Sophia Al-Maria, “The Litany “(detail), 2016. Sand, glitter, glass, smartphones, computer screens, tablet computers and USB cables, with multichannel looped digital video (color and black-and-white, sound), Durations variable
1 I Was Raised On The Internet Museum of Contemporary Art Documenting from 1998 to the present, this major group exhibition exhibits immersive and participatory work by artists influenced by the internet and digital technology.
2 Out Of Easy Reach Gallery 400, DePaul Art Museum, Stony Island Arts Bank This multi-venue show brings generations of black and brown female-identified artists together to write a new history of abstraction.
3 Charles White Art Institute of Chicago Catch this retrospective of a major figure in Chicago’s Black Renaissance before it heads to MoMA.
4 Whitney Bedford Carrie Secrist Gallery Bedford paints in the uncanny space between realism and abstraction, oceans and deserts.
5 Rachel Niffenegger Western Exhibitions Stretched and rippled photos compete with oozing, twisted sculptures for your attention.
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.
Art Top 5: June 2020 Exhibitions and projects continue to move online, and also outdoors, during Chicago's extended stay-at-home order.
Art Top 5: September 2019 September's must-see art programming includes three solo shows and two exhibitions that explore personal, political and aesthetic themes.
