Karl Wirsum, “Youdue” c. 1966, The Art Institute of Chicago, restricted gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Koffler
1 Hairy Who? 1966-1969 Art Institute of Chicago With the Art Institute finally paying notice, will Chicago finally surpass the long shadow of its most notable artistic fame?
2 EXPO Chicago 2018 Navy Pier, September 27-30 The seventh iteration of the revived Chicago art fair again brings the art world to Chicago (and vice versa).
3 South Side Stories: Rethinking Chicago Art, 1960–1980 Smart Museum and DuSable Museum Two South Side venues combine to study the profound, as well as profoundly overlooked histories of the city’s most prolific artistic communities.
4 The First Lions Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art An exhibition and documentary on the founding of the UIMA, in time for the cultural re-gentrification of the neighborhood.
5 Kavi Gupta AfriCOBRA 50 Gerald Williams guest-curates a retrospective to honor the fiftieth anniversary of the Chicago artists collective.
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.
