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Samuel Schwindt

A wall displays two artworks: on the left, a blue and white abstract sculpture; on the right, a rectangular painting with vertical blue, brown, and pinkish streaks.

by Samuel Schwindt | August 11, 2026

The Challenge Color Poses "Polychrome" at Gallery 1882 is a sublime journey into color.

A minimalist painting with a muted beige, gray, and brown surface, featuring subtle color variations and thin, irregular cracks running across the top left and right portions of the canvas.

by Samuel Schwindt | April 24, 2026

Noelle Africh’s “Signal” Is Gut Instinct Turned Preserved Layer At Twelve Ten, Africh's layers of translucent paint soak and stain before transmogrifying into their final state.

A black-and-white photo in a white frame shows three people wearing helmets and face shields, standing side by side next to a barred window or metal grate. The scene appears tense and official.

by Samuel Schwindt | March 26, 2026

Carlos Rolón Remembers the Division Street Riots at 65Grand Rolón’s solo exhibition explores the lasting impact of the Division Street Riots in 1966.

A wooden table displaying handmade books, paper crafts, gloves, tangled threads, and small tags with handwritten labels, suggesting an artistic or archival project.

by Samuel Schwindt | February 5, 2026

Yoonshin Park Opens up the Books for Participation at Hyde Park Art Center The artist's solo exhibition transforms paper, sound and process into an open-ended reading experience.

A colorful matchbox featuring a smiling orange with the text We’re A Match sits on a white shelf, with other decorated matchboxes displayed in a row in the background.

by Samuel Schwindt | December 10, 2025

At Joy Machine, Little Matchboxes Ignite a Big Fire Over seventy artists in Joy Machine's miniature show "General Strike" consider agency and resistance in Trump's America.

A stylized, cartoonish figure with six arms, wearing light pants and red shoes, holds various yellow flowers. The figure has a lightning bolt for a head and a reddish torso. The background is white.

by Samuel Schwindt | December 8, 2025

Wells Chandler Creates an Oasis of Allegorical Avatars at Andrew Rafacz Gallery The New York artist makes hand-crocheted installations that chart a queer iconography.

by Samuel Schwindt | October 2, 2025

Sawhorse Peeks Into Photographer and Innkeeper Ray Reiss’ Art Collection The artist-run gallery showcases eighty artworks that once resided at Ray's Bucktown Bed & Breakfast.

by Samuel Schwindt | September 18, 2025

Muscle Fiber: Jacqueline Surdell Warms up for Her Solo Exhibition at Secrist | Beach A former competitive athlete, Surdell sutures and knots fibers to concoct large-scale amalgamations that also, oppositionally, tie and untie.

by Samuel Schwindt | August 7, 2025

War Machine: A Review of Mac Pierce at Bert Green Fine Art

by Samuel Schwindt | July 24, 2025

Rattle! A Review of Chris Bradley at Ackerman-Clarke

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