Panache, But Not Enough Potency: A Review of A Cat May Look On A Queen at The Green Gallery
The artwork seemed to lack enough gravity for this moment.
Art Top 5: April 2020
Chicago’s spring art season is in full swing, with an exhibition of Frida Kahlo’s personal photos, a look at the city’s artist-run spaces and much more.
A Multinational View: Designer Duro Olowu Boldly Mixes Art and Fashion at the MCA
In “Seeing Chicago,” Olowu creates a self-portrait of Chicago via the art and artists that the city has invested in.
A Hack in the System: Raising Chameleon Blind in Chicago’s Vacant Spaces
Chicago artist and educator Mara Baker doesn’t consider herself an activist, but her life’s work is activation.
The American Dream, Twisted: A Review of Gabrielle Garland at Corbett Vs. Dempsey
The virtuosity here is closer to Kandinsky than to comic books.
Julia Arredondo Destroys the Wall Between Art and Commerce With QTVC Live!
“Femme-bodied people of color are always the last to be represented in the art world.”
Gray Matter: A Magnificent Gift of Drawings at the Art Institute
Exhibitions like this, of important gifts from smart, dedicated collectors, remind us that actual people––benefactors––stand behind the artworks we enjoy.
Ambiguity of Form: A Review of Kaveri Raina at Patron
Raina communicates a strong sense of the profound and devotional.
One World Through Art: A Review of Modernisms at the Block Museum
In the work selected for this exhibition, contemporary life is more like a problem than an opportunity.
Revealing the Theatricality of Painting: A Review of Silke Otto-Knapp at the Renaissance Society
Walking through Silke Otto-Knapp’s exhibition, I am reminded of the many elusive ways that painting can invite us into its enigmatic theater.
