Dan Ramirez, “The Peacock and the Hawk / El pavo real y el alcón,” 1999. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 inches /Photo: Michael Tropea
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National Museum of Mexican Art
A Chicago Modernist Gets His Due
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
Artists Revisit the Legacy of the Whole Earth Catalog
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Poetry Foundation
Meditating on the Sublime with Small, Steady Gestures
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cornerstore
A Quirky Critique of White Midwestern Culture
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Koehnline Museum
Painting Cuba with Nostalgia and Hope
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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