An immersive art exhibition in DuPage County brings the Sistine Chapel to the former site of the Sears store at Oakbrook Center.
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When a statue is more than a statue
Artist Kelly Kristin Jones examines contested monuments and white supremacy with her art
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Like a moth to a flame
A solo show by artist Hyun Jung Jun at Goldfinch Gallery in East Garfield Park.
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Do comic strips belong in this museum?
A new exhibition at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art surveys over 60 years of cartoonists.
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid comes together in ‘It feels like the first time’
And the massive survey of artists does it well.
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Vivan Maier makes the everyday extraordinary
An exhibit at the Chicago History Museum offers a new perspective on the enigmatic photographer’s work.
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The midwestern decadence of “Indiscriminate Sincerity”
Patrick Wilkins’s exhibit celebrates humanity’s simplest pleasures with a perverse twist.
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Theorem is more than a book of poetry
Evoking memory and mystery, two artists collaborate on an art piece.
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Bursting and bubbling, Susan Smith Trees opens at Evanston Art Center
Working with the unknown encourages the “known.”
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Angela Jackson is the state’s new poet laureate
That shouldn’t cost her, right?
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Em Kettner creates elaborate casings for her sacred sculptures
These small performative objects exemplify disability and protection.
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Balkrishna Doshi designs for the people
The Indian architect and urban planner’s work and process is on display in a new retrospective.
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Motherhood changes you—and your art
Gwendolyn Zabicki’s attention to time is the focus of her exhibition at Heaven Gallery.
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Vaginal Davis steps into the mainstream spotlight
Nearly five decades after her career began, the pioneer performance artist, musician, and activist is now a permanent fixture at the Art Institute.
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Smart Museum’s take on ‘Allure of Matter’ spends time on the details
An exhibition in two parts—Part II: The Smart Museum of Art