Interview with Ali Bailey

Interview with Ali Bailey

I profiled Ali Bailey last year on the occasion of his solo debut in Chicago at Golden Gallery, an exhibition titled “You are Young” (the piece appeared in New City; you can read it here). Bailey is definitely what I’d consider to be ‘a...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (2/26 & 2/27)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (2/26 & 2/27)

1. Pamela Fraser at Golden Gallery Golden Gallery, generally a crowd pleaser, is putting up another strong show. This round it consists of works on paper by artist Pamela Fraser. The works (from what I could find and discern) are all abstract, hyper-color pieces. Is...
Top 5 Picks (1/15 & 1/16)

Top 5 Picks (1/15 & 1/16)

Ahoy again, me mateys! Thar be arts in them thar  waters. Yarg! And for this week’s briny picks, we’ll be casting broad our ores…or something. Ok, enough of that. But really, we are a bit scattered about for this weekend’s picks. I’ll be...
Top 5? Well…not quite, but…

Top 5? Well…not quite, but…

OK, so here’s the deal for right now. Every week (well almost every week) I do a pick of shows that I think are most likely worth seeing (I am often wrong). The problem is that I sometimes don’t get to go to all the shows on my list (I generally see art on...