1 Greg Breda Patron Gallery If you haven’t heard of Breda’s paintings, you soon will.
2 Shinnosuke Miyake Matthew Rachman Gallery Abstraction looms large in paintings that break down vision into brushstrokes.
3 Weight of the World Weinberg Newtown Gallery A gallery committed to social justice pairs with a non-profit to present work about history and identity.
4 Intimate Encounters Blanc Gallery This group show centers POC identities and their spaces of intimate domesticity.
5 Erica Mott Hyde Park Art Center Occupy Wall Street meets the Arab Spring in this expansive exhibition.
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: August 2020 Galleries and museums begin to re-open their doors for viewing, some by appointment only.
Art Top 5: August 2019 August's must-see art programming includes two solo shows and three group exhibitions on pressing political, environmental, and personal concerns.
Art Top 5: October 2018 Sculpture and installation flourish as Chicago welcomes cooler climes.
Art Top 5: December 2018 Round out the year with Chicago's most promising exhibitions and art events.
Art Top 5: November 2018 November's top picks highlight the diversity and interconnectedness of Chicago's artistic history and present.
