A few years back, Newcity teamed up with Tribeca Flashpoint students to craft video profiles of Chicago artists and artist collectives. Starting this week, we’ll publish the best of them. If you’re interested in contributing a video profile to Newcity Art, email brian@newcity.com
Artist of the Moment 2020: Maria Gaspar For the better part of a decade, Maria Gaspar has been exploring the social constructions of space and the complicated interplay between body, place and power through sound art, video, installation, performance and community projects—often related to Cook County Jail.
Immersive Delight: In Nick Cave's First Retrospective, the Artist Dares Us to Dream Nick Cave: Forothermore" is both an ode to those who, whether due to racism, homophobia, or other forms of bigotry, live their lives as the “other”—and a celebration of the way art, music, fashion and performance can help us envision a more just future.