There’s a lot that makes going to shows magical besides the live music, and no one knows this better than Empty Bottle art director Bill Connors. The Illinois native never expected to be guiding the aesthetic of one of Chicago’s most beloved independent venues, but the job has proved a natural fit: Since high school, […]
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Art in Chicago may not be able to distill 150 years of history into one volume, but it sure looks good trying
Anyone involved in that history may be distracted by the gaps and omissions.
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Expo Chicago 2018: See it now
Kerry James Marshall, the Hairy Who, and more at Expo Chicago 2018, this weekend only, at Navy Pier.
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Looking back at the Hairy Who, the 1960s Chicago art world’s greatest branding exercise
On the eve of the collective’s Art Institute retrospective, Suellen Rocca tells all. (Well, some.)
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Karl Wirsum is still the mayor of Hairy Whoville
The seminal Chicago Imagist artist talks about his encounters with Howlin’ Wolf, Maxwell Street memories, and what inspires him to keep drawing and painting.
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Karl Wirsum, a film about one of the founding members of the Hairy Who and the Chicago Imagists, has been restored
The short by Suzanne Simpson offers a rare glimpse into the artist’s early creative process.
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Hairy Who members Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, and Karl Wirsum look back 50 years after the collective’s first exhibition
Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the Hairy Who’s first exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center. As a precursor to the semicentennial celebration, three members of the group—Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, and Karl Wirsum—will converse with international curator and codirector of London’s Serpentine Galleries Hans Ulrich Obrist about the collective’s history and influence […]
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Check out artist Taylor Winder’s new book of ‘grotesque cartoonism’
And then, while you’re at it, leave him a tip.
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The where and why of the Hairy Who
The Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists revisits the local artists who freaked out the world.
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The migration of the hipster
The migration of the hipster: A Chicago history, 1898-present
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Assorted Nutts
With an MCA retrospective opening, Hairy Who member Jim Nutt discusses his work.