by laurenvallone | May 28, 2009 | Blog
The Co-Prosperity Sphere, an experimental cultural center in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago, will be hosting the Matchitehew Assembly, a music festival of sorts, on June 5th and 6th. The festival will be a two day, all-ages assembly of musicians from across...
by Claudine Isé | May 27, 2009 | Blog, Review
Sometimes I think that art writers, before launching into a review of this or that exhibition, should overshare in the manner that’s fashionable today and note the mood they were in whilst viewing the show in question. Such status updates would function as a...
by Claudine Isé | May 27, 2009 | Blog, Editorial
Here’s what’s got my attention, web-wise, so far this week: *San Diego Museum of Art director Derrick R. Cartwright appointed director of the Seattle Art Museum. *Art Institute of Chicago director James Cuno hopes to initiate massive fundraising drive for...
by Meg Onli | May 26, 2009 | Blog
Spectral Dragging, 2009 from Matthew Green on Vimeo. Here comes our second installment of Tuesday’s Video Pick where we pick a random video of an artist either talking about their work or video art. I was a little stumped on what to show this week so I put a...
by Christopher Hudgens | May 26, 2009 | Blog
The suburban Chicago home (Highland Park) made famous in 1986 movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is up for sale for $2.3 million. At 5,300-square-feet the house was the fictional home of Ferris Bueller’s friend, Cameron Frye. In the movie, Frye...