Alex Katz, “Three Trees 3,” 2016, oil on linen, 84 x 130 inches / Richard Gray Gallery
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Alex Katz
Gray Warehouse
The master of contemporary figuration turns toward abstract landscapes for what might be the nonagenarian’s last major works.
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SAIC MFA Show 2018
SAIC Sullivan Galleries
Sample the works of over a hundred MFA graduates in one biennial-sized show.
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Richard Rezac
Renaissance Society
Two decades of abstract sculptures from the Chicago artist who has not had a solo show at home in all that time.
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Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Document Gallery
Sepuya’s photographs and photographic collages reflect on the black male body.
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Olivia Schreiner
Tiger Strikes Asteroid
Paintings and drawings that explore the space between light and darkness.
Elliot J. Reichert is a Chicago-based curator, critic, and editor. He is a currently Curator of Contemporary Art at the Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana Unversity, and Hatch Projects Curatorial Resident at the Chicago Artist Coalition. Formerly, he was Art Editor of Newcity and Assistant Curator at the Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. His writing has been published in The Brooklyn Rail, the Journal of Visual Culture, and Newcity.
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