Vincent Valdez, “Suspect: Dark Clothes, Dark Hair, Dark Eyes, Dark Skin,” 2002. Screenprint. /Photo: the McNay Art Museum
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“Estampas de la Raza”
(National Museum of Mexican Art )
The bold legacy of contemporary Mexican-American printmaking
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Kenneth Josephson
(Stephen Daiter Gallery)
A lifetime of pictures from a Chicago master
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“Doctrine and Devotion: Art of the Religious Orders in the Spanish Andes”
(Art Institute of Chicago)
European conventions underwent subtle shifts in the Andean colonial milieu
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Deanna Krueger
(737 North Michigan)
Brutal and beautiful Aesculapian collage
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Lauren Spencer King and Hirofumi Suda
(Regards)
Narrative and language find many forms
Elliot J. Reichert is a Chicago-based curator, critic, and editor. He is a currently Curator of Contemporary Art at the Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana Unversity, and Hatch Projects Curatorial Resident at the Chicago Artist Coalition. Formerly, he was Art Editor of Newcity and Assistant Curator at the Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. His writing has been published in The Brooklyn Rail, the Journal of Visual Culture, and Newcity.
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