by Christopher Hudgens | Mar 22, 2009 | Blog
The Family trust led by the Connecticut collector George A. Weiss which owned a Francis Bacon painting sued Christie’s Inc on Friday, saying the company reneged on a minimum price guarantee of USD 40 million. The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Manhattan,...
by Claudine Isé | Mar 20, 2009 | Blog, Review
Rachel Mason’s show at Andrew Rafacz Gallery inspired something in me I never thought I’d feel: the desire to pick up the grizzled Fidel Castro and put him in my pocket. Or at least, the little bust of him that Mason has made, along with dozens of other...
by Claudine Isé | Mar 20, 2009 | Blog, Review
Sometime over the weekend, as I was pouring coffee beans into a canister, I happened to read on the package that proceeds from the coffee had been used to fund a library. Pretty cool, I thought; but then in my cynical way, I began to speculate about just what kind of...
by Meg Onli | Mar 19, 2009 | Blog
image: Sara Condo, 2009 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Spring Undergraduate Exhibition Sullivan Galleries 36 South Wabash 7th floor March 21-April 3 Opening reception: Friday, March 20, 7-10pm via the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Nearly 230 SAIC...
by Meg Onli | Mar 18, 2009 | Blog
March 21, 2009, 8pm Co-Prosperity Sphere 3219 S Morgan St $10 Suggested Donation. The good people that bring you Proximity Magazine are having a release party this Saturday for their two new publications. If you can make it you should go. It looks to be a fun time....
by Meg Onli | Mar 18, 2009 | Blog
Thursday, March 19, 6:00 pm Gene Siskel Film Center 164 North State Street Chicago Il 60601 via Conversations at the Edge Best known for his Nintendo game cartridge hacks, multi-media trickster Cory Arcangel uses new and vintage computers, sound, performance, and the...
