<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/l20orihscwfxdha1kkof.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/reciprocity">Reciprocity</a>Begins March 4&nbsp;Woman Made GalleryThis exhibition includes 21 woman-identified and non-binary artist pairs anchored in photography and image-based practices and considers the reciprocal relationship between each pair. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/ipm8je20j104paqpaexx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-focus-the-chicago-freedom-movement-and-the-fight-for-fair-housing">In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement and The Fight for Fair Housing</a>Begins March 4&nbsp;Elmhurst Art MuseumAs the U.S. faces a historic moment of social justice reawakening, the Elmhurst Art Museum announces a new exhibition that reflects on historical and contemporary responses to fair housing in the Chicagoland area&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418864/hb5oaswjq50hbppufotf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/inscapes-paintings-by-claire-elliott-vanessa-shinmoto-and-alexandra-stevenson">INSCAPES: Paintings by Claire Elliott, Vanessa Shinmoto, and Alexandra Stevenson</a>Begins March 5Eat Paint StudioEat Paint Studio is pleased to announce our first exhibition of 2021. “Inscapes” features work by three artists, Claire Elliott, Vanessa Shinmoto, and Alexandra Stevenson, whose paintings navigate landscapes from the inside out.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/iwsqk6pwnjvye7w7hcvd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lens-2021">Lens 2021</a>Begins March 5&nbsp;Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/p6jwrgchj7sdeezcbunt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/cadaver-one">Cadaver One</a>Begins March 6&nbsp;Vertical GalleryVertical Gallery is very proud to present ‘Cadaver One,’ the debut solo exhibition from Chicago-based painter and glassmaker Alex K. Krueger, a.k.a. CROP. ‘Cadaver One,’ which runs from March 6 - 27 at our 1016 N. Western Ave. location, assembles 41 new pieces extending CROP’s abstract, deeply intuitive technique to mediums including canvas, paper, three-dimensional glass sculpture and found foam board.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418866/yos399rx2hxxlzmfxi3m.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/plucked-gleaned">Plucked &amp; Gleaned</a>Begins March 6&nbsp;ARC GalleryPlucked and Gleaned is a group exhibition of fine art prints. The work on display touches on themes of identity, Midwest culture, place, and personal ecosystems. All of the works in the exhibition are by print artists living and making art in Northern Illinois and the Chicagoland area.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418867/cyfykhs6x0xk03mh8zrx.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/maia-cruz-palileo-the-answer-is-the-waves-of-the-sea">Maia Cruz Palileo: The Answer is the Waves of the Sea</a>Begins March 6Monique Meloche Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418868/prijwfda5l6sk6ozkdrd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/paint-posture-power">Paint, Posture, Power</a>Begins March 6Gallery Studio Oh!Paint, Posture, Power is a 4-person exhibition featuring abstract, circular paintings by David Pazdernik, figural ceramics depicting the feminine form by Nancy Pirri, and abstract photography capturing the ethereal quality of light and wind by Shirley Nannini and Candace Wark of Wind Flow Photography.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418869/ldiw9n4cheamxvej5bmz.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tattoo-tattoo">Tattoo Tattoo</a>Opening March 6, 1-4pmHofheimer Gallery&nbsp;The paintings and sculptures are the work of revered tattoo artists who practice across the United States and internationally.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting March 4 - 6

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418862/v71y3bjbpvwcfd0rhuy6.png"></figure>Spudnik Launches&nbsp;First Online Class&nbsp;Spudnik press announced last week they are launching their first online class --&nbsp;<a href="https://spudnikpress.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5b3ff316031fa71b1c8cd675c&amp;id=6684430750&amp;e=421f57ee7c">Textile Art: Print, Embroidery, &amp;&nbsp;Dyes </a>with <a href="https://spudnikpress.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5b3ff316031fa71b1c8cd675c&amp;id=74d83eeb08&amp;e=421f57ee7c">Willa Goettling</a> and <a href="https://spudnikpress.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5b3ff316031fa71b1c8cd675c&amp;id=92eed2d9f8&amp;e=421f57ee7c">Shannon Bodrogi</a>.&nbsp;Students will explore multiple entry points into textile art in 5 sessions. The class will emphasize the use of eco-friendly materials such as natural&nbsp;inks, and&nbsp;use embroidery&nbsp;and relief printing to experiment with color and pattern.&nbsp;All demonstrations covered will be tailored for executing at home. Students can follow demonstrations in real time, or take notes and use the workshop experience to guide future projects.&nbsp;The class begins Thursday, April 1 and meets for 5 weeks on Thursdays, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m<a href="https://spudnikpress.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5b3ff316031fa71b1c8cd675c&amp;id=c6ae4b9e68&amp;e=421f57ee7c">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/wkhbchyusvpisxlkmtwd.png"><figcaption>K Dao, Easter Sunday Fashion</figcaption></figure>360 CHICAGO launches Photography SeriesVisitors to 360 CHICAGO Observation Deck at 875 N Michigan Ave. (formerly known as the John Hancock Center) can view a photography exhibition more than 95 stories above the city. Apart, Together is a retrospective exhibit that&nbsp;features 21 compelling images hung in the Skywalk windows at 360 CHICAGO through April. Entry to enjoy this exhibit is included with the price of general admission. Chicago photographers included in the exhibition include: Colin Boyle, Danielle Braun, Khoa A. Dao, Chris Datskos, Christopher Mariano, Paul Martin, Harvey Pullings II, and Alex Qian.&nbsp;&nbsp;Images will be available for sale and profits (after printing costs) will benefit My Block, My Hood, My City.More tickets and information at <a href="http://www.360chicago.com/">www.360Chicago.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418864/zuqnclc5d3uzomqfkncr.png"><figcaption>An image from 1622 N LaSalle via Coldwell Banker</figcaption></figure>Art + Real Estate&nbsp;<a href="https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/chicago/1622-n-lasalle-dr/pid_39987752/">Bertrand Goldberg's Last Residential Design is For Sale.&nbsp;</a>1622 N LaSalle was the last home designed by the renowned architect, famous for the reinforced concrete Marina City complex downtown. Located in Old Town/Lincoln Park, this home overlooks the Chicago History Museum and is also near the heart of the Gold Coast and lake. There is a lot of art on view in the current listing. The home is listed for $1,499,000.Via Coldwell Banker<a href="https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/chicago/1622-n-lasalle-dr/pid_39987752/">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/bwdkzcdko1d3iltysbhm.jpg"></figure>The MCA Reopens March 2<a href="https://mcachicago.org">The Museum of Contemporary Art</a> has been closed to the public since November, and it reopens March 2. Several exhibitions pick up where they left off in the fall, while a few open for the first time this month. In order to manage occupancy, the museum requests that visitors reserve a <a href="https://experience.mcachicago.org/events?tnewq=3da9ad4f-07d3-4dc8-b52e-c4a6fa7b3269&amp;tnewp=3bf9afd9-9b90-498f-b916-b99ea4902f7e&amp;tnewts=1594324386&amp;tnewc=mcachicago&amp;tnewe=mcageneral&amp;tnewrt=Safetynet&amp;tnewh=3b755c2bab664d391fb3980909360d8d">ticket online prior to visiting</a>. Limited tickets will also be available at the admissions desk on the first floor.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418866/qv9jxujddi2nzmsejlgj.jpg"><figcaption>Lauren G. Peterson</figcaption></figure>Role Change at Philips&nbsp;Lauren G. Peterson has taken on a new role at Philips. She is now Director, Museum &amp; Corporate Collections and is managing these collection relationships for the firm in the US. The auction house is now <a href="https://www.phillips.com/careers/410">looking to fill</a> the position of coordinator in Chicago. Formerly Peterson was Regional Representative, Associate Vice President at Philips. Prior to that she worked at Christie's for nine years.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: March 1

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418862/vupnsmceroooqcybheju.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/george-widener-selections-from-the-collection-of-victor-f-keen">George Widener Selections from the Collection of Victor F. Keen</a>Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider ArtBegins February 26Intuit is pleased to present this artist-focused exhibition featuring selections of his drawings and notebooks from Intuit’s collection and his large-scale multimedia works from the collection of Victor F. Keen, a prominent collector of Widener’s work. In Focus exhibits a breadth of George Widener’s oeuvre with works dating from 1999 to 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/fod6qjpracefewcv5n2k.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/saranoa-mark-36-15-43-n-29-59-14-e">SaraNoa Mark: 36° 15’ 43” N 29° 59’ 14” E</a>GoldfinchBegins February 27SaraNoa Mark’s practice investigates traces left by time, as they exist in landscapes and in collective memory. Using lasting materials like carved clay and discarded stones, the artist explores notions of permanence and erasure, questioning why certain pieces of history remain visible, while others fall away and are lost.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418864/isgm59jbswx5leqxfutb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/alexander-hernandez-stayin-positive">Alexander Hernandez: Stayin' Positive</a>FLXST ContemporaryBegins February 27Stayin’ Positive started as a series of textile portraits investigating the identities of Latinx and other people of color living with HIV. The artist ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ used fabrics, patterns, motifs, colors, and imagery showcasing each person's cultural and social background to demonstrate how they navigate their POZ identities as a means of survival throughout their various communities.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/zmwruvn0bquzzetlv36u.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/katy-cowan-winds-glow-unceasing">Katy Cowan: winds glow unceasing</a>DOCUMENTBegins February 27Cowan dissects pattern and fractal repetition in order to play with viewer’s expectations. Her looping aesthetic is the antithesis of clinical. Her skillful use of figure/ground relationships revel in mutability like a hall of mirrors serves up confusion as entertainment. In Cowan’s work, tumult and composure are polar ends of the same rope. In one piece, the rope stretches horizontally in a straight line before puddling in a tangle of strands at either end. The respective puddles appear more dissimilar than alike. Still they reinforce the mirror analogy, staring at one another like siblings, buzzing with color-coded oscillations between object and idea. To be clear, the rope, strands, and puddles are all cast aluminum.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/lkryjwrn9tutdlx1ptnd.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/geoffrey-todd-smith-aaf54446-e5b0-46f1-b87e-d73535b539d7">Geoffrey Todd Smith: Sordid Orchestra</a>Western ExhibitionsBegins February 27For Geoffrey Todd Smith, abstraction is an unreliable narrator. Like carnival music playing in a horror movie, his abstract drawings and paintings don’t accurately convey the mood of the moment. Rather than holding up the proverbial mirror to society, Smith’s images are more like funhouse mirrors, further distorting and guiding the viewer away from reality. Every decision in the development of his compositions is fraught with the worry that he’s not saying enough, quickly giving way to the alternative, that he may have revealed too much–therein lies the tension. These Rorschach-like blobs bubble up to induce a sense of familiarity, only to be met with uncertainty.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418867/tl4xw7rvouiogrozvuec.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/michael-k-paxton">Interpolations: New, Large-Scale Work by Michael K. Paxton</a>Evanston Art CenterBegins February 27&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting February 26 - 27

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418862/xtishu7ahdeebwgb8iyg.jpg"><figcaption>Soil Lab Team Photo L to R Vester, Bruun, Martin, Ni Chathasaigh_Photos by Benita Marcussen (left) and Rob de Boer (right), 2019 . Image Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Biennial and Danish Arts Foundation</figcaption></figure>Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces Winners of its First Commission, the DAF Open CallThe Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) and the Danish Arts Foundation (DAF) have selected Soil Lab as the winning project of a DAF Open Call for a major new commission in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago.By Christele Harrouk, ArchDaily<a href="https://www.archdaily.com/957414/chicago-architecture-biennial-announces-winners-of-the-daf-open-call">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418864/ysexpvgilogsrjcfyrtt.jpg"></figure>With Art Hubs and Performances, Theaster Gates Is Redefining Chicago’s South SideThe artist is injecting new life—and art—into abandoned and run down spaces, and investing in community in the South Side.&nbsp;By Evita Robinson, Conde Nast Traveler<a href="https://www.cntraveler.com/story/with-art-hubs-and-performances-theaster-gates-is-redefining-chicagos-south-side">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418864/j0gv5rl8jpguoz23aqhh.jpg"><figcaption>Federal prosecutors say these are among several historical and valuable artifacts that went missing from a Deerfield storage facility last spring. Three people have been criminally charged in connection with the alleged heist.U.S. District Court records</figcaption></figure>‘This guy is Saint Michael and is over 600 years old’: Sculptures, paintings, poster nabbed in art heistThe FBI set up a sting operation after records show at least $112,000 in cash changed hands in exchange for some of the items. The investigation has since led to criminal charges against three people.By Jon Seidel, Chicago Sun Times<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/2/22/22296221/sculptures-paintings-poster-nabbed-in-art-heist">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/efrd8iqknocbvjkpohvp.jpg"><figcaption>Ernest Hemingway’s earliest short story, “The Judgment of Manitou,” appeared in his Oak Park, Ill., high school literary magazine in 1916.Credit...via Grolier Club</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Are Magazines Dead? Not at This Exhibition“Magazines and the American Experience,” at the Grolier Club in Manhattan, explores the rich, colorful and sometimes deeply strange history of American periodicals.By Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/arts/design/magazines-grolier-club.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From the Art World: February 23, 2021

<html><head></head><body>By CGN STAFFLast week we featured works to buy for under $1,000. Admittedly that was a pretty low limit, which was part of the fun of seeking it out to share with you. Now we are following up with a list of select works that are available for under $5,000. As we said last week, of course there is always art available at a wide range of price points and price is just one part of understanding, appreciating and valuing art.&nbsp;Particularly in this price point, we see more established artists offering more affordable versions of their well-known work. There is a lot of beautiful work to view and consider.&nbsp;Galleries are still open by appointment for visits and pick-ups. If you make a purchase online check to see about shipping times and dates.&nbsp;Remember, when you purchase a work of art, you are supporting artists and the galleries that represent them!&nbsp;&nbsp;Some art buying tips and pricing reminders to keep in mind:• There are many factors that go into pricing art, such as the medium (photography and prints vs paintings), the quantity available (in an edition of 25, or a unique work) as well as the reputation of and career stage of the artist (a young, emerging artist vs a contemporary master)• Not all prices are marked when you visit a gallery exhibition or art fair. But that does not mean that you cannot ask for a price, and maybe even discuss a (be reasonable!) discount.&nbsp;• Payment plans are often available. Ask before you buy what the options are.• Explore on your own, and don't hesitate to contact a gallery or artist to get a conversation started.• Use CGN as your guide to learn when shows are happening where and then get out there and look for yourself!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418862/m5ibxbmix9rabncfbhqt.jpg"></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418863/fkqpdsgeyrrz9h9vktj3.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="http://kavigupta.com/artist/beverly-fishman/">Beverly Fishman – Kavi Gupta</a>The five-panel Beverly Fishman is $5,000. The two-panel Beverly Fishman is $4,000.Combining the handmade with the industrial, Fishman employs a variety of techniques to explore technological, scientific, and biological systems of perception and representation, instigating constructive conversations about the ways people see their bodies and minds, and construct their identities. Her most illustrious bodies of work engage with the visual language of the medical industrial complex. For example, her highly-polished Pill reliefs utilize iconic pharmaceutical forms as the basis for seemingly abstract compositions that radiate with color. Her brilliantly complex Dividose paintings appropriate the unsettling, multilayered, linear aesthetic of medical imaging technologies such as EEG and EKG machines, provoking levels of optical fascination capable of eliciting physiological responses from viewers.Fishman's materials list has included traditional supports such as wood, paper, blown glass and aluminum, as well as more unconventional elements like cast resin, mirrored Plexiglass, powder-coat-ed metal and phosphorescent pigments. She also frequently uses mediums like chrome and urethane automotive paint that speak in conversation with the legacy of the Detroit area, where she has lived and worked since 1992.&nbsp;Kavi Gupta will create a custom viewing room for you based on your interests and price range.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418864/f4cdullisp33dwuujfyt.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.madrongallery.com/edna-reindel">Edna Reindel – Madron Gallery</a>At the Seams, Ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper, 22.5 x 22.5 inEdna Reindel (1894-1990), Geometric Still Life, Watercolor on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2&nbsp; inches$1,500Edna Reindel was a subtle Surrealist and American Regionalist painter, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, muralist, and teacher active from the 1920s to the 1960s. She is best known for her work in large-scale murals, New England landscapes, and later for her commissioned work of women workers in WWII shipyard and aircraft industries as published in Life magazine in 1944.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418865/vxzwcn45gi1vb4vcjzqe.jpg"></figure><a href="http://loucksgallery.com/lori-glavin-cv">Lori Glavin – Anne Loucks Gallery</a>When We Were Young, oil on paper, 50 x 38"$4,000Glavin says her abstract paintings and monotypes are inspired by a fresh examination of the familiar. A neighborhood walk, the delicacy of a shadow on a wall, and the observation of pattern in her knitting projects are starting points for constructing an image. Influenced by the repetitions and rhythms of domestic life, she collects, combines, and sorts; alternating between large shapes and small bits to make an arrangement of nuanced color and shape that becomes a monument to minutiae.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418866/rtdkjyles0ctd4ahyeud.png"></figure><a href="https://www.edelmangallery.com/artists/artists/g-n/omar-imam.html#?id=5495">Omar Imam – Catherine Edelman Gallery</a>Untitled, 2015 [car technician not a doctor], From the Live, Love, Refugee series, 12 x 16", 18 x 24", 35 x 47" pigment print. Edition of 8 + 2 AP's, 6 + 2 AP's, 4 + 2AP's$1,800–$2,400 (Live, Love, Refugee&nbsp;images are available as 12 x 16", 18 x 24" pigments prints made in editions of 8 + 2 APs and 6 + 2 APs respectively. Pieces range in price from $1800 to $2400, depending on size and availability.)In 2012, Syrian activist turned photographer Omar Imam (b. 1979 Damascus) was kidnapped and tortured by a militia and only let go when a friend intervened. Soon after, Imam left Damascus with his parents and wife, settling in Beirut where he and his wife started a family. In 2016, he moved to Amsterdam, where he and his family currently reside.Live, Love, Refugee is Imam’s photographic response to the chaos erupting in his homeland. In refugee camps across Lebanon, Imam collaborated with Syrians to create photographs that talked about their reality, rather than presenting them as a simple statistic. As a refugee himself, Imam understands the loss and chaos of being displaced from ones home. But dreams cannot be eradicated -- dreams of escape, dreams of love, and dreams of terror. These dreams are what Imam set out to capture.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418867/ci5hglfd1wbmnm5ib5qb.png"></figure><a href="https://anorangemoon.com/product/wesley-willis-art-dan-ryan-expressway-past-51st-towards-47th/">Wesley Willis – An Orange Moon</a>The Dan Ryan Expressway Past 51st Towards 47th ( Trucking), ballpoint pen and marker on Crescent board, signed and titled right middle, 28″H&nbsp; x 41″L&nbsp;$4,500Wesley Lawrence Willis (1963&nbsp;–&nbsp;2003) was an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1989, Willis began a career as an underground singer-songwriter in the outsider music tradition. Willis gained a large cult following in the 1990s, particularly after the release of his 1995 Greatest Hits album on the Alternative Tentacles label, and received the nickname "The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll". He was also a visual artist long before he developed an interest in music, and produced hundreds of intricate, unusual, colored ink-pen drawings, most of them of various Chicago streetscapes; he frequently sold these on the street for between $20 and $40. (via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis">Wikipedia</a>)&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Art Picks: Works Under $5,000

<html><head></head><body>By CGN STAFFAt home (more than usual) this past weekend, we spent some time on chicagogallerynews.com dreaming of warmer days and looking for affordable art to bring to any home, large or small. So here we are introducing the next part of CGN's affordable art series, featuring a small selection of art works priced below $1,000. Next week we will share a post about works priced under $5,000. Of course there is always art available at a wide range of price points.&nbsp;Anecdotally we've heard from several local dealers that during the past few months, despite major industry challenges, new and returning collectors have come to galleries eager to buy art because they have either moved to a larger home or they're looking for unique ways to spruce up an existing space – just what we love to hear!&nbsp;Galleries are still open by appointment for visits and pick-ups. If you make a purchase online check to see about shipping times and dates.&nbsp;Remember, when you purchase a work of art, you are supporting artists and the galleries that represent them!&nbsp;&nbsp;Some art buying tips and pricing reminders to keep in mind:• There are many factors that go into pricing art, such as the medium (photography and prints vs paintings), the quantity available (in an edition of 25 or a unique work) as well as the reputation of and career stage of the artist (a young, emerging artist vs a contemporary master)• Not all prices are marked when you visit a gallery exhibition or art fair. But that does not mean that you cannot ask for a price, and maybe even discuss a (be reasonable!) discount.&nbsp;• Payment plans are often available. Ask before you buy what the options are.• Explore on your own, and don't hesitate to contact a gallery or artist to get a conversation started.• Use CGN as your guide to learn when shows are happening where and then get out there and look for yourself!&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2019/12/art-picks-works-under-5-000">• Read Part I here</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/12/art-picks-works-under-1-000-part-ii">• Read Part II here</a><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2020/12/art-picks-works-under-1-000-part-iii">• Read Part III here</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418858/njyk7s3sasyk31epuj8g.png"></figure>Alex Senna – Vertical Gallery<a href="https://verticalgallery.com/collections/art-for-sale/products/alex-senna-mirror">Mirror, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 in.</a>$1,000Via Widewalls: "São Paulo based street artist Alex Senna beautifies cities worldwide with his warm and endearing black and white murals. This Brazilian artist, illustrator and advertising art director, whose life is all about drawing, art and graffiti, is a huge contemporary name on the Brazilian urban art scene."&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418859/h6apm2jhovkn2sz3r5vu.jpg"></figure>Holly Cahill – Goldfinch<a href="https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/goldfinch_projects/artwork/at-the-seams/embed?artist=holly-cahill&amp;force_collection=true">At the Seams, Ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper, 22.5 x 22.5 in</a>$600Cahill is one of several artists at Goldfinch who are part of the gallery's <a href="https://goldfinch-gallery.com/goldfinch-flatfiles/">Flatfiles Program</a>, which aims to make original contemporary artworks available to a wider audience. It encompasses painting, drawing, collage, prints, photographs, mixed media pieces and any other flat work that can be housed in the drawers of their flatfile cabinet, the vast majority of which are priced at $1,500 or below — and many can be acquired for less than $500. Works in the Flatfiles can be viewed online or by advanced appointment at the Gallery.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418859/kmtsnajfzzo1u1x80p4j.jpg"></figure><a href="https://hofheimergallery.com/artists/karen-perl/">Karen Perl – Hofheimer Gallery</a>Afterlife, Oil on Wood, &nbsp;12” x 12”$775Perl's muted local landscape paintings give viewers a – perhaps now familiar – look at what Chicago's streets look like when they are empty. The focus is on broad spaces and architectural elements – walls, windows, traffic and street fixtures, often punctuated by slim dogs seated or waiting for their companion.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418860/xawcrjes42m3mr0za41f.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.bgfa.us/artists/yagi/index.html">Sandra Yagi – Bert Green Fine Art</a>Illuminated Movie Monster: Godzilla, 2018, Watercolor, acrylic, gouache and ink on Arches paper, 9.25 x 7” (Framed size 14 x 12”)$1,000Sandra Yagi's Illuminated Movie Monsters are inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts, which are hand-made, jewel-like book pages that celebrate and educate the reader with the important cultural issues of their time. She has chosen Hollywood movie monsters as her subjects for these stand-alone pages, with a wink and a nod to history and to popular culture.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418861/q36c1sgfugjgvbu1c2w1.jpg"></figure><a href="https://springboardarts.com/artwork/jason-hackenwerth-maryanne-in-bloom/">Jason Hackenwerth – Springboard Arts</a>Maryanne In Bloom, 24 × 20 ″, Oil on canvas, 2020$380Springboard Arts opened in Wicker Park in late 2020. In addition to hosting in-person exhibitions, they launched an online gallery and store, which makes it easy to discover original, local art available in many price ranges.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Year, New Art Under $1,000

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418858/kscuqwggsekfrbay2rel.png"></figure>By CGN Staff via PRChicago has long been known for its unparalleled collection of public art. That collection is receiving new, thoughtful attention now as The City of Chicago, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Chicago Park District (Parks) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS), launches the Chicago Monuments Project website <a href="http://chicagomonuments.org/">chicagomonuments.org</a>, kicking off the public engagement phase of the Chicago Monuments Project that will conclude in April 2021.The new website identifies monumental sculptures, artworks and commemorative plaques on the public way and in Chicago parks selected by the Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee for further review. Chicagoans are encouraged to join the conversation by submitting feedback through the website, virtual events and one-on-one conversations."This project is a powerful opportunity for us to come together as a city to assess the many monuments and memorials across our neighborhoods and communities—to face our history and what and how we memorialize that history," said Mayor Lightfoot. "Given the past year and in particular the past summer that made clear history isn’t past, it is essential that residents are a part of this conversation. This project is about more than a single statue or mural, it’s about channeling our city's dynamic civic energy to permanently memorialize our shared values, history and heritage as Chicagoans in an open and democratic way."The Chicago Monuments Project is the City’s first effort to grapple with the often unacknowledged – or forgotten – history associated with the City’s various municipal art collections and provides a vehicle to address the hard truths of Chicago’s racial history, confront the ways in which that history has and has not been memorialized and develop a framework for marking public space that elevates new ways to memorialize Chicago’s true and complete history.Using feedback collected through the upcoming public art and engagement efforts, the City, along with various stakeholder groups, will create a plan to erect a series of new monuments that equitably acknowledge Chicago’s shared history.The Chicago Monuments Project also seeks project ideas from individual artists and/or community groups for the development of new monuments that rethink the place, purpose and permanence of monuments in our public spaces. Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2021.*Leading this review of monuments is the Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee, a group of community leaders, artists, architects, scholars, curators and city officials who have dedicated their time, experience and expertise.&nbsp; The committee, announced in August 2020, is co-chaired by Mark Kelly, Commissioner of DCASE, Bonnie McDonald, President &amp; CEO of Landmarks Illinois and Jennifer Scott, Director/Chief Curator of Jane Addams Hull-House Museum."The Chicago Monuments Project <a href="https://chicagomonuments.org/committee">Advisory Committee</a> – a group of community leaders, artists, architects, scholars, curators, and city officials, who are dedicating their time, experience, and expertise to lead this effort – has considered hundreds of the city’s sculptures and plaques in this critically important process,” said DCASE Commissioner and Advisory Committee Co-Chair Mark Kelly. “The City’s public art collection is a defining characteristic of Chicago and it should reflect and respect all Chicagoans. The public’s input will now help us evaluate the collection and to commission new works.”Several local artists and cultural leaders serving on the committee include: Faheem Majeed, Amanda Williams, Teresa Silva, Michelle Boone, Michael Rakowitz, and others.*&nbsp;Out of a collection of over 500 monumental sculptures, commemorative plaques and artworks on the public way and in Chicago parks, 41 listed online have been identified for public discussion.The project states that everyone is welcome and encouraged to share feedback on specific monuments, monuments in general or what monuments might look like in the future. The website is currently <a href="https://chicagomonuments.org/participate">accepting public feedback</a> and Chicagoans are also invited to pre-register to participate in discussions with Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee Members, where they can ask questions, share their thoughts and learn more about the Chicago Monuments Project. Space will be limited to 20 community members per drop-in session.The Chicago Monuments Project also seeks proposals from community partners to host and facilitate public conversations about the city’s monuments. Programs can address a specific artwork(s) identified by the Chicago Monuments Advisory Committee and/or present open platforms for a constructive dialogue about previously untold, erased or obscured narratives in the telling of Chicago’s history and the development of new monuments. Program proposals will be reviewed by the Advisory Committee, and a select number of proposals will be identified to receive a $1,500 stipend toward program production.Additional public program details will be updated in the upcoming weeks.The Chicago Park District is excited to help launch and facilitate the Chicago Monuments Project," said General Superintendent and CEO Michael Kelly. "We urge residents and groups to share their perspectives, in a thoughtful and respectful manner. Public participation is critical to our success, not only in examining Chicago's public art collection but also healing our city."CPS will lead a separate, but aligned, process to review their extensive collection of artworks. CPS is currently in the final stages of creating a Works of Art Steering Committee that will meet quarterly to review concerns about specific works of art raised by members of the CPS community. The committee will work with students, teachers, school leaders and advocacy groups to recommend and advise school communities on actions related to the collection."Chicago Public Schools is committed to ensuring works of art in our schools represent the diversity, history and heritage of the communities we serve," said CPS Chief Education Officer, LaTanya McDade. "CPS is proud to participate in this joint effort to better reflect and honor the diversity of our city through public art."*The first drop-in Zoom discussion takes place next week, February 23 from 10–11am, with Commissioner Mark Kelly &amp; Jon Pounds.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/141329437151">REGISTER</a> &nbsp;</body></html>

City of Chicago Launches The Chicago Monuments Project, Led By Several Local Artists

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418858/hrm6wsk5o56snbngmxv6.png"></figure>&nbsp;By CGN Staff via PRSculpture Milwaukee,​ an annual outdoor exhibition of public sculpture in the city's downtown, has announced that its 2021 exhibition will be co-curated by artists Theaster Gates and Michelle Grabner. Launching in June 2021 and running through November, the exhibition is now in its fifth year and has become one of the largest annual outdoor exhibitions to focus on​ ​contemporary sculpture and public art practices. Sculpture Milwaukee serves as a catalyst for community engagement, economic development, and creative placemaking. ​The exhibit creates a free, open-air art gallery, which captivates residents, tourists, downtown employees, students, and art lovers alike.&nbsp;<a href="www.sculpturemilwaukee.com">Sculpture Milwaukee</a> is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization funded through private grants, in-kind donations, and sponsorships. ​All of the artworks are available for purchase.Michelle Grabner, whose ​Untitled ​sculpture appeared in Sculpture Milwaukee’s inaugural​ ​exhibition in 2017 stated, "It is exhilarating to co-curate Sculpture Milwaukee with​ ​Theaster, knowing that the process will result in wholehearted and attentive conversations between two artists who are deeply invested in sculptural form, materiality, and the urgent political and aesthetic issues embedded in a large-scale public exhibition.”The organization will continue​ ​with virtual artist talks, and, if conditions improve around the ongoing pandemic,​ ​in-person programming may resume. ​Sculpture Milwaukee will continue to celebrate sculpture​ ​by knitting together an offering of artwork that imparts artistic perspectives, material​ ​imagination, and creative expressions within a city-landscape that foregrounds civic​ ​engagement and diverse cultural histories.Past participating artists have included Jim Dine, Tony Tasset, Julian Opie, William Kentridge, Paula Crown and many others. A complete list of artists and artworks that will be part of the <a href="https://www.sculpturemilwaukee.com/2021">2021 exhibition</a> will be released this coming Spring.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418858/r0pq8h4qhe5se7r0jw96.png"></figure>&nbsp;ABOUT THE CURATORS<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418859/p5hyp7hfkc0352klwvp1.jpg"></figure>Theaster Gates ​is a ​Chicago-based artist and curator whose practice encompasses sculpture, performance, and land development-based projects.​ His work contends with the notion of Black space as a formal exercise – one defined by collective desire, artistic agency, and the tactics of a pragmatist. Drawing on his training in urban planning and preservation, Gates is known for investing in the revitalization of urban spaces. In 2010, he advanced this aspect of his practice by establishing ​Rebuild Foundation, a nonprofit platform that provides free arts programming and cultural amenities to communities on Chicago’s South Side.Gates is ​a professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Visual Arts and at the Harris School of Public Policy, and is Distinguished Visiting Artist and Director of Artist Initiatives at the Lunder Institute for American Art at Colby College. ​His work has been widely exhibited in museums, galleries, and biennials nationally and internationally, including recent solo exhibitions at Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago and Gagosian Gallery, New York.Read CGN's 2018 interview with Gates <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2018/8/the-evolution-of-a-vision-what-s-next-for-the-stony-island-arts-bank">here</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418860/v0vi29osrpcauf5ruqo7.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Michelle Grabner​ is a ​Wisconsin-based artist, writer, and curator. She co-curated the 2014 Whitney Biennial ​and was the Artistic Director for the inaugural 2018 FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. Her practice spans a variety of media including drawing, painting, and sculpture, and finds a creative center in operating across platforms and towards community. ​Her work has been the subject of several national museum surveys. She is presently represented by James Cohan, New York and Green Gallery, Milwaukee, among others.Grabner is the Crown Family Professor of Art and the Senior Chair of the Painting and Drawing Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she has taught since 1996. She has also held teaching appointments at The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cranbrook Academy of Art; Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts—Bard College; Yale University School of Art; and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine.&nbsp;</body></html>

Theaster Gates and Michelle Grabner to Curate 2021 Edition of Sculpture Milwaukee 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418858/qa6l5yrfre3d1zm3uwup.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;In Lieu of Mardi Gras Parades, Artists Are Turning New Orleans Homes Into Wildly Creative ‘House Floats’—See Images HereBuilding 3,000 house floats was a boon for the city's out-of-work artists.By Sarah Cascone, Artnet News<a href="https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/new-orleans-mardi-gras-house-floats-1943822">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418858/hoawnltkylw0fzu2jflw.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;A New, Safe Home for the Louvre’s Unseen TreasuresAn ultramodern conservation center in northern France is a haven for flood-threatened items from the museum’s central Paris basement.By Elaine Sciolino, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/arts/design/louvre-lievin-conservation-center.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418859/wrqbytqamr1xojg1trnv.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Christie’s to Sell Its First Fully Digital Work of Art in Test of Emerging&nbsp;MarketThe work, known as an NFT (Non-Fungible Token), is by Beeple (né Mike Winkelmann), a net artist and graphic designer who has amassed a large following on social media producing commercial projects for pop stars and brands like Louis Vuitton and Nike. A Christie’s representative called him “a leader in the digital art community.”By Angelica Villa, ArtNews<a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-beeple-blockchain-art-sale-1234583847/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From the Art World: February 16, 2021

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418216/iy6mqgqi7k7pvijlktyx.png"></figure>Well, a foot and a half of snow has certainly changed everyone's daily routine this week, even if you're already used to spending most of your time indoors and commuting was so 2019.&nbsp;Two years ago actually, we rounded up some art that spoke to our frigid climate in Chicago, and here we are again. Finding artistic comfort in art somehow reflects the thing we're all dealing with: February.&nbsp;Here for you are some art picks from local spaces that speak to all that white stuff out there. &nbsp;Later this week we will feature Art to Warm You Up!&nbsp;And remember, once you've shoveled your way outside, many area galleries and museums are open by appointment, or are re-opening in the coming days. Please check with each space before visiting.– CGN Staff&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/john-kuhn-splendor-extended">John Kuhn at Ken Saunders</a>&nbsp;Here is some glass art that looks a lot like a frozen lake, or pool if you're in Texas.&nbsp;Kuhn’s sculptures are among the most complex and intricate objects ever created by hand. At their most ambitious the works, which are solid, can contain several thousand pieces of glass; cut, ground and polished to fit seamlessly together and laminated into mesmerizing structures.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418217/szmnnvkhdb5pliuzkoxe.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;<a href="http://danaddington.com/addingtongallery/hirst/hirst.html">Jeffrey Hirst at Addington Gallery</a>Hirst, an artist working in encaustic, a medium that actually requires heat, says his current work investigates relations between man-made architectural structure and the natural landscape; questions arise at how these two forces coexist in an urban environment. While both phenomena occur in all environments, the artist is most interested in the dynamic in a high contrast urban context. The correlation between urban decay and natural beauty (both at the micro and macro level) influence the work."<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418218/ise3sxihfjjnxk00nemm.jpg"><figcaption>Jeffrey Hirst, Alterations, 26" x 28", encaustic, oil, and silkscreen on constructed panel</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://art-studio-oh.com/circles">Erwin Overes at Studio Oh!&nbsp;</a>Artist and owner of Gallery Studio Oh!, Erwin Overes, is selling his new Circle Series at a discounted rate in order to help support the artist community during this challenging time. Erwin will be donating a portion of the sales to Arts Alliance Illinois.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418219/bwai8fxazrm7hb6v0fno.jpg"><figcaption>Winter is Coming I - IV, Epoxy resin, acrylic, 12”x12”x3” each; $400 for all 4</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Emily Rapport at Eat Paint Studio&nbsp;Emily paints scenes from every day life around Chicago. Her “Winter morning" is especially timely.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418219/fc3vlbs979tgwvuygcz4.png"><figcaption>“Winter morning,” 9x12”, ink on Yupo, by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/emilyrapport/">@emilyrapport</a></figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9036/monet-and-chicago">Monet at the Art Institute of Chicago</a>The CTA buses are running. See if you can catch one down to the Art Institute, now that it has reopened (except today, Feb 16) and its Monet exhibition has been extended.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418221/vfiyawsrfdtv4nz2zjhe.jpg"><figcaption>Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect), 1890/91, Claude Monet French, 1840-1926</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Art for the Deep Freeze: 2021 Edition

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418396/hem96cqrl3tyhtzbtf4i.jpg"><figcaption>Kim Laurel, one-of-a-kind monotype card w/ envelope</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;From Deborah Maris Lader, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative<blockquote>Love is in the air!!! Ok, ok, we know it's as cold as a refrigerated vaccine and we're so bundled up and masked that we wouldn't even recognize our own offspring if we slid into them on a patch of ice, but we're TRYING to remain positive. Or actually NEGATIVE. Or at least positively negative....you know what we mean. The holiday of love is just about upon us, and rather than stock up on Hallmark and Walmart, why not opt for a handmade Valentine or a gorgeous print or some art wrapped chocolate? We've got you covered! You can <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001t_pCZvyCJBeRtTfi48Dr5tgXweDZtTV8Pb64T8lXyEZglSAw7Hn8RdpADAnO41Q9JQJH2wqG2KrS9mRKyU6T5gFUegpjddwr9047byXxKrlxryz9BUDcmGqgI2DGrvRLgREBdTM5uFahl7dcMguBLDllVDj9FyJUpnrN75ROFB4=&amp;c=Hwgtjw_CgbLi80gDsU36jTlcAr2fO4tN4SPU2VsAuRrO5bWSYHYkEw==&amp;ch=sMd1Pib0fe5YOMFlcsdfgBeWPTCCn2DKff9kbHRzWuWN-ecFoc2xwQ==">make an appointment</a> to swing by today, Friday or Saturday, or shoot us an <a href="mailto:info@chicagoprintmakers.com">email</a> or even give us a call at 773-293-2070. We REALLY wanna help you impress the people you love.</blockquote><a href="https://chicago-printmakers-collaborative.myshopify.com/collections/prints">Shop CPC's Online Store</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href="https://chicagoprintmakers.com/print-making-classes-chicago/">Shop Classes</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://chicagoprintmakers.com/appointments/"> In-Person Shopping</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418397/zrrkla3bqdlh4uujugrc.png"></figure>&nbsp;Keep checking in as we add new items to our Valentine's Day themed Shop!<a href="https://evanstonmade.org/product-category/valentines-day/?mc_cid=5f6bc033fd&amp;mc_eid=ef9bf6a59f">Online Shop</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418398/qu5eka3qeeiqhhhterhl.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Here are some of our favorite pieces, in stock and ready for immediate shipment.<a href="https://www.wantoot.com/collections/ready-to-gift-jewelry">Ready to Gift Jewelry</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Shop Local for this Valentine's Day!

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418367/vka9dnopowhjjhlz8aid.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/be-a-part-of-particles">Be a part of pARTicles</a>Fermilab Art GalleryBegins February 10Community Project for the Fermilab Virtual Family Open House Feb. 10-14, 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418368/pbe4qurvyhlchnhq3nan.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/pintoras-mexicanas-10th-anniversary">Pintoras Mexicanas 10th Anniversary</a>Dragonfly GalleryBegins February 13Join us for our 10th Anniversary of Pintoras Mexicanas Group Exhibition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418369/oavhc0kmypo596dldtjl.png"></figure><a href=" https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/against-impossibility">Against Impossibility</a>FLXST ContemporaryBegins February 13Against Impossibility brings together these five emerging contemporary artists who work across the mediums of sculpture, fibers and textiles, mixed-media, and painting and who, despite their precarious positions as MFA students in their final year of studies, continue to produce work influenced by the tumult happening around them.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting February 10-13

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418194/xuoytdbvf4tmwlexezoc.jpg"></figure>-- Via PR&nbsp;The New Art Dealers Alliance and Printed Matter are pleased to present a new limited-edition artwork produced by artist Karl Wirsum. The fundraising edition will debut as part of <a href="https://newartdealers.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3493a38a571991d5c278569e7&amp;id=919743ea02&amp;e=c90a0cc501">Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair</a>, to take place February 24–28, 2021.The 9-color screen print borrows an outlandish and provocative character from a recent series of drawings by the artist, depicting a grinning but friendly figure that is both animal and human, composed from bright block colors and abstract shapes.&nbsp;Karl Wirsum, “The Gift Horse’s Mouth,” 2021, 9-color screen print, 24 x 20 inches, Edition of 100Numbered and embossed with the artist’s signature. Tiered pricing starting at $500. Printed by <a href="https://newartdealers.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3493a38a571991d5c278569e7&amp;id=f05001e4c6&amp;e=c90a0cc501">POP!NK Editions</a><a href="https://newartdealers.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3493a38a571991d5c278569e7&amp;id=6fe94993e4&amp;e=c90a0cc501">BUY NOW</a>&nbsp;About​ Karl​ WirsumKarl Wirsum is one of the original Chicago Imagists known as the Hairy Who, a group of six artists who decided to join forces and exhibit together in the mid-1960’s. Wirsum is a Chicago native, creating paintings, drawings, and sculptures, that are broadly influenced by his interest in comics, his time spent living in the southwest, urban environment, and decorative forms. His work was featured prominently in a major survey of the Hairy Who at the Art Institute of Chicago, in 2019. His works are in numerous public collections such as the Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art, High Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and RISD Art Museum. Karl Wirsum is represented by <a href="https://newartdealers.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3493a38a571991d5c278569e7&amp;id=c6d0b99ecc&amp;e=c90a0cc501">Derek Eller Gallery</a> in New York.<a href="https://newartdealers.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3493a38a571991d5c278569e7&amp;id=bd04b49c3a&amp;e=c90a0cc501">About​ Printed​ Matter’s​ Virtual​ Art​ Book​ Fair</a><a href="https://newartdealers.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3493a38a571991d5c278569e7&amp;id=ad488ecea8&amp;e=c90a0cc501">Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair (PMVABF)</a> takes place from February 25–28, 2021, with an Opening on Wednesday, February 24.Since 2005, Printed Matter’s Art Book Fairs have hosted international exhibitors featuring a wide variety of works—from zines and artists’ books to rare and out of print publications, and contemporary art editions. This new Fair expands upon the rich tradition of our longrunning and beloved NY and LA Art Book Fairs, including over 400 exhibitors from 43 countries, with online programs, performances, games, and more.<a href="https://newartdealers.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3493a38a571991d5c278569e7&amp;id=7ab9fcbe41&amp;e=c90a0cc501">Printed Matter, Inc.</a> is an independent 501©(3) non-profit organization founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster the distribution, understanding and appreciation of artists’ books and related artists’ publications.&nbsp;About​ NADAFounded in 2002, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is a not-for-profit 501c(6) collective of professionals working with contemporary art. Its mission is to create an open flow of information, support, and collaboration within the arts field and to develop a stronger sense of community among its constituency. Through support and encouragement, NADA facilitates strong and meaningful relationships between its members working with new contemporary and emerging art. In 2020, NADA hosted the New York Gallery Open, FAIR, the Chicago Gallery Open, and NADA Miami.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

There's a new limited-edition artwork by Karl Wirsum starting at $500

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417871/lrb6cqitali63odkthrl.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;By Ginny Van AlyeaCapping off nearly a year where all art spaces and institutions have been closed to the public at some point, a new arts venue has opened in Chicago. As in, a new space is opening for the first time, in person. To people. If you'd asked me almost a year ago about new spaces ever opening, I am not sure I would have predicted this.Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago, housed within the city's recently renovated, landmark Germania Club Building at the intersection of Clark and North Ave., spans three-stories and will be dedicated to immersive art presentations, a welcome effort after a year spent mostly online and definitely not immersed in much.&nbsp;The space's first presentation, Immersive Van Gogh, launches February 11 and is inspired by the Dutch painter, one of the world's most famous artists. During Van Gogh's short life he painted more than 2,000 artworks ranging from ordinary household items and self-portraits to surreal landscapes, with reproductions gracing millions of college dorm room walls decades later. Immersive Van Gogh offers original artworks in an innovative form and it opens in Chicago at a time when there is likely to be a significant, pent up demand from the general public for this kind of in-person experience. Since tickets went on sale, the Chicago show was tracked as the bestselling show in the world on TicketMaster. It's worth noting that not so long ago, in 2016, the Art Institute of Chicago used Van Gogh's painting of his own bedroom in Arles, France as inspiration for another kind of <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/1865/van-gogh-s-bedrooms">immersive exhibit</a> – Airbnb even recreated the bedroom and <a href="https://time.com/4215482/vincent-van-gogh-bedroom-airbnb/">rented it out</a>.&nbsp;Van Gogh was a post-Impressionist painter whose work — notable for its beauty, emotion and color — highly influenced expressionism in 20th-century art. He struggled with mental illness and remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life. He was tragically admitted to a psychiatric hospital after offering his severed ear to a woman at a local brothel. For hope, he turned to painting and nature, until one day when he went out to paint in the morning with a loaded pistol in his hand and reportedly shot himself in the chest. In his 37 years alive, Van Gogh only sold one painting, The Red Vineyards, to his brother Theo.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417871/eiukd9eh6ihppcmjetnt.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;*Van Gogh's art is arguably a cultural gateway for many people who first admire his accessible, yet sometimes mysterious, images in high school and college art classes. To bring Van Gogh's familiar art to life in new ways, an Italian creative team who pioneered digital experiences in Paris has created a custom design to fit the Neo-Classical architecture of Immersive Van Gogh.Immersive Van Gogh, comes to Chicago following its debut in Toronto. It has been described as a digital art exhibition that invites audiences to “step inside” van Gogh's iconic works, evoking his highly emotional and chaotic inner consciousness through art, light, music, movement and imagination, merging the boundaries between entertainment and culture with the hope of exposing the public to art in an entirely new way. Utilizing the Germania Club building's Victorian Era architectural details, 35-foot-tall walls and multiple levels (including balconies), the venue will present vibrant immersive art exhibitions that surround the viewer on all sides long after the Van Gogh run is finished.&nbsp;With more than 50 projectors illuminating over 14,000 square-feet, visitors to Immersive Van Gogh will be encircled from head-to-toe in Van Gogh’s brushstrokes and colors, including animated details from works such as Self Portrait with Felt Hat (1888), The Bedroom in Arles (1889), Irises (1889) and The Starry Night (1889).“Immersive Van Gogh is a new way of encountering art, as it quite literally surrounds viewers on all sides with the brilliant work of one of the greatest painters of all time,” said Immersive Art Space Co-Producer Corey Ross. “Both connoisseurs and new admirers of Van Gogh’s work are guaranteed a breathtaking perspective on the influential artist’s oeuvre.”The exhibition was designed by creative director and Italian film producer Massimiliano Siccardi, with original music by Italian multimedia composer Luca Longobardi, who provided a score that combines experimental electronic music with pure, ethereal piano. Vittorio Guidotti is the Art Director. Siccardi and Longobardi are both pioneers of immersive digital art experiences in Paris, where they were part of the team that created the world-renowned Van Gogh, Starry Night exhibition, among others.&nbsp;Siccardi has a decades-long history of experimenting with “digitally immersive” art, beginning with exhibitions at the Cathédrale d’Images in Baux-de-Provence, France. A former quarry, the Cathédrale d’Images was used as a venue for art exhibitions as early as the 1970s, when artist and journalist Albert Plécy created illuminated “frescoes” by projecting from dozens of carousel projectors onto the white limestone walls of the disused quarry. The projections covered the contours of the walls and the ceilings of the quarry, and were also accompanied by a soundtrack and actors. Siccardi cites Plécy’s work as a starting point, from which he was inspired to create dozens of immersive exhibitions in the space and then later in other venues around the world. Vincent van Gogh in particular is a subject of fascination and obsession for Siccardi, and Immersive Van Gogh is an exploration of the master artist’s human experience up until the moment of death.“In my view, we create a work based on a great artist’s work. For this reason, I believe that our transposition allows a wider audience to get closer to art, and I sincerely hope to intrigue people to the point that they want to go and enjoy art in museums, to view the original paintings in their truest form and might. Therefore, we do not replace the author's work but we give a possible reading of it; we respectfully tell an emotionally engaging part of it, and we are always aware that we are freely reinterpreting it.”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417872/gknqcbchmu53cejudikf.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;When I asked about how the exhibition came together, Maestro Immersive Arts co-founder and Lighthouse Immersive partner Maria Shclover explained, "This particular way of projecting is a sort of slicing of images – through visual strokes, animation and media – level by level to construct the picture and allow you to go into the mind of Van Gogh. It is inspired by Van Gogh but made possible by these contemporary artists. They put it together."&nbsp;Over the course of an hour Shclover says visitors will go on a journey. "It's accompanied by music, and there is a story line, but you can start at any point."&nbsp;To make the experience safe for today's viewing, the walk-through experience has been designed with health and safety as a priority. Capacity will be limited in accordance with the City of Chicago’s safety protocols.&nbsp;Additional safety precautions include touchless ticket-taking, temperature checks upon arrival, hand sanitizer stations, social distancing markers throughout the venue, and digitally projected social distancing circles on the gallery floors to ensure appropriate spacing. All guests must wear a face covering at all times during their visit to Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago.&nbsp;&nbsp;For more information about Immersive Van Gogh and to buy tickets, visit <a href="http://vangoghchicago.com">vangoghchicago.com</a>. Ticket prices start at $39.99 for adults ($24.99 for children 16 or younger) with untimed and flexible ticket options available.&nbsp;The exhibition runs from Feb. 11 through Sept. 6, 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

A New Art Space Creates a Contemporary Story Line for Van Gogh's Familiar Art 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418858/yrd7ul28un2bckj9g8qe.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Is Seeing That Renoir Essential? In the Pandemic, Cities DifferArizona has allowed its museums to remain open despite a deadly outbreak, while in cities and states with far fewer cases, the doors have been closed.By Julia Jacobs, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/arts/design/museums-coronavirus-closures.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418858/wd31carjjr5rg1g1qrgv.png"></figure>&nbsp;Chicago artist Brandon Breaux’s ‘28 Days’ is for Black History Month, portraits of those making history nowAccording to Breaux, November was when he began his latest artwork, digital paintings of people who have supported him in his work and those people whose work he admires.By Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-brandon-breaux-28-days-of-greatness-tt-0208-20210208-chrmlceoqfhq7admdwqfqokkzm-story.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418859/rml0t4ra9urxlzfxxe5w.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Local artist aims to ‘Protect Little Village’ with public art that celebrates mask wearingSilvia Morales’ latest work is a hyperlocal spin on the city’s “Protect Chicago” campaign that aims to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus — she calls it “Protect La Villita.”By Manny Ramos, Chicago Sun Times<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/7/22268899/local-artist-aims-to-protect-little-village-with-public-art-that-celebrates-mask-wearing">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From the Art World: February 8, 2021

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417686/nv3bmtqvv3hmbz6wkjnw.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/collective-communities-virtual">Collective Communities: Actions on Environmental Crises</a>Weinberg/Newton GalleryBegins February 3Through artwork and programming, Collective Communitiespresents the work of artist collaboratives, collectives, and cooperatives that are concerned primarily with ecologies in crisis. Presented virtually at <a href="http://www.weinbergnewtongallery.com">weinbergnewtongallery.com</a>, as well through installations viewable from the gallery’s storefront windows at 688 N. Milwaukee Ave, Collective Communities will feature new work by Deep Time Chicago artist collective, Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative and Karrabing Film Collective.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417687/dhv1civscd7i1wajdzmm.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bob-tanner-further-conversations">Bob Tanner | Further Conversations</a>Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.Begins February 5"Further Conversations" is a direct extension, at least in form, of Bob Tanner's series titled, "What Was Left Behind." The objects in this series are, again, those used in everyday life that can be thought of as both intimate and comforting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417688/kktxdctnpiikcwdcx906.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sandra-ullmann-and-bob-tanner">Sandra Ullmann | Representation/Abstraction: Bangladesh in Light and Shadow</a>Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.Begins February 5The black &amp; white photos in Sandra Ullmann’s series were made in Bangladesh while traveling with a small group of photographers. Ullmann's images speak to her fascination with strong light and shadows and forms emerging and disappearing. Staring into the darkness of streets and market stalls, she would wait for a face to emerge and be held by the light.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417689/fyxlfyd5re5wgeil3i0v.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/aviva-kramer-1000-mirrors">Aviva Kramer: 1000 Mirrors</a>ARC GalleryBegins February 6Gravity and veils of paint the reveal of laws of the universe. Painting the invisible (or maybe it is humming of the breath we breath)…..emerging, receding…..lost in nature’s landscape, creation, destruction…..This is where I begin.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417689/cdmptoxi5615ltivyvhy.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/haig-aivazian-all-of-the-lights">Haig Aivazian: All of the Lights</a>The Renaissance SocietyBegins February 6All of the Lights&nbsp;tracks the public administration of light and darkness, creating an associative genealogy that moves from gas lanterns to LED bulbs, from sidewalks to stadiums, and from cities like Chicago to&nbsp;the artist’s&nbsp;native Beirut.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417690/iadw7gdtou7vcwi1aktf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tim-lowly-without-moving-tondos">Tim Lowly: Without Moving, Tondos</a>Hofheimer GalleryBegins February 5Since she was born in 1985, Tim Lowly's daughter Temma has figured increasingly prominently in his art. Over time he's&nbsp;come to think of the work related to her as being an ongoing, multifaceted, yet singular project.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Starting February 3 - 6

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/ndcgxq4bqwwfp409mmqj.jpg"></figure>‘The ultimate dealer of Old Master paintings’: New York dealer Richard Feigen has died, aged 90The Met director Max Hollein pays tribute to the late gallery owner and collector, who also promoted artists from Max Beckmann to Peter SaulBy Gareth Harris, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/richard-feigen-obituary">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418852/m3fuwoymeo2a6ucpqie0.jpg"></figure>Outsider Art Fair, Smaller This Year, but a Model for the FutureA scaled-back lineup includes Daniel Johnston’s colorfully nightmarish drawings, plus chunky clay cameras and quilts as abstract as anything in the MoMA.By Will Heinrich, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/arts/design/outsider-art-fair.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/dcp6ltc4rdyr14fqkyfg.jpg"></figure>From alley to gallery: Red Line viaduct in Edgewater is awash with muralsThe five-block stretch has been transformed from your typical, dreary Chicago alley to an artistic showcase, the scene of more than 100 murals by over 30 artists.By Rylee Tan, Chicago Sun Times<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/murals-mosaics/2021/1/29/22248150/chicago-murals-edgewater-raven-villarreal-travisty-teel-diem-c3po">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From the Art World: February 1, 2021

<html><head></head><body>(February 1, 2021) <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">Hyde Park Art Center</a>, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, announces the Artists Run Chicago Fund, a new regranting initiative providing more than half a million dollars ($560,000) to support Chicago’s artist community. Taking place in two phases, the first will immediately grant awards of $8,000 to each of the 50 independent&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;artist-run spaces that participated in the Art Center’s popular 2020 exhibition, <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibition-archive/artists-run-chicago-2-0/">Artists Run Chicago 2.0 (ARC 2.0)</a>.&nbsp; Later this month, Chicago artist-run spaces that did not participate in ARC 2.0 are invited to apply for 20 additional grants of $8,000. The Artists Run Chicago Fund initiative is being funded by an anonymous donor and is being fully administered by Hyde Park Art Center.&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417773/jarrjdjzzw19ewnfdccb.png"></figure>Recipients of the first phase of the Artists Run Chicago Fund include 062, 4th Ward Project Space, 65Grand, ACRE Projects, Adds Donna, AMFM, Annas, Apparatus Projects, Bad At Sports, Blanc Gallery, boundary, Chicago Art Department, Chuquimarca, Cleaner Gallery + Projects, Clutch, Co-Prosperity Sphere/Public Media Institute, Comfort Station, Compound Yellow, D Gallery, Devening Projects, Document, Experimental Sound Studio, F4F, The Franklin, Heaven Gallery, Iceberg Projects, Ignition Project Space, Julius Caesar, Lawrence and Clark, LVL3, Mujeres Mutantes, Ohklahomo, The Nightingale Cinema, Practise, Prairie, Roman Susan, Roots &amp; Culture, Rootwork Gallery, The Silver Room, Slow, The Suburban, Sweet Water Foundation, table, Terrain Exhibitions, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Trunk Show, TRQPITECA, VGA Gallery, Wedge Projects, and Western Pole.“The Artists Run Chicago Fund presents a proud moment for Chicago,” said Allison Peters Quinn, Hyde Park Art Center Director of Exhibitions &amp; Residency.&nbsp; “In the city, artists freely share their resources, time, space, and ideas to create unforgettable experiences that unite people through art in their neighborhoods. This fund proves to artists that this city and its people value artists and the relentless work they do to make Chicago a place where art, experimentation, and community converge.”Added Mark Jeffrey, founder of Ohklahomo and Artist Run Chicago 2.0 participant, “This extraordinary donation for artist-run spaces here in Chicago is unbelievable. Artists and community need resources right now to continue and to begin again. And as we enter this new year, this fund gives light and hope and allows for artist run spaces to reimagine and to create new communities and a new sense of belonging, inclusion and being together. &nbsp;For this I am so grateful and so humbled.”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417774/a45oxalujaoxzv2h2xwp.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;The second phase of the Artists Run Chicago Fund program will award 20 unrestricted $8,000 grants to artist-run spaces, collectives, and platforms from the Chicagoland area that were not included in the ARC 2.0 exhibitionand founded before 2020. The second phase of the grant will support experimental artist-led spaces and platforms with a particular focus on those that are run by artists who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), women, queer and/or with disabilities. Phase two will also expand the network of support that makes artist-driven projects thrive in Chicago. Applications for Artists Run Chicago Fund grants will be available starting March 1, with a submission deadline of March 31, 2021; for more information, please visit <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/get-involved/artist-opportunities/artists-run-chicago-fund">https://www.hydeparkart.org/get-involved/artist-opportunities/artists-run-chicago-fund</a>&nbsp;About the 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 innovative development and emerging as a unique Chicago arts institution with social impact. The Art Center functions as an amplifier for today and tomorrow’s creative voices, providing the space to cultivate and create new work and connections.&nbsp;For more information about Hyde Park Art Center and the Artists Run Chicago Fund, please visit&nbsp; <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">https://www.hydeparkart.org/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Hyde Park Art Center Announces ‘Artists Run Chicago Fund’ to Award $560K to 70 Chicago Artist-Run Spaces

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/ui3grim80cou44q7cm6e.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;CGN Staff via PRWhen the pandemic hit nearly a year ago, arts organizations of all sizes and types, from galleries and museums to theaters and dance studios, were impacted. Nearly all had to work very quickly to shift to full-time online programming while the public was required to stay at home. What began as a temporary, survival-response has since become more sophisticated and far reaching. The programming and business impacts of such a shift also may be here for the long term.&nbsp;We recently learned that the Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation—an organization that offers unrestricted grants to 175 small arts organizations in Chicago with budgets under $1 million—recently surveyed 61 of its arts grantees to garner insights on 2020 virtual programming. An overwhelming number of arts leaders cited that the main benefit to producing events virtually was the ability to engage new, broader audiences well outside their usual geographic reach, thanks to the accessibility of the virtual format at a time when people across Chicago and the nation are seeking at-home entertainment options.Other significant findings include:·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100% of the arts organizations surveyed presented virtual programming in 2020, ranging from socially distanced concerts and artist talks to livestreamed performances·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 70% of arts organizations said their virtual programming received far more engagement than anticipated·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 46% of arts organizations saw a boost in their social media and website traffic as a result of virtual programming&nbsp;Leaders from theatre, music, dance and visual arts organizations provided a wealth of insight regarding the specific programs that proved to be successful in a virtual format and shared how these successes have informed their plans for 2021.2nd Story, an organization that elevates storytellers to deliver literary-theatrical experiences, has also found the virtual shift to be a constructive alternative to their usual in-person performances, and over the course of the pandemic 2nd Story reached audiences in 110 Illinois zip codes, 36 states, and seven countries, with each virtual show exceeding revenue goals and setting revenue records that surpass their previous in-person programming. 2nd Story’s upcoming virtual events are listed online at <a href="http://www.2ndstory.com/upcoming">www.2ndstory.com/upcoming</a>.“One of the things that has made these virtual events successful is that we are not trying to mask the medium, we are embracing Zoom for its reach and functionality,” said Lauren Sivak, Managing Director of 2nd Story. “We cannot ignore the fact that virtual programming provides a certain level of accessibility that our in-person programming will never offer, especially now that we are in colder months. We will still see a demand for virtual programming even when things open back up.”Water People Theater (WPT), an organization dedicated to expanding the boundaries of Latin-theater, engaged a global audience of more than 7,000 people who virtually attended WPT productions in 2020. The virtual model has enhanced WPT’s artistic collaborations as well, as the organization featured 156 global theatre professionals on its virtual stage this past year. WPT’s International Festival of Latino Theater begins March 19, 2021. More information can be found<a href="http://www.waterpeople.org/">www.waterpeople.org</a>.&nbsp;“We have done several productions where all artists involved are in a different country and time zone!” said Rebeca Alemán, Founder and Executive Director of WPT. “We have featured artists from Los Angeles to Argentina, performing on the same ‘stage’ at the same time. It is humbling to see the Latino theater community’s commitment to take on challenges to continue transforming people through art and, by doing so, keeping live theater active.”&nbsp;In the summer of 2020, while several dance companies were rebroadcasting past works, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, a multicultural dance collective, was quickly creating new productions including Wilfredo Rivera’s Identity City, focused on themes of isolation and metamorphosis, and Rivera’s Mood Swing, a series of duets between musicians and dancers that responded to the pandemic and social justice movement. Due to popular demand, Cerqua’s 2021 season will include both virtual and in-person performances, including an evolved version of Mood Swing. Cerqua will announce its upcoming season in the next month via their website at <a href="http://www.cerquarivera.org/">www.cerquarivera.org</a>.The Neo-Futurists—a non-illusory theater company whose work is a combination of sport, poetry and living newspaper—moved their flagship late-night show to a digital platform the week after the pandemic started and have been presentingThe Infinite Wrench Goes Viral every week since. Welcoming digital subscribers on a Patreon platform, the company was making 100% of the show’s weekly pre-pandemic revenue as of the end of 2020, with hundreds of subscribers across the country and beyond. This support has enabled the company to broaden its overall offerings, from entirely original music albums to feature-length films to videogames. They will continue the show’s virtual format in 2021, and upcoming performances can be found at <a href="http://www.neofuturists.org/2020-2021-digital-season">www.neofuturists.org/2020-2021-digital-season</a>.Fifth House Ensemble, known to reach beyond the perceived limits of classical music, reimagined its annual “Fresh Inc. Festival” in 2020. The event was their farthest-reaching festival to-date, welcoming a global audience of over 5,300 participants, nearly five times the usual number. In 2021, Fifth House will continue their Deep Listening sessions every weekday at 10 a.m. via Facebook Live. Deep Listening is a creativity and mindfulness technique that teaches one how to listen in every dimension, and Fifth House’s daily virtual sessions have created a space for participants to deeply reflect on current events, reconnect to the playfulness of childhood, and remember loved ones who have passed. More information can be found at <a href="http://www.fifth-house.com/deep-listening">www.fifth-house.com/deep-listening</a>.“I have been really impressed by how meaningful Deep Listening has been,” said Melissa Ngan, Founder and CEO of Fifth House Ensemble. “The opportunity to build individual mindfulness and well-being via people’s computer screens, has really exceeded all of our expectations. It’s nice to see how something that we thought of as primarily an educational process is now infused throughout our educational, social, and performance work.”Silk Road Rising’s artistic output has included digital media, particularly video plays, for over ten years. This experience proved invaluable when the organization moved entirely to virtual programming over the last nine months and launched their newest project, Black Teen Lives Matter, in response to the pandemic and this era of racial awakening. The first of four acts debuted in November 2020 and the series will resume February 27, 2021. More information about the series can be found at <a href="http://www.silkroadrising.org./">www.silkroadrising.org.</a>Video Game Art (VGA) Gallery—an organization that seeks to increase cultural appreciation, education of video games and new media—released a new monthly digital publication in 2020, VGA Zine, comprised of interviews with staff, artists and community members, as well as discussions around media from the video games in VGA’s collection. After VGA Zine readership skyrocketed upon the creation of the publication, seeing 7,877 page views with the first five issues, the organization will launch VGA Fireside, an artist-speaker series beginning on January 27, 2021, with hopes that it can be a hybrid program, both in-person and virtual. VGA Zine can be accessed at <a href="http://www.videogameartgallery.com/vga-zine-home">www.videogameartgallery.com/vga-zine-home</a>.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418852/odkrzgmfsfornxmj7foo.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Given the focus on digital entertainment, several organizations also made concerted efforts to develop strategies surrounding their social media pages and websites, resulting in an extreme increase in traffic.&nbsp;Experimental Sound Studio, an international hub for sonic experimentation, will be using data from their extensive 2020 engagement analysis to inform marketing decisions in 2021. In a year over year comparison between 2019 and 2020, ESS's YouTube channel saw a 668% increase in engagement, their website a 270% increase in traffic, and their Instagram a 135% increase in followers. Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art compared 2020 website stats versus the year prior, and saw a 110% increase in searches, a 247% increase in social media referrals and a 380% increase in referrals from other sites. The week of their Candlelight Carols in December 2020, St. Charles Singers’ Facebook page saw a 1,035% increase in reach and 401% increase in engagement as compared to the week prior.In addition to revamping social channels, webpages, and online publications, multiple organizations explored the podcast world in 2020. Artemisia Theatre launched a female-driven podcast in 2020 entitled We Women that challenges audiences to see women in a new light. Thanks to the podcast’s rising listenership since its launch in May, Artemisia’s 2021 season will offer eight audio performances of classic and all-new feminist plays, streamed through We Women, featuring discussions with creative teams, intriguing social justice interviews with community leaders, and more. Information about We Women can be found at <a href="https://artemisiatheatre.org/podcast">artemisiatheatre.org/podcast</a>.The full list of the 61 organizations surveyed can be found at <a href="https://gddf.org/2020-virtual-success/">gddf.org/2020-virtual-success</a>.&nbsp;Emergency Funding During COVID-19 PandemicAcknowledging the cataclysmic financial situation which hundreds of beloved regional small arts faced in response to COVID-19 related shutdowns, the Board of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation met in March 2020 and unanimously voted to immediately put in place a series of funding mechanisms, including expediting a total of $2 million in general operating funds to its roster of 175 arts grantees in the Chicago region and 40 in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.&nbsp;In addition to expediting individual grants to existing Foundation grantees, the Foundation contributed $200,000 to the Arts for Illinois Relief Fund providing unrestricted grants from $6,000 to $30,000 for groups to be administered by the Arts Work Fund; created an initial $100,000 Lowcountry Arts Emergency Fund to be administered by the Foundation; and seeded a $200,000 relief fund for small collecting organizations in both regions, providing public access to regionally-focused collections.&nbsp; And looking ahead to grantees’ future financial needs, the Foundation will continue its ongoing Cash Reserve Challenge offering arts organizations in both regions the opportunity to receive up to $25,000 in matching funds to assist with maintaining a cash reserve.&nbsp;About Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationThe Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation supports land conservation, artistic vitality, and regional collections for the people of the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina. GDDF awards $1.7 million annually to 175 creatively accomplished small arts organizations in the Chicago metro area. For more information visit <a href="http://www.gddf.org/">www.gddf.org</a>. &nbsp;&nbsp;The Foundation supports its grantees with multi-year general operating grants ranging from $2,500 to $13,500 annually, plus an array of additional organizational development opportunities including one-on-one feedback from staff and consultants, reimbursements for trainings tailored to grantee needs, and a cash reserve program.&nbsp;</body></html>

What are The Benefits of Virtual Programming? New Survey Asked 61 Small Chicago Arts Groups

<html><head></head><body>MCA Chicago makes first layoffs of the pandemicIn its first staffing cuts of the pandemic, the Museum of Contemporary Art this week laid off 11% of its staff, including 17 of 162 full-time personnel, officials with the organization said.Also cut were 24 out of 49 regular part-time workers, including guides for school groups. 80% of them worked 4 hours per week or fewer, the museum said.By Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-mca-lays-off-11-percent-staff-0123-20210122-t4cqdqjpdvcozlh6wax4bkxcne-story.html#rt=chartbeat-flt">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/fvmdruauqqfxoqxdhipl.jpg"><figcaption>U2 got a private tour of the new Takashi Murakami exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art from curator Naomi Beckwith. (MCA)</figcaption></figure>Top two MCA curators departing for Guggenheim, museum startupMichael Darling, chief curator and the force behind the three most popular shows in the museum’s history, is joining as a co-founder the startup Museum Exchange, which aims to match art collectors with museums that covet their donations.Naomi Beckwith, a Chicago native and the museum’s senior curator, has taken a new post beginning in June as chief curator and deputy director at New York City’s Guggenheim Museum.By Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-mca-chief-curator-michael-darling-leaves-museum-exchange-0120-20210119-y42s5vtodnhtxdwzxyuoxn6bqe-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0Fw2-49wAUQ4yEzBknlJyuzWdm1Vs2y2zwBvuAetoFDrIj6Y1qLBR-q9k#rt=chartbeat-flt">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418852/qmga8mb38jqmciyhczjc.jpg"></figure>Do Museums Need a Shopping Network for Art Donations?A new venture suggests it will help art institutions find works of art that collectors have decided they want to give away as gifts.By Graham Bowley, The New York Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/arts/design/art-museum-exchange.html?action=click&amp;module=Features&amp;pgtype=Homepage">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/azhgu6pqfdywry2yg7j8.jpg"></figure>An outdoor ‘museum in the prairie,’ GSU’s sculpture park sees ‘an incredible amount of people’ visit amid pandemicPeople have flocked to forest preserves for the fresh air and exercise. Drive-in movie theaters have made an epic comeback. And places like the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, on the grounds of Governors State University in University Park, have become more popular than ever, according to Jeff Stevenson, director and curator of the “museum in the prairie” known as The Nate.Bill Jones, Daily Southtown<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-nathan-manilow-sculpture-park-st-0125-20210123-rlllym477zahjbj57muvvdkh2e-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0MO7J5r-0WpthZ9ZOYbLKpwCyh7r58yWlW0Hx9XHY9Ps34KdM8hCgPYbQ">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

News From the Art World: January 26, 2021

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/pfux2mgqkfwcflqgdraf.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/casting-call-women-in-bronze-from-art-nouveau-to-art-deco">Casting Call: Women in Bronze from Art Nouveau to Art Deco</a>On View NowMadron Gallery - Lincoln ParkOn view from January 25 through March 26, 2021, these bronze statues were created by American artists who brought the influences of European, particularly French sculpture and design to America. Throughout history, bronze as an art form has fallen in and out of fashion. Political and industrial developments of the 19th and 20th centuries eventually lead to the popularity of bronze statuettes as domestic ornaments in parlors all across America.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/vmhonv7j1lxqlpigyxoo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/stephen-dinsmore-selected-paintings">Stephen Dinsmore: Selected Paintings</a>Begins January 28Anne Loucks Gallery - GlencoeThe show&nbsp;includes 35 selected oil paintings by the artist spanning the last decade.&nbsp; Dinsmore's subjects include landscape, still life and figurative work, all depicted with his expressive language of color and loose, gestural style.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418854/j1bbtw2nkt1pfvdai5wb.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/tom-billings-and-sam-rosby">Tom Billings and Sam Rosby</a>Begins January 29&nbsp;Firecat Projects - Bucktown&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418855/ks7aqrvrzjytv3cxrhfu.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/repository-and-repertoire">Repository and Repertoire</a>Opening: Friday, January 29, 3 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC) - West SideChicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present Repository and Repertoire, a duo exhibition featuring new works by HATCH Residents Jazmine Harris and José Santiago Pérez. The exhibition will have an opening day on Friday, January 29, 2021, by appointment only, from 3-8pm. Please reserve your time <a href="https://calendly.com/chicagoartistscoalition">here.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418856/ko2oweje1lc4u0yxerrk.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/una-noche-maravillosa-a-monarch-butterfly-makes-an-entrance-at-a-nightclub">una noche maravillosa–a monarch butterfly makes an entrance at a nightclub...</a>Opening: Friday, January 29, 3 – 8&nbsp;pmChicago Artists Coalition (CAC) - West SideChicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present una noche maravillosa–a monarch butterfly makes an entrance at a nightclub... a solo exhibition of new works by the BOLT artist-in-residence, Alejandro Jiménez-Flores.&nbsp;The exhibition will have an opening day on Friday, January 29, by appointment only, from 3-8pm. Please reserve your time <a href="https://calendly.com/chicagoartistscoalition">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418856/zvx1sbahw511fm6mwolo.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/kac-members-show-0c384ef7-b43b-4b8e-9470-9805987ec7f2">KAC Members’ Show</a>Begins January 30&nbsp;Krasl Art Center - St. Joseph, MichiganFollowing KAC’s most recent exhibition: Artists as Influencers: Pathways in Glass, theKAC Members’ Showcontinues to consider pathways between artists, media, and meaning with the theme: Inspired by…. An integral part of the artistic process, inspiration is the spark that shapes new creative endeavors.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 28 - 30

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/f3pllltxpbecgmt4egsq.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/4th-midwest-open">4th Midwest Open</a>Opening: Friday, January 22, 6 – 7:30&nbsp;pmWoman Made Gallery - PilsenWoman Made Gallery is pleased to present its&nbsp;“4th Midwest Open,” juried by Brenda Oelbaum who included the work in a variety of media by 44 women-identified artists from the 12 Midwest states.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418852/iaojxmxabxk84x1cmfra.tiff"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/young-il-ahn-adb6148e-b4c8-48c9-ab83-129c66115633">Young-Il Ahn</a>Begins January 22Kavi Gupta Gallery - West LoopIn light of the increased attention Ahn has received in recent years for his iconic Water series, this exhibition aims to expand the scholarship and recognition of two important, highly personal facets of his practice. The exhibition will explore Ahn's Self-Reflection series, primarily executed between 2000 and 2004.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/i7x3gelxh09qwehyiyou.jpg"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/ink">#ink</a>Opening: January 23 &amp; 24, noon – 5&nbsp;pmVertical Project Space - West Side&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418854/h0o5kurioxa7vagxw9mr.png"></figure><a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/from-the-center">From The Center</a>On View thru March 27th&nbsp; -- Honorable mention, as we missed this in last week's highlightsSouth Side Community Art Center - BronzevilleFaheem Majeed’s first solo exhibition at South Side Community Art Center, “From The Center”, is a retrospective of works created by Majeed over the past twenty years. As a former Executive Director and Curator (2005-2011) of the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC), Majeed’s works are especially attuned to the history and legacy of the 80 year old arts institution.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

New Exhibitions Start January 22-23

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/uidguasxbu0iesyv85pv.jpg"><figcaption>Artworks from The Quarantine Times installed at the MCA as part of The Long Dream exhibition. Installation view, The Long Dream,MCA Chicago November 7, 2020–January 17, 2021. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago</figcaption></figure>Jan 22 updates:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/art-institute-of-chicago">The Art Institute of Chicago</a> will reopen to the public on Feb. 11; <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago-mca">The MCA</a> will open March 11; <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/museum-of-contemporary-photography-mocp--2">Museum of Contemporary Photography</a> is now open; <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/international-museum-of-surgical-science">The Museum of Surgical Science</a> is now open; <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/field-museum-of-natural-history">Field Museum</a> opens to the public Jan 23; <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/shedd-aquarium">The Shedd Aquarium</a> opens to the public Jan 30;&nbsp;&nbsp;By Ginny Van AlyeaOn Monday, January 18, Chicago officially moved back (in a good way) to Tier 2 of the <a href="https://coronavirus.illinois.gov/s/restore-illinois-mitigation-plan">Illinois Resurgence Mitigation Plan</a> in response to the state metrics the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has used during the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;What that means for art and culture fans is that under Tier 2 mitigations, Chicago's museums and arts centers – cultural institutions – are officially allowed to reopen to guests (typically at a reduced, 25% capacity.) Indoor gatherings of 10 or fewer people are also once again permitted.&nbsp;Though area museums are officially allowed to open to the public, many may opt to follow their own protocols for the immediate future while also being mindful of current staffing and budget limitations. Chicago is also technically under a stay-at-home advisory through Friday, January 22 (ie: don't leave home unless you need to _______: visit a museum, see art in person, remember why you live in Chicago!)CGN will share updates on chicagogallerynews.com as we have them and update individual hours in museum listings as they chance and become available.&nbsp;Here's to feeling hopeful about visiting area museums again soon!&nbsp;Top image: Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois in Champaign. The Museum says it will open soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

You Can Visit Illinois Museums Again! COVID-19 Tier 2 Updates

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418851/jdy9synsevdm63vnqrza.jpg"></figure>Artist Nick Cave’s Controversial Upstate New York Artwork Has Found a New Home at the Brooklyn MuseumThe public&nbsp;artwork has been attacked by the mayor of a small town where it was installed.By Taylor Dafoe, Artnet<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nick-cave-truth-be-told-brooklyn-museum-1937313?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=EUR%20US%20Jan%2018%20AM&amp;utm_term=Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BALL%5D%20%5BMORNING%5D">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/ax6on5qzt2k1jtokjovd.jpg"></figure>Stolen Salvator Mundi Painting Of Leonardo School Discovered In NaplesItalian police are investigating a possible commissioned art theft after they recovered a priceless painting of the Leonardo da Vinci school, which had been stolen from the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples. The "Salvator Mundi" painting, dating back to the <a href="https://www.museosandomenicomaggiore.it/salvator-mundi-scuola-leonardesca-museo-san-domenico-maggiore/">beginning of the 16th century</a>, was found hidden in a room of an apartment in via Strada Provinciale delle Brecce in Naples.&nbsp;By Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahughes/2021/01/19/stolen-salvator-mundi-painting-of-leonardo-school-discovered-in-naples/?sh=726b37115d26">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418853/wp4yek0cwzplozwbo2dk.jpg"><figcaption>A visitor inside the "Rain Room" installation at the Modern Museum of Art in New York, July 15, 2013. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)</figcaption></figure>Can immersive art remain afloat when money is the object?Even as the pandemic takes its toll on tourism, immersive museums and experiential art centers are expanding to new cities and wooing investors willing to gamble on the future of the emerging industry.By Zachary Small, The New York Times for Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-nyt-future-of-immersive-art-20210118-uxhg6vobwrctdf6oh3q2w6e6ne-story.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418854/jgixiq51jmcelm120qhv.jpg"></figure>15 Virtual Chicago Museum Experiences for KidsWe're missing our favorite local museums, galleries and other culture institutions in the Chicago area. While these local attractions are temporarily closed due to COVID-19, you can still connect with your favorite Chicago museums. Read on to find virtual tours and hands-on activities to try at home.Via Chicago Parent Staff<a href="https://www.chicagoparent.com/learn/museums/virtual-chicago-museum-experiences/">Read More</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

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