<a href="https://mcachicago.org/publications/blog/2022/announcing-the-d-daskalopoulos-collection-gift">MCA receives ‘one of the most impactful donations’ ever</a>We are excited to announce the donation of a significant body of important contemporary artworks gifted to us by MCA Trustee, Dimitris Daskalopoulos. The gift featuring 100 works jointly held between the MCA and the Guggenheim is one of the most impactful donations to our collection in the MCA’s history. Each work in this trove reinforces and clarifies our institutional values, especially our longstanding commitment to supporting bold artistic experimentation. These works will enrich our collection, bolster strengths in our current holdings and fill existing gaps. Among the major artists whose work will be entering our collection for the first time are Ghada Amer, Karla Black, Paul Chan, Robert Gober, Sarah Lucas, Alina Szapocznikow, and Rebecca Warren.Via MCA PR&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ox-bow.org/oxbow-house">Ox-Bow House</a>Ox-Bow School of Art, located in Saugatuck, Michigan, announces Ox-Bow House, a place for fellowship, education and art, in the neighboring city of Douglas, Michigan. &nbsp; Ox-Bow House is a pilot project by Ox-Bow School of Art, a 112-year old, independent summer art school that has been welcoming artists from around the nation and beyond to West Michigan since its founding in 1910. Ox-Bow’s classes, workshops, residencies, and public programs are developed in-house by a professional staff of artists, curators, and educators. With a vibrant community of nationally and internationally respected artists on their campus each year, Ox-Bow House seeks to extend this resource to the public through a diverse menu of programs throughout the year.&nbsp; &nbsp;Via PR&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/it-hits-market/mies-van-der-rohes-former-chicago-home-sale">Mies van der Rohe lived here. You could be next.</a>The Pearson Street co-op unit where the giant of modern architecture lived for most of his three decades in Chicago is coming on the market in a week.Via Crain's Chicago Business&nbsp;<a href="https://artonthemart.com/programming/">Art on theMART to Project Works by CPS Students</a>Art on theMART is adding a new projection to their previously announced Spring Program that will feature artwork from eight soon-to-graduate Chicago Public Schools (CPS) seniors. The artwork for the projection, consisting of self-portraits, was collected in conjunction with CPS’s All-City Visual Arts program. Following a selection process, eight CPS seniors who submitted to the All-City High School Visual Arts Exhibition were selected to have their work featured on the façade of theMART. Students’ artwork was selected based on a score given for technical skill, craftmanship, originality and student voice. The projection, officially titled Select Works from the CPS Class of 2022, will premiere April 22 at 8:30 p.m. following a brief speaking program, and will run twice nightly at 8:30 and 9 p.m. through May 4. &nbsp;Via PR&nbsp;<a href="http://www.weinbergnewtongallery.com">Weinberg/Newton Announces Key Partnership</a>Weinberg/Newton Gallery a non-commercial gallery dedicated to promoting social justice causes, is partnering with Mercy Housing Lakefront to present Key Change. Addressing the present-day housing crisis, Key Change will feature works by Gabrielle Garland, Tonika Lewis Johnson, Maymay Jumsai, Riff Studio and South Side Home Movie Project. Key Change is curated by Weinberg/Newton Gallery Director Nabiha Khan-Giordano and is presented in collaboration with Mercy Housing Lakefront. The exhibition will run from April 29 to July 16, 2022.Via PR&nbsp;

CGN Art World Recap: 4/14/22

<html><head></head><body>By CGN Staff<a href="https://www.expochicago.com">EXPO CHICAGO</a> returned this past weekend, featuring 140 galleries from around the world and crowds that turned out in droves. Thursday night's Vernissage preview saw steady crowds of well-dressed collectors, dealers and members of the art world. While art fairs were largely put on hold for much of the past two years, artists have continued to be busy and that productive creativity was on display this past weekend.&nbsp;There were thousands of works of art on view as well as dozens of lectures and topical programs. For CGN the fair was a chance to see colleagues and friends, to meet subscribers, share the new issue of the summer magazine and to observe the engagement of art in person again. We saw much of what others saw as we wandered the fair aisle by aisle, but what we took photos of was colorful, appealing and typically larger in scale.&nbsp;Here for you are some of our highlights of EXPO 2022.&nbsp;The fair will be back again next April.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/pcj5cti5lbkytwbmb2he.jpg"><figcaption>Stephen Eichorn installation in Carrie Secrist's booth&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419042/rmq9gxullbpeyeyjsa4y.jpg"><figcaption>Jose Lerma, Nino Mier Gallery</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419043/si94mnlcbseuqn3jchr2.jpg"><figcaption>A wall of Karl Wirsum works at Corbett vs Dempsey's booth</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419044/d4ethomoafedzxjqeypb.jpg"><figcaption>Sarah Zapata, A Famine of Hearing, 2016, Deli Gallery – IN/SITU at EXPO&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419045/nspfo9llvhe508ecuiqt.jpg"><figcaption>Zhuang Hong Yi, Blossom: Four Seasons, Rice paper and acrylic on canvas, 2021. Smith Davidson Gallery</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419046/f3jen8vuri45koqsu8mb.jpg"><figcaption>Dinh Q. Lê, Monuments and Memorials #11, cut and woven chromogenic prints and linen tape, 2021, P.P.O.W. Gallery</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419046/w8xrtne7xdmtazyieypg.jpg"><figcaption>Ebony G. Patterson at monique meloche</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419047/cxvr4rj8vwxuwjacc2h3.jpg"><figcaption>Asad Faulwell, Levitator, 2020, acrylic, pins and photo collage on canvas, Lawrie Shabibi&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419048/gtnrybu5mffixgfxu709.jpg"><figcaption>James Siena, Trectiuff, Graphite and acrylic on linen, 2020, Miles McEnery Gallery</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419049/nnhuncsyjnn03biv3jsp.jpg"><figcaption>Manolo Valdés at Ascaso Gallery</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419050/ddspzzztvbfpbtscqu0g.jpg"><figcaption>Left: Claude Viallat, acrylic on tarpaulin, 2016; right: a photograph by Laura Letinsky, DOCUMENT Gallery&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419050/nabskqwyia59ljuslnqy.jpg"><figcaption>Leon Polk Smith, Constellation U, paint on canvas, 1968, GRAY&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419051/galjplf1p4dxrrgxxnay.jpg"><figcaption>Anna Kunz, McCormick Gallery</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419052/alfvvfspgzyd41iy3c4e.jpg"><figcaption>Jackie Milad, mixed media on paper collages, 2021, De Buck Gallery</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We Saw at EXPO 2022

<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/04/08/expo-chicago-2022-latin-american-presence?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=2d16b66823-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_04_08_04_36&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c459f924d0-2d16b66823-61117077">With strong showing by Latin American artists and galleries, Expo Chicago expands the definition of a regional fair</a>The description “a regional fair” can seem at best dismissive and at worst derogatory. <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/keywords/expo-chicago">Expo Chicago</a>, with its wealth of international programming that sees galleries, curators, institutional directors and attendees from across the globe descend upon the Jewel of the Midwest, reimagines what it means to be regional.Instead of exemplifying an exclusive definition of the word “regional”, this year's Expo Chicago fair is very much inclusive and expansive. This fact is made clear by the fair’s <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/exhibitors/exposure">Exposure section</a>, which was curated Humberto Moro, the recently named director of program for the Dia Art Foundation. In organising the section, Moro focused his curatorial lens on Latin American galleries and artists that could, in turn, underscore issues like labour rights, social and environmental justice, and the influence of technology on the world, all of which should be considered global concerns.Via the Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/04/05/frida-kahlo-s-personal-collection-photos-comes-pilsen">Frida Kahlo’s Personal Collection of Photos Comes to Pilsen</a>After touring worldwide for over 10 years and reaching nearly 1 million visitors, Frida Kahlo’s personal collection of photos has made it to Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.The personal photo collection was rediscovered in the influential Mexican-born <a href="https://papersowl.com/discover/the-blue-house-frida-kahlos-private-universe">artist’s home known as La Casa Azul</a>. When Kahlo died in 1954 in her Mexico City home, her husband, Diego Rivera, locked some of her artworks and objects in a room. Fifty years later, that room was unlocked, and hundreds of unpublished photographs were discovered.Via WTTW&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mechanic-found-trove-artworks-connecticut-dumpster-may-worth-hundreds-thousands-dollars-2097396">A Man Pulled Some Unusual Art From a Dumpster, Thinking It’d Be Fun for Halloween Decor. It May Actually Be Worth a Scary Amount</a>Four and a half years ago, a mechanic pulled a trove of unidentified artworks from a Connecticut Dumpster, hoping to use them for Halloween decorations. But after some amateur sleuthing, he learned the pieces belonged to a once-prominent New York artist—and they may be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.The artworks, it turns out, were made by Francis Hines, a late, largely-forgotten Abstract Expressionist who made a name for himself wrapping canvases, sculptures, and even entire buildings in fabric before departing the New York art world for a quiet life in Connecticut.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/11/arts/design/fearless-girl-statue-new-york.html">New York Lets ‘Fearless Girl’ Hold Her Ground, for Now</a>The popular “Fearless Girl” sculpture will continue to stand outside the New York Stock Exchange after city officials voted on Monday to extend the sculpture’s temporary permit for 11 months. This decision comes with the stipulation that the city, the owner of the sculpture and the artist return in six months with a process for deciding the artwork’s ultimate fate.Via NYT&nbsp;Key image: Hilary Swift for The New York Times

What We're Reading: 4/11/22

<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/4/5/23011633/chicago-designers-theaster-gates-prada-dorchester-design-lab-program-artists-of-color">Theaster Gates, Prada create incubator to support designers of color</a>The Design Lab, a collaboration between Theaster Gates’ Rebuild Foundation and Prada Group, aims to uplift and invest in designers of colors in fashion, architecture and the industrial arts.“We spent a lot of time watching how many of the fashion houses in the design world and the museum institutions have been acknowledging and celebrating the contributions of Black artists and designers and people of color, but it felt like much of that has been marketing strategy,” said Gates, co-chair of Prada Group’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/expo-art-fair-returns-to-navy-pier-after-two-years/fcca5fc6-6abc-4671-8d1e-1d699105cb9f">Meet the curator on a search for Chicago’s next art star</a>When Jamillah James was tapped for the high-profile job of helping relaunch the Institution of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in 2016, she arrived with a mission: to create space for emerging artists, especially Black and brown ones.Among the first places she searched was Chicago, where she had previously played the drums in an experimental band, dabbled in arts programming, and studied art history and theory at Columbia College.Via WBEZ&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/expo-chicago-2022-2093135?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%20News%20Morning%204%2F8%2F22&amp;utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BMORNING%5D">Expo Chicago Lights Up for the First Time in Years, Drawing Dealers From Near and Quite Far</a>It’s been a lifetime since Expo Chicago—or at least it feels that way—which makes it just amazing to see the city’s bold&nbsp;Navy Pier filled out with&nbsp;collectors, gallerists, curators, and the like for fair’s 2022 edition.“It’s a good excuse to bring people to town to show how strong our galleries, museums, and universities are,” Aron Gent, director of local gallery Document, said at the fair’s Thursday vernissage.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;Key image: Theaster Gates. Photo credit: John R. Boehm&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 4/8/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/iykhd2uxyyucem3ykzhn.png"><figcaption>Image: mundissima/Shutterstock.com</figcaption></figure>By GINNY VAN ALYEAAfter consuming so much virutal content and aligning business practices to accomodate the shift to a more engaging and receptive online marketplace these past two years, which of these now entrenched vestiges will continue in 2022 and beyond? Many of the design and digital access features created in response to COVID’s immediate market limitations–online viewing rooms, for instance–now seem suited for the long term. Gallery clients, from the comfort of home, are able to ask galleries for custom decks to review specific artists or art that meets certain design parameters. Timed access for appointments or events creates just enough of a sense of urgency to spur collectors to show up and engage with art. In 2020 the virtual became necessary. In 2022 I sense it’s inescapable. As technology gets better faster and touches every level of our lives, it’s becoming inextricable from everything from entertainment to finance, to art. That is something we should pay close attention to. &nbsp;&nbsp;AN AUCTION REVEALED THE MARKETIt was just over a year ago, in March 2021, when Christie’s launched non-fungible tokens into the international art consciousness when it sold the first NFT, based purely on a digital work of art, ever offered by a major auction house for $69.3 million. “Everydays: the First 5,000 Days” by the artist Beeple was the the most-expensive NFT ever sold. The price was so shocking and the concept still so weird in many ways the sale itself didn’t seem real. Suddenly, art is not just available digitally. It is digital. Since the Beeple sale, NFTs have exploded beyond the auction house. What’s perhaps more eyepopping than a hammer price of more than $60 million is, as Christie’s shared on their website, the notion that NFTs have the potential to transform how we think about and establish creation as well as ownership, and not just of art but anything we can buy. The slipperiness of provenance and authenticity of physical art is moot with the symbiosis of digital art and its perpetual link to the blockchain.Sites like OpenSea and others specializing in crypto allow collectors and lookers to see what NFTs have been created (“minted”) and when, followed by when they have been sold and in what edition, and ultimately when they’re traded. Consider the value of this eight decades from now and what this chain could mean for any surprise sales or reappearances, particularly sinister ones such as from war time looting. &nbsp;“NFTs have proven to be a remarkable force in the art world,” says Gary Metzner, Sotheby’s Head of Office, Chicago, “opening up a whole new market for digital artists in such a short amount of time, while also providing a new avenue for established, more traditional artists to experiment in new forms.” Metzner elaborated on collector interest at Sotheby’s, “Since Sotheby’s first began NFT sales almost a year ago, we’ve seen a tremendous response from both digitally native collectors who are new to Sotheby’s, as well as collectors more accustomed to physical art. In a period of only about 8 months, Sotheby’s sales of NFTs hit $100 million, having never before explored this category; a remarkable feat for a 278-year-old auction house!”&nbsp;You’re only young once, which as we all know is its own major advantage. NFTs seem to live, for now, in the sandbox laboratory of contemporary artists (and of course celebrities)–undoubtedly because NFTs are a fresh, new medium. Many of the most active players are ones who speak the language of crypto art best, even if it’s outside the mainstream art market, much in the way street artists have been recognized and lauded in off-market circles long before they hang 3D art on white walls. NFTs are by no means limited to art. Says Metzner, “It is a very exciting time in the world of NFTs and the art market, as NFT application has only just begun, and there is much more to discover in how NFTs can be applied across a variety fields, like pop culture, entertainment, sports, and much more.”&nbsp;NFTS IN CHICAGOThis spring at EXPO CHICAGO will we see booths displaying monitors offering NFTs for sale at? Very likely. A /Dialogues panel titled Generative Art and NFTs, features artist and NFT evangelist Kenny Schachter. Schachter recently wrote on Artnet about teaming up with NFT designers to publicly raise money to benefit Ukraine through the launch of a collection entitled NFTUkraine and through NFT donations. He cited that in the first two weeks of the war against Russia, NFT sales had contributed $9 million in crypto currency, serving, also according to Artnet, as modern day war bonds.&nbsp;In general Chicago’s art community hasn’t prostrated to trends the way other cities’ have. Typically there is a wait-and-see appoach to anything that could seem flash-in-the-pan.&nbsp;Vertical Gallery owner Patrick Hull shared, “[Vertical hasn’t] yet participated in the release of a NFT, although we work with artists that have. I haven’t purchased a NFT -– I haven’t seen anything that I want to own -– but I actively follow the market. The industry is still in its early stages, so we will continue to evaluate if and when we will offer them.”Collector Tim Garvey, skeptical of the appeal of NFTs and value long term shared, “NFTs are a bit opaque to me; the notion feels cold and gimmicky. I don’t understand where the attraction lies – except to the sellers. I assume once this gold rush period is over, NFTs won’t hold much sway for the average collector or art-appreciator. The concept, as I understand it, has nothing to do with the underlying merit or impact of the work.”At least one gallery in Chicago’s Wicker Park–cheekily called imnotArt–is the city’s first brick and mortar space dedicated to NFTs, founded by a duo of collectors who opened a gallery to display the NFTs, first virtually, and now, physically once they began to build a collection.It doesn’t seem that long ago that curators and collectors were having conversations about how to maintain and conserve works such as video stills, some of which required periodic updates to new formats, for instance from VHS to DVD to thumb-drive. Will the named museum wings of the future even be built, or will they occupy future digital realms and metaverses of major institutions?&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/p7bj2h4fe5dzfvpxwd6t.jpg"><figcaption>Immersive Van Gogh at Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago</figcaption></figure>IMMERSIVE ARTStand in front of a painting. Think about when it was painted, who painted it, the colors, the medium, the image. Just put yourself in it–immerse yourself–for more than 30 seconds. When the world started to open up again, albeit in fits and starts following the initial phase of life during COVID, business owners and event organizers needed to do something to get people not just out of the house but willing to put down money for tickets.&nbsp;What tickets did they buy? 2021 in Chicago saw the raging success, and some puzzlement of more than a few in the local art market, of Immersive Van Gogh, a show that sold hundreds of thousands of tickets for $40 and up. It was essentially a sunflower and star-filled light show, where on some mornings you could do yoga. Immersive Van Gogh, appealed to everyone who wanted to get out and see something new, but familiar, and very colorful. Because of its digital nature, the experience ran in multiple cities, even much smaller markets, simultaneously. When it finished its Chicago run, Immersive Frida took its place– pausing only for a special edition, Immersive Shevchenko: Soul of Ukraine, that raised over $200,000 for Ukraine. There will undoubtedly be more editions, running through the list of the world’s most famous, and licensed, artists.&nbsp;The addiction to buzzy, fast moving tech-art experiences has the potential to overshadow the real thing–the works that inspired today’s reimagined art in the first place. Though the temptation won’t go away, maybe some works are better left as they are. The digital is here and everywhere, but a summer without restrictions could mean that you can also buy a regular old museum ticket. Stand in front of a photograph or an installation for longer than you normally would. Put down your phone. See what happens. When no one else is looking.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

The Digital Overflow in Art: Viewing Rooms, NFTS and Immersive Experiences

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/xzanzdesbitjsmhrhp3d.png"><figcaption>Maryam Taghavi, Selva Aparicio, Azadeh Gholizadeh</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Via PRArtadia is thrilled to share that Selva Aparicio, Azadeh Gholizadeh, and Maryam Taghavi are the recipients of the 2022 Chicago Artadia Award. Artadia is honored to partner with three foundations who have committed to supporting exceptional artists in Chicago with these $10,000 awards in their respective name. Selva Aparicio is the recipient of the Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation Artadia Award; Azadeh Gholizadeh is the recipient of The LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation Artadia Award; and Maryam Taghavi is the recipient of The Joyce Foundation Artadia Award. In addition to Aparicio, Gholizadeh, and Taghavi, this year's Finalists for the Chicago Award included Ashley January, Jeffly Gabriela Molina, and Judith Mullen. Solana Chehtman, Director of Creative Practice and Social Impact, The Shed, Christina De&nbsp;León, Associate Curator, Cooper Hewitt, Negarra A. Kudumu, Independent Curator, and Founder/Director, Art + Healing, and Robyn Farrell, Associate Curator, Art Institute of Chicago served as our Jurors for the Award. &nbsp;<a href="https://artadia.org/news/artadia-returns-to-expo-chicago-2022/">Artadia Returns to EXPO CHICAGO 2022</a>Celebrating our 2020-2021 Chicago Artadia Awardees<a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=9abba6a959&amp;e=46cd983d87">EXPO CHICAGO</a> April 7-10, 2022 600 E Grand Ave, Chicago IL 60611 Navy Pier Festival Hall | Booth #136 Artadia has been presenting Awards to artists living and working in Chicago since 2001. Twenty Award cycles have been subsequently held in the city, providing critical funds to over 80 Chicago-based artists. In partnering with EXPO CHICAGO Artadia is able to provide its Chicago Artadia Awardees continued recognition and visibility, as well as a platform to show new work. In participating at EXPO, Artadia visibly demonstrates the critical importance of providing financial support to artists as well as celebrating the high caliber of the artists in its network. Notable Chicago Artadia Awardees include Nick Cave (2006), Bethany Collins (2019), Theaster Gates (2008), and LaMont Hamilton (2015). At the 2022 EXPO CHICAGO, Artadia will be showing the work of Awardees <a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=f23e5d3194&amp;e=46cd983d87">Andrea Carlson</a>(2021), <a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=dda9c80213&amp;e=46cd983d87">Melissa Leandro</a> (2021), <a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=9f473cbf66&amp;e=46cd983d87">Eliza Myrie</a> (2020), and <a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=bc025315a9&amp;e=46cd983d87">Nate Young</a> (2021).Artadia is pleased to return to EXPO CHICAGO this April, featuring four of its Chicago Awardees from 2020-2021. This will be the fourth year that Artadia has participated in the fair. <a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=8b8e21e4fc&amp;e=46cd983d87">Visit our website to learn more about the presenting artists and their works.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Artadia Announces 2022 Chicago Awardees

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/tijndvkfmwhy4yqta1wr.jpg"><figcaption>EXPO CHICAGO, 2019 Vernissage. Image by Cory Dewald Courtesy of EXPO CHICAGO &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>By BIANCA BOVA&nbsp;This April <a href="https://www.expochicago.com">EXPO CHICAGO</a> returns to Navy Pier. It is set to be a substantial ninth edition, with 140 galleries representing 25 countries slated for inclusion. As is the case with most public experiences the pandemic forced onto hiatus over the last two years, the version that comes back will inevitably differ in some ways from its former self. The most notable difference, however–the fair being held in April rather than September–is not a radical departure from the old Art Expo, so much as it is a second kind of return.Founded by the print dealer John Wilson, the Chicago International Art Exposition–the city’s first contemporary art fair of note–premiered in the spring of 1980 at Navy Pier. The show established itself quickly, attracting 80 dealers and 10,000 visitors in its first year. In 1982, Wilson’s colleague Tom Blackman took the reins, steadily laying the groundwork for what would become Art Chicago. Under Blackman’s directorship this new fair ballooned to 220 exhibitors by the year 2000, and shortly thereafter it relocated from Navy Pier to Butler Field in Grant Park, where it was held in a purpose-built tent, still a novel choice of venue at the time. &nbsp;By 2004, however, its exhibitor list had begun to dwindle, and in 2006, days before the fair was to open, construction of the tent at Butler Field was halted and rumors flew about Blackman’s serious financial troubles. Overnight, the fair was relocated unceremoniously to the Merchandise Mart. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. (MMPI) would buy the fair from Blackman.&nbsp;The following years saw Art Chicago subsumed in Artropolis,&nbsp; a five day long event at the Merchandise Mart that also encompassed versions of the Bridge Art Fair Chicago, The Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art, and The Artist Project Independent Artist Exhibition + Sale, among others. This carried on with variations until 2011, when MMPI announced it would no longer produce the event.&nbsp;In 2012 EXPO CHICAGO debuted as the latest heritor to the legacy of Chicago art fairs, under the directorship of Tony Karman. It swiftly redoubled Chicago’s reputation as a global contemporary art destination and brought the fair back to its former home, Navy Pier’s hanger-like Festival Hall (a slick space that subtly recalls the industrial charm of the “sheds” that still ran the length of the Pier in its earliest days as a fair venue). EXPO has been, from its inception, a well-rounded fair, introducing in its inaugural edition a robust selection of on-site programming with its /Dialogues series, and the presentation of a slate of curated large-scale installations with its IN/SITU program. In the years between its establishment and its postponement in 2020, EXPO swiftly attracted blue chip galleries (counting among its exhibitors the likes of Gagosian, David Zwirner, and Hauser &amp; Wirth), and grew to include sections of the fair dedicated to young galleries (Exposure), solo presentations of notable artists (Profile), and books and editions. It has become host to a Museum Directors Summit and a Curatorial Forum, the latter in partnership with Independent Curators International. It began a regular alignment with the Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2017, saw satellite fairs pop up (most notably NADA’s inaugural Chicago Gallery Invitational in 2019), and became the central event around which Chicago’s Gallery Week (and art world in general) orbit.&nbsp;EXPO didn’t disappear during the pandemic. Like many others, it maintained operations with online editions in 2020 and 2021 (a model which, while effective from a business standpoint, once led an art dealer from New York to confide in me that it made her “want to put a nail gun to [her] head.” A sentiment she was far from alone in). Naturally there was much speculation as to when it (and indeed, all art fairs) could resume normal operations. The April 2021 news that the fair would return in-person one year later was met with a collective sense of relief from the industry.For those of us who are members of the Chicago chapter of the art world, EXPO 2022 is set to be a kind of homecoming. A return to the old ways of being social and doing business. There is the strange summer camp aspect of being back together with the same 200 people that you only ever see in the context of the fairs, eight or ten times over the course of a year, in half a dozen cities spread out across the globe. Outside of the fair itself there is the ever-lengthening itinerary of dinners to attend and gallery hopping to do and cocktail hours at the homes of collectors to occupy your evenings. For a certain (younger) set, add to this a string of after parties and late night warehouse discos that keep you out until 2am, despite knowing you’ll be back on your feet in the lobby with a cup of coffee in hand, ready for another day on the show floor no later than 7am. There is the endless flow of gossip and mythic stories of affairs between dealers who only see each other at EXPO and Basel. And there is, as the most glorious kind of afterthought, the art.&nbsp;Art fairs belong categorically to the world of trade shows (anyone who tells you otherwise is being paid to, I promise), and the reality of their commerce means most of the works on view are destined for private collections. For every opportunity to round a corner and be suddenly, shockingly lovestruck when confronted with, say, a work by Janine Antoni at Luhring Augustine or an early Tom Wesselman at Tina Kim, there is a melancholic realization when you inevitably notice the accompanying red dots. When you pause to appreciate them, as you dash between your post and the Champagne counter, you are wishing the works a fond farewell; they may be gone and the booth rehung by the time you come back to refill your glass. In three days time, they could be anywhere. This, of course, only adds to their allure. In a quiet way, this experience–more than the thrill of closing a big sale, or of acquisition, or the familial nature of the event itself–is why many of us missed the fairs.&nbsp;So then, the return of EXPO Chicago is a joyful occasion, a lifting of the limitations of the last two years, a welcome reacclimation to a certain lifestyle. And moreover, it feels in keeping with the fair’s historically resilient nature. Through many owners and many iterations, through many venues and formats, Chicago has always held a space for the art world to gather, once a year, at the fair. This time it will be at EXPO.&nbsp;April in Chicago. Be here. Again.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.expochicago.com">Expochicago.com</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

Hello EXPO CHICAGO: A Fair Returns To Spring

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/lm64wwmyjsxvbmqb6lhj.jpg"><figcaption>CGN publisher Ginny (Berg) Van Alyea on a trip to Chicago in 1994 – notice the Art Chicago banner by JNL Design in the background. Photo: Jo Sittenfeld</figcaption></figure>By GINNY VAN ALYEAFinally, spring is here, just in time, and I feel blessed. The events that have roiled the world, just between the publication of this new issue and the annual arts guide we sent out at the end of 2021, have been breathtaking. A COVID surge roared back and threatened to once again change plans that had already been put on hold. Then case counts and measures improved so far the other way we could go mask optional nearly everywhere.&nbsp;When my son learned he didn’t have to wear a mask to school anymore, he said to me, “My friends will see my face!” The fact that businesses and spaces are open, with most restrictions gone, is very exciting as life begins to spring up again. There is so much to do. Where do we start? Maybe by enjoying and holding on to the freedom to see friends and favorite places again in person.&nbsp;As many of us find our footing after two years of being apart and following varying rules, it can feel hard not to worry if there is another setback around the next corner. Emerging from the pandemic, we are suddenly watching a shocking, new war in Europe, understanding all over again how precious each day is and how fortunate we are to safely be able to make it around the corner at all. We never know what’s ahead.&nbsp;*I’m beginning to feel in 2022 how long I have been here in this city and in this job. I first started at CGN 20 years ago this fall. In digging through boxes of old photos recently, I came across a picture of myself as a very young tourist in Chicago, several years before I began working at CGN. I was visiting from Cincinnati for a weekend with my parents and a friend, and we were strolling on Michigan Ave., most likely having just come out of Crate and Barrel, when their flagship store was where Starbucks is now. In the picture it is spring, it’s the mid-90s, there are daffodils and there is no danger. I wasn’t even old enough to drive.&nbsp;I could not have known yet where I would end up, but there was literally a sign over my shoulder. I didn’t give a second thought to it then: there, in black and yellow, is an Art Chicago street banner advertising the fair at Navy Pier. 28 years later I know that kind of fair, and I know art fair weekend very well. I would first work at CGN’s booth at Art Chicago in the spring of 2003, nine years after that trip to the city.Within the next decade, from my job at CGN I watched Art Chicago change ownership as well as locations. Then Tony Karman’s EXPO CHICAGO debuted in 2012 and moved the fair back to Navy Pier and to a September time slot. Now another decade later, the fair takes place once again in the spring, during the season when it all began. This April’s return of EXPO feels almost divinely arranged. The opportunities, new perspectives and energy borne from such a barren two years of life and business during COVID are blessings. Things are growing back and renewing, ushering in the start of a full season to be embraced and enjoyed.&nbsp;I know now how lucky I am to be here. We all are.&nbsp;See you in the galleries and see you at the fair!&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419042/ypn7uutt6zb2tvihnz3g.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/print-subscriptions">To subscribe to the Spring/Summer 2022 Issue click here</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Publisher's Letter: Spring In Chicago: What Once Was and Is Again

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/gh5zwtcewmd9hugjyjgk.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave. Photo: Sandro</figcaption></figure>By ALISON REILLYNick Cave’s highly anticipated retrospective, Forothermore, is a much-needed respite, a shared space to both celebrate and grieve as we emerge from the isolation of the past two years. Opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) in May, the exhibition presents an in-depth view of Cave’s multidisciplinary works and still-expanding influence. The artist, designer, educator, and mentor to many in the Chicago community will not only be honored, in typical showstopping style, in the galleries at the MCA but at locations across the city, including: Art on theMart, the DuSable Museum of African American History, 679 North Michigan Avenue, and the Garfield Green Line CTA station, demonstrating how Cave never does just one thing. Highlights of the MCA’s exhibition include Spinner Forest, an immersive installation comprised of thousands of kinetic spinners and Beaded Cliff Wall, made of millions of colorful pony beads threaded by hand onto shoelaces.Cave, born in Fulton, Mississippi, received his B.F.A. from Kansas City Art Institute. He is known for his transportive performances and iconic Soundsuits, which he originally made in response to Los Angeles Police department officers brutally attacking Rodney King in 1992. 30 years later, Cave continues to make Soundsuits both as a form of self-expression and reflection of society. His work has evolved to include videos, bronze sculptures, and large-scale, immersive installations. Along with his day-to-day work as an artist and as a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in 2018 Cave, with his partner Bob Faust, co-founded Facility, a 20,000 square foot multidisciplinary art space in Old Irving Park in Chicago. Through Facility, Cave and Faust were able to provide support for students and artists throughout the pandemic when many other organizations and institutions shut down.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419042/rfeo8awh1yqaiqj15xa9.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave, Wall Relief, 2013. Mixed media including ceramic birds, metal flowers, afghans, strung beads, crystals and antique gramophone. 4 panels, each: 97 x 74 x 21 in. ©NickCave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;*&nbsp;CGN: What was your experience as a graduate student at Cranbrook Academy of Art like?Nick Cave: Amazing! I mean to be surrounded by [Eero] Saarinen’s architecture and to be part of an institution so focused around the arts and crafts was fueling. But it was the balance between Cranbrook and Detroit at the end of the day. I needed both to really make it work for me.&nbsp;CGN: How has teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago influenced your art practice?NC: I don’t know that it influences my practice as much as it provides a way for me to give back, as well as stay connected and current being surrounded by the students. I like to be around young, creative minds.&nbsp;CGN: It was so generous for Facility to host the 2020 SAIC master’s graduates in Fashion, Body, and Garment thesis exhibitions. Please tell me about your relationships with your students and what it meant to be able to give them that space during such a tumultuous time?NC: My relationships with my students are really important, because they’re the next generation of artists, creators and designers. I’m curious to see what they do with themselves and how their careers are designed and shaped. But you know to be able to host them here at Facility was really just the right thing to do. Bob Faust and I have the space and the desire to use it this way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419042/ymmlz775k3umhjafmmz1.jpg"><figcaption>.Nick Cave, Untitled, 2018. Mixed media including a table, a carved eagle and 119 various carved heads. 48 1/4 x 120 x 45 1/4 in. ©NickCave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CGN: What do you see for the future of Facility?&nbsp;NC: The future Facility is just as it is today. To facilitate whatever is needing attention at the moment. A place where we can act immediately with passion and purpose and without waiting for approvals or grants or permission for that matter.&nbsp;&nbsp;CGN: What significance do rabbits or bunnies play in your work?&nbsp;NC: It stems from our Easters as kids on my grandparents’ farm. You know, with seven brothers, we would all get our own live bunnies each year that would then live on the farm. It was such a joyous time, exuberant and really sort of epic.&nbsp;CGN: How did you decide to incorporate cast bronze elements in your work?&nbsp;NC: Bringing cast bronze elements into my work was my way of preparing myself for my first bronze sculpture. It was really me learning and getting a solid understanding of how I could utilize the medium in my own way.&nbsp;CGN: How has your relationship with the Soundsuits changed since you first created them after Rodney King’s beating?&nbsp;NC: Soundsuits 2.0 are a more extreme version of the original, in terms of the materiality and couture making, but they are also sort of shrouded in a black netting that darkens the light dramatically. What’s going on in the world will dictate the next sort of direction or the shape that they may take...&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419043/eghiiv0rx60brm3covtd.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave, Bunny Boy, 2012. Digital transfer file. 14:05 min. ©Nick Cave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CGN: Can you tell me about your new installation for the MCA retrospective - Spinner Forest?&nbsp;NC: It’s the first piece that you encounter when you come into the exhibition, and it’s a reflection on the state of Chicago and the world. It shines a light on all the senseless gun violence that’s happening right in our own backyards.&nbsp;CGN: Tell me a bit about what it has been like working with Naomi Beckwith to organize the retrospective? What has your collaboration looked like?&nbsp;NC: Working with Naomi around the exhibition has been amazing. Just getting the invitation alone was exciting, and then to collectively come together and really put everything out on the table and distill the show was a very interesting process, too. I am grateful for this opportunity, and it’s been really quite lovely to work with her.&nbsp;CGN: Your retrospective is not just limited to the galleries at the MCA. Why was it important for you to have collaborations with other organizations like DuSable Museum and Art on the Mart?&nbsp;NC: It’s about bridging gaps, building relationships, and making connections. We all need to connect with our neighbors and what’s better than art to do that? Bringing my art into other neighborhoods and into the public realm helps us find commonalities and ultimately to unify.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419044/ios1hul4hsmrsmru7dhj.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2011. Mixed media including vintage bunny, safety pin craft baskets, hot pads, fabric, metal, and mannequin. 111 x 36 x 36 in. ©Nick Cave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Note: this is the cover interview for the Spring/Summer issue of CGN. To receive a print edition and <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/print-subscriptions">subscribe for the year, click here</a>.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419045/mtecdnvy3jkbt2fvuu2e.png"><figcaption>The cover of the Spring/Summer 2022 Issue of CGN features Nick Cave's Wall Relief, 2013. Mixed media including ceramic birds, metal flowers, afghans, strung beads, crystals and antique gramophone. 4 panels, each: 97 x 74 x 21 in.©NickCave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;NICK CAVE: ForothermoreMuseum of Contemporary Art ChicagoMay 14–Oct 2, 2022&nbsp;<a href="https://mcachicago.org/exhibitions/2022/nick-cave-forothermore">mcachicago.org</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Nick Cave: Art Guided By History in the MCA's Retrospective

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/shz9f2ejymrtrslt3aua.jpg"><figcaption>HPAC's Kate Lorenz</figcaption></figure>Hyde Park Art Center Director Kate Lorenz Stepping Down After 12 YearsIn an email sent Wednesday, Kate Lorenz shared, "I’m writing to share the news that after more than 12 years as Executive Director at Hyde Park Art Center, I've decided the time is right to step down from my role and pass the baton to new leadership. I couldn't be more proud of what our Hyde Park Art Center village has accomplished over the last dozen years, and I couldn't be more excited for what's ahead for all of you–our community of artists, students, neighbors, colleagues, partners, visitors, and creative leaders in our city.I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to our wise and dedicated board of directors, our resilient and talented staff, all of our supporters, and for each of you who have been a part of our work in ways near and far. It’s been an honor and privilege to be a part of this incomparable community as its Executive Director. &nbsp;I’ll be continuing to support the board and staff in ensuring a smooth transition until my last day on May 13th. To that end, the board will have more to share about the search for a new leader and interim plans in the coming weeks."&nbsp;<a href="https://www.maineantiquedigest.com/.../lincoln-by.../8740">Lincoln by Saint-Gaudens Brings $1.15 Million</a>"Abraham Lincoln: The Man (Standing Lincoln)" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) sold for $1,152,500 against the $700,000/900,000 estimate at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/skinnerauctions/?__cft__[0]=AZXC320cZaQX-k5aoio7EGUCQxzSToREN7FbMSZFoY1uKXiRU80ILZ1SI5rswWL3qMYcb4KpY8dLPRpj1cDZtOTDwJwMLr0vdjDPRwUpwk2c6ASJdaKMrMXz7oth9r97y9OGu8efFZVJwO6VeuV1Zvc5s8GpgJcCopF3_jk735-rksCMgydnaQS9g_GjKs0rn68&amp;__tn__=kK-R">Skinner Auctions</a>The casting, a 40" high bronze, one of approximately 17, was signed and inscribed “Copyright 1912 by A. H. Saint-Gaudens” to make it clear that it was a posthumous reduction by the artist’s widow, Augusta Fisher Homer Saint-Gaudens, herself an artist. She oversaw the castings, making certain they were exact renderings of her husband’s original, beginning in 1912 and ending before 1926.The bronze came from a Massachusetts educational institution and is headed to the Lunder Institute for American Art at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ColbyMuseum/?__cft__[0]=AZXC320cZaQX-k5aoio7EGUCQxzSToREN7FbMSZFoY1uKXiRU80ILZ1SI5rswWL3qMYcb4KpY8dLPRpj1cDZtOTDwJwMLr0vdjDPRwUpwk2c6ASJdaKMrMXz7oth9r97y9OGu8efFZVJwO6VeuV1Zvc5s8GpgJcCopF3_jk735-rksCMgydnaQS9g_GjKs0rn68&amp;__tn__=kK-R">Colby College Museum of Art</a>Saint-Gaudens’s original, a 12' tall Lincoln he began in 1885, is in Lincoln Park, Chicago.Via Maine Antiques Digest&nbsp;<a href="https://artonthemart.com/programming/">UNTITLED,&nbsp;Nick Cave, Comes to Art on theMART in May. Special Preview during EXPO</a>Acclaimed American artist Nick Cave’s video work, made specifically for Art on theMART, is a remix of Cave’s original film Drive-By (2011) with new footage. Bridging dance, performance, film and public art, Cave’s new projection features his iconic Soundsuits in motion. Brightly colored figures will dance across theMART’s iconic riverside façade, transporting the viewer to a kaleidoscopic other world on the river’s edge. Amidst the flurry of movement, a figure adorned with a stop-sign emerges, reminding viewers of the underlying sense of urgency despite the jubilant expression of freedom.Untitled will run on Art on theMART May 5 – September 7, 2022Cave’s projection will coincide with his first career-spanning retrospective, Forothermore, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, on view nightly from May 14 through October 22, 2022.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/thompson-center-sold-prime-group?utm_source=breaking-news&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20220331&amp;utm_content=article1-headline">Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center Sold for $70 million</a>The state of Illinois and Prime Group have signed a contract to sell—and preserve—the historic James R. Thompson Center at Clark and LaSalle for $70 million.Via Crain's&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 3/31/22

<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/supreme-court-warhol-foundation-lynn-goldsmith-prince-lawsuit-1234623054/">The Supreme Court Will Hear Lawsuit Over Whether Warhol Committed Copyright&nbsp;Infringement</a>The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would review a closely watched copyright infringement lawsuit that pits the Andy Warhol Foundation against the photographer Lynn Goldsmith. The Court’s decision could have major implications for “fair use” of copyrighted materials in art.Few cases related to contemporary art have ever been heard by the Supreme Court.In 1984, Warhol used a 1981 photograph that Goldsmith had taken of the pop star Prince as the basis for a series of paintings. Goldsmith’s picture of Prince was shot on assignment for Newsweek. On commission for Vanity Fair, Warhol used the photograph as a reference, allegedly without Goldsmith’s knowledge of the project. She claimed decades later that Warhol had committed copyright infringement by using it.Via ARTnews&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/03/29/artist-in-residence-will-make-legler-regional-library-a-hub-for-community-art-programs/?fbclid=IwAR1AdUOdS6gLwD1U8zEnO1_a_qu2PnyuqH_jABvKNf52kFNXPIErFLPTbr8">Artist-in-Residence Will Make Legler Regional Library A Hub For Community Art Programs</a>A slew of public art projects and cultural programs will soon come to the West Side courtesy of Legler Regional Library’s inaugural artist-in-residence, Alexandra Antoine.Antoine is the first artist-in-residence for Chicago Public Libraries. The residency will last two years and will use art to foster ways for neighbors to connect with the resources at the library.Via Block Club Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/03/29/jeff-koons-to-send-his-sculptures-to-the-moon-pace-verso-glimcher-space-lunar-art?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=67808c2182-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_28_01_02&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c459f924d0-67808c2182-61117077">One giant leap for Jeff Koons: artist to send his sculptures to the moon</a>Liftoff! Jeff Koons has announced that he will send a group of new sculptures to the moon later this year. Works by the world's most expensive living artist are set to reach the earth's only natural satellite in July and will remain there in perpetuity.They are being sent on board a lunar lander known as Nova C, developed by the private American company Intuitive Machines. The spacecraft, which will be launched at the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, will touch down on Oceanus Procellarum, a region of the near side of the moon (the hemisphere facing the Earth). It takes an average spacecraft around three days to travel the 240,000 miles between the Earth and the moon.Via The Art NewspaperImage: © Jeff Koons&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/gagosian-crypto-currency-2091384">After Long Negging NFTs, Larry Gagosian Will Now Accept Cyber Money for Art</a>Numerous blue-chip dealers raced to plant a flag in the booming cryptocurrency world over the past year. Larry Gagosian wasn’t one of them.&nbsp;Via Artnet&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/29/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/oiwspnkyjdqsnronoasf.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Via PRThe Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is thrilled to announce the opening of the CAB Studio—a new, year-round exhibition space located on the first floor of the Chicago Cultural Center. The Studio is a space to explore design and present innovative ideas. Here, CAB will host exhibitions, programs, and events, including youth and family activities.&nbsp;&nbsp;CAB Studio opens with the exhibition, Architecture of Reparations, by New York-based collaborative Riff Studio, including designers Rekha Auguste-Nelson, Farnoosh Rafaie, and Isabel Strauss. Core to this exhibition is a request for proposals (RFP) that incorporates public policy, architectural history, and reparations to address erasure in Bronzeville, a historic South Side Chicago neighborhood—one of many Black Metropolises in the twentieth century. While the vestiges of architectural legacies are visible on the streets of Bronzeville today, there are significant spatial voids on most blocks. Architecture of Reparations asks the question: why are these buildings missing?  &nbsp;On view is a visual narrative of Bronzeville’s architectural history alongside responses received from the open RFP. Contributors include Kofi Akakpo, Rekha Auguste-Nelson, William Boles, Calvin Boyd, Sean Canty, Darien Carr, Amir Denzel Hall, DJ Eway, Evalyn Gates, Christina Graydon, Brayton Gregory, Camila Guerrero, Daniel Haidermota, Whitney Hansley, Aryan Khalighy, Shen Li, Celeste Martore, Adam Maserow, Jaline McPherson, Marcus Mello, Zena Mengesha, Andrew M. Ngure, Omotara Oluwafemi, Naila Opiangah, Farnoosh Rafaie, Gabriel Ramos, and Isabel Strauss.&nbsp;A version of Architecture of Reparations was originally presented in the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial titled The Available City, led by Artistic Director David Brown, and exhibited at the Graham Foundation and the Bronzeville Artist Lofts. &nbsp;For more information about Architecture of Reparations and upcoming programs, visit <a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6&amp;id=9b9a4ec318&amp;e=a673b99cd7">chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org</a>&nbsp;Architecture of Reparations&nbsp; Exhibition opens March 30, 2022&nbsp; CAB Studio at the Chicago Cultural Center&nbsp; 78 East Washington Street, Chicago, IL&nbsp; <a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6&amp;id=ad2a45b5bd&amp;e=a673b99cd7">chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;Free and open to the public 7 days a week from 10 a.m.— 5 p.m.&nbsp; &nbsp;Image: Isabel Strauss, “Gaze,” digital collage, 2021. Including elements from Howardena Pindell, Untitled #51, 2010; Lorna Simpson, Earth &amp; Sky, #30, 2016; Richard Nickel, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Avery Coonley Residence, 300 Scottswood Road, Riverside, Illinois, designed or built 1907&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CAB Opens New Exhibition Space at the Chicago Cultural Center

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/cv1htxkgegoaztcztdrs.jpg"><figcaption>Zohra Opoku,&nbsp;To me belongs yesterday...,&nbsp;2020. Screenprint on linen, thread. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>EXPO Art week is going to be very busy, as we recently shared in yesterday's post about featured programming taking place throughout the city.&nbsp;A free, public, and gallery-specific happening is the return of<a href="https://www.expochicago.com/art-after-hours"> Art After Hours</a>, when dozens of area galleries open on Friday, April 8. Fair Attendees and anyone eager to visit as many galleries as you can handle in a single night are invited to go into the spaces where art happens all year round.&nbsp;Take advantage of the buzz and soak up the art. And maybe make your post gallery-hop dinner reservations now, if you haven't already.&nbsp;CGN will be updating our <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=openings">openings calendar</a> daily and it may include additional galleries not on the list below, so please bookmark it and check back often for the latest list of openings and events on April 8.&nbsp;– GV&nbsp;&nbsp;EXPO <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/art-after-hours">Art After Hours</a> Participants:&nbsp;*Galleries participating in EXPO CHICAGO.<h3>PARTICIPANTS:</h3><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/addington-gallery">Addington Gallery&nbsp;</a> Group Show<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/expo-chicago-art-after-hours">Jean Albano Gallery*</a> Group Show<a href="https://www.galleryvictor.com/artists#/mary-borgman">Gallery Victor Armendariz</a> Mary Borgman: New Work<a href="http://corbettvsdempsey.com/">Corbett vs. Dempsey*</a>&nbsp; Rebecca Morris&nbsp;<a href="http://www.davidsalkin.com/">David Salkin Creative</a> Dominic Palarchio:&nbsp;You had done nothing wrong<a href="http://documentspace.com/">DOCUMENT*</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; Stan VanDerBeek&nbsp;<a href="http://www.elephantroomgallery.com/">Elephant Room Gallery</a> Dear Mama<a href="https://www.filterphoto.org/">Filter Photo</a> Context 2022<a href="http://goldfinch-gallery.com/">Goldfinch</a> Azadeh Gholizadeh: Dawn to Dusk Elissa Osterland: Come Back As A Flower&nbsp;<a href="https://icebergchicago.com/">Iceberg Projects</a> Austin Osman Spare: Psychopathia Sexualis<a href="https://jargonprojects.com/floor">Jargon Projects</a> Nick Perr: Floor Paintings, Chair Paintings<a href="http://kavigupta.com/">Kavi Gupta*</a> Devan Shimoyama, Elizabeth St., Floor 1 Alisa Sikelianos-Carter, Elizabeth St., Floor 2&nbsp; Beverly Fishman, Washington Blvd., Floor 1&nbsp; Arghavan Khosravi, Washington Blvd., Floor 2<a href="https://kensaundersgallery.com/">Ken Saunders Gallery</a> Rick Beck: Monoliths<a href="http://mleblancchicago.com/">M. LeBlanc*</a> Arnold J. Kemp: Talking to the Sun&nbsp;<a href="http://www.manacontemporary.com/">Mana Contemporary</a>&nbsp; Michael Heizer: HOLLYWOOD 24<a href="http://marianeibrahim.com/">Mariane Ibrahim Gallery*</a> The Myths of Eternal Life, Part One<a href="http://www.moniquemeloche.com/">moniquemeloche*</a> Jake Troyli: Slow Clap<a href="http://lvl3official.com/">LVL3</a> Linen, Silk, and Pearls…:Emily Endo, Kay Hofmann, Justin Nalley, Ginevra Shay, Crys Tin<a href="http://parislondonhongkong.com/">Paris London Hong Kong</a> Cowboy X Lightbound X Cowboy<a href="http://www.produce-model.com/">Produce Model Gallery</a> deborah handler: Larger work, (“tea for two” Monk’s version)<a href="http://andrewrafacz.com/">ANDREW RAFACZ*</a> KRYSTLE LEMONIAS: Yu cyaan ketch Quaku, yu ketch im shut&nbsp; MELISSA LEANDRO: Paradiso<a href="http://www.ruschman.blue/">RUSCHMAN</a> Melanie Flood: Notions<a href="http://www.rosenthalfineart.com">Rosenthal Fine Art</a>Group Show: Selected Works<a href="http://wvvolumes.com/">Volume Gallery*</a> Françoise Grossen<a href="http://westernexhibitions.com/">Western Exhibitions&nbsp;</a>&nbsp; Lilli Carré Figures, Grounds<a href="http://womanmade.org/">Woman Made Gallery</a>&nbsp; The Deeply Rooted<a href="http://www.zggallery.com/gallery_information.htm">Zg Gallery</a> Zg Gallery Spring 2022 Amy Casey, Julie Farsted, Benjamin Cook, Jackie Tileston &amp; Kirsten Valentine&nbsp;</body></html>

Art After Hours During EXPO CHICAGO Features City-Wide Gallery Openings

<html><head></head><body>By CGN Staff via PREXPO CHICAGO is almost here, and in advance of the fair's opening on April 7, organizers have shared plans for the upcoming EXPO ART WEEK, April 4–10. Programming takes place throughout the city in many different partner arts organizations and institutions&nbsp;and features a robust calendar of art openings, exhibitions, performances, large-scale installations, and other special events taking place throughout Chicago.Following are some of the featured alignments for 2022. A full list of programs may be <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/expo-art-week">viewed online</a>.&nbsp;<h1>&nbsp;</h1><figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3776/standard/AFRICOBRA_PENINSULA.jpg?1647019149"><figcaption>Gerald Williams, Take It, 1971. Acrylic on Masonite.Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;THE PENINSULA CHICAGO X AFRICOBRA: I AM SOMEBODYApril 7&nbsp;– Mid- May, 2022 <a href="https://www.peninsula.com/en/chicago/art-in-resonance">The Peninsula Chicago</a>The Peninsula Chicago is proud to present an exhibition of works by AFRICOBRA founders Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Sherman Beck, Jeff Donaldson&nbsp;and Gerald Williams, along with additional early members of the pioneering collective. AFRICOBRA was an artist collective founded on the South Side of Chicago in 1968. Known for creating art to address social and cultural challenges affecting the Black community, AFRICOBRA is one of the most significant arts movements of the second half of the twentieth century. The exhibition will feature a selection of works from the AFRICOBRA group's groundbreaking early exhibitions of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as key insights into their aesthetic explorations before the group came together, and subsequent developments in the following decades. AFRICOBRA's incredible contributions to the history of art have been highlighted in such exhibitions as the 2019 Venice Biennale and the critically-acclaimed Soul of a Nation, which debuted at the Tate Modern in 2017, and traveled to five further museums. This exhibition is in partnership with Kavi Gupta, EXPO CHICAGO and The Peninsula Chicago.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/v3pubi54d61pw2wlxxy2.jpg"><figcaption>Zohra Opoku,&nbsp;To me belongs yesterday...,&nbsp;2020. Screenprint on linen, thread. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.expochicago.com/art-after-hours">ART AFTER HOURS</a>A citywide open gallery night inviting EXPO CHICAGO visitors and the Chicago community to experience the city’s vibrant art scene during extended hours from 6:00 – 9:00pm on Friday, April 8, 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3777/standard/Nick_Cave_still_drive_by.jpeg.jpg?1647019980" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3777/retina/Nick_Cave_still_drive_by.jpeg.jpg?1647019980 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Nick Cave, Drive-By, 2011, film still.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;NICK CAVE&nbsp;PREVIEW AT ART ON THEMARTApril 8, 2022&nbsp;| 8:00–10:00am <a href="https://artonthemart.com/">Art on theMART</a>Viewable along the Chicago Riverwalk, between Wells and Franklin StreetsIn partnership with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Art on theMART is presenting a brand-new projection by acclaimed American artist Nick Cave. A preview of this projection will be viewable as a pop-up installment at Art on theMART during EXPO CHICAGO on Friday, April 8 from 8:00 – 10:00pm. The projection of Cave’s video work, made specifically for Art on theMART, is a remix of Cave’s original film&nbsp;Drive-By&nbsp;(2011) with new footage as part of the Summer 2022 programming to be shown twice nightly from May 5 through September 7, 2022. Cave’s projection will coincide with his first career-spanning retrospective,&nbsp;Forothermore,&nbsp;at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3779/standard/SENJU.jpeg?1647020208" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3779/retina/SENJU.jpeg?1647020208 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Installation view of Senju’s Waterfall for Chicago at the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.</figcaption></figure>SENJU’S WATERFALL&nbsp;FOR CHICAGOOn view now through June 26 <a href="https://www.artic.edu/">The Art Institute of Chicago</a>Under a combination of white light and UV lighting, the works evocatively express the force and motion of falling water.&nbsp;These enchanting painted screens are the work and a gift of Senju (b. 1958), a contemporary proponent of Nihonga, traditional Japanese painting. Known for his signature&nbsp;Waterfall&nbsp;works, Senju created the panels on view at the Art Institute specifically for the museum’s Gallery 109, the space designed by architect Andō Tadao. Thinking of the exhibition as a collaboration between himself and the architect through time, Senju tailored the scale and lighting to best suit this distinctive space.<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3780/standard/Barely_Fair.jpg?1647021085" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3780/retina/Barely_Fair.jpg?1647021085 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Barely Fair, Odd Ark LA—Brian Randolph. Photo: Roland Miller</figcaption></figure>BARELY FAIRApril 8&nbsp;– 10, 2022 | 6:00 –&nbsp;10:00 pm Color Club | 4146 N Elston Ave.Barely Fair&nbsp;is a miniature art fair operated by the artist-run project space&nbsp;Julius Caesar. The invitational fair presents a tiny peek inside the programming of 30 contemporary art galleries, project spaces, and curatorial projects from around the world. Included spaces exhibit works in 1:12 scale booths built to mimic the design of a standard fair.&nbsp;Barely Fair opens with a vernissage&nbsp;on April 8 and runs through April 24. Located at the arts and events space Color Club, the fair will run with daily hours through the first weekend, and be open for weekly gallery hours and by appointment&nbsp;through April 24th.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3781/standard/Hank_Willis_Thomas_for_21_C_Alignment.jpg?1647021394" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3781/retina/Hank_Willis_Thomas_for_21_C_Alignment.jpg?1647021394 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Hank Willis Thomas, Faith, 2017. Fiberglass, chameleon auto paint finish © Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Courtesy of Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, 21c Museum Hotels.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;POP STARS! POPULAR CULTURE AND CONTEMPORARY ARTMarch 21, 2022 –&nbsp;March 1, 2023 21c Museum Hotel ChicagoThe multi-media exhibition illuminates the intersection of celebrity, commerce, technology and the media, including notable works by Nick Cave, Titus Kaphar, Hank Willis Thomas and Kehinde Wiley, among others. Spanning all 10,000+ square feet of the 21c Museum Hotel Chicago’s gallery space,&nbsp;Pop Stars!&nbsp;features over 90 works of art by 55 artists from around the world. The artists exhibited in&nbsp;Pop Stars!&nbsp;examine recent shifts in how culture is being created and consumed, demonstrating the dominance of the popular as today’s ubiquitous culture. Curated by Museum Director and Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites.&nbsp;A guided docent tour will be available on Friday, April 8 from 5:00 – 6:00pm.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3782/standard/Theodora_Allen.jpg?1647021687" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3782/retina/Theodora_Allen.jpg?1647021687 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Theodora Allen, Struck (2021).Courtesy of Kasmin (New York). Photo: Jenalee Harmon.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;THEODORA ALLEN: SATURNINEMarch 29&nbsp;–&nbsp;July 10, 2022 <a href="https://driehausmuseum.org/">The Richard H. Driehaus Museum</a>The Driehaus Museum presents&nbsp;Theodora Allen: Saturnine&nbsp;as part of their 2022 contemporary exhibition program&nbsp;A Tale of Today.&nbsp;Drawing upon the museum’s focus on ornamentation and exquisite craft, the exhibition—previously on view at the Kunsthal Aarhus (Denmark), curated by Stephanie Cristello—resonates with specific histories and motifs within the Nickerson Mansion and Driehaus collection, and installed within select period rooms of the Gilded Age mansion. A monograph published by Motto Books in Berlin accompanies the traveling exhibition.&nbsp;An opening reception will take place April 6, 7:00 – 9:00pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3842/standard/EP_CHRIS_LARSON_Thread_Room_.jpg?1647904802" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3842/retina/EP_CHRIS_LARSON_Thread_Room_.jpg?1647904802 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Chris Larson, Thread Room. Courtesy of the artist and ENGAGE Projects.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CHRIS LARSON: THE RESIDUE OF LABORApril 8–May 21, 2022 Opening reception April 8, 6:00–8:00pm |&nbsp;401 N Paulina St.ENGAGE Projects is pleased to announce The Residue of Labor, a site-specific exhibition by St. Paul-based multimedia artist Chris Larson. The exhibition will be presented across two locations: Larson will debut a primary, large-scale installation at an offsite warehouse in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood (401 N Paulina St), in addition to a small presentation of works at ENGAGE Projects (864 N Ashland Ave). At the offsite location — a 10,000 square-foot warehouse in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood — Larson’s large-scale, site specific installation will include 55 recent works ranging from sculpture, video, drawing, painting, and photography, as well as an immersive work titled Thread Room.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3793/standard/Screen_Shot_2022-03-11_at_2.58.43_PM.png?1647032373"><figcaption>Bob Faust, Logan Square/Englewood, 2021. 12-color, digitally printed canvas, flash paint, gold and silver leaf. Image courtesy ofThe Peninsula Chicago and the artist.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;BOB FAUST:&nbsp;WITH ALL, AND STILL…On view now through May&nbsp;2022 <a href="https://www.peninsula.com/en/newsroom/chicago/news/art-in-resonance-2021">The Peninsula Chicago</a>with all, and still…&nbsp;is a series of layered, billboard-scaled works created from photographic details captured by local Chicago artist Bob Faust from several of Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods. The vibrant, digital images are used as the main medium to create new artworks with unique reads from differing vantage points. The result is a colorful and immersive experience that feels as if the vernacular panels of distant canvas billboards have been transformed and transported to The Peninsula Chicago lobby, providing an urban and industrial counterpoint to the elegance of the surrounding hotel spaces.&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO Chicago Announces 2022 Art Week Programming

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/ykvhhgioq3d2d35jlylv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/heather-mcadams-are-we-having-fun-yet">Heather McAdams: Are We Having Fun Yet</a>Opening: Friday, March 25, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/dmzgq426c8ftpibsfveg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/susanne-doremus">Susanne Doremus</a>Opening: Friday, March 25, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419038/rkmx0ytf2p9covgqcebg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/firelei-baez">Firelei Baez</a>Exhibition Begins March 26Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/bwd1spcl878s0qupjqdy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mary-king-curious-home-and-soap-is-a-noun">Mary King: Curious Home and Soap is a Noun</a>Opening: Saturday, March 26, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/kgcfjikfoqb4htbvzde1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/juan-fernandez-line-shape-form-repeat">Juan Fernandez: Line, Shape, Form, Repeat</a>Opening: Saturday, March 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419040/pr6tky5hcsiiaie5le7a.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/group-show-2e837d3a-45a3-430e-8172-5f389d019b65">Group Show</a>Opening: Saturday, March 26, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmBlue Moon Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 25 - 26

<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/warhols-marilyn-monroe-portrait-goes-on-the-block-for-200-million-11647873442">Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe Portrait Goes on the Block for $200 Million</a>An iconic Andy Warhol silk-screen portrait of Hollywood starlet Marilyn Monroe is headed to Christie’s in New York later this spring for $200 million—a record asking price for any artwork at auction.The 3-foot square silk-screen from 1964 depicts a promotional photo from the actress’s film “Niagara.” The artist transformed the actress into a pop-art icon by giving her a bubblegum-pink face, ruby lips and blue eye shadow set against a sage-blue background. The work is part of a signature series of “Shot Marilyn” portraits made famous after a gun-toting visitor allegedly fired a shot into a stack of canvases in the artist’s studio in 1964.&nbsp;Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://reelchicago.com/article/calling-all-artists-cta-seeks-artists-to-create-new-original-public-artwork/">Calling all artists: CTA seeks artists to create new, original public artwork</a>Chicago looking for professional artists to create new, original public artwork for&nbsp;six&nbsp; locations as part of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.transitchicago.com/rpm/">RPM</a>&nbsp;Phase One project:<ul><li>Lawrence main stationhouse, 1120 W Lawrence</li><li>Argyle main stationhouse, 1118 W Argyle</li><li>Berwyn main stationhouse, 1119 W Berwyn</li><li>Bryn Mawr main stationhouse, 1116 W Bryn Mawr</li><li>Bryn Mawr Hollywood entrance, 1119 W Hollywood</li><li>Lawrence to Bryn Mawr viaduct walls</li></ul>Via Reel Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jr-ukraine-photo-time-magazine-2087543">French Artist JR Enlisted 100 Local Volunteers to Unfurl a Massive Photograph of a Five-Year-Old Refugee in Ukraine</a>The French artist <a href="http://www.artnet.com/artists/jr/">JR</a>&nbsp;traveled to Ukraine last week and enlisted local residents in a monumental public art action featuring a portrait of a five-year-old refugee named Valeriia.“This little girl is the future and, in this war, she reminds us what Ukrainians are fighting for,” JR wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CbNL3MYNjh0/">Instagram</a>&nbsp;as he unveiled the image, which is one of two covers for the upcoming issue of TIME magazine.Via Artnet&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/22/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/xzofkop8c1khahfr830x.jpg"><figcaption>Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967, From a portfolio of ten screenprints on paper, 3/250,36” x 36” (91.4 x 91.4cm) each.© 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.© 2022 The Estate of Marilyn Monroe LLC.</figcaption></figure>GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — Following the success of the summer 2021 blockbuster exhibition,Frida Kahlo: Timeless, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA) and the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at the College of DuPage (COD) will present an exhibition of Andy Warhol in summer of 2023. The exhibition will feature 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. The exhibition, scheduled for summer of 2023, will also include over 100 works from the College of DuPage Permanent Art Collection.“It is truly an honor to have the opportunity to present work by an artist who embodies so much of the American dream. He captured American culture, iconography and society in such a relatable way,” said MAC Director Diana Martinez. “We are working hard at the College of DuPage to transform our arts center into an unforgettable experience and create partnerships throughout the community to welcome Warhol fans near and far to DuPage County.”Notable works from the College of DuPage Permanent Art Collection include Warhol’s 1980 screen-printed portrait of Joseph Beuys as well as his iconic $ (1983). The exhibition will also present over 100 photographs by Warhol from the college’s permanent collection, comprised of both black-and-white gelatin silver prints and color Polaroid prints featuring unidentified figures and celebrities alike. These photographs offer a rare and intimate glimpse into Warhol’s New York of the 1970’s and 80’s.&nbsp;The exhibition will encompass both the CCMA and the MAC, unfolding across roughly 10,000 square-feet of exhibition space. Educational and interactive elements will include a historical timeline, video archive installation, interactive mural, children’s print factory area, Studio 54 experience and Central Park-inspired outdoor café, creating an immersive, multifaceted exhibition focused on the life and work of one of the most influential artists of the past century.“Andy Warhol’s work and celebrity redefined what it meant to be an artist and created a model that is still followed by artists today,” said CCMA Curator Justin Witte. “In many ways we are still living in Warhol’s world. I am extremely excited to be partnering with Bank of America on bringing this amazing exhibition to the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and McAninch Arts Center.”The works from Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop / Works from the Bank of America Collection will include portfolios and individual prints by Warhol, starting with iconic works from the mid-1960's to the series of monoprints Vesuvius (1985). These prints demonstrate many aspects of Warhol’s art, including his brilliance as a colorist, which can be seen in the early Flowers and Sunset series. In later series, Warhol experimented with the silkscreen printing process to create complex surface layers.“Bank of America believes that equitable access to the arts is essential to creating greater cultural understanding and building thriving communities,” said Rita Cook, president of Bank of America Chicago. “Through our Arts in our Communities® program, we’re able to share important pieces of artwork from our collection with museums and nonprofit galleries, broadening both the reach and impact of these cultural treasures. It’s a privilege to partner once again with the College of DuPage and to share this unique exhibit with Warhol fans and enthusiasts across Chicagoland.”Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987) was a central figure in the Pop Art movement that emerged in the U.S. in the early 1950s and is the most recognizable artist of the second half of the twentieth century. Warhol worked across media, including painting, sculpture, film and printmaking. Warhol’s printed multiples were central to his practice allowing him to explore the aesthetics and mechanics of mass-produced images and popular culture. Through these prints, Warhol exhibited his mastery at identifying the defining cultural images of his time. Examples include the Wicked Witch of the West,Superman, and Howdy Doody along with the Myths portfolio featuring his self-portrait.Warhol’s prints were not only concerned with pop-culture and celebrity, but also touched on other themes. Warhol’s Endangered Species series grew out of his concern for the environment. In 1979, with Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, Warhol departed from his repeated images format to create a series of iconic images based on a single theme.&nbsp;The exhibition and programming will be led by MAC Director Diana Martinez and CCMA Curator Justin Witte. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale on August 6, 2022. Additional details will be announced at a later date.&nbsp;</body></html>

Cleve Carney Museum of Art and McAninch Arts Center To Host Warhol Exhibition in 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/lurm7qvcqska08lrfudz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.architecture.org">Chicago Architecture Center Announces Departure of President/CEO Lynn Osmond For Choose Chicago</a>The Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) announced the departure of President &amp; CEO Lynn Osmond after 25 years of service, during which she transformed the organization into a global leader promoting Chicago’s unique role as an architectural innovator and a singular destination for design savvy visitors from around the world. On April 29, Osmond departs the CAC to take the helm as President of Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism agency.“It was a tough decision but I’m excited about this new chapter as I prepare to lead Choose Chicago. I am proud of my 25 years at the Chicago Architecture Center, everything we accomplished and all the work we did to promote our great city and our unmatched architecture. This puts me in a strong position to continue to show the world why Chicago is consistently a top destination for local, national and international visitors,” said Osmond.The CAC experienced tremendous growth under Osmond’s leadership as she built it into the largest organization of its kind in the world and cemented Chicago’s stature as the “City of Architecture”. Osmond was selected to lead the CAC (then Chicago Architecture Foundation) in 1996, when it was a $2.4-million-dollar organization with an audience of 150,000, and by 2019 created a $25 million organization with an audience of 700,000 patrons annually and one of the top cultural attractions in the city.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/jk2ykg6agqgknwjkp3wi.jpg"></figure>City of Chicago Announces Alexandra Antoine as CPL's First Artist-in-ResidenceMayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced, along with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Chicago Public Library (CPL), Alexandra Antoine as Legler Regional Library's new Artist-in-Residence — CPL’s first artist-in-residence, based in the recently renovated community anchor serving the entire West Side of Chicago."I am thrilled to join DCASE and CPL in announcing Alexandra Antoine as Legler Regional Library's new artist-in-residence," said Mayor Lightfoot. "The incredible work she will create and lead over the next two years will deeply enhance Legler’s impact on the West Side. Her contributions will also complement the City’s ongoing work to restore the social and economic vibrancy of West Garfield Park.”Alexandra’s work acknowledges the influences of her Haitian culture and interest in portraiture, food, farming, and physical labor in traditional artistic practices of the African diaspora. During a two-year residency, she will develop public art projects and art programs to promote greater connectivity between the Library, its services, and the needs of the local community.“I’m excited to begin my residency at Legler Regional Library and I’m looking forward to connecting with the Garfield Park community and beyond — and collaborating on wonderful art projects,” said Alexandra Antoine.Legler is also home to new artworks created by Chris Pappan — a Chicago-based artist of Kaw, Osage, and Cheyenne River Sioux heritage — and a renowned public art collection that includes a recently-conserved sculpture by Elizabeth Catlett (“Floating Family”) and the monumental painting by Kerry James Marshall (“Knowledge and Wonder”). Chicago Public Library has 81 locations, all of which offer public art and public programming and are now open seven days a week. Expanding Sunday hours ensures library services are more equitable and accessible for all Chicagoans. For details, visit <a href="http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=jd8-2BsLkKeKzJJH-2F5YciLh-2FkVbg3Gpo8uGFiWq12RSULQ9bcGpho3n42Xp0MmV21QGzV1opUiKOTvnau9eQU92g-3D-3D4fp0_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1XeiKasl3Q0KHAlfCn9N7XONZksYe5OIXa5kf5eLUqZODuRSP9aq4SJ-2B49W0jH0wJ361yejP2XnjAzglguANPmQokLLy5E21SwWJkGh1UYnysizUtpG93LIReJ6YsF9xyVNbmHwd6YG5d2rY9ose-2BaUDnIKrQ72Gjd8FxJI0MneO6usMQwwOPVYhwMtpUVT71tU-2F9nHiBc-2Fbf39kj0fTDBR4-2BPtLGl07HUdjgVsLmj9ln5INGbgXw1RePws-2FMJ-2BkZX5cbFV6WdljvpCCL7WStGRNbp87VobPOCYUGhsN1aVBviOiCHPlnEmhQEE-2Bp0K3vkDSK8Nn19jpwgVgbD7gJ6LtYw-3D-3D">ChiPubLib.org</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419038/nn4xncrfbcghndyspeuo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://mailchi.mp/elmhurstartmuseum/launch-of-our-museum-from-home-4837694?e=9f943455be">Elmhurst Art Museum Awarded Illinois Public Museum Grant</a>The Elmhurst Art Museum was awarded the maximum grant award of $750,000 from Gov. Pritzker’s Illinois Public Museum Capital Program, which represents half the funds needed to complete the museum’s upcoming HVAC and roofing renovations. &nbsp; The Elmhurst Art Museum was one of thirty-six Illinois museums to receive state capital investments to improve their facilities and develop new exhibits. The investments are made possible through the Illinois Public Museum Capital Grants Program, funded by the governor’s bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program, the first in nearly a decade. &nbsp; This significant grant comes on the occasion of the museum’s 25th anniversary to support an important next phase of the museum’s renovations, following McCormick House restorations and recent improvements to its galleries and Education Center.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/kodstkk5jnj1ccsndrmh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://gddf.org">Donnelley Foundation Expedites Additional $1.2 million in Grants to Small Arts Organizations in Chicago</a>One year after its April 2021 announcement of $3 million in expedited funding, and two years after its April 2020 announcement of nearly $3 million in expedited finding, the Chicago-based <a href="https://gddf.org/">Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation</a> (the Foundation) is proud to announce a third wave of support, expediting an additional $2.1 million that includes: $1.6 million in expedited payments to Chicago small arts organizations in the midst of their multi-year award; and $576,000 in general operating renewal grants.“Due to the uncertainty of the pandemic over the past two years, when to restart live productions continues to be a challenge for so many of our city’s small arts organizations,” said David Farren, Executive Director of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. “The Foundation continues to advocate for funding that helps sustain these beloved non-profit organizations and that alleviates some of the financial stress experienced by the sector. We take our commitment to these organizations very seriously.”The expedited funds will be released to all organizations on April 15, 2022.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 3/17/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/f1jt496fgz3ejxa3duvl.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/rebecca-morris-29-march-18-april-23-2022-opening-reception-march-18-5-7pm">Rebecca Morris: #29</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmCorbett vs. Dempsey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419037/izehfv8yklr2yny7qsrv.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/c-j-pyle-skin-tight-b985427c-f321-4a5c-9b7a-3194d15a5cc9">C.J. Pyle: Skin Tight</a>March 18Epiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419038/oo1gbbreyagiloc0tl8a.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/artist-reception-0f537848-7143-4779-9507-33bccdb2e707">Artist Reception</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 6 – 9&nbsp;pm33 Contemporary Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419039/akpk8pvig6f9ujirphbp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/human-nature-reception">Human/Nature: Reception</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmWeinberg/Newton Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419040/rftfasch2cec5s92op3f.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/3rd-friday-open-studios-fe9b6278-6558-4f16-802c-4bc26bea0336">3rd Friday Open Studios</a>Opening: Friday, March 18, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmBridgeport Art CenterJoin us as we feature the 9th Annual Illinois&nbsp;High School Art Exhibitions&nbsp;in our 3rd and 4th floor galleries along with our&nbsp;BAC&nbsp;artists' open studios.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 18

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/ygplxyqezk8eal0jreem.jpg"><figcaption>Derrick Adams, Silver Lining, 2022. Edition of 100, 27 x 20 1/4 inches, Silkscreen, relief and collage. $4,000/ea</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CHICAGO—EXPO CHICAGO, the international exposition of contemporary and modern art, today announced an exclusive print edition by acclaimed artist Derrick Adams in celebration of the fair’s in-person return to Navy Pier, April 7-10. The print,Silver Lining (2022), is an edition of one hundred and is printed by Tandem Press, the internationally renowned publisher of fine art prints, in collaboration with Rhona Hoffman Gallery. The limited edition print is available for advance purchase at <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/print">expochicago.com/print</a> and on-site at EXPO CHICAGO.“In 2019, we renewed a tradition of the early Chicago fairs, by collaborating with internationally renowned artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust, and Landfall Press, to publish a limited edition print that commemorated the exposition and supported EXPO CHICAGO’s Curatorial Initiatives programming”, said Tony Karman, President | Director. “After two plus years, we are extremely proud to celebrate the return of our in-person 2022 exposition with this extraordinary new print and to have the distinct honor to work with the celebrated artist Derrick Adams and Tandem Press to continue this tradition.”For his 2017 inHarlem project in collaboration with The Studio Museum in Harlem, Adams carried out extensive research on Black design in fashion at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, culminating in a body of work entitled Mood Board. Silver Lining incorporates abstract collage, vintage clothing patterns, fabric and bold, colorful forms to communicate Adams' interest in formalism, deconstruction and fragmentation. Playing with perspective, viewers see the exposed lining and structure of the coat as seen from an imagined vantage point beneath the runway. The piece merges the visual vernacular of garment making with the frenetic energy of a runway show—an ode to legendary Black fashion.&nbsp;“In the past five years I've had the chance to work with incredible arts organizations in the city of Chicago, including Rhona Hoffman Gallery and Stony Island Arts Bank, that have had a lasting impact on my practice,” said Derrick Adams. “It is an honor to be selected to create this visual representation of the 2022 edition of EXPO CHICAGO, a crucial contributor to the City’s art ecosystem, and to work with Tandem Press once again.”“A collaborative artist by nature, Derrick Adams has been an absolute joy to work with. He is incredibly thoughtful in his approach to translating his ideas through the printmaking process,” said Paula Panczenko, Director of Tandem Press. “Silver Lining perfectly encapsulates Derrick’s many artistic influences—from music and performance to the legacy of Black fashion designers. We were thrilled to be asked to work on this new edition created by Derrick exclusively for EXPO CHICAGO, and look forward to its debut at the fair.”The print is available for $4,000 and will be sold in a limited edition of 100. Sales will support EXPO CHICAGO’s Curatorial Initiatives, which seek to promote the development of curators and foster international dialogue between artists and institutions in Chicago and the greater Midwest.&nbsp;About Derrick AdamsDerrick Adams (b. 1970) is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work spans painting, collage, sculpture, performance, video, and sound. Adams obtained his BFA from the Pratt Institute and MFA from Columbia University. He is also an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting &amp; Sculpture. Among other honors, the artist received a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency, a Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship and a Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize. With his oeuvre, Adams probes how identity and personal narrative intersect with American iconography, art history, urban culture, and the Black experience. The artist explores how individuals are shaped by their physical, societal, and historical environs. With sophisticated formal techniques, Adams investigates the fragmentation and manipulation of structure and surface—a method that links him to pioneers such as Henri Matisse, Hannah Höch, and Romare Bearden. His art resides in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Studio Museum in Harlem; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; and the Birmingham Museum of Art, among many others. He has recently established an artist program and residency in his hometown of Baltimore called The Last Resort.&nbsp;About Tandem PressTandem Press is a publisher of fine art prints that hosts internationally renowned artists in its studio space, assisting them as they create original fine art editions. Using an array of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques, Tandem Press stands at the forefront of research, experimentation, and new developments in the field of printmaking and has established itself as a leader among international fine art print publishers. Since its inception in 1987, Tandem Press has produced original fine art editions by numerous world-renowned artists including Derrick Adams, Richard Bosman, Lynda Benglis, Suzanne Caporael, Robert Cottingham, Lesley Dill, Jim Dine, Jeffrey Gibson, Sam Gilliam, Michelle Grabner, Al Held, Robert Kelly, David Lynch, Maser, Judy Pfaff, Alison Saar, Sean Scully, David Shapiro, Alan Shields, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Swoon, and Mickalene Thomas.As a gallery, Tandem Press represents, promotes, and sells the artworks created in the studio both locally through exhibitions in its gallery, and nationally through participation in several internationally renowned annual art fairs. The Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wisconsin is the official archive of Tandem Press and receives one print from every edition that is published. In addition to its professional and research operatives, Tandem Press is also an important educational entity affiliated alongside the Art Department within the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tandem Press also partners with other departments at the university and organizations throughout Wisconsin to offer tours, printmaking workshops, and other special events that serve artists, students, faculty, staff and the general public.&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO Chicago Announces Ltd Ed. Print By Derrick Adams from Tandem Press

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/s7irhnpuc2h3rickeqcr.jpg"><figcaption>The Other Art Fair</figcaption></figure>By CGN Staff<a href="https://www.theotherartfair.com/chicago/">The Other Art Fair</a> was one of the first and only in-person fairs to take place in Chicago in 2021 when it opened last <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/9/the-other-art-fair-returns-to-chicago-this-weekend">September</a>. With limits in place in consideration of COVID, the fair lacked some of its usual party vibrancy but they got the job done and welcomed artists and fair-goers for a weekend of in-person art viewing and buying. The fair is back again already, this time taking place April 21-24 on Fulton Market.&nbsp;Presented by Saatchi Art, The Other Art Fair is billed as the leading artist Fair to discover and buy art directly from the very best emerging artistic talent.&nbsp;Founded in London, UK in 2011, annual and biannual editions take place across the globe in Brooklyn, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, London, Melbourne, Sydney, and Toronto.This spring's Chicago fair promises to bring back the party it's known for, including Bombay G&amp;Ts for VIPs on opening night and DJ sets, immersive art installations, fully stocked bars, and lots of fresh affordable art.&nbsp;Browse original and limited edition artworks by 110 independent artists, with pieces priced from $100 and in a variety of different mediums – &nbsp;something for every budget and taste.&nbsp;&nbsp;Special programming specific to Chicago includes:&nbsp;• All Star Press back presenting three Chicago Based Guest Artists: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blake_jones/">BLAKE JONES, </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jcrivera/">JC RIVERA </a>and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ellooelloo/">ELLOO</a>• Chicago Charity partner <a href="https://artsoflife.org/">Arts of Life</a> who offer support and a creative outlet for artists with developmental disabilities.• <a href="http://www.amfm.life/">AMFM’s</a> founder Ciera McKissick on the Selection Committee for the 2022 New Futures – designed to launch the careers of talented emerging artists through prizing that includes free exhibition space and mentorship.Details, including hours, COVID protocols and tickets, <a href="https://www.theotherartfair.com/chicago/">here</a> &nbsp;</body></html>

The Other Art Fair Will Take Place This Spring on Fulton Market

<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-most-endangered-chicago-buildings-20220309-ml7yn5h64nffvks6wjxgopjbau-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daywatch&amp;utm_content=911646920233#nws=true">Chicago’s annual list of most endangered buildings is out</a>Preservation Chicago’s annual list of the seven most endangered buildings is so big that this year it includes eight historic sites.Topping the list, issued Wednesday, is an urgent late addition: two century-old Chicago skyscrapers that the federal government purchased 15 years ago and now wants to demolish.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.history.com/news/endurance-shackleton-shipwreck-discovery-photos">Photos of the Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance</a>For more than a century, the location of Endurance—the ship which carried Sir&nbsp;Ernest Shackleton and his crew on a doomed expedition to Antarcticabefore becoming trapped in the ice and ultimately sinking beneath it—had been a mystery.That changed on March 9, 2022, with the announcement&nbsp;that the expedition team Endurance22 had discovered the famous wreck some 10,000 feet deep on the bottom of the Weddell Sea.Via The History Channel&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/color-factory-chicago-artists-2082133">The Color Factory Is Opening a Permanent Space in Chicago. Here Are the Artists It’s Tapped for Its Latest Immersive Experience Hub</a>The interactive exhibition&nbsp;<a href="http://www.colorfactory.co/">Color Factory</a>, known for its photogenic displays and massive ball pits, is opening its third permanent location, inside Chicago’s Willis Tower.The 25,000-square-foot space—the Color Factory’s biggest to date—will feature artists from around the world, including&nbsp;Camille Walala,&nbsp;Yuri Suzuki, Tomislav “Quintessenz” Topic, Liz West, Anne Patterson, Christine Wong Yap, Harvey and John, and&nbsp;Michele Bernhardt, as well as four artists with ties to Chicago in&nbsp;Edra Soto,&nbsp;Akilah Townsend, Adrian Kay Wong, and&nbsp;Emilie Baltz.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/03/14/new-art-exhibition-skokie-showcases-work-first-responders">New Art Exhibition in Skokie Showcases Work of First Responders</a>There’s a famous quote from Fred Rogers – when he saw scary things on the news as a child, his mother told him: “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”An art exhibition Called “Courage …” adds a visual element to Mr. Rogers’ advice – and the artwork is made by the helpers.“I was looking for some type of creative display to commemorate the two-year shutdown. And rather than focus on the shutdown itself, I wanted to focus more on the individuals who responded and helped,” said Debra Hatchett of Anatomically Correct Arts.Via WTTW&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 3/14/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/inirrlyjeldstu3snmso.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/laura-catherwood-book-of-yielding-solo-show">Laura Catherwood "Book of Yielding" Solo Show</a>Opening: Saturday, March 12, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Project Space&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/tminrsqanpa3zrngxcrn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pistachios-artist-series-ii">Pistachios Artist Series II</a>Opening: Saturday, March 12, 3 – 5&nbsp;pmPistachios Contemporary Jewelry Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/k0fo988hhgqwa417t834.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/figures-grounds">Figures, Grounds</a>March 12Western Exhibitions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start March 12

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/s1glinwdgxsnrmbhw52y.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/melanie-pankau-when-the-center-stands-still">Melanie Pankau: When the Center Stands Still</a>Opening: Thursday, March 10, 4 – 6&nbsp;pmMcCormick Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/skkr7jxs7plr0hbwumla.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/remaking-the-exceptional-tea-torture-and-reparations-chicago-to-guantanamo">Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations | Chicago to Guantánamo</a>March 10DePaul University Art Museum (DPAM)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/mrbsdwpbzdxvuceb19es.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kryssi-staikidis-emergence">Kryssi Staikidis: Emergence</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/ptkodqjh4dyrshvm2gjx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/staff-picks">STAFF PICKS</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Printmakers Collaborative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/txlnuyksvad0einoqvvp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/56-milwaukee">56/Milwaukee</a>Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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