<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/art-mental-health-11641387911">Is Looking at Art a Path to Mental Well-Being?</a>During a dark period in his youth, Bill Murray thought about killing himself while wandering the streets of Chicago. “I was ready to die,” the actor said at a press conference several years ago. That day he decided to visit the Art Institute and found himself in front of Jules Breton’s 1884 painting The Song of the Lark, which depicts a young woman looking skyward, sickle in hand, a violent orange sunrise behind her. Suddenly, Murray felt hope. “I just thought, Well, there’s a girl who doesn’t have a whole lot of prospects, but the sun’s coming up anyway and she’s got another chance at it,” he said. “That gave me some sort of feeling that I too am a person, and get another chance every day the sun comes up.” Murray credits the painting with saving his life.Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italian-collectors-instagram-fakes-2057952">Four Italian Collectors on Instagram Have Been Unmasked as Catfish Accounts. Was It a Scheme to Pump Emerging Artists?&nbsp;</a>“It all starts at a fair, or by word of mouth from collector friends, or wandering around Instagram,” the collector Carlo Alberto Ferri&nbsp;<a href="https://it.reafair.com/post/collector-s-view-collezione-carlo-alberto-ferri">recently told</a>&nbsp;an Italian art blog. “Then, I get in touch with the gallery before I buy.”It sounds like a typical response. What’s unusual is that Ferri is not actually a collector, or even a real person. And there are others like him, prowling the internet purporting to be Italian collectors, according to a&nbsp;report published in the newspaper Il Sole 24 Oreyesterday.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-visual-art-chicago-winter-2022-preview-20220106-k6q7ncoz2vc3jg5fv45ze6oq3y-story.html">Top 10 for Visual Art in Chicago: Big shows, big messages in the first months of 2022</a>As museums carry on showing pandemic holdovers too good to cancel, the embarrassment of riches continues. So many great shows, so little space to mention them all!By Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/01/08/showcase-african-and-african-american-artists-comes-prudential-plaza">Showcase of African and African American Artists Comes to Prudential Plaza</a>A unique collaboration is bringing Black art to a popular Chicago building.It’s a first of its kind exhibit happening now at <a href="http://onetwopru.com/gallery-guichard-exhibition/">One Two Pru, also known as Prudential Plaza</a>, located in the Loop. It’s not unusual to see art in downtown lobbies, but most of the pieces in this art exhibit are from <a href="https://www.galleryguichard.com/">Gallery Guichard</a>, a Black-owned art gallery in Bronzeville.Via WTTW&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 1/11/21

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418996/uukuwcurlczfgcy2byax.png"></figure>&nbsp;Via PRCHICAGO, IL - Rebuild Foundation and Anthony Gallery today announced a yearlong partnership to present a series of exhibitions spotlighting the importance of Black space, Black art and Black artists at the Stony Island Arts Bank in 2022. Run by Chicago native Isimeme “Easy” Otabor, <a href="https://www.anthony.gallery/">Anthony Gallery</a>, which is located in the Fulton River District of Chicago, will collaborate with artist Theaster Gates’ Rebuild Foundation to highlight emerging and established contemporary artists working in the field of African and Black American identity. Rebuild Foundation and Anthony Gallery will kick off the series on January 20th with ‘Is where it’s at!’, a special exhibition from Chicago-based Nigerian American artist <a href="https://www.adesholamakinde.com/">Adeshola Makinde</a>.&nbsp;‘Is where it’s at!,’ a presentation of new and existing works drawing upon the celebrated EBONY and JET Magazines, pays homage to the Johnson Publishing Company’s reign in documenting, celebrating and amplifying all aspects of Black life in America. The exhibition’s title is a nod to musician Nina Simone’s “Young, Gifted and Black” performance at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, marrying themes of Black empire, Black life and Black music found throughout the archives at the Arts Bank. Makinde, whose work is informed by a strong social justice and activism lens, has had his work featured in collaborations with notable brands Nike, Nordstrom, Soho House, and Notre, to name a few.<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418997/bogcnejuo2wzjvjwl9eh.png"></figure>“I’m so thrilled to partner with Easy Otabor and Anthony Gallery to showcase and celebrate Black artists at the Stony Island Arts Bank,” said Theaster Gates, Founder and Executive Director of Rebuild Foundation. “It is an honor to support emerging gallerists and artists who are using their craft and platform to amplify the culture. Black neighborhoods are brimming with creative ambition and we’re proud to provide a platform for these emerging young artists. It’s especially fulfilling to kick off this series than with Adeshola Makinde’s work highlighting the legacy of the Johnson Publishing Company, connecting our spaces and our archives to Chicago’s creative communities.”“Since learning about the Stony Island Arts Bank, it’s been a dream of mine to elevate the work of talented Black artists throughout Chicago and across the country,” said Easy Otabor, Founder of Anthony Gallery. “Partnering with Theaster Gates and developing these shows at the Arts Bank allows curators, collectors and gallerists like myself to demonstrate the rich cultural talent that exists within our communities and has long been overlooked. We’re excited to share these collections and bodies of work with the South Side.”“‘Is where it’s at!’ is an ode to Black people who continue to enrich the culture of the world,” said Adeshola Makinde, multidisciplinary artist. “Presenting this work in a space inextricably linked to Black excellence and being able to draw upon the Johnson Publishing Library at the Arts Bank is an honor. I’m excited to partner with Rebuild Foundation and Anthony Gallery to share my work in Black space on the South Side.”‘Is where it’s at!’ will open at 5pm on Thursday, January 20. Guests will be asked to wear a mask and provide proof of vaccination in accordance with CDC guidelines. The exhibition will be on view at the Stony Island Arts Bank Thursdays through Sundays from 12pm to 6pm from January 21, 2022, to February 27, 2022. Rebuild Foundation and Anthony Gallery will collaborate throughout the year to produce and present a number of exhibitions at the Arts Bank.&nbsp;For more information about this collaboration, please visit <a href="https://www.rebuild-foundation.org">www.rebuild-foundation.org</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Artist Theaster Gates Teams Up with Gallerist Easy Otabor to Showcase Black Artists

CAC Announces the 2022-23&nbsp;BOLT Artist Residents<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cdybkd-dlvzir-y/">Michael Cuadrado</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cdybkd-dlvzir-j/">Tulika Ladsariya</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cdybkd-dlvzir-t/">Sal Moreno</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cdybkd-dlvzir-i/">Laleh Motlagh</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cdybkd-dlvzir-d/">Lola Ayisha Ogbara</a> <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cdybkd-dlvzir-h/">R. Treshawn Williamson</a>BOLT is a one-year juried residency program for emerging and mid-career Chicago artists offers onsite studio space and monthly visits by influential artists and art professionals.⁠Learn more about CAC's current community of artists&nbsp;<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cdybkd-dlvzir-k/">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2021/12/28/new-book-reveals-secrets-chicago-nanny-who-was-world-class-photographer">A New Biography Aims to Answer Some of the Many Questions About Vivian Maier</a>There has always been an air of mystery surrounding the life of Vivian Maier.Maier, was a North Shore nanny who quietly pursued another endeavor – in her spare time she took extraordinary photographs.Her body of work — 140,000 images — was discovered in a Chicago storage locker in 2007. And the photographs were not attributed to her until she died two years later. Our own Jay Shefksy first reported on the phenom before her life became the subject of a 2014 documentary. Now a new biography aims to answer some of the many questions about Maier.&nbsp;It’s called “<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vivian-Maier-Developed/Ann-Marks/9781982166724">Vivian Maier Developed — The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny</a>.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/05/i-have-been-hacked-collector-loses-more-than-dollar2m-of-nfts-overnight?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=ec3795a7c6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_01_05_11_10&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c459f924d0-ec3795a7c6-61117077">‘I have been hacked’: collector loses more than $2m of NFTs overnight</a>More than $2.2m worth of NFTs were stolen from the New York-based art collector and gallerist, Todd Kramer, according to a series of now-deleted tweets. Kramer, of Ross+Kramer Gallery, called for help via social media in the early hours of 30 December, saying: “I have been hacked, all my apes [have] gone." He described the night as the "worst of his life". The 15 NFTs which disappeared from his wallet were from the highly prized Bored Ape Yacht Club and the Mutant Ape Yacht Club collections, in what is believed to have been a phishing scam.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;&nbsp;

CGN Art World Recap: 1/6/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418996/v0hacrzdchgtf5eidzb2.png"></figure>By CGN StaffA handful of River North Gallery spaces are organizing to host their traditional early January gallery walk on Friday, January 7 from 5-8pm. Afterward, walk attendees are invited to enjoy cocktails and al fresco dining at River North's modern Greek restaurant <a href="https://avli.us/">Avli</a> at the corner of Wells and Huron or sample home made Italian fare at <a href="https://www.torchiopastabar.com/">Torchino Pasta Bar</a> on Wells.Gallery owners invite collectors and visitors to the city on self-guided tour of spaces located along Huron, Superior, and Wells Streets, while meeting artists, curators, and gallery staff.&nbsp;The River North Gallery Walk is free and open to the public. Maps are available at Addington Gallery (704 N Wells St.)Expect masking and other COVID-protocols to be in place.&nbsp;&nbsp;Saturday Morning TourThere is also a monthly <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/second-saturday-gallery-tour-01c3a141-5e68-4d63-8851-94a1fd70513b">free Saturday morning gallery tour</a> taking place the following day, January 8, at 11am.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/free-cgn-saturday-gallery-tours">Details and Rsvp here</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Participating galleries:<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/colorful-language">Addington Gallery</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/group-show-i-ve-got-my-art-to-keep-me-warm">Jean Albano</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/wunderkammer-victor-s-cabinet-of-curiosities">Gallery Victor Armendariz</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lee-godie-sincerely">Carl Hammer Gallery</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/winter-river-north-opening">Rosenthal Fine Art</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/winter-group-show-77e2a3ae-7e3c-4beb-8e5e-350decb13436">Vale Craft Gallery</a><a href="http://www.zggallery.com/gallery_information.htm">Zg Gallery</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

River North's New Year Gallery Walk is Friday, January 7th

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418996/yuktotpneghtpzkst8cb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lee-godie-sincerely">Lee Godie: Sincerely...</a>Opening: Friday, January 7, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmCarl Hammer GalleryForty-three years ago, on the eve of the grand opening of the Carl Hammer Gallery at 620 N. Michigan Avenue, a first-time encounter with Chicago’s iconic street artist took place.&nbsp;Now, twenty-eight years since her passing, Carl Hammer Gallery takes a look back at the remarkable, inventive eye of one of Chicago’s most widely collected artists – Lee Godie.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418997/sneztxsw3zgofsnhcdev.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/for-spacious-skies">for spacious skies</a>Opening: Friday, January 7, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418998/z7zqebyhqlk1ofhdkjso.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/patrice-s-nelson">Patrice S. Nelson</a>Opening: Friday, January 7, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418998/adfmsjjjb9o0ef0hcqrn.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/wunderkammer-victor-s-cabinet-of-curiosities">Wunderkammer: Victor's Cabinet of Curiosities</a>Opening: Friday, January 7, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmGallery Victor ArmendarizWunderkammers, or cabinets of curiosities, arose in mid-sixteenth century Europe as repositories for all manner of wondrous and exotic objects, sometimes filling entire rooms. These collections mark the intersection of superstition, science, and man-made objects and are precursors to museums.&nbsp;To celebrate our five-year anniversary, Gallery Victor Armendariz will transform our space into a modern Wunderkammer featuring artists: Marcos Raya, John Seubert (AKA John Dolly), Rick Farrell,&nbsp;Ivan Markovic and many more!&nbsp;Including the Kupjack Miniature Rooms.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418999/fpeyq5tayj1jrwbyfy6k.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/colorful-language">Colorful Language</a>Opening: Friday, January 7, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419000/b8dsmcznlxikxb6sylwk.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/anneke-eussen-blank-pages">Anneke Eussen: Blank Pages</a>January 8DOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419001/uyhrpdrhh0husjivu0at.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/through-a-new-lens-works-from-the-world-wide-mobile-photography-movement">Through a New Lens: Works from the World-Wide Mobile Photography Movement</a>Opening: Saturday, January 8, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo GalleryThis exhibition provides a small glimpse to how a mobile device is not only a convenient device in one’s pocket, but also a powerful creative tool harnessed by these artists to redefine how we understand picture-making. The question before us now is: What is the next technical advancement mobile photography is paving the way for?&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419001/xv0zoxawvlyx2umiwszo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dan-gunn-of-the-land-behind-them">Dan Gunn: Of the Land Behind Them</a>January 8&nbsp;Monique Meloche GalleryGunn’s work relies on the imagery, aesthetics, and craft traditions of the American Midwestern vernacular and investigates their ideological function in politics and for the formulation of male subjectivity.&nbsp;His practice mines materials for their unconscious associations and emotional potential. Woodworking and ceramics are used for their historical connection to Midwestern mythologies in&nbsp;an attempt to construct a counterfactual folk art, one not riddled with nostalgia but more accurate to the current state of affairs.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 7 & 8

<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/artist-maps-englewood-homes-where-land-sale-contracts-denied-black">Artist maps Englewood homes where Black residents were denied ownership</a>In January, signs will start appearing in front of houses that were part of an onerous period in Chicago’s housing history, the mid-20th century era of land sale contracts, when Black households were allowed tantalizingly close to homeownership without attaining it.Via Crain's Chicago&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/26/obituaries/wayne-thiebaud-dead.html">Wayne Thiebaud, Playful Painter of the Everyday, Dies at 101</a>Wayne Thiebaud, the California-based painter whose lush, dreamy landscapes and luminous pictures of hot dogs, deli counters, marching band majorettes and other charmed relics of midcentury Americana were complex meditations on life and painting, and represented one of the most affecting and individual variations on 20th-century Pop Art, died on Saturday at his home in Sacramento. He was 101.Via The New York Times(Thumbnail image: “Untitled (Three Ice Creams),” 1964.Credit...Wayne Thiebaud /Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/04/new-caravaggio-workonce-estimated-at-euro1500-and-now-worth-millionsoffered-to-spain">New ‘Caravaggio’ work—once estimated at €1,500 and now worth millions—offered to Spain</a>The regional government of Madrid will have the opportunity to buy a newly discovered work thought to have been painted by the 16th-century artist Caravaggio. The work, known as The Crowning of Thorns, was withdrawn from an auction in Madrid last spring after curators from the Museo Nacional del Prado said there was “sufficient stylistic and documentary evidence” to suggest it could be an original Caravaggio. The regional government recently granted the work protected status, declaring it an item of cultural interest.The piece was due to go under the hammer at Ansorena auction house on 8 April with a guide price of just €1,500. The small-scale painting was included in the online catalogue of Ansorena with an attribution to the “circle of [the 17th-century Spanish artist] José de Ribera”. The Spanish government subsequently imposed an export ban on the work.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/armory-show-latinx-latin-american-art-2022-1234613288/">Armory Show Plans Fair-Wide Focus on Latinx and Latin American Art for 2022&nbsp;Edition</a>For its upcoming edition next fall, the Armory Show will focus its special programming on Latinx and Latin American art. Three of the fields’ leading curators will oversee those events: Mari Carmen Ramírez, Tobias Ostrander, and Carla Acevedo-Yates.Via ARTnews&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 1/4/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418996/yjnpmzdyvbfknuihgyvn.jpg"><figcaption>Oskar Friedl, far right, with the Zhou Brothers (3rd from left and 5th from left)</figcaption></figure>Former Chicago Art Dealer and longtime curator Oskar Friedl has DiedOskar Friedl passed away after a battle with COVID-19. He would have turned 66 this week. His son shared details on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/oskar.friedl">Facebook</a> page. Friedl was also a collaborator with the Zhou Brothers, as well as an editor of their books.&nbsp;More information on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/oskar.friedl">Facebook</a>&nbsp;Work In Progress: Eighteen Months Ago, Woman Made Gallery Started An Overhaul in the Wake of a Racially Charged UnravelingIt’s been over a year since the nation’s art institutions released their promises, statements and commitments, in various verbiages, to “do better” with racial justice. Some have stayed the course, others veered back to business as usual. Most are somewhere in the middle and have spent the past year-and-a-half adjusting to a new standard of equity and inclusion.Woman Made Gallery is a nonprofit exhibition space that focuses on women and non-binary artists. In June of 2020, Woman Made Gallery’s newly appointed director left, citing “racism in the organization and microaggressions in the workplace,” according to a statement from the gallery. Then a staff member quit, for similar reasons. Then a board member left. Ultimately the gallery ended the summer with full staff turnover and a much-reduced board.Via <a href="https://art.newcity.com/2022/01/03/work-in-progress-eighteen-months-ago-woman-made-gallery-started-an-overhaul-in-the-wake-of-a-racially-charged-unraveling/">Newcity</a>&nbsp;Susanin's Sold Its Auction Building and is Now Doing Art AdvisorySean Susanin shared: "2022 marks a fresh start and the chance to reset ourselves. Our flagship building in downtown Chicago has been sold.&nbsp;We will no longer be conducting traditional English style auctions.&nbsp;As we all know, the art and auction industry has seen tremendous change...With 40 years experience navigating the art and auction world, our mission at SUSANIN'S will continue to bring confidential, trusted advice, solutions and phenomenal results for all your art-related needs" with Susanin's Art Advisory Group.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 1/3/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418996/zhv7qwbero6jvq9njcvi.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;As 2021 comes to a close, we wanted to share some of CGN's top interviews, features and announcements from this past year. 2021 began with optimism, and we're ending it amidst a somewhat weird yet familiar place where we navigate new areas of the pandemic but we are still keeping a positive mindset for 2022. We are proud of our 2021 coverage of the many artists, collectors, dealers and other community members we spotlighted during this challenging and changing time.&nbsp;2021 saw a return to more coverage of exhibition previews and art world announcements. We profiled some of Chicago's most prolific and interesting artists and designers, and we highlighted a few very special art collectors and their collections.&nbsp;Below is a chronological summary of 2021's CGN features. You can read all the news of this past year <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news">here</a>.Thank you all as always for your vital support of CGN and its mission. We look forward to sharing even more news and events with you in 2022. The new annual Arts Guide is out the first week of the new year!&nbsp;– Ginny Van Alyea, CGN Publisher&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418997/fcjfbn8glyanqdvad7sa.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/1/olafur-eliasson-debuts-new-lake-michigan-inspired-cultural-landmark-at-willis-tower">Olafur Eliasson Debuts New Lake Michigan-Inspired Cultural Landmark at Willis Tower</a> – January 2021&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418998/ezh1uulmppz1iy1wfxy7.gif"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/5/taking-the-temperature-in-2021-how-is-it-actually-going-in-chicago-s-art-world">Taking the Temperature in 2021: How Is It Actually Going in Chicago's Art World?</a> – May 2021<h3>&nbsp;</h3>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418999/lwxwfl2ba8icwcld9xbe.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/6/june-preview-art-auctions-and-a-return-to-parties">June Preview: Art Auctions and a Return to Parties</a> – June 2021&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419000/gxfz5tpkyurcyx7nzbrs.gif"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/5/frida-kahlo-timeless-at-the-cleve-carney-museum-of-art-a-transformative-exhibition-for-the-glen-ellyn-community">Frida Kahlo: Timeless, at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art. A Transformative Exhibition for the Glen Ellyn Community</a> – May 2021&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419001/bjcptouhhsukzobvodea.gif"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/5/hurvin-anderson-s-artistic-translations-at-the-arts-club-of-chicago-ea7a466f-b0a2-4615-adc1-71bef9d59201">Hurvin Anderson's Artistic Translations at The Arts Club of Chicago</a> – May 2021&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419001/hoiutnjofehhddzpdfhh.jpg"></figure><a href="Vibrant Art Enlivens a Home: Collectors Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson">Vibrant Art Enlivens a Home: Collectors Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson</a> – June 2021&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419002/ry3dicqjb9rxajhpckhw.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/8/a-man-walks-into-a-museum-for-tony-fitzpatrick-2021-is-a-return-to-more-than-before">A Man Walks Into a Museum: For Tony Fitzpatrick, 2021 is a Return to More Than Before</a> – September 2021&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419003/crorftuoihje8gwoy5lx.png"></figure>Stewards For Generations: The Neal Family's Influential Support for Black Artists– September 2021&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419004/b5kgos1i6dxrcm81qnjm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/9/inpursuit-of-bookish-things-audrey-niffenegger-on-building-artists-book-house-a-home-in-evanston">In Pursuit of Bookish Things: Audrey Niffenegger on Building Artists Book House a Home in Evanston</a> – September 2021&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419005/kmvagh1wglnnusiev1qe.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/9/pooja-pittie-s-colorful-energy">Pooja Pittie's Colorful Energy</a> – September 2021&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN's 2021 News Highlights

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418988/vwptcjxldsbhtexqqguq.jpg"><figcaption>CGN Publisher Ginny Van Alyea</figcaption></figure>By GINNY VAN ALYEA2022 has a nice, balanced ring to it. It sounds like a skip, or a heartbeat. I hope that the way the year sounds when spoken aloud might just mean that it will be a lighter, fulfilling, year.&nbsp;During the weeks of production for this CGN Arts Guide, naturally we look ahead to what will come and what we will be different, usually better, than the preceding year. At the end of 2019 could not have fathomed the 2020 that was coming. At the end of 2020 we were grateful that galleries were open and still in business. Now, with a view of 2022 on the horizon, I’m an optimist. With the expectation that 2022 will be a good year, I’m most interested in what exactly will take shape and how we will settle into a landscape that is fully opened up following the challenges and limits of the past couple years. We can’t expect to do all that we did before the pandemic. The to-do list we had needs to be rewritten.I think 2022 will come with a broader acceptance–versus fear–of COVID in day-to-day life. Galleries and their collectors, along with museums, have come to appreciate appointments, ticketed entries and time set aside to intentionally view and consider art. Time, space and people are each very precious resources, so planning and making choices has become essential to everything, even more than before.&nbsp;Art fairs, long a much-loved, yet widely lamented, mainstay of the art market, will return in full this year. Many galleries and collectors will be grateful for their return and the exposure and sales they bring. Others will have decided they can do without them. Either way, regularly practicing being intentionally present in the real world, as opposed to the virtual one, is good.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418989/wfo9ybqcd7w9cg1fai0z.jpg"><figcaption>Sarah Blood, "I'm So Fucking Tired" (installation), gold sequins, neon, fan, gold streamers, mixed media, variable dimensions, 2017. Courtesy Ken Saunders Gallery, Neon and Light Museum installation 2021</figcaption></figure>*&nbsp;Mid-way through 2021 my husband and I bought a house, moving our family from an apartment to a home with more room, including space for the CGN office. Moving is hard work – something I knew on one level but experienced on another. My optimism carried me a long way, but there was a point where being in between our familiar home of a decade and moving into another was unsettling. Nothing felt in place and the to-do list seemed insurmountable.&nbsp;One morning, right after we finally moved in, artist James Mesplé called saying he wanted to stop by the house. James was one of the only people who actually stopped into CGN somewhat regularly over the past few years, and I had worried that leaving the office would mean I wouldn’t get his dear, friendly visits any more. But James made it a point to come to the house, and he was bearing a gift. He shared that it was a tradition when he was growing up that whenever someone would move to a new home, all the relatives and friends would arrive with a little something in a red envelope as a sign of good luck and as a means of “feathering the nest.” James told me you never know what you’re going to need, but you’ll always need something. His kindness was exactly what I needed – a sign for the year ahead, one in a new nest, and one, hopefully, for a new post-COVID world, where we will gather the feathers and settle into new ways of doing many things together.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Publisher's Letter: 2022

<html><head></head><body>By CGN StaffThe new CGN 2022 Arts Guide will be out after Christmas, and we're busy now filling the calendar for 2022. Here for you are a handful of exhibitions opening in the early days of the new year. Check out calendar daily for new additions and updates!&nbsp;Happy new year!&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418996/msdp4jxve23escktwz9r.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/colorful-language">Colorful Language</a>&nbsp;Jan 7 – Feb 5Addington GalleryFeaturing work by Joanne Mattera, Cat Crotchett, Kathleen Waterloo, Alicia LaChance, Joan Holleb, Julia Katz, Michael Hoffman, David Versluis, Rebecca Crowell, Allison B. Cooke, Lisa Pressman&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418997/oxkjpj6k8h9qrkzuf5lx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-rounds">The Rounds</a>Jan 7 – Feb 17Chicago Artists Coalition<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-ciiulhy-ftuikdrju-y/">The Rounds</a> is a duo exhibition featuring new works by current CAC HATCH 2021-22 artists-in-residence <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-ciiulhy-ftuikdrju-j/">Osée Obaonrin</a> and <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-ciiulhy-ftuikdrju-t/">Nayeon Yang</a>, and curated by <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-ciiulhy-ftuikdrju-i/">Yi Cao</a>. The Rounds captures the repeated tries, recurring counter-actions, and recursive tensions existing amid the perpetual state of motion in societies, between relationships, and within one’s mental landscape.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418998/m6sce4iknljypswx9nvg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dan-gunn-of-the-land-behind-them">Dan Gunn: Of the Land Behind Them</a>Jan 8 – Feb 19Monique MelocheGunn’s work relies on the imagery, aesthetics, and craft traditions of the American Midwestern vernacular and investigates their ideological function in politics and for the formulation of male subjectivity.&nbsp;His practice mines materials for their unconscious associations and emotional potential. Woodworking and ceramics are used for their historical connection to Midwestern mythologies in&nbsp;an attempt to construct a counterfactual folk art, one not riddled with nostalgia but more accurate to the current state of affairs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418999/o9640xjrbd0uboppabui.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/anneke-eussen-blank-pages">Anneke Eussen: Blank Pages</a>Jan 8 – Feb 27DOCUMENTDOCUMENT presents Anneke Eussen's&nbsp;first&nbsp;solo exhibition at the gallery. Eussen lives and works in the Netherlands. She studied at the Academy of Maastricht followed by a post-graduate residency at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Belgium.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419000/k3vu9seu2xizqqzpzydh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/un-disclosed">(un)disclosed</a>Jan 8 – 261100 Florence(un)disclosed is an exhibition of select Fall 2020 Journal Series weavings. These weavings are an alternative to handwritten journals that document Bibbs’ day-to-day life through the intuitive use of color, textures, and material.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419001/upz4rkvrzcqhzmurk2di.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/through-a-new-lens-works-from-the-world-wide-mobile-photography-movement">Through a New Lens: Works from the World-Wide Mobile Photography Movement</a>Jan 6 – 30Perspective GalleryThrough A New Lens is an exhibition by seven internationally-recognized iPhoneographers. The exhibit, curated by museum professional, art historian and photographer, Gina Costa, demonstrates a broad range of styles and approaches used by mobile technology. Works range from traditional, “straight” photographs, to abstract and highly “apped” works of art. Visitors to the exhibition will observe the incredible span of possibilities mobile technology permits.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Preview of First Shows of January 2022: Part I

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418996/y0hfjvj2nohrjcbxj0oj.jpg"><figcaption>Megan Williamson created a hundred portraits based on interviews she saw on newscasts. (WTTW News) &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.wttw.com/2021/12/20/chicago-artist-paints-100-zoom-portraits?fbclid=IwAR2XorTpgtMFHaz4EEspaLhvneF-iCjslK9rGWVOo9G4n7jVkh1UAINBy48#.YcIpK2k0NtI.facebook">Chicago Artist Paints ‘100 Zoom Portraits’</a>A landscape artist is ditching the dirt for some more formal paintings in a new series titled “<a href="http://www.meganwilliamson.com/">100 Zoom Portraits</a>.”What started out as 300 screenshots of Zoom interviews from her favorite newscasts, has since transformed into a declaration of the times.&nbsp;Via WTTW&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2021/12/20/embattled-thompson-center-lands-buyer-plans-overhaul-reuse?fbclid=IwAR0xhm6HaVf5Pmv9VU0AQF6t62kDpFxYLAe6v9lZjvXLBKRPxMtWwHFyh2A">Embattled Thompson Center Lands Buyer With Plans For Overhaul, Reuse</a>A reprieve for the Thompson Center.Late last week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a deal to sell the love-it-or-hate it state building downtown to the Prime Group for $70 million. The development firm plans to overhaul the Helmut Jahn-designed structure rather than demolish it and start anew, as others had proposed.Via WTTW&nbsp;<a href="https://michiganave.mlchicagosocial.com/faust-art-installations-chicago?fbclid=IwAR1Ak23fhqyoIykpI3b810hGDttqv-LF-VBgYdawvZMi4hHpkaPm7KpvlT8">Bob Faust's Latest Art Installations See Chicago All Wrapped Up</a>“I am blessed that my work and life places me regularly in many of our city’s great neighborhoods, rich with color, texture and surprising juxtapositions,” acknowledges Bob Faust, principal and creative director of his eponymous Chicago-based art and design studio Faust (<a href="http://faustltd.com/">faustltd.com</a>). “I have made it part of my practice to catalog inspiring images when I come across them.” These images are the main medium in Faust’s most recent installations, with all, and still… and Rapt on The Mile, two distinct projects connected by the artist’s style and intent.Via Michigan Ave. Magazine&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/rashid-johnson-deciders-2022-1234613116/?fbclid=IwAR1oNn88tMB0RdVBySO2lAItlELlSssmLrXdB3pAsPFot0lKi5q-W1juezw">From Outside In: Rashid Johnson Has Plied His Status as an Art Star to Effect the Kinds of Change He Wants to&nbsp;See</a>After meeting at a neighborhood bar a little more than a decade ago, <a href="https://www.artnews.com/t/rashid-johnson/">Rashid Johnson</a> and Joel Mesler became such fixtures together on New York’s Lower East Side—where Johnson lived and Mesler owned a gallery—that one day Mesler half-jokingly said to his friend: “‘Look, man, we’ve got to divide Orchard Street properly.” Mesler decided that he would commandeer the thoroughfare two blocks south of Grand Street, while Johnson would take control of the blocks to the north. After quickly becoming the unofficial mayor of his zone, Johnson would “sit out on his porch, on the steps, and smoke cigarettes—and he just knew everybody,” Mesler recalled.Via Artnews&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 12/21/21

<html><head></head><body>By CGN StaffThere are just a few days left in 2021, and if you're in town for the holidays, consider stopping by area galleries to catch these notable exhibitions before they close soon.&nbsp;Of course please call before you visit to make an appointment or check for holiday hours. And bring your mask! &nbsp;Goodbye 2021!&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418988/wb3yzye6nhmmpkwdsxdf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/par-excellence-redux-the-back-9">Par Excellence Redux. The Back 9</a>In a unique collision of recreation and art, the&nbsp;Elmhurst Art Museum joins forces with Colossal founder Christopher Jobson to curate two 9-hole golf courses made by artists.The Back 9 closes January 2, 2022.&nbsp;The fully playable course, designed by artists and architects from the Midwest and beyond, pays homage to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s wildly popular 1988 exhibition, Par Excellence. Tee time reservations are made online and available at <a href="https://www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/golf">elmhurstartmuseum.org/golf</a>.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418989/znbrx0l66qgtby43sxwd.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jin-lee-views-scenes-054f9e14-7daa-428e-a9a2-0e6604cedfa7">Jin Lee: Views &amp; Scenes</a>At the Chicago Cultural Center thru January 2, 2022This one-person exhibition by highly respected Chicago photographer <a href="https://jinleephotography.net/">Jin Lee</a> features a series of photographs that closely examine landscapes and built environments around Chicago. The exhibition brings together four bodies of work: Train Views – images made during the artist’s weekly 2-hour Amtrak commute between Chicago and Bloomington/Normal; Great Water – views of Lake Michigan taken from a single location on the South Side of Chicago; Salt Mountains – images of piles and mounds of salt and dirt found on storage sites around the city; and Weeds – a collection of portraits of wild plants that grow in alleys and empty lots in a neighborhood.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418990/wfc07ylepe1yo9x8bv6p.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/atrium-project-orkideh-torabi">Atrium Project: Orkideh Torabi</a>At the MCA thru January 2, 2022Orkideh Torabi rendered a vividly detailed bathhouse filled with characters based on men she encountered during her upbringing and visits to Iran. Inspired by traditional Persian miniature paintings, Torabi depicts the rooms of the bathhouse in a split-scene style. After transferring paint dye onto cotton fabric, Torabi dries it with an everyday hairdryer, resulting in the saturated colors in her artworks. For this exhibition, in which her work is presented at a larger scale than it has been before, Torabi’s work on cotton fabric has been transferred to vinyl.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418991/gdqzskjivhnxgrcr4l5x.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jeffrey-gibson-beyond-the-horizon">Jeffrey Gibson: Beyond the Horizon</a>Thru January 8, 2022 at Kavi Gupta. Also viewable <a href="https://kavigupta.com/exhibitions/349-jeffrey-gibson-beyond-the-horizon-kavi-gupta-chicago-il/">online</a>.&nbsp;Gibson’s aesthetic position is rooted in the spaces where narratives collide. The work recontextualizes relationships between popular culture, identity politics, personal experience, memory, and canonized versions of history, inviting viewers to question the myths and assumptions that empower contemporary social structures.For Beyond the Horizon, Gibson brings together four&nbsp;bodies of work, integrating a broad mix of source content, including a dazzling&nbsp;new series of Quilt Block Paintings.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418991/ijvm8ivgjv3f2tiuissp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/rachel-harrison-assorted-varieties">Rachel Harrison: Assorted Varieties&nbsp;</a>Thru January 8 at Corbett vs DempseyIn Assorted Varieties, Rachel Harrison unveils four major sculptures and three wall works. Of these large-scale pieces, three are in theory monochromatic – red, blue, and yellow – however their variegated hues almost chide the idea of the monochrome, revealing a subtle pandemonium of hues and temperatures residing in craggy surfaces, torqued volumes, and inset objects. The wall works roughly map onto the color scheme of the sculptures, recast in three different media – a set of post-it notes, an enigmatic abstract photograph (titled "Photograph"), and a blown-up screen grab of a frozen cherry pie with associated Tweet. Everything in Harrison's artistic ecosystem is buzzing with latent meaning – nothing is arbitrary, but nothing is obvious.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

These 2021 Exhibitions are Closing Soon

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418988/hfbvptxn2ty8wnvyvmiw.png"><figcaption>Jason Pickleman&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;By CGN StaffWe are welcoming 2022 with open arms, even as we may not know entirely what to expect in terms of COVID and its ever-changing ways. Below is a preview of the many events that will be taking place over the course of 2022, from international art fairs to gallery openings, walks, and more. We are also sharing some news about galleries that are new to CGN as well as those that have anniversaries to celebrate this year!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ART FAIRS<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/expo-chicago">EXPO CHICAGO</a> is back and returning to its place on the spring calendar, April 7–10, after taking place in September since 2012. The original Art Expo first took place in Chicago in May 1980. This year’s calendar change will shift much of the art world’s focus from September to April, with Chicago galleries planning their spring shows in accordance with the energy that comes along with the fair. Watch for lots of buzz.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chicago-antiques-art-design-show-176f8db2-f169-4dcc-92cf-d75145c7359e">The Chicago Antiques + Art + Design Show</a> is set for May 12–15, 2022 at the Merchandise Mart after two years off.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/57th-street-art-fair">The 57th Street Art Fair</a> is planning a return to in person as well, when they will finally celebrate their 75th anniversary in June at the Hyde Park fair.&nbsp;As of press time, the end of 2021, we are still waiting to hear about dates and plans for Intersect Chicago (formerly SOFA) as well as The Other Art Fair (which did take place in 2021 but will switch venues in 2022).&nbsp;&nbsp;WELCOMESCGN’s annual list of galleries has tied a record in 2022. We are proud to share nearly <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations">100 galleries, museums and art spaces</a> in these pages this year, a testament to just how much art there is to see in our part of the country and to the resolve to keep making and showing art no matter the obstacles. We also have more Wisconsin spaces listed than ever. Pick a street, neighborhood, suburb or city within 100 miles, and CGN can direct you towards art to find.&nbsp;We encourage you to read each listing’s program description and discover new spaces, artists and services, as well as revisit those who blazed trails early on. Each one is a small business or nonprofit dedicated to art, design and creativity, and there is something for everyone at every level in the art world.&nbsp;Galleries and Art Services new to our '22 pages for the first time:• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/adams-appraisal-llc">Adams Appraisers</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/blue-moon-gallery">Blue Moon Gallery</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/dragonfly-gallery">Dragonfly Gallery &amp; Creative Spaces</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/elephant-room-gallery">Elephant Room Gallery</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/engage-projects">ENGAGE Projects</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/graphic-conservation-company">Graphic Conservation</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/the-martin">The Martin</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/os-projects">OS Projects</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/parkside-galleries">Parkside Galleries</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/peterson-picture-co">Peterson Picture Company</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/pilsen-arts-community-house">Pilsen Arts &amp; Community House</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/racine-art-museum--2">Racine Art Museum</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/rosenthal-fine-art-inc">Rosenthal Fine Art</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/sculpture-milwaukee">Sculpture Milwaukee</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/stola-contemporary-art">Stola Contemporary</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/tandem-press">Tandem Press</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/alphawood-gallery">Wrightwood 659</a>&nbsp;‘22 ANNIVERSARIES• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago-mca">Museum of Contemporary Art</a>: 55 years• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/catherine-edelman-gallery">Catherine Edelman Gallery</a>: 35 years•<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/carrie-secrist-gallery"> Carrie Secrist Gallery</a>: 30 years• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/vale-craft-gallery">Vale Craft</a>: 30 years• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/woman-made-gallery--2">Woman Made Gallery</a>: 30 years• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/elmhurst-art-museum">Elmhurst Art Museum</a>: 25 years• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/document">DOCUMENT</a>: 10 years•<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/engage-projects"> ENGAGE</a> (formerly Aspect / Ratio): 10 years• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/gallery-victor-armendariz">Gallery Victor Armendariz</a>: 5 years&nbsp;GOING BIG• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/flxst-contemporary">FLXST Contemporary</a> is opening FLXST601 at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/mana-contemporary">Mana Contemporary</a> in 2022• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/kavi-gupta">Kavi Gupta Gallery</a> expanded into the 1st floor at 835 W. Washington and opened a space in New Buffalo, MI• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/alan-koppel-gallery-north">Alan Koppel</a> opened a suburban space in Glencoe• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/vertical-gallery">Vertical Gallery</a> opened <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/vertical-gallery-project-space-and-studios">Vertical Project Space</a> at 2006 W. Chicago Ave.&nbsp;&nbsp;OPENING RECEPTIONSOpening night receptions have returned in area galleries. Some galleries now have longer, open house style hours, while others open for a couple of evening hours, hopefully with the artist present. Either way you can make a day or a night of it, taking a road trip or enjoying dinner after some openings. Keep in mind that many openings happen in district clusters, where and when possible, but most weekends there is an opening happening somewhere, so check <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=openings">Chicagogallerynews.com</a> often to find out what’s newly on view.&nbsp;Key DatesThe art world follows a seasonal rhythm, whether in Chicago or elsewhere. There are openings clustered around the beginning of the year in January, and then again in spring, then mid-summer, followed by September, and usually November. There is also a lot to see in alternative and artist run spaces at any given time as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;Art WalksHere are just a few area walks to check out – some are monthly, others quarterly or annually.• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?district=river-north&amp;filter=openings">River North Gallery Nights</a>: January, July, September, November• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/river-north-design-district-rndd">River North Design District</a> Annual Gallery Walk in Early September• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/bridgeport-art-center">Bridgeport Open Studios</a>, 3rd Fridays, 7–10• <a href="https://gallerynightmke.com">Gallery Night Milwaukee</a>, Two nights, quarterly (Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct)• <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/ravenswood-artwalk-raw">Ravenswood Art Walk</a>, September• <a href="https://www.westtownchamber.org/westtownartwalk">West Town Art Walk</a>, late September&nbsp;</body></html>

2022: A Full Art Year in Real Life

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418988/flama1khtltluxdmo3gt.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mike-egan">In Memory Of: New Works by Mike Egan</a>Opening: Friday, December 17, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects"For my latest show “In Memory Of” I wanted to continue exploring classic themes from my past and the thoughts of getting older. As I continue to age I'm constantly battling the idea of religion and how it shows up in my art and in my life. I also continue to explore themes of death and how as I get older what that means to me. There are also elements of relationships in these works. As I continue on with life people can slowly go away, people die, friendships and relationships end, etc. I like to think that my paintings are a bit of a photograph or diary entry that I can look back at well of course get older."&nbsp;Mike Egan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418989/dzdhcuegfygl40zxix6m.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/idol-hands">Idol Hands</a>Opening: Friday, December 17, 6 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the ArtsA group show dedicated to craft at Epiphany Center for the Arts.Chicago-based artist, muralist, and sculptural fabricator Czr Prz is pleased to present Idol Hands, the latest group show of his own curation. Dedicated to craft, fabrication, and structure, this exhibitionpresents new and original works by fifteen artists from across the United States, each selected for their unique approach to 3D and material-based work.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418990/ztv5spqxwofkefhtemet.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/where-art-works-artist-communities-and-creative-placemaking-how-a-northside-studio-building-became-a-community-anchor">“Where Art Works: Artist Communities and Creative Placemaking,” How a Northside Studio Building Became a Community Anchor</a>Opening: Friday, December 17, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEat Paint StudioSixteen artists whose studios are located at the Cornelia Arts Building in Roscoe Village will participate in a group exhibition at Eat Paint Studio.In addition to maintaining their private art practices at The Cornelia Arts Building, each of these artists participates in the larger Chicago community through teaching, public art projects, lectures, coordinating group exhibitions and art experiences, open studio events, and other professional creative practices. Being an artist requires entrepreneurial skills but, unlike operating a small business, commercial activity is not the end goal in the studio. Rather, the artist’s studio is a third place -- a space to experiment and discover, to envision the future, and to manifest connections.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418991/kh01vwdundmwomyu5fdp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/3rd-arc-pauline-kochanski">3rd-Arc: Pauline Kochanski</a>Opening: Friday, December 17, 5 – 10&nbsp;pmOliva GalleryThis exhibition is the third show in a series of four presentations, beginning in 2017 with “The Past is Still With Us”, continued in 2018 with“Reflections” and now in 2021 with “3rd-Arc.” The series will culminate with a fourth exhibit, dates to be decided. This cycle of work reflects my interest in the pain and suffering caused by the Holocaust in Europe and other holocausts where people are considered else less than by others. While the circle of my life continues to expand, this exploration, this circle closes with the final exhibition tentatively titled, “Roots.”&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start December 17 & 18

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418988/vgbiaqtf1uwhvk76lupp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/gallery-talks-with-daniel-schulman-dcase-director-of-visual-arts">Gallery Talks with Daniel Schulman DCASE Director of Visual Arts</a>Wednesday, December 15, 12:15 – 1&nbsp;pmChicago Cultural CenterArt and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott is the first comprehensive retrospective of one of America’s most compelling and controversial artists, Robert Colescott (1925-2009). In his large-scale paintings, Colescott confronted deeply embedded cultural hierarchies involving race, gender, and social inequality in America with fearless wit and irony.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418989/ecttkzapkanshe0pyfwz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/discussion-with-christopher-schneberger">Discussion with Christopher Schneberger</a>Thursday, December 16, 7 – 8&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo GalleryPerspective Gallery presents “The Wanderers” by Christopher Schneberger. This new series of semi-narrative tableaus imagines a band of young explorers traversing the land. The young women in the series portray both the fantasy of imagined childhood expeditions and illustrate the idea of getting lost and finding one’s way&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418990/qqyugdbx6xhvsslwdewl.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mirrors-and-misconceptions-gallery-talk-collage-activity">Mirrors and Misconceptions: Gallery Talk + Collage Activity</a>Saturday, December 18, 2 – 4&nbsp;pmStony Island Arts BankParticipants will view the Toward Common Cause exhibition, in collaboration with Smart Museum, at Stony Island Arts Bank. The exhibition includes several works focusing on Black identity as well as Wilson’s sculpture, Act V. Scene II Exeunt Omnes. A gallery talk will follow to identify themes witnessed in The Tragedy of Othello that resonate with this work. Following this conversation, guests of all ages will participate in a collage activity to make their own art in creative response.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418990/jeral6xkcpxxi58gdvvc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hilma-s-ghost-solstice-rituals">Hilma’s Ghost: Solstice Rituals</a>Tuesday, December 21, 2 – 3&nbsp;pmCarrie Secrist GalleryFounded by Dannielle Tegeder and Sharmistha Ray, Hilma’s Ghost is a feminist artist collective that seeks to address existing art historical gaps in abstraction through sustained methods of praxis, research, and pedagogy. Hilma af Klint’s exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (October 12, 2018 – April 23, 2019) served as a reckoning for abstraction by women, trans, and non-binary peoples, whose narratives have been subsumed by dominant modes of western art history.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Talks This Coming Week: December 15 - 21

<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-chicago-climate-change-art-initiative-tt-1208-20211208-mllqfajk2behlbnxq5ksepyafu-story.html?fbclid=IwAR3gOgWJtSpBAl3Fmbatw5CglEz_2Xlnhk4FuFn9ELDyLZNmp7z8c5xHBf4">E(art)H Chicago offering $300K for art that addresses climate change</a>A citywide community-based art initiative called E(art)H Chicago (Earth Art Chicago) seeks to raise awareness, create dialogue and inspire action on climate change, natural resource use and environmental justice. The program is giving $300,000 in grants to artists and community organizations to produce artworks that stimulate community engagement on climate change and environmental justice from the Southeast Industrial Corridor to the North Branch of the Chicago River.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/12/jumpei-mitsui-great-wave-lego/?fbclid=IwAR1Lx0SukzxnPHT5NgqdQy4kKAkHrR8mkp1cHrU8W2nOOZQD_OybHBc4lYE">An Undulating Sculpture Recreates Hokusai's Great Wave in 50,000 LEGO Pieces</a>Japan-based artist <a href="https://twitter.com/Jumpei_Mitsui">Jumpei Mitsui</a> is one of just 21 <a href="https://www.lego.com/ja-jp/aboutus/lego-certified-professionals">LEGO Certified Professionals</a> in the world—this means his full-time job is to create artworks with the plastic building blocks—and is the youngest of the renowned group. He’s fulfilled this title most recently with a sculptural recreation of Katsushika Hokusai’s “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa">The Great Wave off Kanagawa</a>.” During the course of 400 hours, Mitsui snapped together 50,000 cobalt and white LEGO into an undulating wave that mimics the original woodblock print.Via Colossal(Thumbnail image by <a href="https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/jumpei-mitsui/">Jumpei Mitsui</a>)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/forum-ideas-culture/fuel-chicago-artists-investor-grade-seed-funding?utm_source=morning-10&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20211130&amp;utm_content=article8-readmore">Fund artists to create a new market of ideas</a>At <a href="http://www.6018north.org/">6018North</a>, an experimental contemporary art space I founded and run within a repurposed 1910 mansion, we connect diverse artists and audiences through uniquely engaging cultural experiences. 6018North promotes connections and risk-taking not only to advance the state of art, but to percolate civic imagination and expand possibilities. If we connect people and take risks, others are encouraged to do so.Tricia Van Eck via Crain's Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

CGN Art World Recap: 12/14

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418988/iggk22k2sgt2jptqwgdm.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;VIA PR &nbsp;CHICAGO [December 8, 2021]—The Chicago-based <a href="https://gddf.org/">Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation</a> (the Foundation)—which supports land conservation, artistic vitality, and regional collections for the people of the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina—is proud to announce the 11 recipients of the Foundation’s groundbreaking “Broadening Narratives” initiative which aims to fund specific collections projects that bring forward underrepresented stories. The eight Chicago-based organizations are the Bronzeville Black Chicagoan Historical Society, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Public Art Group, Lewis University, Muslim American Leadership Alliance, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, South Side Community Art Center and Trickster Cultural Center while the three organizations based in the Lowcountry of South Carolina to receive the grant are Clemson University, Gibbes Museum of Art and The Educational Foundation of the University of South Carolina Lancaster.This announcement represents the second round of organizations to receive the Broadening Narratives grant. All projects promote BIPOC communities, LGBTQ+ perspectives, working-class narratives, small community experiences, as well as other underrepresented groups and viewpoints. Additionally, the Foundation renewed its $25,000 grant to each of the five Broadening Narratives advisory groups that assisted with the formation of the Broadening Narratives funding initiative: Black Metropolis Research Consortium, Chicago Collections Consortium, Chicago Cultural Alliance, the College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Digital Library, and the Southeastern Museums Conference.“While the purpose of collections is to ensure that stories are preserved, many narratives are overlooked because of decisions based on race, gender, sexual identity, educational background, economic or social status, or because they are perceived to be outside the conventional thinking of the day,” said David Farren, Executive Director of the Foundation. “We are thrilled to announce these grant recipients and want to thank these organizations for being part of this new way forward in collections thinking that focuses on telling broader and more inclusive narratives.”&nbsp;The Chicago-based organizations and projects to be funded by Broadening Narratives:·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bronzeville Black Chicagoan Historical Society (BHS) will work with a metadata specialist to better understand, code, and describe their collection which has been scattered between several storage units for the past 20 years. Funds will also support BHS’ transition to their newly opened space in the historic Parkway Ballroom building. This work will help create additional historical resources about the African Americans who helped shape Chicago and America be made available to children and a broader audience.“Bronzeville is recognized as one of the most vibrant, historic and culturally important African American communities in Chicago,” said Founder Sherry Williams. “Clearly, the Foundation recognized the importance of preserving our archive holdings and thanks to the Broadening Narratives grant, photographs and documents in the archive will soon reach thousands via our new metadata project.”&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Chicago History Museum (CHM) will collaborate with community partners to recover and integrate missing voices into its permanent exhibition, Chicago: Crossroads of America, that aims to provide a full representation of the people who are part of Chicago's history and future. A new signature exhibition will showcase and interpret CHM's collection in ways that are compelling and accessible to a diverse public and preserve access within the communities represented by avoiding extracting materials from their rightful places.“The Broadening Narratives initiative is a rare, yet critical, grant model that supports the deep community engagement required for any organization hoping to reflect our history back to us in meaningful and accessible ways,” said Senior Vice President John Russick. “We are grateful for the support of the Foundation and understand the responsibility we carry as the city's history museum to seek and share a full and inclusive story of Chicago.”&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chicago Public Art Group (CPAG) – a 49-year-old organization that has contracted artists to create murals across a span of Chicago neighborhoods and gave birth to the Chicago mural movement – will catalog their archive of community murals and the artists who worked on them, making the information accessible to the public. "CPAG is grateful for this funding and opportunity to analyze and organize its archives with the goal of sharing the research to the public, including the history and language of Chicago's communities," said Executive Director Chantal Healey. "With CPAG's 50th anniversary starting in 2022, this grant could not have come at a more important time as CPAG plans to unveil its archives at an exhibit at Chicago Art Department in September and October 2022."&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lewis University was selected by the Council of Independent Colleges to join a collaborative group that will surface the unheard narratives of Black communities along the Illinois and Michigan Canal, with an emphasis on Joliet, as part of the Legacies of American Slavery project. The digitization of pertinent materials will ultimately result in a digital exhibition and two traveling physical exhibitions with accompanying public programs developed to bring greater awareness of these narratives.“The 20th&nbsp;century history of African Americans in Joliet includes the prominent role of Black churches, which serve not only as religious institutions, but also as hubs for the region’s civil rights movements,” said Dr. Laura Franklin, Dean of General Education and College of Humanities, Fine Arts &amp; Communications at Lewis University. “This grant will make it possible to recover first-hand narratives of this period, and also to engage new audiences in learning about this history.”&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Muslim American Leadership Alliance (MALA) will enhance its oral history project, Muslim American Journeys, with additional stories from Chicago's Black Muslim community. In addition to recording up to ten new interviews, MALA will revisit past Chicago interviewees to record updated testimonials. "MALA's goal is to use the power of storytelling to amplify the voices of Black Muslims in Chicago and broaden the cultural narrative to be more inclusive, diverse, and equitable,” said Deputy Director and Co-FounderAhmed Flex Omar. “We are honored to have the support of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; this funding will empower MALA to embark on a more robust approach to oral history work that will allow the voices of Chicago's Black Muslim communities to receive the recognition, respect, and consideration they deserve."&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Puerto Rican Arts Alliance (PRAA) will plan for the expansion of its El Archivo Project with images and stories of Chicago's Puerto Rican/Latinx LGBTQ community, in partnership with the Association of Latinx Action (ALMA), Chicago’s only Latinx LGBTQ organization. The funds will support a preliminary scan of available materials and themes, engage community stakeholders, and help form an advisory committee to move the project forward.&nbsp;“The Puerto Rican Arts Alliance is excited to receive funding from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation,” said Founder &amp; Executive Director Carlos Hernandez. “This special support now allows PRAA to deepen its El Archivo Project research and meaningfully connect with first voice LGBTQ+ Latino(a) pioneers and other leaders. Our El Archivo Project would be incomplete without this inclusion, and the important narratives this community will bring to the table.”&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) will conserve and digitize works by Black women artists and organizers affiliated with this important organization. The project will stabilize select artwork and assemblages of historic materials, which will then be digitized and made available on the University of Chicago's Visual Resources Center and on SSCAC's website through a platform that creates interactive historical narratives incorporating images from the archives and collections.“Since its founding in 1940 by artists and community members including Dr. Margaret Burroughs, the South Side Community Art Center has always been a haven for the work of Black women as both artistic creators and community organizers,” said Executive Director Monique Brinkman-Hill. “We are especially grateful for the support that will enable us to present their work in its full glory.”&nbsp;&nbsp;·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trickster Cultural Center – a creative and community hub for Native peoples in Chicago's northwestern suburbs – will create a series of videos that document the traditional use of plants in Native American healing and wellness practices. The project will interview Native elders on practices unique to their communities as well as document the planting, maintenance, and harvesting of a medicine garden. The videos will be made available on Trickster's website.&nbsp;“We are grateful to the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation for helping us inform the general public about traditional Native American plant medicine, and to be able to share this knowledge and cultural practices with our community,” said CEO Joseph Podlasek. “This project supports our vision of serving as an authentic first voice of Native American veterans and cultural arts.”Organizations and projects located in the Lowcountry of South Carolina to receive the Broadening Narratives grants are: Clemson University’s project to preserve and share the story of the Seashore Farmers’ Lodge, a historic site founded by the African American Settlement Community of Sol Legare in the 1800s; Gibbes Museum of Art’s exhibit on artist Ned Jennings and the work of queer artists and writers during the 20th-century Charleston Renaissance; and The Educational Foundation of the University of South Carolina Lancaster’s research efforts at the Native American Studies Center to identify and preserve the largely undocumented traditions and stories of Native American tribes in the Lowcountry.&nbsp;About Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationThe Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation supports land conservation, artistic vitality, and regional collections for the people of the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina. &nbsp;For over five years, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation has convened five advisory groups to assist with the formation and execution of the Broadening Narratives funding initiative by providing important feedback, keeping the Foundation apprised of trends in the field, and serving as valuable connectors and conveners. The groups include Black Metropolis Research Consortium, Chicago Collections Consortium,Chicago Cultural Alliance, the College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Digital Library, and the Southeastern Museums Conference.For more information on the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, visit <a href="http://www.gddf.org/">www.gddf.org</a>.</body></html>

Donnelley Foundation Announces Grant Funding to Illuminate Underrepresented Stories

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418988/webvjwvnrkh3ua3fczet.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-life-and-death-of-charles-williams">The Life and Death of Charles Williams</a>Opening: Friday, December 10, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmIntuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider ArtThe Life and Death of Charles Williams, an exhibition featuring a breadth of work ranging from sculptures to comics by the late artist Charles Williams, stretches across two galleries of Intuit and opens to the public on Friday, December 10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418989/er2cyldkmcigdse1zkgp.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jeffrey-wolin-faces-of-homelessness">Jeffrey Wolin: Faces of Homelessness</a>Opening: Friday, December 10, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmCatherine Edelman GalleryFor more than 30 years, Jeffrey Wolin has combined photographic portraiture with auto-biographical texts, exploring issues about memory, identity, and trauma. Beginning in 1985, Wolin turned the camera on himself, writing personal stories directly on photographs that related to his life. Soon after, he began photographing residents at a housing project in Indiana, Holocaust survivors, and American and Vietnamese war veterans, combining portraits and personal histories directly on the photographic surface. His newest series, Faces of Homelessness, examines the homeless crisis and its complicated realities.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418990/uwqswxzkc04yjpcg31zz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jeffrey-wolin-faces-of-homelessness">In Southeastern France</a>Opening: Saturday, December 11, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmLily Pad | WestAndy Newman creates dynamic landscape and figurative works inspired by European architecture and countryside.&nbsp;Newman studied in London, earning his degree in Modern History at Trinity College, Oxford. He then went on to hold a successful career as a lawyer in Washington, D.C. before deciding to exchange his briefcase for a paintbrush at the age of 36. Since then, Neman has maintained his studio practice, and currently resides between Concord, MA and Cavillargues, France with his family.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418991/xb5phjmgcjcozretyabk.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lydia-ourahmane-and-alex-ayed">Lydia Ourahmane and Alex Ayed: LAWS OF CONFUSION</a>Opening: Saturday, December 11, 3 – 6&nbsp;pmThe Renaissance SocietyLAWS OF CONFUSION is the second collaboration of Lydia Ourahmane and Alex Ayed, whose individual practices converge in a choreography of movements. Together, they contend with ideas of displacement and the friction between personal histories and wider narratives–­–geopolitical, mystical, speculative, technological. This new exhibition hinges on interceded or interrupted communications in various forms.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418992/bt698rxvgsrzfjrld62s.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/atomic-number-13-group-show-curated-by-artbuilds">Atomic Number 13 | Curated by ArtBuilds</a>Opening: Saturday, December 11, 12 – 6&nbsp;pmVertical GalleryVertical Gallery is very proud to present ‘Atomic Number 13,’ a year-end holiday group show featuring new work from a local, national, and international roster of artists, curated by Chicago-based art services and custom framing company ArtBuilds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start December 10 - 11

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418988/tchhh1jdivx58lhdu6fu.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/emanate">Emanate</a>Opening: Friday, December 3, 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418989/srjlt2qfayen58ek30hz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/it-s-a-small-show-after-all-9435c412-8da2-4722-bc35-2eae30febc3d">It's a Small Show After All</a>Opening: Friday, December 3, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmHofheimer Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418990/ymzmm5cbry3orln856e4.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/first-friday-event">First Friday Event</a>Friday, December 3, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmLubeznik Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418991/atjiwo6hvu9bb8huw7rm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/being-bipolar-in-a-polarized-world-and-the-thin-line">Being Bipolar in a Polarized World and The Thin Line</a>Opening: Friday, December 3, 5:30 – 7:30&nbsp;pmThe Art Center Highland Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418991/kvpsxjqssiubsirpb3fz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-32nd-annual-international-small-print-exhibition-holiday-sale">The 32nd Annual International Small Print Exhibition &amp; Holiday Sale</a>Opening: Saturday, December 4, 11&nbsp;am – 6&nbsp;pmChicago Printmakers Collaborative&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418992/ee13ztz1h9qxwjqshqdh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/plein-air-painters-chicago-annual-group-show">Plein Air Painters Chicago Annual Group Show</a>Opening: Saturday, December 4, 4 – 8&nbsp;pmPalette &amp; Chisel Academy of Fine Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418993/gbmz9wkkxmduy0szcte4.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kac-members-show-40014d5c-3c91-42b6-82d6-7a4b5a486c1d">KAC Members’ Show</a>Dec 4, 2021 – Jan 9, 2022Krasl Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418994/h7obtaa7ydmuroc0iuuw.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/christopher-schneberger-the-wanderers">Christopher Schneberger: The Wanderers</a>Opening: Saturday, December 4, 6 – 7:30&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418995/ofz85ayjlgdef9hmgtar.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/rituals-brenton-good-mandy-cano-villalobos-marissa-voytenko">Rituals: Brenton Good, Mandy Cano Villalobos, Marissa Voytenko</a>Opening: Saturday, December 4, 12 – 4&nbsp;pmUkrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418995/z7vu1wagzwipukbu7wz4.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dreaming-of-flowers">Dreaming of Flowers: Susan Kraut, Jaclyn Mednicov, and Jeffrey Janson</a>Opening: Saturday, December 4, 1 – 4&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start December 3 & 4

<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-virgil-abloh-dies-chicago-20211128-3bwhs526xva6zd4iujwpdmoagm-story.html">Virgil Abloh, prolific Illinois-born fashion designer and Louis Vuitton men’s artistic director, dies at 41</a>Virgil Abloh, a famed Illinois-born fashion designer who founded the Off-White label and became men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton, has died from cancer at the age of 41.LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton announced the designer’s death Sunday and said he had been battling cancer privately for several years.According to The New York Times, Abloh died in Chicago.&nbsp;Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.immersive-frida.com/?utm_source=sendgrid.com&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=website">Another Immersive Exhibition is Coming to Chicago&nbsp;</a>On the heels of Immersive Van Gogh, Lighthouse Immersive and Maestro Immersive Art have set their sights on the art and life of Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). FRIDA: IMMERSIVE DREAM features some of the artist’s best-known works “brought to life” by the Italy’s Massimiliano Siccardi,accompanied by composer Luca Longobardi’s resonant score. Vittorio Guidotti is the Art Director. FRIDA: IMMERSIVE DREAM arrives to Lighthouse ArtSpace at Germania Club (108 W. Germania Pl) Feb. 24 through May 28, 2022. Tickets are <a href="https://www.immersive-frida.com/?utm_source=sendgrid.com&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=website">on sale today</a> starting at around $40&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/omicron-fails-to-halt-art-basel-miami-as-people-crave-normalcy/ar-AARgxAx">Omicron Fails to Halt Art Basel Miami as People Crave Normalcy</a>Art Basel Miami Beach kicks off this week, bringing a massive fair and tens of thousands of visitors from around the world to southern Florida just as scientists are weighing the public-health implications of the new omicron Covid-19 variant.“It’s important that this happens, and I believe that Art Basel is hosting this responsibly and in a way that creates the safest environment possible,” Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber, a Democrat, said in an interview Monday.Via Bloomberg&nbsp;&nbsp;

CGN Art World Recap: 11/30

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418979/kqv8gtbus3psduvynanl.jpg"></figure>Sally Schwartz had to put her beloved Randolph Street Market on hold in the West Loop during 2020, and in 2021 the market's site at Plumber's Hall has been under construction.&nbsp;But in December Randolph Street Market is BACK as a Holiday Pop-Up event for three weekends of shopping galore! The event runs 10am-5pm CST daily.The Pop Up is located at 830 N. Michigan Ave. and the entrance is down the block at the back of the space on E. Pearson St.&nbsp;As Schwartz shared, "There’s a Christmas miracle happening on the Mag Mile, and it features incredible vintage and antique dealers – all your faves and some great newbies too."For more info, visit <a href="https://www.randolphstreetmarket.com/tickets/">https://www.randolphstreetmarket.com/tickets/</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

Pop! Randolph Street Market is Back This December

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418979/dxgd7odeboujj3srgseg.jpg"><figcaption>William Swislow, left, and Aron Packer have a new book, "Lakefront Anonymous" about overlooked art along the shoreline; they're at Foster Beach in Chicago on Nov. 9, 2021. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-lakefront-art-gallery-kogan-1128-20211125-6m66aitw5zfurmidgyd32awiwu-story.html">Aron Packer and William Swislow's ‘Lakefront Anonymous’ is the latest appreciation of amateur art that lines Chicago’s lakefront</a>In his new book, William Swislow writes, “Hidden in plain sight on Chicago’s Lake Michigan shoreline is one of the world’s great public art treasures.”He is not referring to the Navy Pier Ferris wheel, which does offer, I guess, some modest pleasures, but rather to a new book, compiled with his friend Aron Packer, the former gallery owner and artist who currently represents artists and holds events.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2021/11/22/22797349/art-institute-workers-united-museum-school-union-afscme-vote-election">Art Institute employees say management trying to block their unionization efforts</a>Employees of the Art Institute of Chicago say museum management is trying to hinder their attempt to collectively bargain — and they are demanding officials step aside and allow unionization efforts to proceed without interference.Staff from the institute’s museum and school filed paperwork earlier this month to hold a federally run election that will decide if they can form a union. But management has intimidated workers and held meetings to obstruct unionization, workers charged at a rally Monday on the institute’s famous front steps on Michigan Avenue.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/art-angle-podcast-re-air-van-gogh-experience-2038591">The Art Angle Podcast Re-Air: How High-Tech Van Gogh Became the Biggest Art Phenomenon Ever</a>Even if you aren’t spending the weekend visiting one of the many immersive Van Gogh experiences that have popped up across the country and around the globe, chances are someone at your Thanksgiving table has already been. As of mid-September, Lighthouse Immersive, the company behind just one of these touring Van Gogh shows, had sold 3.2 million tickets…&nbsp;that’s 700,000 more than the number of tickets sold for Taylor Swift’s 2018 Reputation tour.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/24/china-museums-commercial-galleries-exhibitions">How China's museums are cosying up to commercial galleries for big-ticket exhibitions</a>As new museums have proliferated in China over the past decade, they have spent lavishly on impressive architecture and, sometimes, blue-chip art acquisitions. But many have scrimped on staffing, leaving a gap in curatorial expertise that commercial galleries are eager to fill. Top international galleries, which have launched operations in Hong Kong and increasingly the mainland over the same period, have imported Western models of sponsorship for museum exhibitions of their artists but the traditional boundaries between museums’ curatorial control and the market’s commercial interests are far more blurred in China.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/caravaggio-st-jerome-theft-pbs-1234611354/">PBS’s ‘Secrets of the Dead’ Recounts the Thrilling Recovery of Malta’s Stolen&nbsp;Caravaggio</a>How do you recover a stolen masterpiece? As most experts will tell you, it’s not as easy as you might think. In fact, scores of stolen works over the years have never even been recovered. That’s the case with famous heists—for example, the 13 masterpieces from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990—as well as lesser-known ones. But there are fortunate cases where the works were indeed found, and one involves a Caravaggio and Father Marius Zarafa, a Maltese priest and art historian.Via ARTnews&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 11/26/21

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418979/zx18olgpis0maq4mt4xi.jpg"><figcaption>Photo by Alan Kozlowski / Credit South Asia Institute and the Ravi Shankar Foundation</figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.wttw.com/2021/11/09/ravi-shankar-retrospective-display-south-asia-institute">Ravi Shankar Retrospective on Display at South Asia Institute</a>The Beatles, jazz great John Coltrane, composer Philip Glass – all of these music giants and many more felt the influence of Ravi Shankar. “Chicago Tonight” toured a pandemic-delayed exhibition about the sitar virtuoso.&nbsp;Read more via <a href="https://news.wttw.com/2021/11/09/ravi-shankar-retrospective-display-south-asia-institute">WTTW</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418980/a3vzxhwv3hpyaeelrudc.jpg"><figcaption>Auctioneer Oliver Barker conducts Sotheby’s first sale of the Macklowe collection in New York on 15 November 2021. Photo courtesy Sotheby’s</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/16/sothebys-macklowe-auction-646m-record?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=daca109513-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_11_15_01_03&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c459f924d0-daca109513-61117077">Macklowe collection auction brings $646m, the highest sale total in Sotheby’s history</a>Divorce, one of the three “Ds” that result in major art collections going to auction, brought a deluge of another “D”—dollars—to Sotheby’s at the first of two <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/09/09/sothebys-wins-dogfight-to-sell-dollar600m-art-collection-of-harry-and-linda-macklowe">court-ordered auctions</a> of Linda and Harry Macklowe’s art collection on Monday night in New York. All 35 lots found buyers, making for a white glove sale that brought in a total hammer price of $588.7m, near the high end of the pre-sale estimate of $439.4m-$618.9m (estimates do not include the buyer’s premium). With fees, the evening’s total take was $676.1m, making it the most valuable sale in Sotheby’s 277-year history.Read more via <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/16/sothebys-macklowe-auction-646m-record?utm_source=The+Art+Newspaper+Newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=daca109513-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_11_15_01_03&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c459f924d0-daca109513-61117077">The Art Newspaper</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418980/ilcyitw8m8kbqer1sake.jpg"><figcaption>Credit: Sotheby's</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/frida-kahlo-self-portrait-auction-intl-scli/index.html">Frida Kahlo self-portrait fetches a record $34.9 million</a>A self-portrait by <a href="https://cnn.com/style/article/frida-kahlo-birthday-trnd-style/index.html">Frida Kahlo</a> has become the most expensive work by a Latin American artist ever to sell at auction, fetching $34.9 million in New York on Tuesday.Read more via <a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/frida-kahlo-self-portrait-auction-intl-scli/index.html">CNN</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: November 18th

Via PRToday, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) announces the appointment of two new leaders to their curatorial team, René Morales as the James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator, and Jamillah James as Manilow Senior Curator. Both Morales and James will assume their roles at the MCA in January 2022.“We are building a curatorial team for the MCA’s next chapter, one that is committed to telling an inclusive art history, engaging with our community, and expanding the breadth and diversity of experience on the team. Both René and Jamillah are passionate about investing in Chicago’s community of artists, cultural stakeholders, and audiences, and their collaborative practice and open and authentic approach will be transformative for the MCA,” states MCA Pritzker Director Madeleine Grynsztejn.Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, and raised in Miami, René Morales is an award-winning curator and significant presence in Miami's art scene. He brings over 25 years of curatorial experience, previously serving as Director of Curatorial Affairs and Chief Curator at the <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJQ6Kj5R2m_2GOOq_RkzG8syRMntpmoqEv6IaEl3QBjAu7ZK0BPGyk_6zPRo7SgGTznoF03sGmXVQ=&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A==">Pérez Art Museum Miami </a>(PAMM). At PAMM, his work has focused on exhibitions and projects that reflect Miami's diverse community and pivotal geographic location at the crossroads of the Americas. His current project, Gary Simmons: Public Enemy, the first comprehensive career survey of the multidisciplinary artist known for works that apply strong aesthetic and conceptual strategies to questions of race, class and gender identity, is originating at PAMM and will travel to the MCA in 2023.In his role as Alsdorf Chief Curator, Morales will lead the MCA’s artistic division, reconsidering the MCA’s exhibition, performance, program, learning, and collection plans through a transcultural, inclusive and integrative lens. His emphasis on collaboration and the development of curatorial talent will strengthen the impact of the museum’s curatorial team which hails from across the globe, including the new voices of Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, Carla Acevedo Yates; Curator, Performance and Public Practice, Tara Aisha Willis; Pamela Alper Associate Curator, <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJ_A0KNqRl6wIIm7nhoNkTLO6njT_qdZIHYdC_fvnyB8ZYI3UOEXIaV6EGeupOTRPPjSmIpkyVDP81I_OTyKqUGJrBHbU1wN5JF1Ec4mNSiYSeC4Hs2Y5y4MZyMAOSZunmCqbwi1JbxRI=&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A==">Bana Kattan;</a> Assistant Curator, Jadine Collingwood; and Assistant Curator, Performance and Public Practice, Gibran Villalobos."As a longtime fan of the MCA and Chicago's radiant community of artists and art professionals, I am honored to join the museum at this pivotal time. I am looking forward to drawing from Chicago's complexity and dynamism to craft a unique program hand in hand with MCA's brilliant team," says Morales.Before his role at PAMM, Morales worked at the Museum of Art, <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJ1XV1SbzJ9ZtIiodsXY38qILwdSp0TG8C4_5KyeKPh-1Yd4HooSIIlzElMijtJC8D3AJgXAcZpYsnzyysDxAAEg==&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A==">Rhode Island School of Design </a>where he organized and co-organized numerous exhibitions, including Island Nations: New Art from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Morales studied at Swarthmore College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in biopsychology and art history, and Brown University, where he received a Master of Arts in art history, focusing on the work of Odilon Redon. &nbsp;In a long line of exhibitions spanning more than a decade, his projects include Meleko Mokgosi: Your Trip to Africa (2020); Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Surrounded Islands, 1980–83 (2018); Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger (2017); Sarah Oppenheimer: S-281913 (2016); Susan Hiller: Lost and Found (2016); Marjetica Potrc: The School of the Forest (2015); Nicolas Lobo: The Leisure Pit (2015); Victoria Gitman: The Desiring Eye (2015); Bik Van der Pol: Speechless (2015); Global Positioning Systems: Selections from PAMM’s Collection (2014–15); Amelia Peláez: The Craft of Modernity; A Human Document: Selections from the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry; and Monika Sosnowska: Market (2013–14).Morales spearheaded the acquisition of over 300 works from the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry for PAMM’s collection, with the support of the Knight Foundation, as well as major works by artists including Hélio Oiticica, Tania Bruguera, Virginia Jaramillo, and Robert Morris. In addition, he has extensive experience purchasing works for the PAMM collection via the museum’s Collectors Council, the Jorge M. Pérez Fund for Latin American Art, and the Fund for Black Art.&nbsp;He has taught museum history and theory and curatorial practice at Florida International University and held teaching assistant roles at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. In addition to authoring numerous exhibition catalogues, his writing has been published in New American Paintings, ArtLies Quarterly, and Cabinet: A Quarterly Magazine of Art &amp; Culture.Morales is the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Center for Curatorial Leadership Fellowship and served as a juror for the Whitney Museum's 2019 Bucksbaum Prize. He sits on the board of the City of Miami Art in Public Places and the Professional Advisory Committee of the Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places.As Manilow Senior Curator, Jamillah James will lead the museum's visual arts department and be a driving force behind the MCA’s curatorial programming. She has built her reputation through deeply researched, beautifully presented exhibitions focused on supporting emerging and underrecognized artists, a concentration that will further the MCA’s own historic commitment to new art histories.&nbsp;“The MCA is an institution that I have long admired and where, as a student in Chicago, I had many formative experiences with contemporary art and artists. Visiting the MCA helped me realize the possibilities of curating and of museums. The city of Chicago is home to an incredible community of artists, and I am humbled by the opportunity to be an advocate for them as part of the MCA’s team. A leader in the field, the MCA is a true 21st century institution that is engaged with the most important discussions of the day, willing to reflect on its position and on what museums can do, and work towards what they should be—and I’m excited to be a part of its history,” says James.&nbsp;James was previously Senior Curator at the<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJ2-Md9tw3U9kOHR99gp7GLDs6QzAAd3KiPnzyT5M551wtSCPPiI9-WdPDJQA8jeOewiYdnCO-PVOEMhlKEn0-q_1CYRaNqGGeBUu-s7Hi25WAZZil4Wb5HMphOwWepcW1nu7RnJZWr2Y=&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A=="> Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles </a>(ICA LA). She is also co-curator of <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJzSNEdJ3Kqm84YQJZGI_u23JkCqnVZgqYCVEd6yHwDsjkL_aGhtcJHEuK4MIKs0NT10pNNLxjdjHoZodUccF7pzwG-OBHaYpqhz7VxX1Pu50yh5lFoyXPaIh_eTBGefrK9jOKBLc-uhLYiSyzyJG5eM4f5txE1yjQ&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A==">Soft Water Hard Stone,</a> the 2021 edition of the<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJ2VgO9zlBJZqQFgnoM5vgXKLEBL_IIO-HQ4g77DHAlzAU9X8-VQGlxULRgq1a2jYGJ8xt2ZeADW5nK2xGCjqgOB3B3ReNf7f63fgPSBFisedr004QtAZ78SqT3bj10HIa4WC6g5heJ7k=&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A=="> New Museum</a><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJzSNEdJ3Kqm84YQJZGI_u23JkCqnVZgqYCVEd6yHwDsjkL_aGhtcJHEuK4MIKs0NT10pNNLxjdjHoZodUccF7pzwG-OBHaYpqhz7VxX1Pu50yh5lFoyXPaIh_eTBGefrK9jOKBLc-uhLYiSyzyJG5eM4f5txE1yjQ&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A==">Triennial, </a>the highly influential international exhibition in New York devoted to emerging artists from around the world, providing an important platform for a new generation of artists who are shaping the current discourse of contemporary art and the future of culture. Her work on the ICA LA's Barbara T. Smith survey opening in 2023 was recently awarded the <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJEBUndbmu54gAd8cuxIx61JGHNfGIghcxBKFX9ctwrMBdJn6KK1k4Yt5d7OaN81PaxuHi8q820s2ceEnOHgQXt9HeZlmcb0bwfopAWDUOu5FrnOPcIX6LfAgfwtXAsTgIc8CEsf_VIRI=&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A==">Foundation for Contemporary Arts annual Ellsworth Kelly Award.</a>&nbsp;Prior to joining ICA LA in 2016, James was Assistant Curator at the<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJt04rgpG4ZXjVXKo9-VfBycklkaTqegim2IK8u88siJGfkd7-ehiLEdh8ShrFjI4IZcRWm4V4cU9nBSCSz-Jc1jHKOK7dxFaMpUWJataUaKmM2pE0FL26RSkW9nhhKmRLk4WuxyFkIR0=&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A=="> Hammer Museum,</a> Los Angeles, and organized exhibitions and programs&nbsp;at<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJd7r7cRlo6HoakriIv63Db75ma2IX0Q_fmTt5JryI2GD7paJg46KruJaENzADkmrrFOW25cAMGg0VGCnasbG_qDANAsY0srruNTbWgXebbzgM-WLM43sMAxbM3tW1AwkMGnS3QMi5nCk=&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A=="> Art + Practice,</a> an arts and social services nonprofit in Leimert Park, Los Angeles established by artist <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJCHL4MtbAmtvSU305UBoYnmMfJYOF1ZWZlwa2pVwg9bXvOtI3xh87NRXFRSapIoo2s1iToBOEbT5XnPOocqeJJk9ho3xSWrndF9e8D_V2_GGIG2b7GQNklXOdr9kdYC4izvEnNuVj68VzvlKNFKpB6aZGe2kGi1qY&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A==">Mark Bradford, MCA 2011 Artist in Residence.</a> She has held curatorial positions at the<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJ1fBlEC5Xmnlqv2kIPRyE11NkxSP5j0EQAnDrrikHIto76z7TWbxl_sY7vNtVlJOZOpf90k6jzQeNyFw2QnMB-hP1k-bEjz6w9HigwFOcQwShqork_4KriB8xOGXan2QG0X4A-g0F90o=&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A=="> Studio Museum in Harlem </a>and<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJq9PMjLcxzlL7HP6d5wLsbwumgc9_mYN1788mq6TVgTBDLQkezipX881V2AQUTP7R9fh-dbwt2RYC4xS34SOLKFpcwYPOqukp_-U9c_QHarfDjbi8dJDp6Kk0NU6jrlkCiIBArSVwFKA=&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A=="> Queens Museum,</a> New York, and produced exhibitions and programs at various alternative and artist-run spaces throughout the United States and Canada since 2004. James’ appointment marks a return to Chicago, as she was part of the first class of Art History graduates at Columbia College in 2005 and organized music performances and other programming as a former resident of the exhibition space now known as <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rnu-DRBAkOIRSUhqOVzH1qpeK4mn4TInS1YKQtOYPPXuM4qt8iD8TjXWe9Gy3wiJkwp_I8dsEvMcxH3EOqZSaw0qFUSOwv5p7wVkua3Kn9ud4P0uIsTV5YGaj9qBPvD88QVbU0FIqax9KlXloo_HB23JiL0LwI41Bv4ifUsKJe-d60ZjMN-9VA==&amp;c=gAJjxa2v2AdKGqi0IkVbRMOiJ3-h6a3z01NFuuBhVhk1MUS4p8Vxiw==&amp;ch=IFS66JgNdOAVHWDI0pkh0DFwH8GlAwkqprKk9PlwY33_oJV6hQvk9A==">Archer Ballroom.</a>&nbsp;James’ current exhibitions include presentations of Sara Cwynar and Rebecca Morris, opening in 2022. Recent exhibitions include Harold Mendez: Let us gather in a flourishing way (2020), Stanya Kahn: No Go Backs (2020), No Wrong Holes: Thirty Years of Nayland Blake (2019), andThis Has No Name, the first U.S. museum survey of B. Wurtz (2018). James also organized the Los Angeles presentations of the touring exhibitions Kenneth Tam: Silent Spikes (2021), Ree Morton: The Plant That Heals May Also Poison (2020), Patty Chang: The Wandering Lake, 2009–17 (2019), and Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush (2018). She has curated several thematic group exhibitions, including, A Shape That Stands Up (2016) and Sisters and Brothers (2014), as well as solo exhibitions of Lucas Blalock, Sarah Cain, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Alex Da Corte, Abigail DeVille, Rafa Esparza, Maryam Jafri, Ann Greene Kelly, and Simone Leigh.&nbsp;James has contributed texts to Artforum, The International Review of African American Art, and various institutional exhibition catalogues. She is a recipient of the inaugural Noah Davis Prize from the Underground Museum, Los Angeles and Chanel Culture Fund (2021), a curatorial research fellowship from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (2021), and a curatorial fellowship from the VIA Art Foundation (2018). James regularly lectures on contemporary art, curating, and professional development for emerging artists and is a visiting critic in the graduate department at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena.&nbsp;Image Credits: (Left) René Morales, James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator. Photographer: Karli Evans. (Right) Jamillah James, Manilow Senior Curator. Photographer: Jasmine Clarke.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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