From Illuminated Manuscripts to the iPad

From Illuminated Manuscripts to the iPad

I love art books. My bookshelves bow with them and they offer thoroughgoing diversion when I can’t sleep. Monographs work best for this. I prefer thick paper, with big images that fill the whole page. Although I always read the introduction and biographical...

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (4/29-5/1)

Ok, so as a foregone conclusion, you should be attending Artropolis, the collective term for all thing art at the Merchandise Mart this weekend. If you don’t have a free pass yet, get one, they are every where. Making a Top 5 for this weekend is easy and hard,...
The Public is the Teacher: An interview with Justin Cabrillos

The Public is the Teacher: An interview with Justin Cabrillos

GUEST POST BY MARISSA PEREL In this guest post, Marissa Perel talks with artist Justin Cabrillos about his studio practice and his recent performance of Following Dance at the MCA Chicago. Cabrillos will also be performing at: remixed/reimagined 2011 at the MCA...
……Balloons in the Sea : Mark Booth at ADDS DONNA

……Balloons in the Sea : Mark Booth at ADDS DONNA

We still have no real idea what the narwhal horn is for. Of course it isn’t really a horn, either. It’s a tooth or a tusk like that of a walrus or elephant. It grows up and out in a spiral. At first they supposed it might be use to break holes in the ice,...