
Installation view of Basim Magdy, “The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings” at the MCA Chicago, Winter 2017 /Photo: Nathan Keay
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Basim Magdy
Museum of Contemporary Art
Magdy’s First U.S. Museum Survey Exudes Colorful Optimism Sharpened with Cynical Wit
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Erin Hayden
Randy Alexander Gallery
Playful Paintings Beguile in Our “Post-Truth” Present
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Galerie F
Logan Square’s Favorite Gallery Celebrates its New Space with a Group Show
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Welcome to the End
The Franklin
Chaos Reigns in a Group Show Chorus of Final Wails
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CD Wu
Shane Campbell Gallery
Neon and Pencil Point Toward Conceptualism’s Long History
Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert is a curator, critic and editor. She is the inaugural Curator of Contemporary Art at the Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University. She was formerly Curatorial Fellow at the Chicago Artists Coalition, Art Editor of Newcity and Assistant Curator at the Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University.