TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/17-4/23)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/17-4/23)

1. Curtis Anthony Bozif and Shona Macdonald: The Vapours So Whiten and Thicken the Air  April 19, 5-8PM Studio Break Gallery: 1N046 Ridgeland Ave, West Chicago   2. Joanne Greenbaum: Lucky 13 April 19, 5-9PM Hans Goodrich: 1747 S Halsted St   3. What...

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Episode 898: Wafaa Bilal and Bana Kattan


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This week. Dana’s back?

She and Duncan sit down with artist Wafaa Bilal and curator Bana Kattan to discuss Bilal’s powerful and deeply personal mid-career retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Known for his provocative, often participatory works that grapple with war, trauma, displacement, and surveillance, Bilal has long made the body both a site of resistance and a vessel of memory.

Episode 896: Beth Hetland and Kyle O’Connell


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In the final episode recorded live from Stitch and Staple: The Artist Book Fair, we’re thrilled to sit down with two incredible comic creators, Beth Hetland and Kyle O’Connell. This conversation dives deep into the world of comics and graphic narratives, with Hetland and O’Connell offering insights into their creative collaborations and shared comic interests.

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/10-4/16)

1. karolina gnatowski: Never, Again! April 11, 5-9PM Color Club: 4146 N Elston Ave   2. Hannah Gebhart: Tension & Release April 12, 5-9PM Izora Contemporary (Pop Up): 1002 W Leland Ave, (Remedy Physical Therapy and Wellness)   3. Slipcover April 11,...

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/3-4/9)

1. Cam Collins: Copper Odyssey 2: Museum of Miracles April 4, 5-9PM The Center for Mad Culture: 410 S Michigan Ave, #419   2. Travis Donwarner and Brooke Raven: CORN BRED April 4, 6-11PM Hexx Gallery: 943 N Spaulding Ave   3. We Are All ARTISTS! April 5,...

Sub-Rural #48, Craig Drennen at The Suburban

Craig Drennen modifies critical modern paint protocol with some serious extracurricular counter-encryption at “The Suburban” in Milwaukee. He composes fresh content for the stylistic offspring of 20th century painting by tapping his memory and our collective history...

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/26-4/2)

1. Helen Geglio & Anders Zanichkowsky: GUARDIAN THREADS March 28, 6-9PM Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave   2. Anke Loh: RenaisSENSES March 28, 6-8PM International Museum of Surgical Science: 1524 N Lake Shore Dr   3. Stacy Jo Scott: Writ...

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/20-3/26)

1. Ruby Que and Raychel Carrión: It Comes to Pass March 23, 6-9PM Switch-Hook Projects: 3216 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago   2. Isaac Díaz: Cuscatlismo March 21, 6-9PM KIOSK: 3054 N Sheffield Ave   3. Erol Scott Harris: Harlequin Choreographies March 22, 12-3PM...

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/6-3/12)

1.  Alana Ferguson: Thin Outer Layer March 7, 6-10PM Patient Info: 902 N Western Ave   2. Lehna Huie: In Remembrance of Us March 6, 6-9PM ACRE Projects: 2921 N Clark St   3. Nick D’Alessandro and Kai Jenrette: Sprocket March 8, 6-9PM LVL3: 1542 N Milwaukee...

Sub-Rural #47 Dieter Roth at the MCA

The Museum of Contemporary Art is currently exhibiting Dieter Roth’s “Balabild 5” in the McCormick Tribune Gallery. The assemblage/installation is a remarkable example of radical midcentury anti-aesthetics by one of the century’s phenomenal Neo-Dada polymaths, tat...

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/27-3/5)

1.  Mariel Harari: The possibility of an expanse and what interrupts it February 28, 6-9PM Co-Prosperity: 3219 S Morgan St   2. Seonyoung Lee: Woven Emotions February 28, 5-9PM Art City: 1400 N Halsted St   3. Kalyn Fay Barnoski and Haley Greenfeather...

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/20-2/26)

1.  Delisha McKinney: The Colorful Chaos February 21, 6-9PM Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave   2. Light Preserver February 21, 6-9PM Joy Machine: 4148 N Elston Ave Work by: Moises Salazar, David Heo, Liz Flores, Peter Frederiksen, Danym Kwon, Lisa Congdon,...