<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/nlpfwwfveyhzrxarv9ch.jpg"></figure>Via Ian Bricke – VP, Independent Film at NetflixNetflix's VP, Independent Film, Ian Bricke, announced last week that Chicago artist Hebru Brantley is one of three debut filmmakers to be part of Netflix's Emerging Filmmaker Initiative (EFI), an annual program created to cultivate and accelerate the careers of the next wave of marquee filmmakers working in high-demand genres like sci-fi, action, horror and thriller.&nbsp;"In 2017, <a href="https://about.netflix.com/en/news/academy-award-winner-spike-lee-forms-creative-partnership-with-netflix">Spike Lee</a> introduced us to director Stefon Bristol and his standout short film, See You Yesterday— an exciting genre-bending proof of concept that we ultimately developed into a Netflix feature film...Stefon’s short opened a lot of doors, but for many up-and-coming filmmakers, it takes years just to get that first shot. We want to change that," said Bricke.&nbsp;EFI is intended to be an annual opportunity for the streaming giant to give three breakout filmmakers a change to develop, fund, produce and distribute ambitious genre short films. Through the initiative, these filmmakers will gain priceless access to the film studio ecosystem early in their careers and receive hands-on experience in development, casting, production, scoring, editing and more. Netflix says it will also pair each filmmaker with an experienced director mentor. Directors Ron Howard (The Da Vinci Code, Apollo 13) and Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, The Addams Family) offered invaluable guidance to this year’s filmmakers.&nbsp;EFI’s first three films will be released globally on Netflix on February 17.&nbsp;Hebru Brantley's film, Erax, takes place during a sleepover. Auntie Opal and her niece Nina accidentally release the mythical and dangerous Erax creatures that must be returned to the storybook from which they escaped.&nbsp;Brantley is a multi-disciplinary visual artist from the South Side of Chicago whose work explores a contemporary and distinct narrative that challenges the traditional view of the hero or protagonist. Brantley has exhibited around the world and been featured in publications such as the New York Times, Forbes, CNN (and Chicago Gallery News). Brantley has collaborated with brands such as Nike, Hublot and Adidas, among many others, and collectors of his work include top athletes, celebrities, and filmmakers. Brantley now resides in Los Angeles where he is expanding into content creation with the adaptation of his flagship character FLYBOY through his media company, Angry Hero. He is also developing several original projects including Hype with Peter Chernin at Netflix, Kankakee with Seth Rogen at Lionsgate and several TV projects set up at HBO and HBO Max.You can find out more about the other two films and the filmmakers behind them <a href="https://about.netflix.com/en/news/introducing-the-emerging-filmmaker-initiative-to-support-new-voices-in-genre">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Artist Hebru Brantley's New Film is Part of Netflix's Emerging Filmmaker Project

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/evju67ssaxwgkzjprekl.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/richard-norton-gallery">Richard Norton Gallery Is Moving</a>Richard Norton Gallery is in the midst of moving to a new, larger space within the historic Merchandise Mart. As of February 1st you may visit their new suite #14-119&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/hofheimer-gallery">Hofheimer Gallery is Closing</a>Teresa Hofheimer shared on Facebook this week, "It is with regret that I have to inform you Hofheimer Gallery will be closing at the end of February. The decision to close has not been an easy one. Lisa, Ricky and I will treasure the relationship we have had with Chicago artists and collectors."&nbsp;Hofheimer will continue as an art consultant in the Midwest and Asheville, North Carolina. Her namesake gallery has been located on Damen in Ravenswood since 2018. She's open by appt. through Feb 19.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.art.org/intuit-to-receive-150000-grant-from-nea-as-part-of-the-american-rescue-plan/">Intuit Receives ARP NEA Grant</a>Intuit announced it has been awarded an American Rescue Plan (ARP) grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a grant award intended to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. Intuit is recommended to receive $150,000 and may use this funding to save jobs and fund operations and facilities, health and safety supplies, and marketing and promotional efforts to encourage attendance and participation. In total, the NEA awarded grants totaling $57,750,000 to 567 arts organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/work-in-progress">Chicago Artists Coalition Announces Work in Progress Benefit Date and Awardees</a>CAC shared this week that Work in Progress will take place on May 19, 2022 and the annual benefit will honor artist Candida Alvarez and gallerist Monique Meloche. Details to come!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 1/27/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/bxchnne2nvctkovky7xv.jpg"></figure>PIGMENT Launches Art Shopping Site for Fine Art and ObjectsPIGMENT International™&nbsp; has launched a new shopping site&nbsp;titled <a href="https://shop.pigmentintl.com/#/">We Love Art</a>, which offers a fine array of art and objects curated over time.&nbsp;Pigment says, "Collections featured on the site include&nbsp;Fine Art, Fine Art Prints, Objet d’arts, Pigment Magazine, Apparel&nbsp;and items that offer a little lift to your décor without breaking the bank."&nbsp;Fine art originals are available alongside street banners and vintage postcards.&nbsp;&nbsp;Items change regularly, as most are one of a kind.&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently available on the site is a street banner from the&nbsp;Kerry James Marshall&nbsp;exhibition “Mastry.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/01/26/former-maxims-de-paris-in-bertrand-goldbergs-astor-tower-set-to-become-private-club/?utm_source=Pico&amp;utm_campaign=d21f3ed02b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_01_06_03_09_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_b6b84a5cee-d21f3ed02b-99488483&amp;mc_cid=d21f3ed02b&amp;mc_eid=c7690bf638&amp;fbclid=IwAR0JSRctJ09yYt17REvbThN9WQXC2A446XysT-sEj08yBzaMZjZMxw-7cPU">Former Maxim’s De Paris In Bertrand Goldberg’s Astor Tower Set To Become Private Club</a>After 22 years as a city-run event space, the legendary interior that once housed Maxim’s de Paris restaurant inside the Gold Coast’s Astor Tower will be revived as a private neighborhood-centered social club.Via Block Club Chicago&nbsp;2022 Lubeznik Arts Festival Call for ArtistsWe are currently accepting artist applications for the 2022 Lubeznik Arts Festival, taking place August 20 and 21 on the grounds of Lubeznik Center for the Arts.&nbsp;Come be a part of Lubeznik's 40th year celebration! Applications are due March 28.<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Oaavpcg_bUvLvgPtcOLNSSehWY8N4L3bBZWEpEAy8x0Tr9gStmAWGkVziHqjqW6WLPDJsjt6_4ImLsL8_5ovahfOd63guXWVPFeheBBWDA7S8W76j7oKcVmD--fP8MaWW9zbX9F-_MkfCvHrWuiUqNApGMaIsp_4O3Bopn-ci6GzZCWgjfLzwBDRY8p5b5rW&amp;c=6eB2NSK2FsP7a2zsQzi2QAPLubG_o0LxLTMKandP3ZPJSVDAiIQyIw==&amp;ch=18nWqTjWfJYZGHGPr1qiCrV8ZeEPw8gg0390xNu0bZHAPNFI1BH2Zg==">Apply for the Festival!</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1028122?fbclid=IwAR35VYlTPjbHeX-eXzj_ho6_aM_hrYZjvpZQaeF38Q8UOtpt0rk85B6iqMg">Illinois Holocaust Museum launches new virtual reality exhibit 'The Journey Back'</a>Kelley Szany from the Illinois Holocaust Museum talks about their brand new virtual reality exhibit "The Jouney Back" on Holocaust Remembrance Day.&nbsp;Via Fox 32 Chicago&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 1/26/21

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/jbe9stnndapohbpbpv3d.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/patricia-rieger-xavier-toubes">Patricia Rieger / Xavier Toubes</a>Opening reception(s): Friday, January 28,&nbsp;4 - 7 pm&nbsp;/ Saturday, January 29, 1 - 4Zolla / Lieberman Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419011/wwagqhs5ccuatrehhp6h.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lauralynn-white">Lauralynn White Solo Exhibition: Naked</a>Opening: Friday, January 28, 7 – 10&nbsp;pmFirecat Projects&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419012/rfn3etyu9dsjzlutffkm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/a-site-of-struggle-exhibition-opening-events">Opening Conversation (online) | A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence</a>Opening: Saturday, January 29, 2 – 3&nbsp;pmBlock Museum of ArtOriginating at Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art,&nbsp;<a href="https://northwestern.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=904f932038284b4d9eea69636&amp;id=01c808b6c2&amp;e=ec81127d70">A Site of Struggle</a>&nbsp; explores how artists have engaged with the reality of anti-Black violence and its accompanying challenges of representation in the United States over a 100+ year period.&nbsp;Join us for an online conversation to mark the opening of this exhibition.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419013/pspqjwexi0fyuf3slpmc.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/adam-augustyn-the-sky-is-falling-solo-show">Adam Augustyn "The Sky is Falling" Solo Show</a>Opening: Saturday, January 29, 12 – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Project SpaceAugustyn's work is inspired by animation, mythology, music, cults, horror films, his hometown of Chicago, and the latest obsessions of his three daughters. His paintings play with scale, color, and theme to produce the unexpected (oversized humans, vibrant playful demons) and to emphasize the impact of our choices, actions and moods on the environment around us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 28 & 29

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.chicagobusiness.com/four-star-stories/bronzeville-transformation-retold-crains-four-star-stories-podcast-series?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Marketing_FourStarStories_letterfromJim_20220118&amp;utm_term=Promote-Advertising">Bronzeville: An audio tour of one neighborhood's quiet transformation</a>Bronzeville, a swath of the South Side once known as the Black metropolis and rich in history, received a lot of welcome attention in 2021. Illinois’ two senators introduced legislation to designate the neighborhood a National Heritage Area. The plan to redevelop the long-empty Michael Reese Hospital site into the 48-acre mixed-use development moved forward. And writer Dawn Turner published an insightful memoir, "Three Girls From Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate and Sisterhood."Meanwhile, Crain’s reporter Dennis Rodkin has been documenting a quiet transformation that's going on in Bronzeville.Via Crain's&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/tet43jmxymh7nxreisag.png"></figure><a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/01/24/evanston-artist-s-new-exhibition-showcases-75-years-self-portraits">Evanston Artist’s New Exhibition Showcases 75 Years of Self-Portraits</a>For the first time, self-portraits of Evanston artist Leo Segedin are on display in a solo exhibition.Segedin, 95, painted the self-portraits over the course of 75 years.“The past is my present, in my painting anyway,” Segedin said. &nbsp;Despite raising his family in Evanston for the last 50 plus years, Segedin’s work has always been rooted in his memories of growing up on the city’s West Side.Via WTTW&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/whitney-biennial-2064056">Here Are the 63 Artists and Collectives Participating in the Closely Watched 2022 Edition of the Whitney Biennial</a>The Whitney Biennial, one of the most closely watched—and fiercely debated—exhibitions in America, has revealed the lineup for its next edition, which opens in April. The 63-strong list of artists and collectives chosen by curators&nbsp;David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards encompasses three generations and suggests that the first pandemic-era iteration of the show will have a decidedly conceptual and interdisciplinary bent.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/24/simone-leigh-statue-new-orleans-confederate-monument">Simone Leigh statue of African deity installed at former site of Confederate monument in New Orleans</a>Leigh’s sculpture was unveiled at the symbolically charged site in the city centre during the closing weekend of the fifth Prospect New Orleans triennialVia The Art Newspaper&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 1/25/22

<html><head></head><body>Here for you is CGN's short list of upcoming exhibition highlights for the first half of 2022. While we were in production for this year's CGN Arts Guide towards the end of 2021, we combed through various sites and calendars to see what was being promoted as of press time. We expect the exhibitions highlighted here to open on schedule and in person, or virtually if needed, but please check with each individual institution or gallery space prior to visiting. There is a lot to look forward to in 2022!Our full events calendar is available at <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events">chicagogallerynews.com/events</a>– CGN&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/q65badnrqe4h8jxdrgfu.png"></figure>Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert ColescottThis is the first comprehensive retrospective of one of America’s most compelling and controversial artists, Robert Colescott (1925-2009). In his large-scale paintings, Colescott confronted deeply embedded cultural hierarchies involving race, gender, and social inequality in America with fearless wit and irony.Thru May 22, 2022 • <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/exhibits.html">Chicago Cultural Center&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419007/nwapn9isaxkysdkzkbks.jpg"></figure>Bob Thompson: This House is MineThe Smart presents the first museum exhibition devoted to the artist in more than 20 years.&nbsp;This House Is Mine traces Bob Thompson’s brief but prolific transatlantic career, examining his formal inventiveness and his engagement with universal themes of collectivity, bearing witness, struggle, and justice.February 10–May 15, 2022<a href="https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu">Smart Musuem&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419008/ndstescpsfiqyeajhs19.jpg"></figure>Igshaan Adams: Desire LinesThis spring the Art Institute brings Igshaan Adams’ textiles to the foreground. Through the beads, shells, glass, rope, wire, and found objects he uses to compose his weavings, Adams highlights the material aspects of lived spaces along with the personal stories held within them.<a href="https://www.artic.edu">The Art Institute of Chicago</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419009/mrqxgjb936p6igskibpr.png"></figure>NICK CAVE: ForothermoreThe MCA presents the first career-spanning retrospective of the internationally renowned Chicagoan Nick Cave (American, b. 1959), an artist celebrated for projects that blend community building with vibrant works of art across disciplines, including immersive installations, textural sculptures, impeccably crafted fashion, and dynamic videos and performances.&nbsp;May 14–Oct 2, 2022<a href="https://mcachicago.org">The Museum of Contemporary Art</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

2022 Culture Short List

Call for Artists and Art:&nbsp;Help Bring More Public Art to Lakeview The Lakeview Public Art Committee, organized by the Lakeview - Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce, is asking for&nbsp;submissions on where to place new highly-visible public art. Over 16 murals and temporary exhibits have been organized by the committee to date. If you own a building, or know someone who owns a building, in Lakeview or Roscoe Village that would like to feature a new mural, funded by the Lakeview Public Art Committee, please reach out to Nicole McLellan at <a href="mailto:Nicole@lrvcc.org?subject=Public%20Art%20Wall%20Submission">nicole@lrvcc.org</a>, or call (773) 472-7171 ext. 102 to discuss details and project feasibility.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Public Art In Lakeview

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/iukmrsuwpdqdi298mclx.jpg"><figcaption>2021 Snider Prize&nbsp;Winner: Alayna N. Pernell, With Care to Ms. Maudelle Bass Weston, 2020</figcaption></figure>The Museum of Contemporary Photography's Snider Prize&nbsp;is a purchase award given to emerging artists in their final year of graduate study. The winner receives $3,000, and two honorable mentions each receive $500 towards the purchase of work to be added to the MoCP's permanent collection. Sponsored by Lawrence K. and Maxine Snider, the Snider Prize forms a part of the museum's ongoing commitment to support new talent in the field of contemporary photography. Previous winners include Alayna N. Purnell, Widline Cadet, and Steph Foster.The Snider Prize is now open and will close on May 14, 2022.&nbsp;Winners will be announced in June. Submit&nbsp;<a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=f272036ce6&amp;e=58cea278c7">here</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=58398eaa4c&amp;e=58cea278c7">Learn more</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

Museum of Contemporary Photography Announces Snider Prize is Open for Applications

<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/elite-street/ct-re-elite-street-driehaus-mansion-sells-lake-geneva-20220117-ky43w3nd7re5dnpit3lcnct34m-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daywatch&amp;utm_content=911642513817#nws=true">Lake Geneva mansion owned by late investment manager Richard Driehaus sells for $36M, a Wisconsin state record</a>The 12-bedroom pillared Georgian-style mansion late investment manager Richard Driehaus owned on 40 acres in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, sold Friday for $36 million.The sale price, to a buyer whose identity could not yet be determined, is the highest on record in Lake Geneva and the highest in the history of the state of Wisconsin for a single-family home.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://news.yahoo.com/masterpiece-recieve-frame-chicagos-art-011038901.html">Masterpiece will recieve new frame at Chicago's Art Institute</a>"A Sunday Afternoon On the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat is one of the most recognizable paintings in the world. The Art Institute of Chicago now has the daunting task of replacing the painting's frame.Via CBS News&nbsp;<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-maya-angelou-quarter-designer-2060027">Maya Angelou Is the First Black Woman to Appear on the U.S. Quarter.</a>The poet, writer, and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on a U.S. quarter.The U.S. Mint released a coin featuring her likeness into circulation earlier this week; the coin was created as part of the American Women Quarters Program, through which a series of special-edition coins honoring American women will be minted over the next four years.Via Artnet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/arts/design/nazis-antiquities-looted.html">New Research Tracks Ancient Artifacts Looted by the Nazis</a>When the Nazis invaded Greece in 1941, Julius Ringel, a major general in the German army, took an active role in initiating illegal excavations on the island of Crete, where Minoan culture had flourished more than 3,000 years earlier.Though the cinematic exploits of Indiana Jones in the 1980s provided a popular, fictional view of a Nazi lust for antiquities, the art world has, understandably, focused considerably more attention on the seizure of art from Jews.But the topic of the Nazi role in antiquities looting is increasingly drawing attention, in part through the work of scholars who are peeling back the mysteries of what happened to the objects that were excavated or seized eight decades ago.Via the New York Times&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 1/18/21

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/riln5qcbfszzjmdbuqmk.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/photos-at-zoom-american-epidemic-themes-in-the-mocp-collection">Photos at Zoom: American Epidemic Themes in the MoCP collection</a>Friday, January 21, 12 – 1&nbsp;pmMuseum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)Get to know the museum's collection with this series of public virtual print viewings. Curatorial Assistant Erica McKeehen will lead a discussion on works in the permanent collection that relate to themes in the current exhibition,&nbsp;American Epidemic: Guns in the United States.&nbsp;Drawing on techniques of photojournalism, documentary, landscape, and forensic photography, the artists presented in this session address guns in American culture either directly or indirectly, by questioning the roles of photography pertaining to memory, the media, and evidence in instances of violence.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419007/erzkeusttzn8iravs0x7.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/nate-young-cameron-downey-in-conversation">Nate Young &amp; Cameron Downey in Conversation</a>Friday, January 21, 6 – 7&nbsp;pmENGAGE ProjectsLearn how Cameron came into her artistic practice through her interactions and mentoring from Nate. Cameron Downey is a part of our current two person exhibition&nbsp;Intersections&nbsp;which is on view through Saturday, January 22, 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419007/d8hxmpgacdxmgpketnnn.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/artist-lecture-frances-lightbound-virtual-program">Artist Lecture: Frances Lightbound (Virtual Program)</a>Friday, January 21, 7 – 8&nbsp;pmBianca Bova GalleryFrances Lightbound’s work addresses the architectural condition through abstraction.The artist will be joined in conversation by Bianca Bova, with an audience Q &amp; A to follow.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419008/vlj7uof3x08rnqarphmi.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/exhibition-curator-gina-costa">Exhibition Curator: Gina Costa</a>Sunday, January 23, 2 – 3&nbsp;pmPerspective Photo GalleryThis exhibition provides a small glimpse to how a mobile device is not only a convenient device in one’s pocket, but also a powerful creative tool harnessed by these artists to redefine how we understand picture-making. The question before us now is: What is the next technical advancement mobile photography is paving the way for?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419009/x0jo4dmwdp644fdnjhsg.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tony-fitzpatrick-in-conversation-with-steven-conrad">Tony Fitzpatrick In Conversation with Steven Conrad</a>Sunday, January 23, 3 – 4&nbsp;pmThe Cleve Carney Museum of ArtThe conversation, moderated by Conrad, will take place on the McAninch Arts Center’s Belushi Performance Hall stage. Topics will include and Fitzpatrick’s connection to Chicago, his current CCMA exhibition Jesus of Western Avenue, his social and political concerns and our shared changing reality.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Talks This Weekend: January 21 - 23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/d9ssqmk61eithg1nxozf.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Via PREXPO CHICAGO, the international exposition of contemporary &amp; modern art announced its curatorial initiatives for the fair's ninth edition, taking place April 7 – 10, 2022. EXPO CHICAGO will debut its inaugural Directors Summit, which will gather eight emerging art museum leaders from across the country for a series of conversations on the future of museum leadership and institutional reinvention. This program will augment an expanded, year-round Curatorial Forum program alongside its annual Curatorial Exchange, which together will gather curators from nine countries to discuss shared perspectives, goals and challenges facing the field. The exposition’s robust curatorial initiatives support its larger mission to foster the critical international creative dialogues taking place in the Midwest today.“Each year EXPO CHICAGO has made an industry-leading commitment to host and engage a broad range of international curators as a part of our Curatorial Initiatives programming,” said Tony Karman, President | Director. “We look forward to welcoming an expanded group in 2022 and we are deeply grateful for the ongoing partnership with Independent Curators International (ICI) in shaping our annual Forum. As we continue to innovate and expand our programming in service to our exhibitors and audience, we are proud to introduce the Directors Summit. This inaugural initiative will convene national emerging museum leadership in Chicago during the exposition and provide an open discourse on critical issues that many museums are facing today.”Taking place throughout the ninth edition of the fair, the inaugural Directors Summit will bring together a diverse group of emerging art museum leaders from across the United States for a three-day program addressing the shifting dynamics of museum leadership today. Shaped in partnership with museum consultant Jill Snyder, the Directors Summit is centered on two public roundtable discussions that will examine how to forge equitable and sustainable movement forward for art museums and institutions and include a keynote lecture at University Club of Chicago.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419007/ylwixdajlyyncws8kcmt.jpg"></figure>In light of this historic moment of disruption in the field, museum leaders nationwide will gather to reimagine how museums function in society. Public roundtable discussions will focus on exploring a number of questions, including: What do we retain? What do we replace? Do we remove barriers or redesign systems? Or both? How can we dismantle inequitable systems while remaining sustainable? In lively conversation, this cohort will share insights and examples that demonstrate how they are leading from an imperfect past to create a more equitable future. The Directors Summit is supported by Sotheby’s, in addition to the Thoma Foundation and University Club of Chicago.“EXPO CHICAGO has a longstanding history as a global convener for curatorial and institutional leaders, which made the formation and presentation of the inaugural Directors Summit a natural extension of its annual critically acclaimed programming,” said Jill Snyder. “As the museum field at large accelerates necessary self-examination and reinvention, the intent for the Summit is to create a convening opportunity, through public dialogue, for emerging museum leaders to address challenges, share aspirations, and to provide insights on the many positive changes that can or have been implemented to fortify the communal foundation of cultural institutions.”View the list of participating directors <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/news/2022/1/at-expo-chicago-fair-museum-directors-to-convene-for-summit-about-institutional-reinvention">here</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO CHICAGO's Director's Summit Will Convene  60 Curators and Directors To Reimagine The Role of the Museum

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/art-institute-employees-win-vote-to-form-chicago-e2-80-99s-first-major-museum-union/ar-AASFXTS">Art Institute employees win vote to form Chicago’s first major museum union</a>Employees at the Art Institute of Chicago have successfully voted to form a union, achieving certification Tuesday from the National Labor Relations Board and ushering in a new era for hundreds of nonmanagement workers at the museum.The results were announced Tuesday, formally recognizing the Art Institute of Chicago Workers United. The first major museum union in Chicago will represent 266 Art Institute employees including art installers, curators, custodians, librarians and retail workers.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/inmh3vf1todkyvizfpew.gif"></figure><a href="http://www.rsjohnsonfineart.com">R.S. Johnson Announces Gallery Will Move to Virtual Model After More than 65 Years in Business</a>&nbsp;Stanley Johnson and his wife Ursula shared in an email to clients this week, "When we moved from Paris to Chicago in 1968 to become stewards of the gallery started by my father in 1955, we had visitors coming to see us throughout the day, six days a week.&nbsp; Foot traffic from Michigan Avenue brought us into contact with so many wonderful people who shared a passionate interest in or at least a cursory curiosity for the wonderful works of art curated and imported by us from Europe.&nbsp;Today, that era seems like a distant memory.&nbsp;The answer to this challenge is, of course, obvious and so from the end of January, we will now aim to guide you—our long-time friends, colleagues and fellow art collectors—as well as many new enthusiasts and connoisseurs via our online platforms, rather than in a physical location, so that you will be best able to appreciate, savor and enjoy the history, tradition and culture captured in the works of art we have assembled with great knowledge and enormous passion."&nbsp;<a href="https://www.phillips.com/article/87959182/cooler-by-the-lake">Philips Presents Cooler by the Lake: Chicago Art 1965-1985</a>Phillips announced last month its first private selling exhibition dedicated to the artists that have come to define the Chicago art scene. Curated by gallerist Karen Lennox, <a href="https://www.phillips.com/store/cooler-by-the-lake">Cooler by the Lake: Chicago Art 1965-1985</a> celebrates the vision and influence born from the artists of the Windy City during two of its most significant decades of creative output. Including works by Roger Brown, Miyoko Ito, Jim Nutt, and, Christina Ramberg, the exhibition brings together an extraordinary group in the new New York galleries at 432 Park Avenue, where the show will be on view through January 15.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 1/12/22

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Description automatically generated"></figure>By CGN StaffThe Elmhurst Art Museum (EAM), located in the suburbs just a few miles west of Chicago, marks a quarter century in 2022. To mark the milestone EAM is planning a year-long celebration through exhibitions and special events at the museum, with a focus on the three major hallmarks of its mission: architecture (Spring), education (Summer), and art (Fall).&nbsp;Central to the Spring season is the new multimedia exhibition, Houses of Tomorrow: Solar Homes from Keck to Today, open February 5 through May 29, 2022 within the Museum’s galleries, plus an accompanying light-based installation by Chicago-based artist Jan Tichy within the Museum’s historic Mies van der Rohe McCormick House. The Museum has also announced a wealth of exhibition-related programming including an artist talk led by Tichy, a panel exploring today’s sustainable practices, docent-led tours curated in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the McCormick House, hands-on STEAM activities for children, and more. Tickets available at <a href="https://www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/">elmhurstartmuseum.org</a>.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419007/bvhu0jyz5ueiaa4san9l.jpg"><figcaption>Postcard rendering of the Keck &amp; Keck “House of Tomorrow” Courtesy of Indiana Landmarks and Collection of Steven R Shook</figcaption></figure>Houses of Tomorrow follows the evolution of Chicago architecture firm Keck &amp; Keck – created by brothers George Fred Keck and William Keck – who designed modern, award-winning, affordable homes throughout the Midwest from 1935-1979. For Chicago’s Century of Progress World’s Fair in 1933,&nbsp;George&nbsp;Fred&nbsp;Keck&nbsp;designed the “House of Tomorrow,” the first glass house in America with groundbreaking domestic amenities. The “House of Tomorrow” showed millions of World’s Fair attendees a technology-driven vision of what domestic life could be in the future as it featured many new ideas from the first GE dishwasher to a personal airplane hangar. It was through this house that the Kecks found a new way to harness solar energy, leading them to make energy efficiency breakthroughs throughout their career.After the creation of this home, the Keck architecture firm built mid-century homes that now stand as early precursors to today’s sustainable building practices. This exhibition explores how&nbsp;the Keck brothers&nbsp;became the first “solar architects” with historic photos, architectural artifacts, design diagrams, and a commissioned artist interpretation by Jan Tichy centered on glass and light.Accompanying the main exhibition is Tichy’s immersive installation Reflectance, which will invite visitors into van der Rohe’s historic 1952 McCormick House, located on Elmhurst Art Museum’s property, to explore its domestic space as an environment of movement, light, activity, and wonder. With an emphasis on solar explorations, Tichy’s work will respond to the house’s south facing windows and other architectural elements along with additions of various architectural fragments, found objects, mechanical and electronic components, and photographic materials. His site-specific installation will show the McCormick House as a living, breathing, and interactive architectural structure.Registration is required for exhibition-related winter and spring programming, which is free with museum admission unless otherwise noted:&nbsp;&nbsp; The Exhibition Opening for Houses of Tomorrow, 25th Anniversary Kickoff is planned for Friday, February 4. The museum's <a href="elmhurstartmuseum.org">website</a> covers the full list of planned events.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Elmhurst Art Museum Announces Plans to Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/io4hb6qfeekfmo3sgqip.jpg"><figcaption>Laura-Caroline de Lara</figcaption></figure>DePaul University PRESS RELEASEJan. 11, 2022 CHICAGO — DePaul University has named Laura-Caroline de Lara as director for <a href="http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=WnlxzGiPU4c-2FXFdSZh7-2FrY2-2B7fTIMaotdibRxPTwXrUGTQNbr7tUbwR-2BbhBDdPp44O7mzB-2FInsNJb0nPTjFjb4TYNqQWL3qvCJsTj-2Bd9Ju0-3Db911_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xei4UgZ2k898BXqHr17MShzwGPPzOitIsjx-2BbPiC2Y-2B0brtfMP7eBuuC343ICfAM4d5NCFc8cOqRScZK0f5VzSXCqCva16VRAaihe5gTZhlZc93aldE63fBfa-2FhH3OxDuVBOkjdZIBR4cZdGdCS8CXXD6mSTogvt2MseYKAWB8tapkxBGR86sGQTj277rK5HU1maJSZYZ3ed76MtYwoBF-2Bv629QacZcJiCExGVmnEqstQIgm-2BxClWSzHC1zCw4EBSp78jnvW9VXv8PpcOHz71QCDkXNLq6-2B5Kj0OigYHibidEXDMuy9bGdEZfFsEYJc7tURLLzJLPjGpUTOIpRO8YS9o2LVk-2BQWYJCFiE7tYKyiE-2Bg-3D">DePaul Art Museum</a>, effective Jan. 1. De Lara, a seasoned arts administrator with 20 years of experience, has served as interim director for the museum since July 2020. De Lara joined DePaul in 2016 as the museum's collection and exhibition manager. She became associate director in 2020 before taking on the role of interim director.​​ “During her time at the university, Laura-Caroline has been instrumental in raising DePaul Art Museum's profile," says Robert D. Karpinski, Ph.D., associate vice president for academic and library affairs. “In addition to managing the museum's exhibitions, collection and budget, she has served as a mentor to a team of student employees, as well as an excellent partner to our faculty. I have every confidence her leadership will continue to drive the museum's ever-growing significance in the Chicago landscape and the art world across the country." As interim director, de Lara helped launch DePaul Art Museum's Latinx initiative, which aims to broaden the representation of Latinx and Latin American artists in Chicago and across the U.S. Last spring's “<a href="http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=WnlxzGiPU4c-2FXFdSZh7-2FrY2-2B7fTIMaotdibRxPTwXrUGTQNbr7tUbwR-2BbhBDdPp4mCc8grqU8sPArN5Z5Enx0zqRjk75YFPosqABYQQ-2FNx0XPATuOuTEjd7wyyoGnbDtJF3g_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xei4UgZ2k898BXqHr17MShzwGPPzOitIsjx-2BbPiC2Y-2B0brtfMP7eBuuC343ICfAM4d5NCFc8cOqRScZK0f5VzSXCqCva16VRAaihe5gTZhlZc93aldE63fBfa-2FhH3OxDuVBOkjdZIBR4cZdGdCS8CXXD6mSTogvt2MseYKAWB8tapmmhJRtsHY24olJmesUipmVwGJr2s5StEyznXf9ol8lRiF-2BcXRsp2rc2hARVouWYoPeMdDZ8vrzVUwLu8hW8FNRDymgJxl-2ByTboWJaOOF7fJADJS-2FF-2FEjb-2BzHbGy15qRp-2BIsGMR2r-2F3L8Ca8GsR2k-2BALzcQ0jj7WPg996kKddLwfkDmexY4L5e0s2w7G029bm4-3D">LatinXAmerican</a>" was named one of the top five exhibitions in 2021 by NewCity Magazine and featured nearly 40 Latinx artists from Chicago and beyond. It also marked the transition of the museum's exhibitions and public programs to a bilingual, English/Spanish format. This March, it will become one of the museum's first traveling exhibitions, as it heads to the Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City, Indiana. De Lara also has added 26 new artworks by Latinx artists to the museum's permanent collection, including those by Chicago-based artists Caroline Kent and Diana Solís. “DePaul Art Museum's staff has worked hard over the years to expand the art historical canon through our exhibitions and programs, while focusing on Chicago's art landscape. I want us to continue that important work, while exploring our potential to redefine a museum's role as an active community participant and neighbor to our city's residents," de Lara says. In the fall, de Lara oversaw the opening of the museum's current exhibitions: “<a href="http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=WnlxzGiPU4c-2FXFdSZh7-2FrY2-2B7fTIMaotdibRxPTwXrUGTQNbr7tUbwR-2BbhBDdPp4vSw1awENVOZc9zxmE3BDnhNYDxflcHs8ZxrhQDKC398AfyMARod9ImczmRYaKFhH2LGhBHOARewDXKCt8s2-2Bpg-3D-3DtRG4_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xei4UgZ2k898BXqHr17MShzwGPPzOitIsjx-2BbPiC2Y-2B0brtfMP7eBuuC343ICfAM4d5NCFc8cOqRScZK0f5VzSXCqCva16VRAaihe5gTZhlZc93aldE63fBfa-2FhH3OxDuVBOkjdZIBR4cZdGdCS8CXXD6mSTogvt2MseYKAWB8tapllXXMRSAiF9GzfDlxrz1sFg8WpSjiiHXscGsADkGBG-2FVBFC-2BfwhV29LuFOazofymW4c-2F8uWKkng31dn0S1OcqjtiefLHbZ4-2FJj7Hl0rjNhhGJosqBGrsXbsx5-2BGzLB9fLXXMBpBJbG2nwX-2F9O4saQlapfCOnoYDQXjFyCLRZGQw9599hBMO6Pad0o1oRg2G-2Bg-3D">Stockyard Institute: 25 Years of Art and Radical Pedagogy</a>" and “<a href="http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=WnlxzGiPU4c-2FXFdSZh7-2FrY2-2B7fTIMaotdibRxPTwXrUGTQNbr7tUbwR-2BbhBDdPp4IlGpEj-2Fda50QP-2FtdUrwhFJb2BQkHucquWiwbc-2BMwymKMSbw2r9LWRi1AXnei-2BwUg-sj0_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xei4UgZ2k898BXqHr17MShzwGPPzOitIsjx-2BbPiC2Y-2B0brtfMP7eBuuC343ICfAM4d5NCFc8cOqRScZK0f5VzSXCqCva16VRAaihe5gTZhlZc93aldE63fBfa-2FhH3OxDuVBOkjdZIBR4cZdGdCS8CXXD6mSTogvt2MseYKAWB8taplHNKGneQo96QSE6tGiS-2B3Vamo4bUm32UKX-2BMu5CeCoFewijlF4jgDA0vce79GM1WMPcwsor-2FxpttWhu4hLhIXdbJPc5u4UYij7G8RyZxXAH-2FfNI0Wg9-2FQ4MKzzUWy8ZM2ycdhpcNO9FmXblP7rUhF3A-2B34XQYUP-2F8QA2DDzGazFTTNY5KMZN3nVblwjeU-2FXio-3D">Learned Objects</a>." Both exhibitions, which will be on display through Feb. 13, highlight art-based exchanges among Chicago's communities, artists and educators. “Stockyard Institute" is the first retrospective of work by Jim Duignan, a civically-engaged artist and associate professor in DePaul's College of Education. In March, the exhibition will travel to The Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha, Nebraska. “Since the exhibition's opening, Jim and I have started to develop an intergenerational education program for the museum," de Lara says. “Our goal is to establish a unique educational component to the museum's current offerings, creating a program that redefines what museum education can look like in Chicago." De Lara has made it a top priority to continue to deepen DePaul Art Museum's commitment to diversity, equity, access and inclusion. Over the past year and half, she expanded the museum's advisory board to include a wider array of creative, academic, community and professional backgrounds, adding Chicago-based artists Edra Soto and Kellie Romany; director of the Invisible Institute, Hilesh Patel; the Museum of Science and Industry's, Manny Juarez, and DePaul faculty members, Bill Johnson-González and Cheryl Bachand. She is currently collaborating with Johnson-González and Bachand to launch the curation and development of an exhibition of social justice and civil rights photographs from the Tom Wilson and Jill Garling collection of Chicago. Set to open virtually in fall 2023, this is the museum's first student-driven exhibition. De Lara started her career as a gallery assistant at the age of 16 in her hometown of Greenville, South Carolina. She has held administrative positions with the UrbanArt Commission and David Lusk Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee and the Smithsonian American Art Museum's curatorial and registrar's offices in D.C. She served as registrar for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Roger Brown Study Collection and graduate curator for its Sullivan Galleries' MFA exhibitions and community workplace programs.&nbsp; She also was program coordinator for SAIC's Visiting Artists Program. Immediately prior to DePaul, de Lara was the collection and exhibition manager at the Richard H. Driehaus Museum of Chicago. De Lara earned dual master's degrees in modern art history, theory and criticism and arts administration and policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has a bachelor's degree in art from Rhodes College, including study at the University of Oxford, Lincoln College. DePaul Art Museum is located at 935 W. Fullerton Ave. on the university's Lincoln Park Campus. The museum serves as a visual arts resource for DePaul and the greater Chicago community. Admission is always free. For more information, visit <a href="http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=WnlxzGiPU4c-2FXFdSZh7-2FrdUdyPRtleAR-2FH4-2BD73WcUCUcKdz6cpF0Y-2FKgS17eRiiD_Vx_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xei4UgZ2k898BXqHr17MShzwGPPzOitIsjx-2BbPiC2Y-2B0brtfMP7eBuuC343ICfAM4d5NCFc8cOqRScZK0f5VzSXCqCva16VRAaihe5gTZhlZc93aldE63fBfa-2FhH3OxDuVBOkjdZIBR4cZdGdCS8CXXD6mSTogvt2MseYKAWB8tapkfJBKNPcbrNpK9uj29-2BqDcvmpGv-2F6nfZNSWbqDsFeS1P-2FJI5JnjN4-2B-2BgI2DDmMq6gigutdO7foBjUMuKUqTNjXinS5FyBsuMHjiQbyTFR3Vr7UaI4rvotq9x-2FDaCZHA9IUyyTsUgtgfyIMltKYxHuU0Zt8sg0l8N3fKzrLcDLkYJQE49Eoyhj6hTxSgdjEvCw-3D">online</a> or call 773-325-7506.</body></html>

DePaul Art Museum selects Laura-Caroline De Lara as director

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418996/sxv6r9din7qhvzqgwvfp.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Via PR&nbsp;&nbsp;CHICAGO, IL - Following an extensive national search, United States Artists’ (USA) Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Judilee Reed as its new President and CEO.&nbsp; Reed currently serves as Program Director of Creative Communities for the William Penn Foundation. There, she oversees the Foundation's arts, culture, and great public spaces grantmaking portfolios in Philadelphia, PA, as well as the organization’s national initiatives. “The opportunity to lead USA, particularly during this challenging moment for artists, is an honor,” said Reed. “I am thrilled to join an organization that supports artists through direct funding and considers not just the art that is created, but the artists themselves. As we consider the past, navigate the present, and dream of the future, artists across career stages will continue to play an essential role in their communities and beyond; I look forward to collaborating with the USA team to elevate these cultural practitioners and advance their creative pursuits.”&nbsp; Previously, Reed led the Thriving Cultures Program at the New York-based Surdna Foundation, where she was responsible for spearheading national arts and culture grantmaking throughout rural, suburban, tribal, and urban communities across the country. Her work helped the organization implement new strategies for supporting racial and economic equity through arts and culture. She has also served as the Executive Director of Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), where she worked to advance arts organizations and improve support systems for working artists in the United States, and early in her career, she held roles at New England Foundation for the Arts and Cambodian Artists Project.&nbsp; Reed currently sits on the board of both Danspace Project (New York, NY) and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA). She is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and holds alumna status from the Harvard Business School.&nbsp; Her appointment comes at an important moment in the evolution of United States Artists, which has expanded its flagship Fellowship program in recent years; the 2022 Fellows—the largest class in its history—will be announced on January 26, 2022. Reed will lead USA’s work to provide unrestricted support directly to artists through these core $50,000 Fellowships, as well as through other programs that include the Berresford Prize, Disability Futures, Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship, and The Rainin Fellowship.“I first met Judilee in 2005, when she was running Leveraging Investments in Creativity and doing work in Alaska,” said Sonya Kelliher-Combs, a mixed-media artist based in Anchorage, AK, who received a USA Fellowship in 2018.&nbsp; “I am thrilled to welcome her to the USA family, as her commitment to artists working across art forms, aesthetics, and geographies has been unwavering.&nbsp; Quyanna, Judilee, for your dedication.”&nbsp; [“Quyanna” means “thank you” in Iñupiaq.]“Judilee understands the lives of working artists as well as anyone in this country,” said Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, a choreographer based in Tallahassee, FL, who received a USA Fellowship in 2008.&nbsp; “We all are excited to have her back on the national stage, advocating for artists at every level of policy.&nbsp; A phenomenal woman to lead a phenomenal organization. Amazing!”USA was a member of the coalition of organizations that created Artist Relief, an unprecedented effort to raise more than $25M to provide $5,000 relief payments to artists during the pandemic. Reed was hired to build upon this chapter of work, position USA as a key member of the national community of organizations that support individual artists, and guide USA through its ongoing growth and evolution. She will also oversee the development of new partnerships currently in the works, including one focused on craftspeople and one focused on Black MFA students. “Over the years, Judilee has been an active proponent of direct funding to artists and has developed networks of supplemental support – from healthcare resources to financial planning tools,” said USA Board Chair Ed Henry, who led the search process. “Through her work in Philadelphia, she has developed strategies for creative placemaking with an eye towards racial equity. We could not be more thrilled to welcome her to USA, and we look forward to supporting her vision and work on behalf of artists.”&nbsp; Reed will conclude her current commitments and transition into her new role over the next several months, beginning full-time on May 1, 2022. Jamie Bennett, who has been serving as Interim President and CEO, will continue with USA during this transition period.&nbsp;About United States Artists United States Artists is a national arts funding organization based in Chicago, IL that raises money and redistributes it in the form of unrestricted awards to the country’s most compelling artists and cultural practitioners. Since its founding in 2006, USA has awarded more than 750 individuals with over $36 million of direct support.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

United States Artists Announces Judilee Reed as President and CEO

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

What We're Reading: 1/11/21

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

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

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

CGN Art World Recap: 1/6/22

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

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

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

New Exhibitions Start January 7 & 8

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

What We're Reading: 1/4/22

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

CGN Art World Recap: 1/3/22

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

CGN's 2021 News Highlights

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