On a chilly early evening in fall 2021, during the only proper opening that west-side backyard gallery the Franklin held all year, a crowd gathered to hear improvised music. Of the handful of live-music events I’ve attended since the start of the pandemic, it was easily the most magical. The vibe was relaxed and informal, […]
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When a statue is more than a statue
Artist Kelly Kristin Jones examines contested monuments and white supremacy with her art
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Do comic strips belong in this museum?
A new exhibition at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art surveys over 60 years of cartoonists.
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Meet Nikko Washington, the painter and ace bowler in the Save Money collective.
The Hyde Park-raised artist wants to put his own spin on depicting the black experience.
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Pop-Up Art Loop Opens Temporary Galleries in Vacant Loop Storefronts
The Chicago Loop Alliance’s new initiative, Pop-Up Art Loop, allows artists to turn unoccupied storefronts into temporary galleries for free.
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Happy Accidents
The path that led Teo Gonzalez to his present work has almost as many twists as the thousands of little cell-like shapes in his paintings and lithographs at Roy Boyd. Born in Quinto, Spain, in 1964, he dropped out of school at 15 (“I didn’t know what I wanted to do and they weren’t teaching […]