If art fairs like EXPO and Frieze are about making a splash with Instagrammable booths and recouping onerous exhibition fees, what are smaller-scale alternative ones for? MdW, an alternative art fair first held in Chicago in 2011 and now back after a decade-long hiatus, proposes a simple yet radical purpose: for the art community to […]
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April showers us with events
It may be a little damp and dreary outside, but there are loads of ways to warm up with some cultural events this week. FRI 4/8 At 5:30 PM tonight, catch a free performance by Xochitl-Quetzal, the dance troupe founded by Henry Cervantes that’s keeping the Concheros dance tradition alive. As the event host—the International […]
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid comes together in ‘It feels like the first time’
And the massive survey of artists does it well.
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Tim Samuelson may be retiring, but he’s not history yet
Chicago’s first and only cultural historian goes on emeritus status, but there’s plenty of work ahead of him.
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Motherhood changes you—and your art
Gwendolyn Zabicki’s attention to time is the focus of her exhibition at Heaven Gallery.
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Ambient artist Cinchel invites his audience to play along
Ambient artist Cinchel invites his audience to play along, Save Money rapper Dally Auston celebrates a new EP at 1st Ward, and more.
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Third Object mails the art in, literally
Now on view at Mana Contemporary Chicago, Slow Stretch includes pieces that were sent to future audience members.
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Dance collective the Era debut their footwork film festival
Plus: Bill Tucker and Lil Tits celebrate new releases on Maximum Pelt, and DIY venue Young Camelot gives away dozens of recordings from its shows.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 6/22: Bodies in Urban Space, Renegade Mini Market, and Green Music Fest
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, June 22