TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/16-2/22)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/16-2/22)

Fruiting Bodies is inspired by a meditation on Charles Demuth’s “Pink Tulips,” (1930) – an understated watercolor found on the artist’s easel at the time of his death and painted concurrent to his homoerotic pencil drawings. Each of the four artist in this exhibition...
Chicago Art in Pictures: New Capital

Chicago Art in Pictures: New Capital

This week, independent of one another, Chicago-based writers Caroline Picard and Jason Foumberg both raised questions related to sustainability in the art world. Within the context of Bad at Sports, Picard wondered about communal failure, ethics, and Utopia,...

Top 8 Weekend Picks (4/1-4/3)

There is just too much good stuff this weekend, 5 spots aren’t enough. Here’s what I think everyone should see, in chronological and alphabetical order: Friday (4/1) – UIUC MFA Show: Artsplosia at Co-Prosperity Sphere Work by Will Arnold, Jung Eun...
Top 5 Weekend Picks (2/11 & 2/12)

Top 5 Weekend Picks (2/11 & 2/12)

1. Lumpen 1995 Sex Issue Release Party at Co-Prosperity Sphere An evening of sexy-ness inspired by the 1995 Sex Issue! Music by Ornery Little Darlings, HotChaCha, The Loneliest Monk, Grace Kulp, and DJ BSide. Co-Prosperity Sphere is located at 3219 S. Morgan St. Party...
Q & A with Dana DeGiulio

Q & A with Dana DeGiulio

Chicago artist and recent SAIC grad Dana DeGiulio has a new show up at Julius Caesar, the alternative space she co-runs with Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Diego Leclery, Colby Shaft and Hans Peter Sundquist. I’d seen several presentations of DeGiulio’s work...