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Art Top 5: December 2024

by Brian Hieggelke | December 2, 2024

by Brian Hieggelke
December 2, 2024December 1, 2024Filed under:
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Isabelle Frances McGuire at The Ren

1
Ground Floor
(Hyde Park Art Center)
Biennial featuring the work of twenty recent graduates of Chicago’s five MFA programs in art.
Opens December 7

2
Isabelle Frances McGuire: Year Zero
(Renaissance Society)
The Chicago-based artist “tests out different approaches to recreating the past, re-animating old models, or revisiting persistent symbols.”
Opens December 7

3
You Belong Here: Place, People and Purpose in Latinx Photography
(Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Aperture-organized survey curated by the chief curator at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
Opens December 9

4
Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica
(Art Institute of Chicago)
The massive exhibition series culminates with its centerpiece, showing 350 objects from the 1920s to the present, drawn from four continents.
Opens December 15

5
Up to the Challenge: Art of the Great Depression and World War II
(Koehnline Museum of Art)
The Oakton College museum taps its permanent collection for work that “highlights the resilience and creativity of artists during a critical period in world history.”
Opens December 19

Tagged:
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Chazen Museum of Art
  • Hyde Park Art Center
  • Koehnline Museum of Art
  • Renaissance Society

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