by Claudine Isé | May 20, 2009 | Blog
Sid Laverents died of pneumonia on May 6th at the age of 100. Who was Sid Laverents, you ask? From his New York Times obituary: Mr. Laverents was a jack of many trades, a perpetual self-inventor. He played a dozen instruments and supported himself through the...
by Claudine Isé | May 20, 2009 | Blog
A few stories, blog posts, and interesting discussions in Chicago and beyond that are on my mind this week. **Image credit: Shannon Keller, Knitter. Keller’s work is currently on view at Show Cave in L.A. (via The World’s Best Ever). *CAA Study finds...
by Claudine Isé | May 18, 2009 | Blog, Editorial
From Holland Cotter’s New York Times review of the New Museum’s The Generational: Younger Than Jesus: “But my point is that beyond quibbles about choices of individual works, [Younger than Jesus] raises the question of whether any mainstream museum...
by Claudine Isé | May 18, 2009 | Blog
Last Friday while out and about I listened to architect Renzo Piano’s interview on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio’s 8:48. I found the part of the interview where Piano talked about his personal relationship to art to be particularly memorable. When architecture...
by Claudine Isé | May 13, 2009 | Blog
As part of the University of Chicago’s Artspeaks program, Kara Walker will talk with associate professor of history Amy Dru Stanley. Click the link above for full details; tickets are $20 to general public, $5 to students with i.d. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 | 7:30...
