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Home » Hairy Who

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Bill Connors looks at the camera in a dark ball cap and black T-shirt
Posted inMusic

Bill Connors, art director for the Empty Bottle

by Micco Caporale June 23, 2022June 24, 2022

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 […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Art in Chicago may not be able to distill 150 years of history into one volume, but it sure looks good trying

by Dmitry Samarov November 9, 2018August 18, 2021

Anyone involved in that history may be distracted by the gaps and omissions.

Posted inBlogs

Expo Chicago 2018: See it now

by Deanna Isaacs September 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Kerry James Marshall, the Hairy Who, and more at Expo Chicago 2018, this weekend only, at Navy Pier.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Looking back at the Hairy Who, the 1960s Chicago art world’s greatest branding exercise

by Deanna Isaacs September 26, 2018August 18, 2021

On the eve of the collective’s Art Institute retrospective, Suellen Rocca tells all. (Well, some.)

Posted inArts & Culture

Karl Wirsum is still the mayor of Hairy Whoville

by Ruth Lopez May 3, 2017August 18, 2021

The seminal Chicago Imagist artist talks about his encounters with Howlin’ Wolf, Maxwell Street memories, and what inspires him to keep drawing and painting.

Posted inBlogs

Karl Wirsum, a film about one of the founding members of the Hairy Who and the Chicago Imagists, has been restored

by Leah Pickett October 21, 2016August 18, 2021

The short by Suzanne Simpson offers a rare glimpse into the artist’s early creative process.

Posted inArts & Culture

Hairy Who members Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, and Karl Wirsum look back 50 years after the collective’s first exhibition

by Kate Sierzputowski September 9, 2015August 18, 2021

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 […]

Posted inBlogs

Check out artist Taylor Winder’s new book of ‘grotesque cartoonism’

by Zara Yost April 14, 2015August 18, 2021

And then, while you’re at it, leave him a tip.

Hairy Who, from The Portable Hairy Who (1966)
Posted inFilm

The where and why of the Hairy Who

by J.R. Jones May 14, 2014August 18, 2021

The Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists revisits the local artists who freaked out the world.

Posted inArts & Culture

The migration of the hipster

by Aimee Levitt October 2, 2013August 19, 2021

The migration of the hipster: A Chicago history, 1898-present

Jim Nutt
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Assorted Nutts

by Robert Loerzel January 27, 2011August 19, 2021

With an MCA retrospective opening, Hairy Who member Jim Nutt discusses his work.

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