The African-American painter is Chicago’s own Jazz Age modernist.
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 10/1: That Belongs in a Museum, Saul Steinberg, and Perfume Genius
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, October 1
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 7/21: “Architecture to Scale,” Pizza Time, and Getting to Know Harper Lee
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, July 21
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‘Factual Abstractions’ resurrects the art of Tristan Meinecke
The late artist Tristan Meinecke’s sons organized “Factual Abstractions” in their father’s former studio.
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This week’s Chicagoan: Angie Morrow, collection manager at the Art Institute
This week’s Chicagoan is Angie Morrow, the collection manager at the Art Institute
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The anti-Vivian Maier
In “To Perform, To Conceal,” Paul-David Young curates an abandoned trove of art-school photographs.
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Sort of almost famous: How Chris Shoup got his art into a museum
If a museum won’t take your art, take your art to a museum.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 6/28: After Dark at the Art Institute, Summer Music Film Festival, and Naked Raygun.
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, June 28
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Street View 105: Impressive fashion at the Art Institute
Isa Giallorenzo’s Street View 105
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More about Martyl Langsdorf, the Chicago artist who designed Doomsday Clock
Martyl Langsdorf, the artist who designed the Doomsday Clock, had a very interesting life.
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Street View 085: Real life poise at the Chicago History Museum
Isa Giallorenzo’s Street View 085
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Zoom in: Humboldt Park
This week we zoom in on Humboldt Park and the two bronze bison that act as an homage to the Chicago World’s Fair.
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People Issue 2012: Michael Robbins, the poet
Author of Alien vs. Predator: “I have a real aversion to poetry readings, even when I’m reading at them.”