<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419162/mchbmpmgfbqp7c2bechy.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Via PRSculpture Milwaukee today announced John Riepenhoff will serve as curator for the 2023 exhibition, which will open this summer and be on view through October 2024. Now in its seventh year, Sculpture Milwaukee is an annual outdoor exhibition of public sculpture in downtown Milwaukee. The organization serves as a catalyst for community engagement, economic development, and creative placemaking.John Riepenhoff is an internationally renowned artist, curator, and gallerist who lives and works in Milwaukee.“I'm thrilled to join the succession of artist-curators at Sculpture Milwaukee,” Riepenhoff said. “After watching the organization innovate exhibition-making and engage the local and international scenes over the past six years, I am honored to help continue to grow its legacy with a new cohort of contemporary artists and community.”A complete list of artists and artworks from Sculpture Milwaukee’s 2023 exhibition will be released in Spring 2023.“Bringing on board an influential artist, one who embraces the abstract conditions of time and attention underscores Sculpture Milwaukee's belief in artists, art, and the cultural issues shaping our time,” added Michelle Grabner, who is a member of the organization's board of directors and executive committee. “John's proven investment in localized communities and his experience in the contemporary art market will advance Sculpture Milwaukee's reach and distinguished reputation.”In addition, Nature Doesn’t Know About Us, which was curated by Ugo Rondinone, is on view now through October 2023.&nbsp;About John RiepenhoffJohn Riepenhoff was born in 1982 in Milwaukee, WI, where he still lives and works.Riepenhoff is co-owner of The Green Gallery in Milwaukee and runs The Open Fund and the Beer Endowment. He has also co-organized Milwaukee International and Dark Fairs, is an inventor of artistic platforms for the expression of others, and is a regular food ideator.His exhibitions and curatorial projects have been presented at Various Small Fires, Dallas (2023); Broadway, New York (2022); John Michael Kohler Art Preserve, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (2021); the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017); The Suburban, Milwaukee (2007, 2008, 2017); Marlborough, New York (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017); Poor Farm, Wisconsin (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016); Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN (2016); Nathalie Karg, New York (2015); Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta (2015); Inova, Milwaukee (2010, 2015); 356 Mission Rd, Los Angeles (2014); Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, Arkansas (2014); Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee (2011, 2013); Tate Modern, London (2010); Swiss Institute, New York (2008).He also continues a program of the John Riepenhoff Experience at various locations around the world, including at Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, Night Gallery, Los Angeles; and Good Weather, Arkansas. He was the 2015 Milwaukee Arts Board Artist of the Year.&nbsp;About Sculpture MilwaukeeSculpture Milwaukee is an annual outdoor exhibition of public sculpture in downtown Milwaukee that serves as a catalyst for community engagement, economic development, and creative placemaking. Free, public, and outdoors, Sculpture Milwaukee honors the arts and celebrates the community with pieces that spark inspiration, conversation, and captivates residents, tourists, students, and art lovers alike to experience sculpture in new and profound ways. Sculpture Milwaukee is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization funded through private grants, donations, and sponsorships. All of the artworks are available for acquisition. For more information, visit www.sculpturemilwaukee.com&nbsp;</body></html>

John Riepenhoff Named Sculpture Milwaukee’s 2023 Curator

<a href="https://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportunities/chicago-art-design-initiative-grants/art-design-chicago-2024-exhibitions-grants/?utm_source=EXPO+Master+%7C+Main+List&amp;utm_campaign=73e7555f42-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_ODLVII&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_5e6f73ac04-73e7555f42-58709297">Art Design Chicago 2024 Exhibitions Grants</a>Art Design Chicago is a platform for collaboration and exchange developed with cultural practitioners throughout Chicago. The initiative seeks to catalyze transformative approaches to co-creation and community engagement and stimulate expansive narratives of Chicago art and design, past and present. The Terra Foundation invites proposals for exhibitions to be presented as part of Art Design Chicago. Recognizing current and historical inequities in presentations and understandings of American (and Chicago) art history, the Terra Foundation encourages exhibitions that address these disparities and exclusions.To be considered, programs should focus on the <a href="https://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportunities/chicago-art-design-initiative-grants/art-design-chicago-faqs/">visual arts and/or design of Chicago</a>, whether historical or contemporary, including Native American arts of the region. Contemporary art projects should offer a reflective and critical engagement with histories, arts, and/or art histories associated with Chicago contexts.More information <a href="https://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportunities/chicago-art-design-initiative-grants/art-design-chicago-2024-exhibitions-grants/?utm_source=EXPO+Master+%7C+Main+List&amp;utm_campaign=73e7555f42-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_ODLVII&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_5e6f73ac04-73e7555f42-58709297">here</a>&nbsp;Chicago Printmakers is Selling Printmaking Care Packages Again&nbsp;For $75 CPC will send a beautiful printy fun pack from you to a recipient anywhere in the U.S. that features a print of your choosing (from 8 possible choices), along with a hand made card to the recipient (that we'll hand write and "sign" for you) plus a bunch of other fun arty goodies. Shipping is included! It's like a BIG GIANT SMALL PRINT HUG in the mail. Take care of your friends and loved ones (and yourself) with uplifting art. The theme here is WELLNESS.<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EbVuQl3oNAx1iQVf9iB_862STFhNvp3UgGLcYhsNEuGG6l6OovGeOzDfn41PSIfsb8meHuhcn19iGWjqCJwo0zM05MIvGqiDxfJk7sHTxxNuC4LK89Or2mI68VSflcNdKjXVycueCl5SLIaNoDscoXaebWNcHxpT2giLWHeIIp7-s49IC6GBWMbWcAIau6HTMN-KotxjXvbr3K7GjdYYTTQ4crxo1ZLZh6EErs90lD6k8PfEko0yRF12VhcoZexEnq9Bh9mJTsOv7fZK53eJfyowp692ovPa3s6TParXEN8=&amp;c=DZkHeiCwEyGSfbZibGA1LnXsRPMEIVCTblZ6_ktmwzJ9Z7Udd6ykog==&amp;ch=jc1oeclXEcw2RmmNe7BpyQVXzvosG1bvlEGx4uWLNgxe5mx-p9rSuA==">SHOP CARE PACKAGES</a><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EbVuQl3oNAx1iQVf9iB_862STFhNvp3UgGLcYhsNEuGG6l6OovGeO30v0F_CzPQeE9GGHhKjHcbTp-GD5ZJc5gH8dB2GtRyRoYhiaRbUrRuMoHJE7ZfCrEx2h-gmt0oIMrYM-Y56H7B4XGmeqPbv1KsxqSnquPiYNKOOnm7F9woGjv1ITsOBEonYxCypddnO&amp;c=DZkHeiCwEyGSfbZibGA1LnXsRPMEIVCTblZ6_ktmwzJ9Z7Udd6ykog==&amp;ch=jc1oeclXEcw2RmmNe7BpyQVXzvosG1bvlEGx4uWLNgxe5mx-p9rSuA==">SHOP PRINTS</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/who-is-theaster-gates-1234651543/#recipient_hashed=613539a43568c1a47820906c3033d813b063aa31da08d3bcc613f3b3d1248578&amp;recipient_salt=57f1da2200d56c9894b7bf21313727239bef88b323c1daff7d2f6c86ce2069bd">From Pottery to Real Estate: Six Essential Works by Artist and Activist Theaster&nbsp;Gates</a>Few artists make work as wide ranging as that of the Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist Theaster Gates, whose art encompasses ceramics, sculpture, music, performance, film, and land development. It also includes what art historians generally call social practice—a medium that focuses on art as a means of social or political engagement—although Gates resoundingly rejects the term.Gates’s projects may at times seem unrelated to one another; what connects classic clay vessels, canvases covered with roofing material, a Black Madonna figure, the revival of neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, and a neon sign reading “Burn Baby Burn” emblazoned above 5,000 records from the personal vinyl collection of a legendary DJ? In fact, there are identifiable threads running through the whole of his oeuvre.Via ARTnews&nbsp;

CGN Art World Recap: 1/24/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419155/jltd1feferyh1gpdomee.jpg"><figcaption>Artist and writer Audrey Niffenegger is the founder of the Artists Book House. Photo by Anna Dobrowolski</figcaption></figure><a href="https://evanstonroundtable.com/2023/01/12/artists-book-house-opts-out-of-harley-clarke-mansion/">Artists Book House opts out of Harley Clarke Mansion</a>The Artists Book House informed the city it is leaving the Harley Clarke mansion, bringing an abrupt end to the group’s dream to create a book and literary center in the long-shuttered lakefront building, its founder said Thursday, Jan. 12.The decision was reached reluctantly, after consulting with four fundraising firms, who, while agreeing it was possible to raise the money required to restore the mansion, concluded that it would take eight to 10 years, far beyond what the group had committed to originally, said Audrey Niffenegger, the founder of the Artists Book House, confirming the decision.Note: CGN profiled Niffenegger and the project in the <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/9/inpursuit-of-bookish-things-audrey-niffenegger-on-building-artists-book-house-a-home-in-evanston">Fall 2021 issue of CGN</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/1/17/23530987/notre-dame-cathedral-restoration-chicago-carla-knoorowski">Chicagoan awarded high honors from France for work rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral ravaged by fire</a>Carla Knorowski cried as she sat on the couch at her Lake View home and watched news coverage of a fire tearing through Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.It was April 2019. The smoke and flames struck a nerve.Several weeks earlier, Knorowski, a professional fundraiser who’s raised millions for her alma mater, the University of Illinois at Chicago, began working with Friends of Notre Dame de Paris on the organization’s board of directors.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;Elmhurst Art Museum Receives $150K NEA GrantEAM announced they have been awarded a $150,000 matching grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and they are the only museum in the State of Illinois to win this national award.This nationally recognized award will aid future renovations to the museum's roof to protect its permanent collections and sustain our humanities programming.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 1/18/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419155/azitb9sju5pvj0wt2no9.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ted-degener-at-home-with-artists">Ted Degener: At Home with Artists</a>Opening: Thursday, January 19, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmIntuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419156/i84qafm5u37fx1megdqh.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/roscoe-mitchell">Roscoe Mitchell | Keeper of the Code: Paintings 1963-2022</a>Opening: Friday, January 20, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419157/yppivyzbhnna8ob5hypa.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sacrifice-and-revelations">Sacrifice and Revelations</a>Opening: Friday, January 20, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmFLXST Contemporary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419157/cnyopq0yaomljmc3fr10.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/environment-s-tallation">ENVIRONMENT/S/TALLATION</a>Opening: Friday, January 20, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419158/nmgpxks9wittk832uwpw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/collected-pauses-solo-exhibition-jeffrey-sanderson">Collected Pauses – Solo Exhibition, Jeffrey Sanderson</a>Opening: Friday, January 20, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAlma Art &amp; Interiors&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419159/qx1mdlikah16jpjokdrg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/for-those-without-choice">For Those Without Choice</a>Opening: Friday, January 20, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWeinberg/Newton Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419160/ltswbt16eupg5eh4ve8w.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/3rd-fridays-open-studios-ad14fe29-ffb5-4a6d-b767-779c6e7902cb">3rd Fridays Open Studios</a>Friday, January 20, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419161/nxuh5l39aqii2tyhj4nn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/doug-fogelson-the-witness">Doug Fogelson: The Witness</a>Opening: Saturday, January 21, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions January 19 - 21

<a href="https://www.richardgraygallery.com/exhibitions/gray-at-60">GRAY Announces 60th Anniversary Exhibition</a>GRAY is pleased to announce GRAY at 60, an exhibition and accompanying book commemorating six decades since the gallery’s founding in 1963 by Richard Gray (1928-2018). Featuring works by sixty historical and living artists whose practices have been integral to the gallery’s vision GRAY at 60 presents the legacy and future of one of the United States’s longest running galleries.&nbsp;GRAY at 60&nbsp;opens on Thursday, January 26 from 5-7 PM, at GRAY Chicago (2044 W. Carroll Ave.) and will be on view through March 11, 2023 before the exhibition travels to GRAY New York (1018 Madison Ave.), where it will be on view from March 31 through May 26, 2023.GRAY at 60 pursues a single material—paper—across more than one hundred years of art history to survey the myriad ways in which artists use the medium as an index of touch and a surface for immediacy. The exhibition takes root in the gallery’s intertwined histories of presenting canonical artists alongside those reinventing the canon itself. As gallery principal Paul Gray notes, “From the beginning [of the gallery] there was the eclectic mission of acquiring, exhibiting, and dealing in the masters of the century’s first half such as Matisse, Picasso, Léger, Giacometti, and Gorky, combined with representing and exhibiting prominent mid-career artists of the time, Calder, de Kooning, Avery, and Morris Louis, as well as exhibitions for young and emerging artists like 26 year-old Bob Thompson whom the gallery presented in its inaugural show in 1963.”Reflecting on this history, GRAY at 60 makes space for Modernist, Abstract Expressionist, Pop, Contemporary, and other expansive practices to be shown together. These transhistorical readings posit a logic for the works of Agnes Martin and Barnett Newman to hang alongside a tar paper work by Theaster Gates; for the colorful forms of Joan Miró, Jackson Pollock, Grace Hartigan, and Helen Frankenthaler to enter into dialogue with McArthur Binion’s and Carrie Moyer’s; for Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse to converse with Alex Katz and David Hockney; for a balance between the sculptors Alexander Calder, Jaume Plensa, and Torkwase Dyson’s impressions in two dimensions; and for Rashid Johnson’s figures to join those by Jean Dubuffet, Alberto Giacometti, and Philip Guston.In considering these conversions of art-making across time, GRAY at 60 finds the medium of paper a fitting ledger with which to trace the years past and those to come.&nbsp;<a href="https://ennouncement.exhibit-e.com/t/y-l-nhddrdy-sykijfhl-t/">Learn More</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artencounter.org">Art Encounter Receives NEA Grant</a>Art Encounter is pleased to announce they were approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $25,000.This grant will support the expansion of <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001hXli2oGYA4YgZccVSaOcrAX_b-j-nQxVmeHxVGYboROndVNzVLdDat-zBhd-UygtUAGk2_P-oaHdxHmgxa5XZ1N4fnhc8-W7fqZ64rqO30SksVuGqNfyOf0IZCAPU4hAN71fQ23prr78H2CXn8Kbb21VdJTdp32KZVrXAKXStS8=&amp;c=8KchOUsiJU5Tcmk2wm1431d_haOmFX2WAO9L6Zuc-VA_J2vnwdg8XQ==&amp;ch=o1LJRTJen90oDBNJChv_RMe0oFIsO3UIFq0cEJ3187MQo6IQuiATWw==">ARTiculations</a>, our in-school art and writing residency program for students in Chicago Public Schools. Art Encounter is honored to be chosen as one of the 1,251 Grants for Arts Projects awardees, totaling nearly $28.8 million in funding announced by the NEA as part of their first round of fiscal year 2023 grants. This will be Art Encounter’s first time receiving grant funding from the NEA.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-art-instutute-of-chicago-employee-federal-embezzlement-charges-20230113-cxkrk3lj4bap3fanwr2h5h7ovq-story.html">Former Art Institute employee charged in $2 million embezzlement scheme</a>A former payroll manager for the Art Institute of Chicago has been indicted on federal charges alleging he embezzled more than $2 million in museum funds over a 12-year period by falsifying payments to employees.Michael Maurello, 56, of Beach Park, was charged in an indictment made public Friday with two counts each of wire fraud and bank fraud. The more serious bank fraud charges carry a maximum of 30 years in prison if he is convicted.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;

CGN Art World Recap: 1/16/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419155/wmykdqgg2zdn3cqimpox.jpg"></figure>Via PR&nbsp;Chicago’s only international artist residency program welcomes artists from Belarus, Minneapolis, and ChicagoHyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, proudly marks the eleventh anniversary of its Jackman Goldwasser Residency program, offering comprehensive residencies of varying lengths to seven local, national and international artists whose creative practices address a wide range of social and personal issues. The Visiting Residency Program, Chicago’s only international artist residency program, welcomes three artists from Belarus and Minneapolis, while the year-long Radicle Studio Residency Program hosts fourChicago-based artists.For over a decade, the Residency program—with a particular focus on ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, Native American) artists—has provided valuable studio spaces, art classes, and supportive resources, while connecting the residents to the city’s artists, curators, art institutions, and cultural communities. Each year, the Residency provides a platform for these international, national, and local artists and curators to take creative risks within their practice and expand professional networks in the context of a historic, community-rooted art space in the heart of Chicago.“We are thrilled to welcome this year’s residents to our community. Through their practice, these artists are committed to exploring issues related to justice, representation, care, and knowledge-sharing and production – all values that are deeply woven into the Art Center’s mission. We embrace the opportunity to support their research, make space for reflection, and grow together in a community,” says Mariela Acuna, Art Center Exhibitions and Residency Manager.&nbsp;The seven artists in the 2023 cohort of the Jackman Goldwasser Residency program are:Radicle Studio Residency, Year-Long Residency for Chicago ArtistsRadicle Studio Residents are rooted for a year at the Art Center through high-quality, free studio space where artists make work, research new projects, have access to the Art Center’s broad international network of artists and resources, and connect with a dynamic public. The 2023 Radicle Residents will be in residency from January 16&nbsp; - December 15, 2023, and include:<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/sofia-fernandez-diaz/">Sofía Fernández Díaz</a> is a multidisciplinary artist whose process is fueled by her knowledge of ancient and modern techniques, combining experimentation, intuition, and play to discover unexpected commonalities between unrelated materials.<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/eric-perez/">Eric Perez</a> is a first-generation American, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, artist and educator. Primarily a photographer, his work focuses on his experience of being a Marine during his two deployments as part of the Global War on Terror and the impacts of militarized intervention. Eric Perez is the recipient of the annual David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation award which makes Perez’s residency possible.<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/kushala-vora/">Kushala Vora</a> is a dreamer, community organizer and an interdisciplinary artist working in sculpture and drawing. Through her practice she focuses on reducing the exertion of power on oneself, another and the landscape.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/rhonda-wheatley-3/">Rhonda Wheatley</a> is a multidisciplinary artist, energy worker, and educator whose installations and interactive projects are grounded in the speculative and metaphysical and explore self and community-healing and care.&nbsp;&nbsp;Visiting Residency, Seasonal Residencies for National and International ArtistsWith support from the McKnight Artist Residencies consortium and the Artist Communities Alliance, the Art Center welcomes Minneapolis-based artists<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/norah-shapiro/"> Norah Shapiro</a> (April 10-22) and <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/rotem-tamir/">Rotem Tamir</a> (May 15-27).&nbsp;Shapiro is an Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker committed to justice focused storytelling informed by her decade-long first career as a public defender. Tamir’s art practice focuses on traditions of object making and how they morph as they travel with their bearers through time and space, echoing the complex stories of relocation and shuffled identities.&nbsp;The Art Center continues its ongoing partnership with <a href="https://www.cecartslink.org/">Citizen Exchange Corps ArtsLink</a>’s acclaimed international fellowship program via Belarussian artist <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/rufina-bazlova/">Rufina Bazlova</a> (October 10 - November 15), who uses traditional Belarussian folk embroidery to create images of resistance in Belarus, whether by depicting peaceful protests or stories of people who have been illegally detained.&nbsp;Rufina Bazlova's residency is made possible with support from the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation Research and Production Fund.&nbsp;For more information on The Jackman Goldwasser Residency, including the application process for the 2024 residency program, please visit <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">www.hydeparkart.org</a>.The Jackman Goldwasser Residency receives generous support from: Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation Research and Production Fund, Artist Communities Alliance, CEC Artslink, The David C. &amp; Sarajean Ruttenberg Art Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Joyce Foundation.&nbsp;About Hyde Park Art CenterHyde Park Art Center, at 5020 South Cornell Avenue on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social change, and connect with new networks. Since its inception in 1939, Hyde Park Art Center has grown from a small collective of artists to establishing a strong legacy of innovative development and emerging as a unique Chicago arts institution with social impact. The Art Center functions as an amplifier for today and tomorrow’s creative voices, providing the space to cultivate and create new work and connections.For more information about Hyde Park Art Center, please visit&nbsp; <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">www.hydeparkart.org</a>.&nbsp;</body></html>

Hyde Park Art Center Announces Resident Artists of Jackman Goldwasser Residency Program

EXPO CHICAGO Announces Exhibitors for 10th Edition in April 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419155/pwdnjjpuak3eu3mdouhf.jpg"></figure>Black Creativity Celebration Starts Next WeekThe <a href="https://msichicago.lt.emlnk1.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubXNpY2hpY2Fnby5vcmclMkZleHBsb3JlJTJGd2hhdHMtaGVyZSUyRmV4aGliaXRzJTJGYmxhY2stY3JlYXRpdml0eS1qdXJpZWQtYXJ0LWV4aGliaXRpb24lMkYlM0Z1dG1fc291cmNlJTNEQWN0aXZlQ2FtcGFpZ24lMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtJTNEZW1haWwlMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudCUzRE5ldyUyQlllYXIlMjUyQyUyQk5ldyUyQkNlbGVicmF0aW9ucyUyNTIxJTI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduJTNERW1haWwtR2VuZXJhbC1KYW51YXJ5LTEwLTIwMjM=&amp;sig=642LHRU6eRyDSiYSbGKLP3Da1XQRGPWax13tHWqCMMWk&amp;iat=1673392608&amp;a=%7C%7C223668553%7C%7C&amp;account=msichicago%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&amp;email=Xrpk13NeuI1ywB2USc6SO5jR7JInPRhP1sWFTHfpdCU%3D&amp;s=0fa412f837e409436353170437eb19d1&amp;i=2258A2474A2A26590">Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition</a>,&nbsp;the longest-running exhibition of African American art, opens at the Museum of Science and Industry on January 16. That same day, join us for <a href="https://msichicago.lt.emlnk1.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubXNpY2hpY2Fnby5vcmclMkZleHBsb3JlJTJGd2hhdHMtaGVyZSUyRmV2ZW50cyUyRmJsYWNrLWNyZWF0aXZpdHktZmFtaWx5LWRheSUyRiUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0RBY3RpdmVDYW1wYWlnbiUyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW0lM0RlbWFpbCUyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50JTNETmV3JTJCWWVhciUyNTJDJTJCTmV3JTJCQ2VsZWJyYXRpb25zJTI1MjElMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0RFbWFpbC1HZW5lcmFsLUphbnVhcnktMTAtMjAyMw==&amp;sig=AgRq23p85NNuFaYQgT2FfpCcjXbqo6pUj1wujt2SofjL&amp;iat=1673392608&amp;a=%7C%7C223668553%7C%7C&amp;account=msichicago%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&amp;email=Xrpk13NeuI1ywB2USc6SO5jR7JInPRhP1sWFTHfpdCU%3D&amp;s=0fa412f837e409436353170437eb19d1&amp;i=2258A2474A2A26591">Black Creativity Family Day</a>.&nbsp;Experience the power of creativity and innovation firsthand with community art projects and more at this annual event.All Illinois residents get free Museum Entry on January 16.&nbsp;<a href="https://msichicago.lt.emlnk1.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubXNpY2hpY2Fnby5vcmclMkZleHBsb3JlJTJGd2hhdHMtaGVyZSUyRmV4aGliaXRzJTJGYmxhY2stY3JlYXRpdml0eS1qdXJpZWQtYXJ0LWV4aGliaXRpb24lMkYlM0Z1dG1fc291cmNlJTNEQWN0aXZlQ2FtcGFpZ24lMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtJTNEZW1haWwlMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudCUzRE5ldyUyQlllYXIlMjUyQyUyQk5ldyUyQkNlbGVicmF0aW9ucyUyNTIxJTI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduJTNERW1haWwtR2VuZXJhbC1KYW51YXJ5LTEwLTIwMjM=&amp;sig=642LHRU6eRyDSiYSbGKLP3Da1XQRGPWax13tHWqCMMWk&amp;iat=1673392608&amp;a=%7C%7C223668553%7C%7C&amp;account=msichicago%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&amp;email=Xrpk13NeuI1ywB2USc6SO5jR7JInPRhP1sWFTHfpdCU%3D&amp;s=0fa412f837e409436353170437eb19d1&amp;i=2258A2474A2A26590">Plan Your Visit</a>&nbsp;57th St Art Fair Applications Due Jan 25The historic South Side art fair is currently accepting applications through January 25. This will be the fair's 76th year.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.57thstreetartfair.org/application-process">Apply here.</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.almaartandinteriors.com/events/first-annual-friends-of-alma-benefit-auction">ALMA Fine Art &amp; Interiors Announces First Benefit Auction to Support Cultural Center Programming</a>The First Annual Friends of ALMA Benefit Auction brings together over 60 pieces of artwork from over 50 artists in support of arts programming at the Chicago Cultural Center for 2023. Early, off-site bidding begins January 10 and ends at 11:59pm (CST), on January 19. Live auction begins on-site at 6:30pm with an after-party at 8:30pm next door, at Marz Brewing.Happy bidding from the team at ALMA!<a href="https://www.almaartandinteriors.com/s/FoA_BIN_v2.pdf">VIEW CATALOG</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 1/12/23

<a href="https://wgntv.com/daytime-chicago/forecast-form-art-in-the-caribbean-diaspora-1990s-today/">News Spotlight on ‘Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s-Today’</a>WGN News aired a segment on the MCA's new exhibition.Via WGN News&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/07/1147678850/a-new-exhibit-in-chicago-features-artwork-by-children-in-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR1fONkqsHrCVX_HmXDTbiHoIZF0g3Ky6XgkeAH4XN5vULVnYPwxx7MosRY">A new exhibit in Chicago features artwork by children in Ukraine</a>NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yustyna Pavliuk and Adrienne Kochman about "Children of War," an exhibit at Chicago's Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art that features artwork by children in Ukraine.Via NPR&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/06/louvre-will-begin-limiting-daily-visitor-numbers-to-create-more-pleasurable-viewing-experience">Louvre will begin significantly limiting daily visitor numbers to create 'more pleasurable viewing experience'</a>In 2022, the Louvre received 7.8 million visitors—19% less than in 2019, albeit a rise of 170% from 2021 when French museums were closed for nearly five months. But the fall in attendance is not necessarily bad news. The Louvre director Laurence des Cars has hit the pause button and decided to limit daily entries to 30,000. Prior to Covid-19, the museum could welcome up to 45,000 people on its most crowded days. With 80% of tickets now issued via a reservation service, the new policy should stabilise attendance at between 7.5 million and 8 million visitors for 2023, the same levels experienced by the museum around 17 years ago.In a statement, Des Cars said she opted for the change “so the visit would be a pleasurable experience, especially for first-timers to the museum who make up 60% of entries".Via Art Newspaper&nbsp;Thumbnail is from MCA's Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today

What We're Reading: 1/11/23

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419155/qt0ivp1mupof8owcarex.jpg"></figure><a href="https://uima-chicago.org/children-of-war?mc_cid=16190b5c8e&amp;mc_eid=82afcb77a8">UIMA Supports Children Affected by War in Ukraine&nbsp;</a>The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art's exhibition Children of War features children’s art works from Ukraine on view through February 12. You can donate to support Children's Art Therapy Sessions as well as purchase art for sale, though most works are already sold out. More info is available here.&nbsp;&nbsp;Heritage Auctions Broke Records in 2022Heritage realized more than $1.45 billion in sales – surpassing 2021's landmark results and setting dozens of auction records along the way, including the world's most valuable sports collectible, comic-book page and concert poster. <a href="https://click.ems.ha.com/?qs=c7175b69fb3b12e6e8ef65195bfa3a05cf89a5391358ca3f89f77d9f6acb4c3cdcb9acfe640e222aa56ed978c7a7c2d93573385c8d3d28fc">Margaret Hamilton "Wicked Witch of the West" Hourglass from The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939)</a> sold for $495,000, and <a href="https://click.ems.ha.com/?qs=c7175b69fb3b12e6da8015ebb26f446f897dd7001be4a13c9a23e5dbec44e793e202fcb974ae3db0947404403b62c15366ad3bc7e0fc8f35">Shepard Fairey, HOPE (Barack Obama), 2008,&nbsp;</a> sold for $735,000&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419156/cfe9inyuj9ejzarkuysi.png"><figcaption>Paul Brourman</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/jean-albano-gallery">Jean Albano Gallery Welcomes New Artist Paul Brourman</a>Jean Albano announced they welcoming a new artist to the gallery for the first time in several years. Reproductions of Paul's series Chicago Looks Good on You can be seen on display as 16' murals at 435 E. Illinois St., on the way to Navy Pier. The original paintings are now on display in the gallery.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 1/11/23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/pgen2o560ydhejqblzfu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gallery-artist-group-show-eee16b89-d55e-4a70-aef9-9e6ff01f68a7">Gallery Artist Group Show</a>Opening: Friday, January 13, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCarl Hammer Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419148/gmccpogpqugsifzpg5nv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-work-group-exhibition">New Work, Group Exhibition</a>Opening: Friday, January 13, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419149/fxjbs3uz5e1bq1e8nsya.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jean-alexander-frater-and-margaret-welsh">Jean Alexander Frater and Margaret Welsh: Centered.</a>January 13ENGAGE Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419150/ekl7tvsrgh054qfyabuz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lora-fosberg">Lora Fosberg</a>Opening: Friday, January 13, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419150/voqcnzrouzy08nlt0h0h.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/welcome-to-winter-art-land">Welcome to Winter Art Land</a>Opening: Friday, January 13, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmJean Albano Gallery&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419151/cd7cccafsnhsc88k7a8s.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-work-by-ben-duke-and-suk-ja-kang">New work by Ben Duke and Suk Ja Kang</a>Opening: Friday, Jan 13 5 – 8&nbsp;pmGallery Victor Armendariz&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419152/xrbjwatai6jpq65bpi3p.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dared-to-be-black-and-shining">Dared to be Black and Shining</a>Opening: Friday, January 13, 6 – 10&nbsp;pmChicago Art Department&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419153/bsg2dvei3el9zvy2yviy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/intersection">Intersection</a>Opening: Saturday, January 14, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Sculpture International&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions January 13 & 14

Via PRCHICAGO, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --&nbsp;Hindman, a leading national fine art auction house with a global buyer base, has promoted Alyssa D. Quinlan to the role of Chief Executive Officer. She steps into the leadership role after three highly-successful years as Chief Business Development Officer, a period in which Hindman increased annual sales by 43%. In 2022, the company recorded its highest-ever annual sales total and expanded its presence to New York, its 16th location in the U.S.<figure class="image"><img src="https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1979108/Alyssa_D_Quinlan_CEO_Hindman.jpg"></figure>Quinlan brings 25 years of diversified experience in private banking, wealth management, and fine art appraisals to the CEO role. Early in her career she led business development at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago, before moving on to leadership roles at J.P. Morgan Private Bank and Gurr Johns, the global art advisory and appraisal firm. She returned to the auction sector in 2019, joining a newly re-launched Hindman, created from the merger of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Cowan's Auctions. She is the second woman to serve as Hindman's CEO, following in the footsteps of her mentor Ms. Hindman, who broke barriers for women in the industry when she founded the Chicago-based auction house 40 years ago.Jay Krehbiel, Co-Chairman and CEO of Hindman since 2018, appointed Quinlan as his successor in the CEO role. He moves into a new role as Executive Chairman, where he will continue to advise and support the company's growth strategy, technology initiatives, and recruitment efforts in key markets."Alyssa has been instrumental in helping me to achieve a sustained period of strong annual sales and exceptional performance on behalf of our clients," noted Krehbiel. "In the three years since she returned to Hindman, Alyssa's entrepreneurial approach has helped us re-energize our business development strategy, grow our Trusts and Estates business, and re-launch our core Appraisals division – all with the goal of providing more sophisticated services to our clients. As a result, Hindman is best-placed to support estates and fiduciaries as they navigate today's increasingly complex economic environment."In her new capacity, Quinlan oversees strategy and day-to-day operations for Hindman, which specializes in providing full-spectrum appraisal and auction services to private collectors, estates, and cultural institutions. Hindman conducts over 140 live and online auctions annually in all major fine art and luxury collecting categories, connecting buyers in over 70 countries worldwide with unique collecting opportunities. Sales in 2022 reached a company record high of $100 million, continuing a multi-year trend of steady organic growth."Early in my career, Leslie Hindman taught me the importance of a client-centric approach to business, and it has remained a cornerstone of my career over the last 25 years, whether in wealth management, appraisal services, or fine art and auctions," said Quinlan. "I am honored to now lead Hindman into its fifth decade as a company, with an unwavering commitment to our clients, supported by a talented team of 175 professionals around the country."Quinlan's appointment follows Hindman's recent <a href="http://email.prnewswire.com/ls/click?upn=OXp-2BEvHp8OzhyU1j9bSWuwMvMWelqIco5RbfBrouY-2BReV33IQA7reAgjtR5p-2FS6JRQn-2Fgzt2ZOV-2Bbb8b-2Fj82EpguK0fbN83RQirh2IedMu3iMkOYzP-2B0EqX1hFjUXu1kvvkkaebapJxcXOJ5cj1IHshXRu6uVdg-2Bkk2RQIlxDq5d1X7AkV3AUToyTbxyEdlgt5dAhC67c6u6AGKmB6W-2BvINHARcr8NDuxztOWx3SvTeQ7T5ykrLjAfnETNn0DqT0nnZEi2OtJFmJ4j-2FvoSu4O-2FIrmDofbsyjllObXE1tYZQ-3D_y-d_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xeip-2Bke9JLNrM9Cc0K-2F03pmtCGpdSuDggdOVxtzZxG659z3XFuBZYy9PZCyWzoID-2FfKkodXBGcwlwG4q3ICKumSsjgEd5sxyB8x731ZMxJ33YApgJNEdQZR0sXE0TkjB3fr4l23Q5c6hzt3PAp-2BsTbajajXUdhIGo-2FVYwA9kyClMqWAI7R4-2FueR4KDtwlzWppfIMq0xP1nyy7InysBmV0vuXLpHus36vndBCQficzUbM7YFMGf6qRnNDg1SmFsn6yseWay5aowg3VMyqGJjLqkT6iQti5mciVjBwM0lTRaUjckukZX4bCvJpfOTXqbUJZmq">expansion into the New York region</a>, a key growth market for important estates and private collections. The new Manhattan location will include a full-service auction room – Hindman's fifth overall – creating another major sales hub for the company to supplement its Chicago, Palm Beach, Denver, and Cincinnati sale rooms.&nbsp;For more information, please visit <a href="https://hindmanauctions.com/ ">Hindman</a>Read CGN's fall 2022 profile of <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2022/8/hindman-celebrates-four-decades-in-chicago-beyond">Hindman's 40 years here</a>.

HINDMAN Appoints New CEO: Alyssa D. Quinlan

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/qqfvvs0vbgjrujhib7i4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/arts/design/ukraine-children-war-art.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare">Tanks and Teddy Bears: Ukrainian Children Paint the War</a>On the walls of a modern art museum in Ukrainian Village, a neighborhood and cultural enclave here, hangs a drawing of the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/magazine/ukraine-mariupol-theater.html">fall of Mariupol</a>, one of the bloodiest battles of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Against a bright orange sky, smoke drawn with a felt-tip pen billows from crumbling buildings as Russian planes fly overhead.The artist? A 9-year-old boy named Roman.Via NYTImage: <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-for-post-trauma-recovery-of-children-in-ukraine">Children of War: Art for post-trauma recovery of children of Ukraine</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/wicker-park-historical-home-sale">This former Wicker Park orphanage turned art gallery is still waiting for its next iteration</a>About eight years after buying a historical Wicker Park building to make it their home, the owners, who did not complete the project, are cutting almost $1.8 million from their asking price.McKenzie Maher and Michael Mertz bought the Wood Street building in 2014 when it had long housed live-work spaces for artists and a gallery. They put it on the market&nbsp;in June 2021 at $8.45 million, but later took it off the market. It's going back up for sale Jan. 5 at $6.7 million.&nbsp;That's a cut of $1.75 million, or 21%.Via Crain's&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/12/28/chicago-architect-behind-riverwalk-cta-stations-and-eye-catching-mcdonalds-designs">Chicago Architect Behind Riverwalk, CTA Stations and Eye-Catching McDonalds Designs Awarded Prestigious Medal</a>A groundbreaking Chicago architect has been awarded the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects, a prestigious honor previously given to luminaries like Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies Van Der Rohe.Chicagoans not familiar with the name Carol Ross Barney almost certainly have experienced some of her work.Barney says that work is guided by a utopian vision to use architecture to better people’s lives.“Every space needs good design,” Barney said. “The amount of benefit to the quality of life that well-designed environments create is extraordinary.”Via WTTW&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 1/4/23

<html><head></head><body>By GINNY VAN ALYEAMy seven-year old son thinks it’s fun to sit on my lap and use my computer, currently to browse for LEGO sets, while I am on deadline. When I was working on this edition of CGN's 2023 Arts Guide, he looked at a page spread and asked why I had to make the magazine again if I’d already done it last year. (He also asks why I have to stay up so late.) I explained that every year we have to update information from the year before. In a 168-page book filled with details, it’s important to stay current. Happy with my answer, we played spot-the-difference in these CGN pages and delayed LEGO shopping a little longer.So much changes in a year–particularly in children, of course, but also the communities we spend time in. In our fall 2022 issue we spoke with many local art leaders, who each shared what the energy of <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2022/10/where-were-you-in-the-80s">Chicago’s 1980s art scene</a> was like when CGN began as a four-page guide to the exhibitions and openings of 16 galleries in a single neighborhood, River North.&nbsp;In 2023 galleries continue to migrate to, or open in, new locations throughout the city; amidst an online world, physically relocating in proximity to other galleries fosters new art centers. West Town has established itself as a robust art district in just a few years. Creativity also thrives in Pilsen, Bridgeport, Ravenswood and Logan Square. We welcome galleries and museums from all corners of the city, as well as Wisconsin, Southwest Michigan and, for the first time, Iowa. CGN’s history is definitely in Chicago, but I’m thrilled to follow this regional art expansion and appreciation that came out of our pandemic-grounding. It’s wonderful to be able to travel and explore the world once more, but there is so much art and creativity to enjoy close to home too.We celebrated <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2022/9/cgn-turns-40-charting-four-decades-of-art-and-changes">CGN’s 40th anniversary</a> this past fall, and this is the 7th edition of our annual Arts Guide. Introducing the guide was a big change for us in 2017. Now it feels familiar. I think when updates are done correctly, you may not even spot the difference, it just seems like something’s always been there, just right. Though formats, schedules, information, addresses and details may change over time, the search for understanding in art is ongoing and constant.&nbsp;I often think about how to best balance history, legacy and change at CGN. So far, that has been to remain in print and continue to serve as a consistent publication of record, while also maintaining a comprehensive digital means of following art. CGN will always aim to be a positive and informative resource for collectors, artists, galleries, students and others who love art. We strive to keep up with the changes and cover the best of what’s happening in Chicago, and well beyond.&nbsp;Please enjoy this 2023 issue of CGN’s annual Arts Guide. Like each one before, it is the best one yet, but there are more to come.<h3><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/magazine">SUBSCRIBE HERE</a></h3>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/ynldzwmkljhb85lhuvb6.png"></figure>&nbsp;2023 CGN Arts Guide Cover artwork: Amanda Williams, Detail of What black is this you say?—“You thought getting Obama elected meant you could take a break from blackness”—black (08.09.20), 2020. Oil and mixed media on wood panel, 60 x 60 inches. Image courtesy of the artist and <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/rhona-hoffman-gallery--2">Rhona Hoffman Gallery</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Publisher's Letter: 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/zk8eh4nglw3wkx8fsmcp.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;By CGN StaffEvents and exhibitions happening in galleries and museums are added to <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events">CGN's calendar</a> throughout the year. Highlights for 2023 include everything from museum blockbusters to under-the-radar gallery shows and international art fairs – something everywhere for everyone. There are also shows yet to be announced in the 100+ galleries listed in CGN.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419148/imknlgwg3zh3xq1dgda0.jpg"><figcaption>Salvador Dalí, Mae West’s Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment, 1934-35. &nbsp; &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• Salvador Dalí: The image disappearsFocusing on the pivotal decade of the 1930s, when Salvador Dalí emerged as the inventor of his own personal brand of Surrealism, this exhibition of 25 paintings, drawings, and surrealist objects considers Dalí’s work in light of two defining, if contradictory, impulses: an immense desire for visibility and the urge to disappear.<a href="https://www.artic.edu">The Art Institute of Chicago &nbsp;</a>Feb 18–Jun 12, 2023&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419149/qyfeqlwoxt9czuihjzjz.jpg"><figcaption>A sample of the truth, 2022, wood, metal, cord, sawdust, wood glue, paper, enamel paint. Image courtesy of the artist and Bridget Donahue Gallery. Photo by Greg Carideo. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• Jessi Reaves: All possessive lusts dispelledReaves combines iconic modernist design with an irreverent aesthetic in sculpture that toys with functionality. Reaves often begins with found furniture, which she dismantles, converts, remakes, enhances, pads, and embellishes in ways that still allow the suggestion of physical contact or use. By breaking things open, she proposes that they be examined visually and in terms of their purpose in life. The exhibition at The Arts Club of Chicago centers on the work Personal Heat, 2021, a deconstructed étagère with accompanying video that explores themes of renovation and rebellion. The sculptural aspect features a pop punk aesthetic of hot pink animal stripes, as if Reaves had been locked in a room in her great aunt’s house with a can of paint, a saw, and some wood glue.<a href="https://www.artsclubchicago.org">The Arts Club</a>Feb 16–May 20&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419149/becpizl7q4hwzg13vuvt.jpg"><figcaption>EXPO CHICAGO Vernissage, 2019. Image by Cory DeWald &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• EXPO CHICAGO Turns 10The tenth anniversary of EXPO CHICAGO takes place this spring under the vaulted architecture of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. The exposition will bring together global galleries and unrivaled programming, alongside unforgettable city-wide events during EXPO ART WEEK.Navy Pier&nbsp;April 13–16, 2023<a href="https://www.expochicago.com">expochicago.com&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419150/awvndsm2yznlts2eopap.jpg"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Shahryar Nashat &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• Shahryar Nashat – It's All Just Stories“Nashat leads his viewers to an understanding of the mechanics of being human, but stops short of arrival; it is up to us to traverse (or revel in) that uneasy gap.” — Simon Castets and Elena FilipovicCurated by Myriam Ben Salah.<a href="https://renaissancesociety.org">The Renaissance Society&nbsp;</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;May 6–Jul 2, 2023 &nbsp;Image courtesy of Shahryar Nashat&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419151/gwsgsbt9cl7b5gre3bcs.jpg"></figure>• WarholThe Warhol Exhibition 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.<a href="https://www.theccma.org">Cleve Carney Museum of Art&nbsp;</a>June 3–Sept 10, 2023&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419152/jhbz7j3aictjxrba3p7n.jpg"><figcaption>Entrance to Abbesses, Paris Metro. Art Nouveau design by Hector Guimard. Steve Cadman © CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to ModernismThis exhibition explores 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 furniture and design objects including jewelry, metalwork, ceramics, drawings, and textiles from collections worldwide, this is the first major American museum exhibition devoted to Guimard since 1970.Guimard is best known for his designs for the Paris Métro entrances, but the exhibition aims to explore lesser-known aspects of the designer’s life.<a href="https://driehausmuseum.org">Richard H. Driehaus Museum</a>Jun 22–Jan 7, 2024&nbsp;&nbsp;Image: Entrance to Abbesses, Paris Metro. Art Nouveau design by Hector Guimard. Steve Cadman © CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419152/mtfui9qhusc8rikhrwu0.jpg"><figcaption>Ruth Duckworth looking at the maquette for Earth, Water, Sky at the Smart Museum of Art in 2005. Photo by Jim Newberry. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• Ruth Duckworth Life As a UnityThis monographic exhibition—the first since a 2006 retrospective—makes use of art historical advances of the last several decades to examine Duckworth’s Chicago work in a new light. Duckworth referred to herself not as a potter or ceramicist, but as a sculptor with clay. The exhibition takes her at her word, foregrounding her sculptural production. Ruth Duckworth: Life as a Unity is part of Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art.<a href="https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu">Smart Museum of Art</a>Fall 2023&nbsp;Image: Ruth Duckworth looking at the maquette for Earth, Water, Sky at the Smart Museum of Art in 2005. Photo by Jim Newberry.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419153/grojoaxemwdcdrmmyavs.jpg"><figcaption>Bob Thompson, Blue Ma Tribune Tower, 6a architects | © Chicago Architecture Biennial / Tom Harris, 2017 &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>• <a href="chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org">Chicago Architectural Biennial</a>The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is dedicated to creating an international forum on architecture and urbanism. CAB’s signature program stands as North America’s largest international survey of contemporary architecture, taking place every two years at the Chicago Cultural Center and sites across the city. CAB programming throughout the year engages global audiences. The Chicago-based collective Floating Museum takes the helm as the artistic team of CAB 5.Various locationsOpening Sept. 2023Bob Thompson, Blue Ma Tribune Tower, 6a architects | © Chicago Architecture Biennial / Tom Harris, 2017&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

2023 Early Culture Preview

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/vr4bh8sgags8cako2mgj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/james-wines-nature-s-revenge">James Wines: Nature’s Revenge</a>Exhibition begins January 6Rhona Hoffman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419148/vw8edgjrjevmznksf5pt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cait-hardie-stillscapes">Cait Hardie: Stillscapes</a>Opening: Friday, January 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419149/yyywt17vpn3ljy9psqhn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/btwxt-ii-anne-lindberg-olivia-schreiner">BTWXT II: Anne Lindberg + Olivia Schreiner</a>Opening: Friday, January 6, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmCarrie Secrist Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419150/rgi2qantjrjqlnu9u0k2.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/western-exhibitions-drawing-biennial-ea741e94-cf31-4669-8c04-bd04e87bca45">Western Exhibitions Drawing Biennial</a>Opening: Friday, January 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419150/jvq1dgirjutkbkfjpgfg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/john-opera-the-observers">John Opera: The Observers</a>Opening: Friday, January 6, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmDOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419151/r2pk4n7jzvnlnuwwaqap.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/assaf-evron-collages-for-mies-van-der-rohe">Assaf Evron:&nbsp;Collages for Mies van der Rohe</a>Exhibition begins January 6David Salkin Creative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419152/l38kyvuad1dyjni9wcpv.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lincoln-and-alice-works-by-julie-cowan-and-julie-meridian">Lincoln and Alice: Works by Julie Cowan and Julie Meridian</a>Opening: Saturday, January 7, &nbsp;4 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419153/sizz7ckrfgqftmmniqwu.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gary-simmons-public-enemy">Gary Simmons: Public Enemy</a>Exhibition begins January 10Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419154/omu8xmdofsyeyoccqwgc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/within-villages-of-stone">Within Villages of Stone</a>Exhibition begins January 3Lily Pad | West&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions: first week of 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/syhedsak0fx4rtzjnkyp.png"><figcaption>Image via The Art Newspaper</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/22/art-market-in-2022-is-the-art-worlds-bull-market-coming-to-an-end?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=0ced47f0e2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_12_23_12_27&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-0ced47f0e2-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D">The art market in 2022: art fair shake ups, single owner auctions and an NFT winter</a>Despite headline figures of record sales, is the art world's bull market coming to an end?Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/anna-delvey-out-of-jail-but-still-under-house-arrest-pulled-in-more-than-300000-from-her-art-this-year-2235630?utm_campaign=6311893839819&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_content=fb_6325808373819_6325808365219_6311893839819_Facebook_Mobile_Feed_fb&amp;utm_term=fb_6325808373819_6325808365219_6311893839819_Facebook_Mobile_Feed_fb&amp;fbclid=IwAR0sfd2UlCL88L7Lo24fjj6AsCKskPEMKGmwdlZ9JwDTI4fZIGEUPUnsqcM">Anna Delvey, Out of Jail But Still Under House Arrest, Pulled in More Than $300,000 From Her Art This Year</a>In the hours after the New York Post published an update on convicted scammer-turned-artist Anna Delvey’s art career—including that her editioned prints and original artworks with various galleries have pulled in more than $340,000 this year alone—there was another surge of interest, including visits to the web page and inquiries to the gallery.Via Artnet&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419148/wrmznqrdfqm7mypzoruv.jpg"><figcaption>Album cover- Duets For Confused Couples. 12 x 12. Colored pencil. 2022</figcaption></figure><a href="https://artspiel.org/an-interview-with-chicago-artist-vito-desalvo/">An Interview with Chicago Artist Vito Desalvo (of Firecat Projects)</a>By opening night the installation of Vito Desalvo’s rare public showing of his drawings was completed and the exhibition opened without a hitch. It will be showing, through December 31 at Greenkill Gallery in Kingston, NY. With the help of Mariah Karson, we were able to present his work in a manner that he found acceptable. My main task other than that was convincing him to attend the opening. After a great deal of bargaining, Vito not only showed up but was also surprisingly charitable in his conversations with guests.Via Art Spiel&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/12/18/artist-pablo-serrano-one-city-s-most-prolific-muralists-making-chicago-home-art">Artist Pablo Serrano, One of the Chicago's Most Prolific Muralists, On Making Chicago a Home for Art</a>Standing outside of Su Familia Real Estate in West Elsdon, where he recently completed a mural on each face of the building, artist <a href="https://pabloserranoart.com/public-art/">Pablo Serrano</a> says for him, art is a method of connection.“Art is responding to life,” he said. “To the things that we're going through, and fundamental questions that go to — where have we been, where are we at, where are we going?”Su Familia’s owners commissioned the mural on the occasion of their 25th anniversary. Serrano says it was an easy connection for him to make between the business of real estate and a larger message about Chicago’s identity.“The title of it is ‘Hope: the Journey Together Towards the Future’ and it features a couple of different elements that are central to what I think is a shared goal of home. When you establish home, whether it’s your apartment or you buy your first home that you’re thinking about your kids, you’re thinking about your family, you’re thinking about your community, your neighbors, the city,” he said.&nbsp;Via WTTW&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 12/28/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/ezxywc2xfwtwalc3dbfl.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Via PRJoin us in celebrating the work of Graham Foundation grantees this year as they continue to push our collective exploration of architectural ideas. Innovative ideas are represented in publications, exhibitions, film, and other programs and formats.This year more than 60 published works by grantees were released, including <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=02edb4c33f&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Building Schools Making Doctors</a> by Katherine L. Carroll (University of Pittsburgh Press); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=ff5f68eddf&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Cyberfeminism Index</a> by Mindy Seu (Inventory Press); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=67579c7282&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Nineteen Reservoirs</a> by Lucy Sante (The Experiment); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=c693491f63&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Offsetted</a> by Cooking Sections (Hatje Cantz); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=7a49cd4f67&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">On Bramante</a> by Pier Paolo Tamburelli (MIT Press); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=d3308bd528&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">The Other Modern Movement</a> by Kenneth Frampton (Yale University Press); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=f5fe48f07e&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Radical Pedagogies</a>, edited by Beatriz Colomina, Ignacio G. Galán, Evangelos Kotsioris, and Anna-Maria Meister (MIT Press); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=1ec181f808&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">The Smokehouse Associates</a>&nbsp;by Eric Booker&nbsp;(The Studio Museum in Harlem); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=7e6feb5eb9&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Who Is the City For? Architecture, Equity, and the Public Realm in Chicago</a>, by Blair Kamin with photographs by Lee Bey (University of Chicago Press); and <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=9c61efe54b&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Architecture of Collage</a> by Marshall Brown (Park Books), which also has a corresponding <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=be4f3e259e&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">exhibition</a> on view through January 7, 2023, at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.There are currently several exhibitions by grantees on view around the world—closing dates noted—such as <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=acc5772972&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Sharing Circles: Carol Newhouse and the WomanShare Collective</a> at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (December 30, 2022); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=65e4ac467a&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Christopher Kulendran Thomas: Another World</a> at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (January 22, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=21e7bed0fb&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Al Río/To the River</a>, by Zoe Leonard at the Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, (January 29, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=cdb0eab1af&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Design and Making in the Trinidad Carnival: Histories, Re-imaginations, and Speculations of Computational Design Futures</a>, by Vernelle A. A. Noel at Prince Gilbert Exhibits Gallery, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (February 28, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=ce14be9b2d&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">of [a] tomorrow: lighter than air, stronger than whiskey, cheaper than dust</a>, by Charisse Pearlina Weston at the Queens Museum of Art (March 5, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=bb76406ed4&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place</a> at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta (March 5, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=2717e4349e&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture</a> at the Museum of Design Atlanta (March 12, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=4c5f2588cd&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Himali Singh Soin: Static Range</a> at the Art Institute of Chicago (May 15, 2023); <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=b1758e8c52&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Sack, mask and stick</a> by Sophie Leddick and Edgar Orlaineta at Centro Cultural La Tallera, Museo Casa-Estudio de David Alfaro Siqueiros, Cuernavaca (March 18, 2023); and Stalled!in&nbsp;Designing Peace&nbsp;at Cooper Hewitt (September 4, 2023).Some highlights of creative projects include screenings of the film <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=e963e39a9b&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Committee of Six</a>,&nbsp;by Fred Schmidt-Arenales; the premiere of&nbsp;<a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=6f65c9678b&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">A Marvelous Order</a>, an opera about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs,&nbsp;by Judd Greenstein, Tracy K. Smith, and Joshua Frankel; the launch of&nbsp;<a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=7a608f55ae&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">People’s Graphic Design Archive</a> (PGDA), an open-source online platform for graphic design history; new episodes of the YouTube series <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=3b6be185f7&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Planes, Trains, and Canes</a> from Mona Minkara; and a new fellowship program created in collaboration between the Urban Design Forum and the Architectural League of New York, called <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=4602251f7c&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">New City Critics</a>.In 2022, the Graham Foundation also awarded nearly $1 million for 92 grants to <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=8902c5abbc&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">individuals</a> and <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=111566e99c&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">organizations</a> that can be explored <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=e2452097fa&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">here</a>. At the Graham Foundation’s Madlener House in Chicago, the current exhibitions also feature the work of grantees. Site-specific supergraphics by Barbara Stauffacher Solomon in <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=be5a79c31c&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Exits Exist</a>, presents new work by Solomon, who was&nbsp;first supported by the Graham in 1993. The exhibition <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=96c861bcd7&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Pidgeon Audio Visual: Architects Speak for Themselves</a>, curated by Florencia Alvarez Pacheco, received a grant for the inaugural presentation in 2019 at Disponible, Buenos Aires and Monica Pidgeon originally received a grant in 1983 to include American architects in her tape/slide talk program featured in the exhibition.Visit <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=73d1efb9ac&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">grahamfoundation.org</a> to explore these projects and more from 2022.&nbsp;Upcoming Grant Deadlines&nbsp; <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=713844e40e&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Grants to Organizations</a> February 25, 2023 <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=d11ab9f7ac&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Grants to Individuals</a> September 15, 2023 <a href="https://grahamfoundation.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=073b7abdf4d4a7eee3270de4a&amp;id=0e6c7abb88&amp;e=d6900cd5a9">Carter Manny Award</a> November 15, 2023&nbsp;</body></html>

Celebrating Graham Grantees in 2022

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419147/amdovpoluvvz5ki6nbb3.jpg"><figcaption>Portrait of Kenneth C. Griffin, Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC, by Paul Elledge</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/12/mega-billionaire-ken-griffin-has-moved-his-masterpieces-to-the-beach">Billionaire Ken Griffin Moved His Art Out of The Art Institute to Florida's Norton Museum</a>In 2015, the hedge fund titan&nbsp;Kenneth C. Griffin&nbsp;became the first person to spend half a billion dollars on art in a single transaction.&nbsp;David Geffen made a deal with Griffin to sell him Willem de Kooning’s boldly colored abstract masterpiece&nbsp;Interchange for $300 million, and Jackson Pollock’s&nbsp;Number 17A—the splatter painting&nbsp;Life magazine&nbsp;plastered in its pages in 1949, minting Jack the Dripper an American celebrity—for $200 million.&nbsp;Griffin could have scurried away with the masterpieces to one of his homes: a $238 million apartment at 220 Central Park West and a $120 million London mansion near Buckingham Palace, the most expensive apartment in Chicago history, getaways in Aspen and Hawaii, a large chunk of Miami’s Star Island. Instead he let them go on view at the Art Institute of Chicago, placing 20th-century masterworks next to the museum’s iconic impressionist and postimpressionist holdings.Via Vanity Fair&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419148/mnenxpc14jajgfcsmdga.png"><figcaption>From left, Roy Lichtenstein’s “Thinking of Him,” 1963; Marjorie Strider’s “Girl With Radish,” 1963; and Rosalyn Drexler’s “Self-Portrait,” 1964, in “New York: 1962-1964.”Credit...Rosalyn Drexler/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Lila Barth, courtesy of The New York Times</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/arts/design/best-art-2022.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare">NYT's Best Art of 2022</a>This was a year whose high points included an adult-feeling Whitney Biennial, a major survey of contemporary Puerto Rican art, and one of the great big-little exhibitions of all time.Via NYT&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/trump-nft-trading-cards-sell-out-2231544">Donald Trump’s Surreal Line of NFT Portraits Sold Out Within a Day—and Are Now Trading for as Much as $44,000</a>Former President Donald Trump has sold a lot of self-branded products in his day. Trump Ties. Trump Steaks. There was even a short-lived Trump Shuttle airline. And now, Trump NFTs—excuse me, Trump Digital Trading Cards.The collection of 45,000 non-fungible tokens depicting Trump in absurdly heroic poses, each priced at $99, sold out within a day of last week’s “major announcement” of the drop. Political commentators had been expecting news surrounding Trump’s third presidential campaign. Instead, we got JPGs. Thousands and thousands of them.Via Artnet&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 12/20/22

<a href="https://www.artic.edu/press/press-releases/322/art-institute-receives-a-remarkable-collection-and-3m-endowment-gift-from-the-stenn-family">Art Institute Receives a Remarkable Collection and $3M Endowment Gift from The Stenn Family</a>From November 2022The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce both the acquisition of a transformative collection of contemporary prints and drawings and a financial gift from The Stenn Family. A promised gift of 97 prints and drawings—from artists including Josef Albers, Eva Hesse, Lee Bontecou, Judy Chicago, Donald Judd, and Sol LeWitt—will be united with more than 100 previously given works from The Stenn Family, creating a truly outstanding collection of works on paper by Pop, Conceptual, and Minimal artists from the 20th century. Representing an era that saw a radical change in how works on paper were made, used, and appreciated, this gift will allow museum visitors to see an expansive representation of this foundational moment in the history of drawing.Via AIC PR<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2017/8/collector-irving-stenn-jr-a-lifetime-of-relationships-through-art">Read CGN's interview with Collector Irving Stenn from 2017 HERE</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a41931381/0146-0157-the-chicago-school-december-2022/">How Chicago Became an Art-World Capital Without Giving In to Art-World Clichés</a>The personal dimension of “Young Lords and Their Traces” is a reflection of many facets of [Theaster] Gates’s life in Chicago, where he was born and raised and continues to make his home and work. But in many ways it’s less about losses than gains—how ideas, practices, friendships, relationships, and passions endure and are kept alive. “I used to think that monuments were about statues of old guys,” Gates explains. “But when I was doing my master’s thesis, I wrote about a synagogue on the West Side of Chicago that had been transformed into a Baptist church, a flea market, and a synagogue again over 80 years. The synagogue is a monument. It is a testament to the truth of many accumulated lives.”<a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a41931381/0146-0157-the-chicago-school-december-2022/">Via Harper's Bazaar</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://greatlakesbydesign.com/2022/11/15/in-contemporary-modern-exhibition/">Coverage of the New WHO Modern / (northern)Western Exhibitions&nbsp;</a>In a renovated, bowstring truss building in Skokie, Illinois, a joint venture between (northern) Western Exhibitions and WHO Modern officially opened its doors this past weekend to celebrate the launch of its shared space featuring contemporary art, midcentury modern design, vintage furniture, and decorative objects. The opening event, which took place on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, celebrated the work of Geoffrey Todd Smith, a Chicago-based artist, and marked the debut of a new community destination initially envisioned by long-time Skokie-resident, Zach Williams, collector and building owner.The creative brainchild of Williams, the space brings together iconic designs and contemporary artwork by artists from Western Exhibitions’ 20-year-long history, and is backed by the combined curatorial expertise of Scott Speh, director and founder of Western Exhibitions, and Donald Schmaltz, partner of WHO Modern.Via Great Lakes Design&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 12/17/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419140/kwo0cqmdhetbjqm97jze.jpg"></figure>Via PR<a href="https://www.expochicago.com">EXPO CHICAGO</a>, the international exposition of contemporary and modern art (April 13 – 16, 2023) and Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS), a leading provider of wealth management, investment management and asset servicing worldwide, today announced that Northern Trust will return as the Presenting Sponsor and will again award the annual Northern Trust Purchase Prize to three institutions during the tenth anniversary edition of the fair. Northern Trust has been a sponsor of EXPO CHICAGO since the exposition’s founding in 2012.During the fair, directors and curators from Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, Wash.; the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and the Saint Louis Art Museum in St. Louis, Mo. will select pieces from the fair’s EXPOSURE Section, which features an international selection of emerging galleries ten years and younger. As Presenting Sponsor of EXPO CHICAGO, Northern Trust will purchase the selected artworks for the institutions’ permanent collections, with the works to be unveiled at EXPO CHICAGO on April 14 at 12 pm on the Northern Trust Exchange Stage.“The Northern Trust Purchase Prize demonstrates our commitment to arts and culture in our communities, by supporting emerging artists and the notable museums that showcase their work,” said John Fumagalli, President, Central Region, Northern Trust Wealth Management. “We are proud to share this award with three museums that will expand the reach of contemporary artists across the country.”Leadership from each institution, accompanied by representatives from EXPO CHICAGO and Northern Trust, will select the artworks from one of the exhibiting EXPOSURE galleries, installed on the main floor of the exposition. The 2023 EXPOSURE section, curated by Aimé Iglesias Lukin, Director and Chief Curator of Visual Arts at Americas Society, features solo and two-artist presentations, and elevates the profile of young international galleries and supports the careers of emerging artists.“Northern Trust has been an invaluable collaborator and partner helping us to shape the legacy and impact of the annual exposition, and we are deeply grateful for their renewed support on the occasion of EXPO CHICAGO’s tenth anniversary edition,”said Tony Karman, President and Director. “Through this partnership, we are proud to award the annual Northern Trust Purchase Prize to three institutions from across the country, shining a light on the work of younger galleries participating in the fair and furthering our mission to build critical relationships between our international exhibitors, their artists and leading cultural institutions.”“We are extremely grateful to EXPO CHICAGO for choosing Seattle Art Museum as a recipient of this year’s Northern Trust Purchase Prize,” said José Carlos Diaz, Susan Brotman Deputy Director for Art, Seattle Art Museum. “Continuing to diversify our collection and champion emerging artists is a core focus of SAM. This award provides us with an opportunity to deepen this commitment and I’m excited to see the selection of galleries and artists on display at the next EXPO CHICAGO.”“The entire MFA St. Petersburg community is deeply honored to be invited to participate in EXPO CHICAGO’s Northern Trust Purchase Prize. We have strong ties to the Chicago art and culture arena, have benefitted from Northern Trust’s great support for the arts in Florida, and are thrilled to be connected with our colleagues across the country through this project,” said Anne-Marie Russell, Interim Executive Director, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. “The Northern Trust Purchase Prize for EXPO CHICAGO perfectly represents the collective ability of a healthy art ecosystem—artists, galleries, institutions, art fairs, media, business, collectors, and audience—all working together to amplify the artist’s voice through their work.”“We are delighted that the Saint Louis Art Museum has been invited to receive EXPO CHICAGO’s Northern Trust Purchase Prize,” said Min Jung Kim, the Barbara B. Taylor Director of the Saint Louis Art Museum. “We have a long history of supporting emerging artists, and thanks to the Northern Trust Purchase Prize, we are excited to build upon that tradition to identify and acquire new work from EXPO CHICAGO.”&nbsp;In previous editions, the Northern Trust Purchase Prize was awarded to:2022: Reginald Sylvester II’s Four Corners, displayed at MAXIMILLIAN WILLIAM GALLERY, donated to the Pérez Art Museum Miami and chosen by María Elena Ortiz, Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami;2022: Nohemí Pérez’s El Palmar No. 4, Pintura No. 3 and Pintura No. 1, displayed at Instituto de Visión, donated to Portland Art Museum and chosen by Sara Krajewski, Curator of Modern &amp; Contemporary Art, Portland Art Museum;2022: Adler Guerrier’s Untitled (Forms–dodecagon, evening primrose, flânerie– brought to bear on a Texan landscape–San Antonio) YGB, Untitled (Forms– dodecagon, evening primrose, flânerie–brought to bear on a Texan landscape– San Antonio) GBY and Untitled (Wander and Errancies–memories within; citrus in Saint Augustine) displayed at Marisa Newman Projects, donated to Walker Art Center and chosen by Henrietta Huldisch, Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Walker Art Center;2019: Summer Wheat’s Extinguishers, displayed at Shulamit Nazarian, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s Long Division II, displayed at NOME Berlin, donated to the Speed Museum and chosen by Stephen Reily, the Director of the Speed Museum and Miranda Lash, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Speed Museum;2018: Amir H. Fallah’s Calling On The Past, displayed at Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, donated to The University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art and chosen by Alison Gass, the Dana Feitler Director of the Smart Museum of Art;2017: Rachel Monosov and Admire Kamudzengerere’s collaborative project 1972, exhibited by Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, donated to Northwestern University’s Lisa Graziose Corrin, the Ellen Mary &amp; Leigh Block Museum of Art and chosen by Philips Katz Director of the Block Museum of Art, Christine O. Robb, Chair of the Block Museum Board of Advisors and Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Block Museum Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs;2016: Neil Raitt’s Emerald Waters (New Beverly), displayed at Anat Ebgi Gallery, donated to DePaul Art Museum and chosen by DePaul Art Museum Executive Director Julie Rodrigues Widholm and DePaul University Trustee Dia Weil;2015: JJ PEET’s Jaw X, displayed at On Stellar Rays Gallery, donated to The Arts Club of Chicago and chosen by Arts Club Executive Director Janine Mileaf and Chairman of the Board Helyn Goldenberg;2014: Elise Ferguson’s Saree, displayed at Romer Young Gallery, chosen by a jury led by Michael Darling, James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and placed in the permanent collection at Northern Trust;2013: Jorinde Voigt’s Horizon (Berlin II), displayed at David Nolan Gallery and Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, donated to The Art Institute of Chicago and selected by Mark Pascale, Janet and Craig Duchossois Curator of Prints and Drawings.&nbsp;In addition to the Northern Trust Purchase Prize, Northern Trust’s presenting sponsorship of the exposition includes a wide variety of programming and activations, including The Northern Trust Anchor Lounge, a dedicated space for Northern Trust clients and invited guests. Guests will enjoy refreshments and peer-to-peer networking in a relaxing, stylish setting.Northern Trust Wealth Management offers holistic wealth management services for affluent individuals and families, family offices, foundations and endowments, and privately held businesses. It is recognized for its innovative technology, service excellence and depth of expertise, with $336.2 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2022. The Northern Trust Company is an Equal Housing Lender. Member FDIC.&nbsp;Visit <a href="https://www.expochicago.com">expochicago.com</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

Northern Trust to Return as Presenting Sponsor of EXPO CHICAGO; 2023 Purchase Prize Extends to Three Institutions Across U.S.

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419140/lwpnddgcusogk5lswujh.jpg"><figcaption>Candida Alvarez, Pica, Pica 5, 2021 acrylic on linen 20 x 20 in.50.8 x 50.8 cm. Courtesy Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>By CGN Staff via PRNext month THE COLLECTION: Where Art Meets Fashion, the multifaceted contemporary art program located within Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont, IL will unveil the program’s latest site-specific installation by celebrated Puerto Rican-American artist Candida Alvarez. The two-story abstract mural will be completed and on view to the public on Level Two of the shopping center starting January 2023.&nbsp;“Much like clothes in the closet that we love and pull out to wear from time to time, ‘zip me up’ is a return to, and remix of, an earlier painting of a dahlia flower that lived on a Chicago rooftop,” said Alvarez. “This commission by Fashion Outlets of Chicago was a wonderful opportunity to dive back into my own archive and remix this painting to give it a bold, evocative new life.” &nbsp;&nbsp;Known for her complex, vibrantly layered works, Alvarez’s paintings and drawings combine abstract and figurative forms that are rich in pop, historical and modern art references, often incorporating world news and personal memories. Throughout her career, she has been commissioned by the City of Chicago for a 200 foot-long digital painting on the Chicago Riverwalk, collaborated with international designer Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons 2017 Men’s Couture collection, celebrated a 40-year retrospective at the Chicago Cultural Center and more. Recently, her work has been seen in the inaugural La Trienial at El Museo del Barrio in New York Latinx Abstraction at BRIC Arts in Brooklyn, and Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design &amp; Architecture in Belgium. Her work has been acquired by institutions including The Art Institute of Chicago, Perez Art Museum Miami and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Alvarez’s work can currently be found in the Art of the Caribbean Diaspora exhibition at the MCA and in No Existe un Mundo Poshuracán at the Whitney Museum of American Art.&nbsp;“This colorful, visually exciting piece exemplifies the fun, playful side of fashion and we can’t wait to unveil it to shoppers and art enthusiasts throughout Chicagoland and beyond,” said Katie Walsh, senior marketing manager at Fashion Outlets of Chicago. “The work is a perfect example of Macerich’s dedication to bringing world-class, accessible contemporary art to the public while supporting and uplifting work by incredible artists like Candida Alvarez.” &nbsp;Candida Alvarez is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago. Read <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2022/5/candidly-candida">CGN's 2022 interview with Alvarez</a> here.&nbsp;Additional artists who have worked with THE COLLECTION include Derrick Adams, Chad Kouri, Edra Soto, Matthew Hoffman and many others.&nbsp;For more information on THE COLLECTION and Fashion Outlets of Chicago please visit <a href="http://www.fashionoutletsofchicago.com/thecollection">www.fashionoutletsofchicago.com/thecollection</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419141/i4ermzrgx0myolzuvs4o.jpg"><figcaption>From 2018: Fashion Show by Derrick Adams, Photo by Jim Prinz, Courtesy of Fashion Outlets of Chicago &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Two-Story Mural by Candida Alvarez To Be Unveiled at Fashion Outlets in January 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419140/ztkufqwyzsznwxghfnjh.png"></figure>Via PR&nbsp;CHICAGO—Intuit received a Community Development Grant of $5 million from the City of Chicago as part of Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot's Chicago Recovery Plan, supporting the museum's renovation of its existing building to increase audience space and expand institutional reach.Intuit is one of 61 finalists to receive the Community Development Grant in the third and final round of awards in 2022. Of the finalists, the museum is among 14 nonprofit organizations and neighborhood businesses to receive grants exceeding $250,000 and is the sole arts and culture institution to receive the highest award of $5 million. In addition to the funds raised through its ongoing capital campaign, Intuit will use this funding to support the renovation of its existing building at 756 N. Milwaukee Avenue, home to the 31-year-old museum since 1999."After 30 years of advocacy for self-taught, outsider and visionary art, this grant validates our mission," said Jan Petry, founding member of Intuit and co-chair of the museum's capital campaign. "We're excited to renovate our facility to better serve the art, the artists and the community."Through renovation, Intuit will expand its usable audience space from one to three floors while improving the working conditions and safety for guests, staff and the art via upgrades to utilities and HVAC. The museum will add two more galleries, doubling its exhibition space; a dedicated education space and art-making studio; a community gathering space to host performances and lectures; and an updated exhibition on the art and life of renowned Chicago outsider artist Henry Darger. Plans include restoring the building's historic second-floor façade and replacing its brick first-floor façade with windows and an accessible entrance, keeping its quirky character while creating a more welcoming atmosphere for guests. The renovated museum will connect growing audiences to the genre of outsider and self-taught art through on-site exhibitions and programs and serve as a home base for museum programs in Chicago Public Schools and neighborhoods."This incredible grant from Mayor Lightfoot and the City of Chicago will be transformative for our museum," said Tracy Holmes, president of the board of directors. "We are excited about Intuit's next chapter, to grow our footprint, and to increase our capacity to bring outsider and self-taught art to our neighborhood and city."Part of the Chicago Recovery Plan, the Community Development Grant program was created to support Chicago's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and other forms of neighborhood disinvestment. Through federal and local funding sources, Community Development Grants fund workplace improvements, new construction, energy-system enhancements and other projects that support neighborhood vitality, economic development and local planning goals. Final grant recipients were selected from more than 600 applications with funding decisions based on project readiness, viability, location and neighborhood needs, among other factors.Finalists are to complete their projects in the subsequent 18 to 24 months. Intuit plans to begin construction in fall 2023 and will share updates with the public throughout the process on the status of its reopening.&nbsp;ABOUT INTUITFounded in 1991, Intuit is a premier museum of outsider and self-taught art, defined as work created by artists who faced marginalization, overcame personal odds to make their artwork, or who did not, or sometimes could not, follow a traditional path of art making, often using materials at hand to realize their artistic vision. By presenting a diversity of artistic voices, Intuit builds a bridge from art to audiences. The museum's mission—to celebrate the power of outsider art—is grounded in the ethos that powerful art can be found in unexpected places and made by unexpected creators.Intuit is open 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday and by appointment on Tuesday and Wednesday. For more information, please visit <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0019tXn4HpevIFuSvMr79bMAjYB56SM0q5vlQ30F6jLyBfR__zVhkwFPMhM6RfoX4MpJ3jhenN-av68-hbbcgsd_1lzr78GC2FhKYr-KYqO-g9UuB5RgEp15K7hPqSX03g0DSfIH-nMXYng9UlGsl93Yw==&amp;c=LnkyVfD4InvVgK3QbDz8OblxT9N5mtTkTTFj5EbwVPunlzyCJCx8ng==&amp;ch=uU__uoYvwVWQWtJyvYQgkO_k8wSx-kja0tCEQ-cf4pptarDgYycePw==">www.art.org/visit/</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

City of Chicago Awards Intuit a Community Development Grant of $5 Million

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419140/wf6q3sgfy8evg7dp199i.jpg"><figcaption>Performance by Chicago’s Same Planet Performance Project, Tom Brady, and the Flowers for Zvenigora, with partner Defibrillator Gallery at SITE/less. Courtesy of Zephyr Dance. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>Via PRCHICAGO, IL (December 15, 2022) <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">Hyde Park Art Center</a>, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, announces the third phase of Artists Run Chicago Fund, a regranting initiative providing unrestricted COVID relief for Chicago’s artist community since 2021. The third phase will give a total of $120,000 to 15 independent artist-run spaces ($8,000 each). To date, the initiative has given more than half a million dollars ($680,000) to 85 independent artists-run spaces. Artists Run Chicago Fund initiative is generously supported by the Builders Initiative.The fund aims to acknowledge the important contributions of artist-run platforms to the Chicago art community, strengthen artist-to-artist support networks, and encourage the emergence of new artist-run spaces, while prioritizing platforms run by ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American), queer, womxn artists and artists with disabilities. Grantees range from artist-run galleries, community studios, festivals, to art writing and programming platforms, infusing Chicago’s visual art ecosystem with flexible financial support to strengthen their diverse and experimental programs.Recipients of the third phase include: Bird Show, Bridge, Center for Native Futures, Contra Corriente 2023, Convictions, Companion Cooperative, Hoofprint, Intersect, Mayfield, Mothers Healing Circle, Narrow Bridge Arts Center, Out of Site Chicago, SITE/less, Watershed Art &amp; Ecology, and WILD YAMS: Black Mothers and Caretakers Artist Residency.Mariela Acuna, the Art Center’s Exhibitions and Residency Manager, talks about the core values of the grant initiative being innovation-driven and artist-centered: “Diverse in their programming, this year’s grant recipients exemplify the spirit of artist-run art platforms in Chicago: they have invented new experimental ways to present visual arts programs, and committed to building support for diverse artist groups. We are honored to be in a position to support the work of these astute artists whose labor and generosity feeds the creative energy of Chicago by creating platforms that uplift other artists.”Elizabeth Born from Hoofprint shares how this grant enables the organization to work with emerging artists: “Artists at the beginning of their careers may not have access to or resources to sell their work, and often make work that is not commercially viable or easily commodified. The ARC Grant will allow us to provide artists with a no-strings-attached stipend to ensure that they are compensated for their ideas and labor, regardless of their proximity to collectors.” Teri Carson from Intersect shares the sentiment: “We are thrilled and thankful we can continue our work supporting emerging artists working in performance, sound, moving image and new media. This grant will enable us to provide more opportunities for artists to grow, share their work, and experiment in front of an audience."Michelle Kranicke and David Sundry, co-directors of&nbsp; SITE/less, share how the grant is significant in supporting alternative artmaking: “This grant is such an important recognition for artists working to create spaces that challenge the typical model of most museum and performance venues. At SITE/less, we work to rethink the relationship between typical performance venues and curatorial practice.The acknowledgement and support from Hyde Park Art Center means a lot for experimental spaces like us.”Initiated during the challenging years of the COVID-19 outbreak, Artists Run Chicago Fund has created breathing room for artist-run projects to continue to innovate and thrive. The first two phases took place in 2021 and granted awards of $8,000 to each of the 70 independent artist-run spaces. The grants have increased platforms’ capacity to pay artists to make new work, pay staff, develop new programs, and invest in socially engaged practices. For over two decades, Hyde Park Art Center has been an ally for independent art spaces. The Art Center presented the first <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibition-archive/artists-run-chicago/">Artist Run Chicago</a> exhibition in 2009 with contributions from forty spaces in existence between 1999 and 2009, and <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibition-archive/artists-run-chicago-2-0/">Artists Run Chicago 2.0</a> in 2020 to celebrate the work of fifty artist-run spaces that fuel Chicago’s independent art scene.&nbsp;The fund will continue to support independent art spaces for three years.&nbsp;About Hyde Park Art CenterHyde Park Art Center, at 5020 South Cornell Avenue on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social change, and connect with new networks. Since its inception in 1939, Hyde Park Art Center has grown from a small collective of artists to establishing a strong legacy of innovative development and emerging as a unique Chicago arts institution with social impact. The Art Center functions as an amplifier for today and tomorrow’s creative voices, providing the space to cultivate and create new work and connections.&nbsp;For more information about Hyde Park Art Center and the Artists Run Chicago Fund, please visit&nbsp; <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">https://www.hydeparkart.org/</a></body></html>

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