Art Top 5: March 2022

Lee Hunter, “The Devil’s Playground at Dawn; Near the portal in E00085; Popular Mining Parallel; E00032,” 2020; custom printed fabric and thread; 96 x 114 inches/Courtesy of the artist

1
Lee Hunter: Cosmogenesis
(John Michael Kohler Arts Center)
The latest iteration of this ongoing multidisciplinary project is a world-building exercise where the artist considers the present from a speculative future.
Through August 8

2
Gregory Bae
(Julius Caesar)
Rhyming dual exhibitions by the late Chicago artist, organized by his family and the gallery, track Bae’s artistic progression from his youth in Utah to his expansive conceptual work.
Through March 27

3
Smell is the Last Memory to Go
(Ruschwoman)
Bengaluru-based artist Surekha shares portraits from her archive of young women posing with intricate, flower-laden hairstyles—staged with an accompanying scent intervention.
Through April 3

4
Remaking the Exceptional
(DePaul Art Museum)
A group exhibition uplifting acts of creative resistance and making the connection between policing and the War on Terror.
Opens March 10

5
Dick Higgins: 7.7.73
(Corbett v. Dempsey)
A series of unique screenprints by the late Fluxus artist captures a colorful post-hippie world, filled with nude friends and lush greenery.
Through March 12