The State of Representational Painting Today
My relationship with representational painting must be a common one: drawn in, as a child, by the painted illustrations in books about dinosaurs, in particular. Who hasn’t been awed by the “gee whiz!” factor of an impressive piece of realism? As much as we are...
Najia Bagi: Playing art and making music
If you think the regular art crowd can be critical, spare a thought for Najia Bagi. The Manchester based musician and artist has been making work for babies. Now that’s a tough gig. Baby Art Club is a collaboration with Naomi Kendrick at Manchester City Art Gallery....
What You Should Have Noticed in June
What You Should Have Noticed in June, 2014 Welcome back to this month’s edition of What You Should Have Noticed, wherein I try to sum up this month’s happenings from around the art world with a little extra special attention paid towards events here in Chicago. June...
The State of Nature: Recent Work by Tom Denlinger and Victoria Fuller
Lise McKean is a social anthropologist and writer based in Chicago. In 2013 she curated StreamLines, an exhibition of contemporary art in Vaishali, India.
Becoming my idol with Keith J. Varadi
Guest post by Jacob Wick. I met Keith J Varadi—artist, poet, writer, performer, and Associate Director at Greene Exhibitions—at the HMS Bounty, one of my favorite bars in Koreatown. We began by talking about Lance Stephenson’s conduct in the recently-concluded NBA...
