<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418979/zz5aifbftlbisadzlyb6.jpg"><figcaption>Gupta's home gallery also displays works by Theaster Gates, Sam Gilliam, and Jessica Stockholder, among others. © 2021 Sam Gilliam / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.Photography by Gianni Franchellucci</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/step-inside-this-art-insiders-chicago-family-home">Step Inside This Art-Insider's Chicago Family Home</a>West-loop local art dealer Kavi Gupta transforms the loft above his gallery into a family haven that’s ready for guests and art.Read more via <a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/step-inside-this-art-insiders-chicago-family-home">Architectural Digest</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418980/vbtiuxxc4nschtw5tqsl.png"><figcaption>At the celebratory banquet Berliner secession: Writer Meier-Graefe, Ms. Hugo Simon, Painter Eugen Spiro, art collector Fritz Schoen, Ms. Meier-Graefe, Ms. Spiro. (ca. 1929) (Photo by bpk/Salomon/ullstein bild via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/history-lesson-1920s-art-scene-2030894">What Was the Art Market Like During the Real Roaring ’20s? History Offers Some Lessons as We Enter Another Decade of Decadence</a>Gertrude Stein held vibrant salons in Paris. Diego Rivera traveled from Mexico City to Moscow to paint murals. Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden, whose families had moved north as part of the Great Migration, fueled the vibrancy of the Harlem Renaissance in New York.Read more via <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/history-lesson-1920s-art-scene-2030894">ArtNet</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418981/m6tq0wngky3czh7uuips.jpg"><figcaption>Photo courtesy of Geneva Lakefront Realty</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/richard-driehaus-estate-lake-geneva-under-contract-buyer?utm_source=breaking-news&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20211111&amp;utm_content=hero-readmore">Richard Driehaus' estate in Lake Geneva under contract to a buyer</a>The late financial guru's Glanworth Gardens estate was on the market just three weeks, while its $21 million next-door neighbor has sat unsold since February.&nbsp;Read more via <a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/richard-driehaus-estate-lake-geneva-under-contract-buyer?utm_source=breaking-news&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20211111&amp;utm_content=hero-readmore">Crain's</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: November 11th

&nbsp;$13.8 million already secured, including generous $1 million+ gifts from Builders Initiative and the Guida Family Foundation, along with other foundation grants and individual donors with concentration from its South Side community. Public campaign phase is now active.&nbsp;Via PRCHICAGO -- The Board of Directors of Hyde Park Art Center proudly announces that, effective Spring 2022, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side will shift to a tuition-free model in its core curriculum education programs, making it the nation’s first contribute-what-you-can visual art school for all ages. This radical move culminates Hyde Park Art Center’s ambitious five-year strategic plan dedicated to ensuring more equitable access to artmaking, education, and community engagement for years to come.In 2018, the Art Center Board initiated the $16 million ART MAKES capital campaign, the largest in its 82-year history, to secure a tuition-free education model, establish an endowment, and increase funding for general operations and artist investment in coming years. The ART MAKES campaign, co-chaired by Cynthia Heusing, Walter &amp; Shirley Massey, and Richard Wright, has raised $13.8 million to date, thanks in large part to three generous lead gifts: over $2 million provided from <a href="http://www.buildersinitiative.org/">Builders Initiative</a>, $1 million from the Chicago-based Guida Family Foundation, and $500,000 from the Chicago-based David C. and Sarajean&nbsp;Ruttenberg&nbsp;Arts Foundation. The Art Center’s Board of Directors has been critical to the campaign’s success, committing more than 25% of the total funds raised to date. Further support has been received from local and national foundation and corporate grants, in addition to gifts from dozens of donors from around Chicago and the Art Center’s own South Side neighborhood. The remaining funds are now being sought to complete the campaign; for more information on supporting Chicago artists and arts education with a donation of any size, please visit <a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/art-makes">www.hydeparkart.org/art-makes</a>.“As we found ourselves planning, we heard that people value Hyde Park Art Center’s legacy, our support of Chicago artists, and how the institution contributes to the local community’s identity. Importantly, we heard that our programs are making an impact— teens are developing their voices, artists are tackling bold and ambitious projects, and families are finding a creative home. Our neighbors, artists, students, and volunteers reinforced the unique role the Art Center plays in bridging social networks, sparking civic dialogue, and exemplifying the best of our city. We also heard that we can do more and the Campaign is allowing us to do so,” said Justine Jentes, Hyde Park Art Center board chairman.Added Kate Lorenz, Hyde Park Art Center executive director, “We know that artists are essential to a flourishing society, and we aim to invest in Chicago’s art community at all levels by removing tuition as a barrier, making our public programs richer and more engaging for everyone, and increasing support for artists. This is truly a pivotal moment in our history.”&nbsp;Increasing access to art for allHyde Park Art Center’s Oakman Clinton School &amp; Studios annually serve nearly 2,000 students of all ages and skill levels with nearly 200 courses across the visual arts. Core curriculum classes comprise about two-thirds of all offerings and include staple Art Center programs at all learning levels and across all artistic&nbsp;media, from ceramics, painting and drawing to printmaking and digital photography. &nbsp;So as to provide students from all backgrounds the means to participate, create, and benefit from the dynamic learning environment and community at the Art Center, with the Spring 2022 registration, all of the Art Center's core curriculum classes will be offered without a set tuition price and all participants will be asked to contribute how they can, at whatever level they are able. This restructuring of the School and Studios will result in Hyde Park Art Center proudly becoming Chicago’s – and the nation’s – first tuition-free visual art school for all ages.In addition, monies raised through ART MAKES will be dedicated to investing in the Art Center’s ongoing Pathways Programs delivering broader access to visual arts for some 700 K–8 students in in its neighboring communities—Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Washington Park, and Woodlawn – along with supporting more than 150 teen and young adult artists through its arts and professional training both for high school and post-high school (18-25- year-old) youth. Further engaging the community, the Art Center currently hosts a robust series of artist talks, exhibition openings, free artmaking workshops, and other creative events; increased funding for public programs will provide an even greater platform and space for artists, community members, and peer organizations to collaborate and contribute to civic dialogue and social awareness.&nbsp;Increasing investment in artistsEqually critical is a deeper investment in professional artists. Among the current Hyde Park Art Center initiatives that will benefit from increased funding are faculty/teaching artist development for its current 50 faculty members via additional resources and trainings for the development of studio work and pedagogical practice, as well as provide professional opportunities for artists growing their careers, both inside the building and beyond, through valuable mentorship and exhibition programs such as the Center and Bridge offerings.Further, the Art Center’s Jackman Goldwasser Residency currently provides local artists access to long-term, rent-free studio space, and international artists the opportunity to live and work in Chicago. Building on this, the residency program will expand its international presence by building on exchanges where Chicago artists travel abroad and connect to the global stage while international artists and curators visit Chicago to connect with our local artists. And finally, the Art Center will invest in new work, supporting artists and the creation of ambitious new work to ensure artists, particularly artists of color and women, can mount career-changing exhibitions.&nbsp;About Hyde Park Art CenterHyde Park Art Center, at 5020 South Cornell Avenue on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social change, and connect with new networks. Since its inception in 1939, Hyde Park Art Center has grown from a small collective of quirky artists to establishing a strong legacy of risk-taking and experimentation and emerging as a unique Chicago arts institution with social impact. The Art Center functions as an amplifier for today and tomorrow’s creative voices, providing the space to cultivate and create new work and connections. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">www.hydeparkart.org</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Hyde Park Art Center to Become Nation's First Tuition-Free Art School

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418979/s7piuz0tqgazjepgsr39.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jan-pieter-fokkens">Jan Pieter Fokkens</a>Exhibition begins November 10PAGODA REDChicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418980/gcemhz1kjx1493mvblnu.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dusti-bonge">Dusti Bongé</a>Exhibition begins November 11McCormick Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418981/wol6owfsgastjpfzpplc.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/big-bowl-of-wonderful-jeff-garlin">Big Bowl of Wonderful: Jeff Garlin</a>Opening: Thursday, Nov 11, 7 – 11&nbsp;pmThe Rangefinder Gallery / Tamarkin Camera&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418982/iguvhqlnmcbqi7l9srhq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/john-paul-berry">John Paul Berry</a>Opening: Friday, November 12, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418983/eqag80vhmbertrso1cba.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lauralynn-white-journey">Lauralynn White: Journey</a>Opening: Friday, Nov 12, 5 – 10&nbsp;pmOliva Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418983/nmabfppya697issdc9wb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/new-work-by-andrew-steiner">New Work by Andrew Steiner</a>Opening: Friday, Nov 12, 2021 6 – 9&nbsp;pmEat Paint Studio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418984/mpdzezmba7egb8fw6xts.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jeffrey-gibson-beyond-the-horizon">Jeffrey Gibson: Beyond the Horizon</a>Opening: Saturday, Nov 13, 2021 4 – 7&nbsp;pmKavi Gupta - Elizabeth St.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418985/bizmq129i7nb28km5tph.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kirk-henriques-alexandra-antoine-gastropoetics">Kirk Henriques &amp; Alexandra Antoine: Gastropoetics</a>Exhibition begins November 13FLXST Contemporary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418986/gawo5jot01mxbg0mj9kk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lauren-asta-solo-show">Lauren Asta Solo Show</a>Exhibition begins November 13Chicago Truborn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418987/o2o06fkbl7xn7xob9kum.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/mari-eastman-night-life">Mari Eastman: Night Life</a>Opening: Sunday, November 14, noon – 4&nbsp;pmGoldfinch&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start November 10 - 14

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418979/ebdrupdyifwgtk1ldsad.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/programming-for-deep-cuts">Programming for Deep Cuts</a>Wednesday, November 10, 6 – 7:30&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418980/yn9wctzjcpcickzozl55.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lecture-in-photography-nancy-floyd">Lecture in Photography: Nancy Floyd</a>Wednesday, November 10, 6 – 7&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418981/nskgumjsiqfch6ddbanb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/visualizing-a-lead-free-environment-the-eisenhower-foundation-explores-how-art-intersects-with-community-activism">Visualizing a Lead Free Environment: The Eisenhower Foundation Explores How Art Intersects with Community Activism</a>Thursday, November 11, 5:30 – 6:30&nbsp;pmEXPO CHICAGO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418982/jeqjorsitvxvhdouu6x1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/a-conversation-with-gordon-segal-online">A Conversation With Gordon Segal (Online)</a>Thursday, November 11, 6 – 7&nbsp;pmTerra Foundation for American Art&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418982/ik3zdrbm2fayolvyu5bj.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/poetry-reading-at-the-gallery">Poetry Reading at the Gallery</a>Thursday, November 11, 7 – 8:30&nbsp;pmPerspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Talks This Week: November 10 - 14

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418979/vtzjympvztro6igf69gi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jessica-campbell">Jessica Campbell: Gigantomachinations</a>Opening: Saturday, November 6, 11&nbsp;am – 6&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;Prior to this exhibition, Campbell’s work was woven from elaborate, humorous, and politically pointed narratives, fitting for an artist who is a well-regarded cartoonist with 2 published graphic novels and another forthcoming.&nbsp;Her process has since changed. This exhibition is a response to the stress of a move from Chicago to Green Bay to help care for her ailing in-laws, stress from her own family, stress from making a living in upper Wisconsin, stress from the ongoing pandemic and a myriad of political and social crises. The work combines both the tradition of crazy quilts and pareidolia, the experience of ascribing meaning to visual phenomena (like seeing figures in the clouds). For Campbell, this method of working intuitively and formally, as opposed to starting with a clear idea and executing it, is “the only sustainable way for me to work in this current moment through a constant brain fog.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418980/hmpjhbgofmnbpbtm8whr.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dan-attoe">Dan Attoe: Pandemic Paintings</a>Opening: Saturday, November 6, 11&nbsp;am – 6&nbsp;pmWestern Exhibitions&nbsp;Throughout his 20+ years of painting, Attoe has challenged himself to offer as much detail as possible: “I’ve always enjoyed finding the limits of my abilities and comprehension. For me, there’s something in hitting the end of the jar, the point where earnest representation meets awkwardness, where processing of reality meets metaphor, that is entertaining and telling about an artist’s psychological makeup.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418980/lpyvzdrurwjikgctmj3p.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sung-jang-given">Sung Jang: Given</a>Opening: Saturday, November 6, 11&nbsp;am – 6&nbsp;pmVolume Gallery&nbsp;In his second solo exhibition at Volume Gallery, Chicago based designer Sung Jang presents symbiotic combinations of found stones buttressed by lattice bases. The deliberate combinations are analogous to humanity’s relationship with nature—rock and grid representing nature meeting human reasoning. With their light touch, the pieces reflect a traditional Korean dynamic with nature, one of appreciation and respect.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418981/npyafwszxpud1algh9fy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sara-greenberger-rafferty-346b8c5d-0528-4477-b022-995b07025368">Sara Greenberger Rafferty: Views from Somewhere</a>November 6DOCUMENT&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418982/nkmcc0gpzlzbqxfk5bsm.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ravi-shankar-ragamala-to-rockstar">Ravi Shankar: Ragamala to Rockstar</a>Opening: Saturday, November 6, 11&nbsp;am – 6&nbsp;pmSouth Asia Institute&nbsp;Legendary sitar pioneer Ravi Shankar, whom George Harrison called the “Godfather of World Music”, was instrumental in bringing Indian classical music to mainstream audiences in the west. Shankar became a pop culture superstar and a celebrity unlike anyone who looked&nbsp; or sounded like him before. South Asia Institute is very pleased to announce the debut of the art and music exhibition, “Ravi Shankar: Ragamala to Rockstar - A Retrospective of The Maestro's Life in Music”. The exhibition is an opportunity to experience the legendary musician’s groundbreaking career in music through an unprecedented collection of&nbsp; rare concert posters, psychedelic art prints, flyers, photographs, videos, record covers and personal artifacts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418983/cefvgsyxh24mvysssewv.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ariel-dannielle">Ariel Dannielle</a>November 6Monique Meloche Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418984/a8lw2svfaslymshcjpoq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/richard-haley">Double Life / Flayed Beings / Hidden Counterparts</a>Opening: Saturday, November 6, 2 – 5&nbsp;pmBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;In this exhibition, artists Felecia Chizuko Carlisle, Richard Haley, Trisha Holt and Bailey Scieszka engage in experiments in "saliency detection"* at the intersection of the human soma and the lens-based technologies that saturate our environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418985/cinwfj8so9cb4mtz4dtb.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sergio-farfan-5-years-solo-show">Sergio Farfan: 5 Years</a>Opening: Saturday, November 6, 12 – 6&nbsp;pmVertical Gallery&nbsp;‘Five Years,’ which runs from Nov. 6-24 at our 1016 N. Western Ave. location, caps off the first half-decade of Farfán’s professional career while introducing daring possibilities for the next phase of the artist’s evolution. The show features new canvases and sculptures as well as a unique video installation intercutting animations of Farfán’s original characters with clips from the classic cartoons, films and music videos that inspired his formative efforts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418986/eevtdxmrse1gz16vafoe.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/haiku-by-wilda-morris-i-follow-my-shadow-home">Haiku by Wilda Morris: I follow my shadow home</a>Opening: Saturday, November 6, 5 – 7:30&nbsp;pmPerspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.&nbsp;Perspective Gallery Presents the Premiere Showing of "Poetry and Photography" by The P2 Collective. In the summer of 2019, a group of Chicago area photographers and poets met to discuss the idea of pursuing an ekphrastic conversation between poetry and photography, a conversation in which one art-form inspires the other. For example, a photograph might inspire a poem, which in turn inspires another photograph, which then inspires another poem and so on.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418986/zytsfia5cddb1cjsvy4q.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/david-antonio-cruz">David Antonio Cruz</a>November 6Monique Meloche Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bassim-al-shaker-solo-exhibition">Bassim Al Shaker: Solo Exhibition</a>November 6FLXST Contemporary&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418987/nlj5trpinmrmg1yps876.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/agave">Agave!</a>Opening: Sunday, November 7, 4 – 6&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;Mezcal has been part of Mexican life, gastronomy and culture for centuries. The Spaniards called the agave plant “the tree of wonders”. Agave evolved in southern Mexico over six million years ago and Oaxaca is its center of diversity. Mezcal’s popularity exploded in recent years, transforming it from a local spirit to one that is known internationally. Patrons in New York, Los Angeles and everywhere in the world were now saying “with mezcal please”, and mezcal fever exploded, causing its demand to grow exponentially. As a result, people in Oaxaca began to produce more and more of it and a thriving international market was born. Every community and hill in the state was soon surrounded with agaves that were destined for mezcal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start November 6

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418973/pemoyt5f30n0m1uf0psq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dan-ramirez-sheets-of-space-finding-place">Dan Ramirez: Sheets of Space / Finding Place</a>November 5Zolla / Lieberman Gallery John Coltrane’s “sheets of sound,” with its blazing chordal arpeggios compressed into musical space and time, often described as Coltrane’s response to a connection with the cosmos and the spiritual, suggested to me new ways to look at a substrates (wood or canvas) potential for creating “sheets of space” through light and reflection. In this new work, layers of light and space, either imagined or posited visually, create the illusion of a compressed space that uses the sides of the substrate as well to push the idea even further.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418974/ypl4rbefcoethwiu0g5x.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/imagined-landscapes">IMAGINED LANDSCAPES</a>Opening: Friday, November 5, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmCarl Hammer Gallery&nbsp;Opening at&nbsp;Carl Hammer Gallery,&nbsp;November 5, 2021, from 5 pm to 8 pm, our new exhibition,&nbsp;IMAGINED LANDSCAPES,&nbsp;features artists Francois Burland, Joseph Parker, Grace Graupe Pillard, David Sharpe, Hollis Sigler, Kahn and Selesnick, and Mary Lou Zelazny.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418975/xvdcrs4qywcjuztvrraz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/herman-aguirre-39848e04-2f1c-453f-8285-4437e2cacddd">Herman Aguirre: Agua y Aceite</a>Opening: Friday, November 5, 4 – 7&nbsp;pmZolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;His newest body of work, Agua y Aceite, includes canvases of various sizes, many irregularly shaped, as well as preparatory ink drawings. To create his impasto, canvas surfaces, the artist 'works intuitively' with paint skins and oil and acrylic accumulations to build up the three-dimensionality, resulting in work that straddles the line between painting and sculpture.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418975/if1uy1crsnuzchpzfg9t.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alicia-lachance-solo-exhibition">Alicia LaChance: New Village</a>Opening: Friday, November 5, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmAddington Gallery&nbsp;My paintings are a personal declaration aimed at ameliorating our modernity. When I paint, I compose visual anthropological essays that bridge the past and present for a contemporary acculturation. The colors and symbols I use are adopted from many stations, ranging from folk traditions to street art. Further manipulation recontextualizes them as both graphic ornament and Esperanto. Initially, these paintings were organized according to open-source graphs describing patterns of social human interaction. They have become a way for me to filter the urgency and collective scramble of contemporary life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418976/c6vn5ogeart56crdnnmh.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/at-the-table">At the Table</a>Opening: Friday, November 5, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmVale Craft Gallery&nbsp;Join us at Vale Craft Gallery on Friday, November 5 from 5 to 8 pm for the opening of our group exhibition&nbsp;At the Table.&nbsp; The show will feature&nbsp;functional ceramics and glass by Chicago and Midwestern artists including&nbsp;bowls, plates, cups, vases, serving platters and more.&nbsp; Find great gifts for your loved ones (or even yourself) while supporting local artists.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418977/brdafyzmygq9zswtqtef.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/obsession-bunny-hoppel-jeanine-coupe-ryding">Obsession: Bunny Hoppel &amp; Jeanine Coupe Ryding</a>Opening: Friday, November 5, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmHofheimer Gallery&nbsp;OBSESSION is a 2-person exhibition featuring works by Bunny Hoppel and Jeanine Coupe Ryding who have both spent several years fixating on one subject, utilizing one type of medium or method to interpret their inspiration that ultimately became an obsession.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start November 5 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418973/dlvweb8olufj8pjylqd2.jpg"></figure>By GINNY VAN ALYEA2021 is racing along, and it's hard to believe we're looking at the end of another unusual year. Despite ups and downs and many changes in the local as well as global art world – including the absence, for the most part, of international art fairs – there have undoubtedly been opportunities and changes for innovation. After all, ours is a creative community.&nbsp;When dealer Kimberly Oliva knew that this year's Intersect Chicago (formerly SOFA CHICAGO) was not going to take place, she drew on her own art history, connections and experience in the vintage market to come up with a new event and creative gathering.&nbsp;Alma, Art and Interiors is an exhibition of 30 leading Chicago artists, presented by Oliva Gallery and Architectural Anarchy. Exploring contemporary art alongside distinct antiques and modern design, Alma, Art and Interiors reimagines the gallery as the spirit of the home. In 18,000 sq. ft. of 20th century loft space, Kimberly Oliva of Oliva Gallery and Gosia Korsakowski of Architectural Anarchy have curated dozens upon dozens of vignettes, each consisting of a few pieces, drawn from a variety of artistic disciplines and time periods — antique furniture, vintage lighting, modern ceramics, contemporary painting, fiber artists, photography, sculpture wood work, metal art, and more.&nbsp;Rather than a traditional gallery setup, the choice to stage mixed media vignettes rescues the works from seeming isolated and spiritless. Furniture and ceramics paired with visual art and vintage lighting produces the effect of a living home. “An interior without art is like a place without soul. We want to create the feeling of people who live there,” Gosia explains. “A painting or a sculpture brings another level to every home, and each vignette invites you to visualize the spirit of your own home, in all its levels.”Beyond returning spirit to the gallery, Alma, Art and Interiors also restores the highly missed conveniences of in-person furniture and art dealings, following more than a year of show cancellations, supply-chain delays, and exorbitant freight costs. “I’ve been holding back my premier pieces in hopes of the return of large scale exhibitions, and Alma is a vision of what I would’ve exhibited if SOFA — now Intersect Chicago — had taken place at Navy Pier in 2020 and 2021,” says Kimberly Oliva. “Alma is the very latest extension of the Chicago arts community that I’ve fostered at Oliva Gallery.”&nbsp;With exhibitions no longer stuck in the midst of an indefinite hiatus, all of the art and vintage furniture at Alma, Art and Interiors is available for cash and carry. Works include ceramics from Nathan Mason, Chris Heck, Zachary E. Weber, and Louise Pappageorge; fiber artists Melissa Leandro, Yasmin Spiro, and Macus Alonso; sculptures from Mia Capodilupo, Beth Lefauve, and Salvador Dominguez; wood work from Michelle Peterson Albandoz; metal artist Eric Gushee; photography from Sean Williams; paintings from Tony Fitzpatrick, Thomas Masters, Lucca Colombelli, Cormac Steinbock, Madeleine Finley, Juan Arango Palacios, Griffin Plumer, William Schaeuble, Nathalie Gribinski, Stanley Dean Edwards, Marc Benja, Jane Barthès, Anthony Adcock, Valeria Terrazas, Melissa Leandro, Bojana Ilic-Bojitt, Curtis Anthony Bozif, Sarah Dupré, and Walter A. Fydryck.&nbsp;•&nbsp;Years ago Oliva got her start selling out of a vintage red Cadillac at Chicago's Randolph Street Market and quickly became a veteran dealer of the city's market scene. Alma, Art and Interiors brings her career full circle. As a young dealer herself, she worked hard to create a network of collectors and fellow dealers to achieve her dream of selling vintage full time. Fast forward to 2016 she launched <a href="www.olivagallery.com">Oliva Gallery</a>, a contemporary fine art gallery in Logan Square. Oliva continues to launch vintage and modern art as well as consulting, trade shows and exhibits across the country.She told CGN, “Gosia and I met at Chicago Randolph Market over 13 years ago. As a source for Bill Rawski from Zap Props, the largest Prop House in the Midwest Gosia appreciated the vintage offerings I presented. We became clients, colleagues and friends.”Oliva has also kept up with Randolph Street Market's Sally Schwartz, who shares, "For anyone who loves both contemporary art and one of a kind vintage furnishings and decor, ALMA looks like the place where one gets to witness the combined talents of two pros creating exciting stage sets -- I can't wait for the eye candy!&nbsp;&nbsp;•<a href="mailto:AlmaArtInteriors@gmail.com?subject=Alma%20CGN">AlmaArtInteriors@gmail.com</a>1.224.522.4525Alma, Art and Interiors opens Saturday, November 6, 11:00am - 7:00pm3636 S. Iron St., Chicago, IL 60609Additional shows will be on November 7, 11:00am - 5:00pm, and the following weekend (Nov. 13–14) during the same hours. Visit by appointment any day of the week throughout November.&nbsp;&nbsp;Wine and cocktail service will be provided during the first two weekends. A portion of opening night sales will go to the Infant Welfare Society.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418974/yxpy58onemcko2x00t8x.jpg"></figure></body></html>

Dealer Kimberly Oliva Adds her Own Endeavor to a Changing Fall Calendar: Alma, Art and Interiors: 30 Artists. One Soul 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418973/xemkue8ds6a7tdoopkb9.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/allison-zisook">Allison Zisook</a>Opening: Thursday, October 28, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmJean Albano Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418974/iefuzvjmaxdlsr4klyi0.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alan-lerner">Alan Lerner</a>Opening: Friday, October 29, &nbsp;7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418975/n0yobuhwjkp5fz1bfrwh.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jessica-gondek">Jessica Gondek</a>Opening: Friday, October 29, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC GalleryMy work endeavors to blur the distinction between hand and machine. The title of the exhibition, Ironmades, is a nod to the early 20th Century Dada movement engaged with machinery and readymades.&nbsp; As an artist, I continue building on this tradition to bring it into the digital era of the 21st Century as our relationship with technology continues.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418976/audkxow8ioj7mtvuwle8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nancy-rubins">Nancy Rubins</a>Begins October 29Rhona Hoffman GalleryRhona Hoffman Gallery is pleased to present a new body of sculptures from Nancy Rubins’&nbsp;Fluid Spaceseries, alongside new works on paper. Throughout her decades-long career, Rubins has been interested in forms and materials, often known best for her gravity-defying large-scale sculptures. In her most recent sculptural series, Rubins continues her practice of assembling found objects through the use of wiring. She has further developed this sculptural series by abstracting her found materials, and, working on a much more intimate scale, created calligraphic sculptural forms. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418977/bszaa3gx1whxmehanjx3.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/both-and-alex-chitty-julia-fish-miyoko-ito-avery-z-nelson-and-brittney-leeanne-williams">Both And (Alex Chitty, Julia Fish, Miyoko Ito, Avery Z. Nelson, and Brittney Leeanne Williams)</a>Opening: Saturday, October 30, 12 – 4&nbsp;pmTiger Strikes AsteroidTiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago is thrilled to present&nbsp;Both And,&nbsp;featuring nuanced abstract paintings by Chicago-based artist Miyoko Ito (1918–1983), alongside contemporary sculptures and paintings by Alex Chitty, Julia Fish, Avery Z. Nelson, and Brittney Leeanne&nbsp;Williams.&nbsp;Each artwork is powerful in its ambiguity, containing contradictions in terms of spatial illusion and reference(s) which obliterate any supposed binary between “abstraction” and “representation.”&nbsp;By situating Ito’s work in relation to that of the artists working today, the exhibition opens up a dialogue around abstraction that calls attention to distinctive engagements with color, space, timelessness, and form.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418977/ol10qcg6rshrwoqyvg52.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/blake-jones-presents">Blake Jones &amp; Friends: Doublespeak</a>Opening: Saturday, October 30, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Project Space&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start October 28 - 30

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418973/ynqhf8rp5ccmmug9svko.jpg"></figure>Jaume Plensa's Water's Soul, 2020 Unveiled In NJWater’s Soul, a new site-specific sculpture by internationally renowned artist Jaume Plensa, was officially unveiled on October 21 in Newport on the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City, New Jersey. This monumental installation depicts the serene face of a young subject holding a finger to her lips in a state of silent contemplation. The sculptural portrait, though monumental in scale, humbly gestures for quietude, a beckoning towards empathetic self-reflection. Plensa’s installation serves as a tribute to the Hudson River, aligning with the artist’s ongoing interest in bodies of water as proxies for humankind.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418974/vxv0bicurwboti8yenpc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://link.chicagobusiness.com/click/25430109.45690/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2hpY2Fnb2J1c2luZXNzLmNvbS9yZXNpZGVudGlhbC1yZWFsLWVzdGF0ZS9yaWNoYXJkLWRyaWVoYXVzLWxha2UtZ2VuZXZhLWVzdGF0ZS1zYWxlLWFsbW9zdC00MC1taWxsaW9uP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJlYWtpbmctbmV3cyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0yMDIxMTAyMiZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1oZXJvLWhlYWRsaW5l/5f4c3915c90d524d8471bc4aCd5afd95b">Richard Driehaus’ Lake Geneva estate for sale at almost $40 million</a>The financial star and historic preservationist, who died earlier this year, presided over many press-worthy parties and fireworks shows at the lavish estate, one of the biggest properties on the lake.&nbsp;<a href="https://link.chicagobusiness.com/click/25430109.45690/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2hpY2Fnb2J1c2luZXNzLmNvbS9yZXNpZGVudGlhbC1yZWFsLWVzdGF0ZS9yaWNoYXJkLWRyaWVoYXVzLWxha2UtZ2VuZXZhLWVzdGF0ZS1zYWxlLWFsbW9zdC00MC1taWxsaW9uP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJlYWtpbmctbmV3cyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0yMDIxMTAyMiZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1oZXJvLXJlYWRtb3Jl/5f4c3915c90d524d8471bc4aD9fb4f73f">READ MORE&nbsp;</a> via Crain's&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418975/y2ghgojcm1r6fcsuxitx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://3arts.org">2021 3Arts Awards Will be Largest to Date</a>3Arts, the Chicago-based nonprofit grantmaking organization, will award Chicago artists with nearly $1 million in unrestricted cash grants during the 14th annual 3Arts Awards, taking place virtually on Monday, November 1, 2021, live on YouTube. The virtual event is free to the public and features three world premiere performances by past 3Arts awardees. Registration is <a href="https://3arts.org/event">required</a>Since 2007, 3Arts has supported more than 1,200 artists—representing 70% women artists, 67% artists of color, and 14% Deaf and disabled artists—and distributed $4.5 million in grants and services. On November 1, 3Arts will be awarding 134 artists including:· Ten 3Arts Awards recipients who will receive $30,000 in cash grants.·&nbsp;121 artists selected by past 3Arts awardees will receive $4,000 each in unrestricted grants, through a major one-time expansion to Make a Wave—3Arts’ artist-to-artist grant program—with support from Make a Wave Presenting Partner The Joyce Foundation, sending a bigger “wave” than ever through Chicago’s cultural core.·&nbsp;Recipients of the second annual 3Arts Next Level/Spare Room Award—a $50,000 unrestricted cash award given to three women visual artists who are past awardees.These announcements—together with $230,000 in emergency relief grants given to 3Arts artists in 2021—make this the largest award year in 3Arts history.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 10/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418973/p6opya8qtu8no9sr7ju5.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alex-katz-the-white-coat">Alex Katz: The White Coat</a>Opening: Friday, Oct 22, 2021 5 – 7&nbsp;pmGray WarehouseCreated between 2020 and 2021, Katz’s White Coat paintings are based on the likeness of Vivien Bittencourt, a photographer and filmmaker, and the artist’s daughter-in-law. Across these eleven portraits, Katz paints Vivien in a variety of dynamic compositions unified by a brilliant light blue ground color. With a discerning eye for color, form, and economy of line, Katz upholds the immediacy of portraiture while balancing the specific and abstract, intimate and remote, geometric and gestural.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418974/zxkspmee94xl9jgaigj6.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/there-is-still-magic-here-a-solo-exhibition-of-oil-paintings-by-jennifer-cronin">There is Still Magic Here: A Solo Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Jennifer Cronin</a>Opening: Friday, Oct 22, 2021 6 – 10&nbsp;pmElephant Room Gallery“There is Still Magic Here” is a new series of paintings illustrating everyday, overlooked landscapes as an agent for exploring the wonder in our daily lives. Over the past year, Cronin began the habit of taking daily walks. It was during these walks that she would stop to photograph seemingly mundane urban surroundings which in that moment, beckoned to her. The resulting paintings are a rich representation of the magic the artist felt when viewing these landscapes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418975/lm84mih04rdv63jcvqhe.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-balm-art-for-black-women-s-wellness-6385ba85-b706-40f7-b255-a48a279588ed">The Balm: Art for Black Women’s Wellness</a>Opening: Friday, Oct 22, 2021 6 – 8&nbsp;pmSouth Side Community Art CenterThe Balm: Art for Black Women’s Wellness&nbsp;emerged as a collective artists’ action. Eight women who engage the time-honored tradition of using their artistic practice to give vision and form to our healing have contributed work across a variety of media and points of view. Themes emerged organically, with works that stand in both testimony and conversation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418976/b7sp3afqv25b1awnudoy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ryan-licht-sang-bipolar-foundation">Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation</a>Oct 22 – 24, 2021Zolla / Lieberman GalleryThe juried artwork in INSIGHTS IV, as well as those from the previous exhibitions, has been generously donated to the Foundation’s Permanent Exhibition Collection by the artists.&nbsp; Now comprised of more than 70 pieces, including paintings, photographs, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics and textiles, the Permanent Collection will be the basis of traveling exhibitions to give voice to artists with Bipolar Disorder and to reduce the stigma associated with it.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418977/keubkepoh6lvqi3fx23y.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nontraditional-materials-exhibition">Nontraditional Materials Exhibition</a>Opening: Saturday, Oct 23, 2021 6 – 9&nbsp;pmDragonfly GalleryNontraditional Materials Exhibition showcases artwork that is beyond classical painting and sculpture. Dragonfly Gallery will highlight artists experimenting with unexpected materials and unconventional methods of creating. Transforming the materials to create extraordinary artwork.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418978/srakirxbfhnlqkx2hxvb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jessica-stockholder-specific-shapes">Jessica Stockholder: Specific Shapes</a>Opening: Saturday, Oct 23, 2021 5 – 8&nbsp;pmKavi Gupta GalleryStockholder's&nbsp;work is created in response to, and incorporates, the contemporary flood of consumer products made with industrial materials and processes; it inhabits and confronts a world where those who make and consume such objects are also hyper-aware of the threat they pose to human existence. Stockholder leverages the ways our use of technology has altered our relationship with the surfaces of our devices, which disguise their internal mechanisms. Incorporating these concepts and objects into her compositions, she allows for myriad meanings and references to accumulate, resulting in works that remind us how important form is to all areas of life and that it has political resonance.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start October 22 & 23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418973/qobzlbb2assvtifwlj3g.png"></figure><a href="https://hilton-asmus.com/on-the-road-again/?v=32aec8db952d">Hilton | Asmus Contemporary Hosts Splashy Party with Cindy Crawford in the Name of Charity and Art&nbsp;</a>Hilton | Asmus Contemporary hosted an exclusive evening with supermodel Cindy Crawford and world- renowned British fine art photographer David Yarrow to celebrate the opening of their exhibition CHANGING LANES on Oct. 9 in their new, second space in Bridgeport at the Morgan Arts Complex. The presentation featured Yarrow's newest works, including a re-creation of Cindy's iconic 1992 Pepsi ad, with proceeds benefiting the UW Kids Cancer Program, where Crawford's brother was once treated for Leukemia. Hilton | Asmus is also located in River North.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418975/k2t1se2zzu0sjvsm7x9q.png"></figure><a href="https://wgntv.com/morning-news/around-town/around-town-checks-out-par-excellence-redux-the-back-9-at-elmhurst-art-museum/?utm_source=EAM+Mailing+List&amp;utm_campaign=e50235730f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_24_08_17_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_2e43eedea7-e50235730f-374555725&amp;mc_cid=e50235730f&amp;mc_eid=9f943455be">WGN Around Town checks out ‘Par Excellence Redux: The Back 9’ at Elmhurst Art Museum</a>WGN News gives a preview of this unusual, interactive art exhibit at Elmhurst Art Museum. Par Excellence Redux: The Back 9&nbsp;promises an unusual twist on a familiar pastime. Book a tee time for the second edition of this show.&nbsp;Via WGN&nbsp;Zhou Brothers Unveil New Sculpture&nbsp;On October 12 the Zhou Brothers unveiled Red Angel statue, a gift to Chinatown in memory of the late Bernie Wong, founder of the Chinese American Service League (CASL). The sculpture is at the corner of Princeton Avenue and Tan Court, in front of the Chinese American Service League&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 10/18

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418973/kjbxh18rdkha9azmxgp6.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/michelle-wasson-on-feronia">Michelle Wasson: On Feronia</a>Opening: Friday, October 15, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmEpiphany Center for the Arts&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418974/af49jpfhhgtu526nweim.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lily-pad-showcase-five-year-anniversary-a6dd7cfa-74c0-43a1-be0d-f461cca7e126">Lily Pad Showcase: Five Year Anniversary</a>Opening: Friday, October 15, 5 – 9&nbsp;pmLily Pad | West&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418975/qzdxevx7akh9jgx9fxb1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/weekend-bash-studio-sale">Weekend Bash &amp; Studio Sale</a>Opening: Saturday, October 16, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmCircle Contemporary (Arts of Life)&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418976/ca2vmnxixrlhtpy4lsxr.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kandinsky-the-rediscovered-bauhaus-sketchbook-1c01d593-1fe1-4520-865d-ded48eca3834">Kandinsky: The Rediscovered Bauhaus Sketchbook</a>Opening: Saturday, October 16, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmUkrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418976/uma7a1hsrbgbtxzo6go8.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/georges-coulomb-play-on-color">Georges Coulomb: Play on Colour</a>Opening: Saturday, October 16, 3 – 8&nbsp;pmExpression Gallery of Fine Art&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418977/qesoo953hj92nuagq5f0.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/still-life">Still Life</a>Opening: Saturday, October 16, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Franklin&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418978/zfmraibai0atefssmmla.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dan-oliver-afire">Dan Oliver: Afire</a>Opening: Sunday, October 17, 1 – 4&nbsp;pmEvanston Art Center&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start October 15 - 17

<html><head></head><body>Via PROn September 28, Hindman Auctions set a new world auction record for Martin Wong’s Persuit (El Que Gane Pierde - He Who Wins Looses), 1984, which sold for $1.1 million in its Post War &amp; Contemporary Art Auction. Offered with an estimate of $500,000 to $700,000, the work saw competitive bidding and received strong interest from museums and private collectors, with a U.S. institution ultimately emerging as the winning bidder. The painting is from Rumsey Hall School, a coeducational boarding and day school in Washington, Connecticut.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418973/x6uuobupyetpvd4amc20.jpg" alt="page1image26704304"><figcaption>Persuit (El Que Gane Pierde - He Who Wins Looses), 1984. Price Realized: $1,100,000</figcaption></figure>Persuit (El Que Gane Pierde - He Who Wins Looses) emerged as the top lot in the Post War &amp; Contemporary art auction and was among seven auction records set in the sale. The work is acrylic on canvas and measures 48 by 72 inches.Rumsey Hall School was founded in 1900 by Lillias Rumsey Sanford of Seneca Falls, New York and moved to the current Washington campus in 1949. Persuit (El Que Gane Pierde - He Who Wins Looses) was donated to Rumsey Hall School in 1989 by Allen Finkelson, a parent of three Rumsey Hall graduates and former long-term trustee and board chair.“The thrill of setting an auction record with the sale of this tremendous painting is even sweeter knowing that the proceeds of the sale will benefit the student experience at the Rumsey Hall School,” shared Zack Wirsum, Hindman’s Senior Specialist for Post War and Contemporary Art. “More thrilling still is the knowledge that the work is going to an institution where it will continue to have widespread attention and can educate the public about the specialized magic of Martin Wong.”Martin Wong, born in Portland Oregon in 1946, came of age in the heady California dreamscape of late 1960s San Francisco. Wong, an openly gay man of Chinese ancestry, found acceptance in the open- minded hippie counterculture while working mostly in ceramics and performance art. Wong earned the most recognition in the Bay Area for his draftsmanship, as well as the nickname Human Instamatic for his ability to crank out $7.50 portraits at street art fairs. It was not until moving to New York’s Lower East Side in 1978 that he turned to painting as his primary creative expression.Wong is recognized for his merging of social realism and visionary art styles, as well as considering themes such as ethnic and racial identities. He became known for documenting New York City in his works. This piece captures the city in the gritty 1980s and the way in which urban life can feel imposing, particularly for the underrepresented.Persuit (El Que Gane Pierde - He Who Wins Looses) captures an ominous, authentic and gritty New York night and illusionistic wooden frame peppered with poetic phrasing, typically borrowed from his often collaborator Piñero. In his signature uncommon social-meets magical-realist fashion, Wong champions the underdog, the underrepresented, the unseen, while also revealing the unique and flawed glory of these ignored individuals.Bidding for the September 28th auction was available live, and via phone, the Digital Bid Room, Hindman’s recently launched online and mobile bidding platform, and three other online bidding platforms.&nbsp;Hindman continues to welcome consignments for upcoming Post War &amp; Contemporary Art auctions.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418974/xvj7eaqitkstq5rkyehm.jpg" alt="page2image26703472"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418975/cvam8lfqnztjkbwini5t.jpg" alt="page2image26692656"></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

Hindman Sets World Auction $1.1 million Record for Martin Wong 

<html><head></head><body>By CGN StaffThe Great Chicago Fire began on the evening of October 8, 1871 and raged for two more days.&nbsp;The fire is a legend around the world, the stuff of stories and history books, far from the reach of modern day life, though we live its after effects every day without even knowing it.&nbsp;Around the city several arts institutions are marking the century and a half since fire through immersive, creative exhibits. Some highlights and related shows are below.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418973/nbu7abq4kpflmqj0hcpk.jpg"><figcaption>The Currier &amp; Ives lithograph shows people fleeing across the Randolph Street Bridge. Thousands of people literally ran for their lives before the flames, unleashing remarkable scenes of terror and dislocation. "The whole earth, or all we saw of it, was a lurid yellowish red," wrote one survivor. "Everywhere dust, smoke, flames, heat, thunder of falling walls, crackle of fire, hissing of water, panting of engines, shouts, braying of trumpets, roar of wind, confusion, and uproar."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currier_and_Ives">Currier and Ives</a> - Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-23436)</figcaption></figure>Chicago History MuseumThe Chicago History Museum has been under construction for months now but is reopening in time to mark the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire and to welcome visitors back to new spaces and an expansive exhibition covering the history of the fire itself.&nbsp;Chicago's busy streets were taken over by flames for three days, overwhelming a city built of wood and causing severe destruction. After the fire died, recovery efforts exposed deep social and economic inequalities when more than 100,000 people became homeless, and society placed blame upon the Irish immigrant O'Leary family. The devastation also sparked change and regrowth in Chicago by introducing new fire safety guidelines and rebuilding as the resilient city known today.  &nbsp;One hundred and fifty years later, City on Fire: Chicago 1871  guides visitors through the crucial events and conditions before, during, and after the fire—many of which draw striking comparisons to today's social climate. This family-friendly exhibition features more than 100 artifacts from the Chicago History Museum's collection, interactive and multimedia elements, and personal stories from survivors of the fire. The exhibition is designed for families to&nbsp;learn, explore, and&nbsp;discover&nbsp;the impact the Great Chicago Fire had on the city and the people who lived here. Featured in the City on Fire: Chicago 1871 exhibition is a 40-feet-long painting study created as a guide for a larger Chicago Fire Cyclorama painting, which was displayed in Chicago in 1892-93 in a round building constructed for visitors to have an immersive experience.Full exhibition info available at the museum's special website <a href="https://www.chicago1871.org/about">Chicago1871.org</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418974/q51fznfs7cqgydivfe2r.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://driehausmuseum.org/programs/detail/fiery-night">The Driehaus Museum</a>Part of the museum's Story Time: Fiery Night on Saturday, October 9 at 9:30 am and 11:00 am.&nbsp;A child-friendly introduction to the Great Chicago Fire in a historic setting. Guess who’s coming to the Marble Palace for tea? Chicago’s own Mrs. Catherine O’Leary and the Nickersons’ neighbor, Mrs. Anna Tree! History comes alive during Story Time as kids meet these historical figures to hear a personal account of their experiences in 1871 and about the fire that changed everything. Mrs. Tree will recall one unforgettable incident through a reading of Fiery Night: A Boy, His Goat, and the Great Chicago Fire, by Sally M. Walker and Kayla Harren - a true story of strength, courage, and love that is part of the history of the Driehaus Museum neighborhood.<a href="https://46316.blackbaudhosting.com/46316/tickets?tab=3&amp;txobjid=358ab190-20b4-4968-821e-06fb7f996bd3&amp;mc_cid=4b5e10917f&amp;mc_eid=UNIQID">BUY TICKETS </a>$15 for one adult and child; $5 for each additional child&nbsp;Wrightwood 659On view now is <a href="https://wrightwood659.org/exhibitions/romanticism-to-ruin/">Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright</a>, an exhibition that &nbsp;attempts to conjure the essence of two long-gone masterpieces. Louis Sullivan’s Garrick Theatre Building in Chicago stood for only sixty-nine years and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building in Buffalo lasted only forty-four years,The <a href="https://e.wordfly.com/click?sid=MTQ0MV8xMjY4XzEwNDZfNzM4MA&amp;l=2e95df88-6c26-ec11-a826-0050569d9d1d&amp;utm_source=wordfly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=RomanticismtoRuinweek3&amp;utm_content=version_A">Great Chicago Fire</a> actually had an impact on the design of the Larkin Building in Buffalo, NY, some 30 years later.The threat of fire held a special significance for John D. Larkin,&nbsp;who was&nbsp;an eyewitness to the vast destruction&nbsp;of&nbsp;the Chicago fire of 1871.&nbsp;The original Larkin &amp; Weller soap-manufacturing business was located on Halsted Street in Chicago, a couple of blocks from the edge of the fire. Larkin&nbsp;insisted&nbsp;that Frank Lloyd Wright design an&nbsp;"absolutely fire-proof construction." In response,&nbsp;Wright created a&nbsp;steel-framed building that was clad in brick inside and out. Of course in the end, it wasn't fire that destroyed the Larkin&nbsp;Building,&nbsp;but mankind's blinding urge for&nbsp;"progress," resulting in the 1950 demolition of Wright’s masterpiece to make room for a truck barn.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

150 Years Since the Chicago Fire – Marking The Anniversary Through Art

Via PRThe organizers of Intersect Chicago (formerly known as SOFA) shared a brief announcement Wednesday that they have decided to postpone the November 2021 fair. The fair was scheduled to open in less than a month, opening November 4 in its traditional home in Festival Hall on Navy Pier. &nbsp;&nbsp;As the pandemic continues, the health and safety concerns expressed by our community of dealers, collectors, and cultural partners have led us to the difficult decision to postpone the November 2021 edition of Intersect Chicago / SOFA. We appreciate the support and interest we received in planning the event and will keep you updated on the new dates of Intersect Chicago / SOFA. Our commitment to culture and community in the region remains strong, and we will continue to bolster our Chicago-area partners.&nbsp;When CGN knows more we will update our website and share details.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Intersect Chicago (Formerly SOFA) Postpones Upcoming November Fair

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721420196/ohwv120qgfyxjunp40le.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/opening-celebration-for-smart-to-the-core-medium-image">Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago</a><a href="https://uchicago.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba2086a45b4ee8391b89447b&amp;id=9f5daebdbf&amp;e=00938adab1">Smart to the Core: Medium / Image&nbsp;</a>Opening: Wednesday, Oct 6, 2021 5 – 7&nbsp;pmExplore the social and perceptual impact of visual culture at this special opening of Smart to the Core: Medium / Image. With the exhibition designed and curated around the University of Chicago’s popular “Media Aesthetics” course, the opening will include a gallery walkthrough, remarks from curators and faculty, light refreshments, and a unique visual experience.<a href="https://uchicago.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba2086a45b4ee8391b89447b&amp;id=20610feb6d&amp;e=00938adab1">RSVP for the opening</a><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418963/ixd5hbtvtstizvalx98m.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/common-gesture">Oliva Gallery</a>&nbsp;Common GestureOpening: Friday, Oct 8, 2021 5 – 10&nbsp;pmSlow or quick, direct or indirect, gestural marks have an immediate response to the surface that they associate themselves with. These marks celebrate materiality and highlight passages of the body’s movement through space. Gestures not only accentuate time, but they have the potential to organize or disrupt a composition. In the works of Lisa Marie Barber and Sarah Dupré there is a clear embracement of line, color via paint or glaze, and play upon surface texture.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418964/qz6ewc1etuixzirp6vid.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/shahidul-alam-we-shall-defy">Wrightwood 659</a>Shahidul Alam: We Shall DefyOct 8 – Nov 27.&nbsp;Wrightwood 659 presents&nbsp;Shahidul Alam: We Shall Defy. We Shall Defy includes photographs by Alam and his community of artists and activists, as well as illustrations, verse, and more by three additional artists: Amal Akash, a singer-songwriter and visual and performance artist based in Dhaka; Alam’s niece Sofia Karim, an architect and visual artist in London; and New York-based filmmaker, writer, photographer, and installation artist Naeem Mohaiemen and the King Kortobbyo team. Together, their work explores the turbulent path that Alam and his team have navigated in their struggle to achieve justice and equity.The primary focus of the exhibition is a series of 9 large banners that are inspired by an ancient form of Bangla art—Patachitara, cloth scrolls containing detailed depictions of mythical narratives. The banners in the exhibition are printed with photographs by Alam and 14 artists, thereby integrating the contemporary and ancient methods of storytelling while expanding on the turbulent experiences of the Bangladeshi people.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418965/moj2ty7xhrjnuil6ejr1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/spirits-of-the-sand-and-sea-george-klauba">Hofheimer Gallery&nbsp;</a>Spirits of the Sand and Sea: George KlaubaOpening: Friday, Oct 8, 2021 5 – 8&nbsp;pmSpirit Sailors roamed the dry sandy deserts of Australia, finding kinship with Aborigines through their tattoos and totems.&nbsp; They came from battles in the Pacific during WWII, their souls searching together for home and the heavens.All artwork is inspired by the book "The Walkabout of Sailor Jim" by Judith Lloyd Klauba and George Klauba.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418966/kawggjcek4kekjq3r4yp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/thinkspace-presents-at-vertical-gallery">Vertical Gallery</a>‘LAX / ORD III: Growing the Focus’October 9 – 30. Opening reception Saturday, October 9, 12–6pm.Featuring a mural installation from Langston Allston plus a group show featuring 3 small works from 24 additional artists. LAX / ORD is a group exhibition showcasing new small format works by some of the most relevant and exciting artists working in the New Contemporary Art Movement. Connecting the West Coast art scene to that of the MidWest’s, this survey exhibition will feature local and international artists curated by one of the movement’s most active and respected proponents: Los Angeles’ Thinkspace gallery.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418966/gzj7t0e4wahqnzec6uai.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/indira-freitas-johnson-the-resonance-of-emptiness">Evanston Art Center&nbsp;</a>Indira Freitas Johnson: The Resonance of EmptinessOct 9 – Nov 14In <a href="https://www.evanstonartcenter.org/exhibitions/indira-freitas-johnson-resonance-emptiness">The Resonance of Emptiness</a>, Indira Freitas Johnson explores the concept of emptiness and the interconnectedness of all things offering viewers an aesthetic experience of emptiness and stillness while exploring the shifting distinctions between strength and vulnerability, permanence, and decay, and the extraordinary and mundane.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418967/fb0oqzw6nzgds8l1wnim.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/american-society-of-marine-artists-north-regional-exhibition">Krasl Art Center&nbsp;</a>American Society of Marine Artists North Regional ExhibitionOct 9 – Nov 28The American Society of Marine Artists is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to recognize, encourage and promote marine art and maritime history. Their National Exhibition travels to KAC’s galleries this fall to highlight the beauty in and around water.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418968/sxa2lwmczutfrh5t0azk.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/5th-midwest-open-juried-by-alison-wong">Woman Made Gallery</a>5th Midwest Open, juried by Alison WongOctober 7 – November 6. Reception: October 9th, 4 – 7 PMArtist Walkthrough: November 6th, 3:30 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions October 6–9

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418963/lpqfoklol7u2w8t27qas.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave and Bob Faust's expansive building-wrapped mural at 679 N. Michigan Ave, image by James Prinz</figcaption></figure>Via PRThe Magnificent Mile®&nbsp;has recently installed a&nbsp;monumental, multi-story public art installation, entitled&nbsp;Rapt on The Mile,&nbsp;created by renowned artists&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=6711e67a02&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Nick Cave</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=50db606a07&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Bob Faust</a>. The vibrant mural, which now wraps the 679 N. Michigan Avenue building, is presented by&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=ccf8ea0aef&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">The Magnificent Mile® Association</a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=fed6c2d5b9&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">EXPO CHICAGO</a>&nbsp;and key support and funding from&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=43bbf0d886&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">World Business Chicago</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=c5c96aa652&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Choose Chicago</a>,&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=0b11870eeb&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">City of Chicago</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=370635a494&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago</a>, <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=7bcd10aacc&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Northern Trust</a>, <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=a064d19351&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">The Peninsula Chicago</a>, and <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=cc78aa69e7&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Water Tower Realty</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp; Rapt on The Mile&nbsp;is designed to act as a multi-story beacon inviting Chicagoans and visitors from around the world to enjoy all that iconic Michigan Avenue has to offer. It will be on display&nbsp;through January 31,&nbsp;2022.&nbsp;Installed by&nbsp;Creative Graphics Management, the vinyl piece spans more than three stories and&nbsp;wraps 6,000+&nbsp;square-feet.&nbsp;The expansive building-wrapped mural utilizes iconic images and layered colors to create a three-dimensional garden, evocative of a fertile migratory hub, much like the way Cave sees the city. Rapt on The Mile also contributes to the long legacy of public artwork produced by Nick Cave, and its debut precedes the first career-spanning retrospective of the internationally renowned artist entitled – <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=e7300aba8c&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Forothermore</a> (May 14 – October 2, 2022) at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. In addition to the Michigan Avenue installation, Faust’s exhibit,&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=48107622ef&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">with all, and still…</a>, is currently on display at The Peninsula Chicago with a direct tie to&nbsp;Rapt, not just by adjacency, but also subject and style. View full press release <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=6e5f78e476&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">here</a>.&nbsp;Take a Piece of Rapt on The Mile Home with a Limited-Edition Print&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/feab88d1702b05fff44372e88/images/4cc1d326-5661-69c4-8515-fd1870d16033.jpg" alt=""></figure>Rapt on The Mile draws inspiration from Head Dressed, a&nbsp;limited-edition print and poster&nbsp;created by Nick Cave and Bob Faust for EXPO CHICAGO's 2019 edition. In collaboration with the&nbsp;Rapt&nbsp;reveal and celebration, the limited-edition print is&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=8d25e3bec6&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">on sale now</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp; Proceeds from the sale of the original&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=4facee4149&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">limited-edition print</a>&nbsp;go to the&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=5891920514&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Facility Foundation</a>&nbsp;– which provides scholarships and opportunities for emerging artists;&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=b6c03429ef&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">The Magnificent Mile® Association</a>&nbsp;– a private, non-profit membership organization with a mission of preserving, promoting and enhancing the City of Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue business district; and EXPO CHICAGO’s&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=2364e7c905&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Curatorial Initiatives</a>&nbsp;— which seeks to promote the development of curators and foster the international dialogue between artists and institutions in Chicago and the greater Midwest.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO CHICAGO Announces Large Scale Michigan Ave. Installation by Nick Cave and Bob Faust 

The Art Institute's Docent Firing Drama in two parts (so far)&nbsp;• Original editorial from the Chicago Tribune: <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-art-institute-docents-firing-20210927-dfrho66bjba2bp27phz2yndwzu-story.html">Editorial: Shame on the Art Institute for summarily canning its volunteer docents</a>• Response Op-ed from the Chair of the Board of Trustees: <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-art-institute-docent-change-response-20210930-himtjin2xne2jkkkb7hzz5xpra-story.html">Op-ed: The Art Institute — and its critics — must embrace change</a>• <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-092921-20210928-gbyhrtorv5dm5p35ymvdzitpai-story.html">Letters in response</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/09/30/old-town-developers-tap-world-class-architect-to-design-projects-in-the-neighborhood/?utm_source=cred-thursday-alert-dealmaker&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20210930&amp;utm_content=article4-readmore">Old Town Developers Tap David Adjaye to Design Projects In The Neighborhood</a>Developers have recruited architect David Adjaye to overhaul several properties in Old Town, including the site of the old Treasure Island Grocery Store.Adjaye, known for projects like the National Museum of African American History and Culture, was selected to design buildings owned by Fern Hill and Moody Church, a historic non-denominational Christian Church at 1635 N. LaSalle Drive.Via Block Club&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/10/04/lucas-museum-acquisitions">Museum of Star Wars creator George Lucas goes on buying spree with international, if not intergalactic, focus</a>When the filmmaker George Lucas announced his plans to build the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art nearly a decade ago, the idea of “narrative art” seemed as flimsy as a makeshift Hollywood stage set. To many, it simply seemed like a superficial way of grouping the comics, illustration art and Norman Rockwell paintings that Lucas has long collected along with some beloved Star Wars art, costumes and other artefacts from the extensive Lucasfilm Archives. &nbsp;But these days, with construction of the museum in Los Angeles well under way (the projected opening is in 2023) and a string of recent acquisitions, the museum’s interest in visual storytelling and mythmaking—as well as myth-busting—is evolving. The focus is extending well beyond the fantasy of an innocent white America featured in Rockwell’s work to include art by major Black and Latino artists.Via The Art Newspaper&nbsp;&nbsp;Thumbnail image: A docent and tour group consider "American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman), 1968" by David Hockney, in the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago on Aug. 25, 2014. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

What We're Reading: 10/4/21

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418963/i4ehsk0l47awssqnq9a5.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;By CGN StaffSaatchi Art's The Other Art Fair is back in Chicago this week for its third edition in the city. After bouncing around to a couple venues and seasons the fair is now part of the fall calendar and is coming to the West Loop to Revel One, an expansive site on Fulton Market.&nbsp;As always TOAF differs from other international art fairs because of its emphasis on independent artists and affordable art.&nbsp;We will be checking out the fair in advance on Thursday, but here for you, courtesy of the fair organizers, is a list of the top 10 things to experience at The Other Art Fair Chicago. Plan ahead and then see everything for yourself!&nbsp;One item not on the list, but which of course should be, is that CGN will once again have a fair booth on-site (booth #109). Stop by to see us in person, say hello, or pick up a copy of the 2021 CGN Arts Guide and the fall 2021 magazine!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Sneak Peek at The Hoxton<a href="http://www.thehoxton.com/">The Hoxton Hotel</a> will display works of art from four Chicago-area artists including <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/elliscollage">Allie Ellis</a>, <a href="http://www.britnimara.com/">Britni Mara</a>, <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/1750821">Yoora Lee&nbsp;</a>, <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/kaisersmith">Yvette Kaiser Smith</a> as a preview to the Fair’s opening.&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Meet the Artists and SHOPShowcasing works by over 120 talented artists, all of whom have been specially selected by an expert-led selection committee. The Other Art Fair provides art lovers with the opportunity to discover and buy art directly from the very best independent artists. For a full list of artists, visit <a href="http://chicago.theotherartfair.com/">http://chicago.theotherartfair.com</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;3. Special Exhibit: Arts of Life x Duck Feet<a href="https://artsoflife.org/">Arts of Life’s</a> Ricardo Partida is a Mexican-born, Chicago-based painter who will make his curatorial debut at the Fair to create Duck Feet. The exhibit will feature 20 artists currently living and working in Chicago, a city that champions individuality and each artist is influenced by the inevitable hybridities found in the art styles of their community.&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Up and ComersAs part of The Other Art Fair’s continued mission to break down traditional barriers of the contemporary art world, New Futures, presented by <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/">Colossal</a> is designed to launch the careers of talented emerging artists including free exhibition space and mentorship. Chicago-based Artists include: <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/andreacoleman">Andrea Coleman</a>, <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/ashleybradley">Ashley Bradley</a>, <a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/tiannabracey">Tianna Bracey</a> and Francine Almeda.&nbsp;5. Screen Printing<a href="http://www.allstarpresschicago.com/">All Star Press</a>’s installation will pull back the curtain on the screen-printing process. Attendees of the Fair will get an inside look at the messy, chaotic process of printmaking, this process will draw contrast with the beautiful, error free final prints that the process makes possible. Artists <a href="http://www.griffingoodman.com/">Griffin Goodman</a>, <a href="http://www.kellyknaga.com/">Kelly Knaga</a> and <a href="http://www.sentrock.com/">Sentrock</a> will each paint a new piece, which will then be deconstructed to create a series of totally unique limited edition monoprints.&nbsp;6. FriYay! Friday Late with AMFMJoin The Other Art Fair and <a href="http://www.amfm.life/">AMFM</a> on&nbsp;Friday October 1, 6:30-10pm&nbsp;for Friday Late. Enjoy a curated program of music, performances and special events including a DJ set by <a href="http://www.joshuadubman.com/fire-aux">DJ Fire Aux</a>.&nbsp;7. Illustration Corner with Society6Each day of the Fair, the Illustration Corner will feature a series of talented illustration artists from across Chicago creating 60 second illustrations. Lucky attendees will take home a free, original work of art!&nbsp;First come, first serve.&nbsp;8. Interactive Mural by Emmy Star BrownChildren under 12 gain FREE entry to the Fair. Let kids unleash their artistic flair and participate in creative art activities suitable for all ages including a mural wall created by Chicago-based painter and muralist, <a href="http://www.emmystarbrown.com/">Emmy Star Brown</a>, known for her bold use of color. The mural will have shapes and lines open allowing attendees to join in on the creative process.&nbsp;&nbsp;9. Photo FinishView and shop a collection of works by emerging Photographers, Lois Bielefeld, Stephanie Taiber and&nbsp;Jonathan Castillo. <a href="https://www.filterphoto.org/">Filter Photo’s</a> mission is two-fold: first, to serve and support the photographic communities of Chicago and the Midwest; and second, to highlight Chicago as a vital center of the national photographic community.&nbsp;10. Soul &amp; Smoke Food TruckCalling all foodies, <a href="https://soulandsmoke.com/">Soul &amp; Smoke</a>, will be serving their delicious, slow roasted meats and sides outside the Fair so you won’t go hungry while shopping and exploring art.&nbsp;SHOW HOURS AND FAIR DATES Thursday, September 30: 6pm – 10pm Private View // Preview Evening Friday, October 1: 3pm – 10pm Saturday, October 2: 11am – 7pm Sunday, October 3: 11am – 5pm&nbsp;For more information, to view the&nbsp;Safer Fair Plan&nbsp;and to purchase tickets, please visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theotherartfair.com/chicago/">https://www.theotherartfair.com/chicago/</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

The Other Art Fair Returns to Chicago This Weekend 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418963/yjntxveqqv0ww4nefgap.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/hannah-levy-surplus-tension">Hannah Levy: Surplus Tension</a>Opening: Thursday, Sep 30, 6 – 7:30&nbsp;pmArts Club of ChicagoCrafted of such evocative materials as steel and cast silicone, her forms at once evoke inanimate decor and sensual beings. In Hannah Levy: Surplus Tension, Levy departs from the specificities of the Arts Club’s Miesian aesthetic of shiny terrazzo, travertine cladding, or sumptuous silk and velvet drapery to reflect upon the underside of mid-century modern. She delves into the details of an architectural moment that is commonly held to be characterized by clean lines and white walls to find corsetlike leather ties around tubular metal chairs or mirror surfaces in black marble akin to reflecting pools. Levy further calls into question the gendering of that aesthetic by acknowledging the contributions of Mies’s longtime collaborator Lilly Reich, who early on used textile to inventively demarcate space as Mies did in his design for The Arts Club rooms.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418964/do865vlknxzx2islzqrs.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pop-up-exhibition-and-book-signing-kirill-polevoy-chasing-light">Pop-Up Exhibition and book signing Kirill Polevoy, Chasing Light</a>Opening: Thursday, Sep 30, 5 – 7&nbsp;pmGallery Victor ArmendarizA self-taught photographer, Kirill Polevoy, first started making photographs with an old Russian film camera "Zorki"&nbsp;in 2003. In 2010, he switched to the digital format and primarily works in black and white. Kirill currently resides in Chicago, where he concentrates on street photography with an occasional landscape.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418965/nlxcokjnlj4uc0ct128q.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jason-brooks-forever-golden-memorial-exhibition">Forever Golden: The Life and Times of Jason Brooks</a>Opening: Friday, Oct 1, 6 – 10&nbsp;pmElephant Room GalleryElephant Room Gallery presents an October 1st - 15th retrospective exhibition honoring legendary graffiti and street artist Jason “The-7-ist” Brooks Golden. The event will memorialize and pay tribute to the 7th year of his passing by sharing previously unreleased works including paintings, drawings, wheat pastes, zines, letters, photos of tags and murals, some of which will be available for sale.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418965/nxjrqv0aycc7kbaywri9.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/looking-up-photographer-henri-dauman">Looking Up: Photographer Henri Dauman</a>Opening: Friday, Oct 1, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pmThe Art Center Highland ParkThe Art Center Highland Park in partnership with The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Arbor Terrace Highland Park is thrilled to be bringing the incredible work of internationally renowned Life Magazine Photographer, Henri Dauman, to our galleries.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418966/kuwu42cdnuwh35yaqcil.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/a-form-by-which-to-be-possessed">A Form By Which To Be Possessed</a>Opening: Friday, Oct 1, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC)In this exhibition, Taghavi’s multitude of paintings exploit a single character: a sigil, an occult letter-form believed to cast a spell upon its viewer. The sigil derives from a book of talismans, The Secrets of Qasemi, by the 15th-century Persian poet and scholar, Hussein Va’ez Kashefi, in which the power of flight is promised to its viewer.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418967/rkutgv4bvz86rdgpoezz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kina-bagovska-song-after-song">Kina Bagovska: Song After Song</a>Opening: Friday, Oct 1, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmARC GalleryKina&nbsp;studies&nbsp;and explores the symbols of handmade&nbsp;embroidery from Bulgaria and how they are transmitted across generations. In her most current series of paintings, she attempts to reevaluate the aesthetics of the traditional craft and how its assigned value changes nowadays. To emphasize the semantics she combines symbols from Bulgarian embroidery and texts from modern poetry.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418968/jms3tewnaelfai5vgpqp.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/anjali-srinivasan">Anjali Srinivasan</a>Oct 2 – Nov 7Ken Saunders GalleryThe originality and force of these works is nearly breathtaking. The artist’s Quiver Bowls are created from a combination of silicone and super reflective blown glass that result in forms that are biomorphic, soft, shapeless. The artists mirror paintings and fabric sculptures are fiercely original kaleidoscopic explosions that strongly reference the opulent interiors of the 17th century Indian architectural history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418969/bxfb2mntccpmo6dlpntz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/steve-geer-stories-to-be-written">Steve Geer: Stories To Be Written</a>Opening: Saturday, Oct 2, 6 – 7:30&nbsp;pmPerspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.In his series “Stories To Be Written,” objects discovered by chance by walking the sidewalks of Chicago are shown in their found context – the ground on which they rest and the towering environment around them. Their unwritten stories are like latent images waiting to be developed with the experience and personal bias of the viewer.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start September 30 - October 2

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418963/wlwt4iksk32wxqnjl0i4.png"></figure><a href="https://www.architecturalrecord.com/women-in-architecture">Amanda Williams Receives 2021 Architectural Record Women in Architecture Design Leadership Award</a>RECORD has announced the 2021 winners of its&nbsp;<a href="https://rhoffmangallery.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef43352ef9557e0524662970b&amp;id=4dbd5f26f8&amp;e=c50eb07ba1">Women in Architecture Design Leadership awards</a>, which recognize and promote the role of women in the profession in the U.S. across five categories: Design Leader, New Generation Leader, Innovator, Activist and Educator. Now in its eighth year, the award’s winners for 2021 are Design Leader Annabelle Selldorf, New Generation Leader Amanda Williams, Innovator Julie Bargmann, Educator Deborah Berke, and Activist Tamarah Begay. Through their efforts in design and in tackling broader social challenges, these five women have proved to be inspiring leaders in the field of architecture and beyond.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418964/twy4dpbas9hwebevz7ws.jpg"></figure><a href="https://terrainexhibitions.org">Terrain Biennial is Back</a>The 2021 Terrain Biennial runs from October 2nd - November 15th, 2021 in the Chicagoland area and satellite locations nationally including New York and internationally in India.&nbsp;This year, the Terrain Biennial aims to find spaces of joy and community essential for collective healing in these times of isolation, public reckonings, and mourning. Sharing much of the same sentiment as yearbook signatures and pen pal letters, this year’s biennial theme is K.I.T. (keep in touch). After more than a year of lockdown, participants are encouraged to consider how their projects serve communities, encourage lived experiences of art, and facilitate deepening friendships and new connections.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://www.wpr.org/sites/default/files/styles/embed-landscape/public/design_submission_of_shinsaku_munemoto_of_shinsaku_munemoto_associates_architects_.jpg?itok=KY2OHA1z" alt="Rendering of a possible Cold War memorial in Kenosha County"><figcaption>This is a rendering of one design. Rendering courtesy of Tawani Enterprises</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.wpr.org/chicago-billionaire-pritzker-bringing-cold-war-campus-wisconsin">Chicago Billionaire, Pritzker, Bringing Cold War Campus To Wisconsin</a>Design teams from the United States, Italy, Japan, and Jordan are competing to build a Cold War monument in western Kenosha County.Design teams from Japan, Jordan, Italy and the United States are competing to build a Cold War memorial in Kenosha County, Wis.&nbsp;The competition is part of a larger plan to create a campus on nearly 290 acres in Somers to commemorate the Cold War.Chicago billionaire and founder of the Chicago-based Pritzker Military Museum &amp; Library retired Col. Jennifer Pritzker is behind the project.&nbsp;<a href="https://chicagoscomeback.org/?utm_source=CNL%20Art%20Consulting&amp;utm_campaign=61e7cf11d8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_01_05_43_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_99ec04cd2a-61e7cf11d8-107428223">Chicago's Comeback Mural</a>Cortney Lederer and CNL Projects worked with Sport for Good Chicago (an initiative of <a href="https://cortneylederer.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=209edfd3257df90385f531e52&amp;id=996b7d1efb&amp;e=a71d7765a5">Laureus USA</a>) to curate and facilitate the production of a traveling mural by Chicago artist <a href="https://cortneylederer.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=209edfd3257df90385f531e52&amp;id=9df75154b4&amp;e=a71d7765a5">Damon Lamar Reed </a>with fabrication support by artist and designer <a href="https://cortneylederer.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=209edfd3257df90385f531e52&amp;id=b1d4791be9&amp;e=a71d7765a5">Caroline Robe</a>. Painted for the month-long Chicago's Comeback campaign, We Play, We Heal, We Grow! the mural was first unveiled at the Crosstown Classic, uniting Chicagoans around the power of sport to help kids heal and thrive. The mural is now traveling around Chicago nonprofits focusing on sports and youth.&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 9/28

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418952/kep4rtjdrz4nauqomaqd.jpg"><figcaption>One of two collections on permanent display is the Early Wisconsin collection, unveiled in 1998 upon Wisconsin’s sesquicentennial. Photo: Jamie Stukenberg Photography</figcaption></figure>By JACQUELINE LEWIS<a href="https://wisconsinart.org">The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MoWA)</a> is celebrating their 60th Anniversary in 2021. Located in West Bend, Wisconsin, MoWA started as a small, hometown gallery and has flourished into one of the leading regional art museums in the country, dedicated to showcasing the art of Wisconsin artists as well as offering a dynamic cultural community just outside of Milwaukee. Back in 1961, founder Melitta Hedwig Suder-Pic opened the institution with her two daughters in honor of her uncle, artist Carl von Marr. At the time not even the founders could have imagined the museum’s future growth.The Museum of Wisconsin Art is commemorating this achievement throughout this year with exhibitions and activities focused on female success. Exhibitions and events celebrate their founder and countless other women visionaries of Wisconsin.This July they celebrated with a community Birthday Bash, in conjunction with the opening of their new exhibitions Claiming Space: A New Century of Visionary Women and Carey Watters: Tiny Cuts. The opening celebration relaunched studio classes at the museum, along with an artist meet and greet – a fitting event that captured the sentiment of the moment, the survival of the museum during a challenging year, and offered a look towards the future: 60 years, and going strong.&nbsp;Claiming Space is on view through October 3, 2021. Just as Melitta Hedwig Suder-Pic funded visionary women of her time, this exhibition honors Wisconsin’s current cohort of innovative women, showcasing art from female artists across the state who work in an array of media. The artists can finally “claim space” in museums that were historically dominated by men.Tiny Cuts is on view until September 12, 2021 and displays Carey Watters’ detailed paper reliefs that capture her feelings of distress and marginalization. The tiny pieces of paper were painstakingly cut from their original source and brought to new life as fragments hanging onto a new source. Watters created the works to demonstrate the difficulty in finding emotional and physical support in society, especially as a woman.&nbsp;MoWA is located at 205 Veterans Ave. West Bend, WIVisit <a href="https://wisconsinart.org">wisconsinart.org</a> for information&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418953/epqpxbhgmmaodah7c5ea.jpg"><figcaption>Beth Lipman’s InEarth, Glass, wood, metal, paint, adhesive, 2017, is part of Mowa’s permanent collection, as well as 5,000 other works of art. Photo: Jamie Stukenberg Photography &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418954/fafdaujgujrg243mpecf.jpg"><figcaption>Works on view at the opening of Carey watters: Tiny Cuts, on view through September 12</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418954/niyanhv2ncl0ftxyhkgt.jpg"><figcaption>Visitors to Claiming Space: A New Century of Visionary Women, on view at mowa through October 3. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418955/vupjfkbmnnvpb75xumr1.jpg"><figcaption>MoWA is located less than 40 miles from Milwaukee, and 125 miles from Chicago &nbsp;</figcaption></figure></body></html>

Six Decades Proud: The Museum Of Wisconsin Art Marks a Milestone of Celebrating Local Artists

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418963/xivwlzggyldzkllsijjv.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/crip">Crip*</a>September 23Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418964/n3bn0jlbb8wccqjnlvqn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/smart-to-the-core-medium-image">Smart to the Core: Medium / Image</a>September 23Smart Museum of Art&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418965/x9neawos2vfd0hyiuy3k.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/romanticism-to-ruin-two-lost-works-of-sullivan-and-wright">Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright</a>September 24Wrightwood 659&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418965/qhxmd4qhd93qf0tuygpg.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/yoko-ono-mend-piece">Yoko Ono: Mend Piece</a>September 24Tarble Arts Center&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418966/qurabsfjj8opue8u6kvf.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/toward-common-cause-art-social-change-and-the-macarthur-fellows-program-at-40-wendy-ewald-and-amalia-mesa-bains">Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40 Wendy Ewald and Amalia Mesa-Bains</a>Opening: Saturday, September 25, 2 – 5&nbsp;pmWeinberg/Newton Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418967/d3gm94z7nzbbzuudebc0.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/dimitri-pavlotsky">Dimitri Pavlotsky: Portraits Inside Out</a>Opening: Friday, September 24, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418968/mmvfpxrtgrdrckjm5nyi.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/group-show-curated-by-kennedy-yanko">Surface is Only a Material Vehicle For Spirit</a>Opening: Saturday, September 25, 5 – 8&nbsp;pmKavi Gupta Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418969/c9i5yzqscjv9rzwjyv4t.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/woody-de-othello-hope-omens">Woody De Othello: Hope Omens</a>September 26John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start September 23 - 26

<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christo-wrapped-arc-de-triomphe/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6i&amp;linkId=132392163&amp;fbclid=IwAR1NzVoorBf6BUVZrsYNc1FqsIzlIBCRoNEv0YC5XoxBJcjQJn3aNKKd_Ec">Christo's dream unveiled: A wrapped Arc de Triomphe</a>In Paris this weekend, traffic stopped and crowds gathered to see the Arc de Triomphe transformed: the huge monument wrapped in shimmering, fabric, tied in place with red rope – the colors subtly emulating the French flag.&nbsp;It's the creation of the artist known simply as Christo. But when Christo died last year at 84, finishing the project became a mission for Christo's small team of three: his nephews, Vladimir Yavachev and Jonathan Henery, and studio manager Lorenza Giovanelli."All the design was done," said Henery. "Every rope, every fold, every pleat, is exactly, exactly and precisely the way Christo designed it. It will be his baby. We're just finishing it for him."Via CBSThumbnail image: Christo's long-planned dream of the wrapped Arc de Triomphe.&nbsp;CBS NEWS&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/raisin-exhibit-brings-seminal-chicago-play-to-life/357a5b9e-1dc4-4045-9c09-328f835116a4?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=Web-Share&amp;fbclid=IwAR3xcdDqWm1xpa8UTf7naYKkG6B0tHQjwLa7IjGMkxNx0dhvNZ6HhMVUeVQ">Artists Bring Themes From ‘A Raisin In The Sun’ Home To Chicago</a>A new art exhibition explores themes from “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry — the seminal play set in Chicago — where local and global artists wrestle with the theme of “home.”Via WBEZ&nbsp;<a href="https://news.wttw.com/2021/09/16/sounds-18th-street-unites-mexican-artists-across-us-new-music-festival">‘Sounds of 18th Street’ Unites Mexican Artists From Across US in New Music Festival</a><a href="http://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/">The National Museum of Mexican Art</a> will hold its first ever music festival with help from Mexican artists around the country. It’s called Sonido Dieciocho or <a href="https://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/events/sonido-18-fest">Sonido 18 Fest</a>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the theme “Sounds of 18th Street” pays homage to its location.“For a lot of the South Side Mexicans and Latinos, it wasn’t known as Pilsen it was known as La Dieciocho,” says Jorge Valdivia, the museum’s director of performing arts. “That’s how it was commonly referred to way back in the day. Now ‘Pilsen’ is used to refer to it a lot more. So it’s sort of paying homage to La Dieciocho and how we used to identify Pilsen as.”&nbsp;Via WTTW&nbsp;<a href="https://lit.newcity.com/2021/09/20/a-boone-for-poetry-in-conversation-with-the-foundations-new-president/?fbclid=IwAR1Zi3iaHF80krxpRc8nYl5D0KfIqTME4S3vecmW1HmSHyrrbzaQ8Cm0WZ8">A Boone for Poetry: In Conversation with the Foundation’s New President</a>In a 1999 profile published in the New Yorker, the writer Malcolm Gladwell described the “Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg.” Weisberg was the city of Chicago’s first commissioner of Cultural Affairs, serving from 1989 to 2011, when she retired at the age of eighty-one. The essence of the story was that she was one of those people who knew everybody—a “connector”—for jobs, for collaboration, for friendship.The irony is that if Gladwell’s story were to be written today, it would be about the woman who stepped into Weisberg’s formidable—and legendarily extravagant—shoes when she succeeded her as the Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Michelle Boone.Via Newcity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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