“Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen” is a historic retrospective of the Dutch artist.
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The untold history of local Latino gangs
In The Insane Chicago Way, criminologist John Hagedorn discovers an intricate tale of violence, mafia influence, and police corruption.
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Nathaniel Mary Quinn’s portraits re-create the grotesque specters of the Robert Taylor Homes
A series of large-scale abstracts bring the past vividly to life.
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Fanciful flights of the imagination abound at Architecture Biennial
At the Chicago Cultural Center, hub of the city’s first architecture biennial, not all structures exist to solve practical problems.
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A conversation with Jeff Koons: ‘For me art has never been about money’
The SAIC alum discusses balloon dogs, art forgery, and exploring Chicago’s low life with Ed Paschke
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Jeff Koons—in the flesh!—at the Art Institute
When Jeff Koons was 17 years old, he mustered up all his courage and telephoned Salvador Dali to ask if the two could meet. His mother had read in the newspaper that each winter the eccentric surrealist took up residence in an opulent suite at the Saint Regis Hotel in New York, where he’d walk […]
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The first Chicago Architecture Biennial brings the world to the lakefront and environs
Under a canopy of trees in Portugal’s Quinta Da Conceiçao Park, Belgian architects Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck, and Jo Taillieu spent hours entranced by youngsters hitting tennis balls against the bright coral walls of Fernando Távora’s modernist pavilion. Arrested by how the simple game transformed the strict horizontal planes of pink concrete, they contemplated […]
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In ‘The Last Supper,’ artist Julie Green recreates prison inmates’ final meals
An art exhibit offers a glimpse into the minds of those facing the ultimate punishment.
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‘Frances Stark: Intimism’ goes inside the mind of a self-described horny middle-aged woman
The artist searches for liberation through photos, collages, Chatroulette transcripts, and cat videos.
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In ‘At Large’ photographer Doug Ischar captures gay culture in the 1980s
In 1986, the photographer set out to capture a largely undocumented subculture.
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Did anyone really see Art Everywhere US?
The Art Institute-backed campaign brought American masterpieces to billboards across the country this summer. But did anyone really see Art Everywhere US?