by Claudine Isé | Nov 18, 2009 | Blog
I’d never heard of the Ordway Prize until a few weeks ago, when two highly respected Chicago-based arts professionals (artist Tania Bruguera, who also lives in Havana, Cuba, and Hamza Walker, curator at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago) were...
by Meg Onli | Nov 18, 2009 | Blog
It’s that time of year again. Select Media Festival 8 begins tomorrow. Here is the run down. When | November 19th and runs through November 22nd Where | the experimental cultural center, the Co-Prosperity Sphere, and other venues across the city. Check out the...
by Meg Onli | Nov 17, 2009 | Blog
Last night I checked out a screener for an upcoming film Eye of the Sandman. I should say that the version I saw was not complete. The soundtrack and sound effects were not totally done, leaving the film void of any sound in a couple of the scenes. I actually enjoyed...
by Meg Onli | Nov 17, 2009 | Blog
On this week’s pick we bring you James Blagden’s animation “Dock Ellis & the LSD No No”. The short film chronicles Ellis’ infamous game where he pitched a no hitter while on LSD. Although the animation is entertaining, Ellis’...
by Guest | Nov 16, 2009 | Blog
Guest post by Damien James I walked into Woman Made Gallery on Wednesday, October 14th, to view and review the Beatrice Fisher retrospective, which surveyed fifty years of art making. Intrigued by the gallery’s website, which noted that this was...
by Claudine Isé | Nov 16, 2009 | Blog
Over the weekend, we received a tip about an online controversy surrounding news that New York artist Tom Sanford’s 2005 painting “The Assassination of Dimebag Darrell Abbott” will soon be auctioned for charity at Philips de Pury. (Note that Sanford...
