
Ebony G. Patterson, “Invisible Presence: Bling Memories,” 2014, Jamaica. /Photo: Monique Gilpin and Philip Rhoden.
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En Mas’
DuSable Museum of African American History
Catch this stunning show of Carnival and Caribbean performance art before it marches on.
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Cauleen Smith
Art Institute of Chicago
Smith’s drawings illustrate a new literary canon for the twenty-first century.
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Automythography
Anastasia Tinari Projects
The inaugural exhibition for this new gallery gathers five artists for a conversation on self-imagining.
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Batik Textiles of Java
Art Institute of Chicago
Intricate wax-based designs crawl with splendor and beauty.
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Robert Horvath
Bert Green Fine Art
Opulent, erotic images of Rococo boys indulging in pleasure.
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.