of all ages and backgrounds through meaningful engagement with visual art. At their benefit event, Kaleidoscope, they will honor EXPO CHICAGO founder Tony Karman at the Greenhouse Loft, Chicago while also recognizing Jeff Morthorst, Activities Director, and his team at the&nbsp;Center for Independent Futures&nbsp;as Community Partner of the Year.You can attend the event as well as bid on Art Encounter's art auction and take home pieces by renowned local artists in a variety of media, from painting and ceramics to printmaking and photography, all while supporting a great cause. Works by the following artists are part of the auction: Candida Alvarez, Dan Addington, Terry Karpowicz, James McNeill&nbsp;Mesplé, Corey Postiglione, Carlos Rolón, René Romero Schuler, Seymour Rosofsky and many others.<a href="https://e.givesmart.com/events/slO/i/">Bid online or donate here.</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-encounter-spring-benefit-2023-kaleidoscope">Full details here</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419214/l5kpbkpibk7y2fjwsqwu.jpg"></figure>June 2: Visionary Ball 2023Intuit's annual Visionary Ball happens on June 2. Hosted by Ball Chair Lionel Rabb and honoring Visionary Awardee Dr. Charles Smith, Visionary Ball 2023 will unite the worldwide community of artists, art appreciators and advocates for Intuit. All proceeds support the museum’s ability to offer outsider and self-taught art exhibitions and programs to students, teachers and audiences around the world for free or at low cost.In-person event: 5–8:30 p.m., House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn StreetZoom Livestream program: 7–7:40 p.m.<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/visionary-ball-2023">Full details here</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419215/ioblxhcwnx3f54zqhgdc.png"></figure>June 8: DARKROOMThe Museum of Contemporary Photography's annual benefit, DARKROOM, takes place on&nbsp;June 8&nbsp;at the Columbia College Chicago Student Center. There is a VIP Champagne Hour: 5:30-6:30 p.m. and the Benefit and Auction: 6:30-9 p.m.The benefit includes MoCP's renowned photography auction featuring important works by contemporary artists from around the world and one-of-a-kind art experiences. Event proceeds support essential MoCP exhibition, education, and community engagement programs.Bob Thall is this year's Silver Camera Awardee and Catherine Edelman of Catherine Edelman Gallery is this year's DARKROOM Honoree.&nbsp;Jill Hopkins is this year's&nbsp;DJ &amp; emcee. The <a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=c9a7499103&amp;e=d76e1da35a">auction website</a> is open and up until noon on Friday, June 9. Sandro Miller is also offering a portrait sitting, and there is a one-week stay in a villa in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico courtesy.&nbsp;Tickets are $175 for the benefit and $500 for the VIP portion.<a href="https://www.mocp.org/darkroom-2023/">Full details here.</a>&nbsp;Top image: a past DARKROOM preview event&nbsp;</body></html>

June Art Benefits Support Local Organizations

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419214/szwhu8ochw7cjvzdq6v1.png"></figure>By CGN Staff<a href="https://www.57thstreetartfair.org">The 57th Street Art Fair</a>, held annually in June in Hyde Park, is back this weekend for its 76th year.&nbsp;Located along 57th Street between Woodlawn and Kenwood Avenues&nbsp;and on Kimbark between 56th and 57th Streets, this is the oldest juried art fair in the Midwest! A classic summer neighborhood art fair, while the feeling is local, artists come from around the country to exhibit at the fair and are stationed in their booths throughout the weekend to discuss their work.&nbsp;According to the fair's website, the history of the 57th Street Art Fair goes back decades to the visionary Mary Louise Womer, a silversmith artist from Kansas City. Womer's studio, The Little Gallery, was a local hangout where artists in the community gathered to talk and drink tea. Wanting to create an event where local artists could showcase their work to the community, Womer established the first 57th Street Art Fair in 1948. Her studio lacked the space needed for the event, so she decided to take advantage of the local streets, stringing wires from trees and along fences of 57th Street where the artists could hang their works. Fifty-one artists, many of whom were students at the Art Institute and the Institute of Design, each paid 50 cents to participate for the weekend. Everything from paintings to ceramics to jewelry to glasswork was displayed! By the end of the weekend, earnings totaled $500, and on Sunday night Womer and her husband John cleaned up the display areas themselves.The first 57th Street Art Fair Committee, composed of 15 dedicated individuals and chaired by Womer was organized in 1950. Together, the committee generated a list of aims and policies, documenting the goals, intentions, and priorities for the fair. Still in use today, those policies validate the artistic pursuit itself, making sure artists reap complete monetary benefit of their sales. In keeping with Womer's rules, all works must be original art; no limited edition prints or any other reproductions can be sold.Today, a formal juried process guides the selection of up to 200 artists from all over North America who set up shop on 57th Street on the first full weekend of June. The fair now attracts over 20,000 visitors annually.<a href="https://www.57thstreetartfair.org">57thstreetartfair.org</a>&nbsp;Public&nbsp;transportation is highly recommended. <a href="https://www.57thstreetartfair.org/parking--directions">Click here for more information on parking and directions.</a>​Admission is free.57th Street Art Fair Hours: Saturday, June 3, 2023, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm Sunday, June 4, 2023, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm&nbsp;</body></html>

The 57th Street Art Fair Returns to Hyde Park June 3 and 4 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419213/tvl9nqz1o6socabxexym.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;By Ginny Van AlyeaThe Randolph Street Market is BACK this weekend with probably their biggest summer kick off ever (so far) since the 2023 season marks 20 years. The summer markets take place the last weekend of each month and feature vendor booths both indoors and out. You may attend searching for something in particular but it’s more likely you’ll find furniture and the best vintage fashion and decorative arts you didn’t even know you needed. Opening weekend is always a party, and this year there will be eight bands, three DJs and several food trucks. The people-watching is also epic.&nbsp;Founder Sally Schwartz will tell you that while 20 years is certainly worth celebrating, making it this long was not inevitable. The market is at its heart all about creativity, and that’s what has kept it going all these years through economic ups and downs and heart-stopping events like the pandemic. “When I embarked upon this journey in 2003,“ says Schwartz, “I wanted to create a Chicago version of my favorite antique flea market — London’s Portobello Road — and the Chicago Antique Market was born outside on historic Randolph street and inside Michael Jordan’s basketball gym. Customers came from far and wide to grab our treasures, everyone was making money hand over fist. I fully expected to be cashing out in about 3-5 years.”Times changed quickly recalls Schwartz. Though there was a lot of new money in the city, the taste was new too. Antique meant old and old was definitely out. Schwartz admits to once cleaning the parking lot herself after a show to save $100. Today, Schwartz‘s market is known around the world, and she’s managed to keep vintage fresh and appealing. 20 years on the Randolph Street Antique Market is sitting pretty, Schwartz says, because the West Loop draws the most affluent 25-50 residential demographic in the city, buyers who are eager to express their own style sustainably.View the full market schedule and list of vendors and their specialties <a href="https://randolphstreetmarket.com/2023/05/2023-summer-markets/">here</a>. Happy summer and happy treasure hunting!<a href="https://randolphstreetmarket.com/event/randolph-street-market-may-2023/">Buy tickets</a><ul><li>10am-5pm each day</li><li>Kids under 12 always FREE!</li></ul>PLEASE NOTE: There will no longer be a trolley shuttle from Michigan Avenue due to the increasingly poor reliability of the trolley service due to the congestion on Michigan Avenue and cross town traffic.&nbsp;</body></html>

Randolph Street Market Turns 20 and Throws a Party Memorial Day Weekend

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419183/vn7ue1vwbn3qlldgw6ck.png"></figure>Olga Ziemska: Of the EarthThe Morton ArboretumMay 26 thru 2025<a href="https://mortonarb.org/explore/activities/exhibitions/of-the-earth/">mortonarb.org</a>Five large-scale sculptures by Polish American artist <a href="https://www.olgaziemska.com/">Olga Ziemska</a> have been created exclusively for a new exhibition at The Morton Arboretum, Of the Earth, opening Friday, May 26, 2023.The exhibition explores the artist’s expression and philosophy that, she says, “We are nature.” Ziemska said that her aim is to remind people that “everything in life is derived from the same basic elements that form everything in nature, including ourselves. There is no separation.” In Polish, Ziemska means “of the earth.”The artist’s work was created from reclaimed and pruned tree branches and other natural materials gathered from various locations throughout the Arboretum’s 1,700 acres. “I am giving reclaimed natural materials a new life and transforming them from nature into new forms,” Ziemska said.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419184/xtqhsrfvrhkbj0mkdutq.png"></figure>Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop / Works From the Bank of America CollectionCleve Carney Museum of ArtJun 3–Sept 10, 2023<a href="https://www.theccma.org">theccma.org</a><a href="https://www.theccma.org/warhol">The Warhol Exhibition</a> includes 94 works from Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop/Works from the Bank of America Collection on loan through Bank of America’s Art in our Communities program, and over 11,000 sq. ft. of interactive experiences including a Biographical exhibit, Video installation, 150+ photos taken by Warhol, Children’s Print Factory, Studio 54 experience and a Central Park-inspired outdoor space.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419185/umqqq2rymd07rzejnkfi.jpg"></figure>The Art of Elizabeth Catlett, From the Collection of Samella Lewis&nbsp;Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MIJun 10–Sept 3, 2023<a href="https://krasl.org">krasl.org</a>Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) was an African American sculptor and printmaker best known for her bold depictions of the Black experience in the 1960s and 70s. The Art of Elizabeth Catlettpresents a selection of the artist’s work from the collection of her student, fellow artist, educator, and lifelong friend Samella Lewis. Sculpture, art prints, and protest banners by Catlett tell the story of her life: her early arts education in the US, her move to Mexico and membership in Taller Gráfica Popular, her continual involvement with the Civil Rights movement in both countries, and the flow of influence between her and her peers. Artworks by Samella Lewis as well as Catlett’s husband, Fancisco Mora, will also be on view.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419185/mdqtbaph5rwjo6asivww.png"></figure>Gary Simmons: Public EnemyMuseum of Contemporary Art&nbsp;Jun 13–Oct 1, 2023 &nbsp;<a href="http://www.mcachicago.org">mcachicago.org</a>Gary Simmons: Public Enemy is a comprehensive survey of the richly layered work of Gary Simmons (b. 1964, New York, NY). Among the most respected artists of his generation, Simmons has played a key role in situating questions of race, class, and gender identity at the center of contemporary art discourse since the late 1980s. He is notable for his early application of conceptual artistic strategies involving the critical deployment of pop-cultural imagery toward the aim of exposing and analyzing histories of racism inscribed in US visual culture. Over the course of his career, Simmons has revealed traces of these histories in the fields of sports, cinema, literature, music, architecture, and urbanism while drawing heavily on popular genres such as hip-hop, horror, and science fiction.This exhibition—the most in-depth presentation of Simmons’s work to date—covers thirty years of highly disciplined production, encompassing sculptures, paintings, works on paper, and installations, as well as a number of large-scale wall drawings the artist will create on- site. The selected works will offer audiences a timely opportunity to gain a holistic understanding of the complex and profoundly moving work of this groundbreaking and influential artist.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419186/whzjrllxwkxsbs99ejyq.jpg"></figure>Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to ModernismBegins Jun 22<a href="https://driehausmuseum.org">Driehaus Museum</a>Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to Modernism, an exhibition exploring the life and work of Hector Guimard (1867-1942), the French architect and designer whose name is synonymous with the French Art Nouveau movement. Bringing together approximately 100 works including furniture, jewelry, metalwork, ceramics, drawings, and textiles from collections worldwide, Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to Modernism is the first major American museum exhibition devoted to Guimard since the retrospective organized by the Museum of Modern Art in 1970.&nbsp;</body></html>

June 2023: Summer Art Preview

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419213/gbnkhawgiibejkgvgdtf.jpg"></figure>Via PRStarting this June,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Museum will begin renovation work on the John B. Murphy Auditorium at 50 E. Erie, an important part of the Museum's&nbsp;campus. Upon completion in February 2024, this new project will renew 32,000 square feet of former office space to create a dynamic new Learning Center with art and maker studios, a study center with classrooms, a library and archive, redesigned office spaces, seminar rooms, and an 800-square foot outdoor terrace on the top floor. &nbsp; The magnificent design of the main auditorium space on the ground floor is being restored to its original grandeur and enhanced with cutting-edge acoustics that will make it a world-class venue. The opening of the updated building will present a full suite of new programming tied to the Driehaus Museum’s strategic vision, along with a range of activities and events, both public and private, for the community. This renovation is in line with the Museum’s strategic plan to be a&nbsp; more active and visible part of our community. &nbsp; According to Interim Driehaus Executive Director Lisa Key, “It is thrilling for us to embark upon this important renovation which will create a new Museum campus, offering visitors not only an incredible museum of art, architecture, and design, but now a newly rejuvenated auditorium that will add a vital and dynamic public space to the cultural campus in Chicago that will continue to increase the historical profile of this great city of architecture.” &nbsp; The Museum will remain open during the construction, and the Murphy’s historic exterior will remain intact with the renovation work enhancing the grandeur of its soaring interior. On the main floor, the seating area will be unified by levelling the floor, and new lighting and acoustics will improve the visitors’ experience. The Museum elevator will be closed for several months at the start of the project and the Museum will be making alternative arrangements for visitors who require access during this time. “It was a huge relief to learn about the Driehaus Museum expanding its campus into the adjacent Murphy Memorial. There are not many options for finding an appropriate re-use that would respect the historic character of such a monumentally scaled historic building while at same time providing a positive impact on the surrounding neighborhood,” said Tim Samuelson, the Cultural Historian Emeritus of the City of Chicago. “The Driehaus Museum has been a thoughtful community partner and valuable neighborhood asset for the past twenty years, and its expansion into the Murphy will make something great even greater!” Ongoing through spring 2024, the construction will include a 14-foot-high sidewalk canopy on Erie Street, running&nbsp; from the alley to part of the Nickerson Mansion. The&nbsp;parking lane from the corner of 40 E Erie to 50 E Erie will be closed for the majority of the construction project for a staging area. &nbsp; Antunovich and Associates and Bulley &amp; Andrews, both of whom were involved in the extensive renovation of the Nickerson Mansion from 2003-2008, are the architecture and building partners for the Museum. The Museum will be updating progress, hours, and ticketing procedures regularly via the website at <a href="http://www.driehausmuseum.org/construction">www.driehausmuseum.org/construction</a>.</body></html>

The Driehaus Museum Begins A Grand Face Lift on Neighboring Murphy Auditorium

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419193/lmq8k6fkfuy3elh2b6nq.png"></figure>&nbsp;Southwest Michigan is a scenic and creative destination just a short drive from Chicago’s city limits but refreshingly a world away. On the other side of Lake Michigan, the area is known for charming small towns and beautiful beaches. Its unique art scene offers some stellar exhibitions and dynamic institutions. Now that the start of summer is upon us, a day or stay in Michigan is on the list!&nbsp;– GV&nbsp;New Buffalo, over the border from Michigan City (which is in Indiana), is a historic Lake Michigan beach town that has seen rapid development in recent years as many Chicagoans opt to use the freedom of remote work, or retirement, as an excuse to spend more time in Michigan, just 70 miles from Chicago’s downtown. Plans are in the works for <a href="https://kavigupta.com/Information/">Kavi Gupta</a> to open a gallery outpost in summer 2024, just a mile from the late artist Roger Brown’s home and studio. <a href="https://www.saic.edu/academics/libraries-special-collections/roger-brown/roger-brown-his-life-and-art/new-buffalo-michigan">The River Pavilion and Guest House</a>, built in 1977 with Brown’s partner George Veronda, now hosts a year-round residency for students of the School of the Art Institute.East of New Buffalo is the town of Three Oaks, a “picker’s” dream for sourcing vintage finds and antiques. Several galleries are located here as well. <a href="https://www.arbor3arts.com">Arbor3arts</a> opened in 2020 and celebrates contemporary female artists creating affordable art and working in a range of mediums. Many have Chicago connections, from Jessica Tampas to Janis Kanter and Maggie Meiners. Next door is <a href="https://newbuffaloexplored.com/shop/trilogy-antiques-design/">Trilogy Antiques</a>; across the street is <a href="https://judyferraragallery.com">Judy Ferrara Gallery</a>.&nbsp;Travel north along the lakefront through Union Pier, Lakeside, Harbert and Sawyer along the Red Arrow Highway where many side trips&nbsp; and diversons beckon. <a href="https://newbuffaloexplored.com/shop/judith-racht-gallery/">Judith Racht</a> has long led the way for serious art in the area; her eponymous gallery’s focus has been on Outsider Art for years. <a href="https://localcolorartgallery.com">Local Color Gallery</a>, housed in a converted barn in Union Pier, has featured local artists since the ‘80s.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419194/xrk4pwdmcf2ucxjwzrbw.jpg"><figcaption>The Krasl Art Center and Richard Hunt's sculptures</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The <a href="https://krasl.org">Krasl Art Center</a> in St. Joseph is a hub for contemporary art, showcasing a range of exhibitions, workshops, and events. They host the lively Art Fair on the Bluff each July. KAC also publishes an online Sculpture Map featuring public art throughout St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. Two soaring sculptures by Richard Hunt, who has a studio nearby, greet visitors to KAC.Saugatuck and Douglas are popular all year long, in part because there are so many galleries and creative opportunities. Through its affiliation with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the more than 100 year-old <a href="https://www.ox-bow.org">Ox-Bow</a> offers one and two-week credit and non-credit courses for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students. The <a href="https://sc4a.org">Saugatuck Center for the Arts</a> focuses on contemporary art that engages with social and cultural issues.&nbsp;And on the “Art Coast of Michigan” in Douglas <a href="https://jpettergalleries.com">J. Petter Galleries</a> blends wine with art, featuring a collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, jewelry, and glass plus boutique wines, artisan cheeses, and hand-poured chocolates in the onsite wine bar and shop. The gallery is hosting several events this summer in honor of its <a href="https://jpettergalleries.com/show/j-petter-galleries-50th-anniversary-gallery-stroll">50th anniversary</a>.Many Chicago-based artists have ties to the area, such as Michael Hedges, whose colorful painting fills out the Lower Peninsula of Michigan pictured at the top of this page. Candida Alvarez opened a studio in Baroda, MI during the pandemic. And Anna Kunz has a home/studio in Buchanan.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419194/luqcuu6xtkkfnnasnplm.jpg"><figcaption>A the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Gardens</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The immensley impressive <a href="https://www.meijergardens.org">Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Gardens</a> in Grand Rapids is conveniently right off of I-96. The welcome center’s mezmerizing figurative marble walls were sculpted by world reknown artist Jaume Plensa (pictured at left). The sculpture park, inside and out, amazed at each turn. Nina Akamu’s large scale bronze horse from 1998 was as captivating as the history behind the commission. Additional sculptures by Deborah Butterfield, Roxy Paine, Keith Haring, and many others invite visitors to wander the grounds and enjoy fabulous, accessible works meant to be enjoyed in all seasons and by everyone who visits.#&nbsp;</body></html>

Seeking Art Across The Lake: Southwest Michigan

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419213/cpydr7elvlbeaa3pmlbz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/relationships-new-paintings-by-william-r-weidner">Relationships: New Paintings by William R. Weidner</a>Opening: Saturday, May 27, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419214/ryebnwvnwndyf3ztmkmp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sculpture-motley-cruise">Sculpture: Motley Cruise</a>Opening: Friday, May 26, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419215/cne64tbaisuzxxfcwrmy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kurt-herrmann-water-water-everywhere">Kurt Herrmann: Water Water Everywhere</a>Opening: Friday, May 26, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419216/hda1qv88ux3sqnf1mps5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/memorial-day-weekend-artist-meet-greet-at-the-new-jpg-saugatuck-annex">Memorial Day Weekend Artist Meet &amp; Greet at the New JPG Saugatuck Annex</a>Opening: Saturday, May 27, 4 – 6&nbsp;pmJ. Petter Galleries&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open May 27th

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419213/y6hxuzgthpdmojlc62bp.png"><figcaption>CAC Sabina Ott Memorial Library Mockup</figcaption></figure>CAC Has a June 7 Fundraising Deadline to Raise $50K and Plans Are In Works for Sabina Ott Memorial LibraryIn an email to supporters, CAC shared, "Sabina Ott was both a dear friend to CAC and an incredible champion of Chicago artists. She understood both the power of art to uplift our city and the deep need for all of us to give to nurture our artistic ecosystem. Over her life, she advocated for, mentored, and elevated dozens of Chicago artists—just as CAC does every single day.Sabina believed that art is a gift to the world, and CAC received the gift of over 800 pieces of her work, collection, and ephemera upon her passing. Plans are now underway for the Sabina Ott Memorial Library within CAC’s home space—which will make this remarkable collection available to Chicago artists, as well as provide further digital resources for creating, and a new, exciting exhibition space for art created in our vibrant city."<a href="https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/ChicagoArtists/Artist-Recovery.html">Details here</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/obituaries/sam-zell-dies-81">Sam Zell Has Died at 81: Real Estate Leader and Half of an Art Collector Mega Couple</a>Chicago billionaire Sam Zell, an inveterate dealmaker in real estate and business, died today at age 81, according to Equity Residential, an apartment company he founded and chaired.Zell died due to complications from a recent illness, according to a statement from his company Equity Group Investments, which called him “a self-made, visionary entrepreneur.”<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2015/9/helen-zell-s-old-fashioned-approach-to-collecting-contemporary-art">Read CGN's 2015 interview with wife Helen Zell&nbsp;</a>Via Crain's&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419214/ja0ltvwuzhdpwwho8fz9.jpg"></figure><a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/?mc_cid=a753a622c6&amp;mc_eid=3dc58ca038">Fifth Edition of Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces September Opening</a>The fifth edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, CAB 5: This is a Rehearsal, curated by the interdisciplinary arts collective the <a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6&amp;id=8991645c3d&amp;e=3dc58ca038">Floating Museum</a>, takes an expansive view of design as an iterative rehearsal process to explore architecture, cities, and the different social, ecological, economic and political forces that shape them. From artists, architects, engineers, performers, poets,&nbsp;and others, the practitioners represented in CAB 5 collectively set the stage for the cross-pollination of ideas in order to challenge and envision alternatives for the following: how we understand and address the needs of a city, who plays a role in imagining and making the city, and how our potential solutions attend to the overlapping crises that now inform our everyday lives.&nbsp;The Biennial will open on September 21, 2023, and run through January 2, 2024, with major installations and programming at the Chicago Cultural Center and at sites across the city. The opening preview will take place September 21–24, 2023, with a schedule of public and special events.&nbsp;<a href="http://grahamfoundation.org/?mc_cid=c6fb19a01a&amp;mc_eid=eeb2dd2fbf">The Graham Foundation Announces 2023 Grants to Individuals</a>The Graham Foundation is honored to announce the award of 64 new grants to individuals working to realize innovative and interdisciplinary ideas that contribute critical perspectives on architecture and design. Selected from approximately 500 submissions, the funded projects include publications, research, exhibitions, films, podcasts, digital initiatives, public programs and other formats that further ideas, discussions, and new understandings of architecture. The funded projects are led by 92 individuals that include established and emerging architects, artists, curators, designers, filmmakers, historians, and writers, based in cities such as Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Ahmedabad, India; Bandung, Indonesia; Beirut, Lebanon; Buenos Aires, Argentina; New York, NY; Paris, France; Oklahoma City, OK; Porto, Portugal; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and Chicago, IL where the Graham Foundation is based. Among the funded projects in the 2023 award cycle are several installations that open in the 18th International Architecture Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia, Venice this week.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 5/18/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419213/e7hkzqb3aps4cpm8mfrg.jpg"><figcaption>The Logan Center at golden hour viewed from the southeast | Photo: Tom Rossiter</figcaption></figure><a href="https://mailchi.mp/uchicago/logancenterbirthdaybash-stories-659545?e=d57bd5477e">The Logan Center Turns 10 with a Weekend Celebration&nbsp;</a>On Sunday, May 21 from 12:30-4pm the Logan invites the public to enjoy performances, presentations, workshops, &amp; activities from dozens of artists, from jazz musicians to performers. All events take place at the Logan Center, 915 E. 60th St. Celebrate a decade of making and sharing art together.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-chicago-climate-change-art-initiative-tt-0515-20230515-4fixxuqgcbhcnffeh6optt5etq-story.html">Nearly $700K in public art installations on climate change and environmental justice to be revealed across Chicago</a>In December 2021, Chicago artists and community organizations were called on to raise awareness of the city’s key environmental issues to nurture urgency and hope, and inspire action across neighborhoods. The results of that callout will be revealed in a launch of public art projects across Chicagoland under the banner E(art)H Chicago, or Earth Art Chicago, from June 3 to 17.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2023/05/08/chicago-museums-plans-deal-nascar-race-range-we-re-closed-what-race">Chicago Museums’ Plans To Deal With NASCAR Race Range From ‘We’re Closed’ to ‘What Race?’</a>With a&nbsp;NASCAR street race&nbsp;set to take place outside their front doors, Chicago’s lakefront museums have had to shift gears and adjust operations in advance of the big event on July 1-2.Adler Planetarium, the Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium have developed plans — including closings and altered hours — for the days leading up to, during and directly after the race. Some are standing their ground and some are taking evasive action.&nbsp;Via WTTW&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 5/17/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/stwfm21mxiwi9sclcjps.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/reception-between-realms">Reception: Between Realms</a>Opening: Thursday, May 18, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmPistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/pronepwqyklyyzwsjqjz.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/watches-and-fine-timepieces">Watches &amp; Fine Timepieces: Auction Preview Reception</a>Opening: Thursday, May 18, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmHeritage Auctions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419206/smph57gipj5xrgtdbcfu.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-2023-it-s-what-we-create">Art 2023: It's What We Create</a>May 18Kavanagh Gallery at Fine Line Creative Arts Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419207/uolkiyiy4wrpymsy6g80.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jason-pickleman-making-time-for-joy">Jason Pickleman: Making Time for Joy</a>May 19The Suburban&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419208/gmxxbgo38nl1dtul5y2e.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/julia-fish-hermitage-threshold-s-scores-bricks">Julia Fish: Hermitage Threshold/s — scores + bricks</a>May 19Rhona Hoffman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419208/l19g6awpn5bhvrc6x9my.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-brave-the-bold-the-beautiful">The Brave, The Bold, The Beautiful</a>Opening: Friday, May 19, 7 – 9&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419210/ocbcohljb7rj29eoeqjh.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mel-keiser-the-life-and-deaths-of-the-mels-here-lie-the-bones">Mel Keiser: The Life and Deaths of The Mels--Here Lie the Bones</a>Opening: Friday, May 19, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmInternational Museum of Surgical Science&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419211/kr2edom2a3xbbbieog4n.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/igor-and-marina">Igor and Marina</a>Opening: Friday, May 19, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419212/pzgkrtaogtc2lonbh5hx.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/was-terms-solo-show">Electro Funk: RAS Terms Solo Show</a>Opening: Saturday, May 20, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Truborn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open May 18 - 20

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419192/wzdjhu5rmpcr1lmzyfen.jpg"><figcaption>Miller &amp; Shellabarger installed at (northern) Western exhibitions</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419193/yuugfyewvald9ezv9gnf.jpg"><figcaption>WHO Modern</figcaption></figure>SKOKIEIn downtown Skokie, north of Chicago but still on the city’s CTA, <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/northern-western-exhibitions">(northern)Western Exhibitions</a> is Western Exhibitions’ second location. Its primary space is on Chicago Ave. in West Town. The Skokie space will have around five specially curated exhibitions a year featuring works by artists from the gallery’s 20-year history. The second exhibition at the space to date, on view through May 6, features work by married artist collaborators Miller &amp; Shellabarger, who use self-portraiture, laborious material processes, and considered craftsman ship to meditate on love and death.&nbsp;An exhibition of stone figures and mud drawings by <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lilli-carre-s-stone-figures-mud-drawing">Lilli Carré</a> is on view through August 13.&nbsp;The gallery is one half of a renovated single-floor bow truss&nbsp;building that is also part store – occupied by the also-newly opened <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/who-modern">WHO Modern</a>, a mid-century modern-focused vintage source co-run by Donald Schmaltz, formerly of auction houses Toomey &amp; Co. and HINDMAN, and art collector Zach Williams, who owns the building. Who Modern offers rare and unusual decorative objects, furniture, and art from the mid-20th C. to today, featuring&nbsp;iconic designs by Ettore Sottsass, Angelo Mangiarotti, Enzo Mari, Poul, Kjaerholm and Hans Wegner, shown alongside contemporary designers. Williams says he will add modern and outsider art to the mix as well. By sharing the building, the two spaces complement each other’s offerings and can draw from the mix of visitors who come for art as well as vintage design.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419194/iuknnfndagfyzefqfg4q.jpg"><figcaption>Image: Sally Michel, The Baumbachs, oil on canvas, 40” x 50”, &nbsp;Anne Loucks Gallery</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419195/refzdvsf0fhfeun2q9i4.jpg"><figcaption>Vivian Maier</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;GLENCOE<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/anne-loucks-gallery">Anne Loucks Gallery</a> at the corner of Green Bay Rd. and Park Ave. in Glencoe opened in 2001 and specializes in contemporary American painting, photography and works on paper by emerging and mid-career artists in a range of styles and mediums, most notably abstract art and rural landscapes. Many, but not all, gallery artists come from the surrounding suburbs.&nbsp;Down the same block is <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/alan-koppel-gallery-north">Alan Koppel Gallery’s</a> second location, which brings bring modern and contemporary masterworks as well as furniture and design to the North Shore. Koppel has long been in River North on Dearborn St. Recent North Shore exhibitions have included <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/diane-arbus-a-secret-about-a-secret">Diane Arbus: A Secret about a Secret</a>, and <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/photographs-by-vivian-maier">The Photography of Vivian Maier</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419196/xw6mknwilmzlyllmpqen.jpg"><figcaption>2022 Exhibit Fiber • Fashion • Feminism in the Center Gallery at the Art Center Highland Park</figcaption></figure>HIGHLAND PARK<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/the-art-center-highland-park--3">The Art Center Highland Park</a> is a suburban cultural center, presenting changing, simultaneous exhibitions in multiple galleries and featuring local, international, emerging, and established artists as well as community-focused programming. Other events taking place include annual benefits, monthly artist talks, collaborations with other local cultural arts providers and public arts classes. In 2022 The Art Center devoted select programming to the 4th of July shooting in Highland Park.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419196/n6lxb9phay5eezshvcbm.jpg"><figcaption>Art Post</figcaption></figure>NORTHBROOK<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/art-post-gallery">Art Post Gallery</a> opened in the 1980s. Originally a framing and art supply store in downtown Northbrook – Art Post – current owner Chris Bates purchased the store and changed the name to “Art Post Gallery” and immediately upgraded the framing, eliminated the art supplies and began building a collection of original art.&nbsp;In 1987, she moved to Carillon Square in Glenview and expanded the business.&nbsp;She moved the gallery to its present location in 2012. The gallery is set to host an exhibition featuring lost photographs of <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-lost-weekend-the-photography-of-may-pang-candid-photos-of-john-lennon">John Lennon</a> over the course of one weekend in June.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For more Suburban art spaces <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/districts/suburbs-midwest">click here</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

Suburban Spotlight: Skokie, Glencoe, Highland Park and Northbrook

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/tilkewiipdg5lup4puof.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/pu15hgprrjmtklsxmtni.png"></figure>On May 10, 2023 Ruth Foundation for the Arts announced the Chicago Artists Coalition as a 2023 recipient of the second annual Artist Choice Award.The program is an artist-driven nomination process that awards a total of $1.23 million in unrestricted grants across 56 arts and cultural organizations.This year’s cohort of Artist Choice recipients spans 41 cities in 26 states. Artist Choice is designed to center artists in the grantmaking process, aligned with Ruth Arts’ mission and reflecting their belief in the integral role artists play in their communities. The 2023 selection process was informed by the recommendation of 53 esteemed artists across various disciplines and geographic locations, acknowledging the artistic excellence of organizations that have inspired their own practice and communities.CAC's Interim Executive Director Gibran Villalobos states, "we are honored for the very special recognition of our organization by artists in the field. This award&nbsp;galvanizes&nbsp;our ongoing commitment to service communities of artists, emboldening artistic careers, and seeing Chicago artists thrive in our city. We thank the Ruth Foundation for the Arts for their generosity and support of artists across the country."This award is received in the middle of CAC's&nbsp;<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-allhrjl-dlvzir-y/">Artist Recovery Campaign</a>,&nbsp;building on a strong effort to continue supporting the CAC's commitment to artists affected during the pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-allhrjl-dlvzir-j/">Support Chicago Artists - Donate Today!</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

Ruth Foundation for the Arts Announces Chicago Artists Coalition as a 2023 Recipient

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/nzrtyshrca7bi8oks9mz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/stop-the-noise-janis-kanter-textile-collage-works">Stop the Noise: Janis Kanter Textile Collage Works</a>May 11McCormick Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419206/pdjhrj4ekuwwmycrqm2q.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/between-realms">Between Realms</a>May 11Pistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419206/v2eqbyo55dtgczrdrw6f.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gina-lee-robbins-overflow">Gina Lee Robbins: Overflow</a>May 12Epiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419207/pwgnyva2erkojmqryzaw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-oil-on-copper-paintings-by-joan-holleb">New oil on copper paintings by Joan Holleb</a>Opening: Friday, May 12, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419208/npassd3aj6on6mf4daow.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ann-pickett-ahoy">Ann Pickett: Ahoy</a>Opening: Friday, May 12, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmFine Arts Building&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419209/itjrppziwkw9shhxbqtb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/secret-life-of-plants-solo-photography-exhibition-with-artist-jim-newberry">Secret Life of Plants: Solo photography exhibition with artist Jim Newberry</a>Opening: Friday, May 12, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419210/ghosrpmjygz2p1mdvhuj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sculptura-in-urbs-in-horto">Sculptura in Urbs in Horto</a>Opening: Friday, May 12, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmChicago Sculpture International&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419211/hj9wqwsrt3i3p6tx3w79.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/shahryar-hero">-</a>Opening: Saturday, May 13, 3 – 7&nbsp;pmThe Renaissance Society&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419212/kkstvkzxpkrmfq0zoosg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lisa-englander-grammar-lessons">Lisa Englander: Grammar Lessons</a>Opening: Saturday, May 13, 1 – 3&nbsp;pmOS Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419212/zxn80gdjwqxn6jbmyioj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lilli-carre-s-stone-figures-mud-drawing">Lilli Carré’s: Stone Figures Mud Drawing</a>Opening: Sunday, May 14, 3 – 6&nbsp;pm(northern) Western Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open May 11 - 14

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/wlpxhr7blo1blvsns1pt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jason-pickleman-making-time-for-joy">Jason Pickleman To Open Show of New Work at The Suburban</a>Jason Pickleman’s practice as a painter spans decades. It is rooted deeply in traditions of abstraction, the manipulation of language, and his beginnings as a part of the Post-Conceptualist movement in Chicago in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Pickleman’s paintings are always subtly wry, slightly sexy, and quietly human.His latest body of work, on view in Making Time for Joy, are a suite of new paintings derived from manipulations of various iterations of the logo belonging to the once-ubiquitous dishwashing detergent brand Joy. These works, which are at once stark and measured, playful and (as advertised) joyful, are Pickleman at his best. With an authoritative eye, he excavates the intersection of art and graphic design, and in doing so uncovers questions of purpose, domesticity, and the most interior aspects of personhood. These paintings ask their viewers to take stock. Encourage them to start again. Impel them to make time for joy.&nbsp;<a href="https://observer.com/2023/05/art-institute-of-chicago-charles-hack/">Art Institute of Chicago Purchases Nearly 1,500 Works From Art Collector Charles Hack</a>The Art Institute of Chicago announced last week its acquisition of 1,440 works from prominent art collector Charles Hack.The artwork, which comes from the collection of Hack and the Hearn Family Foundation, managed by Hack, primarily focuses on Dutch Mannerists from the 1530s to 1750.An artist featured heavily in the collection is Hendrick Goltzius, a 16th-century Dutch artist “and one of the greatest draftsmen and printmakers of his age,” according to the museum. Work from students of Goltzius, which included Jacob Matham, Jan Saenredam and Jan Muller, also comprise the collection.Via The Observer&nbsp;<a href="https://jpettergalleries.com/events">J. Petter Gallery In Douglas, MI Celebrates 50 Years This Summer&nbsp;</a>J. Petter Gallery's historic Douglas, MI location – in their flagship gallery building built by Carl Hoerman in 1923 – is turning 100 and the gallery itself was founded in 1973 by Joyce Petter. In that time it has grown and been a primer gallery on the Art Coast of Michigan for 50 years. Join the gallery for a celebration and wine meet and greet on June 10, with wine, snacks, and live music as they feature three of our most collected artists Rein Vanderhill, Nina Weiss, and Gert Olsen.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 5/7/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/gl97waottfwkoxzolnns.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nicole-jacquardl-stores-from-scotland">Nicole Jacquard: Stories from Scotland</a>Opening: Thursday, May 4, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmPistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/gvwxsrwaflfmttmy9zaz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dimitri-hadzi-historical-echos">Dimitri Hadzi: Historical Echos</a>Opening: Thursday, May 4, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmRosenthal Fine Art, Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419206/yqqomayss97xhs6rnxhl.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/curved-surfaces-paintings-by-joanna-pinsky">Curved Surfaces:&nbsp;Paintings by Joanna Pinsky</a>Opening: Friday, May 5, 5 – 8:30&nbsp;pmSpace 900 Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419207/oamckolyec4ikld7c7ba.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/renee-baker-une-ligue-d-un-black-testament">Reneé Baker | Une ligue d’un: Black Testament</a>May 5Epiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419208/ztwywizld6lys6odtzwr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/robert-lostutter">Robert Lostutter: Songs of War</a>Opening: Friday, May 5, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419209/nlwnixoc7qrurrkiwcbf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/brian-driscoll-56-weeks">Brian Driscoll: 56 Weeks</a>Opening: Friday, May 5, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmGallery Victor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419210/ndmzowszb7jqbtnmlo9g.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-of-water-vii">Art of Water VII</a>Opening: Friday, May 5, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmJames May Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419210/he5mjwxcgouyjw1d2myq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jeff-perrone">Jeff Perrone: A Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party</a>Opening: Friday, May 5, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open May 3–5

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/odgujzv2svyz5qbzofkr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/launch">LAUNCH</a>Opening: Saturday, May 6, noon – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/kw7ikibqmwhd5rsmys6p.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/student-perspectives-2023">Student Perspectives 2023</a>Opening: Saturday, May 6, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419206/mlz1txci3kdejhc0y9s8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/2023-art-design-bfa-exhibition">2023 Art &amp; Design BFA Exhibition</a>May 6Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419207/zomln2y9k1mt3bpgyisk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/inaugural-exhibition-survey-show-of-11-sona-chicago-gallery-artists">Inaugural Exhibition: Survey Show of 11 SoNa Chicago Gallery Artists</a>Opening: Saturday, May 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSoNa Chicago Art Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419208/pj0v7eiumshsye3c1owu.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/woman-life-freedom-juried-by-shahrbanoo-hamzeh">Woman Life Freedom; juried by Shahrbanoo Hamzeh</a>Opening: Saturday, May 6, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmWoman Made Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open May 6

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/gsfnpeh9vilplzddvnek.jpg"></figure>Via PR<a href="https://rivernorthdesigndistrict.com">The River North Design District (RNDD)</a> is proud to announce the 8th Annual River North Design District Fall Gallery Walk presented by Daniel Kinkade Fine Art on Friday, September 8th, 2023.&nbsp; This year showrooms will feature a variety of fine artists and designer vignettes, along with special events throughout River North.Each participating showroom and art gallery will be exhibiting artwork created by some of the most influential artists in the art world today. This year Chicago’s top designers will select their favorite art and create inspirational vignettes in each participating showroom.Participating showrooms for the walk include: TOTO, O’Brien Harris, 210 Design House, Artists Frame Service, bulthaup, Kohler Signature Store by Studio41, Studio41, eggersmann, Altalia Furniture, Roca Tile, Cosentino, Duxiana, Farrow &amp; Ball, Moltenini&amp;C, Rimadesio and Poliform.&nbsp; Information on special events in showrooms to follow.Participating designers include: Kadlec Architecture + Design, Jasmin Reese Interiors, Hailey Lauren Designs, Hayley O’Hara Design, Candace Mary Interiors, Mia Rao Design, Dan Rak Design, CI Design + Build, Metro Design Build, BJC Designs, Goesling Group, Studio K Creative, dSPACE Studio, Joyful Designs Studio, and Lenore Weiss Studios.Participating Art Galleries include: Daniel Kinkade Fine Art, Samuel Lynne Gallery, Hilton | Asmus Contemporary, Alma Art &amp; Interiors, CKS Collective, and gallery 1871.&nbsp;Artists include: Beth Kahmi, Eileen Braun, Jarjour, Kenny Nguyen, Allison Svoboda, Dorothy Hughes, Donald Martiny, Joan Lurie, Jason Trotter, Bojana Ilic - BOJITT, Courtney Shoudis, Deborah Newmark, Louise Pappageorge, Amanda Gentry, Tyler Shields, Lucy Slivinski, Linda Ann Weber, Keila Strong, and Lincoln Schatz.The walk concludes with an after-party hosted at LG Group’s new space, 363 W Ontario, from 8-11 pm and a special auction curated by Oliver Aguilar for DIFFA.&nbsp; Special exhibition by Bojana Ilic – BOJITT and Beth Kahmi of Daniel Kinkade Fine Art will be on display.&nbsp; Tickets are $45/ea and will go on sale in July.All showrooms and galleries will have extended hours and be open for the Gallery Walk from 5 - 8 pm.&nbsp; Some showrooms will be open on Saturday, September 9th. Temporary exhibitions in the showrooms are on display through October 10th.&nbsp; The event is free and open to the public except for the after-party. Tickets go on sale in July.We are proud to be working with the following partners: Daniel Kinkade Fine Art, LG Group, Terrazzo &amp; Marble Supply Co, Gessi, Sherwin-Williams, Joanne Sells Chicago, 21c Museum Hotel, Mijenta Tequila, Dresner Design, EXPO Chicago, Modern Luxury, Chicago Gallery News, Art Encounter, Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID IL), DIFFA Chicago.The event’s host committee includes: Dina Bair, WGN Newscaster, Joanne Nemerovski, Joanne Sells Chicago, Mary Pat Wallace, The Luxury Bed Collection, and Michael Morganti, What Beige.Check our <a href="https://rivernorthdesigndistrict.com/rndd-fall-gallery-walk/">website</a> for periodic event updates.&nbsp;&nbsp;About River North Design DistrictThe River North Design District, founded in 2013, is a local community that boasts interior design offerings that are accessible to both designers and consumers. &nbsp;The showrooms carry&nbsp;everything from lighting, tile, plumbing, rugs, and kitchens to furnishings- everything one needs to create a one-of-a-kind haven. The participating showrooms pride themselves on providing a shopping experience that is both unique and personalized. &nbsp;Each showroom is located on street level, which allows customers to stroll along and enjoy the neighborhood. Please visit <a href="https://rivernorthdesigndistrict.com/">https://rivernorthdesigndistrict.com</a> for more information.&nbsp;Image attached: Courtesy of Daniel Kinkade Fine Art</body></html>

River North Design District Announces 8th Edition, September 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/qrwuftpziuheqiemdday.jpg"></figure>Via PRCHICAGO, IL – ART on THE MART is adding a new projection to their Spring Program that will feature artwork from seven Chicago Public Schools (CPS) seniors titled Select Works from the Class of 2023. The projection will premiere on April 27 at 8:30 p.m. and will run&nbsp;twice nightly at 8:30 and 9 p.m. through May 14. &nbsp;The featured student artworks include: &nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>Dancing by Madison Rozwat | Whitney M. Young Magnet High School</li><li>King’s Domain by Giselle Raigosa | Lincoln Park High School</li><li>Mxmtoon by Anahi Alcala | Steinmetz College Prep</li><li>It’s My Birthday and I’ll Cry if I Want to by Kayla Aguilar | Lake View High School</li><li>Through The Fro by Grace Hutchinson | Friedrich Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center</li><li>In Her Eyes by Noel Rosania | Walter Payton College Prep</li><li>Untitled&nbsp; by Jose Guzman | Alcott College Prep The projections will be accompanied by a student-produced musical score entitled Let’s Go Home – produced by the students of the All-City Performing Arts Music &amp; Media Ensemble. The artwork for the projection was collected in conjunction with CPS’s All-City Visual Arts program. Following a selection process led by CPS, seven seniors who submitted to the All-City High School Visual Arts Exhibition were selected to have their work featured on the façade of THE MART. Students’ artwork was selected based on a score given for technical skill, craftsmanship, originality, and student voice. &nbsp; Select Works from the Class of 2023 will be presented alongside world-renowned artist Derrick Adams’ Funtime Unicorn: Ruby Rides Through Four Seasons, which kicked off ART on THE MART’s fifth year of programming on April 14. “ART on THE MART is proud to partner with CPS on our fourth projection featuring the work of CPS students,” said Cynthia Noble, Executive Director of ART on THE MART. “Previously, we have shared CPS students’ work through our Hope is a Light projection in 2021, as well as After School Matter’s Shaping The Future, which finished off 2021’s winter season, and in 2022, we displayed student artwork in this same format in Select Works from the CPS Class of 2022. Coordinating with CPS and the All City Visual Arts program allows ART on THE MART the opportunity to elevate and amplify the work of Chicago’s innovative young artists, and provides them a stepping stone to a career in the arts.” ART on THE MART is free and 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. &nbsp; For more information on the 2023 season, please visit <a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=ejmDrstLsKgZJLOItgn3EXl1sVb7zKa2ug7uWS6TcLYEjA6F3A3ZpWD65Beqsrfbp8BNGvvpo5FabaMyN4QhndU6QQPBXHgp7quQ-2BXzPhi-2FnZaxBE-2BeUF5EweqYybBuKGn-2F4klheqRIaxSo6Os-2BU2g-3D-3D6J28_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP-2BvAdgfICCFFHxnTjvEhUHLATit0Q8QLp1LC-2BEz94L006GhxlNRp8PQ8ByadGauC7daKnEKiKKxEIs4yCfldzUjvpEstC6T-2FTmal-2FjTKU2OHQFAtRRgMYLzyb3gK458yEJyg0mJgON6PiELPnyylQS-2F86N36OoYQ0TZ8vLnHy-2FexRnraVNxQtMfTdeKDTwYNzkNXNhUxnmMFVn0ohvDTf1C0BFjzG-2FVPuXqVDmeAgiAszBiS3knDktM-2BBdfB6S8wHMp-2BuW7-2Fcf-2B64F9jYejFj9mxSZQMboQXhNn4APs4vfQAfhwKMqnF0MyseFQcbiv3BC34uzSt5hhcWQASbQxJkKnFGS14FLiSKuOJzwrUW09ndg8MRj-2B5TN2JNtBdb8EQCd-2B3SpNkz-2BcaNumgiQtGZ8X1ZUWAumktxJjI6CtdKePVvTIhvn00h7pMoOar-2BwB5ZLZ9eGzRmyDTVy8Sm3Tq6Wm9DbCUCX-2FWcSydUPjyRpl6RTF9iSecRcggPWZtCO9tDt6sHhMabmTWJiCB0-2Fezu-2FSmPz2VetTeU8MK-2Bf2L9V5pN9YML7aPfApDq-2BNrAj-2FhIx94-2BvbVqjz0fSA3wOHzKfqFXN9Vx6vI7XEohZx7a0bqQMZ4nb2j7aNJA097QjBRvBcRFHAHupf3tJ3TXaChtjCTY2wO3aUAaGtPplCW8gm7-2BUNs-2FgDks2C5yyJmSYqRE8cTlxtViv9ZdDxBObmL80RRHtvuPVaGTjiecQrzf8vXwJlMQxh41e8ippx9UuG4D4Cv72YPfJExEb3muf7-2FlEXmU7AvpXPplNVjp7Dv-2F53JROuNhAEgYF41R4TkdZGEQxYfqwGpzjRncyh7eBX9a-2BTlWEVpDOlVMjNtMwuw90jgSl9S6KSAlxj2LSUWJXUugDu5wvNWlfr2pV4nIRnVZjYEPz1SY8cNaNztCO8gcnIJw-3D-3D">artonthemart.com</a> or follow #ARTonTHEMART. &nbsp;</li></ul></body></html>

Seven Graduating CPS Seniors to Show Art on the Mart's Spring Program

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/04/24/iconic-west-loop-murals-of-juice-wrld-frankie-knuckles-mysteriously-painted-over/?utm_source=Pico&amp;utm_campaign=bb1dcaff5e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_4_21_morninglist1_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_b6b84a5cee-bb1dcaff5e-127143461&amp;mc_cid=bb1dcaff5e&amp;mc_eid=9fac193df8">Iconic West Loop Murals Of Juice WRLD, Frankie Knuckles Mysteriously Painted Over</a>Several West Loop murals were mysteriously painted over, including two that memorialized musicians Frankie Knuckles and Juice WRLD.The murals are part of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/blinechicago/">B_Line</a>, a series of more than 250 murals along the Hubbard Street viaduct in the West Loop. Artists from across the world have contributed to the collection of street art spans several city blocks from Aberdeen to Green streets, including the underpasses, said resident Levar Hoard, <a href="https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/the-b_line-has-resurrected-the-nearly-50-year-old-hubbard-street-murals-project/">its chief curator and managing director</a>.But last week, the vibrant murals in one underpass were completely painted over in brown paint.Via Block Club&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/arts/design/women-leadership-museums.html">Increasingly, Women Are Running the World’s Great Museums</a>When Laurence des Cars was appointed president-director of the Louvre in 2021, it was a historic marker. The world’s most visited museum had a woman in charge for the first time since it was founded in 1793.“Top jobs are symbols,” Ms. des Cars said recently in an interview. “And I take the symbol very seriously.”At the time, she already held an important lead role at a major institution, running the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, but the reaction to the Louvre news surprised her for what she called the “intensity and worldwide echo of the announcement.”Ms. des Cars was the highest-profile example in a wave of women taking the top jobs at some of the world’s biggest museums.Via New York Times&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419205/zzsjfpf6yoyvtopr6wv4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.noguchi.org/museum/support/special-events/benefit/2023-09-12/">Theaster Gates to Receive&nbsp;The Isamu Noguchi Award</a>Marking its tenth&nbsp;year, the 2023 Isamu Noguchi Award will recognize artist Theaster Gates as a&nbsp;recipient.&nbsp;Established in 2014 and presented annually, The Isamu Noguchi Award perpetuates Noguchi’s legacy by acknowledging highly accomplished individuals who share his spirit of innovation, unbounded imagination, and uncompromising commitment to creativity. The Award celebrates individuals from around the world, across various disciplines, whose works demonstrate the highest level of artistic integrity marked by fearless experimentation and a preoccupation with cross-cultural dialogue and exchange. Honoring individuals whose work exhibits qualities of artistic excellence that are shared with Noguchi, the Award also recognizes work that carries significant social consciousness and function.<a href="https://ennouncement.exhibit-e.com/t/y-l-pykhlz-sykijfhl-t/">Learn More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 4/28/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419198/hgi8685onwkjakocx5ua.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/marshall-brown-remasteriser">Marshall Brown: Remastériser</a>Opening: Friday, April 28, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419198/uwopdxrn0lkudwzfsmxr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/anya-kielar">Anya Kielar: Madam</a>Opening: Friday, April 28, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419199/ff8y9iwmmiodjzruacik.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bryn-gleason-passing">Bryn Gleason: Passing&nbsp;</a>Opening: Friday, April 28, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419200/eip5ucfkrkyemcfsn38k.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cujo-dah-dredske-synthesis">Synthesis: Cujo Dah &amp; Dredske</a>Opening: Friday, April 28, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmElephant Room Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419200/y2prjs9loferflif9isj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tanya-aguiniga">Tanya Aguiñiga: Swallowing Dirt</a>Opening: Friday, April 28, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVolume Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419201/xcl3exxlfzsrfexvhgtg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/haynes-riley-an-attitude-that-cares">Haynes Riley: An attitude that cares</a>Opening: Friday, April 28, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDavid Salkin Creative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419202/jbzhtillb5fjnneqebfh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jeff-gillette-art-history-shacks-laurie-hassold-new-sculptures">Jeff Gillette: Art History Shacks</a>Opening: Saturday, April 29, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Open April 28 - 29

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419192/if8j6raw7jw9oglwmw1n.jpg"><figcaption>Pictured: Left: Jim Lutes (on wall), Deborah Butterfield; center: Dan Ramirez, Roxy Paine, Bruce Nauman; Right: Susanne Doremus. Photos by Tom van Eynde</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEAWhen I spent an afternoon this winter with William Lieberman, owner of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, it was not to discuss his role as an art dealer. Instead, it was to see his personal collection, which he had recently installed in his new Streeterville condo overlooking Lake Michigan.Lieberman had just moved from a house in East Ukrainian Village and was eager to highlight hundreds of works in a fresh setting. Taking in the abundantly-filled walls, I asked him how he chose the art that he lives with, knowing that every day at the gallery he strives to build other people’s collections. Lieberman shared that he began to collect art while studying studio pottery at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.&nbsp;At first, Lieberman did what artists often do with their peers: he traded art. Trading helped him meet other artists, get to know their work, refine his own practice and, of course, learn to negotiate. After moving back to Chicago, he continued to develop both his pottery and trading skills in Northeastern Illinois University’s ceramic studio.Art collecting is a highly personal pursuit, undertaken with as much emotional as financial investment. Collectors can spend years acquiring and curating their collections which hold personal meaning as well as reflect their particular tastes. Some may have significant cultural and historic value, and provide a window to the evolution of artistic movements.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419193/wyx5chkctmljrf8mmqfr.jpg"><figcaption>Pictured: Left wall, Top: Conrad Bakker, Middle: Vernon Fisher, lower Right: Ed Paschke, Roger Brown; Middle wall, clockwise from top left: Claes Oldenburg, Xiaoze Xie, Lora Fosberg, Donald McFayden, John Buck; right: Jane Hammond</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;In Lieberman’s case, he grew up surrounded by art. While he was a college student, his mother Roberta Lieberman, together with Robert Zolla, opened a contemporary gallery in 1976 that specialized in paintings, drawings and sculpture. Three years later, while still intent on becoming a professional potter, he began working part-time at the gallery.&nbsp;By the 1980s, Lieberman worked at the gallery full time, although some of his compensation came in the form of art. His mother and Zolla would have him pick a piece, pay the artist as much as if it had sold, and forgo the gallery’s portion. Not only did this practice support individual artists, it also allowed Lieberman to start his collection and refine his own eye. Later, he began to make yearly trips to New York, where he stayed with artists, fed himself on the gallery’s $25 per diem, and “pounded the pavement” as he went to studios, galleries and museums.Gradually, Lieberman built a personal, thoughtful and carefully acquired collection. It would not, however, last very long. On April 1, 1989, he stored his entire collection at the gallery while he moved from one apartment to another. On April 15, the building on Huron Street, housing Z/L and many other galleries, burned to the ground. Though works by artists such as Susanne Doremus, David Nash and Michael Nakoneczny could never be replaced, some offered pieces to Lieberman to begin a new collection.&nbsp;With insurance money that he received, Lieberman bought a 1,400-square foot house in 1990 and, as he recalls, “I started to buy a lot of art. Nothing too expensive but I started over.”&nbsp;Hanging works vertically, salon style, he quickly filled his home. He commissioned Paul Coffey to paint a mural on the 35-foot high atrium over the dining area. The six-month project used Rand McNally map color schemes to depict an ambiguous location in Ireland. The mural even incorporated the atrium skylight. Over time, Lieberman’s home became an inviting artistic destination, serving as a bridge between white exhibition walls and a residential setting. “I brought people to see how I lived in East Ukrainian Village,” he explains, “and they liked the environment that I created.” As his life at work and at home continued to meld, he hosted dinners to promote gallery artists like Deborah Butterfield, John Buck, Josh Garber and Jay Strommen. A few times, says Lieberman, he had as many as 50 guests, with four Weber grills going in the backyard and people enjoying their meal in every room of the house.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419194/vyyveqhnngjbanbplmix.jpg"><figcaption>Above: Left: Stephen De Staebler, Jim Nutt, David Kroll, Ernesto Neto; Middle: Xiaoze Xie; Right: Both works by Jim Lutes</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Following these dinners, clients often bought or commissioned art, though Lieberman emphasizes that he never sells pieces from his personal collection. Lieberman actually found his current condo thanks to a client relationship that emerged from gatherings in the East Ukrainian Village house. When collector Anne Finkelman learned that a unit in her building was up for sale, she passed the tip along to Lieberman who made a swift decision to buy it.&nbsp;The move from a house to a condo meant leaving behind site-specific and other large-scale pieces. However, the new space is more than twice as big (3,000 square feet) and many works have found a new pride of place. Collector and friend Arlene Richman gifted Claes Oldenburg’s Bat Spinning at the Speed of Light, published by Landfall Press, to William for his 60th birthday. Oldenburg’s 100-ft. tall sculpture has graced Chicago’s skyline since 1977 and, given William’s love of softball and baseball, Richman says she delights in seeing this print now prominently displayed. &nbsp;Lieberman does not have lot of furniture in his new home yet, and the clutter from living in one place for years hasn’t taken hold, but the presence of so many vibrant works of art imbues the condo with a lived-in feel. The placement of several sculptures of varying scale also add levels of dimension, including two by Butterfield, one cast bronze and the other welded copper, indicative of Lieberman and Butterfield’s 45 years of working together.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419195/ytqbclaocba5ggswixcx.jpg"><figcaption>Pictured: Top and bottom: Enrique Chagoya, middle, left: Lora Fosberg, Right: Robert Arenson</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;A row of painted Artforum covers by artist Conrad Bakker, bordering a doorway, speaks to Brian Gillham’s role in finding just the right place for each work of art in Lieberman’s collection as well as in the gallery. At home he applied his signature skill of bringing order to chaos, singlehandedly rehanging the entire collection. Gillham has worked for Z/L since 2004.&nbsp; “Brian didn’t guess,” says Lieberman when asked about the Artforum covers and other groupings. Discerning ties between concepts – from Herman Aguirre’s paintings to Jay Strommen’s ceramics – and taping out arrangements on the floor, Gillham placed works without disrupting the charm and affection that they generate as a whole. &nbsp;Lieberman has already begun to plan for the future, as Nathan Kemler, Director of Galleries and Collections at Grand Valley State University, points out. “William works endlessly to maximize the role of art in our lives and has enabled us to acquire an incredible contemporary collection to share with our community.” Among many contributions to his alma mater, Lieberman has promised GVSU – which awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2014 – the gift of his ceramic vessels, platters, teapots and sculpture.&nbsp;Often after decades of buying art, a collector slows down. So far, Lieberman has not taken his foot off the pedal and doesn’t want to part with anything that gives him so much comfort and joy. Recently, he says that he’s been prompted to buy more. “It diversifies my collection as well as ensuring that it has a higher level of museum quality. And as far as my relationships with artists, it helps that I continue to invest and believe in their work. It’s my life.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419196/c3y9eja9m4rf3wk6r3ye.jpg"><figcaption>Lieberman is pictured in a room in his new home with the following works: Left: Leslie Wu, top; Jim Lutes, bottom; Above ceramics: Herbert Murrie, left; David Lozano, right; ceramics by William Lieberman, Bottom: Glenn Wexler</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>