Milwaukee Art Museum Archives - Chicago Reader

Theaster Gates married his artistic talent with his civic responsibility when he turned an abandoned home into a library and archive that houses 60,000 slides, 14,000 books, and 8,000 albums.

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Can artists save Grand Crossing?

by Deanna Isaacs June 2, 2011August 19, 2021

Renaissance man Theaster Gates is fighting blight with artists in residence.