1 Revolution Every Day Smart Museum of Art On the centennial of the Russian Revolution, a sharply-researched show exhibits Soviet graphic art, experimental film and other post-Soviet work focusing on the experiences of women under and after communism.
2 Hebru Brantley Elmhurst Art Museum This Chicago native and creator of the well-known “Chi-Boy” mural on South Wabash lands at home with a major show of new work.
3 Gerald Williams Kavi Gupta Gallery The first solo exhibition of the paintings, drawings and collages of AfriCOBRA co-founder Gerald Williams in over two decades.
4 Jaume Plensa Richard Gray Gallery Warehouse The Spanish artist who once brought big heads to Millennium Park shows new sculptures and drawings at Gray Gallery’s new West Side warehouse.
5 Williams Staples Document Gallery Staples is a delightfully strange and strangely delightful painter.
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.
