Rashid Johnson, “Antoine’s Organ,” 2016/ Photo: Martin Parsekian
1 Rashid Johnson Milwaukee Art Museum Massive new works by the Chicago native reflect on the artist’s experience as a black man in America.
2 Amanda Williams Arts Club of Chicago Willams’ site-specific installation “Uppity Negress” in the Arts Club garden plays on its fence to challenge the boundaries between public and private spaces.
3 Takashi Murakami Museum of Contemporary Art Murakami’s joyful, anime-inspired paintings remix Japanese traditions and popular culture in the globalized era.
4 Saul Steinberg Art Institute of Chicago A trove of drawings by the longtime New Yorker cover artist reflects on the American condition after World War II.
5 David Weinberg Jean Albano Gallery The longtime Chicago gallerist presents a solo show of his own photography and mixed-media works.
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.
