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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Chris Ware talks about higher education, creating art as a Chicagoan, and making peace with self-doubt
In Monograph, the artist looks back on his life in comics.
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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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‘Chicago and Vicinity’ is a semi-comprehensive account of the local art scene
Shane Campbell Gallery revives the Art Institute’s defunct survey of the Chicago art community, but there’s a bigger story to tell.
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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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The where and why of the Hairy Who
The Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists revisits the local artists who freaked out the world.