Even as COVID-19 traps victims home with their abusers, Chantelle Branch wants people to know they have options.
Author Archives: Sarah Nardi
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The Bongo Room turns 25: A look back at Wicker Park’s beloved brunch spot
“We’d just sit over pancakes and have these big dreams. … It’s amazing to see what so many of those women have become.”
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Drunken tattoos are indelible reminders to delight in life’s absurdity
Drinking before inking isn’t always a party foul.
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In “Lunch Drawings,” Tony Fitzpatrick mourns a friend: Lou Reed
Lou Reed’s death inspired a change in style for longtime Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick.
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Artist David Sprecher will weigh you down
David Sprecher’s words add weight to work that could easily stand alone.
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Photographer Stephanie Burke finds heaven in a place on earth
And, perhaps, solace for those midway on our life’s journey.
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery celebrates the closing of “The 112 Greene Street Years” tonight
The life and happy death of a gallery show
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Your nonphilistine, visual-arts weekend, planned
There’s plenty of culture happening around the city this summer.
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Amanda Ross-Ho creates a public work with the public very much in mind
On “The Character and Shape of Illuminated Things,” which opens at the MCA Chicago tonight
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Matthew Hoffman wants you to stay on the path
The Chicago artist reconciles the individual with the collective in his new show, “Independence.”
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Is that a hole in your saddle, or are you just happy to see me?
Chicago Artist Betsy Odom redefines our relationship to everyday objects.
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Road to Nowhere: The photography of Gil Leora
Photographer Gil Leora has his first-ever show at Firecat Projects.
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Nownownownownownow: The art of Brian Knowles
Upcoming at Believe Inn: a large installation work, preserved via digital animation
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Who does Brandon Baltzley think he is?
Who does chef-memoirist-addict Brandon Baltzley think he is?