Episode 969: Abby Pucker and Chanelle Lacy… It’s Cool to Care?
What if the problem with Chicago’s art world isn’t a shortage of artists, galleries, institutions, or ideas—but a shortage of connective tissue?
This week on Bad at Sports, Duncan MacKenzie sits down at the Gertie Hub with Gertie founder Abby Pucker and Head of Programming, Partnerships & Membership Chanelle Lacy for a conversation about building audiences, building collectors, and building cultural infrastructure in Chicago.
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (9/3-9/9)
1. Xinchen Li: The Shape of What Was September 4, 5-8PM ARC Gallery: 1463 W Chicago Ave 2. Rial Rye: Oscillation September 4, 6-9PM Ignition Project Space: 3839 W Grand Ave 3. I Am A Rock I Am A Roll September 5, 5-9PM KIOSK: 3054 N Sheffield Ave Work...
Episode 968: Abigail Winograd and Dieter Roelstraete — It’s About Time
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What if the most radical thing an artist can do right now is… take their time?
This week on Bad at Sports, Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews sit down with curators Abigail Winograd and Dieter Roelstraete, a.k.a. DRAW, to talk about their recent GRAY Chicago exhibition, IT’S ABOUT TIME: Counterproductive Conceptualisms in Chicago.
Episode 967: Georgia Kotretsos with Daniel Tucker
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Daniel Tucker interviews Georgia Kotretsos about her work with the ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY which is conceived of as a Arts & Culture Research Lab Observatorium with projects throughout Greece and beyond. This interview was conducted at the Twenty-First International Conference on the Arts in Society conference “Modeling Life Systems: Art, Algorithms, Ecologies” at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Episode 966: Claire Ashley
Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews sit down with artist Claire Ashley at the Door County Contemporary Art Fair for a conversation that wanders from broken-down minivans to Scottish standing stones, from inflatable sculpture to protest aesthetics, and from the economics of artistic survival to the philosophy of color.
Episode 965: Jaymee Harvey Willms
Duncan MacKenzie and Brian Andrews sit down with artist, curator, arts administrator, and Door County Contemporary co-founder Jaymee Harvey Willms for an unexpectedly personal and funny conversation.
Episode 964: Jenal Dolson
Duncan MacKenzie, Ryan Peter Miller, and Brian Andrews are joined by painter Jenal Dolson for a conversation recorded live from the Door County Contemporary Art Fair in Wisconsin. Dolson discusses her vividly textured paintings, her installation practice, and the role of touch, memory, and sensory experience in shaping the visual language of her work.
Sub-Rural #63, Chicago Works | Mike Cloud
A vital part of painting as a medium and practice juggles concerns about what constitutes art history and the public along with questions about a hierarchy in cultural critique, ethnography, craft, and geographic identity. We live in a time where fewer subjects fit...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/27-9/2)
1. Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman: Domestic Disruptions August 30, 3-6PM Riverside Arts Center's Freeark Gallery and Sculpture Garden: 32 E Quincy St, Riverside 2. Emmy Star Brown and Danym Kwon: The Peace of Wild Things August 28, 6-8PM Joy Machine: 4148 N...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/20-8/26)
1. To Be Remembered: Woven Matters of the Heart August 21, 4-7PM Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E Washington St Work by: Nnaemeka Ekwelum, Hale Ekinci, Josué Esaú, and Thuong Hoài Tran 2. Islands from a Faltering Empire August 21, 6-9PM OH Art Foundation: 3314 S...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/13-8/19)
1. Saffronia Downing: Pressed Flower August 14, 6-9PM ACRE Projects: 2921 N Clark St 2. Relative Intensity Noise by Rin Peisert August 15, 8;30-10:30PM Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, Suite 208 Work by: Cynthia Post Hunt, Sungjae Lee, Carlos Salazar-Lermont,...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/6-8/12)
1. Authentic: A Hollie Davis Solo Exhibition August 8, 6-9PM The Block House Gallery: 11137 S Langley Ave 2. Connie Wilson: Dazzle Pig August 8, 5-8PM Prairie: 2055 W Cermak Rd 3. H Marsh Schenck: when i think about time August 8, 2PM Compound Yellow:...
Sub-Rural #63, Art Lit Lab Community Curation ’26
This is the second summer where the Art Lit Lab (ALL) fielded a local curatorial team to investigate an informal rapport between local artists of assorted backgrounds, practices, and discourses. ALL’s Community Curation Project, LAB^4 . provided a multiple studio...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (7/30-8/5)
1. Sungho Bae: Apotropaia August 2, 4-7PM 4th Ward Project Space: 5338 S Kimbark Ave 2. Zsofi Valyi-Nagy and Clara Venice: Emotional Tech Support with Soft Reset July 31, 5:30-8:30PM Latitude: 2003 W Fulton St, #211 3. Alissa Voth: My first house was red...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (7/23-7/29)
1. George Clinton: Mothership July 25- September 5, 2026 MARIANE IBRAHIM: 437 N Paulina St 2. Deborah Maris Lader: We Become Birds July 25, 5-7PM Bert Green Fine Art: 8 S Michigan Ave 3. Michael Barnes: The Melting Point July 24, 6-9PM crosswalk: 1856 N...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (7/16-7/22)
1. Laleh Motlagh: The Jade July 19, 2-5PM Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave 2. AMERICAN HISTORY QUILTS: Dorothy Straughter July 19, 11:15AM-12:15PM Fourth Presbyterian Church: 126 E Chestnut St 3. Steve ‘Stingo’ Badauskas: CROSSROADS July...