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Author Archives: Kate Sierzputowski

Posted inArts & Culture

Some of the best entertainment in the city this week is at Potter & Potter’s automata auction

by Kate Sierzputowski August 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Wind ’em up and watch ’em make magic.

Posted inArts & Culture

Caroline Picard looks back on her apartment galleries Green Lantern and Sector 2337

by Kate Sierzputowski February 7, 2019August 18, 2021

A life lived in art—literally

Posted inArts & Culture

Artist-chemist Michael Koerner uses tintypes to explore his genetic heritage in his solo show, “My DNA”

by Kate Sierzputowski November 2, 2018August 18, 2021

These chemigrams mimic the chromosomal mutations he inherited from his parents.

Posted inArts & Culture

Is the work in Gwendolyn Zabicki’s new exhibition a painting or a mirror? Only scuffs and scratches will tell.

by Kate Sierzputowski September 7, 2018August 18, 2021

“Windows, Doors, and Mirrors” explores unseen labor hiding in plain view.

Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago artist Mika Horibuchi paints oil trompe-l’oeil replicas of her grandma’s watercolors

by Kate Sierzputowski August 14, 2018August 18, 2021

The result is an experiment in looking at the world through someone else’s eyes.

Posted inArts & Culture

‘In Their Own Form’ takes a long look at Afrofuturism beyond Black Panther

by Kate Sierzputowski May 9, 2018August 18, 2021

The movement—really more a wide-ranging cultural and aesthetic philosophy—has roots deep in the 19th century.

Posted inArts & Culture

Magnolia Screen Printing wants to provide jobs for the young people of Chicago Lawn

by Kate Sierzputowski April 4, 2018August 9, 2022

Omar Kamran and Justin Clemons hope to grow something beautiful and lasting in their neighborhood.

Posted inArts & Culture

If you want to see a famous mug, visit the American Toby Jug Museum in Evanston

by Kate Sierzputowski February 26, 2018August 18, 2021

Stephen M. Mullins has assembled nearly 8,300 vessels from more than 60 years of collecting.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Floating Museum literally becomes a floating museum

by Kate Sierzputowski August 9, 2017August 18, 2021

The nonprofit’s latest exhibit “River Assembly” sits atop a barge that will journey up the Chicago River.

Posted inArts & Culture

At Triumph Gallery, more than 150 artists counteract a GOP watch list

by Kate Sierzputowski May 24, 2017August 18, 2021

“The Dangerous Professors” marries art and education in response to online attacks on higher-ed teachers.

Posted inArts & Culture

At 82 years old, painter Jim Dine shows no signs of slowing down

by Kate Sierzputowski May 10, 2017August 18, 2021

Richard Gray Gallery opens a new West Town space with new work by the famous artist.

Posted inBlogs

Artist Larry Achiampong finds inspiration in Grand Theft Auto V and The Simpsons

by Kate Sierzputowski September 16, 2016August 18, 2021

He appears tonight at the Stony Island Arts Bank.

Posted inBlogs

Photos return expired birds to flight at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

by Kate Sierzputowski May 9, 2016August 18, 2021

“Broken Journey” is a new exhibit of Art Fox’s snapshots of flying animals indirectly felled by Chicago’s citizens.

Posted inArts & Culture

Lee Godie, behind the photo-booth curtain

by Kate Sierzputowski March 30, 2016August 18, 2021

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outside Art highlights the self-portraits the street artist took at bus stations throughout the city.

Posted inArts & Culture

‘Chicago and Vicinity’ is a semi-comprehensive account of the local art scene

by Kate Sierzputowski March 15, 2016August 18, 2021

Shane Campbell Gallery revives the Art Institute’s defunct survey of the Chicago art community, but there’s a bigger story to tell.

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