Alberto Aguilar, still from Sensitive Equipment (video), 2012, to be shown at the Crystal Bridges Museum
Chicago-based artists Alberto Aguilar and Alison Ruttan have been selected to show in “State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now,” a survey of contemporary art from the U.S. at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the private collection museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, founded by Alice Walton of Walmart. This is the museum’s first such survey, on a scale to rival the Whitney Museum’s biennial, and includes 102 total artists from all regions of the U.S. The exhibition is curated by Don Bacigalupi and Chad Alligood, and opens September 13. (Jason Foumberg)
Art 50 2023: Chicago’s Artists' Artists Every single artist seems to know and care about every single other artist. This is a signature element of art in Chicago—a powerful sense of community that transcends the competitiveness and careerism that undermines other places.
