Lisa Barense/@loyola_condenser, “Condenser under Green Sky,” 2016
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Lawrence & Clark
The Instagram account with a cult following goes analog with a gallery show.
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Sapphire
Weinberg/Newton Gallery
A River North gallery partners with Common Cause to spark political debate.
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Soccer Club Club
New paintings glow in an old bar
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
In a fractured world, artists hold on to Modernism for clarity and comfort.
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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