TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (10/1-10/7)
0. The Great Art Tailgate with Bad at Sports October 3, 11AM-3PM Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago — Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden: 220 E Chicago Ave 1. The Caliber of Risk October 1, 6-10PM No Nation Tangential Unspace Art Lab: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave Work...
Episode 971: Jean Alexander Frater, Matthew Girson & Dana DeGiulio at Material
What can eight small paintings tell us about the possibilities of an artist-run space? Duncan MacKenzie, joined midway by Jesse Malmed, speaks with Jean Alexander Frater, Matthew Girson, and Dana DeGiulio about a two-person exhibition at Material, Jean’s artist-run project space in Chicago’s Roscoe Village. Four paintings by Matthew and four by Dana are installed in an alternating sequence, setting up a conversation across the walls rather than dividing the gallery by artist.
Episode: 970 – A P(o)or(t)ch Theater with Mark Jeffery, Judd Morrissey and Kristin Mariani
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At Spudnik Press in Chicago, Duncan MacKenzie, Brian Andrews and Ryan Peter Miller welcome Mark Jeffery, Judd Morrissey and Kristin Mariani to discuss the Poor Farm Experiment’s Leopold Benches: A P(o)or(t)ch Theater (MIDWEST REDUX).
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.
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.
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (9/24-9/30)
1. Rob Fox Rich: Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst September 25, 5-9PM Fourtunehouse: 4410 S Cottage Grove Ave 2. Candace Hunter: Intentionality, 1960: Whose Dreams? September 24, 6-8PM Arts + Public Life: 301 E Garfield Blvd 3. Araceli Zuniga: Egg...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (9/17-9/23)
1. Jesse Bond: OWN WHO YOU ARE: closing reception September 19, 6-9PM Sawhorse: 4222 W Fullerton Ave 2. Human-Nature September 17, 7-9PM The Franklin: 3522 W Franklin Blvd Artwork by: Andres L. Hernandez, Carlos Salazar Lermont, Hai-Wen Lin, Human Nature,...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (9/10-9/16)
1. Laleh Motlagh: Rooted. Uprooted. September 12, 5-8PM SoNa Chicago Contemporary Art: 1527 N Ashland Ave 2. Reevah Agarwaal: Now I Braid My Own Hair September 12, 6-9PM Boundary: 2334 W 111th Pl 3. Robert Fields: EVERY NOW N’THEN . . . September 13,...
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...
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:...