Art Top 5: August 2023

Mark Banks, “In the Fields of Rotting Giants” #1 (2023), Oil on canvas 96 x 72 inches.

1
Deported: An American Division / A Family Divided
(ART WORKS Projects x Pueblo Unido Gallery)
Photographer Rachel Woolf documents the family of Lourdes Salazar Bautista as they navigate the immigration system between the United States and Mexico.
Opens July 29

2
Remedios Varo: Science Fictions
(Art Institute of Chicago)
An exploration of the legacy of the Mexico City-based artist who pioneered approaches to Surrealism during her lifetime.
Opens July 29

3
LOVE: Still Not the Lesser
(Museum of Contemporary Photography)
Group exhibition featuring twelve photographers exploring a universal theme.
Opens August 17

4
entre horizontes: Art and Activism Between Puerto Rico and Chicago
(Museum of Contemporary Art)
An exhibition that “examines the intersection of art and social justice movements of the Puerto Rican diaspora between Chicago and Puerto Rico.”
Opens August 19

5
In the Fields of Rotting Giants
(Ford Calumet Environmental Center at Big Marsh Park)
Mark Banks’ solo exhibition promises to “critically engage the industrial and post-industrial history of the 10th Ward of Chicago.”
Opens August 26