Hamza Walker Wins $100,000 Ordway Prize

Hamza Walker Wins $100,000 Ordway Prize

Congratulations to Hamza Walker, curator at The Renaissance Society — it has just been announced that he’s won the Ordway Prize from Creative Link for the Arts and the New Museum! Walker, along with artist Artur Zmijewski, will receive an unrestricted...
Saya Woolfalk Lectures Tuesday at SAIC

Saya Woolfalk Lectures Tuesday at SAIC

The School of the Art Institute kicks off its current Visiting Artists Program with a lecture by Saya Woolfalk tomorrow, Tuesday February 2nd, at 6:00pm. From the Visiting Artist’s Program website: SAIC alumna Saya Woolfalk (MFA 2004) will present her ongoing...
Alison Ruttan’s “Four Year War”

Alison Ruttan’s “Four Year War”

Alison Ruttan has posted images on her website from her new “Four Year War” series, part of her ongoing Primates project. (I was able to observe one of the shoots for this project last summer, which I blogged about here). She’s now edited the...
A Q & A with Richard Rezac

A Q & A with Richard Rezac

Richard Rezac has a wonderful exhibition up right now at Rhona Hoffman Gallery (through February 2, 2010). In addition, the Modern Wing of the Art Institute is currently displaying six Rezac sculptures (spanning the years 1985-2008) from its Collection —...
Contemporary Art, Collected Collectively

Contemporary Art, Collected Collectively

We all know about artists banding together to work as a collective, but who knew that art collectors could operate under similar principles? File this one in your ‘how to collect art even when you don’t have much money’ drawer: An article in last...