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Home » Archives for Lee Ann Norman

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Posted inArts & Culture

South-side champion

by Lee Ann Norman September 18, 2019August 18, 2021

Writer-photographer Lee Bey’s new book Southern Exposure showcases architectural masterworks on the typically neglected south and west sides.

Posted inArts & Culture

‘Caravans of Gold’ reminds us that Africa has always been connected to the rest of the world

by Lee Ann Norman February 7, 2019August 18, 2021

A new exhibit shows how, in the Middle Ages, all trade routes eventually led through the Sahara.

Posted inArts & Culture

Michael Rakowitz forges bonds over Baghdad at the MCA

by Lee Ann Norman September 28, 2017August 18, 2021

A major survey of the Iraqi-American, Chicago-based artist finally arrives.

Posted inArts & Culture

Beautiful Gauguin artworks, without their ugly history

by Lee Ann Norman July 5, 2017August 18, 2021

The Art Institute’s grand exhibit of the 19th-century artist downplays the controversial context surrounding his output.

Posted inArts & Culture

Block Museum kicks off a season of urgent art with Kader Attia’s ‘Reflecting Memory’

by Lee Ann Norman February 2, 2017August 18, 2021

The French-Algerian artist explores loss through repair.

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